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Quick battery swap! [Winning!]

just found out (by trying) you can swap your battery super quick without rebooting.
plug into usb
you have 3 seconds(PC) or 25 seconds(WALL) to switch batteries before it dies anyway.
It cant run off usb only.
BBBAAAAMMMMMM!!!!!!!

I thought you could keep the phone going with out battery as long as you are plugged into a powered USB port.

Me too.
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i tried USB with no battery once and the phone shut off after a few seconds. 3-5 seconds.
thinking and trying are 2 different things though.

Meh, I do this on the charger all the time.

it was news to me.. thought i would share.

TRusselo said:
i tried USB with no battery once and the phone shut off after a few seconds. 3-5 seconds.
thinking and trying are 2 different things though.
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I've definitely run on usb without a battery a lot longer than 3-5 seconds...

really? cus i just tried it again, ESPECIALLY for you!
i didnt even get to 3.... plugged into computer
thanks for your input

AHHH this is amazing! Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the Info!

you are welcome but you should know there is a special way to say thanks on XDA!..

yo thanks for this, this will be good to know for future use!

ROM Specific
This seems to be ROM specific. For me, it worked with Cognition, but not with CM7.

will try this,thnx
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TRusselo said:
really? cus i just tried it again, ESPECIALLY for you!
i didnt even get to 3.... plugged into computer
thanks for your input
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What about a wall outlet? It's my impression that the PC doesn't provide as much juice.

one word...
SERIOUSLY??? you are going to make me go upstairs to get my charger to try for you?
ok fine! Wall charger, OEM samsung, got to a count of 22 then pushed the app button.
PHONE SHUT OFF.
lasted longer than 3 seconds, but as stated in first post and now further confirmed by me and my EXCLUSIVE testing equipment (that noone in the world has or knows how to build)..... it cant be run off USB power.
lol

TRusselo said:
one word...
SERIOUSLY??? you are going to make me go upstairs to get my charger to try for you?
ok fine! Wall charger, OEM samsung, got to a count of 22 then pushed the app button.
PHONE SHUT OFF.
lasted longer than 3 seconds, but as stated in first post and now further confirmed by me and my EXCLUSIVE testing equipment (that noone in the world has or knows how to build)..... it cant be run off USB power.
lol
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22 seconds does seem a lot better than 3 though! Gives me more time to scramble and put it in. Thanks for this buddy!

Just tested it, yup as soon as touch the app drawer it dies, funny thing though I unplugged it after it shut off and the back lights are still lit up?

I wonder how screwed up the battery calibration would be....

well as soon as the new battery goes in the meter goes to 100%... but still you wont hear me complain about my batt stats while doing this. dunno how much the batt stats really matter except for the meter. full is full, dead is dead. (works with power stops when not enough)

g2x died while charging, now missing apps

Like the title says, earlier my g2x was being charged.
Had 27% battery life left and plugged it in, and checked on it like 30minutes later and found that it was hot and was turned off, so I tried to turn it on but nothing would happen and did the battery pull then it finally turned on and took forever to boot up on the LG screen.
come to find that 90% of apps have the buttons but when I click on them it says that I don't have that app installed. the thing that pissed me off was that the android market app said the same thing...so idk what to do, should I just return it or what? paid $500 for this phone and now it gives me some worst bs problems than my htc hd2 did

Try a factory reset.

Make sure your using the charger that came with it others are having problems when not using it.

Wildchld said:
Make sure your using the charger that came with it others are having problems when not using it.
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Yeah thats the only charger I got right now, it just pisses me off - I didn't have any problems with the screen bleeding and the battery life is decent and when I was touching it or anything it decides to give kamikaze a try or something

[Q] Nexus s doesn't charge and doesn't turn on

Hello I have a nexus S i used for a few days... than i ditched it for another phone and i left it in a drawer... this about a month ago... now it won't turn.
I tried to charge the phone but it's just flat line... no light, no signal of power... nothing.
The phone worked just fine up until i put it in the drawer... so i don't understand....
Any idea?

Tony_More said:
Hello I have a nexus S i used for a few days... than i ditched it for another phone and i left it in a drawer... this about a month ago... now it won't turn.
I tried to charge the phone but it's just flat line... no light, no signal of power... nothing.
The phone worked just fine up until i put it in the drawer... so i don't understand....
Any idea?
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sounds like the battery lost completely all of its charge. usually when that happens, the battery is done for. try another nexus s battery.

is there any way to recover the battery at all?

Tony_More said:
is there any way to recover the battery at all?
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it happened to me once, on my nexus one. i couldnt get it to charge after hours of trying. so i called htc to get a replacement battery. while i was on the phone with htc, it out of the blue, started charging. so i kept my original battery and got a free replacement from htc

Thanks so much for your help... i will try to leave it charging for a while...

Tony_More said:
Thanks so much for your help... i will try to leave it charging for a while...
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try pulling the battery out while still plugged in, then put it back in. try wall charger and try usb. even try putting the battery in the freezer for an hour or so(i doubt itll help though).

At the end I had to play McGiver but it worked just great...
I jump started the battery as shown in this video
www youtube com/watch?v=cvC67ZR6zfU
If you are performing it on a new phone's battery this process is not for the faint of heart... but I had ordered already a new battery so I just took the gamble...
Anyhow for whoever may have the same problem this WORKS.

Tony_More said:
At the end I had to play McGiver but it worked just great...
I jump started the battery as shown in this video
www youtube com/watch?v=cvC67ZR6zfU
If you are performing it on a new phone's battery this process is not for the faint of heart... but I had ordered already a new battery so I just took the gamble...
Anyhow for whoever may have the same problem this WORKS.
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very cool!

[Q] Unable to charge while off?

So my phone shut off yesterday due to loss of battery power.
However, when I went to charge it, it would not charge when it was off.
IE: The battery picture with the "goo" in it that fills as it charges.
So since it wouldn't charge I was stuck at the a bootloop at the logo. Not animation.
Luckily my buddy at work has a Bionic that I was able to stick my battery into and charge. If not for that I would have been screwed.
Now I know I have personally a MILLION posts due to this problem and I'm wondering.
Who else can't charge while the phone is shut off? Is this due to CWM on boot? Our modded ROM's? If this is true for you, are you rooted? Stock ROM? CWM on boot?
We should really find a way to fix this. We need to be able to charge while the phone is off. This would save a lot of people headaches. Thoughts?

Fall of Enosis said:
So my phone shut off yesterday due to loss of battery power.
However, when I went to charge it, it would not charge when it was off.
IE: The battery picture with the "goo" in it that fills as it charges.
So since it wouldn't charge I was stuck at the a bootloop at the logo. Not animation.
Luckily my buddy at work has a Bionic that I was able to stick my battery into and charge. If not for that I would have been screwed.
Now I know I have personally a MILLION posts due to this problem and I'm wondering.
Who else can't charge while the phone is shut off? Is this due to CWM on boot? Our modded ROM's? If this is true for you, are you rooted? Stock ROM? CWM on boot?
We should really find a way to fix this. We need to be able to charge while the phone is off. This would save a lot of people headaches. Thoughts?
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You CAN charge in this situation, but it is a real PIA, and you have to really keep playing with it until you get the sequence correct.
It is a little dance like this:
1) power off.
2) take the battery out.
3) plug the phone into the wall socket, not a usb computer connection, with the battery out!
4) HOLD the power button to turn the phone on
while the dual core screen comes up, hold the power button for a very long time, and the phone will eventually shut off.
5) put the battery back in the phone and put the back on, the phone may try to power on again, and you may have to due 1-4 all over again, or you can HOLD the power button for a VERY long time again until it powers off.
Now if it turns off, you should see the white light come on and that means it is charging.
Note the timing is key and you may have to play around to get it exact, because two of the different exchanges of my phones each had a slight different sequence to make it work.

jimbridgman said:
You CAN charge in this situation, but it is a real PIA, and you have to really keep playing with it until you get the sequence correct.
It is a little dance like this:
1) power off.
2) take the battery out.
3) plug the phone into the wall socket, not a usb computer connection, with the battery out!
4) HOLD the power button to turn the phone on
while the dual core screen comes up, hold the power button for a very long time, and the phone will eventually shut off.
5) put the battery back in the phone and put the back on, the phone may try to power on again, and you may have to due 1-4 all over again, or you can HOLD the power button for a VERY long time again until it powers off.
Now if it turns off, you should see the white light come on and that means it is charging.
Note the timing is key and you may have to play around to get it exact, because two of the different exchanges of my phones each had a slight different sequence to make it work.
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Won't it also charge in stock recovery? I know that's not really off, but it is low power.

lkrasner said:
Won't it also charge in stock recovery? I know that's not really off, but it is low power.
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Not sure, I have never tried it. I have however done what I have mentioned during a boot loop MANY times now, and never had an issue. Once you figure out the EXACT steps it takes, it just becomes second nature. Oh and like I said, it can be just slightly different even between two different A2s, but it is only like a millisecond here or a slight step there, that is different, or maybe when the battery goes in and or comes out of the phone...
I can assure you though that it does work to get you a full charge before a flash after and during a boot loop.

jimbridgman said:
Not sure, I have never tried it. I have however done what I have mentioned during a boot loop MANY times now, and never had an issue. Once you figure out the EXACT steps it takes, it just becomes second nature. Oh and like I said, it can be just slightly different even between two different A2s, but it is only like a millisecond here or a slight step there, that is different, or maybe when the battery goes in and or comes out of the phone...
I can assure you though that it does work to get you a full charge before a flash after and during a boot loop.
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Good to know. I have a family member with the same phone, so when I kill mine and need to flash I just steal her battery for a few minutes.

So this happened to me again. Accidentally let the phone discharge. Not to worry, I'm not bricked. But now again I'm gonna have to charge my phone battry on my buddies bionic. BUT WHY WON'T OUR PHONES CHARGE WHILE THE IT'S OFF?
I shouldn't have to be paranoid if my phone dies.
I guess I never really got an answer to my OP, while I got it reconciled, it'd be nice to have an answer.
In GB, if your phone was off (powered completely down) you could plug it in, and the screen would come on with the battery that had the goo that would fill up as it charged. I seem to have lost this capability ever since I have rooted and started running custom ROMS. WHY?
So, four questions remain: Why is this happening? And is it happening to anyone else? If you're unsure, can you test it for me (see if your phone will charge while off) and most importantly. HOW TO FIX IT?
It's a little infuriating.

I've never had this happen to me. I know that's not helpful in your circumstance. My phone will shut off at the '0% battery level' and I can plug into my wall charger or USB to my laptop, and goo I get. I'm wondering if its your charger? The Moto chargers seem to be a little on the shoddy side. I've replaced all of mine with other non-Moto wall chargers. And as you know, if you're completely out of juice, USB may not have enough current to charge it back to full. Just my thoughts.
Sent from my Atari Falcon030

Thanks for the thoughts mate, but it doesn't matter what I try to charge it on? Will it charge for you no matter what ROM?

Fall of Enosis said:
So this happened to me again. Accidentally let the phone discharge. Not to worry, I'm not bricked. But now again I'm gonna have to charge my phone battry on my buddies bionic. BUT WHY WON'T OUR PHONES CHARGE WHILE THE IT'S OFF?
I shouldn't have to be paranoid if my phone dies.
I guess I never really got an answer to my OP, while I got it reconciled, it'd be nice to have an answer.
In GB, if your phone was off (powered completely down) you could plug it in, and the screen would come on with the battery that had the goo that would fill up as it charged. I seem to have lost this capability ever since I have rooted and started running custom ROMS. WHY?
So, four questions remain: Why is this happening? And is it happening to anyone else? If you're unsure, can you test it for me (see if your phone will charge while off) and most importantly. HOW TO FIX IT?
It's a little infuriating.
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Ok I am going to answer this finally, for you....
The battery screen with the "goo" is a "boot hijack", we have stolen that ability to use it for CWM/bootsrtap and it's boot hijack replaces it. YOU CAN NOT LET YOUR PHONE FULLY DISCHARGE. When you get to less than 10% find a place to start charging it, or turn the phone off until you can connect it to a charger.
Sometimes we have to rob peter to pay paul, and in this case we "stole" that ability to get to CWM on a boot with either bootstrap and BP tools, or the J.Y.Daddy hack, but either of those steal this same boot hijack "space".

PERFECT JIM! Thanks man. I just wanted to understand why it was doing it. Thanks so much! Although that doesn't explain why Apex is able to charge lol. I figured since I was stock(ish) ICS that it wouldn't matter? Although I did use bootstrap to flash Altered's carrier remover zip. And maybe Apex is completely stock.
EDIT: I grabbed my buddies bionic to stick my battery into to charge, and his is rooted running a custom and they use safestrap as their recovery, however when his boots up, it boots into safestrap and then starts charging with the goo.
How come Bionic can do it and we can't? WAH!

That's interesting. Any idea why I don't have any problem from a full discharge-to-shut off and charge problem? I've not done anything that anyone else hasn't, I mean, I rooted, installed the bootstrap, J-Y-Daddy CWM, flashed myself silly, edited "this" and "that" and tweaked "these" and "those". Never found myself not being able to charge after a shut down...
Edit: I'm running Lithium v.1.3.1
Edit #2: Knocking frantically on wood! Hope I didn't just jinx myself!
Sent from my Atari Falcon030

Apex_Strider said:
That's interesting. Any idea why I don't have any problem from a full discharge-to-shut off and charge problem? I've not done anything that anyone else hasn't, I mean, I rooted, installed the bootstrap, J-Y-Daddy CWM, flashed myself silly, edited "this" and "that" and tweaked "these" and "those". Never found myself not being able to charge after a shut down...
Edit: I'm running Lithium v.1.3.1
Sent from my Atari Falcon030
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You probably have something with the logwrapper and boot hijack link that is not fully correct... that is what actually does the boot hijack.
Here is where we started to think about this whole thing, just so people can see how we got to where we are with these hacks... yes this is quite old..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341198

jimbridgman said:
You probably have something with the logwrapper and boot hijack link that is not fully correct... that is what actually does the boot hijack.
Here is where we started to think about this whole thing, just so people can see how we got to where we are with these hacks... yes this is quite old..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341198
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So, I'm wondering if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I suppose its good for the sake that I don't have the charging after dead issue, but could it pose any others? I've had things this way for 4 months...
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Apex_Strider said:
So, I'm wondering if that's a good thing or a bad thing. I suppose its good for the sake that I don't have the charging after dead issue, but could it pose any others? I've had things this way for 4 months...
Sent from my Atari Falcon030
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Good question, I am not really sure.. you are kind of the odd man out possibly.. I have had the battery after dead charge scree too before too with the boot hacks, and other times not so much... I think it has to do with how the hacks are done and the order they are all done in. I am not totally sure what that order is though.
Here are more links on the CWM history:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1335933
This is from the above thread but it talks about what I am saying, and how this all was finally made to work for us:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19368661&postcount=24

See the EDIT in my previous post. The bionic boys "safestrap" recovery has the ability. I know cause I just used my buddies bionic to charge my battery. it boots into safestrap, and then if you don't choose recovery, or boot normally, poof, into battery charging.
It's interesting how they have it and we don't. Hmm...

Fall of Enosis said:
See the EDIT in my previous post. The bionic boys "safestrap" recovery has the ability. I know cause I just used my buddies bionic to charge my battery. it boots into safestrap, and then if you don't choose recovery, or boot normally, poof, into battery charging.
It's interesting how they have it and we don't. Hmm...
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safestrap is a little different.... I know I did the OG mods to make it work for us back in nov/dec. It uses a different hijack method, and we can't use that one on our phone, and thier recoveries don't work on our phone.

Apex_Strider said:
That's interesting. Any idea why I don't have any problem from a full discharge-to-shut off and charge problem? I've not done anything that anyone else hasn't, I mean, I rooted, installed the bootstrap, J-Y-Daddy CWM, flashed myself silly, edited "this" and "that" and tweaked "these" and "those". Never found myself not being able to charge after a shut down...
Edit: I'm running Lithium v.1.3.1
Edit #2: Knocking frantically on wood! Hope I didn't just jinx myself!
Sent from my Atari Falcon030
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Time to pull a system.img! LOL!
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By the way folks, with the release of our spiffy new recovery (Thanks whirley and Luk!) This thread is no longer an issue. Since the battery monitoring had been removed for the boot hijack with the bootstrap.apk we could not charge with the phone off.
NOW, I tested it and we can. Apparently the removal of the battery monitor was not an issue with the new recovery. HOORAY! We should have no more people complaining about dead batterys!

I had this issue this morning and I thought my phone had bricked at first since I installed SCv7 late last night. My phone shut off at 3% and it would not allow me to charge it and it would not turn on at all. I tried Jim's method a few times; did not work for me. I am on SCv7 ICS, rooted, and I do have Bootmenu installed. I went and bought another battery today, which I was going to do soon anyway; and Im going to buy a battery charger on Amazon, just in case. Im not quite sure how to fix it, but as long as I have an extra battery, I will be okay.

Are you not able to charge while off? That issue has been resolved with the new recovery. What does it do when you try to charge it?
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Am I Screwed??? Please help.

I am running CleanROM 2.1 with the CleanKERNEL and AOSP Blue Mod Theme on my GS3. It is overclocked to 1.70Ghz .It has been working great for the past 3 days or so I have had it set up like this. I took the OTA before re-rooting and reunlocking and before ever putting any ROMs on the phone. I had the phone on my car charger on my way to work this morning, after draining a bunch of battry streaming F1 practice. When I got to work, I pull the phone off the charger and we inside. When I went to check my phone, it was black. And still is. The phone was working fine while on the charger, but now I can not get it to respond to anything. I have tried to reboot, reboot to recovery, pull the battery, and have it plugged in. The only thing happening is the phone becomes warm while plugged in.
I have no flashed anything for 3 days or so. I don't know what could have happened. Any thoughts?? Please help. I am kinda freaking out right now.

monkeypunch35 said:
I am running CleanROM 2.1 with the CleanKERNEL and AOSP Blue Mod Theme on my GS3. It is overclocked to 1.70Ghz .It has been working great for the past 3 days or so I have had it set up like this. I took the OTA before re-rooting and reunlocking and before ever putting any ROMs on the phone. I had the phone on my car charger on my way to work this morning, after draining a bunch of battry streaming F1 practice. When I got to work, I pull the phone off the charger and we inside. When I went to check my phone, it was black. And still is. The phone was working fine while on the charger, but now I can not get it to respond to anything. I have tried to reboot, reboot to recovery, pull the battery, and have it plugged in. The only thing happening is the phone becomes warm while plugged in.
I have no flashed anything for 3 days or so. I don't know what could have happened. Any thoughts?? Please help. I am kinda freaking out right now.
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So you pulled the battery out, then put it back in. Then held volume up, the home button and then the power button?
What about Odin mode? Volume down, home button and the
power button?
Make sure to unplug the phone while doing this.

monkeypunch35 said:
I am running CleanROM 2.1 with the CleanKERNEL and AOSP Blue Mod Theme on my GS3. It is overclocked to 1.70Ghz .It has been working great for the past 3 days or so I have had it set up like this. I took the OTA before re-rooting and reunlocking and before ever putting any ROMs on the phone. I had the phone on my car charger on my way to work this morning, after draining a bunch of battry streaming F1 practice. When I got to work, I pull the phone off the charger and we inside. When I went to check my phone, it was black. And still is. The phone was working fine while on the charger, but now I can not get it to respond to anything. I have tried to reboot, reboot to recovery, pull the battery, and have it plugged in. The only thing happening is the phone becomes warm while plugged in.
I have no flashed anything for 3 days or so. I don't know what could have happened. Any thoughts?? Please help. I am kinda freaking out right now.
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This happened to me a few times but with a slightly different scenario. If i tried to power up my phone, it would give a brief vibration and then show me a battery sign with a big 0 on it (green battery image). No matter what i did it wont boot up. And my battery wasn't at 0% when it happened. I was able to get into recovery and restore a backup.
In your case, check if there is any power in your battery (or borrow someone's who has an s3) and see if you are able to boot into recovery.
Hope you are able to fix it. Good Luck.

[email protected] said:
So you pulled the battery out, then put it back in. Then held volume up, the home button and then the power button?
What about Odin mode? Volume down, home button and the
power button?
Make sure to unplug the phone while doing this.
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Yeah, I tried all of the above. I don't even get a red light while the phone is plugged in.

monkeypunch35 said:
Yeah, I tried all of the above. I don't even get a red light while the phone is plugged in.
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Then it might be your battery as the other person mentioned. The bettery is either bad or the device is not charging it. Have you tired different chargers as well? It can even be your charging port...
Odin mode and recovery have nothing to do with your ROM when you boot into them. If you boot into that, it boots before loading your Rom.
Go to the Verizon store and just ask if you can try their battery from the demo unti or something if you do not know anyone else with an S3.

[email protected] said:
Then it might be your battery as the other person mentioned. The bettery is either bad or the device is not charging it. Have you tired different chargers as well? It can even be your charging port...
Odin mode and recovery have nothing to do with your ROM when you boot into them. If you boot into that, it boots before loading your Rom.
Go to the Verizon store and just ask if you can try their battery from the demo unti or something if you do not know anyone else with an S3.
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There is guy coming in later today with a GS3, I will try his battery when he gets here. I know I was at 99% battery when I pulled it off my car charger. But, I suppose it is possible the battery is fried.

My bet is battery. Put it on the charger for 10 minutes.
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1ManWolfePack said:
My bet is battery. Put it on the charger for 10 minutes.
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I have had it on the charger for the past 20-30min, and the phone has just gotten hot. Still no signs of life.

monkeypunch35 said:
I have had it on the charger for the past 20-30min, and the phone has just gotten hot. Still no signs of life.
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USB or wall charger? Weird if it was at 99% though. And you definitely unplugged it when doing the battery pull and trying to get into recovery.

[email protected] said:
USB or wall charger? Weird if it was at 99% though. And you definitely unplugged it when doing the battery pull and trying to get into recovery.
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USB charger... wall charger is at home. And I did unplug it to try to get to recovery.

Can you get into recovery or Odin mode when the phone is plugged in?

z06mike said:
Can you get into recovery or Odin mode when the phone is plugged in?
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Nope.

Not good news.... just tried a co-workers battery in my phone, and the phone is still dead. I tried my battery in his phone, and his phone started right up. I have no idea what could have happened at this point.

monkeypunch35 said:
Not good news.... just tried a co-workers battery in my phone, and the phone is still dead. I tried my battery in his phone, and his phone started right up. I have no idea what could have happened at this point.
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Don't want to sound like a broken record, but have you tried keeping your power button pressed for 5-10 seconds? Its weird but the brief vibration I got in my case was when I had it pressed for a good 5-7 seconds and then nothing would happen. Just checking if you have the same symptoms.

psychedelicNerd said:
Don't want to sound like a broken record, but have you tried keeping your power button pressed for 5-10 seconds? Its weird but the brief vibration I got in my case was when I had it pressed for a good 5-7 seconds and then nothing would happen. Just checking if you have the same symptoms.
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Yeah, I have held it for 1 minute+. I am really lost on what could have caused this. It seems to me, and my uneducated mind, it may be a hardware issue. I just don't know what or why.
I just got home from work, still with no luck. I guess if I can't get life into it, Verizon can't either?

monkeypunch35 said:
Yeah, I have held it for 1 minute+. I am really lost on what could have caused this. It seems to me, and my uneducated mind, it may be a hardware issue. I just don't know what or why.
I just got home from work, still with no luck. I guess if I can't get life into it, Verizon can't either?
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I would just call for a replacement.

[email protected] said:
I would just call for a replacement.
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This is kinda where I am at. I feel like it is a hardware problem more then a software problem aka not my fault.

So what was the final outcome on this?

This happened to me a few weeks ago. I had my GS3 for about a month. Everything was stock. Never rooted or unlocked.
Its a hardware issue.
If you return your phone to Verizon they will give you a refurb.
I believe the phone gets sent to Verizon not Samsung. Since I wasn't rooted it didn't matter for me, but since you can't even boot into ODIN at the store they won't be able to tell that your phone is rooted so they will order you a refurb straight away.
Its possible that when it gets to the Verizon testing facility they will discover that its been rooted and expect you to pay full price for the replacement. I have no idea.
Good Luck

Sorry for not updating. I ended up getting a replacement phone from Verizon. Looks like some other people are running into the same problem.
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