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[Q] What just happened to my phone?

This is very strange. I have my phone completely normal. It's been charged and is running fine. The phone is unlocked, rooted, and running CM10.1. I decide I want to use an external controller to play one of my games. It is a Xbox 360 wireless controller. I load up Beach Buggy Blitz on my device, close all the other apps, and return to my home screen. I then plug in the wireless adapter for the controller via USB OTG. I have used this controller fine on my N7 and maybe even my SGS3 at one point. Everything seems all good and normal. So, I plug in the micro USB into my phone and wtf. It just completely and instantly shuts off and the screen goes pitch black. I mean as soon as I plugged it in, there was an instant and total shutdown of the device. I thought this was weird, so I unplug the USB adapter and try to turn on my device. No dice. I remove the battery and try again. No dice. I hold down the power button for a really long time. I charge the device. Nothing. I charge the device with and without the battery, while pressing and holding the power button and with different button combinations multiple times. Nothing. The device will just not respond in any way. I even tried my N7 charger, but it doesn't work. The USB port feels fine and it seems like the chargers are going in just fine. I'm leaving the device the charge overnight with the battery in it, but I don't know if even that will work. I can't believe this happened. I just plug in a USB and it seemingly kills my device. That doesn't make any sense. Anyway, what should I try? What if it doesn't turn back on? I did buy Squaretrade warranty that covers accidental stuff and I've never made a claim with them yet. Any help will be appreciated, thanks!
TL;DR: I plugged Xbox 360 wireless controller adapter into my completely normal GS3 rooted and unlocked with CM10.1 via USB OTG and now the device won't respond at all despite several and varied attempts.

Your Power Management IC self destructed. It's a common occurrence with S3's. Some devices overload it and it kills the phone.
It should be covered under basic warranty through Verizon, and they'll ship it to you overnight. I'd recommend not mentioning your usage of the OTG though. I've had to get a replacement for the same reason.
Just tell Verizon that your phone won't power on, charge, or show any signs of functionality whatsoever.

themusicmonkey said:
Your Power Management IC self destructed. It's a common occurrence with S3's. Some devices overload it and it kills the phone.
It should be covered under basic warranty through Verizon, and they'll ship it to you overnight. I'd recommend not mentioning your usage of the OTG though. I've had to get a replacement for the same reason.
Just tell Verizon that your phone won't power on, charge, or show any signs of functionality whatsoever.
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I kind of figured it would be some sort of power issue. But man, completely killing a normal device just by plugging in something for just a second is insane. So does this mean I get a completely new phone (same model) when I send my old one in? Can I retrieve any data still on the device? I hope I have a decent Titanium still on my SD card. Will I have to re-unlock, re-root, and re-flash my ROM? That would be annoying seeing how I haven't unlocked or rooted my device in several months. Thanks.

Dillon610 said:
So does this mean I get a completely new phone (same model) when I send my old one in? Can I retrieve any data still on the device? Will I have to re-unlock, re-root, and re-flash my ROM?
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They send a refurbished phone, Certified Pre-owned or something, and you keep the back cover, cards, and battery. You'll have to send your phone back in the box, or they'll charge you. Call them ASAP, because I pre-ordered the phone, and my manufacturer warranty expires on the 4th. If they try to charge you, remind them that it's covered under that.
I don't know of a way to get any data off of it, other than physically hacking/repairing your phone of course. If you could do that, you could also fix it yourself
You will have to do all rooting and flashing again, but here's a good tool to root it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825

[Q] Bricked HTC One X

Hi,
My brick is a little different than most others on this forum and searching revealed nothing. I was BL unlocked and installed a custom ROM 6 months ago. Did not have a problem since or change anything. One day, leave home with 15% battery. Go to look at my phone later in the day and it won't turn on. Get home and try and charge it, won't charge and no charging light. Seems to be hard bricked. These are the things I've tried to no avail:
Leaving it plugged in for a day, plugging into computer (which does not even recognize it), power+volume down/up/middle, holding power and then plugging in. Figuring it was dead I sent it to Rogers to be repaired, however they found that it was unlocked and quoted me $250 repair.
So:
a) what are the chances that this is a hardware issue rather than a software issue? And how did Rogers find out it was unlocked?!?
b) is there anything else I can do to revive it?
c) if I send it to HTC what are the chances they cover it under warranty as a hardware defect?
d) I am not too familiar with this last one but could JTAGing possibly revive my phone?
Thanks for your help!

tucanj said:
Hi,
My brick is a little different than most others on this forum and searching revealed nothing. I was BL unlocked and installed a custom ROM 6 months ago. Did not have a problem since or change anything. One day, leave home with 15% battery. Go to look at my phone later in the day and it won't turn on. Get home and try and charge it, won't charge and no charging light. Seems to be hard bricked. These are the things I've tried to no avail:
Leaving it plugged in for a day, plugging into computer (which does not even recognize it), power+volume down/up/middle, holding power and then plugging in. Figuring it was dead I sent it to Rogers to be repaired, however they found that it was unlocked and quoted me $250 repair.
So:
a) what are the chances that this is a hardware issue rather than a software issue? And how did Rogers find out it was unlocked?!?
b) is there anything else I can do to revive it?
c) if I send it to HTC what are the chances they cover it under warranty as a hardware defect?
d) I am not too familiar with this last one but could JTAGing possibly revive my phone?
Thanks for your help!
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I'll assume you've tried multiple USB cords. Maybe your USB connector on your phone is just loose/broken. If that's the case Rogers probably just tested on a power supply and saw that it was unlocked. Maybe a local repair shop could take a look at it if you aren't confident cracking it open yourself.

lauterm said:
I'll assume you've tried multiple USB cords. Maybe your USB connector on your phone is just loose/broken. If that's the case Rogers probably just tested on a power supply and saw that it was unlocked. Maybe a local repair shop could take a look at it if you aren't confident cracking it open yourself.
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Yup I have thanks. That's what I may do then...Thanks for the advice. Just seems weird that the usb connector would go at the same time that the phone drained to 0 battery.

tucanj said:
Yup I have thanks. That's what I may do then...Thanks for the advice. Just seems weird that the usb connector would go at the same time that the phone drained to 0 battery.
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That would be a bit of a coincidence. Good luck!
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Nexus S 4G hard bricked!! want to restore

i have a nexus s 4 g from sprint. it is hard bricked. i tried to root it and change recovery.then it shut off and wont power on, light up at all. I would like to know if i am able to achieve download mode, what do i need to do, what files and how to install to return this phone to stock?? please help!!!

Take out the battery for a few seconds and put it back; then while holding Volume UP (+) press the Power Button.
See what happens...
One helpful tool is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984849

kozmo2k4 said:
Take out the battery for a few seconds and put it back; then while holding Volume UP (+) press the Power Button.
See what happens...
One helpful tool is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984849
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Nothing. Happens it don't light up or power on at all. It is not reconized on computer either. It's hard bricked.

Make sure the Battery is charging...

How can I make sure the battery is charging when no lights come on at all? All I do know is I had it plugged in for a while yesterday and it got really warm. But no lights whatsoever. The screen doesn't light up at all neither does the led.

??????

There are no notification lights on the D720, but when you plug it in with a charger, you should see a battery bar on the display.
Other than that, you are probably right about hard-brick.
I, luckily, never had a "brick" on the Nexus S, so someone else with experience may wanna chime in. But Google and YouTube are your friends.
Sorry...
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Hey man, did you have any luck with this? I'm experiencing the same problem.

Talal916 said:
Hey man, did you have any luck with this? I'm experiencing the same problem.
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Please help me, i have the same problem

been awhile since any action here. saved mine with JIG method once but this time it won't work ??!(why) , in search of a solution again! -> hardbrick #2 on this device!

You guys can try a USB Jig. If that does not help, I think JTAG is what you need.

Jesus... just to revive this thread (and this concept of hard bricking), I think I just accidentally bricked mine as well.
Here's exactly what I did:
One moment, it was working spectacularly - fully stock, but unlocked. I had just listed it on eBay, too.
So I ran a factory reset on it (from the Settings menu), also "erase USB storage".
Then, after it shut down for the reboot, I pulled the battery.
...
That was it. Now it doesn't turn on for anything whatsoever. No device detected on USB when plugged into PC. Remove, replace battery, hold VolUp+Power, nothing. Plug into power adapter, nothing. Nothing at all.
But the back does get lukewarm after a minute or so, as if it's alive in the head but frozen, unable to start the bootloader.
WTF? I also have 2 more of these Nexus S 4G's, and both of them seem to have Flash storage chips that exhibit the same behavior when their chips are placed in (this) working motherboard. They can't boot. When I try to "hot-flash" it by booting the bootloader then swapping the Flash chips, they can't flash anything (this is probably to be expected). So, if I can get my ONCE-WORKING phone back to life, there's a good chance I can get another working as well (one just has a cracked glass, otherwise working mainboard & peripherals).
It's old, yes, but it's a damn shame to E-waste these things for a stupid software problem like this!

[Q] RAZR HD MAXX tripping laptop power

So I have a RAZR MAXX HD that has been rooted running Cyangenmod 10.2 and bootloader unlocked for a few months now. But the last couple weeks, each time I plugged phone up to charge, it kept starting a reboot loop. Each time it reached the start of Cyanagenmod boot logo, it restarted. So I thought maybe it was a bug in the latest Cyangenmod. So I tried updating. But I didnt realize that I accidentally chose Cyangenmod 11, thus when it was installing in Clockwork Mod Recvoery, it errored out about 1/3 of the way through. This erased everything.
So I was going to try hooking up to my MacBook and using fastboot to load new OS. However, as soon as i plugged in my phone, my computer shut down and would not turn back on. Had to go to Apple store to do a hard SMC reset. Thought that was a fluke and tried using my computer again and same thing happened. Phone still has CWM recovery working (i think properly). How do I get a working phone again? I tried putting OS on SD card on another phone and putting SD card my MAXX HD in and trying. That installed OS fine but when i rebooted, it still would not go past "bootloader unlocked" warning screen.
Also, I tried once more to plug in to my computer once more last night. However, it did not shut my computer down, but I did get a warning from OSX to unplug the USB device that was consuming too much power.
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

i would tend to be more concerned as to why its drawing to much power before trying to get it working again. did you try another usb cable? and check the charging port for debris? seems like something is causing a short circuit. this wouldnt be noticable while charging normally except it would likely take longer than it should to charge. if you rule out the things i have suggested above and its still has the short then there is likely a hardware issue, which over time will certainly get worse to the point of failure.
i dont see how a software issue would effect the charging circuit, i could be wrong.

bweN diorD said:
i would tend to be more concerned as to why its drawing to much power before trying to get it working again. did you try another usb cable? and check the charging port for debris? seems like something is causing a short circuit. this wouldnt be noticable while charging normally except it would likely take longer than it should to charge. if you rule out the things i have suggested above and its still has the short then there is likely a hardware issue, which over time will certainly get worse to the point of failure.
i dont see how a software issue would effect the charging circuit, i could be wrong.
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Thanks for replying. I have tried multiple USB cables and they all do the same. And I know it isnt my computer USB slot since other devices/phones do not trip my power on my MacBook. Do you or anyone else who might read this reply know if I could send the phone in for repair under warranty considering it is rooted and bootloader unlocked? Im not too sure if unlocking the bootloader could cause power issues like this and if companies would even help for hardware issues since it is rooted/unlocked.

vol4life27 said:
Thanks for replying. I have tried multiple USB cables and they all do the same. And I know it isnt my computer USB slot since other devices/phones do not trip my power on my MacBook. Do you or anyone else who might read this reply know if I could send the phone in for repair under warranty considering it is rooted and bootloader unlocked? Im not too sure if unlocking the bootloader could cause power issues like this and if companies would even help for hardware issues since it is rooted/unlocked.
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i don't see how rooting or unlock the bootloader could cause this as they are both generally software.
sending it in under warranty is a big risk imo, you would be better off if it was fried and they couldn't see the bl unlock and root. if they see it, they could likely bill you for the replacement phone, if they don't notice, you will likely get a refirb that's updated past the point of unlocking. so there will be no more modding. plus the phone is a couple years old, personally i would look to upgrade.
just some food for thought.
btw, i shelved my rmhd for a g2, the rmhd is a great phone, but the g2 just blows it away in almost every aspect.

bweN diorD said:
i don't see how rooting or unlock the bootloader could cause this as they are both generally software.
sending it in under warranty is a big risk imo, you would be better off if it was fried and they couldn't see the bl unlock and root. if they see it, they could likely bill you for the replacement phone, if they don't notice, you will likely get a refirb that's updated past the point of unlocking. so there will be no more modding. plus the phone is a couple years old, personally i would look to upgrade.
just some food for thought.
btw, i shelved my rmhd for a g2, the rmhd is a great phone, but the g2 just blows it away in almost every aspect.
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Thanks man.. Yea i was kind of thinking the same thing but wasnt too sure. Maybe I can go somewhere locally and see if they can repair it for cheap. After having a phone that goes 1.5 days on one charge, I got spoiled. LOL plus I love the build quality much more than most oter phones like S3/4 etc.

[Q] Motorola RAZR HD XT925 Doesn't Start (Blinking Green LED)

Hello. I have problems with my device, a Motorola Razr xt925 HD. It doesn't start, it just keeps the green led blinking when connected to wall charger, and when I plug the USB, makes a sound of a new device detected but only for a few seconds then it makes a sound of an unplugged device, and so on. It doesn't respond to any combination of buttons. I let it charging overnight, even though the battery was nearly full before this happened. Don't know if this is relevant but before this happened, I was going to flash stock Retail Brazil firmware by fastboot and got a flash failure. I turned it off and then it wouldn't turn on again. I never had this happened, I had problems but I always solved them all. Not this time hopefully you guys can help me or tell me what it could be, because I doubt it was the battery. I leave you a video showing my case.

i dont know for certain but the only time i see that green light is when battery is ou and i put it to chrge. Could your phone be in apfastboot and can t charge. It is a bit of a tough situation to troubleshoot.
Did you try keys combo to put it in fastboot, and test it by flashing
or maybe use rsd lite see if it shows you device connected? maybe then you can flash stock
i am sure there are other possibilities, let s hear from you

There's no way to enter in Fastboot by key combos and RSD lite doesn't show my device :/ maybe I need a factory cable, just in case that the battery is empty. I need more suggestions please

me paso lo mismo
did you find any solution?

im having this problem after i start using KK 4.4.2 seems like the phone go to sleeping mood by it self while my screen is locked so i have to keep clicking at power and volume up and down to restart the device now im looking for an update or a fix for this problem, another problem is the device WIFI do not catch my house signal while im away 10 feet from the house the software have bugs

I've been using CM 11 (KK 4.4.4) with no issues. This is a flash problem or maybe the battery. My phone is still dead btw I see that two more people are having the same problem here... we need a solution please.

chuYxP said:
I've been using CM 11 (KK 4.4.4) with no issues. This is a flash problem or maybe the battery. My phone is still dead btw I see that two more people are having the same problem here... we need a solution please.
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i think your your device is dead.
this exact thing happened to me.
it happened on september, i was forced to get a new device.
i love this phone but it was dead.
i hope a fix comes through i would like to have it back

I ll take one of your hand, I need parts if interested

Any update with this? Did you try with a factory cable?

I'm going through the same thing , I read the other day that and the driver installed and nothing more .
keep trying to revive my device.

I'm going through the same thing. When I plug it into my pc , under device manager it shows "Human Interface Device" then it unmounts itself then remounts itself then unmounts. Over and over..... I've even replaced the battery.

I was running stock rom with just root, phone was working great. phone rebooted, screen never came back on but when i connect it to my computer it sees it in adb..........
Any advice would be great.
Thank you

kilroy1stcav said:
I was running stock rom with just root, phone was working great. phone rebooted, screen never came back on but when i connect it to my computer it sees it in adb..........
Any advice would be great.
Thank you
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This thread for the droid Ultra might interest you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-ultra/general/droid-ultra-maxx-brick-recovery-t2830806
There is some discussion of the Razr HD in this thread. It looks like someone with an unlocked device would need to dd their bootloader partition for this method to work.

A few years later .... Any solution? rsrsrs

any update on this scenario?
i have this situation too and the time could give us an answer, i am searching again, i took my device to some 'phone repair stores' and in less than 5 minutes they told me that the phone was dead, but i have my last doubts

Just to add an update here
I ended up with the Green light only and blank screen after trying to fix a battery issue, despite getting a number of batteries my phone wasn't accepting the batteries.
I remembered a battery issue a long while back, so went to reflash my phone to see if it resolved it.
I ended up with the green light and blank screen and no matter what buttons, it would just make a noise then keep rebooting.
I ended up using the Unbrick bat file.
RSD Lite was briefly showing a Medfield device of something starting with Med, but since the phone kept rebooting I couldn't reflash it again.
I did the Pwr and Vol down and as soon as I saw the device, I clicked the UnBrick bat and it managed to get my Moto logo up.
I then booted to Fastboot mode and reflashed and my phone is back,
See this link for the UnBrick, but when you do it, you have to be fast to catch it while the device is seen, otherwise the phone reboots after 4s or soo.
Softely Unbrick XT890 Razr i - Really Unbrick the Zombie
Well do not think that this thread is one among others. It's my experience when i messed up with my Razri. I wish I had this before, so I'm sharing it with you ! Every has his experience and a way to do it, so this is mine First I searched...
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