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[ISSUE] Transformer powered off and won't power back on

Doubt there is anything else I can do, but thought I'd try anyway.
So after about a whole 3 hours of use, my Transformer just powered off. I tried to power it back on, and it did for about 5 minutes, but would only stay on for about 15 seconds (not even a full boot) and reset again. Now, it doesn't power on at all.
While I was using it I was charging it. It had about 84% battery when it died. I tried holding the power button for 6, 30, even 60 seconds and no results. Tried the power and vol down too.
I have an RMA from ASUS (Is it normal for companies to make you pay for shipping to them? Ugh), but wanted to know if there is anything else I can try before waiting another 2-3 weeks to get one back.
Thanks!

I think I've read of this happening before, leave the TF's battery to go completely flat then recharge it. Nothing to loose by trying it.
Good luck.

I would just keep trying to hit the power button and see if you could get it to work because I feel like doing an RMA will not really fix the issue because it is more of a software issue I feel like, unless it completely died. On the other hand, if you do RMA it, I would not pay for shipping, that is ridiculous.

Reverence12389 said:
I would just keep trying to hit the power button and see if you could get it to work because I feel like doing an RMA will not really fix the issue because it is more of a software issue I feel like, unless it completely died. On the other hand, if you do RMA it, I would not pay for shipping, that is ridiculous.
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I thought it was a software issue while it was boot looping, but now it won't power on at all.
Unforunately, it had a HUGE charge on the battery when it died. I can't easily drain the battery because it won't power on at all to use the battery up.
Any suggestions on draining it without powering it on? Thanks again...

These things seem very tricky. Try hitting the power button multiple times, then holding it, and holding it while holding the power down, that works for me.
Some other things you can try is put it on the charger and then try powering it on. Try docking it if you have a station and then plug the dock in and try to power on. Anything could trigger it going back on to be honest because these sleeps of death/shut offs/non responsive units seem to happen at random.

Could be the sleep of death. You can get it to boot usually by holding power for 5 seconds, wait a bit, and then power it on again. Sadly it may be a hardware issue :-(
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I'm guessing it's a hardware issue. Any amount of holding the power button down hasn't shown any sign of working.
This is where I wish it had a removable battery. I know about 50% of laptops I work on that don't power on just need the battery taken out, power button pressed, and battery replaced (discharges static electricity).

I had the same problem. I put it on charge for 15 min and then powered it on with it still plugged in. Scared the hell out of me.
It finally powered back up. Just keep trying and cross fingers.
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singlebyte said:
I had the same problem. I put it on charge for 15 min and then powered it on with it still plugged in. Scared the hell out of me.
It finally powered back up. Just keep trying and cross fingers.
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Thanks. I keep trying every 30 minutes or so. Did yours also die while it was fully charged?

Not sure where the battery level was when it died. I thought it had somehow been left on and just drained the battery too much. After a while on charge it came back to life.
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Charging
I am sure you guys have noticed - or is mine unique - that when you have the TF switched off and you plug it in it automatically switches on.
So plugging it in whilst it is off actually means you could be draining the battery. You need to switch it off when it is already on charge.
That being said mine stopped charging recently and I found a post somewhere to say to trickle charge it (charge it off the USB on the computer) and then try to charge it again. That worked and it has charged great since. I think that issue is related to the dock.
So try to trickle charge it -see if it will hook up to your PC and see if that will help.

singlebyte said:
Not sure where the battery level was when it died. I thought it had somehow been left on and just drained the battery too much. After a while on charge it came back to life.
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Ah. Unfortunately I think mine is a different issue since it was fully charged when it shut off. Thanks though!

Turns out bestbuy.com received some stock, so I returned mine to Best Buy and re-ordered it. Thanks for the advice, guys! Pretty sure it was something I couldn't fix anyway.

Phone won't turn on SOLVED

Hi there my phone decided to turn off today at work and would not turn back on,got home plugged into the charger no led light. Tried pulling battery for 1min still nothing even tried different charger and still dead as a dodo. Anyone got any ideas how to get it back to life.

At the end try to use another charged battery

Would have tried that but have no spare battery, plus the phone was on about 80% charge when it turned off

What happens when you try to turn it on? How does the phone respond?
Try this- hold the vol down key and press the power button. Hold both till you see a white screen. Tell me what you see there.
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Tried power and volume nothing at all.

Does it vibrate when you try to turn it on?
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No vibration,no led nothing at all. Going to borrow a multimeter and check the battery voltage today, really hope it's a dead battery.

Right just put a multimeter across the battery and got a reading of 3.95v, so the battery should be good. What is likely to have gone as the phone was fine one moment then dead, If it as dead as it is what are the chances of them telling I was S-off and rooted under a warranty repair?

I'm a noob but common sense tells me that they won't find since it looks like a hardware problem.
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Quick update sent the phone in on warranty to virgin and it was not repairable,new handset sent out with no mention of it being rooted. Cherry on top it's running hboot version 0.98.0002 so I can revolutionary S-off and still keep warranty.

[Q] Xoom went belly up it seems

I have a us spec wifi xoom. Or I've had is perhaps more of a correct statement now.
What happened was this:
Tablet was working fine in the evening. Had about 80% power left in it.
Today in the afternoon got around to it and had to do some stuff on it...and it was dead.
Wouldn't react to either the Power Button, or the Volume Up plus Power button.
Initial thoughts - ah some app caused the battery to drain. Or was it the custom ROM. No worries, will hook it up to the charger.
So i hook it up and the charging light comes on. But XOOM wont turn on while plugged in. Its been charging for an hour plus, LED's still white and XOOM's still unresponsive.
Any ideas what to do?

Did you try holding volume up and power for a few seconds? Sometimes than can take 5 to 10 seconds to work.
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Yeah, tried that. Didnt work.

2shellbonus said:
Yeah, tried that. Didnt work.
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was it overclocked?

Yes. 1,2Ghz

if I was you, I'd either have my dealer send it in or, if that is not option to you, open it up and disconnect the battery for a little while...
maybe another idea: how does your power-button feel? From the symptoms it would also be plausible that just that one button had a malfunction. You wouldn't be able to unlock your xoom, power+vol-up wouldn't reset the thing, if you configured your xoom to use the charge-led while the xoom is powered on, it'd glow once you plugged your xoom in, etc... Does your pc detect your xoom if you plug it in via usb?

No the XOOM isn't detected by the computer. Power button feels as it always felt. Clicky and responsive.
As for opening it up, I dont have a TORX screwdriver or however that thing is called, to open the XOOM up. I was thinking along those lines a swell, disconnect all power for a while and then try. Will try to get the tools tommorow and see waht happens.
Thanks for the suggestions though.

If you've got an sdcard in it remove it and try the usual power in tricks.
I've read sdcards can stop the Zoom powering on especially if it goes completely flat...

Tried that already. No go unfortunately. But thanks nonetheless.

2shellbonus said:
Yes. 1,2Ghz
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You may have fried the processor inadvertently say if an app went max out for 2-3 hours and killed the battery just a thought.

asmanthebell said:
You may have fried the processor inadvertently say if an app went max out for 2-3 hours and killed the battery just a thought.
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Battery had charge in it when I first picked up with the issue. LED was white. If battery is dead LED is red.
Frying the processor - maybe. Hope not

If you have a white light then that means the device is powered off. If you can boot it to the dual core screen then we can help.
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dellenrules said:
If you have a white light then that means the device is powered off. If you can boot it to the dual core screen then we can help.
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I get no response from the XOOM. The display does not turn on at all. No dual core, no nothing.
If dual core came up i'd adb the thing easily into life.....but..no go.

You said you held volume up, down and power and got nothing.
Sounds like a battery issue.
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Tbh just try getting a anew charger...

Charger works, since battery LED shows full charge

I had a similar problem and disconnecting the battery for a bit worked like a charm, I bought my torx set from walgreens for 5 bucks (comes with many different bits) also any hardware store will carry a small set, you will only need to unscrew 4 screws and move 2 clips up, 2 screws on the bottom and 2 screws on the battery connector. I slipped a piece of paper in between the battery connector and the xoom board waited about 30 seconds removed the paper and screwed it back together and it turned on just fine. the whole process should take about 5 minutes at most. Ifixit.com has a great teardown of the xoom trust me in the end it will be worth it.

darkknightsolano said:
I had a similar problem and disconnecting the battery for a bit worked like a charm, I bought my torx set from walgreens for 5 bucks (comes with many different bits) also any hardware store will carry a small set, you will only need to unscrew 4 screws and move 2 clips up, 2 screws on the bottom and 2 screws on the battery connector. I slipped a piece of paper in between the battery connector and the xoom board waited about 30 seconds removed the paper and screwed it back together and it turned on just fine. the whole process should take about 5 minutes at most. Ifixit.com has a great teardown of the xoom trust me in the end it will be worth it.
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Will look into it, thanks

No problem let me know if you need any more assistance.

I'm having almost the exact same problem with my WiFi Xoom. I went to restart it yesterday and it turned off and will not turn back on. When I plug it in to one of my docks, it shows fully charged (green light.) Powering on with the up volume does nothing (I held them both for 30 seconds.) I disassembled it last night and disconnected the battery for some time but it still will not power up. I plan to spend some more time on it this evening if possible.
The only other details about it is I'm rooted running Team EOS ICS 1.0.0 with the stock kernel provided with the ROM.

Battery died, now phone will not power back on after charging...

So the wife and I were out eating and my phone died. Came home, plugged it up and there was no red led charge indicator..... waited..... and waited.... it's been an hour now, still nothing. If I hold power the capacitive buttons just flash white and go off.
Any ideas on how to bring this thing back to life?.... I purchased from Amazon 2 weeks again and really need a phone now as I have no other phone.

Make sure you are using the original wall charger that comes with the phone.
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Press the power button for 2-3 seconds and let go, wait about 5 seconds for it to turn on.....or press and hold volume down and power until the lights blink 6 times then release ONLY the power button. Hold volume button until screen turns on, then using the volume buttons highlight fastboot, press power button to select, then highlight reboot and press power again that'll get u going again
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You will need to replace your phone. Search the forums and you will find a thread or two about this same problem. I had to return my phone because of the same exact problem. The only solution is to completely let the battery die and then recharge for 30 minutes to an hour and then the phone should turn on. But I highly recommend you get it exchanged because the next time you use it, it will suddenly turn off while there is still some battery left and you will have to let the battery die.

same problem. gotta get htc to replace dat shiet.

Leave it on the charger for several hours, wall charger not USB, and see if it helps.
Could be various things. But one thing that has happened to some people, on various Android phones, is that the battery voltage may have dropped too low. Not zero, but too low for the phone to take a charge. In that case, there is no way to bring the battery back to life, except with special battery meters with a "boost" function (which most of use don't have access to). Leaving it on the wall charger has brought phones back for a few people. Its a longshot, but can't hurt.
Safety circuit is supposed to prevent voltage from dropping too low like this. But its not fail safe.
I know that is not what the OP is doing, just a sidenote: Some people will suggest draining the phone until it shuts down to calibrate the battery meter Its a poor idea, for the reason that the safety circuit may not always work properly. When calibrating the meter, its more than sufficient to drain to 10-20%. The meter is not that accurate anyway, and draining to zero doesn't make it any more accurate than 10-20%.

i tried that all, letting it die. letting it charge, everything.

Press and hold the power button while plugging the charger in
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didnt work. but when i plug it in to windows, i still get apx

swordsx48 said:
didnt work. but when i plug it in to windows, i still get apx
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This happened to my EVO 3d and had to be replaced.
Other than trying a ruu back to stock I'm out of ideas
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It comes up as apx? Have u tried
Adb devices
and
fastboot devices
While plugged in to see if either recognize it??
if one of them do than this should be a simple fix.
If adb recognizes it then
adb reboot
If fastboot recognizes it do
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot

i tried adb devices and fastboot devices while plugged in and neither recognize it you gave me a sliver of hope

swordsx48 said:
didnt work. but when i plug it in to windows, i still get apx
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Apx mode is tegra thing. Wrong forum.
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sorry,i was googling and came across this thread and didnt notice.

swordsx48 said:
sorry,i was googling and came across this thread and didnt notice.
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No worries.

Mine did the same thing. Went 100% dead. After a few random reboots the days leading up, it finally went off when I noticed it had really low battery. Never to come back on.
Not even getting the red light at the top so put it in for a repair through my Telco (Telstra), (who are apparently the authorised repairer for HTC in Aus) and the mainboard was replaced. Got it back a week later fixed.
Phone had been unlocked through HTCDev but had no issues with warranty. Obviously a hardware fault as couldn't even boot.

on other phones i find using a charger that doesn't have a removable usb cable works well, and don't try to charge it from the computer.

monstermm said:
Mine did the same thing. Went 100% dead. After a few random reboots the days leading up, it finally went off when I noticed it had really low battery. Never to come back on.
Not even getting the red light at the top so put it in for a repair through my Telco (Telstra), (who are apparently the authorised repairer for HTC in Aus) and the mainboard was replaced. Got it back a week later fixed.
Phone had been unlocked through HTCDev but had no issues with warranty. Obviously a hardware fault as couldn't even boot.
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after one hour of wall-plugging, the unit gains some heat around the camera, but no signs of charging...damn, guess I have to ask for replacement...
eh...did you root/unlock bootloader/flash roms?
I'm kinda worried that Rogers will give me a hassle for that...although it's a battery problem...
nvm...need to work on my reading skills...so unlocking bootloader is fine....

[Q] Motorola XT720 unresponsive with black screen

Hey,
my XT720 just stopped working a couple weeks ago. When I leave it plugged in for about twenty minutes the four lights at the bottom of the phone light up but the screen stays blank. I've looked at all the other posts and tried getting into bootloader to flash it using RSD Lite but i can't get it into bootloader. I got a new battery and that didn't do anything either. Are there any other methods or am I trying to get into bootloader the wrong way- I've been doing Power button + Volume Down + Camera button. Any help would be great.

Hardware issue not much you can do unfortunately.
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The four lights on with black screen happens on xt720 when the battery is extremely low. It could be that your battery is old. Plug it in the wall with the back panel off. Let it charge while keeping an eye on the screen. Whenever it decides to start booting, pull the battery out and start again. Keep doing this for about two hours. This used to happen to me enough when I was experimenting that I just got an external battery charger.
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It did happened to me. All I did, I just reformat the SD Card. And voila, JOBS DONE.

napnau said:
It did happened to me. All I did, I just reformat the SD Card. And voila, JOBS DONE.
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What if I never had an SD card in the first place? When I ordered it, it didn't come with one so I left a lot of memory to the phone's internal drive. Would buying one help? And if so, what product would you suggest?

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The four lights on with black screen happens on xt720 when the battery is extremely low. It could be that your battery is old. Plug it in the wall with the back panel off. Let it charge while keeping an eye on the screen. Whenever it decides to start booting, pull the battery out and start again. Keep doing this for about two hours. This used to happen to me enough when I was experimenting that I just got an external battery charger.
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I tried that too but no luck. Plus I already ordered a new battery and those come in at least half charged so it must be something else.

Have you ever been into the bootloader on your phone? You have to get the keys really, really fast. Particularly when powering on by putting in the battery. If you haven't already try it this way:
1. Remove battery, disconnect USB
2. Press and hold both the camera (the shutter one) and volume down keys
3. Keep holding them down
4. Put in battery (keep holding the buttons down)
5. Keep holding the buttons down until you see either the fastboot screen or the (M) logo (or you give up after 5 minutes)