this morning after i changed and swapped to the fully charged battery, my phone won't switch on. removed the charged battery and put back the near flat battery and still won't switch on. tried the soft reset and hard reset and still won't switch on. someone please help.
i didn't get this phoen through the carrier here in US, it is the non-baranded EU model. i have not done anything to it recently, have been using without any extra upgrades for a couple of months already.
anyone got a clue what i can do? thought of plugging directly to a computer but will only be abel to do that when i get back to tonight after work.
help needed
the "near flat battery"? What do you mean? I would try putting the battery in, plugging it into the wall and then trying to turn it on. did you pull the sim card out too? Try taking that out as well for 30ish seconds. Good luck!
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the "near flat battery"? What do you mean? I would try putting the battery in, plugging it into the wall and then trying to turn it on. did you pull the sim card out too? Try taking that out as well for 30ish seconds. Good luck!
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'near flat' is like about 20% of juice left in the battery.
was late for work so didn't try, just removed the sim card and used it on the backup phone. will try and use the wall charger when i get hom and hope it works. 4 months only and this happens, not really giving me a good impression though honestly, or maybe i'm just plain unlucky
went home last night and put the sim card back and it's now working.
maybe i'll do a re-flash to refresh it
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So I wanted to see if my phone would survive a 20min dip in the pool and well it just may have. I waited a day for it dry and had it in rice to help draw out the water. It wouldnt turn on. I took it to ATT and they put in a new battery and it turned on but turned off. I left it hooked up to the charger overnight and woke up this morning to find it at the please insert SIM screen. Now I can only get it to the bootloader screen and it turns off. Anybody have some suggestions on things I can try to get it running again? Nothing is off limits since it not like i have to worry about breaking it....
Tilt2
Update: Plugged it back in the charger and it went all the way to sense again. It says low battery and to connect to charger even though it is, so I'm thinking new battery?
First all leave it to dry some more,another day or so,then try it,i would also get another battery .
by the sound of it the device had not dried properly before you tried to power it on.
good luck.
I just went to ATT to try another battery, but it wouldnt turn on now. Maybe the battery contacts on the phone need to be replaced, is there a place to get parts or to test what needs to be replaced. I have a multimeter and soldering iron.
When you dried it did you have the pc board exposed or has the case still been sealed?
good day.
still sealed. it turned on, i refuse to believe there is still water in there even if that is the fact.
sookster54 said:
Get a bag of rice, fill a large bowl halfway and put the disassembled device ontop then fill the rest of the bowl of the rice and leave for a coule days or so. It fixed my soaked Palm Pilot over 10 years ago.
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Take out the battery, sim card etc, leave in a dry warm room for 2-3 days, do not be tempted to turn it on before this time.
Good luck, you may be lucky and it dries out fine, but if water has been in there whilst the device was on for some time, then it may be not good news.
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I Refuse To Believe A Fact.. (there might be a tee shirt here )
But anyway I'm quoting someone that would know. Our devices are like ships in a bottle. Just 1 spec of moisture across 2 legs of an integrated circuit under power will lead to certain failure.
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Update: Last night I gave it another go and the phone turned on again. Earlier in the day I tried bringing it to ATT but a new battery didnt help. When it turned on for me, it would switch from battery mode to charging mode when I plugged in the charger but would still say battery low please plug in charger. Also the charging light doesn't come up when I plug it in, though the led mightve been shorted. Should I be trying to Task 29 and reflash or is this definitely a hardware problem?
Update: Today, I task29 and reflashed the rom with no problem. I even made a phone call and received a call. The speaker may be dead because it didnt ring, but it did vibrate. The main problem seems to be the power management. The phone says the battery is low and turns off after a few minutes. IT does recognize the charger in the taskbar but still has the low battery message pop up. Is there a piece of hardware that is involved in the power management that can be replaced? I was looking at this: http://cnn.cn/shop/touch-pro2-flex-cable-extusb-connector-vibrate-module-p-8259.html
I just recently rooted her shift. everything was going great. Last night her phone died and when put back on the charger (usb or wall), it wouldnt charge. the red charging light would come on for a few seconds, but immediately go off. thinking to rule out the charger because we use the same cords to change our phones and my evo is still working and charging atm. Im thinking its got to be one of two things:
1) Bad Port
2)Bad Battery.
3)Both??
before i take this in to sprint to be looked at, can anyone on here advise me on what could be causing this and if i can fix it without bringing it in?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Just leave it on the charger its suppose to do that on a dead battery. Leave it charging and after ten minutes or so, the charging light will be on completely. It happens to me all the time
Screen Wont come on....
ok, So we got the battery to charge. Seems like it turns on, however now we cant see the screen. its like the screen has died or went out. Please, if anybody can give me some advice on what to do with it.....im bout ready to bring this into sprint to see what they say.
Try a battery pull and reboot
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I just recently rooted her shift. everything was going great. Last night her phone died and when put back on the charger (usb or wall), it wouldnt charge. the red charging light would come on for a few seconds, but immediately go off. thinking to rule out the charger because we use the same cords to change our phones and my evo is still working and charging atm. Im thinking its got to be one of two things:
1) Bad Port
2)Bad Battery.
3)Both??
before i take this in to sprint to be looked at, can anyone on here advise me on what could be causing this and if i can fix it without bringing it in?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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If you get a light when you plug it in it's probably not the port. I just had to replace the battery in my Evo, but the symptoms weren't the same as what you described. Mine just quit holding a charge for anything more than about 15 minutes off the charger. Just out of curiosity, what happens when you try to boot into recovery? There's a chance that something went wrong on the last flash. If you can get a decent amount of charge, and can get to recovery, try a fresh flash with a full wipe(data, dalvik and cache) and see what happens. Just make sure you have 35% or better on the battery. If it shuts off halfway through the process it bricks the phone from what I understand.
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ok, So we got the battery to charge. Seems like it turns on, however now we cant see the screen. its like the screen has died or went out. Please, if anybody can give me some advice on what to do with it.....im bout ready to bring this into sprint to see what they say.
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Clean out the Charger port with Compressed Air. Try different HTC USB Cables, and keep in mind the knock off cables can cause all kinds of issues. But if the screen is not coming on, you can try to RUU it back to Stock 2.2. But if that still doesn't bring the screen back you may have to take it into Sprint.
Bought a Nexus S advertised as "new" from an eBay seller with high ratings. Phone arrived. Not entirely sure it's new because it did not have the factory film covering the screen, but it's in good shape.
Problem is, I can't get the thing to turn on. I put the battery in and tried to turn it on. No go. So I figured the battery might be dead. It's been plugged in now for the past 15 minutes and it still won't turn on. I made sure that I had properly seated the battery, and it still won't turn on.
I figure if the thing really is new and has just been sitting around for 1 year or longer, the battery might just be dead. Unfortunately, I have no way of confirming that, but the phone will not turn on even when plugged in. Nor am I getting any sort of charge indication.
Any thoughts or advice?
Try AdamOutler's tools to resurrect it (do a search, I'm on my phone) and maybe try a new battery.
Beyond this, get a refund.
Don't really want to buy a new battery. Some phones will power on when they are plugged in even with no battery. Does the Nexus S do that? If so, it would confirm that the phone itself is dead rather than just the battery, because it won't turn on even when plugged in.
Edit: I also tried a different charger that I know works. Still no luck.
You can get a battery off of eBay for five dollars. You will be out five bucks just to confirm your suspicions. If that doesn't work, along with Harbbs' suggestion, get a refund for the phone.
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Ok cool, thanks for the advice. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing some secret handshake or something =P I've tried holding the power button down for at least 10-15 seconds. Couldn't possibly require longer than that I imagine.
Yeah. I've never experienced the issue you're talking about. Hopefully its something small and maybe someone else has something else you can try and chimes in.
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Oh, one other idea. I'm trying to turn it on without a sim card, since I've only got a microsim right now. I've never heard of a phone that would only turn on with a sim card in it, but please let me know if anybody thinks this could possibly be the problem.
Phone turns on without a SIM, makes no difference until inside the OS.
Phone requires a battery. Charger won't keep the phone on without one. It's not a Nokia.
As a matter of fact you could use 3 AA batteries in a holder (preferrably rechargeables for a lower voltage) to test, see battery benchmark thread for more details here.
I would first start by trying out AdamOutlers unbricking tool.
Mm, didn't read the OP carefully enough. Never mind. >.>
Hey all, I just got through with this hurricane sandy business and now I find my phone not working at all. First off I'd like to say that there is no water damage to this phone and it is NOT rooted. The problem is that it just won't turn on at all, and won't charge when I try to charge the device. The day before I charged the phone and it worked fine. I can provide more details if needed but I need to find a solution to this.
Did it run down on battery completely before it did this? You might need to charge it for a bit before it turns on. Also, see if you can get your hands on a spare battery to see if it's the battery's problem. I would also try removing the battery and putting it back just to make sure it wasn't jostled loose.
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Did it run down on battery completely before it did this? You might need to charge it for a bit before it turns on. Also, see if you can get your hands on a spare battery to see if it's the battery's problem. I would also try removing the battery and putting it back just to make sure it wasn't jostled loose.
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Two days ago I completely let the battery drain on its own because it was draining faster than usual and I was using it very minimally due to the lack of phone signal during the power outage. And yesterday I charged it until it was 100% in the morning and at night I charged it again until 100%. Before I went to bed, I turned off my phone and it was 90% and when I turned it on in the morning it was at 77% (which I thought was weird since the phone was not even on). Now the phone will not work at all. I took the battery out and everything. I even tried turning the phone on while trying to charge it (but it would not charge). The only feedback I got was that it vibrated when I tried turning it on this afternoon and after that was nothing. (it would either get stuck at the AT&T bootup part or I would get no display at all)
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Two days ago I completely let the battery drain on its own because it was draining faster than usual and I was using it very minimally due to the lack of phone signal during the power outage. And yesterday I charged it until it was 100% in the morning and at night I charged it again until 100%. Before I went to bed, I turned off my phone and it was 90% and when I turned it on in the morning it was at 77% (which I thought was weird since the phone was not even on). Now the phone will not work at all. I took the battery out and everything. I even tried turning the phone on while trying to charge it (but it would not charge). The only feedback I got was that it vibrated when I tried turning it on this afternoon and after that was nothing. (it would either get stuck at the AT&T bootup part or I would get no display at all)
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And nothing happened to it in between at all? That's very odd. The only thing I can think of to try is another battery.
Please post all questions in the Q & A section. Thanks! Thread moved.
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And nothing happened to it in between at all? That's very odd. The only thing I can think of to try is another battery.
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Nothing I can think of. It was fully charged by 9PM the other night and shut off before I went to bed. Next morning the batter is nearly halfway drained for no apparent reason. I think I will get another battery to test.
Also I let the battery sit out of the phone for a few days now and the phone still does not work.
Niavaran
mpvsuperstar said:
Nothing I can think of. It was fully charged by 9PM the other night and shut off before I went to bed. Next morning the batter is nearly halfway drained for no apparent reason. I think I will get another battery to test.
Also I let the battery sit out of the phone for a few days now and the phone still does not work.
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Get a hold of a charged battery, then after 1 hour with no battery in the device, replace the battery remove the SD-Card and the SIM-Card, replace all covers. Reboot your PC and go to firewall tab in the control panel and turn of your firewalls, then reboot your PC, then using USB data cable not a charging cable.. with your device being OFF conect to a USB connection in the back of your PC, if it's a laptop use the one next to the intranet connection. Then wait about 1min. If nothing happwned, hold the volume down button then press and release the power button. if nothing happened, hold the volume up then press and release the power button. If nothing happened do the samething this time by holding both up and down volume buttons. If nothing happened with your device connected to the PC go to MY Computer tab right click on C>Properties then go to tools click on check disc tab check mark both options then restart your PC. Before windows tour OS starts, your PC will go through a self check. let it do its thing. it takes a couple of hours. then after its down check to see if it has seen your device. if not then do procedures above once again. GOOD LUCK.
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Okay so I finally got it to turn on but in order to charge it, the phone must be turned off for some reason. Also, the touch screen is not working, even after I did a hard reset and erased all my data. I'm not sure if it is a hardware issue or a software issue because the display is working fine.
lobig
mpvsuperstar said:
Okay so I finally got it to turn on but in order to charge it, the phone must be turned off for some reason. Also, the touch screen is not working, even after I did a hard reset and erased all my data. I'm not sure if it is a hardware issue or a software issue because the display is working fine.
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That same thing happened to a friend of mine. She took it to a technician tho and they sorted it out for her.
Hello every one, this just my first post here, but I have been follow the forum very very close since some days ago thanks to Mustaavalkosta and his new CyanogenMod Rom here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2533007&page=283.
I am having a similar problem with my HTC Inspire, here is my story. I bought it like it a year ago, the first thing I do was to rooted with AAHK and install CyanoyenMod cm-7-20130301-NIGHTLY-ace. Everything works just fine till a couple of months ago. One night I just leave my Inspire and go to sleep, the next morning I wasn't able to turn on, not charging, not turn on. Was not the battery because my brother has another Inspire and I check with his battery. I just leave the phone without the battery and Sim and SD for a day and them come back again, but at next day the same occurs. I try all that time, vol down+power. voldown+volup, every convination but nothing works. So I decide to dissensambly my phone... in the process I broke the ribbon flex cable http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-HTC-Desire-HD-Inspire-4G-Camera-Socket-Keypad-Membrane-PBC-Ribbon-Flex-Cable-/320925341841?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item4ab8a41891 The phone was in parts on my table like a month till I was able to buy and recieve the ribbon (I live in Colombia). Finally the ribbon arrives 3 days ago, so I assembled the phone again and...magic! the phone turns on. My next step was install the Mustaavalkosta Rom that I mentioned before.... but, yesterday, my phone was dead again. So a try all steps again, put out the battery, Sim and Sd... and again try all the combinations of buttons, but nothing works... So I do it again: dissensably again my phone: Only disconnecting the display doesn't works... I have to disconect the display and the ribbon cable, assembled again and just turn on again.... Now I am waiting for the next black out...
I know is a weird behavior, but may be some one can point me in some direction to fix it.. I am not a developer or anything like that, but I like to investigate and solve problems... any help will be wonderful.
Cheers!
PD: I dont have any apps installed, just trying the Rom as it is.
PD: The next time it happens I will try the niavaran advises.
Hi, I'll explain what happened.
My phone recently turned off (the screen kind of fizzled away to black) So I assumed this was the battery running out. When I got home I put it on charge and as I usually do waited a few minutes, then tried to turn on, to charge whilst on, the screen lit up the phone vibrated and the start up tune played, but only a lit up blank screen appeared?
I thought it might need more charging so I removed the batter to turn it off and put on charge again, whilst it was "charging" there was a flashing amber light for about 4 seconds at a time, this never turns steady or green, when just leaving on charge.
After numerous batter removals and replace the phone still does the same thing when turned on, but now with no sound, and still appears if the screen is on but blank and the four soft keys are lit, then if I press the power button or if I leave it, the screen goes off itself until I press the power key again (this same thing that would happen if going to lock screen). All of this happening with a now flashing green light?
I tried to access phone by USB cable and although laptop picks up fact something is plugged into USB, it doesn't appear on HTC sync or memory card doesn't appear.
When trying to hold in volume down and power on it's as if it's going to the right screen but still blank.
Stock rom on phone, S-OFF
Anyone have any ideas, without replacing phone?
Thanks
its seems like your phone has bricked.
1. First try this
2. if step 1 doesnt work, follow this
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Have you tried a new battery? My phone went completely black while charging and it showed no signs of life, no charging light nothing. It was a new battery with about 60Percent charge when I put it on the charger. I noticed like you did, I tired to charge more but not even a light would come on. I happened to have another fully charged battery I kept as a spare. When I put the spare battery in, the phone sprang back to life! I threw the other battery away and have had zero problems since. So I suggest you try a new fully charged battery before you do any thing else. Strange thing was the battery I was using was fine the day before and even had the 60 percent charge when I put it on charger. I'm not sure how it happens but somehow the battery just died on charger. So give a new battery a try and see if it will also help you. If it doesn't, then likely it's failure of your device. But please do try because the exact same thing happened to me and the new fully charged battery fixed the problem! I'm hoping it will also fix it for you! Best of luck! You can get a good battery online for under 20 dollars. I recommend Anker extended battery. I really hope this works for you! Let us know.
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its seems like your phone has bricked.
1. First try this
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Thanks for the reply, I'll try these two and let you know what happens,
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So give a new battery a try and see if it will also help you. If it doesn't, then likely it's failure of your device. But please do try because the exact same thing happened to me and the new fully charged battery fixed the problem! I'm hoping it will also fix it for you! Best of luck! You can get a good battery online for under 20 dollars. I recommend Anker extended battery. I really hope this works for you! Let us know.
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I'll try this as a last resort and if not I'll get a new phone, cheers and I'll let you know what if anything works
So I get to the point where I have to ./brickdetect.sh and the phone isn't picked up or recognised, any idea how I can get the laptop to pick up the connection properly?