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A few questions (Concerns)

Hi Friends,
I purchased my sensation Last Friday (June 24th)... I have a few issues with it. Does anyone know what would be considered a normal charging time for this phone? It took me nearly 6.5 hours to charge the phone last night (wall charger) while the phone was turned OFF! I find that excessive... My Evo charged in about an hour with the phone powered down. Also, I did plug the charger in this morning after normal use (about an hour).. When I plugged it in, the LED immediately turned green to say it was fully charged. Knowing this wasn't true, I turned the phone off - Now it turns orange?
Second issue I have seen with others on XDA. The touch screen is sporadic! Sometimes it will work great, other times I have to lock the phone and unlock it to get the screen to recognize any touch.
I'm not sure if I should take it in for an exchange this weekend. I love the phone... Anyone else want to chime in???
Thanks!

stchandler82 said:
Hi Friends,
I purchased my sensation Last Friday (June 24th)... I have a few issues with it. Does anyone know what would be considered a normal charging time for this phone? It took me nearly 6.5 hours to charge the phone last night (wall charger) while the phone was turned OFF! I find that excessive... My Evo charged in about an hour with the phone powered down. Also, I did plug the charger in this morning after normal use (about an hour).. When I plugged it in, the LED immediately turned green to say it was fully charged. Knowing this wasn't true, I turned the phone off - Now it turns orange?
Second issue I have seen with others on XDA. The touch screen is sporadic! Sometimes it will work great, other times I have to lock the phone and unlock it to get the screen to recognize any touch.
I'm not sure if I should take it in for an exchange this weekend. I love the phone... Anyone else want to chime in???
Thanks!
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Hi here..It took me like 5 hrs too,and i was like wtf? But since the phone is new i aspected something like that is normal,and now is O.K it takes a bit longer to charge compared to my other htc,but everything is normal..Oh yeah,and in first couple of charges it was hot like hell..
Goodluck

stchandler82 said:
Hi Friends,
I purchased my sensation Last Friday (June 24th)... I have a few issues with it. Does anyone know what would be considered a normal charging time for this phone? It took me nearly 6.5 hours to charge the phone last night (wall charger) while the phone was turned OFF! I find that excessive... My Evo charged in about an hour with the phone powered down. Also, I did plug the charger in this morning after normal use (about an hour).. When I plugged it in, the LED immediately turned green to say it was fully charged. Knowing this wasn't true, I turned the phone off - Now it turns orange?
Second issue I have seen with others on XDA. The touch screen is sporadic! Sometimes it will work great, other times I have to lock the phone and unlock it to get the screen to recognize any touch.
I'm not sure if I should take it in for an exchange this weekend. I love the phone... Anyone else want to chime in???
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My first two Sensations had these issues and others. MY third one seems to be fine. I have 7 days left on buyer remorse. If you have any real doubts I would say exchange it for another new one instead of waiting and perhaps gettting a refurb one.
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[Problem] HTC Inspire will not work at all HELP!!

Hey all, I just got through with this hurricane sandy business and now I find my phone not working at all. First off I'd like to say that there is no water damage to this phone and it is NOT rooted. The problem is that it just won't turn on at all, and won't charge when I try to charge the device. The day before I charged the phone and it worked fine. I can provide more details if needed but I need to find a solution to this.

Did it run down on battery completely before it did this? You might need to charge it for a bit before it turns on. Also, see if you can get your hands on a spare battery to see if it's the battery's problem. I would also try removing the battery and putting it back just to make sure it wasn't jostled loose.

bananagranola said:
Did it run down on battery completely before it did this? You might need to charge it for a bit before it turns on. Also, see if you can get your hands on a spare battery to see if it's the battery's problem. I would also try removing the battery and putting it back just to make sure it wasn't jostled loose.
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Two days ago I completely let the battery drain on its own because it was draining faster than usual and I was using it very minimally due to the lack of phone signal during the power outage. And yesterday I charged it until it was 100% in the morning and at night I charged it again until 100%. Before I went to bed, I turned off my phone and it was 90% and when I turned it on in the morning it was at 77% (which I thought was weird since the phone was not even on). Now the phone will not work at all. I took the battery out and everything. I even tried turning the phone on while trying to charge it (but it would not charge). The only feedback I got was that it vibrated when I tried turning it on this afternoon and after that was nothing. (it would either get stuck at the AT&T bootup part or I would get no display at all)

mpvsuperstar said:
Two days ago I completely let the battery drain on its own because it was draining faster than usual and I was using it very minimally due to the lack of phone signal during the power outage. And yesterday I charged it until it was 100% in the morning and at night I charged it again until 100%. Before I went to bed, I turned off my phone and it was 90% and when I turned it on in the morning it was at 77% (which I thought was weird since the phone was not even on). Now the phone will not work at all. I took the battery out and everything. I even tried turning the phone on while trying to charge it (but it would not charge). The only feedback I got was that it vibrated when I tried turning it on this afternoon and after that was nothing. (it would either get stuck at the AT&T bootup part or I would get no display at all)
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And nothing happened to it in between at all? That's very odd. The only thing I can think of to try is another battery.

Please post all questions in the Q & A section. Thanks! Thread moved.
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bananagranola said:
And nothing happened to it in between at all? That's very odd. The only thing I can think of to try is another battery.
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Nothing I can think of. It was fully charged by 9PM the other night and shut off before I went to bed. Next morning the batter is nearly halfway drained for no apparent reason. I think I will get another battery to test.
Also I let the battery sit out of the phone for a few days now and the phone still does not work.

Niavaran
mpvsuperstar said:
Nothing I can think of. It was fully charged by 9PM the other night and shut off before I went to bed. Next morning the batter is nearly halfway drained for no apparent reason. I think I will get another battery to test.
Also I let the battery sit out of the phone for a few days now and the phone still does not work.
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Get a hold of a charged battery, then after 1 hour with no battery in the device, replace the battery remove the SD-Card and the SIM-Card, replace all covers. Reboot your PC and go to firewall tab in the control panel and turn of your firewalls, then reboot your PC, then using USB data cable not a charging cable.. with your device being OFF conect to a USB connection in the back of your PC, if it's a laptop use the one next to the intranet connection. Then wait about 1min. If nothing happwned, hold the volume down button then press and release the power button. if nothing happened, hold the volume up then press and release the power button. If nothing happened do the samething this time by holding both up and down volume buttons. If nothing happened with your device connected to the PC go to MY Computer tab right click on C>Properties then go to tools click on check disc tab check mark both options then restart your PC. Before windows tour OS starts, your PC will go through a self check. let it do its thing. it takes a couple of hours. then after its down check to see if it has seen your device. if not then do procedures above once again. GOOD LUCK.
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Okay so I finally got it to turn on but in order to charge it, the phone must be turned off for some reason. Also, the touch screen is not working, even after I did a hard reset and erased all my data. I'm not sure if it is a hardware issue or a software issue because the display is working fine.

lobig
mpvsuperstar said:
Okay so I finally got it to turn on but in order to charge it, the phone must be turned off for some reason. Also, the touch screen is not working, even after I did a hard reset and erased all my data. I'm not sure if it is a hardware issue or a software issue because the display is working fine.
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That same thing happened to a friend of mine. She took it to a technician tho and they sorted it out for her.

Hello every one, this just my first post here, but I have been follow the forum very very close since some days ago thanks to Mustaavalkosta and his new CyanogenMod Rom here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2533007&page=283.
I am having a similar problem with my HTC Inspire, here is my story. I bought it like it a year ago, the first thing I do was to rooted with AAHK and install CyanoyenMod cm-7-20130301-NIGHTLY-ace. Everything works just fine till a couple of months ago. One night I just leave my Inspire and go to sleep, the next morning I wasn't able to turn on, not charging, not turn on. Was not the battery because my brother has another Inspire and I check with his battery. I just leave the phone without the battery and Sim and SD for a day and them come back again, but at next day the same occurs. I try all that time, vol down+power. voldown+volup, every convination but nothing works. So I decide to dissensambly my phone... in the process I broke the ribbon flex cable http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-HTC-Desire-HD-Inspire-4G-Camera-Socket-Keypad-Membrane-PBC-Ribbon-Flex-Cable-/320925341841?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item4ab8a41891 The phone was in parts on my table like a month till I was able to buy and recieve the ribbon (I live in Colombia). Finally the ribbon arrives 3 days ago, so I assembled the phone again and...magic! the phone turns on. My next step was install the Mustaavalkosta Rom that I mentioned before.... but, yesterday, my phone was dead again. So a try all steps again, put out the battery, Sim and Sd... and again try all the combinations of buttons, but nothing works... So I do it again: dissensably again my phone: Only disconnecting the display doesn't works... I have to disconect the display and the ribbon cable, assembled again and just turn on again.... Now I am waiting for the next black out...
I know is a weird behavior, but may be some one can point me in some direction to fix it.. I am not a developer or anything like that, but I like to investigate and solve problems... any help will be wonderful.
Cheers!
PD: I dont have any apps installed, just trying the Rom as it is.
PD: The next time it happens I will try the niavaran advises.

New phone wont turn on. Fix or return?

I bought a brand new Blaze a few days ago while vacationing in Florida. I neglected to check it out while i was there and Im home now (in Bermuda) checking it out for the first time and the phone wont boot! I popped the battery in and nothing happens when i try to power it on. So thinking the battery was dead, i plugged it in and now it just vibrates. It vibrates continuously every 2 seconds. buzzz...buzzz...buzzz...buzzz. The screen never powers on at all. Im guessing i have a bricked phone out of the box? Or is there a simple fix for this that i havent been able to find?
If i do return this, can it be returned to any authorized T-Mobile dealer? I wont be going back to Florida but i know someone who is visiting Boston next week.
Thanks

Jaa-Yoo said:
I bought a brand new Blaze a few days ago while vacationing in Florida. I neglected to check it out while i was there and Im home now (in Bermuda) checking it out for the first time and the phone wont boot! I popped the battery in and nothing happens when i try to power it on. So thinking the battery was dead, i plugged it in and now it just vibrates. It vibrates continuously every 2 seconds. buzzz...buzzz...buzzz...buzzz. The screen never powers on at all. Im guessing i have a bricked phone out of the box? Or is there a simple fix for this that i havent been able to find?
If i do return this, can it be returned to any authorized T-Mobile dealer? I wont be going back to Florida but i know someone who is visiting Boston next week.
Thanks
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Try tmobile customer support they have gotten a lot better the last few years
I'm not a Dev, I just flash alot.

I'd return it personally. Same goes for any gadgets that fail before the initial return policy expires. Things happen, but I never liked that feeling of doubt that happens later, when something else goes wrong with the device. You'll be thinking, "I KNEW I should have exchanged this!"

Jaa-Yoo said:
I bought a brand new Blaze a few days ago while vacationing in Florida. I neglected to check it out while i was there and Im home now (in Bermuda) checking it out for the first time and the phone wont boot! I popped the battery in and nothing happens when i try to power it on. So thinking the battery was dead, i plugged it in and now it just vibrates. It vibrates continuously every 2 seconds. buzzz...buzzz...buzzz...buzzz. The screen never powers on at all. Im guessing i have a bricked phone out of the box? Or is there a simple fix for this that i havent been able to find?
If i do return this, can it be returned to any authorized T-Mobile dealer? I wont be going back to Florida but i know someone who is visiting Boston next week.
Thanks
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Have you charged it fully? This is the default behavior if there isn't enough power to boot. Let it charge for 24 hours... then try again.

It vibrates like that when the device is plugged in and there's no battery detected or installed. My guess is the battery is defective or the orientation of the battery in the phone is incorrect (hey, it happens sometimes), or there is an obstruction preventing the pins in the phone from making contact with the battery or the pins don't properly align with the battery (defect with the phone or battery).
But I would agree that you should return it for another - especially if the pins aren't fully aligned with the battery when it's inserted.

Thanks guys, you were right, the battery was the culprit, it was dead flat.
I popped it into my universal charger, gave it a full charge and it was good to go, the phone booted and is working normally.
Thanks again.

[Q] Rooted 4.1.1 GS3 Possible Sudden Death Syndrome?

Hello All!
Three days ago I updated my GS3 to JB 4.1.1. I also ODIN'd TWRP onto my phone as a recovery and loaded SuperSU with an unlocked bootloader onto my phone along with BusyBox. I fell in love with my phone again as JB ran smoothly and I was even able to use Wallet Installer to get Google Wallet onto my phone. However, tonight, my phone seemed to experience a case of Sudden Death Syndrome. A common issue found by googling why my phone's failure to respond to boot commands and power commands.
It will not respond to attempts to boot into ODIN mode, my TWRP recovery and the only sign of life on my phone is a solid red LCD that lights up only if I remove the battery and leave the device plugged into a wall charger. Once I try to reinsert the battery, however, the LCD goes away and the phone once again turns into a coffee coaster. It's taking a lot of strength not to throw it against the wall. (I picked the worst week to quit smoking.)
I don't believe I hardbricked the device because three hours ago at the time of this post, I went to sleep and the phone was working and I was able to send and receive messages. I believe that rooting my phone actually made it even more stable than normal. I just can't believe my phone could just suddenly die. Could it be another case of Sudden Death Syndrome? (Corrupted NAND?) I bought this phone in August and many cases of SDS for the GSIII seem to occur within 150-200 days of activation, which would put me in that window. If I answered my own questions, please feel free to tell me. I'm just trying to explore all options as an exasperated user dealing with what seems frustration after frustration and the one release I have from that stress just **** a brick.
I am covered by Asurion Insurance (and if the crack on my screen will not be enough I plan on running it over with my car for good measure to get my money's worth) but I really do not want to have to file an insurance claim unless it is absolutely necessary.

Phone died just last night 12/29/12. The battery was running down, then beeped once like a warning to charge it. Plugged into the charger and no light whatsoever! The battery icon would come on for a second and then nothing. Left it on the charger over night. Nothing. No red charging light, no boot. Pulled the battery and re-plugged into charger. Same charging icon on screen but nothing else. Tried every combination of removing battery, sim card, memory card, and plugging it in to the charger and still won't boot. Tried a different charger and also my laptop. Nothing. The S3 is a USA Verizon variant. 16gb. Black. I guess it's off to Verizon this morning to get a new phone. Phone is only 45 days old!!!

You could try leaving it on the charger for a couple hours then booting into recovery and reflashing your rom. I've seen a couple instances reported on xda where the battery simply just gave up below 23% and refused to turn back on.
Edit: example, not even a couple weeks old...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2056539
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If it is a case of "sds" Samsung will replace the board for free.

Ryno77 said:
If it is a case of "sds" Samsung will replace the board for free.
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Only reports of SDS in the 150-200 day time frame that I saw was with the International Version and it is completely different motherboard.

What do you kids do to your phone? How old are you? I'm going to start a survey. Age please?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

Update: Brought the S3 into Verizon. They pulled the battery (Like I did a few times!) and somehow got it working again!! FM ! Phone reboots and turns off and then back on. BUT..... if you turn it completely OFF and plug it in to charge then the same as I mentioned happens again. STRANGE. The only way to get it to reboot is to pull the battery and keep it out for about 30 seconds. Put the battery back in and it'll reboot again!!!! Is it me or is this a strange quirk???? The previous times I pulled the battery it was out then back in. This time I took it out, waited 30 seconds and VOILA! It works. Thought you might like an update. Verizon S3 bought on 11/17/12. Rooted and not oc/uc'd. Using Clean Rom 5.5.1
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prdog1 said:
Only reports of SDS in the 150-200 day time frame that I saw was with the International Version and it is completely different motherboard.
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That's good news..thanks for the correction.

My phone just won't turn on

I switched off my phone for a day and then today when I tried putting it for charge (when the phone was still off) the battery charging sign came for just a second and then stopped. And since then my phone won't turn on.
I don't even know what to do since I don't know what went wrong. It didn't get wet, I didn't bang it anywhere...
The phone won't turn on so I can't get to download mode or recovery
I already tried letting it charge for about 1 hour but still nothing happens

Mohit12 said:
I switched off my phone for a day and then today when I tried putting it for charge (when the phone was still off) the battery charging sign came for just a second and then stopped. And since then my phone won't turn on.
I don't even know what to do since I don't know what went wrong. It didn't get wet, I didn't bang it anywhere...
The phone won't turn on so I can't get to download mode or recovery
I already tried letting it charge for about 1 hour but still nothing happens
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2 reason first you battery is broken secind hard brick or sudden death
Do you have custom rom?
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It could be screen problem definitely, same happened to me, so i had to take it to Samsung's center where they gave me new Galaxy 3/Apollo.
It happens because of overclocking or underclocking even by undervoltaging your device. So next time take care.
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My battery is relatively new (bought a year ago) and I didn't flash my phone recently.
I am using a custom ROM though. I haven't overclocked my device or undervolted it.
Hmm it's possible that the screen isn't working. I'll switch on the phone and try calling on it to see if it shows as switched off or if it rings. Then I'll come to know if it's a screen fault
I'll report back soon. Thanks!