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SOLVED!!! [Q] Help! Nexus S won't turn on!!! :(

Hi everyone.
Last night I went to bed and as usual I check my Nexus S battery.
It indicated me very low battery, and turn it off.
So far, no problem, i thought, well there isn't enough battery to turn on the phone. I connected the cellphone to the wall charger and went to sleep.
Today i woke up and try it to turn it on, the screens just flashes and nothing happens.... Removed battery, try it again, the same.
Try 100 times that, and there was one time a Warning of Bootloader came up. Don't know what i did different thought, but now i can't get the same result.
Actually now the screen doesn't even flashes when i press the power button.
The battery seems to be charged, i tested with a LED. My wall charger is also working cause it's able to charge my old phone.
And now to get things even worse, as i bought it in asia, i don't have warranty, and the gran finale, Nexus S is not been sold in Brazil due to some regulatory issues, so Samsung said it they can't help me with an imported product.
The Cellphone is brand new, doesn't have not even ONE month of use.
It's not rotted, and it was in the latest android firm.
Does anyone have any idea what can i do????
The phone doesn't respond to anything .
Tnks a lot in advance.
PROBLEM SOLVED!!! SEE THE LAST THREAD. BR!

rafaelqds said:
Hi everyone.
Last night I went to bed and as usual I check my Nexus S battery.
It indicated me very low battery, and turn it off.
So far, no problem, i thought, well there isn't enough battery to turn on the phone. I connected the cellphone to the wall charger and went to sleep.
Today i woke up and try it to turn it on, the screens just flashes and nothing happens.... Removed battery, try it again, the same.
Try 100 times that, and there was one time a Warning of Bootloader came up. Don't know what i did different thought, but now i can't get the same result.
Actually now the screen doesn't even flashes when i press the power button.
The battery seems to be charged, i tested with a LED. My wall charger is also working cause it's able to charge my old phone.
And now to get things even worse, as i bought it in asia, i don't have warranty, and the gran finale, Nexus S is not been sold in Brazil due to some regulatory issues, so Samsung said it they can't help me with an imported product.
The Cellphone is brand new, doesn't have not even ONE month of use.
It's not rotted, and it was in the latest android firm.
Does anyone have any idea what can i do????
The phone doesn't respond to anything .
Tnks a lot in advance.
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Is it showing full bars when you connect the charger and press the volume button?

dude, i think there is something wrong with our country. take a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111761
i think you tried everything possible, can't see what else you could do. Looks like a hardware issue..
if i were you, i'd claim for warranty, even if you bought in hk, it has warranty, of course you will lose shipping cost, but, it's better than lose the phone! =o]
good luck!

GchildT: Nothing happens when i connect the charger to the cellphone.
Already tried the hard reset (volumn up + power button) nothing happens
thiagodark: Tell me about it, i read this thread ealier this morning, actually i send it a private message asking him if he solve his problem... samsung is really disappoint me.
The thing i found most said is that the phone is bran new! Not a month year old.
And i didn't do anything, not even rotted, dropped, anything!

PROBLEM SOOOOOOOOOOOLVED!!!
The problem was that there was a little tiny piece of plastic dirt in the usb male plug in the phone! And that piece was able to make a faulty contact with the charger, the phone battery was dead as hell.
Can you believe that?????
I almost sent my phone across the world in order to use the warranty.
Now I'm back with my cellphone up , happy as hell!
Tnks a lot, and remenber to always clean everything before use more drastic measures.
BR

rafaelqds said:
PROBLEM SOOOOOOOOOOOLVED!!!
The problem was that there was a little tiny piece of plastic dirt in the usb male plug in the phone! And that piece was able to make a faulty contact with the charger, the phone battery was dead as hell.
Can you believe that?????
I almost sent my phone across the world in order to use the warranty.
Now I'm back with my cellphone up , happy as hell!
Tnks a lot, and remenber to always clean everything before use more drastic measures.
BR
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Wow... good for you man. Its rooted btw
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rafaelqds said:
PROBLEM SOOOOOOOOOOOLVED!!!
The problem was that there was a little tiny piece of plastic dirt in the usb male plug in the phone! And that piece was able to make a faulty contact with the charger, the phone battery was dead as hell.
Can you believe that?????
I almost sent my phone across the world in order to use the warranty.
Now I'm back with my cellphone up , happy as hell!
Tnks a lot, and remenber to always clean everything before use more drastic measures.
BR
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Wow.... really good news, i always clean contacts before everything, my old desire hd was going in car mode, just because a short in this piece, and when i cleaned with isopropyl alcohol it was magically solved.
Well, nice to know that your issue was solved...
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[Problem][Fixed] Looks like mine xt720 got fryed.

I got it fixed, thanks for mine friend engineer )
So.. that should be happen much early...
So, now mine phone stoped to boot, no battery power, after using a frog charger- still low battery.
Looks line phone fried =(
So, i think i will stop to support all roms... Cause i can't test it anymore...
I will make 2-3 correction builds that ics can start.
And.. i think this will be end...
(Will take samsung infuse 4g for dev or i will buy new phone for my wife and take her razr...)

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Maybe just your battery died?

I hope so, will try use another.. but mine frog charger charged mine battery about 3 hours.
And showing it full power...
And yesterday i was charging mine phone in place with bad power system...

I can't seem to find it from my phone, but epsylon3 had a thread/post about how he made a factory cable that will power his defy without a battery. I think he was working from instructions for an to an atrix one.
I wouldn't rule out a battery problem though... I mean you did freeze it... I'm meditating and attempting to channel good happy thoughts at your phone...

Mioze7Ae said:
I can't seem to find it from my phone, but epsylon3 had a thread/post about how he made a factory cable that will power his defy without a battery. I think he was working from instructions for an to an atrix one.
I wouldn't rule out a battery problem though... I mean you did freeze it... I'm meditating and attempting to channel good happy thoughts at your phone...
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So, will try to do factory cable...

Hope your phone will work again soon!

This very sad news I might be changing phones today.
It looks xt day are coming to the end.
Flfalcon I will try to fix gps.
Thanks for all your roms
Sent from my XT720 using xda premium

False alarm, friend of mine get it fixed.
Youp, contacts on mainboard and battery was melted... now it fixed.

Praise the Lord! I hope mine stays out of hardware trouble. Dropped it like 4 times now and I don't send devices abroad for fixing and I would be too much afraid to try fix it (even a few dry solder joints)

Glad to know that... but it is weird that the contact melted. Any clue?

phone wont turn on

My phone wont turn on after installing titanmim backup it was working ok and had about 50% battery left but thenit suddenly went off and now wont turn on.

Can it boot into recovery? What happens when you plug it into a charger and try turn it on?

It wont boot in to recovery mode. Am on my way home now so soon as am in am going to try and plug it in to the charger and see but before I installed titanmim backup it had about 50% battery still in it
Just tuck it out of my pocket and the screen feels warm to the touch

Try it when you get home and see how it goes.

Just got in and plugged it in to the charger and it's not coming on the charger light isn't even coming on

How the PC recognize it in the device manager?

At the moment my pc isn't picking it up

Pull the battery, put it back in, then try to power on.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

Tried that tried 2 different battery's and 2 different chargers and 2 different laptops

Did you try and turn the phone on without a battery in? I read somewhere that that may help discharge the final bit of power in the phone, but it's probably bull crap.
So no computer sees it at all? Have you ever run ADB or FASTBOOT commands with your computer? I ask because I want to make sure you have proper drivers installed and everything.
The next thing I would do is start downloading a RUU of your liking. I say that becasue it may come down to trying that out, and the download takes a while. Here's a link to the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
Any other info you can provide like is it stock, rooted, what ROM, etc. would be helpful.

It rooted and running OrDroid rom from here, It as been running great till tonight when I tried to install titanium back and it just went off with no life in it at all

Sorry to say but it sounds like a lot like what happened to me. My first Sensation just died on me one day. Have a read about it in this thread.

Am starting think that my self as I left it on charge all-night and its still dead. Don't even think it as any warranty left oh well best start saving just a pitty you can't make calls from a galaxy 10.1

freddy0000 said:
Am starting think that my self as I left it on charge all-night and its still dead. Don't even think it as any warranty left oh well best start saving just a pitty you can't make calls from a galaxy 10.1
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Yeah that is a real shame about the Galaxy 10.1. I have actually been thinking about getting one of those myself. I don't know about the Galaxy 10.1, but my Accer Iconia A500 tablet has a slot for a SD card that has a peice of molded plastic covering the slot. And it is work going on to be able to use it like a phone. Terrible how OEMs lock out a feature like that
Anyway back on topic, if you are interested I can give you contact info to someone that can replace the mainboard for you at a reasonable price. That would be cheaper than buying another device I think. Just PM me if you are interested.

Am in the UK mate

Think ill take my chances and try and sending if off to HTC for repair

Just booked it in now so hopefully they will fix it

Same thing happen to me the other day. It shut off and wouldn't come on. Thankfully I am paying extra for extended warranty which is basically lifetime warranty and got it replaced.
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How much did you pay for extended warranty*

Got a email from Htc saying even though my phone is in warranty they want a £145 to fix it put not because of the fault but because at the top of the screen there a little crack and even though I said that's not why its broke they still want me to pay it. So I don't now if its worth paying that much to fix it or count my loss's. Isn't there any other way to fix a bricked phone

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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desire s keep turning off

everytime if i was to slightly drop it on a table as putting it down it would turn off
as anyone had this issue and know how i can fix it
im guessing its a loose connection

clitheroelad said:
everytime if i was to slightly drop it on a table as putting it down it would turn off
as anyone had this issue and know how i can fix it
im guessing its a loose connection
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maybe connector issues...try different rom and if it keep happen is hadware issues :S

if it does same am i best to open it and see if anything is loose

clitheroelad said:
if it does same am i best to open it and see if anything is loose
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be carefull, and i suggest u to see many video (on youtube or ifixit) before open it

might just be best selling it then rather the hassle making it worse

Its a loose connection. Put some material in-between the batt lock and the batt. Like a piece of folded paper.
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Also, check that the connections of the battery are clear.
Before all that, I would check the SIM card for being loose, too.

clitheroelad said:
everytime if i was to slightly drop it on a table as putting it down it would turn off
as anyone had this issue and know how i can fix it
im guessing its a loose connection
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Yep, mine had/has this, though not quite as sensitive as yours! Mine would sometimes just die in my pocket when it got jarred. I tried the folded paper fix - put it between the battery and the clip to help hold the battery firm - and it helped a bit, but not completely.
So I sent it off under warranty for repair, after a long email debate with Nokia tech support about this battery issue (they didn't think it was a battery problem, and were unwilling to test it, but were happy to check out the phone itself.). After it came back, they said "our repair centre fully tested the device and found a fault with the function keys of which they replaced", and true, it is better now. It still dies occasionally, but it's more like once a week instead of twice a day.
The other thing Nokia tech support requested was if I could test it with another battery. So I have a third-party spare battery now, and *so far* the phone hasn't died while it's had that in it, only while it has the original Nokia battery in.
It's worth noting that as a result of an EU Directive, the manufacturers warranty on consumer goods (including mobile phones) now has to be two years, so your phone is probably still covered. Send it off for repair! http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/ecc/consumer_topics/buying_goods_services_en.htm

what has nokia got to do with this?
Sent from my supercharged :tank:

Never had this problem. I think you need to check with repair service.

I had this error too, sendet it in for checking and it came back; repaired on warrenty. But it keept turning off all the time...
Then I recoqnized that the phone turned off, when my battery was about 16% discharged. I testet the phone with another battery I got form a friend and after one total crash cause of too many apps I did reset my phone and since then it works fine.
Try a differnt battery maybe it works too