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[Q] noise-like screen?

Hello, I recently had my HTC One XL cracked screen replaced, it was running fine but now I'm getting a screen that looks like below... What's going on? I doubt it's the ROM but I'm not sure.. It was running fine, bluetooth was working, I was still receiving calls/sms and I could listen to music, and if I slide across where the lock slide is, it vibrates as if I unlocked it like normal and I could turn the screen on/off... However I couldn't turn it off at all, it would just keep turning back on whenever I tried.
Now it's just stuck at that screen after trying to restart it.. I don't think any functions work but I'm not sure as my phone died...charging it right now
I am running Viper ROM 3.1.0.
Thanks!
EDIT: I just turned it on... None of the functions are working, can't even turn the screen off...it's just stuck at that screen until battery dies..

Anybody able to help? Still the same... :\

Can you get into bootloader

tactical kitten said:
Can you get into bootloader
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Nope, all I see is that screen as soon as I turn the phone on at all

ryennn said:
Nope, all I see is that screen as soon as I turn the phone on at all
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Hold power button till screen turns off than hold vol down and power than release power and keep holding vol down

tactical kitten said:
Hold power button till screen turns off than hold vol down and power than release power and keep holding vol down
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I know how to get into bootloader, you asked me if I could
It does not load into bootloader, as soon as I press the power button, that's what I see until the battery dies... If I hold the power button to turn it off, It will turn off for 3 seconds, and reboot on its own until the battery dies!

When it shuts off press and hold the vol - until it turns on. Plug into your pc, press power button one time (like you were selecting "bootloader" option if screen was working) and run fastboot devices from cmd. Chances are, if its powering on at all, you can get to hboot whether you see it on your screen or not.
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18th.abn said:
When it shuts off press and hold the vol - until it turns on. Plug into your pc, press power button one time (like you were selecting "bootloader" option if screen was working) and run fastboot devices from cmd. Chances are, if its powering on at all, you can get to hboot whether you see it on your screen or not.
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Hmm, for some reason, now that I try to go into bootloader, it won't power on until I let go of both buttons...and in about 5 seconds, it powers on itself with the same screen...nothing happens when I push power, nothing happens when I plug into my pc. The only thing I could do is turn the phone off for 5 seconds before it turns itself back on until the battery dies..

I'm trying to use the HTC One X AIO Kit by Hasoon2000 v2.0 to get it to boot into bootloader or recovery, but it reboots into the same screen.
This is what my CMD says when I click on do command boot into recovery or bootloader:
error: device not found

Use a credit card and pop it out of its shell and check all the connections. This is the 3rd time ive seen this in the one x forums, all had screen replacements. Dont remember the outcome, if any.
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Also the toolkit isnt going to do anything if debugging wasnt enabled, or if it isnt booting all the way into /system. Use cmd and try fastboot devices.
Added: looked them up. Its no doubt hardware related. If under warranty send it in. If not pop it apart and look at ribbon cables and snap connector
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18th.abn said:
Use a credit card and pop it out of its shell and check all the connections. This is the 3rd time ive seen this in the one x forums, all had screen replacements. Dont remember the outcome, if any.
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Also the toolkit isnt going to do anything if debugging wasnt enabled, or if it isnt booting all the way into /system. Use cmd and try fastboot devices.
Added: looked them up. Its no doubt hardware related. If under warranty send it in. If not pop it apart and look at ribbon cables and snap connector
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Hmm, is there a guide or images to help me do this? I doubt it's under warranty because I repaired the screen at a local repair shop. If I pop it out, I don't have any kind of glue or whatever they use to hold the screen back down, and I have no idea what I'm doing, I might mess it up even more
Thanks a lot though, at least I know it's a hardware issue
EDIT: I found a YouTube video on disassembling it. Will I need to disassemble the entire thing?
Here is the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8SpHbhzLgU

Dont try and pop the screen off the actual phone is just inside of that nice plastic body. It pops out. Heres a vid I made a while back.
http://db.tt/SEyYD60W
And call the shop who did it and ask wtf......im guessing all these are related to being cheap replacement screens the shops are using.
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18th.abn said:
Dont try and pop the screen off the actual phone is just inside of that nice plastic body. It pops out. Heres a vid I made a while back.
http://db.tt/SEyYD60W
And call the shop who did it and ask wtf......im guessing all these are related to being cheap replacement screens the shops are using.
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Yeah the shop was horrible, I had the worse experience..so bad I had to rage and write a review on them...
From your video, I'm not sure which part I'm suppose to pop out... I see a black outside layer around the white plastic boarder of the phone, and on the other side I believe is the actual LCD.. they're both sticking out of the white cover of the phone and I could pop them both out lol, but I'm guessing it's the outside and not the screen.
I'm going to give it a try now, wish me luck :X

Its all one piece, dont pry the screen by itself, it will shatter. Imagine the white/grey plastic as a very nice phone case. All you need to do is get the phone out of its case
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While you have it apart are you good with a volt metor ?? We could usr some voltage read out if you don't mind helping.....
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Okay, after a long battle with the LCD and the nice phone case, I finally seperated it..what am I looking at now? everything looks normal to me haha

Look and make sure all ribbon cables are seatedgood in the connectors.
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18th.abn said:
Look and make sure all ribbon cables are seatedgood in the connectors.
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So I took it apart and reseated the cables twice...still the same thing!

[Q] One X LCD Screen replacement.

So i am replacing my one x lcd screen.. bought the whole lcd and digitizer since looks like a pain to just do the digitizer.. i got the old one out, put the new one in and power up.. phone vibrates, but i dont get any sounds and no display on my screen.. i have check all my cables too many times, reseating each one, trying everything.. the other thing is once i push the power button to turn on the phone, it vibrates, makes no noises, but if i hold down the power button afterward, the softkeys start flashing several times.. do i just got a bad lcd or is it something more?

none?

3rdcoasttx said:
So i am replacing my one x lcd screen.. bought the whole lcd and digitizer since looks like a pain to just do the digitizer.. i got the old one out, put the new one in and power up.. phone vibrates, but i dont get any sounds and no display on my screen.. i have check all my cables too many times, reseating each one, trying everything.. the other thing is once i push the power button to turn on the phone, it vibrates, makes no noises, but if i hold down the power button afterward, the softkeys start flashing several times.. do i just got a bad lcd or is it something more?
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Sorry I meant to reply to this yesterday but forgot lol
You need to sync your new LCD.
How do I do that? You may ask.
Plug your old LCD back in, dont put the phone back together, turn the phone on, while it's on, switch LCD's to the new one.
If I'm not mistaken, that should do it. Post back and let me know.

exad said:
Sorry I meant to reply to this yesterday but forgot lol
You need to sync your new LCD.
How do I do that? You may ask.
Plug your old LCD back in, dont put the phone back together, turn the phone on, while it's on, switch LCD's to the new one.
If I'm not mistaken, that should do it. Post back and let me know.
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never heard of that before.. and unfortunately dont have the old lcd anymore.. i pulled it out a week ago before i got the new one and tossed it.. im going send back this lcd get a new one and hopefully it was just a DOA and not the phone itself.

3rdcoasttx said:
never heard of that before.. and unfortunately dont have the old lcd anymore.. i pulled it out a week ago before i got the new one and tossed it.. im going send back this lcd get a new one and hopefully it was just a DOA and not the phone itself.
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Good Luck. I would assume if you asked on here you would expect to hear an answer you didnt expect or you'd have thought of it
But yes, there are 3 screen types from 3 diff makers. So if you bought a different one, you need to sync it or it will appear to be off. Digitizer will still work.
1) Green Flex (Sharp)
2) Green + Yellow Flex (Sony)
3) Yellow (AU)

try this one http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-htc-one-x-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly-with-light-guide.html

Do instructions exist or are there any hints for the removal of the existing screen?

Videos on YouTube.
Tip: Keep track of where all the screws go. Have unlimited patience. Stay organized. Minimize distractions while working on it. Heed my screen sync post above.
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yeah, i followed the video instructions exactly. and youre right, i posted here to find solutions i never heard of or thought of. as far as syncing with old screen i am SOL on that one.. i sent it back today, and ill try out the new one. post my findings here and i am hoping its just a DOA screen and not the phone itself. thanks for the responses.

White noise
exad said:
Good Luck. I would assume if you asked on here you would expect to hear an answer you didnt expect or you'd have thought of it
But yes, there are 3 screen types from 3 diff makers. So if you bought a different one, you need to sync it or it will appear to be off. Digitizer will still work.
1) Green Flex (Sharp)
2) Green + Yellow Flex (Sony)
3) Yellow (AU)
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We have synced the old LCD, installed the new and the screen looks like white noise on a TV screen.. We have tested this LCD in a functional unit and works fine.. Is this a board issue?

DevicesNow said:
We have synced the old LCD, installed the new and the screen looks like white noise on a TV screen.. We have tested this LCD in a functional unit and works fine.. Is this a board issue?
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Sounds like it, but you may want to test another screen with that board just to be safe. I haven't tested extensively the results of mix and matching screens with different boards.

exad said:
Sounds like it, but you may want to test another screen with that board just to be safe. I haven't tested extensively the results of mix and matching screens with different boards.
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We tested 2 functioning boards and both with same result(Work fine in good unit). I appreciate the fast response!

DevicesNow said:
We tested 2 functioning boards and both with same result(Work fine in good unit). I appreciate the fast response!
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Then the GPU is most likely at fault which is built into the board. New board needed. As for the fast response. NP, I live here.
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exad said:
Then the GPU is most likely at fault which is built into the board. New board needed. As for the fast response. NP, I live here.
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Gotya, thanks.

[Q] HTC One X Digitizer/LCD Repair Problems

I run a cell phone repair company and we do quite a few repairs but this in particular HTC One X has us all stumped here. We do realize that there are 3 different versions of the dig/lcd and we have the correct part. But has anyone had problems with trying to replace the HTC One X dig/lcd assembly. It seems that after I put the new part on the lcd is black but the phone is still on. I even went back and put the old screen back on and it is still black. Prior to the repair the lcd worked fine. But just the digitizer was cracked. I have even went as far as changing the motherboard on the phone to a new one and am still having the same issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Have you checked the ribbon length to make sure you do not have a break?
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It would seem to me as though it's just as simple as one of the connectors is not plugged in or just not plugged in properly, which is easy to do since one of them is on the underside of the board which I believe is the one for the screen itself.

cellulardepot337 said:
I run a cell phone repair company and we do quite a few repairs but this in particular HTC One X has us all stumped here. We do realize that there are 3 different versions of the dig/lcd and we have the correct part. But has anyone had problems with trying to replace the HTC One X dig/lcd assembly. It seems that after I put the new part on the lcd is black but the phone is still on. I even went back and put the old screen back on and it is still black. Prior to the repair the lcd worked fine. But just the digitizer was cracked. I have even went as far as changing the motherboard on the phone to a new one and am still having the same issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Hello did you sync the lcd's? Search how to get it sync'd! Thats why it doesn'n turn on...
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azteka88 said:
Hello did you sync the lcd's? Search how to get it sync'd! Thats why it doesn'n turn on...
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OP already stated that going back to the original LCD did not yield results.

exad said:
OP already stated that going back to the original LCD did not yield results.
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ok look for this user, "skanman911" maybe he can give you some ideas, he switch the lcd for another NON sony and make it works...

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OP already stated that going back to the original LCD did not yield results.
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Exactly. Seems like the only probable answer is that something was broken during teardown - either a cable or connector. Given the size of everything in there, it doesn't take much....

Did you ever find a solution to this?
I'm kind of in the same boat at the moment, BUT there's a silverish lining
In the midst of replacing a screen on my One X. Phone is obviously "on" (despite being in pieces on my desk), but n either the new or old screens will come on when I push the power button.
For a lark, I plugged the phone in, and did an 'adb reboot'
My splash screen comes up on the new screen just fine, as does the Viper Logo and my home screen and everything.... but once it shuts off the power button will NOT re-wake it up. At first I thought "I must have broken the power button" but I also forced a notification to it - which also typically wakes up the screen - and also saw nothing.
EDIT : Cancel that; for some reason the power button didn't work until I had the case back on. Grounding maybe? Either way, working fine now.

Some Ebay product page for a screen replacement said you should first power on the device with the old screen, then take the old screen out while the phone is running and put the new one in.
Maybe you should trie that. I'm not a hardware expert, so do some research before trying this and don't blame me if it doesnt work

That will only work if the screens not working. Op. It's difficult to narrow the issue in your situation. If the flex cables don't work, it's a short which would require much more advanced knowledge to fix.
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[Q] Suddenly, My Phone Will Not Power On

I've tried searching but no one seems to have this same issue. Or where I saw people with the same issue, they just stopped responding to suggestions and no resolution was reported. So if anyone can help me I'll definitely post until the end!
It started a couple days ago: my phone kept switching orientations (portrait/landscape) as if I were rotating the phone in my hands, but I wasn't. It would happen if it was being held upright, or even laying down on my desk.
Yesterday into this morning it got really bad. It would switch orientations literally every second. I started backing up as many apps as I could, but that was incredibly hard because the buttons moved every time the orientation rotated.
I was able to boot into recovery and make a data/system backup from there.
During the course of the day today my phone eventually just shut off. Now it will no longer power up. I have tried booting normally, as well as into recovery or download mode, but it responds to nothing. There is no screen flash; there is no vibrate. Absolutely no response.
I have swapped batteries with a friend who has the exact same phone. My battery works fine in his phone. His battery produces the same results in my phone: no response to anything.
When plugged in the phone behaves the same: no charging light, and unresponsive to any combination of button presses.
So... being that I'm rooted and likely out of warranty, is there any way I can fix this myself without going to Verizon?
Thanks a TON in advance to any replies! My fingers are crossed...

I've been seeing a lot of this (power button failures) lately. Are you on CM 10.2 by chance?
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DiSiD said:
I've been seeing a lot of this (power button failures) lately. Are you on CM 10.2 by chance?
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I was on AOKP Milestone 2, which I believe was based off of 10.2. I could be wrong, but it was either 10.2 or 10.1.
But this seems like a hardware failure, no? What would the ROM have to do with it? Not to come off as brash; just curious.

xluryan said:
I've tried searching but no one seems to have this same issue. Or where I saw people with the same issue, they just stopped responding to suggestions and no resolution was reported. So if anyone can help me I'll definitely post until the end!
It started a couple days ago: my phone kept switching orientations (portrait/landscape) as if I were rotating the phone in my hands, but I wasn't. It would happen if it was being held upright, or even laying down on my desk.
Yesterday into this morning it got really bad. It would switch orientations literally every second. I started backing up as many apps as I could, but that was incredibly hard because the buttons moved every time the orientation rotated.
I was able to boot into recovery and make a data/system backup from there.
During the course of the day today my phone eventually just shut off. Now it will no longer power up. I have tried booting normally, as well as into recovery or download mode, but it responds to nothing. There is no screen flash; there is no vibrate. Absolutely no response.
I have swapped batteries with a friend who has the exact same phone. My battery works fine in his phone. His battery produces the same results in my phone: no response to anything.
When plugged in the phone behaves the same: no charging light, and unresponsive to any combination of button presses.
So... being that I'm rooted and likely out of warranty, is there any way I can fix this myself without going to Verizon?
Thanks a TON in advance to any replies! My fingers are crossed...
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Sounds like a magical hard brick?

markdapimp said:
Sounds like a magical hard brick?
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Haven't heard that phrase, but it certainly sounds like some kind of black magic
Is this fixable? I'm not afraid of ripping my phone apart...

xluryan said:
Haven't heard that phrase, but it certainly sounds like some kind of black magic
Is this fixable? I'm not afraid of ripping my phone apart...
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Try getting yourself a USB Jig off eBay or something or make one if you're crafty with electronics.
it should get you into download mode and then you can odin back to stock witch will atleast bring you a functioning phone
good luck
heres a video of the Jig getting this hardbricked s3 into download mode from the same Power on conditions you listed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdrdWqaXUBE

markdapimp said:
Try getting yourself a USB Jig off eBay or something or make one if you're crafty with electronics.
it should get you into download mode and then you can odin back to stock witch will atleast bring you a functioning phone
good luck
heres a video of the Jig getting this hardbricked s3 into download mode from the same Power on conditions you listed
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Great find. Yeah he definitely has exactly the same symptoms as me. Although he bricked it by flashing things improperly. Mine just started out of nowhere.
Hopefully that makes no difference. I don't think I can wait for a "jig" to arrive. I'll probably try to make one myself. Anyone have one near Minneapolis that I could borrow for a few minutes?
I'll keep you all posted.

Well, good news and bad.
Good news: I made a jig. Bad news: it won't revive my dead phone. I tried the jig in an old S3 with a cracked screen and the jig puts that phone into download mode just fine. But nothing will wake up the other S3.
Could the micro USB port be damaged on my phone? What else could be causing this?

xluryan said:
I was on AOKP Milestone 2, which I believe was based off of 10.2. I could be wrong, but it was either 10.2 or 10.1.
But this seems like a hardware failure, no? What would the ROM have to do with it? Not to come off as brash; just curious.
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I honestly don't know what the Rom would have to do with it except two people before you described very similar things and happened to mention CM (recently, so I thought maybe a common thread).
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I honestly don't know what the Rom would have to do with it except two people before you described very similar things and happened to mention CM (recently, so I thought maybe a common thread).
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Not sure. It was working for a couple months just fine on that ROM. This feels more like a hardware issue...
Being that the USB Jig didn't work, I'm not sure what options I have left. Anyone know how a JTAG works? Would that be an option?
Or am I just hosed?

it might be a faulty motherboard. its like something wrong with the actual gs3. that or your battery is dead. but if not its definately a hardware issue. try buying a new motherboard to exchange the bad one

HTC One XL won't charge or turn on, no blinking light.

The thing is I've had these phone for months now, everything works fine. But last night I left the battery died for about an hour and when I tried to charge it, there's no sign of charging at all. I left it overnight but to no avail. Can anyone help me?:crying:

Have you tried holding the power button down?
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You haven't provided anywhere near enough information by the way. Provide your bootloader details, ROM, kernel, recovery version, anything else that's relevant.
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You shouldn't ever suggest anyone use the power + volume up button combo, that deliberately puts the phone into Qualcomm download mode.
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I know, but that is better than anything. I mean, these steps would be something to try when you're absolutely out of ideas, and you don't have warranty.

No it isn't better than anything, it's the worst possible thing you could do no matter what the situation. Nothing good can come of it. If you want to be responsible for a phone that can truly only be recovered via jtag that's up to you, but I'll do my best to warn people that's it's an awful idea, as would any other experienced person.
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A couple of things that you can try if you haven't yet.
Power + Volume Up
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This is not a good idea (as timmaaa already stated) and not good advice.
Not sure who gave you this advice (or if you just made it up, or read it on a forum for another device), but its wrong and should not be performed or recommended to others.
Its not "better than anything" (think you mean "better than nothing") as it can potentially put the OP in a worse position than he already is.
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HollowLeon said:
The thing is I've had these phone for months now, everything works fine. But last night I left the battery died for about an hour and when I tried to charge it, there's no sign of charging at all. I left it overnight but to no avail. Can anyone help me?:crying:
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Make sure you use the wall charger, and not connected to a computer by USB. You can try messing with holding the power button, and/or power+vol down. Also try these button combos while the phone is connected to the charger. At least one user on here inexplicably got his seeming dead HOX going that way, when nothing else seemed to work.

Actually I read about that on a different forum, I think it was on androidcentral.
There a guy saying that he got his One X back to life using that combo, and didn't mention anything about it going into Qualcomm download mode.
Didn't think it was such a bad thing to do because I just read that guy's experience.
I will delete that suggestion from my post.
Thanks for the info

masok said:
Actually I read about that on a different forum, I think it was on androidcentral.
There a guy saying that he got his One X back to life using that combo, and didn't mention anything about it going into Qualcomm download mode.
Didn't think it was such a bad thing to do because I just read that guy's experience.
I will delete that suggestion from my post.
Thanks for the info
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Understand that Qualcomm download mode wipes the OS and render the phone unbootable (except to hboot and recovery, if available).
If you did not know what the button combo does, don't recommend it. Simple.

Thanks for all your replies, the only solution I found is I SMACKED (yeah you just read that right) the phone really hard and the red blinking light came on! Thank God, I thought of buying new ones, turns out didn't have to.

HollowLeon said:
Thanks for all your replies, the only solution I found is I SMACKED (yeah you just read that right) the phone really hard and the red blinking light came on! Thank God, I thought of buying new ones, turns out didn't have to.
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Odd. Now I wouldn't recommend anyone else follow this "fix".
Suffice it to say, don't let your battery level drop until the device shuts off, when at all possible. There are safeguards to prevent it from dropping too low to take a charge, but these are not always failsafe. My thought is something like that happened in your case. Why "smacking" the phone fixed it, I have no idea.