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[Q] Samsung Nexus S will not turn on

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!

Cant-find-answers-man! said:
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

BRICKED!?

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

stoopendis said:
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.

-Graff- said:
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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stoopendis said:
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.

-Graff- said:
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.

stoopendis said:
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

[Q] HELP!! Samsung Galaxy Sl wont boot! Can someone help me??

Phone details:
Samsung galaxy sl GT-I9003
stock rom DDLF2
Stock kernel
No root
No OC
Details of the issue:
i charged my phone overnight and when i turned it on,it came upto the samsung screen and the screen vanished and it hasnt been able to boot up since,i tried to drain the battery overnight but that didnt seem to help either,its stuck at this blank screen.
I tried reinstalling the battery too but the phone would automatically start up,i could manage to enter the download mode for like 3 secs ,i connected it to my pc via USB but it recognized it but couldnt install the drivers in such a short time,odin doesnt recognise it either
Here is what happened when i took it to the samsung service centre:
The service guy there told me that the hardware is perfectly normal and he checked it infront of me,he told me that the charging pin is slightly damaged but the phone charges without any issues,software couldnt be analyzed but the last time i checked it had the value pack DDLF2 installed so i dont think that would be the problem.The guy told me that the charger pin is connected to the motherboard and may prevent the kernel from booting which i think is just too DUMB even as an excuse .The phone automatically tries to turn on without me pressing the power key when i insert the battery.
I need help PLEASEEE
Thanks in advance

I think it's hardware-based problem. Better check it to legitimate samsung service center.
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try to flash firmware
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dredremon said:
try to flash firmware
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I cant flash any firmware,the screen fades away before odin can establish a decent connection

If the phone is getting automatically on there is some problem with the power button its pressed too much and I think the phone is restarting because there maybe some loose connection between your battery and the phone
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coolguy1cool said:
I cant flash any firmware,the screen fades away before odin can establish a decent connection
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try to download mode ur phone.
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Did you try to change your battery? With my old battery I have got similar problems.
dredremon said:
try to download mode ur phone.
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salvosistemista said:
Did you try to change your battery? With my old battery I have got similar problems.
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I tried the phone with a Brand NEW battery at the samsung service centre and the same thing would happen over and over again

coolguy1cool said:
I tried the phone with a Brand NEW battery at the samsung service centre and the same thing would happen over and over again
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if your phone automatically tries to power on as soon as you insert battery then it might be your Power button problem...
btw lets just consider this case.. what happens when your phone(battery inserted) is connected to charger... how does the screen behaves and what you see on the screen?

dredremon said:
try to download mode ur phone.
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The phone goes into download mode for only like 3 secs and then the download mode logo fades away

mustafahussain said:
if your phone automatically tries to power on as soon as you insert battery then it might be your Power button problem...
btw lets just consider this case.. what happens when your phone(battery inserted) is connected to charger... how does the screen behaves and what you see on the screen?
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The service centre guy tried the power button as a few times and fixed it up by disassembling the device
When i connect the phone with battery into the charging port it behaves in the same manner ,it would automatically turn on and the screen logo (Samsung ....) would then disapper and there would be a blank screen in its place for like ever till it charges (i cant really tell when its charged)

nikhil18 said:
If the phone is getting automatically on there is some problem with the power button its pressed too much and I think the phone is restarting because there maybe some loose connection between your battery and the phone
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I'm not soo sure about the hardware as it was checked by the samsung guys soo i dont know a lot although since it may help ,i might as well make a video and put the link here

See the service center
coolguy1cool said:
The phone goes into download mode for only like 3 secs and then the download mode logo fades away
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get in touch with the service center.

I tried 2 service centers but they weren't able to fix it, can any of the developers help me with this??
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Random reboots jb

Hi all I'm on my tenth fresh install of viper 2.0 tried it multiple ways including 3x factory resets 3x system wipe + cache & dalvic but still suffer reboots I've tried to catch it on a logcat via adv & via terminal emulator but never happens when those are running any ideas welcome the only thing I haven't tried is formatting the sd but that shouldnt cause it or should it! Ps reboots also happened on trickdroid 9.0 & 9.1!
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By any chance does this happens in the morning?
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Darknites said:
By any chance does this happens in the morning?
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yes several times this morning & once since lunch now been on 4 & half hours! I took off charge last night about 22:00 was on all night till about 10am then they started! Have you an Idea about the morning reboots mate?

rustykwak said:
yes several times this morning & once since lunch now been on 4 & half hours! I took off charge last night about 22:00 was on all night till about 10am then they started! Have you an Idea about the morning reboots mate?
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I just might but go here and have a read and see if that fits and also if you can get his type of screenshot that might help.

Darknites said:
I just might but go here and have a read and see if that fits and also if you can get his type of screenshot that might help.
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I've installed GSam battery monitor & will see what it shows up! the HTC battery monitor resets after the reboot not giving any info! I'll report back & if simular to the other guy I'll post on that thread as well! cheers!

rustykwak said:
I've installed GSam battery monitor & will see what it shows up! the HTC battery monitor resets after the reboot not giving any info! I'll report back & if simular to the other guy I'll post on that thread as well! cheers!
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Ya a reboot should be resetting GSam too but his shot don't so we will see with a bit of luck.

Here's a weird one just put phone on charge via laptop I accidentally rebooted the phone in the process batt was showing 47% before & 53% directly after boot! If I remember the phone had been on 10hrs before the first reboot this morning & with 82% Bart after the reboot it was down to 69%!
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rustykwak said:
Here's a weird one just put phone on charge via laptop I accidentally rebooted the phone in the process batt was showing 47% before & 53% directly after boot! If I remember the phone had been on 10hrs before the first reboot this morning & with 82% Bart after the reboot it was down to 69%!
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First jump makes sense since it connected to the laptop. Now the 2nd one sounds like the other thread so need to wait for that kinda reboot and can you next time have it showing the other info like the other thread.

Darknites said:
First jump makes sense since it connected to the laptop. Now the 2nd one sounds like the other thread so need to wait for that kinda reboot and can you next time have it showing the other info like the other thread.
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yeah will do!

No luck I've had two reboots while screen off & batt monitors zeroed!
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rustykwak said:
No luck I've had two reboots while screen off & batt monitors zeroed!
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Thats lame hmm does it seemed to drain the battery?

Darknites said:
Thats lame hmm does it seemed to drain the battery?
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If it does its not by a lot!
I'm gonna try logcat via terminal emulator again I need to capture this so we have a chance of finding the source of the problem! will charge over night & then set the logcat running before I leave for work by the way I have also suffered a reboot during a call! the reboots always happen when the battery is between 80 & 50% remaining & has never done so below 50% I wonder if the power management has something to do with it! never happened On ICS just a thought!

Some screenshots from better batt stats
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Ya I just lost with this now guess your issue isnt the same as the other but that is a bit odd about the % thing.

I've managed to capture some logcats for these reboots I'd appreciate it if someone could look at these to see where the issue comes from its a bit above my knowledge! I've only posted the last couple of mins before the reboots captured via terminal emulator!
Thanks in advance!

rustykwak said:
I've managed to capture some logcats for these reboots I'd appreciate it if someone could look at these to see where the issue comes from its a bit above my knowledge! I've only posted the last couple of mins before the reboots captured via terminal emulator!
Thanks in advance!
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I think I've finally resolved this issue as I've not yet had a reboot & have had phone on for over 13 hrs, it would seem that the app Juice Defender which I've always used causes a conflict with the power management in HTC's version of JB trying to reconnect wifi or data after JD has switched it off rebooting to take control! I was wandering if anyone else has tried running this app on JB or would try it to see if my findings are correct!

Tablet not charging..

My tablet has recently decided to stop charging no matter what I try :/
I left it over night plugged in and it went from 0% to 1%.. but when unplugged it turned off straight away.
If i plug it in while turned off the screen becomes a sort of glitchy mess, with a yellow exclamation mark being glitched out on the screen ><
how can i fix this thanks ..

I Have the same problem too. I tried everything. My problem came after JB update. A custom room could fix it?
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iRhyiku said:
My tablet has recently decided to stop charging no matter what I try :/
I left it over night plugged in and it went from 0% to 1%.. but when unplugged it turned off straight away.
If i plug it in while turned off the screen becomes a sort of glitchy mess, with a yellow exclamation mark being glitched out on the screen ><
how can i fix this thanks ..
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Do you have another charge / data cable to try?

Ah yes sorry, I fixed it, Im now using ReVolt JB and that seemed to have fixed it, I was on Hyperdrive RLS3 when it stopped charging..
Sorry forgot to update the post :good:

Yeah man sure your using a original changer and cable, I've tried using a few after market versions and they all suck
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ckavvouras said:
Yeah man sure your using a original changer and cable, I've tried using a few after market versions and they all suck
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Using the official one that came with the tablet

Same issue as in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43749411#post43749411
Still no set fix i dont think, Im in the same boat...and its sinking