I get my hands on a Desire S, that refuses to turn on. Now the battery is charging in a another one, there are no problems with the battery. Any suggestions what to try? When the battery will be at 100 %, i try to turn on.
When phone is charging, is there the LED orange/green? You can try the following. Plug in the phone, and while is plugged in take out the battery and try to start it up without the battery (but still plugged). I know that there was something like this written in a topic, when someone adviced to turn the phone on, then take out the battery while it was booting and the phone will still run even if the battery is out. It could be something similar with some laptops that can start regardless of the presence of the battery
Ok i now tryed to turn it on, even with the cable, nothing. Seems there is some hardware damage. Seems i have to buy new mainboard. Anybody got for sale a desire S with damaged screen ?
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please help me my htc sensation is brick i think but when i hold the power button a black screen pops up for like 3 seconds an it turns off every like 1 hour or so and den it shows no sign of life please hep me my phone its not rooted and the hboot is 1.27.00
After removing and re-inserting the battery, does anything happen if you hold down the VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 seconds? Does the orange charging light turn on when connected to the charger? HBOOT 1.27 should mean android version 4.0. Is this correct? Did you try to change the device software with an RUU or anything similar? Anything else about what you were doing with the phone when this occurred would be helpful.
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After removing and re-inserting the battery, does anything happen if you hold down the VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 seconds? Does the orange charging light turn on when connected to the charger? HBOOT 1.27 should mean android version 4.0. Is this correct? Did you try to change the device software with an RUU or anything similar? Anything else about what you were doing with the phone when this occurred would be helpful.
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nope the orange light doesnt turn on i tried removing the battery an still doesnt turn on i also tried holding the volume down an power button but it still dont charge... it started to do this when the battery had died so i tried to turn it on a couple of times an nothing happen so i pressed VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 secondsthen i put into factory reste an it stayed on for like 1 minute an it turned offf so i turn it on again but thhis time i pressed VOLUME-DOWN and POWER buttons for 5-10 seconds an put it into recovery an nothing happen so i took out the battery an turn it on it stayed on for like a minute an it turned off an it would charge or turned on...an while i was charging the led light flashed orange green in a pattern the whole time until eventually not turning on
It sounds like the battery is either extremely low (to the point where it wont charge properly) or (possibly, but unlikely) completely dead. I had a similar problem with an old HTC G2. It was probably caused by either a bad charger or the phone running down the battery too much. If you have another charger, try using that one instead.
Follow these steps carefully:
-remove and re-insert the battery, and DO NOT press any buttons
-plug the phone into a charger, ideally a new/different one
-if no lights turn on, make sure the charger works and has power, and then let charge overnight, (or at least 3-4 hours), re-inserting the battery occasionally if the status light still does not turn on
-if it flashes green-orange, remove and re-insert the battery and charger until it stops flashing (still careful not to press any buttons)
-if the charging light starts normally, let it charge until it shows a solid green light
Hopefully somewhere in this process it will begin charging normally, but be sure to allow it to charge for at least several hours before trying to turn it on. If possible, try using another battery and see if this fixes the issue. If it still doesn't work. it is possible that the battery is so low that your phone can't charge it. The only way to fix this is to either buy a new battery (very cheap on amazon- only a few dollars) or take it to a Sprint store and ask them to fix it, as they have a special device which can charge the battery. They are supposedly willing to help non-sprint customers, but it's probably best just to show them the battery and not the phone.
The only other cause that I know of for the green-orange light flash is overheating, which is extremely unlikely.
CastleBravo said:
It sounds like the battery is either extremely low (to the point where it wont charge properly) or (possibly, but unlikely) completely dead. I had a similar problem with an old HTC G2. It was probably caused by either a bad charger or the phone running down the battery too much. If you have another charger, try using that one instead.
Follow these steps carefully:
-remove and re-insert the battery, and DO NOT press any buttons
-plug the phone into a charger, ideally a new/different one
-if no lights turn on, make sure the charger works and has power, and then let charge overnight, (or at least 3-4 hours), re-inserting the battery occasionally if the status light still does not turn on
-if it flashes green-orange, remove and re-insert the battery and charger until it stops flashing (still careful not to press any buttons)
-if the charging light starts normally, let it charge until it shows a solid green light
Hopefully somewhere in this process it will begin charging normally, but be sure to allow it to charge for at least several hours before trying to turn it on. If possible, try using another battery and see if this fixes the issue. If it still doesn't work. it is possible that the battery is so low that your phone can't charge it. The only way to fix this is to either buy a new battery (very cheap on amazon- only a few dollars) or take it to a Sprint store and ask them to fix it, as they have a special device which can charge the battery. They are supposedly willing to help non-sprint customers, but it's probably best just to show them the battery and not the phone.
The only other cause that I know of for the green-orange light flash is overheating, which is extremely unlikely.
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Could it also be the back cover cause its missing a part thanks for the tips
No, the back cover couldn't cause it. Depending on which part is missing you might not be able to use WiFi or cell reception might be really bad. The top half contains the WiFi, bluetooth, and gps antennas, and the bottom half has the antennas for the cell radio. It will likely still partially work, but the signal will be extremely weak.
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No, the back cover couldn't cause it. Depending on which part is missing you might not be able to use WiFi or cell reception might be really bad. The top half contains the WiFi, bluetooth, and gps antennas, and the bottom half has the antennas for the cell radio. It will likely still partially work, but the signal will be extremely weak.
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okay thank you well i think its the battery ima get a new one cause i tried it an it hasnt worked
Ok, this is a weird one. I have searched everywhere to find out what this is but I have not found anything. A lot of problems are similar, but nothing fixes the issues.
Issue is this. I turn my phone on and it goes all the way through the boot sequence, and turns off when it gets to the lock screen. I formatted the phone, and I get all the way to the setup screen. When I touch the screen, it turns off. I connect the charger to the phone and turn it on. We are fine here. I use the phone and do anything I want. As soon as I disconnect the charger, it turns off.
Just noticed this as well. My menu and back buttons don't work. I don't know if I disconnected something when I looked at the board, but it may be a symptom.
Any ideas here? I am thinking the battery, but I don't know why it would do that when the battery is charged to 80% and holds the charge.
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Ok, this is a weird one. I have searched everywhere to find out what this is but I have not found anything. A lot of problems are similar, but nothing fixes the issues.
Issue is this. I turn my phone on and it goes all the way through the boot sequence, and turns off when it gets to the lock screen. I formatted the phone, and I get all the way to the setup screen. When I touch the screen, it turns off. I connect the charger to the phone and turn it on. We are fine here. I use the phone and do anything I want. As soon as I disconnect the charger, it turns off.
Just noticed this as well. My menu and back buttons don't work. I don't know if I disconnected something when I looked at the board, but it may be a symptom.
Any ideas here? I am thinking the battery, but I don't know why it would do that when the battery is charged to 80% and holds the charge.
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Had the same issue recently.... The battery needs to be replaced. The battery I had went bad and the only way it would even work is to be constantly plugged into a charger, dc current not ac from a battery like a car.
I killed the battery not on purpose but learned a huge lesson from utilizing fast charge from a custom kernel constantly
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Hey all,
I have a very odd problem with my old P500 I am trying to get running again. Almost all the time the phone wont turn on. I have tried removing the battery and leaving it, plugging it in both with and without the battery, trying various different reset combos with and without power or battery in the phone, nothing will work. Usually. Then sometimes the phone just turns on. When it does work, its great. All until you turn it off again. As soon as you turn it off, its a guarantee it's not coming back on for a while again.
I cant seem to work out any rhyme or reason as to what will let it turn on either. I have had it turn on sometimes on a charger with no battery, sometimes charger and battery, and sometimes just on battery without a charger. Like I mentioned, when it works and will turn on everything works exactly as expected. I can't find anything software-wise that seems to indicate it wouldn't load. Just most of the time (upwards of 95% of the time or so?) it won't turn on at all. Hard reset combos etc have no effect on the phone, and it won't pull up on a computer in this state either. I bought another battery recently and tried that, as I had previously had a poor battery life from it, but that turned out to have no effect on the booting issue. The most recent time I was able to boot the phone I left it on and charging for a few hours and it finished completely charging the new battery, but on turning it off it wouldn't come on again as usual.
I am suspecting a hardware problem with the phone internally, although I am not really sure. Anyone else have any clue as to what I might try? If it is hardware-based, does anyone have a suggestion as to what part might cause it not to boot?
Thanks,
AsteroidWalnut
Hey there.
I'm in trouble with my old Nexus 5. As the battery was becoming less and less powerful, I decided to change it ; and so I did ! Get a new one on Amazon, and installed it.
But now, my Nexus 5 refuse to boot. Even when I put the old battery back. I didn't damage anything, all the connexions seem fine, but the N5 refuse to boot (even Recovery Mode). I also try to keep the Power Button on for 30 seconds, or even bang it, but nothing. With the 2 batteries, same result.
When I put the battery off and charge the N5, the screen does turn on ! The battery logo with the lightning sign appears for a few seconds, then it turns off. And on again, and off.
If in this situation (N5 plugged and battery off) I connect the battery (just a simple connector), I have the charging screen (battery icon fulfilling). But then when I tried to boot it, nothing. The screen just turns off and nothing happens. Even the first screen does'nt show up again.
I am really stuck with this issue as I don't know what to do ! Both batteries give me the same result. The old one is supposed to be charged (at least 50%) but nothing happens..
Could the new battery have damaged the phone ?
If you can help me on this one, I would really appreciate it..
Cheers !
When you connect the phone to a computer, is it detected at all? Maybe it is semi-bricked?
New battery could be doa, happened to me before. Also always fully charge new batteries first or you risk making them unable to charge fully or at all.
Welcome, i've readed alot of topics on the internet about problems similar to this, but nothing fixed my problem. I've tried connecting to wall/pc charger, power button + volume down/up combinations, really all the thing.
Couple days ago after my phone fully discharged ( I rarely had situation like this, I usually charge when my phone have 10-15%, but this day I couldn't. ) I came back home and tried to charge my phone, red light was ON but it still didn't charge after alot of hours. I then tried to fix it, turning on phone etc. but screen was always black and phone didn't want to charge. At first when I tried to boot the Z3 red light was blinking, but after some time it stopped. I ordered new battery, replaced it carefully (though it's battery problem) - then when I connected the new battery for the first time I though I have fixed the problem, battery charging icon showed up for a moment on screen, I was very happy. Then I disconnected charger so I could assemble my phone. Now when I try to charge my phone problem is this same.. like with old battery - Just red light, not turning ON, not blinking. Powering up Key combinations with volume don't fix it. My PC Companion don't see phone. I disassembled my phone again, disconnected battery and connected it - It didn't showed any battery icon again, so why it did when I connected it for the first time? and why when my phone died for the first time red light was blinking, now it doesn't? I want to add that I never dropped my phone or used it in water - never, thats why I was almost sure maybe just battery died after it discharged.
Btw. Important thing is that USB port isn't broken, red light is always ON when I plug USB charger, but when I try to use my magnetic charger, phone never respond - no light. I also tried different cables, chargers etc. Could it really be something with the mainboard?
What could've happen? Why my phone went dead after fully discharged it ? Why battery replacement doesn't fix the problem? I don't get it, is mainboard damaged or something? Can I still try something? Maybe anyone can help me.
Please :/ I cannot afford a new phone right now, really want to try fix it, maybe somehow connecting USB cable straight without usb port can fix it? I heared people do something like this.