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[Q] Is my Sensation dead?

Hi guys!
I'm Running Leedroid 2.3.0 on my sensation since 2.3.0 was released.
I'm CWM v4.0.1.4 (charging fixed! blue text) on it.
The Phone ran perfect until yesterday. I didn't overclock and didn't do any other special tweaks, i used it as it was.
Yesterday i used google maps navigation for about 5 - 10 minutes. after that the phone was really hot. I stopped navigation and killed google maps with the stock task manager.
I put the phone into my pocket, about 20min later i noticed the phone turned off. it was still a little bit warm.
Now the phone doesn't turn on anymore. when i plug in the charger, nothing happens. not even the orange led turns on. absolutely nothing.
i've tried all combinations off pulling the battery, left it out for som time and plug it in again. try to charge....
No chance - the phone seems to be dead.
I've got no idea if it is a hardware or a software problem. how can i find out?
What can i do?
I think my warranty is void by rooting and flashing the custom rom.

You should check first if the Battery or the phone is the problem. Try getting another battery that u can try out. If it is not working, then probably your phone is dead. However, I would replace it with warranty. Since it's dead they can not turn it on and check if u modded it. Maybe they can detected that if they would take out the mainboard and connect it to some JTAG device, but I'm 99.9% sure they will not do this. Imagine the costs of doing this with every phone they get for replacement... It's not easy to detect if the Software on the phone was manipulated once the phone is dead due to a hardware defect.
What you can also try ist connect it to usb port on PC and try turning on. Does the PC detect anything?

PC doesn't detect anything.
I tried another battery today, same problem.
Do you think it is a hardware problem?

It may have gotten so hot it damaged some of the hardware. Like he said up there ^ take it to Tmobile and ask them to replace it. These things are notorious for overheating anyways so your story will be believable.
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Vineares said:
It may have gotten so hot it damaged some of the hardware. Like he said up there ^ take it to Tmobile and ask them to replace it. These things are notorious for overheating anyways so your story will be believable.
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agreed. warranty, warranty, warranty

i think it is best for you to bring back to the tmobile store to get it check or get a new replacement. dont answer too much questions if they ask because they might try to look for away to void your warranty or refuse for service.

I'll bring it to t-mobile tomorrow.

I got a new one.
T-Mobile replaced it.

glad they did!

nonione said:
glad they did!
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thats a good news

Need Major Help!!!

My Phone is dead!!! I came into work and all was well. I turned on the Mobile Internet and turned off the Wifi and then it froze. I waited and waited. No change. I took the batter cover off and removed the battery. Put it back in and put the cover back on. Now my phone wont charge or turn on. The battery was at 50% when it was on. I just flashed to a new rom (see sig) on the 30th but haven't touched the radio.
I need help because I do not get a replacement phone until July!!
EDIT: I got my phone up and running. I removed battery and SD card and put them back in. The phone is booted and charging.

1. Take out the battery plug in the power only and then power it on. Hold down the power button for a long time. Remember this phone will not power up without the cover on.
2. Don't worry you can exchange it for a new one.
3. Don't freak out its only a phone.

just curiosity...the micro sd have something to do with the phone is not booting? i think no, but ask just is case...

lloydkant said:
just curiosity...the micro sd have something to do with the phone is not booting? i think no, but ask just is case...
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That SD card should not have been the cause for his problem...without some sort of a log for when the problem intially happened it'll be tough to really diagnose the exact issue that happened...either way I'm glad you're up and running! now that I'm curious though, did you mess around with any UV or OC settings? or flash a new kernel or script?

I wish I could find a log. I have no idea why what I did caused the phone to work. But to my knowledge since flashing to this Rom, I have not under volted or oced the phone.
Yes... I realize it is a phone but it's an expensive thing to replace when you have no extra money to buy a new phone at cost.
Ty for the help!
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Aaron78 said:
I wish I could find a log. I have no idea why what I did caused the phone to work. But to my knowledge since flashing to this Rom, I have not under volted or oced the phone.
Yes... I realize it is a phone but it's an expensive thing to replace when you have no extra money to buy a new phone at cost.
Ty for the help!
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G with XDA Premium.
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no worries man, logs are difficult because unless you're running one when the problem happens, the log itself is useless so unless you had prior knowledge that this was gonna happen, really can't expect you to have one lol, hence the big issue with logs haha! When you do battery pulls, it's best to wait like a minute before putting it back in and restarting, I don't know if there is a scientific reason behind it but I figure it's best to give it time to fully settle before you try restarting.

Thanks for the reply and the tip.

The main reason you want to leave the battery out for a bit is to give everything a chance to discharge and go completely to sleep. I have found with smart phones that usually 60 to 120 seconds is enough. Cars on the other hand can sometimes take hours!

If you need an activity log to diagnose what happened, maybe Carrier IQ can help.

pseudoware said:
If you need an activity log to diagnose what happened, maybe Carrier IQ can help.
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I lol'ed. hard.

Glad its working!
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[Q] Hard Bricked? Sidekick 4g

Soo I have a big problem,
My sidekick 4g suddenly shut off and directly went into Download Bootloader. It would only stay in that window for about 3 seconds then restart. So I tried doing Odin but it would never stay in download mode long enough. After a while, the phone stopped turning on and now it does not even charge. I believe I have hard bricked the phone. When I leave it on the charger. I see no indication that it is charging but the battery gets warm. Is there any hope for me to fix this phone?
Please let me know ASAP. Thanks!

helodavelo said:
Soo I have a big problem,
My sidekick 4g suddenly shut off and directly went into Download Bootloader. It would only stay in that window for about 3 seconds then restart. So I tried doing Odin but it would never stay in download mode long enough. After a while, the phone stopped turning on and now it does not even charge. I believe I have hard bricked the phone. When I leave it on the charger. I see no indication that it is charging but the battery gets warm. Is there any hope for me to fix this phone?
Please let me know ASAP. Thanks!
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Does the device even show up as a USB vendor/product id? See that with `lsusb` on Linux or the Device Manager on Windows.
It might be worth trying ayoteddy's FOOL PROOF WAY TO GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186954
Perhaps if you trigger the phone to enter download mode that way, it won't just continually reboot...
Beyond that, I think you'll be looking at hardware-level fixes. If the phone isn't literally fried, it can almost certainly be repaired with JTAG. But that would involve a JTAG interface which I am guessing you don't already have.
You might be able to find someone who will JTAG for you for free, or for a fee. A local phone repair shop might have this capability.
If you're damn good with a soldering iron, or have a friend who is, there's also AdamOutler's "UnbrickableMod":
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347984
That mod is not for the feint of heart, you need to take the phone almost entirely apart and do soldering work within the area of a grain of rice... but it is possible.
But all the options assume that the only problem with the device is a bad flash -- damaged boot loader, bad kernel/recovery, etc. The way you describe your phone's demise, a hardware failure certainly seems like a possibility.
Good luck, I hope your device is not dead.
FWIW, SK4G goes for ~$100-200 on eBay these days depending on condition. Locally you could probably find lower prices.

Wow thanks for all the info but i tried ayoteddy. Since the phone doesnt even power on , i cant do what teddy says. And no, after a few failed odins, the comp doesn't even see the phone. But that's also because the phone doesn't turn on. I even put a charged bat. Still no go

helodavelo said:
Wow thanks for all the info but i tried ayoteddy. Since the phone doesnt even power on , i cant do what teddy says. And no, after a few failed odins, the comp doesn't even see the phone. But that's also because the phone doesn't turn on. I even put a charged bat. Still no go
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It really sounds like a hardware failure.
If you are committed to trying everything to rescue your particular device, you could double down and try a new battery. You risk wasting whatever money you spend on it, of course.
If I recall correctly, the SK4G can't operate properly without some battery current, even when plugged into USB. And the other symptoms seem to leave the door open on battery problems -- sudden power down, brief signs of life which eventually cease, hot battery. The sudden failure of a lithium battery would hardly be unusual.

I have seen an issue very similar to this before. It turned out to be a loose connection inside the phone. Might want to disassemble and reassemble carefully to ensure that the connections are secure. Youtube has dis-assembly videos to guide you. You don't have to completely disassemble the phone, just til you reach the main board and secure the connections to it. If you don't feel like you can hand the task of dis-assembly you could always search for a local phone repair business, or even computer repair shop (they often do some phone repairs). Hope this helps

Hey there, I am trying to fix a SK4G with the exact same problems... download mode will show up, but then the screen will go blank again. I'm gonna look into what blk2dr suggested... did you ever fix yours, OP?

root? so Warranty it, not saying its the most "ethical way"
out of curiosity what was the last, well as samsung would put it, hac...ERRRR unsupported warranty voiding modification known to us as upgrade/flash eg. via cwm odin rom app add on modem kernel etc. that was done to the ol SK? or is it just straight up faulty craftsmanship from samsung...nooooo on a SK4g??? is that possible? lol moving a rom around from folder to root of sd once (zip prev passed md5 check) my 2nd or was it 3rd t839 had a lil hiccup that i didnt realize at the time made my custom Roms zip like 47kb smaller then it previously was and should of been, when flashing is 2nd nature and ur just moving it within the same sd card its already checked out on the md5 sum and ur dealing with a 200+/-mb file, whos gonna notice that minor change? to make a really long story just kinda long, into voodoo cwm flash, let it marinate... phone ran great for 4 days, then i decided i was going to clear cache davlik fix permish and reboot...yea went into cwm wiped wiped and half way thru fix permish phone crashed rebooted back into recov, when i tried to reboot sys it had your same exact issue. DL mode for just a second...then all black yet slightly backlit screen. could never get it to stay long enuff to odin back to stock, fullproof DL mode was a no go and of course the battery died, wouldnt recharge. i played dumb went to tmo store dude tesed phone with new batt my batt in other sk etc etc...anyways he charged my battery up enuff it flared back into dl mode for a few sec...my fix? hours and days headin into weeks of jackin with this thing i went with my cure all root REUPwarranty fix...flash a bad freakin bootloader thru odin and kill it once ad for all, DL mode only needs to be on about 4 sec, not long enough to go back to stock rom but long enuff to kill that B. prefered bootloader is i9000 haha works like a champ everytime to every rooted phone that had issues i needed a warranty exchange on(only been 4) seeing how i get a new phone every 3months on avg and always pay full price the ratio is tiny. yeah i know the trickle down effect raising costs from manufacture in long run yadayada. all is true, but i figure ive been kicked in the groin so many times by samsung,lg,moto,htc etc they can eat 1 every now and then. as a tmo employee in 07/08 i paid 500 upfront for the mda that got back ordered for 6 months had 2 bad dead spots in the touch screen within a month and screen went completely white in 3mnths. some employee/warranty fine print screwed me out of a new phone. and dont even get me started on the sidekick. 399 bucks for a phone that basically got abandoned 3 months later cuz it was junk compared to what it should be and breaks in high quanities. theyll still tax u 20 bucks and make u keep ur old battery and cover charger etc so im not losin any sleep, for real kill it for good, run it to the store get ur new err rebuilt refurb SK4g in 2 days then save up for a t989 s2 dl gmote/spashtop and poweramp on ur SK4g and let her roll as a wireless keyboard/mousepad for ur pc and let the voodoo and Pamp rock as a killer mp3 player. thats all the T-urd-839 is really good for anyways, oh yea and a mediocre bt controller for playin games on my S2's lol do the warranty, its samsung/TMOs fault for lettin this junk product get released, abandoning it and overcharging so many of us. Just do it, do it lol

pull battery, connect usb, hold power, volume up, volume down, camera, and tackpad and insert battery. It should FORCE the phone into download mode.
try it lol~

Nexus S won't power up?

I recently flashed CMRex with Kejar's 4.1.1 gapps and was going about setting up my device. I got everything set up how I like with all the apps I wanted downloaded and running how I wanted them. I then ran the v6 supercharger mod that I had used on my past two roms with no problem whatsoever. After finishing the set up of the script, I rebooted my device and all was well. I went to browse on craigslist's mobile app, then I saw something I wanted to google, so I opened my browser. My browser took an ungodly amount of time to load my homepage(google), and wouldn't respond hardly. I couldn't get the touchscreen to respond. My hardware buttons did respond and I got haptic feedback from them, but no response on the screen. Eventually, after numerously pressing the home button, I got a message saying the browser wasn't responding, selected ok to close it, then back to the non-responsiveness of the touch screen and hardware buttons. And then another eventually later, after another multitude of home button presses, I got to my homescreen but everything was laggy. The most lag I have ever encountered with my device since I obtained it, not to mention that my device was beginning to heat up. So, I decided I would power off the device, remove the battery, let it cool down, and then replace the battery before powering it back up. Well, lo and behold, I did just that, went to power back up my device, and there was no sign of life at all. Tried to get into the bootloader, no response. Tried a normal boot, no response. Tried to plug it into the charger to see if it would charge, no response. Well, my girlfriend told me to leave the battery out for a while and leave it alone for a while before trying it again. So, I played some MW3 for about 45 minutes to an hour, repeated all the above, and still no sign of life. Can anyone help me out? (I don't know if this is supposed to go into the Q&A or here, so I just post here.) I'm so distraught at the possibility of losing my phone, that I'm finding it hard to cope at the moment. Should be thinking of ways to gain some money in order to purchase a new device or is there still hope?

what a long message.do you have any point form here?
i hope you solve the problem .

Do you have access to a separate charger? You can try charging your battery there and see if that works. Did you try connecting it to the computer? Maybe that will show some sign of life. Also, how old is your phone and did you over clock?
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kwibis said:
Do you have access to a separate charger? You can try charging your battery there and see if that works. Did you try connecting it to the computer? Maybe that will show some sign of life. Also, how old is your phone and did you over clock?
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I did not overclock, I do believe that my clock speeds were at the kernel default, either 100/1k, or 200/1k. Not sure which, but definitely one of those. The only other charger I would have access to would be my mother's HTC charger, but I will try that and connecting it to the computer as well. Well, I'm not exactly sure on the age of the phone because I purchased it off of craigslist, but it's in great condition. Only had a small scuff on the top left corner, but I know that has nothing to do with the age of the hardware. ): Could it possibly be that my battery decided to die for some reason? I've been having horribly battery life lately. Granted, I had horribly battery life when I got the phone, but it's gotten worse and worse since then.

My Nexus S wouldn't start but gave a flash on the screen when the battery was first inserted. Just got it back from repair and it was a motherboard problem. Was looking at a Huawei G300 as a cheap replacement if the repair wasn't covered by warranty (which it was). Good luck!

Thing about it is, I bought the phone off craigslist so I have no idea if its covered by the warranty still. Should I try calling samsung and find out?
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Sorry for my late reply! You could try, but u guess you can get a battery from Ebay and check if that solved the problem. Or if you have a friend who has one...
Sent from my Nexus S

I'm the only person I know that has this phone. And I guess the battery will have to wait till I get a job, but if im waiting that long, I'm just going to get a new phone all together.
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Testing the battery can be done differently, do you have a multimeter? Maybe your neighbours have one, it's a common thing. You can measure whether it has any power left. If you measure low voltage (below let's say 3400 mV), then it could be battery related.
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DefinitiveX said:
I recently flashed CMRex with Kejar's 4.1.1 gapps ... or is there still hope?
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Many reports on dead Nexus S with 4.1.1. Mine included after flashing CM10. Sent for repair 10 days ago and still waiting...
If you've got no warranty, perhaps time to buy a new phone? Bought myself a new Galaxy Nexus.

I would like to get a new galaxy nexus, but I have no money to do so. I'm currently trying to get a job and i m going to save up for a new phone. Im either going to get an s3, a galaxy nexus. Either one of those two or the new nexus if it comes out.
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Samsung Infuse Motherboard

My motherboard has quit working probably from rooting and overclocking. If anybody has any or know somebody that does I would highly appreciate it.

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Can you describe in detail why you believe its the motherboard...rooting should have no affect on the mother board and the oc levels in the kernels are set at safe/stable levels...but being a fairly old phone it could've jut crapped out lol
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probably a stuck power button

The first thing that happen, I tried to flash the Samsung ics rom with touchwiz ui, then it would come back one. I finally fixed it once and it had froyo so I tried to flash gingerbread from Odin and that's the last place it messed up. I've tried everything from gtgs ultimate unbrick to heimdall one click. I'm stuck with an IPhone and I hate it I would love to get my phone working again.

I think its the motherboard because I have no other damage besides regular where and tear, no scratches in the screen just the back side. I have no water damage so I figured its the motherboard because nothing else makes sense

Well what exactly is wrong with the phone? Does it not turn on? Does it boot loop? Does what response happens when you attempt to turn it on?
It may sound sketchy...but if you can't get it going you can ship it to me and I can try...you'll just have to pay for shipping both ways...pm me if your interested in that -otherwise...well try our best to help you through the forums
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It gets into download mode and that's about it, I can sometimes get it into recovery but I can't do really anything. I only flash the kernel and I get into recovery and can't get anything out of it. I am very desperate and I'm thinking about sending it to you

tmac42 said:
It gets into download mode and that's about it, I can sometimes get it into recovery but I can't do really anything. I only flash the kernel and I get into recovery and can't get anything out of it. I am very desperate and I'm thinking about sending it to you
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If you can get into download mode then you should be able to get it running. Nothing to do with the motherboard..
Try the uclb3 heimdall one-click unbrick from qkster or some odin pack. If you are getting stuck during the process, switch usb cables & ports and keep trying.
If you give up and are willing to send it to mg, then go ahead; he should be able to do the job

I have tried every heimdall and odin. i will try to switch usb cords and ports and possibly computers, but i will probaly have to send it away if this dosnt work

Hey guys i know its a very critical conditions but there are so many guide in XDA so just search for it and relax

well i received the device today...and its even got me stumped...it almost seems like a power button issue but i know its not because it stays powered on through download mode...you can successfully flash a one click heimdal but then it just boot loops the charging animation...
as of now i think it may be a bad battery or the little connecter..but even then, why would it stay on while in download mode??
gonna give odin a try and see what happens...if odin doesnt work then ill see about getting a replacement battery and see if that helps...and if that doesnt ill have to ask permission to open it up and look inside and see if i see anything unusual

alright...ive discovered this under the battery...appears that something was removed and an inner part was scratched...can anyone verify that that whole isnt supposed to be there? (my infuse got stolen from my car a couple weeks ago)
that part under there i suspect may be part of the motherboard..and if it is scratched could be the likely cause of the booting issues - but still, why does download mode have no booting issues??
again this "hole" is on the bottom left corner of where the battery should be placed

I lied...after actually looking at the end results of heimdal...the flash isn't finishing...its cutting off towards the end and then rebooting...so maybe it is the power button...still...I don't think it is as the charging boot cycle is a good 5x faster then when the phone reboots in heimdal...I'm leaning more on bad battery
edit: 99% sure its a bad battery...as soon as I unplug it while in download mode the phone turns off...I used to be able to leave my phone unplugged in download mode for hours...
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Mine has the hole, but it's black and not scratched.
sent from outer space.

Tmac...please check your pms...I got the phone working - just need the shipping money so I can send it back...I have it all packed up...but I don't wanna keep a box laying around in my room
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mg2195 said:
Tmac...please check your pms...I got the phone working - just need the shipping money so I can send it back...I have it all packed up...but I don't wanna keep a box laying around in my room
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So was it the battery? Nosey people wanna know! :cyclops: :silly:

SteveCampsOut said:
So was it the battery? Nosey people wanna know! :cyclops: :silly:
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Kindve...he must've bricked while the battery died so the phone no longer knew how to charge a dead battery...
Once I got the battery charged a little the and ran heimdall I was able to charge the battery again with no loops
This is a common problem with the HTC vivid (my other phone). The vivid is known for not being able to charge a completely dead battery requiring you to get an external charger
Anyways...tmac I'm still waiting for your response...been about two weeks since I last heard from you...does this mean I get to keep your phone LOL message me asap
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mg,
Ship it to me.
I'll ship it to qkster.
He can ship it to bigjoe who will ship it to Zen.
From there it can go to truckerglenn, then who knows. lol