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[q] help! My phone wont do anything!

hey guys,
my phone litteraly wont do anything. i f*ed up some fonts using type fresh, then tried to restore using the odin3 downloader. i accidentally closed it, and now my phone wont boot up/react to any buttons pressed. any help? thanks guys!

had the same problem. i cant figure out how to even get odin working, it says one click but when i hook up it to odin it gives me a message that still doesnt tell me ****. i had to send my phone back for a new one and told them i used easyroot on the market bc i didnt know what it was and it sounded cool but now i know not to ever do that again that it messd up my phone. Praying to god that they dont charge my for anything

You should still be able to enter bootloader mode by turning phone off and holding down up/down vol and pwr simultaneously until boot screen flashes then release power button only

it wont even do that

open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.

it wont do anything at all. it wont power on, show up in adb, anything... and stupid att wont do ANYTHING -_- oh well. any help would be appreciated!

Have any of you offering support to the OP actually had your phone in the described state? I've read a few posts where the phone is seemingly completely dead as the OP describes and no one says they've successfully recovered from that state. All I ever see is the same old button combinations/battery/usb shenanigans and statements of that should work and that the phone is unbrickable. I have personally seen a device that was behaving in such a manner and no combination of battery pulling, usb plugging, button holding, or tongue twisting would generate anything from the phone. The only thing the phone would do was get hot.

same here. Phone showed bright green screen...wasnt done with teh flash and said it was finished...now the nly thing I can get is power and hold the vlume up for some IRQ and hex stuff. I posted a questionthis morning but...serious. Vol up and down and any things else gives nothign but a black screen..battery out...back in anything..its torched.

Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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when i plug it in, windows doesnt make any noises and doesnt recognize it, and when i use the "adb devices" command, nothing shows up.

daveshih said:
Have you tried getting into download mode via the sdk?
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Did you read the rest of the posts? The OP already stated several times that the phone does nothing. I realize that most people will say it does nothing or is "bricked" if it simply shows the "connect to computer" screen, but the OP has stated more than once that the phone shows nothing. Yes, everyone is trying to help, but simply repeating what has been said numerous times before doesn't help.
Has anyone actually recovered a phone that displays NOTHING? No logos, no recovery, no nothing.

Last night, i turned off the light in my room when i noticed a glowing from my desk. i walked over, and it turns out my captivate's screen was in fact on, it was just a faint black glow, and none of the power buttons would do anything. when i took the battery out, it shut off completely!

As I pointed out here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=757293
Im pretty sure it was my fault for not completely following instructions on the ext4 one click install root, settings.db etc so everyone needs to make sure if the dev says flash before..do it.
State of the phone was, it would not completely power on..therefor no usb drivers would load and Odin cannot see the phone and it can no longer flash..the only thing I could get it to do was show a screen with that text. I put in my post. I ordered it via letstalk.com so I sent it back and assuming they get the same result Ill have a new one hopefully by the end of the week. Im just glad I stil had my old iphone3 to slap my sim card in.
The odin one click flash thing..it just flaked right at the start it looked like..but I cant be sure because as soon as I saw a blue progress bar I stepped into the kitchen for abtou 30 sec..I came back and the screen was florescent green and Odin said it was done. I knew something was wrong as it was way too fast so I unplugged, removed the battery and set it back in...from there on out it would do nothing with the power button unless on a semi rare occasion if I hit the volume up button and power I got the IRQ stuff.
Annoying as I had a nandroid backup just before I started messing with it.

i just sent mine into samsung... back to mah ol trusty blackjack. gonna have to get used to supermario bros 3 instead of spyro....
ANYWAYS theyre sending me a new one!

uiskibum said:
open odin (use the stock one click version)
with the phone off (remove/reinsert the battery if need be) and not plugged in; hold vol. down and insert the usb cable (keep holding vol. down untill you see the download screen). this should put you into download mode and if you have the right drivers odin should recognize the phone.
I've stuffed my captivate on a few occasions and so far I have been able to use this method to get into download mode and fix it.
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So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...

ace518 said:
So, yes in same state as op... no nothing... couldn't get jack out of it. at all, none
what this post said worked.... not holding power button... nothign...
removed battery
plugged in battery
hold vol down
(still no response)
plug in usb cable and continue holding vol down.
it went to recovery mode
... no holding of power button, just vol down and plugged in USB... give it a shot man, let me know
EDIT: feel free to PM me if you want me to help walk you through it...
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Hey thanks, but i already sent it to em... thank you everyone for your help!

Just a note... i said before hold vol down and plug in usb. I had it in a pretty bad state tonight. Played around. Same idea as before, but had to hold vol up and vol down. If i brick a few more times, i'll give a better guide. But this phone can DEFINITELY come back from a state where you can't even get it to power on. Figured any additional info on this would be good.

[Q] LG Quantum help

My lg quantum is not working please help

Wow, helpful... How about some symptoms... What is it doing, when did it start, what were you doing last on it?

also, if you ave a device specific question, try the device specific forum
LG Quantum Forum

the screen comes on when i plug it in but it dosent do anything after that

"plug it in"? does it work without plugging it in? I assume you mean USB to PC or power. Maybe a problem with the battery? not seated correctly?
If you turn the phone on and it doesn't respond I suggest you go to the next ATT store.

when i plug it out everything gose black

seeing that you had a number of phones in your hand I assume you know what you are doing.
Your description does not allow anybody to really help you. You need to do a step by step. It may be completely obvious to you when you say when I unplug it it goes black, but it's not to others.
1) what is the state of the phone before you plug it in. Is it working or not?
2) what do you plug it into?
3) when you plug it in, does it play the ringtone or vibrate? It should.
4) When you open Zune software on PC, does it see the phone?
5) when you unplug the phone goes black? Then nothing? just dead?
if it is dead before you plug it in and it comes alive when you plug it in and it goes dead when you unplug it, my suspicion is battery, battery life, maybe not seated correctly. unplug it, plug it back in.
My post would probably be exponentially shorter if you gave more details on what's actually happening.
btw. You did not answer my questions in my post at all. How can I help if you are not answering simple questions? Are you playing a bad joke on us

derausgewanderte said:
seeing that you had a number of phones in your hand I assume you know what you are doing.
Your description does not allow anybody to really help you. You need to do a step by step. It may be completely obvious to you when you say when I unplug it it goes black, but it's not to others.
1) what is the state of the phone before you plug it in. Is it working or not?
2) what do you plug it into?
3) when you plug it in, does it play the ringtone or vibrate? It should.
4) When you open Zune software on PC, does it see the phone?
5) when you unplug the phone goes black? Then nothing? just dead?
if it is dead before you plug it in and it comes alive when you plug it in and it goes dead when you unplug it, my suspicion is battery, battery life, maybe not seated correctly. unplug it, plug it back in.
My post would probably be exponentially shorter if you gave more details on what's actually happening.
btw. You did not answer my questions in my post at all. How can I help if you are not answering simple questions? Are you playing a bad joke on us
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1 not
2 wall outlet
3nope it just gose to lg screen and stays there
4nope cant see it
5and yep just dead

well, sounds like dead is the correct word to use. Since you can't get into the phone to do a hard reset via the About button. Try this:
1. Power off the phone. Remove and re-insert the battery to make sure.
2. Press and hold the middle of the Volume button and the Camera button. While holding these buttons press also the Power button.
3. Wait until the screen shows "Cold Boot" then release the Power button only.
4. Keep holding the middle of Volume and Camera buttons pressed until the Welcome screen appears.
If it still fails to boot the next is to try to install a fresh ROM for the Quantum. There is one right here with instructions on how to install for several regions.
good luck

derausgewanderte said:
well, sounds like dead is the correct word to use. Since you can't get into the phone to do a hard reset via the About button. Try this:
1. Power off the phone. Remove and re-insert the battery to make sure.
2. Press and hold the middle of the Volume button and the Camera button. While holding these buttons press also the Power button.
3. Wait until the screen shows "Cold Boot" then release the Power button only.
4. Keep holding the middle of Volume and Camera buttons pressed until the Welcome screen appears.
If it still fails to boot the next is to try to install a fresh ROM for the Quantum. There is one right here with instructions on how to install for several regions.
good luck
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it got to sep 2 and thats it
i didnt do anything else

Well, guess that's what you get from a dead phone off of eBay. Just saw your other threads in the quantum forum. Try to flash the rom that is posted there. Go to an att store (good luck with explaining you got it fromebay)
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derausgewanderte said:
Well, guess that's what you get from a dead phone off of eBay. Just saw your other threads in the quantum forum. Try to flash the rom that is posted there. Go to an att store (good luck with explaining you got it fromebay)
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it works with other battries but i use a captivate battery and its hard to keep it in to start up

ok i got my battery to day and tryed to do the thing you posted
when i hold the power button it comes on but when i keep holding waiting for the coldboot screen it just turns off

It sounds like your battery was too drained. If thebattery is really ou of charge, the phone won't start up, even if the phone is plugged in. It might take a few hours on the charger to get enough charge in the battery to run the phone. I suppose if the battery is bad, it'd do the same thing but never actually start.
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[Q] How to wipe data, with a broken unable to see screen?

Long story short, party at my house, kid drinks too much, throws my phone across the room (Skyrocket I-727 obviously) 2 weeks after I had it and boom spider webs the screen. Now I can sell it, but I need to wipe the data
Unfortunately I can't see the screen. It turns on and you can hear it still works, just needs a new screen but I really don't want to spend the $180 on a brand new screen (lowest price I found)
I heard there was a way and searched for hours on google and here. Is there any way to wipe the data without actually seeing the screen?
Thanks!

Do a battery pull, and then turn phone on holding down volume down. Wait a few minutes and then connect usb to phone and computer. Press volume up, and run Odin. it should show phone is connected. Flash complete stock image at&t or Rogers, and bobs ur uncle

icenight89 said:
Do a battery pull, and then turn phone on holding down volume down. Wait a few minutes and then connect usb to phone and computer. Press volume up, and run Odin. it should show phone is connected. Flash complete stock image at&t or Rogers, and bobs ur uncle
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Yes forgot to mention it's through AT&T. And I will try when I get home, thanked you for your post!

Do I just hold the down volume button to turn it back on after the battery pull or the power on button too? I can't hear it turn on with the volume button, but when I press the power button you can hear it turn on

first beat the kid up then do what the other guy says =p

pwnerman said:
first beat the kid up then do what the other guy says =p
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Phone is fully charged, and when I battery pull and try to turn it on using the down volume button nothing.....then I try the power button it turns on just fine.
Step 1 isn't working :/
Think it turned on....not sure. And not sure if I downloaded the right odin. Ah, this is confusing

do a battery pull then stick your jig in and wait 5 seconds then plug it into odin and see if that works

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do a battery pull then stick your jig in and wait 5 seconds then plug it into odin and see if that works
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Is there only one version of odin? I downloaded Odin3-v1.85 and I can't get it to work or do anything. Apologies. I am new to the software parts of phones

Yes that Odin will work... pull battery insert battery plug USB into PC open Odin hold both volume up and volume down then plug USB into phone wait about 10 secs then hit volume up button... Odin should put yellow box in Odin com section..
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DJSpanky23 said:
Is there only one version of odin? I downloaded Odin3-v1.85 and I can't get it to work or do anything. Apologies. I am new to the software parts of phones
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Just wondering because of your post: Is your phone rooted?

If you happened to leave USB debugging checked just turn the phone on and wait for it to boot and then use adb to reboot into download mode.
If you don't have the sdk set up you can download it and then go wherever you install it to, open the tools folder and ctrl+right click mouse open cmd prompt here. Type adb devices to verify it sees your phone and if it does type adb reboot download. That will put your phone in download mode.
^^^^^ that is why I leave debugging enabled at all times. Gives you a failsafe should your screen take a crap on you.
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Just a thought and not sure if this will work but try using a mhl, toggle connect it to your tv then you can navigate through the system.
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Nevermind if the touch screen is broken then you can really navigate.... Sorry

What about hooking the phone up to the computer and then using the SDK to take screen captures of the phone. That way you can at least see what screen is pulled up on the phone..
But again, is the phone rooted? Or is it stock?

For Future refrence,
next time some stupid retard throws your phone AT ALL. First give him a knuckle sandwich, then make him buy ya a new phone.
Personally, i would kicked the hell out of him in front of everyone, then kicked his ass every day until he bought me a new one. and that is NO lie. I dont deal with assholes like that.
Some kids, have the nerve i tell ya, toss a cell phone across the room.
....Please wait while you are getting your face kicked in for utter stupidity....

Android screen cast will allow you to see the screen from your computer
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pcrat said:
For Future refrence,
next time some stupid retard throws your phone AT ALL. First give him a knuckle sandwich, then make him buy ya a new phone.
Personally, i would kicked the hell out of him in front of everyone, then kicked his ass every day until he bought me a new one. and that is NO lie. I dont deal with assholes like that.
Some kids, have the nerve i tell ya, toss a cell phone across the room.
....Please wait while you are getting your face kicked in for utter stupidity....
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lmao this is funny, but what if he has friend like me who are 5'11 and 260 solid??

hello
hello how are you?

HTC One S shuts down and won't turn on, no charging led.

Hi,
yesterday I pulled my One S out of my pocket, opened up the browser, made a search on google and all of a sudden, while the page was loading the screen turned off, completely black. The capacitive buttons stayed awake for 4-5 seconds, then they turned off too.
Completely dead, the phone won't turn on anymore, not even in recovery mode. If I connect the wall charger the charging led doesn't light up, although I can feel the phone is heating (as usually happens when charging).
I've tried connecting it to the pc via usb and windows after a while, detects a peripheral named "qhsusb_dload". I've read on google that this isn't any good... Anyway, even connected to the pc (for hours) the charging led doesn't light up.
No signs of life from my One S... :crying:
The phone is completely stock, unrooted.
Do someone have any hints?
Thanks.

I believe you're in download mode.
Hold the power button until your button leds start flashing and then keep holding it until they stop again. Now let go. If they don't start flashing within (say) 20 seconds, you can also let go. Hold the vol-down button and press&release the power button. Hopefully this boots you into bootloader mode. If not I don't nkow what else to suggest other than look at the unbricking thread in the development forum.

There's no way I can enter bootloader. The phone shows no signs of life (no capacitive buttons, no charging led, nothing at all)...
One thing that maybe is important: for about a month, I've been experiencing a strange battery drain. The drain used to occur even if the phone was in deep sleep (I'm sure about this because I've checked with cpuspy and anyway I hadn't installed any new apps for quite a while), at a rate of 7-8% each hour. I could leave the phone on the desk with screen off and in standby (no 3g data, no wifi, not even cellular network) and the drain was still there.
By the way, when my phone died I had plenty of battery left, about 70%.

nor-ric said:
The phone is completely stock, unrooted.
Do someone have any hints?
Thanks.
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If it's unrooted then your warranty is still 100% intact and HTC will replace your phone no problem. What you describe just happens sometimes, more so with this phone then others I've seen.
The qhsusb_dload means it's not worth tinkering with yourself if you can just submit it for warranty.

dc211 said:
If it's unrooted then your warranty is still 100% intact and HTC will replace your phone no problem. What you describe just happens sometimes, more so with this phone then others I've seen.
The qhsusb_dload means it's not worth tinkering with yourself if you can just submit it for warranty.
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I see, thanks. Is this qhsusb-dload issue hardware-related? If so, is it possible that they swap my S4 chip with an S3?

nor-ric said:
I see, thanks. Is this qhsusb-dload issue hardware-related? If so, is it possible that they swap my S4 chip with an S3?
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Think of qhsusb-dload kinda like your normal PC without windows. Your phone could not find an operating system to boot into and defaulted to qhsusb-dload mode waiting for a command. Our problem is that we don't really know the commands for qhsusb-dload nor do we have the files needed to use it only the manufactures do.
They can't swap a s4 chip for a S3 version that isn't the same product.

Most likely it the micro USB charging port that's gone toast.. happened to mine exact same symptoms. I was actually unlocked, HTC dev unlocked too, running a custom ROM as well as custom recovery and splash screen. I still sent it in repair with hope of they will never be able to turn the damn thing on to discover my deeds and will replace my phone but they didn't mind, they reflashed stock rom after repair and sent it back but I was still s-off
Send it into repair mate. Best option instead of tinkering with it lol
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Nope, there is a solution.
http://unlimited.io/qhsusbdload.htm
Sent from my HTC One S+

Ok, thanks everybody.
I'm going to try usaff22's method and if that doesn't work I'll send the phone in.
I'll let you know! :fingers-crossed:

It didn't work. The terminal waits for the device, however it doesn't respond...
I'll have to send the phone in.

Crazy idea but that sounds like the mode you go into for the downgrade so maybe the last part of it might help to get you up and running again.

Darknites said:
Crazy idea but that sounds like the mode you go into for the downgrade so maybe the last part of it might help to get you up and running again.
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Where can I find the guide you're referring to?
Thanks.

nor-ric said:
Where can I find the guide you're referring to?
Thanks.
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Here you go, Downgrade/Unbrick.

Darknites said:
Here you go, Downgrade/Unbrick.
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I've read that thread: do you mean I should try the 9th point?
you can open a new terminal window and run the following command IF AND ONLY IF the phone doesn't reset out of QDL mode
Code:
$ sudo ./emmc_recover -r
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nor-ric said:
I've read that thread: do you mean I should try the 9th point?
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No that for flashing Hboot think you want step 12 but will need to edit the file the download has but you will need to do step 3 so you can do step 12. I have no idea if it will work but its an idea and also might be best to ask about it there too before doing anything.

thanks a lot touch of jobo i was going to get crazy :laugh:

touch of jobo said:
I believe you're in download mode.
Hold the power button until your button leds start flashing and then keep holding it until they stop again. Now let go. If they don't start flashing within (say) 20 seconds, you can also let go. Hold the vol-down button and press&release the power button. Hopefully this boots you into bootloader mode. If not I don't nkow what else to suggest other than look at the unbricking thread in the development forum.
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that worked for me. thanks a lot
btw. maybe someone can answer this: how come that the phone goes in download mode?! I had the phone unused the last hours before I recognized it wasn't on anymore? Does this just happen? I am on CM11 Nightlies atm.

[Q] Help? Bricked One X?

I think I bricked my one X im not sure how or why but out of the blue it just said the 10 second power off message and no longer turns on at first i was able to turn it on a few more times but now i cant.
It is not taking charge both from my computer or ac :/
when i plug it into my computer it says HID compliant device found. and the three led buttons light up every about 5-10 seconds but the top led notification doesnt turn on
If it matters
Hboot 1.14
on jokerfg jb rom
also this is a week and a half old device. if i have to replace it i will but I am more concerned with formatting it or getting it to stock before hand incase i send it in and they get it running

Uff. I have not encountered this issue. Sorry brother. Update if you find a fix.
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How did it get to that state?
What are the 5 contact looking things at the back of the phone for?
Sounds like you need to give the thing some charge, i'm sure one of those street corner shops can pop it open, macgyver some volts in, and reflash something that will boot for $30ish?

I'm not really sure, my power buttton is stuck but it retracts like a button should, but it has died and refuses to power up now. I just wanna turn it on to reformat it. or is it possible htc wont be able to turn it on themselves and when they receive it just trash the device?
gururug said:
How did it get to that state?
What are the 5 contact looking things at the back of the phone for?
Sounds like you need to give the thing some charge, i'm sure one of those street corner shops can pop it open, macgyver some volts in, and reflash something that will boot for $30ish?
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so the battery is dead and it wont charge? if it will charge youll have to relock the boatloader and ruu to stock if u cant get in to recovery

Leave the phone on the wall charger (not USB) for several hours (overnight) and see if you can boot. You might also try to power on, or hold the power button, or try to enter hboot while the phone is plugged to the charger (after letting it charge for several hours). As at least one guy that I thought was hard bricked got his phone to boot this way.
What appears like spontaneous power off has happened to some people. So it may be nothing that you did. Hopefully, letting it charge for a few hours will fix it up.

I have the same exact problem as the OP. I have already made a thread and have tried to express my problems but I don't think people are willing to help (although some did and I appreciate it a lot) so I am going to try to get some help here. Help a brother out?

mr.5106411 said:
I have the same exact problem as the OP. I have already made a thread and have tried to express my problems but I don't think people are willing to help (although some did and I appreciate it a lot) so I am going to try to get some help here. Help a brother out?
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I had this happen. I left it on charge (from powerpoint not USB to PC) over night and then connected back to PC. It didnt start but the pc was telling me USB device connected and disconnected when long pressing power button.
after running RUU and changing bootloader I finally got it to work. I would try the latest RUU from US / ATT as it has newest everything and see how that goes.

vangoogle said:
I had this happen. I left it on charge (from powerpoint not USB to PC) over night and then connected back to PC. It didnt start but the pc was telling me USB device connected and disconnected when long pressing power button.
after running RUU and changing bootloader I finally got it to work. I would try the latest RUU from US / ATT as it has newest everything and see how that goes.
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Thanks for the reply but how did you RUU if the phone connects then disconnects quickly?

mr.5106411 said:
Thanks for the reply but how did you RUU if the phone connects then disconnects quickly?
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It stays connected. I meant u can hear the Win 7 sound of connect USB when u press power and then disconnect USB if u long press power.
Sorry I cant be of more help.

i would try ruu or another usb cable

vangoogle said:
It stays connected. I meant u can hear the Win 7 sound of connect USB when u press power and then disconnect USB if u long press power.
Sorry I cant be of more help.
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Thank you for your help so far. Ill try this tonight.

mr.5106411 said:
I have the same exact problem as the OP. I have already made a thread and have tried to express my problems but I don't think people are willing to help (although some did and I appreciate it a lot) so I am going to try to get some help here. Help a brother out?
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I'm one of the folks who tried to help you in the other thread. Saying that you think people are unwilling to help sounds ungrateful and a bit whiny. Remember that the community here provides help for free, and that we also have lives and can't be on here to help you all the time.
Since you've tried charging (wall charger) for several hours, and tried (unsuccessfully) to get into bootloader, there isn't much else you can do. The idea of trying to run the RUU is a good one. But if you can't connect and can't run the RUU, the phone might be done. In particular, the blinking red light is not a good sign. I think there have been some other folks that have gotten this recently, and were not able to recover from it.
But keep trying to charge, and keep trying the bootloader button combo. The fact that your condition happened right after trying to restore a nandroid, leads me to believe its something that can be recovered from, and not a random hardware failure. But that is just a gut feeling, and maybe a bit too optimistic.

when my battery dies and i plug it up to charger led blinks red until it has enough juice to be powered on. you shouldn't try to power on your phone when it is blinking red, i assume that might end up killing the battery for good if you do.