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[Q] My Sensation does NOT turn on.

Hi guys,
I've just bought a sensation. I've started to use it while charging the battery. When I tried to make my first call, it turned off. Then it turns on, but turns off again. A few times it turned on and i could use it for a while, but then again it turns off. is it related to the battery or something else? should I try to below methods although it is brand new?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198585
My first smart phone and it's discouraging :/
I will appreciate if you help.

Is it stock? Try running the RUU, but it sounds like you got the defective one :/
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it is stock.
but as you can understand i'm very noob to these subjects. How can i run the ruu?

daredevil_off said:
it is stock.
but as you can understand i'm very noob to these subjects. How can i run the ruu?
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Problem with your ROM probably. Try to root your phone and flash a custom ROM
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pull out your battery
put it in again
turn the phone on while holding volume
go to recovery and reset to factory settings

xyqtt said:
pull out your battery
put it in again
turn the phone on while holding volume
go to recovery and reset to factory settings
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i did it for three times but still same.

daredevil_off said:
i did it for three times but still same.
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I would return it. I assume you have a warranty.

xyqtt said:
I would return it. I assume you have a warranty.
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my friend bought it from UK, but I'm in Turkey right now :/

Do I have to flash a boot.img before flashing new ROM from stock AT&T 1.85?

Hello. I'm needing to know if I need to flash a ROMs boot.img before flashing the actual ROM. I just now rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and installed TWRP recovery. Can I just download the ROM and install it from recovery?

Just download you're ROM and copy to phone then install from twrp.
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Make a backup from twrp if you're worried about screwing something up first.
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Ya what he said
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subarudroid said:
Ya what he said
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I just flashed it and it's sitting at the HTC screen. That's normal, right? It should sit there a while as it boots?

Alright, it's been quite a bit over 5 minutes. Should I be worried?

tanner4137 said:
Alright, it's been quite a bit over 5 minutes. Should I be worried?
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Hold down your power button and get back to recovery

omario8484 said:
Hold down your power button and get back to recovery
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Did that and now I'm reapplying the ROM

Alright, so I reapplied the ROM. It gets to the HTC screen as normal, but then it goes black. I have it on the charger and the light is red (as it should) If I hold the power button I get haptic feedback like I would when turning the device off. Another thing, the capacitive lights are also on. I'm going to try restoring my nandroid

Another weird thing is that when I hold the power button and volume rocker down, it makes the sound of a screen shot.
*Edit*
Restored and I'm back to normal. I'll try a different ROM

tanner4137 said:
Another weird thing is that when I hold the power button and volume rocker down, it makes the sound of a screen shot.
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Did it have an ooption in aroma to flash boot img

Im not sure why but when using explorer to download roms it was all ways messed up for me. In crome and firefox it works fine.
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There was no option for that in CleanROM 4.5 (had aroma) but CleanROM V does have it. It said to flash it if you took the 2.5 update, but not to if you're on 1.8 and below

tanner4137 said:
Another weird thing is that when I hold the power button and volume rocker down, it makes the sound of a screen shot.
*Edit*
Restored and I'm back to normal. I'll try a different ROM
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That's normal, that's one of two ways to create a screenshot.
I don't know if having your phone connected to a charger while flashing is causing any problems. The phone doesn't actually charge during any of this so you might aswel leave it unplugged. Additionally, letting the phone die while flashing is a big no no. I never flash without 75% or more battery left.
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It installed! Thanks for all of the help guys!

tanner4137 said:
There was no option for that in CleanROM 4.5 (had aroma) but CleanROM V does have it. It said to flash it if you took the 2.5 update, but not to if you're on 1.8 and below
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Hmm it says if youre nnot sure say yes I put yes and my worked fine

ECEXCURSION said:
That's normal, that's one of two ways to create a screenshot.
I don't know if having your phone connected to a charger while flashing is causing any problems. The phone doesn't actually charge during any of this so you might aswel leave it unplugged. Additionally, letting the phone die while flashing is a big no no. I never flash without 75% or more battery left.
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Yes, but the ROM wasn't fully booting up. I didn't know at first if it had flashed because the screen had stayed black. When I could do a screen shot, I knew it had. The screen still never came on and I ended up having to flash a different version of the ROM.

At first i kinda blur when ppl talk bout kernel n stuff, so basically the kernel is the boot image u need to flash on fastboot mode in the bootloader, rom is just simple as Ciou the zip file into sd card and simply install via cwm recovery.
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Weird stuff man. Glad you got it booted. Welcome to the wonderful world of hox.
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[Q] I think I'm hard bricked. I'd love some help.

Tried installing a ROM, and being the noob that I am it was an International Rom. I used TeamWin. Can't post outside links because I'm new. The rom was IceColdJelly AOKP ROM from onexroot.com
I realize I was stupid. I just want out of this situation and I'll be really careful for now on. Is my HOX a lost cause? I bought it about 2 weeks ago (Really unlucky with the whole price drop...). And now, I've done this.
I get it, I've learned my lesson. XDA please help me out. How can I fix this brick? (If it is a brick? I'm assuming.)

Epsilon707 said:
Tried installing a ROM, and being the noob that I am it was an International Rom. I used TeamWin. Can't post outside links because I'm new. The rom was IceColdJelly AOKP ROM from onexroot.com
I realize I was stupid. I just want out of this situation and I'll be really careful for now on. Is my HOX a lost cause? I bought it about 2 weeks ago (Really unlucky with the whole price drop...). And now, I've done this.
I get it, I've learned my lesson. XDA please help me out. How can I fix this brick? (If it is a brick? I'm assuming.)
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Yes, it's a brick, but there is a fix if you have access to a Linux computer and know what you're doing.
beaups said:
when the device is bricked (qhusb mode), after pushing and holding power for ~10 seconds - in linux shortly thereafter all of the partitions will enumerate and expose themselves to linux for about 5 seconds (you'll see sdX1, sdX3, sdX8, about 30 partitions alltogether). During that quick 5 seconds you can DD whatever you feel like back to those partitions.
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This is how I've recovered bricks. Corrupt hboot --> Brick device. DD back correct hboot while in this mode --> unbricked
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It successfully flashed? Than yes follow his directions only way out if it successfully flashed and your device is unresponsive

omario8484 said:
It successfully flashed? Than yes follow his directions only way out if it successfully flashed and your device is unresponsive
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Good point, if you were on stock 2.20 before, it's not bricked, you just need to get back into recovery and flash something else.

bricked
iElvis said:
Good point, if you were on stock 2.20 before, it's not bricked, you just need to get back into recovery and flash something else.
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It was stock 2.20. I bought the phone a week or two ago. HBOOT 1.14. But the phone still won't turn on?

Epsilon707 said:
It was stock 2.20. I bought the phone a week or two ago. HBOOT 1.14. But the phone still won't turn on?
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Can your computer see it? Was it fully charged before?
Try plugging into the charger for a while. The battery in this phone has a weird tendency to suddenly lose all its charge.

iElvis said:
Can your computer see it? Was it fully charged before?
Try plugging into the charger for a while. The battery in this phone has a weird tendency to suddenly lose all its charge.
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Computer cannot see it. Atleast constantly. My computer makes a noise like a drive was plugged in, then shortly after an error-like similar sound.
I'll try charging it for a few hours. Thanks!

Epsilon707 said:
Computer cannot see it. Atleast constantly. My computer makes a noise like a drive was plugged in, then shortly after an error-like similar sound.
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That's not good. What does it look in explorer like when it shows up? Do you see QHSUSB anywhere?

The new hboots won't allow flashing of an incompatible Rom. Make sure you charge it for a while hold power button and volume down for a few seconds and see if capacitive buttons flash. If so, release power button but continue to hold volume down and see what happens
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Word of advice bro, don't flash anything what so ever from anywhere except xda. You'll be asking for trouble
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iElvis said:
That's not good. What does it look in explorer like when it shows up? Do you see QHSUSB anywhere?
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Nope. I'm running Windows by the way. I don't have access to a Linux computer right now, but I will later.

Epsilon707 said:
Nope. I'm running Windows by the way. I don't have access to a Linux computer right now, but I will later.
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Okay, try what InflatedTitan suggested and see what happens.

InflatedTitan said:
The new hboots won't allow flashing of an incompatible Rom. Make sure you charge it for a while hold power button and volume down for a few seconds and see if capacitive buttons flash. If so, release power button but continue to hold volume down and see what happens
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Word of advice bro, don't flash anything what so ever from anywhere except xda. You'll be asking for trouble
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Zero response. I'll keep trying.

Epsilon707 said:
Zero response. I'll keep trying.
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Let it charge for a few hours and try again.

Still no avail. Any other ideas?

I could really use some help. Anyone have an idea or a suggestion on what to do? I also don't suppose this is covered under my warranty

Okay, a couple of questions:
-Are you certain you were on 2.20? I ask because there have been cases of people buying One Xs recently and getting phones on 1.85.
-The phone is completely unresponsive despite being plugged into an outlet (not your computer) for a couple of hours?

iElvis said:
Okay, a couple of questions:
-Are you certain you were on 2.20? I ask because there have been cases of people buying One Xs recently and getting phones on 1.85.
-The phone is completely unresponsive despite being plugged into an outlet (not your computer) for a couple of hours?
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Yes, I am certain. I remember checking it in the About Phone section of settings.
Completely unresponsive, but I'll keep trying.

Epsilon707 said:
Yes, I am certain. I remember checking it in the About Phone section of settings.
Completely unresponsive, but I'll keep trying.
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Okay, one last thing. Open up Device Manager in Windows and expand the whole directory tree. Check "DVD/CD-ROM devices" in particular. Plug your phone in and see what happens.
If nothing happens at all, try leaving it plugged in overnight and see if anything is different. If it's still dead, it's bricked, whatever you did with it. Since it's new, you should be able to return it and get a new one.

Idk what to say if you were on 2.20 it should of failed the Rom flash...but it successfully flashed ?

omario8484 said:
Idk what to say if you were on 2.20 it should of failed the Rom flash...but it successfully flashed ?
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I'm f'ing baffled myself mate.

[Q] Help, SHG-I727R might be bricked

Hello, I have had a Samsung Galaxy S II LTE from Rogers for three months now and it suddenly stopped working after trying to make a phone call.
The firmware was the Gingerbread 2.3.6 I believe (The most current firmware before ICS for the SGH-I727R)
There has been a history of attemping to install Cyanogenmod 10, but I had Clockwork Recovery installed and I was never able to install Cyanogenmod 10 because it gave me errors.
So I used Odin and an official release from Rogers to restore back to Gingerbread.
A month later, this is where I am at.
Status:
I can boot as far as the Carrier logo before going blank and vibrating every 2 - 3 seconds
I can go into download and recovery mode for 5 seconds before being met with a quick flash of a blue screen.
The phone randomly vibrates when a battery is inserted, when it is being charged, or a combination of the two
The battery needs to be taken out and placed back in before attempting a normal, download or recovery boot.
I also do not know if Samsung can tell, as there is no Clockwork Mod or any left over roms or Superuser permissions.
What should I do? Thanks!

If you do a battery pull and reinsert it, does the phone start to boot on it's own without any button pushs
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xbladeinc said:
Hello, I have had a Samsung Galaxy S II LTE from Rogers for three months now and it suddenly stopped working after trying to make a phone call.
The firmware was the Gingerbread 2.3.6 I believe (The most current firmware before ICS for the SGH-I727R)
There has been a history of attemping to install Cyanogenmod 10, but I had Clockwork Recovery installed and I was never able to install Cyanogenmod 10 because it gave me errors.
So I used Odin and an official release from Rogers to restore back to Gingerbread.
A month later, this is where I am at.
Status:
I can boot as far as the Carrier logo before going blank and vibrating every 2 - 3 seconds
I can go into download and recovery mode for 5 seconds before being met with a quick flash of a blue screen.
The phone randomly vibrates when a battery is inserted, when it is being charged, or a combination of the two
The battery needs to be taken out and placed back in before attempting a normal, download or recovery boot.
I also do not know if Samsung can tell, as there is no Clockwork Mod or any left over roms or Superuser permissions.
What should I do? Thanks!
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You should read the stickies that people invested much time into helping.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

stoopendis said:
If you do a battery pull and reinsert it, does the phone start to boot on it's own without any button pushs
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Yes, it boots on its own. If I plug it in, it shows the battery icon for a moment and then goes to black.

xbladeinc said:
Yes, it boots on its own. If I plug it in, it shows the battery icon for a moment and then goes to black.
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Sounds like a stuck power button. I'd try pushing it on and off a ton and see if that clears it. Reinserting the battery shouldn't do anything until you push the power button. If all else fails.... Bring it back.
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stoopendis said:
Sounds like a stuck power button. I'd try pushing it on and off a ton and see if that clears it. Reinserting the battery shouldn't do anything until you push the power button. If all else fails.... Bring it back.
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I will keep on trying that. Any more ideas? Should I send it in to Rogers or send it to mobiletechvideos.com for their J-TAG service?

xbladeinc said:
I will keep on trying that. Any more ideas? Should I send it in to Rogers or send it to mobiletechvideos.com for their J-TAG service?
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It's not bricked. This phone we have is notorious for power button issues... Not your fault.. Let Rogers deal with it!
Is there a Rogers store near by where you can take your phone?
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stoopendis said:
It's not bricked. This phone we have is notorious for power button issues... Not your fault.. Let Rogers deal with it!
Is there a Rogers store near by where you can take your phone?
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Yeah, I am going to take it there tomorrow. Would they be able to tell if I have previously rooted my phone before in this case? I know that it is an official firmware on here now, but still. Thanks for the help!

xbladeinc said:
Yeah, I am going to take it there tomorrow. Would they be able to tell if I have previously rooted my phone before in this case? I know that it is an official firmware on here now, but still. Thanks for the help!
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Just show them how it starts to boot on it's own. They should recognize the issue. If the phone never fully boots they can't see what's on there. And if you've never used Odin then the flash counter has never been incremented.
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Btw... Your welcome!
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stoopendis said:
Just show them how it starts to boot on it's own. They should recognize the issue. If the phone never fully boots they can't see what's on there. And if you've never used Odin then the flash counter has never been incremented.
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Btw... Your welcome!
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I have used Odin a few times, but I cleared all my caches, reformated and etc. using Clockwork Recovery with ICS, then I installed the Gingerbread Rom. This was a month ago, so idk.
If I can't even get into it, then it should be fine. Right?

xbladeinc said:
I have used Odin a few times, but I cleared all my caches, reformated and etc. using Clockwork Recovery with ICS, then I installed the Gingerbread Rom. This was a month ago, so idk.
If I can't even get into it, then it should be fine. Right?
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Right. You gotta start somewhere. Just claim ignorance...... You got the official update and bam!
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xbladeinc said:
I have used Odin a few times, but I cleared all my caches, reformated and etc. using Clockwork Recovery with ICS, then I installed the Gingerbread Rom. This was a month ago, so idk.
If I can't even get into it, then it should be fine. Right?
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Once they unstick that button they'll see everything. They might not care, if they do you'll be paying for a new phone.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

xcrazydx said:
Once they unstick that button they'll see everything. They might not care, if they do you'll be paying for a new phone.
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The thing is about this is that I don't have it Clockwork Recovery installed nor is it rooted, so I don't know if they would be able to tell.

xbladeinc said:
The thing is about this is that I don't have it Clockwork Recovery installed nor is it rooted, so I don't know if they would be able to tell.
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if you restored to stock w/odin then you are fine, it wipes over previous roms/recoveries/rooting and "no one" would be able to see that you had previously installed custom roms or that the phone was rooted.
using odin does "not" increase the flash counter, using certain modified stock firmware like k0anes stock rom which you would use odin to install would increase your flash counter, but thats from an old thread and no one else has made a odin flashable stock rom since then, all the latest recovery flashable roms(zip files) would not increase the flash counter.
you are good to go for warranty repair, maybe wipe your internal sdcard if you can and take out your sdcard

My phone is currently experiencing same problem as the OP. :crying: Please don't tell me bringing it back to Rogers is the only option. My 1 year warranty might be expired already.

A quick update. I went to the store and they said that they would take it. They tried to fix the button with an exacto knife. I wasn't ready to send it in yet so I waited a few hours. I tried again and I was able to boot it properly. So, there is nothing wrong with the software. To those who might be having the same issues, check your power button first before sending it in.
Thanks for the help!

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A quick update. I went to the store and they said that they would take it. They tried to fix the button with an exacto knife. I wasn't ready to send it in yet so I waited a few hours. I tried again and I was able to boot it properly. So, there is nothing wrong with the software. To those who might be having the same issues, check your power button first before sending it in.
Thanks for the help!
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They fixed it.?.... With a exacto knife?
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To Juude90
Hi I had a similar issue. I'ts most likely the power button. If you're willing to open up the device and clean the power button area try that.
If you're still under warranty, try to send it in for a repair.
Here is some info on my situation:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993616
Here is info that was helpful to me.
vincom said:
its 99% the power button, hearing it click is no indication thats its working as its an internal problem, theres 3 links to the problem in the "info" section in the "1 stop" sticky in my sig . taking it apart to get to the internal contact is one way to fix it, maybe the only way to fix it. if phone starts as soon as you put the battery in w/out touching any buttons then its a sticky/failed power button. warranty repair is also another solution
its 1% for a battery and/or battery contact problem
here are the links:
[INFO] Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals ...... possible sticky power button and solution
[INFO] Another thread with a bootloop problem
[INFO] Video of Skyrocket randomly restarts and vibrates at 2 second intervals />
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stoopendis said:
They fixed it.?.... With a exacto knife?
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I was wondering what the hell they were doing. It worked I guess, but sometimes it still randomly reboots. I will send it in when I have the time, I'm not in a rush.
Yeah, Rogers acted in an unprofessional manner.

Take it in to Rogers,
I just had mine serviced and returned from Rogers, No problems and free of charge.
I dropped it off to Rogers with TWRP recovery/CM10 still installed, and the reason it was broken was I used a screwdriver to remove my sim card and tore out the sim card slot from the motherboard. Totally my fault. Also, my skyrocket is a used one from ebay, no less. Did not get it new from rogers myself.
Rogers fixed, no problems or cost to me. Rogers kindly restored it to a rogers Firmware, which I promptly removed immediately.
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[Q] Completely Bricked. Bootloop and not even charge

I'm really frustration with this phone right now. It won't even charge the battery, it just keep bootloop and when I unplug the charger then it shut down. I don't know what wrong with it really.
I did JB few month ago.

liffxng said:
I'm really frustration with this phone right now. It won't even charge the battery, it just keep bootloop and when I unplug the charger then it shut down. I don't know what wrong with it really.
I did JB few month ago.
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If it's starting up it's not bricked.
Can you get it to boot into bootloader?

You'll need to give a lot more than info than that for anyone to help you.
Had you just flashed something? At what point of booting does it loop back to the beginning? Hboot, recovery installed, s-on/s-off, all things we'll need to know.
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cr1960 said:
If it's starting up it's not bricked.
Can you get it to boot into bootloader?
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no it just keep bootloop. I can get to bootloader when I plugged the charger in but when it load the bootloader, it still shutdown and restart again.

liffxng said:
no it just keep bootloop. I can get to bootloader when I plugged the charger in but when it load the bootloader, it still shutdown and restart again.
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Well... theres not much anyone can do about that. Send it in for service? Since its too dangerous to try RUUing it will likely just shut off and brick. Besides, this is likely a hardware issue since it reboots in hboot. No software has loaded yet to make it unstable.
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exad said:
Well... theres not much anyone can do about that. Send it in for service? Since its too dangerous to try RUUing it will likely just shut off and brick. Besides, this is likely a hardware issue since it reboots in hboot. No software has loaded yet to make it unstable.
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so is it the battery die or what is the problem with the hardware?

Hard to say from just reboots. The chances are high that it's the battery since that has the shortest life span of all the hardware but it's not a certainty.
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