Hi all,
My Nexus S has decided to go strange on me, in short no sync, and when fully charged and plugged into wall socket the screen flickers.
Now I know this could be fixed under warranty, however the bootloader is unlocked, and USB isn't recognised so I can't undo it.
Any possible fixes? Anyone had anything similar happen?
Anything would be appreciated, I love that phone and just want it to work properly .
Cheers in advance.
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Thinks its always connected, doesnt even display Samsung when i try to reboot it, just hangs. Displays batt logo a split second. Than goes unresponsive. Can enter download mode while just 3 button pressing, not connected. Can re flash to stock everytime though.
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Had the same issue a while back, messing with a USB cable while plugged into it got it to go away occasionally then I think I cleaned it, its been so long I can't remember how I fixed it or if I did anything at all, its the USB port. It may be damaged, it may have some trash in there. Try blowing it out. If not send it to Samsung or see if att will replace it.
K, ya i figured that was the case with the usb port, but what about the other software oddities?
ive since went bone stock, and factory reset. Hasnt acted wierd since (crosses fingers)
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Hellion_zk said:
K, ya i figured that was the case with the usb port, but what about the other software oddities?
ive since went bone stock, and factory reset. Hasnt acted wierd since (crosses fingers)
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Oddities like what? Download mode and the charge screen would be normal behavior when a device is plugged in to the port. Add long as there is a problem with the port these are possible symptoms.
You are correct, i apologize. I understand whats going on with my phone now. Definietly the charger port. Which it explai.s why it is acting normal right now. Because im not restarting it right now.
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Last weekend, I noticed that my phone e was no longer logging changes in charge state with battery indicator pro. I thought the program was the problem and removed it. The problem remained, so I decided to see how far it went. Even with the phone off, plugging it in won't make the white battery appear on the screen, even though the phone IS charging.
Without performing a factory reset just as a test, can anyone think of any reasons this might happen?
At&t version
Gingerbread 2.3.4 OTA
Not rooted, not unlocked
Bought new in October.
Thanks in advance!
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Sounds like a bad USB port. Is it recognized by a pc? Can you transfer data?
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Thanks Antibox!!
antibox said:
Sounds like a bad USB port. Is it recognized by a pc? Can you transfer data?
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A-ha! You are correct! I hadn't considered that branch of my troubleshotting flowchart.
My phone doesn't recognize that it has been plugged in to a PC.
Thanks for the help!
I will research remedies for this problem.
Can someone please help me? My htc sensation was working fine and all of a sudden it started freezing, so I took out the battery and put it back in. Now it won't turn on or boot into Hboot. The battery is fully charged and I even tried a different battery but still nothing. I've plugged in the phone without the battery as well and still nothing, the screen does not come on at all. Does anyone have a solution?
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Can someone please help me? My htc sensation was working fine and all of a sudden it started freezing, so I took out the battery and put it back in. Now it won't turn on or boot into Hboot. The battery is fully charged and I even tried a different battery but still nothing. I've plugged in the phone without the battery as well and still nothing, the screen does not come on at all. Does anyone have a solution?
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Hi,
I saw someone with the same problem.
He removed his sim card,left it for a while ,then switched on the phone without the sim card.
Might be worth a try.
Tried it, still no luck any other solutions?
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Tried it, still no luck any other solutions?
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What rom were you running?
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I was running cm7
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Are you able to get a PC to recognise the phone via USB i.e. is adb working?
It sounds like a screen issue, it may be booting under this.
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No it doesnt...already tried adb, it says device not found
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Can someone please help, i would just call for a replacement but i dnt want to send it in and they fix it and see its rooted, and then they charge me
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Hopefully its so fubar thats they cant check to see, or waste their time...
I had it on mine to, on the period that it wasnt rooted yet, just send it to HTC, its a factory defect, they can't blame it on root access.
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If it won't turn on for you won't turn on for them call tmob get replacement
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this happened to me too for some reason too, when i try to turn it on it just vibrates every 40 seconds or so with a blank screen . i am running ordroids latest rom. oh and my theory is i short circuited the battery or something because when my phone was charging i yanked the power cord of the wall with the phone still plugged in , any ideas and/or soulutions to my problem ?
The same happened to me a few months ago and had to get it replaced with T-Mobile.
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moshe22 said:
The same happened to me a few months ago and had to get it replaced with T-Mobile.
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can you return it with manufacturers warranty to tmobile or is there another warranty you need
Have you tried another battery before you return it? Could be a bad battery?
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Hey man saw your issue...
This happened to me about 3 months ago. I was watching a youtube video when suddenly my phone froze. I did the exact same thing. Pulled the battery, waited a few mins, popped it back in and nothing. If you have insurance on the device you can get it replaced. They completely replaced mine and it was s-off rooted! So you should have no problems at all!:good:
Mine has done that a couple of times. All I do is wait about 5 minutes then pull the battery, put it back in and then try to restart the phone. Sometimes it take 5 or 6 tries before it will reboot and even then sometimes all I get it the splash screen. Another hint is to have it plugged into the charger after you have put the battery back in. If the charging led is on then that means there is a very good chance the phone will boot
No one claimed it so ima mess with it, but it won't turn on at all nor charge, what's going on with it?
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It is most likely the hardware. A randomly found phone has likely not been modded, so it's probably a bad charge port, or maybe a bad battery. If you could find someone with a Charge and borrow their battery for a few minutes, you could verify what it was. There's an off chance it could be a bad kernel flash keeping it from charging...not likely though.
Could it possibly be remote locked by Verizon if reported lost? I was thinking that could be it too.
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Possibly...I'm not really sure how that works though...didn't think it would prevent charging, but maybe.
from my understanding, remote locks simply prevent anyone from getting past the lock screen after booting up - but there really should not be anything preventing them from using a micro USB and flash it back to stock via odin. but shrike is right, you need a battery first
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from my understanding, remote locks simply prevent anyone from getting past the lock screen after booting up - but there really should not be anything preventing them from using a micro USB and flash it back to stock via odin. but shrike is right, you need a battery first
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I do got a battery, maybe the weather conditions fryed it or something, anyway I think I may have found its owner, I'll wait to confirm before tinkering with it.
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I've found a number of threads pertaining to this issue on the s4 but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue. I've tried numerous chargers, including an official Verizon car charger but none will work. Though a USB cable variant will work, which doesn't make any sense. I even went to Verizon's support site (useless) and they suggested a factory reset. This should only be a last resort for, in my opinion, a software bug and guess what? It still didn't work. I'm at a loss here and was wondering if anyone had suggestions. My girlfriends s4 will charge using the same car charger but my s3 won't. I took the official update, just FYI.
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So after 30 minutes with Verizon tech support and hard resetting my phone numerous times my phone will not charge using a car charger. Even though I have insurance Verizon doesn't want to send me a new phone for their fear of the same problem happening again due to the Verizon's and Samsung's recognition of the software update problem. So both parties are aware of this issue but neither one can give an immediate fix. Of course if I push the issue they'll send me a new phone..Guess I'll mull this over and see what I want to do.
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I've found a number of threads pertaining to this issue on the s4 but was wondering if anyone else is experiencing this issue. I've tried numerous chargers, including an official Verizon car charger but none will work. Though a USB cable variant will work, which doesn't make any sense. I even went to Verizon's support site (useless) and they suggested a factory reset. This should only be a last resort for, in my opinion, a software bug and guess what? It still didn't work. I'm at a loss here and was wondering if anyone had suggestions. My girlfriends s4 will charge using the same car charger but my s3 won't. I took the official update, just FYI.
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Replace the car charger
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pmdied said:
So after 30 minutes with Verizon tech support and hard resetting my phone numerous times my phone will not charge using a car charger. Even though I have insurance Verizon doesn't want to send me a new phone for their fear of the same problem happening again due to the Verizon's and Samsung's recognition of the software update problem. So both parties are aware of this issue but neither one can give an immediate fix. Of course if I push the issue they'll send me a new phone..Guess I'll mull this over and see what I want to do.
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Thanks. But ive tried 6 different chargers on 5 different cars. No go.
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I have a similar issue. No car charger works for me, but the USB connection in my car will charge my phone. Also an A/C charger that puts out less than 1A doesn't work, it just keeps my phone awake, screen on, and drains the battery. 1A or more and I'm cool.
I really don't know why this happens. It used to charge on anything, AC or DC, but now it's super selective. This happened to me on CM 10.3, although now I'm on CM 11 and it still happens. I dirty flashed CM 11, I'll probably do a complete wipe soon, reflash CM 11 and see what happens with the charging issue.