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[Q] Need some help

Hey guys. So to "cheer me up" my buddy gave me his G2x because his service was discontinued. In attempt to use it i tried to turn it on. wouldnt turn on. So i figured id charge it. When i plug it in, the LG sign comes up, but then disappears after 2 seconds of being up. I figured, oh **** the phone is bootlooping. It bootloops so fast that i cant even turn on the phone in recovery. Im thinking the phone might be bricked, since its "dead" and is bootlooping. Any suggestions? I dont want to throw away a perfectly good phone.

When was the last time the phone was charged?... you might need to charge it a little longer... then try to turn it on... battery was probably drained completely
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If you only gave a slight tap on the power button, that will happen. Try pressing power button for 3-5 secs.
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when the phone charges, it boot loops while it charges. So i dont even think its charging. I charged it over night, and it still doesnt have power unless plugged in. I feel as if the phone is bricked. But i highly doubt its rooted in the first place. Suggestions?

Sounds like maybe the mini-usb connector may be damaged and its not actually charging the phone could explain why its in and out of power and screen. Try maybe holding it still and pressing the power button for about 3 sec. Other than that id try plugging it in on the pc and see if that makes a difference.

welp. ill try that. maybe itll work. See all i need to do is boot into recovery. and im straight.

i just did what you said, same thing.

Do you think im experiencing the sleep of death?

Did you try removing the battery and putting it back (after few seconds) before attempting to switch on?

This is considerably worse than sleep of death. What's happening is that the phone, for whatever reason, isn't storing the electricity. If the problem happens even with with battery completely out of the phone, the problem is probably in the usb port. You might have to take the phone apart and replace it.
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New battery if it isn't holding a. Charge... A voltage meter or switching it out can tell you.
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Well, I honestly think its more of a software issue. Since the bootloop is sooo short, the phone doesnt have a chance to charge. thats what i think is whatsup. But im not sure.

Weather the phone is on or off it should charge. Charging with phone off is a bit faster. As someone suggested the USB port may be bad or it may be a bad charger itself.

So how would i be able to get a usb port? just order it online? easy install?

Well its attached the actual mobo of the phone so some dissecting and a soldering gun is in order to replace the usb port
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WHOA WHOA WHOA before you start soldering your phone (lol) try flashing CWM on it with a computer. and even before this try different usb/wall wires and different usb chargers. perhaps your charge is too strong or something like that.
anyways try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
more importantly see if you get stuck at the part where, after removing the barrery, you hold both volume keys and plug in usb to pc and see if the pc detects an apx device or w.e. if it does then the problem is (probably) not usb related.
if after flashing CWM it STILL DOES NOT WORK then try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
this uses your PC to flash an entire rom and everything. stock recovery rom actually
what friend he is, sending you a brick LOL
oh and this goes without saying but you DO have a g2x right?

I like that apx idea. That would determine if it's USB related. Only thing is, if it's not detected that could mean a bad USB but it could also mean just a ruined motherboard.
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[Q] NS Does not realize USB is plugged?

Hi all
I just bought an i9020 today and when I plugged in the USB the phone is charging but the window for mounting storage did not pop up. It acted as if i simply plugged in a wall charger. I'm sure it's not the cable or the computer's hardware problem because I have three computers and three cables and I've tried different combinations and it still did not work. The old nexus one that I had, however, successfully recognized the USB cable and was able to mount and get into debugging mode etc.
Any ideas? If the phone is charging then it would reject the possibility of a damaged USB port correct?
I can't even fiddle with the drivers at this point because the phone doesn't even show up in device manager. i have tried unplugging the battery as another thread suggested but the results are still the same.
And also another problem is that when I power off the phone will freeze when it's about to shut down. This happens when the cable is plugged and once I unplug the phone will shut down. The same thing happens in bootloader.
P.S Even in bootloader fastboot was unable to recognize the device.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan

Any ideas?
If it is a hardware issue I'll just send it back for a new one

This happened to me recently out of the blue. I flash a lot of ROMs so I thought maybe something on my device got messed up. I never did find a definitive answer as to why it happened, though. I also couldn't mount USB through CWM recovery.
But what fixed it was, I shut down the device, pulled the battery, waited 10 seconds, put battery back in, booted up, and I had USB connectivity again. I haven't lost connectivity since.
Since the battery pull didn't work for you, I would try and exchange the device for a new one.

tmcquake said:
This happened to me recently out of the blue. I flash a lot of ROMs so I thought maybe something on my device got messed up. I never did find a definitive answer as to why it happened, though. I also couldn't mount USB through CWM recovery.
But what fixed it was, I shut down the device, pulled the battery, waited 10 seconds, put battery back in, booted up, and I had USB connectivity again. I haven't lost connectivity since.
Since the battery pull didn't work for you, I would try and exchange the device for a new one.
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Take a pocket knife or something else thin and place it under the tab in your USB port in your phone and press it up just a little then try plugging in it
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i have the same problem

ZiggSVO said:
Take a pocket knife or something else thin and place it under the tab in your USB port in your phone and press it up just a little then try plugging in it
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Is this a hardware issue then? This worked for me but I'm not sure if it's a permanent solution. Should I still go get a new one?

if it's a hardware failure which component should be changed

ryanytchan said:
Is this a hardware issue then? This worked for me but I'm not sure if it's a permanent solution. Should I still go get a new one?
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Yes its a hardware failure. Not sure what actual component but its the USB port on the phone
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ZiggSVO said:
Yes its a hardware failure. Not sure what actual component but its the USB port on the phone
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can i change it

chungech said:
can i change it
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i've never torn my nexus apart
but I imagine that it could be swapped out. you'd probably need to know your way around a board with a solder gun lol. I would try to google that or atleast the tear down of the nexus to see what your in for and if its changeable.
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This is a 4G breakdown but I'm sure its almost the same for all variants?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127327

[Q] Touch screen issue when connected via USB

Hi there, just wanted to check if anyone had similar issues. When I connect my Sensation XE via the USB to my laptop, the touch screen acts strangely in that when trying to tap something on screen its as if the screen is misaligned and it selects a different area of the screen. For example when trying to click on the button to turn on the usb storage function, the drop down notification bar is selected, even the home, menu, back buttons are affected and its difficult to do anything. I've experienced this when on the stock unrooted ROM and s-offed, rooted V. Inquisition ROM. I suspect its the usb ports on my laptop as it takes ages to transfer file across usb so hopefully it isnt a phone fault. Need to test on a different PC/laptop.

Try installing htc sync on your pc, it should give you the proper drivers and you will see if your computer is really the problem.

darryll4sh0 said:
Try installing htc sync on your pc, it should give you the proper drivers and you will see if your computer is really the problem.
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Think I had installed htc sync and uninstalled it, as part of the process of making sure the drivers were on there for rooting/s-off procedures, but I'll reinstall again to see if that helps, thanks.

it's an hTC sensation well known screen issue. specific devices have it, including me. this has no relation to drivers or what not. just a fault made by hTC engineers.

I have described issues when using my aftermarket charger. I think I read somewhere some chargers have faulty grounding.
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I think my laptop may be to blame, the screen isn't laggy or unresponsive, but more like it is uncalibrated or misaligned. The issue only occurs when the phone is connected via USB cable. I have another USB cable attached to my pc in work for charging and the issue doesn't happen, I'm going to try it on another machine to see if the problem occurs.
My laptop is a bit dodgy so is suspect, the battery was faulty and stopped working, so had to remove it and run it from mains only, not sure if this would have any impact on earthing or not? The usb ports also run very slow when transferring large files, they are USB 2.0 but are as slow as 1.0, so I suspect this is a laptop issue and not phone, which isn't so bad.

My PC works great and I also have the crazy screen when connected to it through USB.
I don't think that relates to the problem. There's a thread here that talks about the screen issues and this one has already been discussed to be a fault in the handsets.
Although, I must say that sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn't. Kinda depends on the battery level...

arabology said:
My PC works great and I also have the crazy screen when connected to it through USB.
I don't think that relates to the problem. There's a thread here that talks about the screen issues and this one has already been discussed to be a fault in the handsets.
Although, I must say that sometimes it happens, and sometimes it doesn't. Kinda depends on the battery level...
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Thanks for your reply, it does just seem to be quite random then.

Hard Brick?

I believe I have a hard brick, but not sure about diagnosis or options. I put my phone on the charger last night, and it was dead this morning. I have been able to get it to boot twice only for it to shut off immediately due to lack of charge. I have plugged the phone into 3 different USB chargers and none of them appear to be charging my phone, however they all work on my Nexus 7. There is no LED on to indicate it is charging as it normally would. I cannot get into recovery or download mode. Any suggestions?
A little background about my specific situation:
I have had my S3 since launch, and have had no issues with it. I have had it rooted since the bootloader was overcome, and have run custom ROMS ever since. Most recently, I have been running CM 11 with the latest nightly being from early Feb. (not sure which date). I have CWM installed, and up til this point, my phone was working fine. I did get occasional random reboots since the latest nightly that I flashed, but the phone remained completely functional.
EDIT: It is not a brick problem, it is a charging issue. I can charge my phone in the car, but not through a wall charger or connected to a pc. When plugging into a pc, it does not register anything at all.

solido888 said:
I believe I have a hard brick, but not sure about diagnosis or options. I put my phone on the charger last night, and it was dead this morning. I have been able to get it to boot twice only for it to shut off immediately due to lack of charge. I have plugged the phone into 3 different USB chargers and none of them appear to be charging my phone, however they all work on my Nexus 7. There is no LED on to indicate it is charging as it normally would. I cannot get into recovery or download mode. Any suggestions?
A little background about my specific situation:
I have had my S3 since launch, and have had no issues with it. I have had it rooted since the bootloader was overcome, and have run custom ROMS ever since. Most recently, I have been running CM 11 with the latest nightly being from early Feb. (not sure which date). I have CWM installed, and up til this point, my phone was working fine. I did get occasional random reboots since the latest nightly that I flashed, but the phone remained completely functional.
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It's possible that your usb port is bad, but try to clean the inner contacts of the port first. You could try to plug into your PC instead of wall charger see if it works. In anycase if it worked with PC, but not wall charger or both, you need to replace the usb board which can be purchase for cheap on Ebay.

buhohitr said:
It's possible that your usb port is bad, but try to clean the inner contacts of the port first. You could try to plug into your PC instead of wall charger see if it works. In anycase if it worked with PC, but not wall charger or both, you need to replace the usb board which can be purchase for cheap on Ebay.
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I have plugged into my PC as well, and it does not work. It does occasionally vibrate though...

solido888 said:
I have plugged into my PC as well, and it does not work. It does occasionally vibrate though...
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Do you have an external battery charger or a spare charged battery? Give it a try and see what happens.

snackwells said:
Do you have an external battery charger or a spare charged battery? Give it a try and see what happens.
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Unfortunately, I do not.

solido888 said:
Unfortunately, I do not.
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Do you know of someone who has an S3? Perhaps try swapping batteries with a charged one from a friend/associate, or test with a spare from a verizon store. At least then you can rule out a charging/USB charge port/battery issue vs something else

snackwells said:
Do you know of someone who has an S3? Perhaps try swapping batteries with a charged one from a friend/associate, or test with a spare from a verizon store.
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I don't know anyone. I am going to try and seek help at the verizon store, but they seem so useless whenever I go, and I think they will be more motivated to sell me a new phone.

Well I got my phone to work. I pulled the battery off and just cleaned out some of the dust that had collected. I assume it was just not getting a good connection. Thanks for the suggestions though
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solido888 said:
Well I got my phone to work. I pulled the battery off and just cleaned out some of the dust that had collected. I assume it was just not getting a good connection. Thanks for the suggestions though
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Turns out, it only worked on my car charger. The problem persists outside of my car. I cannot charge either through a wall outlet or on a USB cord connected to a PC. I have tried 2 instances of each all with their own cables. My car charger works fine though.
Anyone experience a similar problem? I am going to try and wipe and flash a new ROM, hoping that will fix it.

One XL Won't Turn On

Hi, I know there's some threads about this already, but they don't seem to answer my problem.
Okay so my AT&T HTC One XL won't turn on
Here is what happened. I was watching a video on youtube with the phone charging from the outlet and all of a sudden it shuts off. I'm on a custom rom so I just figured it crashed. That or it shut off because I remember the phone being kind of hot. Either way I was able to turn it on again without any problems and the battery was at 20%. I started using it normally for a while and then it shut off again. This time it didn't and hasn't turned on again
When I plug it in to the wall charger no led lights, light up and when I try Power + Volume Down to turn it on nothing happens either. I did notice though that when I plug it into my PC it recognizes it (makes the usb connecting noise), but then it immediately disconnects and continues to make the disconnecting noise.
So is there any way possible to revive this phone or do I have to replace the battery or motherboard or something?
P.S. I was on KarbonKat v1.0-4, stock kernel, hboot 2.14, S-Off and I did not perform any rooting or flashing of any kind when this happened.

You might just be experiencing a power management bug. Plug the phone into an AC charger and leave it connected for eight hours or so (don't be tempted to touch it), try to power it on using the normal method, and with the volume down + power button combo, try both of those methods with and without the device connected to the charger. If you can't revive it then chances are you have a brick. But, I'd connect it again and leave it for a day or so and try again.
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Could he also utilize safe mode? To see where his issues are ?
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If the phone won't boot I don't see how that will work though. Usually if you can get the device to boot after this it'll be fine.
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mudcat242000 said:
Hi, I know there's some threads about this already, but they don't seem to answer my problem.
Okay so my AT&T HTC One XL won't turn on
Here is what happened. I was watching a video on youtube with the phone charging from the outlet and all of a sudden it shuts off. I'm on a custom rom so I just figured it crashed. That or it shut off because I remember the phone being kind of hot. Either way I was able to turn it on again without any problems and the battery was at 20%. I started using it normally for a while and then it shut off again. This time it didn't and hasn't turned on again
When I plug it in to the wall charger no led lights, light up and when I try Power + Volume Down to turn it on nothing happens either. I did notice though that when I plug it into my PC it recognizes it (makes the usb connecting noise), but then it immediately disconnects and continues to make the disconnecting noise.
So is there any way possible to revive this phone or do I have to replace the battery or motherboard or something?
P.S. I was on KarbonKat v1.0-4, stock kernel, hboot 2.14, S-Off and I did not perform any rooting or flashing of any kind when this happened.
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You can find my thread from a little over a month ago in this section but I experienced a similar thing and well it's fatal I bought a battery and tried that but it didn't help, it's currently in the hands of datarecovery.com who are looking at it before giving me a quote to get everything off of it. I don't want to give you false hope but odds are it's toast and it seems like something that's happening more often with the XL now that it's closing in on 2 years for most people.

I read that it could because faulty power button.
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timmaaa said:
You might just be experiencing a power management bug. Plug the phone into an AC charger and leave it connected for eight hours or so (don't be tempted to touch it), try to power it on using the normal method, and with the volume down + power button combo, try both of those methods with and without the device connected to the charger. If you can't revive it then chances are you have a brick. But, I'd connect it again and leave it for a day or so and try again.
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I tried this and unfortunately it didn't work.
I also doubt it is a power button issue because when i plug it into my PC and hold the power button it makes the usb connected noise.
I think it's safe to say that I have a new paperweight. I would just like to know if there's any guess that could be made as to why my phone died (ex: battery, motherboard, etc.) and how the PC detects it if its supposedly dead.

mudcat242000 said:
I tried this and unfortunately it didn't work.
I also doubt it is a power button issue because when i plug it into my PC and hold the power button it makes the usb connected noise.
I think it's safe to say that I have a new paperweight. I would just like to know if there's any guess that could be made as to why my phone died (ex: battery, motherboard, etc.) and how the PC detects it if its supposedly dead.
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Your phone is possibly not completely dead, you might be able to get a jtag repair done on it. It's definitely worth a try, especially seeing that you still get the connection sound when you hook it up to your PC.
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Why is it that no one here ever suggests sending the phone to HTC? My phone bricked once (QHSUSB_DLOAD); I contacted HTC and told them my phone shut off and wouldn't come back on, which was the honest truth and seems to be your problem, and they fixed it for free (I had to pay for shipping.) Other users here have reported similar outcomes from contacting HTC, all with unlocked bootloaders. Before shelling out for JTAG I'd definitely recommend contacting HTC.

nem1yan said:
Why is it that no one here ever suggests sending the phone to HTC? My phone bricked once (QHSUSB_DLOAD); I contacted HTC and told them my phone shut off and wouldn't come back on, which was the honest truth and seems to be your problem, and they fixed it for free (I had to pay for shipping.) Other users here have reported similar outcomes from contacting HTC, all with unlocked bootloaders. Before shelling out for JTAG I'd definitely recommend contacting HTC.
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HTC routinely charge $200 for a motherboard replacement on devices that have been modified. Plus, the vast majority of Evitas are out of their warranty period now.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2071358&highlight=wip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1651149
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319085
Call and ask first. As with others and myself, HTC has fixed devices that were outside of the warranty (both due to time and unlocked bootloader) at no cost to the owners. At worst they'll tell you it's outside of the warranty, or you'll have spent $5 in shipping for them to tell you that they can either send it back to you, or replace it for the ~$200 timmaaa has suggested.

It's definitely worth a try.
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timmaaa said:
It's definitely worth a try.
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I called last month and it was min $90 and nothing would be backed up all data would be wiped.

@mudcat. If you have HTC repair it ,could you ask the RMA team what exactly what your issue was, and then post here their answer? We would appreciate it.
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marknoll said:
@mudcat. If you have HTC repair it ,could you ask the RMA team what exactly what your issue was, and then post here their answer? We would appreciate it.
Thanks
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I will definitely do that for you.
Thank you to everyone for all the help. I will contact HTC and see what they can do for me and keep you all posted.

Is there a specific HTC repair website that I go to or do I just call their number?

HTC.com

mudcat242000 said:
I will definitely do that for you.
Thank you to everyone for all the help. I will contact HTC and see what they can do for me and keep you all posted.
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Very interested to hear what they say, please update when possible

Any update?