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Atrix 2 not turn on

Hello guys I'm here because my Atrix 2 will not turn on.
The only thing is the white LED lights ...
What should I do?!
thank you!

Hmmm... What were you doing prior to it not working? Dropped? Something minor occur resulting a reboot? When did you buy it? Finally... Any physical damage on the castor screen from impact damage?

I've rooted the phone, and before when I've reboot the battery appear on the screen...

I know with my captivate I used to be able to take the battery out, plug it in and it would boot. Try that... Yank tha battery, plug it in, and try to boot it

hi i have the same problem, i tried what you said but it still wont open.
i think its like a bug cause when i woke up it just stoped working with no reason!!!
p.s. sorry for my english

Try using the fxz file. My phone used to be glichy and do weird things. I flashed it and now it works fine.
Can u boot into AP fastboot mode?

no the phone is like totaly dead i cant even do a hard reset nothing at all....
could it be just a bad cable and it wont charge?

Do u still have the warranty? If so I'd just get a new one. It sounds to me like u have a bad phone! Did u get it from best buy?

no i just bought it from e-bay this phone is not yet released in europe
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"BOOM" the phone just opened by it self WTF is going on with motorolas? lol i am just happy for not losing my money.

Oh in Europe? I assumed u were in the states! My bad im sure u mentioned it. I just wasn't paying attention.... lol. So u see nothing at boot ? Not even the M in the start? Nothing at all?
Well the only thing I can think of at the moment is:
Press the volume buttons at the same time and hold them down.
Then press the power button.
In the menus look for AP fastboot.
If u can see that u can flash the fxz. Im sorry. Its 1:30 a.m. here in California! Im so tired. Im sorry if I couldn't help u! :-/

it was doing nothing at all it was totaly dead but some minutes later it just opened by it self and works great again what to say......those phones are going to get me crazy. lol

biupil said:
it was doing nothing at all it was totaly dead but some minutes later it just opened by it self and works great again what to say......those phones are going to get me crazy. lol
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Now that its working, flash it and root. Get rid of all the bugs.
Upgrade to supercharged V5
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Yes flash the SuperCharged V5 Rom its awesome and battery life is great seems to have fixed a few glitches and now everything runs smooth and fast.
Glad you got your phone back on, now hope it stays on.

same here :c
biupil said:
hi i have the same problem, i tried what you said but it still wont open.
i think its like a bug cause when i woke up it just stoped working with no reason!!!
p.s. sorry for my english
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the same thing happent to me, don't know what to do please help!

Same here with Romulus
biupil said:
no i just bought it from e-bay this phone is not yet released in europe
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"BOOM" the phone just opened by it self WTF is going on with motorolas? lol i am just happy for not losing my money.
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The same thing happened to me after rooting and flashing Romulus. Used the phone a week or two, never rebooted it. Battery ran dead one night and wouldn't boot the next day. It seemed to not want to take the power from a usb hook up(pc), white lcd light and even self booted like in the quote here. Finally, during a self boot, plugged it in to a wall charger and it recharged no problem.
I definitely think there's a glitch with NO POWER AVAIL in this model's bootloader somewhere, and I'm in the US! Kinda afraid to turn the damn thing off again though...
Any delving would be nice!!!
Help us Obi Wan, You're our only hope!

buxtor said:
The same thing happened to me after rooting and flashing Romulus. Used the phone a week or two, never rebooted it.
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It's not ROM related, it's dead battery and charge-mode related. I think that there is not enough battery to boot into charge mode. Power cycling can help if you catch it and plug in at the right time.. or you could always go MacGyver on it... see HERE for some previous discussion on this subject. Glad you got it to work, though.
Also, you need to reboot your phone more often than once a week (try like once every day or two) - or it can start to slow down and lag.

white led means insufficient power..
you need to use your wall charger...

what if there is no Led what so ever?
tried charging the battery and it seems it did, because it got a little hot
but stiLL didnt turn on a bit, its Like compLeteLy dead now.
i was trying to fLash the stock rom 4.0 with rsd Lite and when it 'reboot' to start doing its stuff, it never booted again
and after that im not able to see any lights on my phone, (tried aLL key combination)
(ceLLphone has no guarantee, bought it on ebay)
do i need to send it to a repair shop, or change the circuit board?
or just get another one?

Kurisoft said:
what if there is no Led what so ever?
tried charging the battery and it seems it did, because it got a little hot
but stiLL didnt turn on a bit, its Like compLeteLy dead now.
i was trying to fLash the stock rom 4.0 with rsd Lite and when it 'reboot' to start doing its stuff, it never booted again
and after that im not able to see any lights on my phone, (tried aLL key combination)
(ceLLphone has no guarantee, bought it on ebay)
do i need to send it to a repair shop, or change the circuit board?
or just get another one?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1937112
If I had a dollar for every time I said that, I'd be making money in a very weird way.

i saw that thread before and i couLdn't find it, thanx for the Link.

Is it bricked?

I have a Rogers Skyrocket and I was trying to update CWMR touch.
I tried several times through the terminal emulator and it failed. I must confess, I wasn't being careful this time. My attention was divided as I thought it was business as usual. I tried searching for apps on the Play Store to flash them, but Rom Manager cost a few bucks and Recovery Manager didn't work.
I was going to reboot into download mode to use odin and my attention drifted away. When I looked back at my phone, it was off. I tried turning it on, but no response. I know it had at least half the battery left. I tried a battery pull, but nothing. Plugging into the computer or wall to charge does not initiate the charge.
Is there anyway to fix this?

I'm gonna be honest, it really does sound like a hard brick. Try another battery pull and hold the power button while u reinsert. Any vibration at all means u have hope

Damn. Will Rogers replace it? Or am I going to have to pay for it?

yingjai said:
I have a Rogers Skyrocket and I was trying to update CWMR touch.
I tried several times through the terminal emulator and it failed. I must confess, I wasn't being careful this time. My attention was divided as I thought it was business as usual. I tried searching for apps on the Play Store to flash them, but Rom Manager cost a few bucks and Recovery Manager didn't work.
I was going to reboot into download mode to use odin and my attention drifted away. When I looked back at my phone, it was off. I tried turning it on, but no response. I know it had at least half the battery left. I tried a battery pull, but nothing. Plugging into the computer or wall to charge does not initiate the charge.
Is there anyway to fix this?
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can you get the download mode or the recovery?
if not the i'm pretty sure its hard bricked.
but you might try a jig to force it into download mode.
you can tell rogers it was a failed update by kies, and the will send out a refurb but they will want the broke phone sent back to them oh and i hope that's brand new(less than 30 days)or they might say no.
i got two refurbs out of them this way.

yingjai said:
Damn. Will Rogers replace it? Or am I going to have to pay for it?
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try it and see, if you bought it directly from them i think they just give you a refurbed one on the spot, ok just read previous post, so maybe not on the spot.
or keep it charging for awhile to make sure the battery wasnt dead. once you know the battery has a good charge and still wont boot, do a battery pull for like 10mins, then try, if still nothing then it looks like a hardbrick

vincom said:
try it and see, if you bought it directly from them i think they just give you a refurbed one on the spot, ok just read previous post, so maybe not on the spot.
or keep it charging for awhile to make sure the battery wasnt dead. once you know the battery has a good charge and still wont boot, do a battery pull for like 10mins, then try, if still nothing then it looks like a hardbrick
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he stated that it would not initiate a charge when plugged into wall charger or comp also if it were a dead battery it will still vibrate when you try to turn it on.
i' certain the boot img is corrupt which means a jtag revival.

popcorn900 said:
he stated that it would not initiate a charge when plugged into wall charger or comp also if it were a dead battery it will still vibrate when you try to turn it on.
i' certain the boot img is corrupt which means a jtag revival.
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true, but when my bat was dead it did not do anything for a few minutes, not even show the charging screen, i thought then the i mucked something up, but after awhile it started showing the charge screen...........it cant hurt for him to try even though i think its bricked, but he should be able to get a replacement

vincom said:
true, but when my bat was dead it did not do anything for a few minutes, not even show the charging screen, i thought then the i mucked something up, but after awhile it started showing the charge screen...........it cant hurt for him to try even though i think its bricked, but he should be able to get a replacement
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yes rogers will replace it but they may charge him a little if the phone is more than 30 days old. he can try to charge that battery as you stated and hope for the best.
i can give him link to a good jtageer 50.00 is what he charges, if indeed the phone be bricked.

i bricked mine and it would vibrate but nothing would happen.
your only hope is to try download mode.
i thought i bricked the other day it would show the i727 screen then turn off. but i could get into download mode.

Unless battery meter was wrong or there was a massive drain in power within a few minutes, then the battery shouldn't be dead. I did flash CM9 nightly last night coming from official Rogers ICS if that has anything to do with messing up battery stats.
In regards to the 30 day thing, my wife bought me the phone several months ago. I don't think I bought an extended warranty either.
What is this jig/jtag thing? I remember reading something about it a while back when I was using the HTC Dream.

OFWGKTADGAF said:
i bricked mine and it would vibrate but nothing would happen.
your only hope is to try download mode.
i thought i bricked the other day it would show the i727 screen then turn off. but i could get into download mode.
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ya your only soft bricked your lucky.
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yingjai said:
Unless battery meter was wrong or there was a massive drain in power within a few minutes, then the battery shouldn't be dead. I did flash CM9 nightly last night coming from official Rogers ICS if that has anything to do with messing up battery stats.
In regards to the 30 day thing, my wife bought me the phone several months ago. I don't think I bought an extended warranty either.
What is this jig/jtag thing? I remember reading something about it a while back when I was using the HTC Dream.
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a jtag is needed if there is no bootloader on the phone. no bootloader means a dead mobo black screen no recovery or download mode also jig wont work = dead mobo and jtag is required.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
if you are interested in getting it jtaged.
also rogers will charge you a little to replace the phone but not much.
ohh forgot, a jig is a loop used to short 2 pins in the usb port to force the download mode.

popcorn900 said:
ya your only soft bricked your lucky.
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a jtag is needed if there is no bootloader on the phone. no bootloader means a dead mobo black screen no recovery or download mode also jig wont work = dead mobo and jtag is required.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-jtag-brick-repair/
if you are interested in getting it jtaged.
also rogers will charge you a little to replace the phone but not much.
ohh forgot, a jig is a loop used to short 2 pins in the usb port to force the download mode.
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its under warranty, it shouldnt him cost anything, he just has to play stupid and say "i dont know what happened, it wont turn on"

i replaced my bricked no problem. warranties a year.

vincom said:
its under warranty, it shouldnt him cost anything, he just has to play stupid and say "i dont know what happened, it wont turn on"
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full replacement if under 30 days otherwise a nominal fee will be required because it is software related not a hardware fail.
they will send him the phone but when they get the old one back and run ther tests thats when the fee will come in.
also the playing stupid trick might work as they will not even bother to check the phone but they might and he will get dinged.
i'm sure if he sends the phone in rogers will just send him a refurb rogers is pretty relaxed when it comes to customer service as i stated before i got two refurbs easy enough.

i sent my hard brick in 3 months after and they fixed it for free and checked it off as a faulty pcb. they just replaced the pcb and sent it back

OFWGKTADGAF said:
i sent my hard brick in 3 months after and they fixed it for free and checked it off as a faulty pcb. they just replaced the pcb and sent it back
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lol when i got mine back i was expecting new phone but what a surprise when it booted and the previous owners contacts and emails were still there, the other one had pic's and mms's lol.

popcorn900 said:
lol when i got mine back i was expecting new phone but what a surprise when it booted and the previous owners contacts and emails were still there, the other one had pic's and mms's lol.
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So are the passwords saved on the phone secure? For instance, Twitter and Facebook logins...

yingjai said:
So are the passwords saved on the phone secure? For instance, Twitter and Facebook logins...
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well im sure with you phone it would be because the mobo is dead but if it were a smashed screen or something like that i don't know as i stated my two refurbs had previous owners **** on it.

Should I even bother trying to get my phone fixed with a jtagger? I prefer to keep my phone than swap for a refurb.
And do you guys know anyone who can do it locally? I live in Vancouver.

OFWGKTADGAF said:
i bricked mine and it would vibrate but nothing would happen.
your only hope is to try download mode.
i thought i bricked the other day it would show the i727 screen then turn off. but i could get into download mode.
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vincom said:
true, but when my bat was dead it did not do anything for a few minutes, not even show the charging screen, i thought then the i mucked something up, but after awhile it started showing the charge screen...........it cant hurt for him to try even though i think its bricked, but he should be able to get a replacement
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lol that happened to me, can't remember if it vibrated or not but i thought i bricked it being as i am new to all this stuff.

Q: dead or still alive?

Hi all experts.
I have one inquiry about my Samsung galaxy S II lte (SGH-1727) Issue.
at the beginning I read too much here but I couldn't find any answer for my phone problem.
the problem happened yesterday, when I was using my phone as usual then suddenly restarted, this issue happen many times before and its ok for me, it tried to restart but suddenly stopped( black screen), I removed the battery then I tried to restart it again, I felt the vibrating start, then stopped, without any respond at all till now, I tried many times to remove the battery and restart it but without any respond, I connected it by using the usb cable, but nothing, ( no vibration, no battery charging) the only thing is my computer can`t recognize the hardware.
I tried to do hard reset or anything, but without any respond.
Kindly, I want to know weather if this phone is totally spoiled or there is something I can do for it to make it usable again, I have a good knowledge about WM5,6,6.1,6.5. but a little bit about android.
thanks

What operating system are you on? Rooted? Do have have a nandroid backup?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

alanjames01 said:
What operating system are you on? Rooted? Do have have a nandroid backup?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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thanks for the fast respond.
its the last update of android JB official rom of Samsung rogers Canada.

homam_france said:
thanks for the fast respond.
its the last update of android JB official rom of Samsung rogers Canada.
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Did u read about the sticky power button from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176593.
if you tried resetting then where you able to get it in to recovery mode
could be bad battery and/or battery contacts.
need more info

vincom said:
Did u read about the sticky power button from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2176593
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I have been read the button problems for sure, but I think it is not related to the button, there is no respond at all, even not charging, usually if I use the charger, it should start charging, correct me if I`m wrong.
the battery was full and working fine, I tried to clean the connectors too, nothing changed.

homam_france said:
I have been read the button problems for sure, but I think it is not related to the button, there is no respond at all, even not charging, usually if I use the charger, it should start charging, correct me if I`m wrong.
the battery was full and working fine, I tried to clean the connectors too, nothing changed.
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could be a bad cable, bad battery, bad phone port, or hw failure.
id keep trying to revive it by either changing cable/charger and/or battery and keeping it plugged in for a long time, if all else fails then it probably a bad mobo or memory, happened to my sons s2 where his was getting hot while recharging and his phone died, no response of any kind, under warranty i think they replaced his mobo

vincom said:
could be a bad cable, bad battery, bad phone port, or hw failure
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maybe the main board too.
thanks.

homam_france said:
maybe the main board too.
thanks.
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yup, i added more info in my previous post

vincom said:
yup, i added more info in my previous post
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so it means there is a possibility that the battery can spoil suddenly, without any previous indication.
nothing with USB cable.
anyway, thanks for your good information, appreciated.

homam_france said:
so it means there is a possibility that the battery can spoil suddenly, without any previous indication.
nothing with USB cable.
anyway, thanks for your good information, appreciated.
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if battery is removed and phone is plugged in it should vibrate, mine does, seems as if yours does not have any life so mobo would be my first guess.
and yes battery could just up and die, but would give some symptoms b4 hand

vincom said:
if battery is removed and phone is plugged in it should vibrate, mine does, seems as if yours does not have any life so mobo would be my first guess.
and yes battery could just up and die, but would give some symptoms b4 hand
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no, it is not vibrate when I plug in the USB cable, I believe it has major problem, in all cases, thanks.

Trullty Dead?
so i have spent lots of time looking for this issue with my Hercules. i had beeb trying some roms and i think i bricked it, bad,
so odin can see it (gets a yellow) but;
i can not power on the device, get it into recovery OR download mode,
my pc cant get to the information on the phone (i have tried with SD in/ out SIM in /out)
the pc makes the noise when i cycle thru power, but the screen shows nothing,
i have installed Kies but it dosent see the device,
there hasnt been a good post that comfirms that my phone is now a paper weight,
but there has to be a way other than spending $40 to have it repaired (not including shipping)
USB JIG looks interesting but i cant see how that will help in this case...
to be honest this is my first time at ROMing around with a Galaxy,
previously i had an Gooapple 3G and was able to ROM around quite abit no issues with a bad brick like this i was able to save it before
but if anyone has any ideas or can confirm its a hardbrick let me know i only have a few hours between jobs to fix it and cant at night gf takes laptop to night shifts.
thanks for your time reading over if you have questions about anything please ask, i payed for the phone outright to put on Rogers so there is no warrenty anymore and Rogers wont cover repair.

moneymilitia416 said:
so i have spent lots of time looking for this issue with my Hercules. i had beeb trying some roms and i think i bricked it, bad,
so odin can see it (gets a yellow) but;
i can not power on the device, get it into recovery OR download mode,
my pc cant get to the information on the phone (i have tried with SD in/ out SIM in /out)
the pc makes the noise when i cycle thru power, but the screen shows nothing,
i have installed Kies but it dosent see the device,
there hasnt been a good post that comfirms that my phone is now a paper weight,
but there has to be a way other than spending $40 to have it repaired (not including shipping)
USB JIG looks interesting but i cant see how that will help in this case...
to be honest this is my first time at ROMing around with a Galaxy,
previously i had an Gooapple 3G and was able to ROM around quite abit no issues with a bad brick like this i was able to save it before
but if anyone has any ideas or can confirm its a hardbrick let me know i only have a few hours between jobs to fix it and cant at night gf takes laptop to night shifts.
thanks for your time reading over if you have questions about anything please ask, i payed for the phone outright to put on Rogers so there is no warrenty anymore and Rogers wont cover repair.
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If Odin sees it there's hope. Keep trying to get into download mode. This should be helpful, read it all http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26056924

moneymilitia416 said:
so i have spent lots of time looking for this issue with my Hercules. i had beeb trying some roms and i think i bricked it, bad,
so odin can see it (gets a yellow) but;
i can not power on the device, get it into recovery OR download mode,
my pc cant get to the information on the phone (i have tried with SD in/ out SIM in /out)
the pc makes the noise when i cycle thru power, but the screen shows nothing,
i have installed Kies but it dosent see the device,
there hasnt been a good post that comfirms that my phone is now a paper weight,
but there has to be a way other than spending $40 to have it repaired (not including shipping)
USB JIG looks interesting but i cant see how that will help in this case...
to be honest this is my first time at ROMing around with a Galaxy,
previously i had an Gooapple 3G and was able to ROM around quite abit no issues with a bad brick like this i was able to save it before
but if anyone has any ideas or can confirm its a hardbrick let me know i only have a few hours between jobs to fix it and cant at night gf takes laptop to night shifts.
thanks for your time reading over if you have questions about anything please ask, i payed for the phone outright to put on Rogers so there is no warrenty anymore and Rogers wont cover repair.
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Oh thanks, I just noticed your comment because I thought there is no chance to get my phone alive again, I think I should try this, I have one question regarding the usb jig, is there a specific JIG for every samsung galaxy model? or it is all the same for the micro USB Samsung galaxy phones? and in this case, what is the indication that will make the device run again, is there a special software to install? or after plug this JIG I can be in the bootloader? and is there any possibility to get some of my data or contacts again? thanks for your respond regarding my phone issue.

Jigs don't with on this device. Don't waste your time.
You need to try to odin the stock firmware.

jd1639 said:
Jigs don't with on this device. Don't waste your time.
You need to try to odin the stock firmware.
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This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

toyes said:
This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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I'm still skeptical about that, I think something was amis with your situation lol.
Sent from my SGH-I727 using Tapatalk

toyes said:
This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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so to confirm, phone had no signs of life, if yes then this is cool, is ur homemade jig the same as the ones on ebay as users did try those w/no luck.
any instructions on making one

toyes said:
This is incorrect. Jigs do in fact work. However most of the time you will be able to enter download mode without one.
I have had my skyrocket completely unresponsive to any input/button combinations. I tried my homemade jig and was able to recover via Odin. Without the jig my skyrocket would not have been repaired.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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hi toyes
just a question regarding your experience regarding this issue, do you mean it was totally unresponsive? not even yellow sign? not even vibrate by connecting the USB cable? and regarding USB JIG, is it the same with 301k resistance? or there is some modifications?
thanks a lot.

TheCybertronian said:
I'm still skeptical about that, I think something was amis with your situation lol.
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vincom said:
so to confirm, phone had no signs of life, if yes then this is cool, is ur homemade jig the same as the ones on ebay as users did try those w/no luck.
any instructions on making one
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homam_france said:
hi toyes
just a question regarding your experience regarding this issue, do you mean it was totally unresponsive? not even yellow sign? not even vibrate by connecting the USB cable? and regarding USB JIG, is it the same with 301k resistance? or there is some modifications?
thanks a lot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731818&page=644
Read starting at post 6435 for the next page or so...
Basically I had zero response from the phone. Was playing around with the jig and buttons, put the phone down with the jig in it. Looked back 5 mins later and it was in download mode.
I do think there is something different with my device though. Ever since I got it back from JTAG it has never wanted to reboot. Selecting reboot just shuts the phone down. Every once in awhile it reboots from recovery ok, but that is about 1 in every 10 attempts. When it doesn't reboot I need to long-press the power for about 30s - 1m to get it to fire back up. I am thinking it is some type of hardware issue but not too concerned because at this point it is still 'working'.
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Bricked Device

Hey,
I'm quite new to this. Anyways, I found an old Nexus S lying around in my house. My brother claimed he tried to put a custom rom on it years ago and it bricked.
I was wondering if it is unbrickable, i've been searching for countless hours and no luck.
The phone doesn't turn on.
It isn't recognized by the computer when i plug it in. (i might not have the drivers idk)
It heats up if I attempt to charge it.
I don't know if it is possible to unbrick ?

nexuspb said:
Hey,
I'm quite new to this. Anyways, I found an old Nexus S lying around in my house. My brother claimed he tried to put a custom rom on it years ago and it bricked.
I was wondering if it is unbrickable, i've been searching for countless hours and no luck.
The phone doesn't turn on.
It isn't recognized by the computer when i plug it in. (i might not have the drivers idk)
It heats up if I attempt to charge it.
I don't know if it is possible to unbrick ?
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How hot does it get when you charge it? It should get pretty warm, but not hot to the touch. If the battery is still good, try using Wugfresh's Nexus Root Tool (google it, can't post outside links yet), that will let you do anything you need without having to manually use ADB or flash through recovery. It will walk you through installing the correct drivers the first time you run it, then do Flash Stock + Unroot from the main screen, with the soft-bricked/bootloop option selected. Follow the prompts, it will download all the stock ROMs and stuff and install them for you. If that doesn't work, it might be irreversibly bricked.

nexuspb said:
Hey,
I'm quite new to this. Anyways, I found an old Nexus S lying around in my house. My brother claimed he tried to put a custom rom on it years ago and it bricked.
I was wondering if it is unbrickable, i've been searching for countless hours and no luck.
The phone doesn't turn on.
It isn't recognized by the computer when i plug it in. (i might not have the drivers idk)
It heats up if I attempt to charge it.
I don't know if it is possible to unbrick ?
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One possible test is that if the soft key buttons light up at all, it is not yet bricked.

RemeCA said:
How hot does it get when you charge it? It should get pretty warm, but not hot to the touch. If the battery is still good, try using Wugfresh's Nexus Root Tool (google it, can't post outside links yet), that will let you do anything you need without having to manually use ADB or flash through recovery. It will walk you through installing the correct drivers the first time you run it, then do Flash Stock + Unroot from the main screen, with the soft-bricked/bootloop option selected. Follow the prompts, it will download all the stock ROMs and stuff and install them for you. If that doesn't work, it might be irreversibly bricked.
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Hey, the nexus device isn't detected by the computer nor the nexus root tookkit.
Is there anything else i should do?

smit.sanghavi said:
One possible test is that if the soft key buttons light up at all, it is not yet bricked.
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Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Nothing lights up at all, its like a rock. Nothing works.

nexuspb said:
Hey,
Thanks for the reply. Nothing lights up at all, its like a rock. Nothing works.
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You could try a new battery, they're like $5 on ebay. With a new battery, and if it doesn't enter fastboot after charging (hold power and volume up) then it would seem to be truly bricked.
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You may also want to try a different cable, if the battery is dead and the cable isn't carrying a charge it would have the same effect as being totally bricked.

RemeCA said:
You could try a new battery, they're like $5 on ebay. With a new battery, and if it doesn't enter fastboot after charging (hold power and volume up) then it would seem to be truly bricked.
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You may also want to try a different cable, if the battery is dead and the cable isn't carrying a charge it would have the same effect as being totally bricked.
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I'm certain the battery works. I heard jtaging it will unbrick it, but it cost like $40 to jtag it which isn't worth it since phone isn't even worth $40

JTAG is the only way to check if it will still work. The only other option is the resurrector mod which involves desoldering and soldering microcomponents on the main board.

ej8989 said:
JTAG is the only way to check if it will still work. The only other option is the resurrector mod which involves desoldering and soldering microcomponents on the main board.
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I want to try resurrection mod, however, a few of the images are gone from the thread

[Q] My phone went dead and won't charge?

Last night I put my phone on the charger and fired up a TWRP backup. This morning I wasn't able to boot it. Tries two different chargers and it is a brick, The charging light won't come on at all. It's not the chargers, I have tested them with my nexus 5....
It's been on the charger for hours with no pulse. Need paddles...
Rooted but stock CM11s. Any suggestions how to get it back to life appreciated.

Have you tried connecting it to your PC? If so, what does it show up as in Device Manager?
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timmaaa said:
Have you tried connecting it to your PC? If so, what does it show up as in Device Manager?
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When I connect, there's no power in the phone at all so USB port never acknowledges connection.

Did you try plugging it in (ensure its really plugged in) and holding the device power button for a good 10-15 seconds? I know its a silly thing to ask.

zephiK said:
Did you try plugging it in (ensure its really plugged in) and holding the device power button for a good 10-15 seconds? I know its a silly thing to ask.
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It's not a silly question but yes I tried the 'hold power button for 30 sec 5x' suggestion from OPO but nothing. Thanks

damage98 said:
It's not a silly question but yes I tried the 'hold power button for 30 sec 5x' suggestion from OPO but nothing. Thanks
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I have the EXACT same problem.
I went to enter a wifi network password and settings kept crashing, so restored from a TWRP backup... and the boot up animation was just ongoing, over and over. (3 hours) - Now, when I plug it in occasionally, I get an error saying it can't start up.. please charge first. (But it doesn't charge and I get nothing).
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nufclad said:
I have the EXACT same problem.
I went to enter a wifi network password and settings kept crashing, so restored from a TWRP backup... and the boot up animation was just ongoing, over and over. (3 hours) - Now, when I plug it in occasionally, I get an error saying it can't start up.. please charge first. (But it doesn't charge and I get nothing).
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Just going to have to RMA it... Which means I will have to buy another tempered glass screen and wait 7 days+ by the time they give me an RMA number, then maybe a further 7+ days for them to send me another one out.
arghh!

Wrong thread

Kawaisa said:
Whenever I try to send a text, I get the "x-app has been sending a large amount of texts" even though I haven't been sending many. Anyone know how I can fix this?
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Why are you hijacking this thread asking a question that's completely irrelevant to the subject?
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nufclad said:
I have the EXACT same problem.
I went to enter a wifi network password and settings kept crashing, so restored from a TWRP backup... and the boot up animation was just ongoing, over and over. (3 hours) - Now, when I plug it in occasionally, I get an error saying it can't start up.. please charge first. (But it doesn't charge and I get nothing).
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Just going to have to RMA it... Which means I will have to buy another tempered glass screen and wait 7 days+ by the time they give me an RMA number, then maybe a further 7+ days for them to send me another one out.
arghh!
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That sounds like the same problem for sure. Phones been on the charger all night but it's dead. I have not heard from one plus support yet.
So glad I kept my nexus. I think when I receive my warranty replacement I will just seek it for a small loss and wait for the nexus 6. I can't have a phone that I can't count on.
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Edit - yeah wasted money on the orzly tempered glass protector as. well pfft.

timmaaa said:
Why are you hijacking this thread asking a question that's completely irrelevant to the subject?
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My mistake, wrong thread

damage98 said:
That sounds like the same problem for sure. Phones been on the charger all night but it's dead. I have not heard from one plus support yet.
So glad I kept my nexus. I think when I receive my warranty replacement I will just seek it for a small loss and wait for the nexus 6. I can't have a phone that I can't count on.
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Edit - yeah wasted money on the orzly tempered glass protector as. well pfft.
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I've got an idea for you (It worked for me - but I must admit... I was drunk and didnt think things through) if you still have % you might be in luck.
Go into TWRP, and format Data only. Then once it boots... Hold Power and volume up, so it resets... and hold power till its completely turned off, then plug it into mains. (This charged for me - but as I say, I tried to just restore again and got the stupid logo by whih point my battery was at the point of no return) - Still faulty if you ask me though.

nufclad said:
I've got an idea for you (It worked for me - but I must admit... I was drunk and didnt think things through) if you still have % you might be in luck.
Go into TWRP, and format Data only. Then once it boots... Hold Power and volume up, so it resets... and hold power till its completely turned off, then plug it into mains. (This charged for me - but as I say, I tried to just restore again and got the stupid logo by whih point my battery was at the point of no return) - Still faulty if you ask me though.
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I have 0% so I can't even try that. Thanks though man.
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nufclad said:
I've got an idea for you (It worked for me - but I must admit... I was drunk and didnt think things through) if you still have % you might be in luck.
Go into TWRP, and format Data only. Then once it boots... Hold Power and volume up, so it resets... and hold power till its completely turned off, then plug it into mains. (This charged for me - but as I say, I tried to just restore again and got the stupid logo by whih point my battery was at the point of no return) - Still faulty if you ask me though.
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I managed to boot to twrp and I'm getting cannot mount errors, so I can't wipe. I tried to power it off and plug into mains but it's gone completely dead again.

damage98 said:
I managed to boot to twrp and I'm getting cannot mount errors, so I can't wipe. I tried to power it off and plug into mains but it's gone completely dead again.
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If you can get back into twrp then hook it up to your computer. I usually don't use tool kits but have in a jam. Download this toolkit and try flashing stock from there. I had to being others back from the dead that way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53991768
Hope it works for you.
P.s. didn't mean to thumbs up your bad news post new theme wrong button.[emoji6]

Vortex1969 said:
If you can get back into twrp then hook it up to your computer. I usually don't use tool kits but have in a jam. Download this toolkit and try flashing stock from there. I had to being others back from the dead that way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=53991768
Hope it works for you.
P.s. didn't mean to thumbs up your bad news post new theme wrong button.[emoji6]
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Thank you. I've got it downloaded, hope I get to use it.

damage98 said:
I managed to boot to twrp and I'm getting cannot mount errors, so I can't wipe. I tried to power it off and plug into mains but it's gone completely dead again.
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openrecovery-twrp-2.7.1.0-bacon.img + Wall Charger
just stay in recovery main menu , do nothing , it will be charging the battery.
that title 10% => 10%+ mean charging.
i belive the stock cm11s recovery doing the same way.
i did recovery charge test just now, the PhilZ Touch 6.55.0 one in adb shell:
<3>[ 19.791584] bad vbatdet:4250,default to 100mv
<6>[ 19.792889] bq24196_charge_en enable:1
it's working.

Had the same problem. Mine is working now!!!
I posted a video of how I got it back to life.
Check the description for the details if you don't want to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLB4fhOyvuA&feature=youtu.be

jayb222 said:
Had the same problem. Mine is working now!!! I posted a video of how I got it back to life. Check the description for the details if you don't want to watch.
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Thanks for the encouragement I'm glad yours finally started up. Mine has been on the charger for a day. Completely dead. I'll leave it unplugged over night and keep you posted. No reply from OPO support yet...
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jayb222 said:
Had the same problem. Mine is working now!!! I posted a video of how I got it back to life. Check the description for the details if you don't want to watch.
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Holy crap dude it worked. My opo is alive. It's at 3% and charging.
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damage98 said:
Holy crap dude it worked. My opo is alive. It's at 3% and charging.
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Haha that's awesome! Glad I could help. Welcome back! Be sure to give me a thumbs up on YouTube and comment letting people know it worked. Thanks!
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