Hi all,
First post here. I just bought a Samsung Infuse 4G (AT&T) from a guy off of craigslist. The guy told me the battery was bad (it was swollen), but we were able to get the phone to turn on and it appeared to be functioning normally (I was able to browse through the various menus and the app drawer).
I bought a new battery.
Note: There is NO SIM card in the phone, yet.
Note: I have tested the new battery as functioning in other devices; it is fine.
Note: I am not an AT&T customer so they won't be any help (I think).
Note: I have not yet contacted the seller for a refund.
Note: I have attempted unbricking processes via ODIN, thinking that it might be bricked, but ODIN did not detect the phone.
1) When I put the new battery in (without connected to charger), the battery throbber displays, followed by the gray battery icon (as if in charging mode), the icon then disappears.
2) When I long-press the power button to turn the phone on, the above sequence is repeated and the phone will not turn on.
3) When I plug in the charger the battery throbber displays, followed by the gray battery icon, then the icon disappears, but does not appear to be charging.
4) When I plug in the charger, it goes through sequence #3 above. I long-press the power button, then the battery throbber displays, followed by the gray battery icon, I immediately release the power button then long-press the power button again and the gray battery icon changes to GREEN. I am then able to turn on the phone as if nothing was wrong; I usually have to go through the button press process several times before I get the green battery before I can turn it on.
Note: I have noticed a very faint flashing of the soft-keys on occasion.
Note: The battery is being charged when it is connected, or so it seems.
I'm lost as to what might be the culprit. When starting it, I can enter recovery mode, I can enter download mode via battery pull method.
Thanks in advance!!
Here's the info if needed:
Model: Samsung-SGH-I997
Firmware version: 2.2.1
Base Band version: I997UCKE3
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9
Build number: FROYO.UCKE3
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Hi, I purchaseed an XDA flame on www.hi-mobile.net, on july. The display of this device not worked so their replaced it with new device. Yesterday I received it. I extract it from its box, I put sim card inside, I put battery inside and I connected it to AC power. Immediately the led become blink orange. I leave it to charge for 4 hour, then I remove it from AC power, I press on/off button but it not work, the screen remain black. I reconnect to AC power and led become orange, I press on/off button and it turned on but now the led turned off. After installation procedure, I see battery icon was with pressure point. I see in the panel where is write: "Main battery: Unknow" "Battery power remaning: Unknow". The I try to turn on the phone. In the wirless manager I tap on phone icon, but nothing happen. I try to tap on Phone menu and it write on screen "The wireless radio is not present". I see in the device information panel "GSM Version: P5C2", "IMEI: 353095010051772".
I'm disappointed of this device, and I want someone help me to solve this problem. Is not possible that I buy 2 device and 2 device not work!
What do I do??
Thanks, please answer as soon as possible.
Hi, I purchaseed an XDA flame on www.hi-mobile.net, on july. The display of this device not worked so their replaced it with new device. Yesterday I received it. I extract it from its box, I put sim card inside, I put battery inside and I connected it to AC power. Immediately the led become blink orange. I leave it to charge for 4 hour, then I remove it from AC power, I press on/off button but it not work, the screen remain black. I reconnect to AC power and led become orange, I press on/off button and it turned on but now the led turned off. After installation procedure, I see battery icon was with pressure point. I see in the panel where is write: "Main battery: Unknow" "Battery power remaning: Unknow". The I try to turn on the phone. In the wirless manager I tap on phone icon, but nothing happen. I try to tap on Phone menu and it write on screen "The wireless radio is not present". I see in the device information panel "GSM Version: P5C2", "IMEI: 353095010051772".
I'm disappointed of this device, and I want someone help me to solve this problem. Is not possible that I buy 2 device and 2 device not work!
What do I do??
Thanks, please answer as soon as possible.
Repost your q to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=305686
I honesty don't know how to describe my problem so I guess I will just tell you whats happening and what I know about my phone.
My phone:
Unlocked Verizon Galaxy S3 running CM for recovery, and CyanogenMod 10 for the ROM (Updated with Odin from Jelly Bean).
The issue:
1) Whenever I press the power button the phone completely shuts off. It doesn't just go to the lock screen, it turns off.
2) The phone will not always turn back on.
3) 85% of the time when it doesn't turn on, it boots into the first splash screen and turns off.
4) When I try to put the phone into download or recovery mode the first screen will pop up for about two seconds and then the phone will turn off again. The phone will either shut down on the cancel/download screen for download mode or the first splash screen with the blue text at the top for recovery mode.
5) The other 15% of the time it will reach the CyanogenMod screen, freeze, then shut off.
6) When I put it on the charger, the stock charging icon pops up but then the phone stops charging and shuts off. (It will charge correctly some times)
These things don't just happen if I press the power button. I used a custom app to turn the phone off without the power button and the problems still occurred.
Things I've tried:
1) Replacing the battery.
2) Switching chargers.
3) Leaving the phone on the charger for a while.
4) Taking the battery out for extended amounts of time.
5) Just leaving the phone alone for a while.
No, the power button isn't stuck... I don't think it is
I am aware that the motherboard might need replaced. However, most of the cases I read about involved the phone not turning on/charging at all. If I could get the phone into recovery mode I would clear the cache and see if that worked, if not I would just factory reset the phone. If I could get into download mode, I would flash a stock firmware and be done with it.
This is my second android phone and I've never had this problem before. I did my experimenting with my old Motorola Droid so I could make sure I knew what was safe with my S3 but apparently there is something wrong.
I greatly appreciate any and all help and please do help me
[EDIT #1]
I began hitting the power button against a hard surface and 1 out of 7 times it works. Perhaps the button is stuck.
[EDIT #2]
I am now able to press the power button without the phone turning off. I will still make a back up and sync all of my important media and prepare to have to factory reset and flash a new ROM.
Hi. First of all, thanks for taking the time to read this. I know it's a long post, I'm just trying to be as detailed as possible.
I've a Moto G XT-1032 that stopped working a couple days ago. It has the original battery, original software. It didn't came with an original charger, so I have been using a Samsung Galaxy Tab one. The phone is almost two years old.
This is how it all started: It had low battery. When I got home it connected itself to the wi fi, and tons of whatsapp messages came at the same time. It went off.
I thought maybe it had drained the battery. Plugged it in to charge, didn't get the led on, and the battery showed 0% for an instant. Then the phone turned itself on, got the M logo and then the screen went black (like... some sort of backlight is on, but the screen is just black)
I turn it off, and it goes back on. No battery image, straight to the M logo, and then black screen. I tried holding power + vol down keys for more than 120 secs, finger pain is the only I got. It can access fastboot mode, but doesn't matter which option I pick, normal powerup, recovery, factory... I select them and then press vol up, but it just goes to the white screen with the M logo, then black screen.
When I plug the charger, and go to fastboot mode, it doesn't show battery charging. Just says battery low (or battery ok). When I plug it to the computer via the usb cable, and access fastboot, it shows battery charging.
The computer doesn't detect the device at all. First time I plugged it, it tried to install drivers, but failed. I downloaded them from motorola's page.
If I open motorola device manager, it tells me there aren't updates for my phone... So... I guess it's recognizing it? But I still can't see it. Windows only shows me my C and D drives, but not the phone. Tried different usb cables, different usb ports. Nothing changes.
I sent it to a service, they tested the battery and charging port, they said those were fine. But didn't find the problem.
Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Hi,
First I hope I'm posting this in the right place - to get assistance/direction that will help my situation. If not my apologies - please send me to the right place.
I have a Nexus 5, Android 5.0.1, Rooted.
- My device was charging then suddenly went into boot cycle - showing the Google logo then powering off and repeating the same. Trying to get into recovery mode was impossible - would power cycle out of there too.
- I have tried doing the multiple fast press, and sticky button clean solution (actually taking the back plate off etc.) posted out on the net but that has not resolved my issue.
- Left my phone to charge overnight. The problem still persists. More accurately. Turning it on without it plugged in to the charger does nothing.
All the following is the behavior when its plugged into the charger:
- Without pressing any button just shows a full battery charge icon for about 8 sec then the screen turns black for two seconds and that keeps on repeating. If I press the power button it shows the Google logo for a 1.5 seconds and shuts of, going back to the battery charge icon flashing cycle.
- Now if I press the power and volume down button It takes me to the fast boot mode screen where can cycle through the menu's <Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery mode, power off>. None of the options work. No matter which I chose the phone shuts of and goes back to the full battery icon cycle.
- I was thinking a battery issue but, when in recovery mode the phone will not turn off. I can use the volume buttons to go through the menu as pointed above but using the power button just takes me back to the battery icon cycle. Now I'm not sure, battery, power button or software. What could it be?
I am thinking, try a new battery or, damn buy a new phone (my phone has outlived its warranty). If there are any ideas on fixing this I'll appreciate your opinions. If i have to get a new phone is there any hope of salvaging data. I have a 4 month backup on my computer, but my latest is stored on my phone.
Thanks.
If you run into this issue and none of the solutions in my original post apply, read on in case my final solution helps you out (you might not even have to get paid help if you know how to work on the fault I was experiencing). If not - nothing more for you to gain if you read on.
As it stands:
I took my device to a reputable cell repair shop. After describing to them the symptoms of my device the out ruled the stuck power button issue and tentatively diagnosed it as a firmware bug or nand memory corruption issue which would require a nand mem flash which they had the tools to do. I went for it.
When I went to pickup the device. They reported that the device was functional and they did not even have to do the flush. My data is safe. Issue was a loose battery contact which they detected and fixed. It's been 8 hours and all looks good. These guys were going to charge me a $80 bill to do the flash if the recovery was successful, but I had to leave a $56 deposit after tax for them to begin the work and pay the balance if the procedure was successful. When closing the deal they just gave me the device and said since they did not have to do what they anticipated, the deposit I left them was satisfactory.
I have my device back and working (at least for now) and have the chance to make external backups incase the issue reoccurs. I'm happy. Cheers.