Okay so I got my Nexus S in December of 2011. It's worked just perfect, it's a real peach but yesterday I was trying to use it normally and it froze. Then it shut off. So I left it a few minutes and turned it on again. It starts up with the black screen with white letters that say "Google" and it never loads more so I wait with it for s few, then pull the battery and try again many, many times. Same result.
I really hope someone knows how to fix this without wiping the phone. Please Help!
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Okay so I got my Nexus S in December of 2011. It's worked just perfect, it's a real peach but yesterday I was trying to use it normally and it froze. Then it shut off. So I left it a few minutes and turned it on again. It starts up with the black screen with white letters that say "Google" and it never loads more so I wait with it for s few, then pull the battery and try again many, many times. Same result.
I really hope someone knows how to fix this without wiping the phone. Please Help!
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Is it rooted?
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eaguil16 said:
Is it rooted?
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I hate to seem unsavvy with my phone but I don't know what rooting is I apologize greatly.
do u have an app installed named superuser?
sean1984 said:
do u have an app installed named superuser?
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No I do not.
do you know if you had usb debugging turned on before this problem happened ?
sean1984 said:
do you know if you had usb debugging turned on before this problem happened ?
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Yes I did.
can you press power button and volume up at the same time and see if it will get you into the bootloader and report back
sean1984 said:
can you press power button and volume up at the same time and see if it will get you into the bootloader and report back
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I have actually tried that and it doesn't do anything sadly.
read into this thread seems to be same issue your having http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928884
and last ditch effort maybe try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
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I rooted my phone and am using the Leedroid rom. I tried to shut it down and can't seem to get it to stay off. It shuts off and then about 5 seconds later the CW Recovery screen pops up. Any ideas?
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Tommy
Focustom said:
I rooted my phone and am using the Leedroid rom. I tried to shut it down and can't seem to get it to stay off. It shuts off and then about 5 seconds later the CW Recovery screen pops up. Any ideas?
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Tommy
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I'll bet it's plugged in isn't it? It's a cwm bug or something. Unplug it and it will shut off.
mrro82 said:
I'll bet it's plugged in isn't it? It's a cwm bug or something. Unplug it and it will shut off.
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Some people like to charge their phone while its off. Not a real solution. Hope someone knows a better solution.
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kirk123 said:
Some people like to charge their phone while its off. Not a real solution. Hope someone knows a better solution.
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I agree. Just sharing what I know of the issue.
Yeah but that's the whole idea. I want to shut it down and charge it. It shatges quicker that way. I did unplug it and it worked likeyou said. Defeats the purpose though. Haha
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I don't think there is a solution, I'm pretty sure this is just a problem with the recovery. I'm not sure if koush could fix it or not. It might just be one of those things where if you want clockwork recovery, you gotta live with the bug. I'll take clockwork.
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I don't think there is a solution, I'm pretty sure this is just a problem with the recovery. I'm not sure if koush could fix it or not. It might just be one of those things where if you want clockwork recovery, you gotta live with the bug. I'll take clockwork.
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Haha true but any other recovery that would allow for this? Not a huge deal just curious
Nope, for the inspire just clockwork
I've heard turning fastboot off works. Haven't tried it myself yet though.
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sjkoellner said:
I've heard turning fastboot off works. Haven't tried it myself yet though.
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It still does it.
I have the same issue... Phone will boot right back up after I shut it off and its not even plugged in... Does yours do it too or is it just me? Fast boot is off too.
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ogxku5h said:
I have the same issue... Phone will boot right back up after I shut it off and its not even plugged in... Does yours do it too or is it just me? Fast boot is off too.
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Mine only does it when the phone it plugged in. It stays off when it isn't
I also have this problem. I usually turn off my phone before bed time.
Rooted a few days ago, and this issue sucks. Will clockwork ever get fixed to solve this problem?
Running the latest sky ics for awhile all stable no problems then today it rebooted a couple of time and then finally turned off and just keeps vibrating. Pulling the battery didnt help and i cant seem to get into CWM. Any ideas?
Thanks
Edit: video of the problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Try charging the battery, could be something kept your phone awake until a full drain and now it doesn't have enough juice to boot up.
kishke said:
Try charging the battery, could be something kept your phone awake until a full drain and now it doesn't have enough juice to boot up.
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This ^^
also could be sticky power button, repeadetly keep pushing hard on the button until it unsticks
Sticky...
vincom said:
also could be sticky power button, repeadetly keep pushing hard on the button until it unsticks
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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Lmfao.
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onealvideo said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
EWE! LOL! Sticky button!
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its not a joke.............its a known problem with these phones when your watching porn, samsung techs are taking a "hard" look into the problem and spending countless hours trying to reproduce the problem:laugh:
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its not a joke.............its a known problem with these phones when your watching porn, samsung techs are taking a "hard" look into the problem and spending countless hours trying to reproduce the problem:laugh:
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Funny... but only kinda
So charging it isnt working anymore. Any other ideas?
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ian1 said:
So charging it isnt working anymore. Any other ideas?
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1) Try a different charger and cord.
2) Take your battery and have it tested to make sure its good.
3) Wiggle the USB connection to see if there's any looseness. It should be solid.
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1) Try a different charger and cord.
2) Take your battery and have it tested to make sure its good.
3) Wiggle the USB connection to see if there's any looseness. It should be solid.
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Well I let it charge for a few hours. But the problem starts when i put in the battery it will boot to the second samsung logo and then a little white line flashes across the bottom and it shuts off and starts vibrating. Idk if i can get into download mode im on vacation and only have my tab and my phone.
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If you get to the second logo you should be able to get to recovery, see if you can get there and let it stand for a bit and if it wont crash.
Charging solved the issue at first and you managed to boot up or just got past the first samsung logo?
If after the second logo it restarts and does it all over again its definitely a stuck power button.
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If you get to the second logo you should be able to get to recovery, see if you can get there and let it stand for a bit and if it wont crash.
Charging solved the issue at first and you managed to boot up or just got past the first samsung logo?
If after the second logo it restarts and does it all over again its definitely a stuck power button.
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With the charging i was able to boot. I tryed getting into recovery and it almost does but then there's that white line that flashes and my phone turns off and vibrates until i pull the battery.
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It's a really weird issue, if the line was in the middle I would say it's the crt off animation but you said it's at the bottom. If you can try getting into download mode and see if it hangs.
Any chance you can get a video of the issue and upload it?
Just in case try playing with you power key to make sure it's no the issue.
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It's a really weird issue, if the line was in the middle I would say it's the crt off animation but you said it's at the bottom. If you can try getting into download mode and see if it hangs.
Any chance you can get a video of the issue and upload it?
Just in case try playing with you power key to make sure it's no the issue.
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Thanks for your input and ya ill add a video to the op
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hi9fb2xuoY&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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I just shut down my phone and held the power button, it gets to the second samsung logo, crt off animation and starts vibrating. So it's definitely a stuck power button, the rest is up to you, whether you play with it from the outside or take apart the device and try to clean it.
Edit: when you see this you should change your youtube title to: skyrocket stuck power button
So other people with this issue can find it.
Also vincom when you see this you should link this video in the proper location for an example to a sticky power key.
theres a couple of links in the info section from my first link in my sig which might have a solution for the op, and it does look like its definite sticky power button issue since the phone turns on by itself w/out touching the power button when reinserting the battery, and i added the video link
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theres a couple of links in the info section from my first link in my sig which might have a solution for the op, and it does look like its definite sticky power button issue since the phone turns on by itself w/out touching the power button when reinserting the battery, and i added the video link
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Problem solved thanks errybody
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ian1 said:
Running the latest sky ics for awhile all stable no problems then today it rebooted a couple of time and then finally turned off and just keeps vibrating. Pulling the battery didnt help and i cant seem to get into CWM. Any ideas?
Thanks
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So this morning I installed SkyJellybean from seanzscreams. I've been using it all morning and into the afternoon. I've installed plenty of custom roms, i have CWM from skater and I've never had a problem... until now. I went on a walk with my girlfriend, phone in my pocket the entire time, when I got back I pulled my phone out and tried to unlock it. Nothing happened. I tried to reset it. Nothing. Pulled battery, tried to go into recovery, tried to go into download mode, absolutely NOTHING. My phone isn't responding whatsoever. Seems like a brick but before the walk the phone was working perfectly fine and now it's dead. I didn't do anything from the time I stopped using it to the time I got home. This makes no sense to me whatsoever. It doesn't even vibrate. What in God's name is going on here?
Tell me what you think.
No offense....but...dead battery?
maybe the battery is dead.
if that doesn't work try a jig USB_JIG
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No offense....but...dead battery?
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None taken. Thanks for the input. I'll check into that.
EDIT: It would be a fried battery, more like. Now to hit up all of my Android user friends for a compatible battery. If this works... I'll be mad.
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None taken. Thanks for the input. I'll check into that.
EDIT: It would be a fried battery, more like. Now to hit up all of my Android user friends for a compatible battery. If this works... I'll be mad.
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If you connect up the charger do you get the charging display?
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Same here no charge display.
What next at&t model rooted installed cm and install pa noid android and gaps now nothing
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If you connect up the charger do you get the charging display?
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Yeah absolutely nothing. I've kept it plugged in for quite some time now. Just in case. I'm thinking it's not the battery. I ended up calling AT&T and blamed KIES.
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Yeah absolutely nothing. I've kept it plugged in for quite some time now. Just in case. I'm thinking it's not the battery. I ended up calling AT&T and blamed KIES.
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Bummer. Too bad we can't find out what happened! Good luck man.!
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if u usb connect to the pc and pull battery to boot in dl mode and *the pc doesnt recognize it at all* use samsug kies to manually install the device drivers on the computer and odin will should find ur phone. the phone will be blank probably but the green light will turn on in odin. i have bricked this thing bad. sometimes it takes 3-4 days of being dead with no battery in it before it will boot into dl mode.
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Bummer. Too bad we can't find out what happened! Good luck man.!
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Thanks a lot. It certainly wasn't the battery. Your comments are nice but your avatar is ironic. lol
I seem to have a strange problem. My Skyrocket does not want to stay off. I power down the phone, and it comes back up on its own immediately. I've tried this with and without charger connected. I had this problem on Embryo 5.4, and now also on 6.1. Right now, my only option when I need the phone to stay off (like when traveling by air, which I do often) is to take the battery out. The second I put the battery back in, the phone boots up.
Could anyone help me out here?
I tried searching the forum for similar issues, but could not find any. But in case I've missed a thread, feel free to start the flaming .
Thanks in advance for any help.
Sounds like a sticky power button
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aggierag said:
I seem to have a strange problem. My Skyrocket does not want to stay off. I power down the phone, and it comes back up on its own immediately. I've tried this with and without charger connected. I had this problem on Embryo 5.4, and now also on 6.1. Right now, my only option when I need the phone to stay off (like when traveling by air, which I do often) is to take the battery out. The second I put the battery back in, the phone boots up.
Could anyone help me out here?
I tried searching the forum for similar issues, but could not find any. But in case I've missed a thread, feel free to start the flaming .
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I have this problem too.
I believe it happens to me when my battery is full or mostly full. Does it happen to your phone when the batter is low?
Stuck power button. It's a known issue on the skyrocket. There are a number of threads on how to clean it. Search stuck power button on the i727.
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smock9 said:
I have this problem too.
I believe it happens to me when my battery is full or mostly full. Does it happen to your phone when the batter is low?
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Nope.. would happen at any battery level! Turned out to be a sticky button issue after all... just tapped it a few times & (touch-wood) problem solved!:victory:
I have the same problem. I tried cleaning the button, a new battery, flashed different ROMs and recoveries but I still have the problem.
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I have the same problem. I tried cleaning the button, a new battery, flashed different ROMs and recoveries but I still have the problem.
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Clean the button out again, but this time do a better job.
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if the power button wont shut off the phone then its a dead button not a stuck power button, just get an app that would do a shutdown/restart/recovery function
vincom said:
if the power button wont shut off the phone then its a dead button not a stuck power button, just get an app that would do a shutdown/restart/recovery function
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sobepmp said:
I have the same problem. I tried cleaning the button, a new battery, flashed different ROMs and recoveries but I still have the problem.
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try cleaning the charger port also. Turned out I had something there too that was shorting the leads and once I cleaned that out thoroughly, I had no more problems till now.
Thanx, I'll try that.
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My wife's Ultra has developed an issue where the phone powers down whenever the screen is turned off. This happens whether the screen is put into standby with the power button or is allowed to turn off automatically.
Just tried a factory reset today with no joy.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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NovaChief said:
My wife's Ultra has developed an issue where the phone powers down whenever the screen is turned off. This happens whether the screen is put into standby with the power button or is allowed to turn off automatically.
Just tried a factory reset today with no joy.
Anyone have any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Today, i had the same issue on Droid Ultra, running KitKat. I think it's because battery state issue - before i rebooted, battery showed 19%, but after power on issue, i go into bootloader and power off the device and plugged in charger. Charging battery on screen showed me 0%.
PS: i used exposed feature for better battery stat. Maybe issue was because of it.
PPS: did you root her phone and clean from bloatware? Add some tweaks? My Droid currently charging, and i'd like to hcarge it up to 100% then try to power it on.
Her phone is unrooted and stock kit kat. We've eliminated the battery and any third party apps as the cause. It seems like a hardware issue but the power button works fine for all other functions.
Also figured out that the phone doesn't power off immediately after the screen goes off. Still baffled.
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NovaChief said:
Her phone is unrooted and stock kit kat. We've eliminated the battery and any third party apps as the cause. It seems like a hardware issue but the power button works fine for all other functions.
Also figured out that the phone doesn't power off immediately after the screen goes off. Still baffled.
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I am having the same issue with my Droid Maxx Dev Edition. Anyone find a fix?
I am having the same issue and it is driving me crazy!!! Any resolution?
Any answers?
TheDroidURLookinFor said:
I am having the same issue with my Droid Maxx Dev Edition. Anyone find a fix?
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BariB523 said:
I am having the same issue and it is driving me crazy!!! Any resolution?
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BariB523 said:
Any answers?
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Try running the correct fxz for your build and see if that corrects it.
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Try running the correct fxz for your build and see if that corrects it.
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As far as I know I have the factory image for my phone. I haven't changed it.
On a side note...I have stopped laying it face down anymore so I am not getting the shut offs. Don't know if that helps anyone.
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As far as I know I have the factory image for my phone. I haven't changed it.
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Doesnt mean it didnt become corrupted in some way
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Doesnt mean it didnt become corrupted in some way
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You have a good point. Ugh...not looking forward to all that work. lol
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You have a good point. Ugh...not looking forward to all that work. lol
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Its not difficult. The 4.4.4 fxz doesnt erase any data in stock form. It will wipe root though
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Its not difficult. The 4.4.4 fxz doesnt erase any data in stock form. It will wipe root though
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Yeah not happy about losing root. Have they got root on 4.4.4 yet?
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Yeah not happy about losing root. Have they got root on 4.4.4 yet?
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Just partial carried over from 19.6.3
We ended up getting a warranty replacement through Verizon.
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Just partial carried over from 19.6.3
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Yeah...I'll wait. Not that big of a deal for me now that I know not to put if face down.
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We ended up getting a warranty replacement through Verizon.
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Did that fix it for you?