[Q] Dead (Bricked?) Phone? - T-Mobile LG G2x

Apologies if this is not in the right spot or something that has been posted, i've tried searching, but no luck, mostly due to that I don't know exactly what the problem is.
I've rooted this phone a number of times and reset it to default a few times.
The screen was cracked at one point and my daughter and her husband bought a replacement screen and fixed it. It was not rooted at the time.
It was used for a month or two after the screen was replaced, unrooted/default settings etc.
Then, just with normal usage, it just died. no boot, nothing. It is just completely dead. I've tried to pull the battery at let it sit for over months time, and it still sits dead as a doornail.
I am curious if maybe a previous rooting, or "unrooting" caused it, even with it being used for some time at stock settings.
Any ideas as to what could be the problem?
Maybe just a dead phone?
Loved this phone and hate to see it end up in the dumpster,
Any suggestions on what steps I could do that could possibly save this phone?
Anything that could possibly help would be greatly appreciated..
Thanks in advance.
IFMU

If you take out the battery, hold both the volume buttons and plug it into pc it does nothing?

Tried that, did nothing, but i will try again with another cord

attempted with 4 different cables, all directly into laptop, no hub inbetween. same thing, nada

IFMU said:
attempted with 4 different cables, all directly into laptop, no hub inbetween. same thing, nada
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Sounds like a dead device. You can try putting it in the freezer for 15 minutes and then try the vol+/- connect to see if it works.
-- The noob says:
A bootloop is android trying to rationalize pi.

mansa_noob said:
Sounds like a dead device. You can try putting it in the freezer for 15 minutes and then try the vol+/- connect to see if it works.
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thanks, i was afraid of that

Sounds like a hardware problem to me. There's a freezer trick you could try or if you're so inclined open it up and look for something that may have come loose. Sometimes the usb connector gets broken off the motherboard so you could just have a dead battery and a bad connector.

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Bootloop, nothing works. Please help!!

I have been running Zeus Rom for months now and everything has been fine. Until today. I was just on my phone today and it cut off. Then it went into a boot loop. Won't go past the Samsung screen. I can't find any solution to get the phone into download mode. I have read everything. Switched computers, tried different ports and even switched usb cords. Even tried several combinations of buttons to no avail.
Here is what happens when I try to get into download mode:
I hold down up and down volume, insert battery and then plug in usb cord. I see a spinning wheel and empty battery sign. Then it cuts right back off and does it all over again. Could this be a battery issue or what?
My phone has been bricked before I fixed it with no problems. This has got me stumped. Something is preventing me from getting into download mode and keeping me in boot loop.
Infuser86 said:
Here is what happens when I try to get into download mode:
I hold down up and down volume, insert battery and then plug in usb cord. I see a spinning wheel and empty battery sign. Then it cuts right back off and does it all over again. Could this be a battery issue or what?
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To get to download mode, be sure to plug in USB before putting the battery in, and keep holding down the volume buttons down for some time.
If the battery isn't showing a charge, though, then let it charge. If it isn't charging, try another cable, and then maybe a new battery.
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Tried another battery I had, not fully charged, and the first time I put it in the bottom buttons lit up and the phone booted up, only to cut back off and do the same thing again with the boot loops. It too showed this battery to be completley dead. I am not sure if that is so or not as I have't used this battery in a while.
I am charging both batteries now to try to get them charged. I have one in a wall charger and hte other in the phone plugged into the wall. The one in the phone is still showing no charge as the phone keeps cutting on and off and showing the battery sign witha spinning circle.
I have no idea whats going on but need to find out soon!
jscott30 said:
To get to download mode, be sure to plug in USB before putting the battery in, and keep holding down the volume buttons down for some time.
If the battery isn't showing a charge, though, then let it charge. If it isn't charging, try another cable, and then maybe a new battery.
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You dont have to plug it in before puting the battery in...i never do...
How i get in download
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold volume up + down simutaniously
4) while holding volume plug usb cord into phone
it sounds like he is pretty much doing it the way i do except for the volume he does before putting in battery...should work either way
Could it be a problem with your motherboard/mainboard whatever you wanna call it? When did you get the phone? If its been under a year i would file warranty with samsung...not att. If it is the mother board they probably will never even know its rooted or anything since it wont even turn on...and no software will fix it...
There still is a chance they will find out its rooted and has a custom rom on it...but i think the chances of that are highly unlikely...so i would go for warranty...
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UPDATE:
This is so weird. After nothing working all day, I finally remembered something. About 15 mins before my phone started this today, I dropped my phone while getting out of my truck. I didn't think anything about because I have a double layer case on it. But this evening, I remembered that and I thought maybe that had somethign to do with it. So what else could I do? Bang the phone on the ground again. So I tapped it a few hard times on the ground and sure enough the lights on teh bottom on the phone came on and it booted up and has stayed up.
Apparently the drop this morning has done something inside the phone. Do you guys have any idea what this could be? What could dropping the phone have to do with a boot loop and what could be solved by banging it on the ground again?
Maybe it is luck, but it is working. I just feel it will happen again soon as something is wrong inside the phone.
mg2195 said:
You dont have to plug it in before puting the battery in...i never do
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Oh, okay, cool. I always do it how I described, so it must work either way. I was just trying to help the OP not go into the battery charging screen.
And to the OP: Bummer, it sounds like you have some busted hardware, but hopefully it will keep working now.
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Infuser86 said:
UPDATE:
This is so weird. After nothing working all day, I finally remembered something. About 15 mins before my phone started this today, I dropped my phone while getting out of my truck. I didn't think anything about because I have a double layer case on it. But this evening, I remembered that and I thought maybe that had somethign to do with it. So what else could I do? Bang the phone on the ground again. So I tapped it a few hard times on the ground and sure enough the lights on teh bottom on the phone came on and it booted up and has stayed up.
Apparently the drop this morning has done something inside the phone. Do you guys have any idea what this could be? What could dropping the phone have to do with a boot loop and what could be solved by banging it on the ground again?
Maybe it is luck, but it is working. I just feel it will happen again soon as something is wrong inside the phone.
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loose connection insider vs corrosion issue I mentioned to you earlier.
if you're under warranty, flash a stock package and warranty.
if you're not under warranty, learn how to drop your phone correctly.
Infuser86 said:
UPDATE:
This is so weird. After nothing working all day, I finally remembered something. About 15 mins before my phone started this today, I dropped my phone while getting out of my truck. I didn't think anything about because I have a double layer case on it. But this evening, I remembered that and I thought maybe that had somethign to do with it. So what else could I do? Bang the phone on the ground again. So I tapped it a few hard times on the ground and sure enough the lights on teh bottom on the phone came on and it booted up and has stayed up.
Apparently the drop this morning has done something inside the phone. Do you guys have any idea what this could be? What could dropping the phone have to do with a boot loop and what could be solved by banging it on the ground again?
Maybe it is luck, but it is working. I just feel it will happen again soon as something is wrong inside the phone.
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Oh my god. the same thing happened to me last night. I've been searching all day trying to figure out how to fix it and I came across your post saying you just banged it on the ground a few times and it started working. I did the same thing and sure enough, it started working again! It's so weird. What I don't get is that I didn't drop my phone at all yesterday. It just did it randomly while i was texting.

[Q] Infuse bootloop

Im trying to explain everything to prevent unneeded questions
I have viewed several threads about this but absolutely none with an answer. My Samsung Infuse 4g with at&t (nonrooted) is in a bootloop. The cause of this was my every-other-day reboot. Once I turned it back on it goes to the samsung screen for about 5 secs, then goes black, then says samsung again and so on repeatedly. I pull the battery and as soon as it makes contact back with the phone it turns on by itself into the same Samsung screen over and over. When plugged into wall or computer it will show the charge screen where there is no battery life left, then it will flash and start up the charge screen again and so on just like the samsung screen. I cannot go into download mode (the buttons, at this point, do nothing. No response)
I have tried taking the battery out and plugging in usb cable to computer, then holding both volumes and putting battery in=charging loop
↑ with volume up=charging loop
↑↑ with volume down=charging loop
computer doesnt detect it, adb cant find it, cannot go into download mode, odin cant see it, heimdall cant see it, cant actually boot into anything, cant leave battery in or else phone will restart itself the entire time, and this was caused by my (already gbread) infuse 4g doing a regular reboot (aka power button, tap power off, after phone is confirmed off take battery out, battery back in, turn on)
Recommendations at this point? on a scale from 1=noob to 10=expert im a 7 on this type of thing. Ive always heard that as long as you can boot into a picture its only soft bricked but if i was right i wouldnt be here. Any and all help would be much appreciated. If you need me to post a video I would have NO problem doing that showing everything im doing.
oh, and by I have viewed several threads about this i meant that i have only been able to find 1 thread about it and 2 links that didnt work for me but might for you
link that worked- http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1354731.html
links that did not-
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ih1Zf_BvtcIbJXGEw&sig2=jjOcukFWr9sPWJZH1rlhnA
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ih1Zf_BvtcIbJXGEw&sig2=SZeMzIF2hnjdkk6GPDkovg
You might have already tried this way, but I've always held down both volume buttons first before plugging in the USB cord - not the other way around. You can also try different cords, different USB ports and/or different computers.
Mine was doing this the other day and it turned out to be my SD card being flaky. Maybe try taking it out and booting?
Radiotsar said:
You might have already tried this way, but I've always held down both volume buttons first before plugging in the USB cord - not the other way around. You can also try different cords, different USB ports and/or different computers.
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Ive tried a hp touchpad cord, an atrix cord, and the original cord. I cant really do the button combo because as soon as the battery makes contact the phone turns on. thats why i had the usb cord in first to see if it worked. ive tried every usb port and 2 different laptops, the computer wont recognize it if the phone wont go past the samsung start up screen
J101 said:
Mine was doing this the other day and it turned out to be my SD card being flaky. Maybe try taking it out and booting?
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I've taken the card out and used a different card, nothing. Tried taking sim card out, nothing.
I should have been clearer. Leave the battery out of the process until after attaching the cord and the screen coming up.
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Radiotsar said:
I should have been clearer. Leave the battery out of the process until after attaching the cord and the screen coming up.
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I do, every time.
1. battery out
2. hold down volume buttons (any combo)
3. attach cord (nothing happens, no screen, nothing)
4. put battery in
Results= Charging loop
lifetaker said:
I do, every time.
1. battery out
2. hold down volume buttons (any combo)
3. attach cord (nothing happens, no screen, nothing)
4. put battery in
Results= Charging loop
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should be the same...wonder if you battery needs to be charged first, it should be fully charged at best...to do any flash/Odin/one click
this how I do it...basicly the same..
>take batt out
>plug in usb cable...to both phone and computer
>hold both volume buttons...NO NOT HOLD THE POWER BUTTON....
>put batt in...
and bam should see the android dude shoveling in yellow triangle...
If you get no response from the usb without the battery, and inserting the battery indicates the battery needs charging - I'd suspect the phone's usb port. Especially after trying different cords & computers.
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Sorry for the sometimes choppy video recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWKdGS_5_Ps&feature=youtu.be
Have you tried a jig you can buy them on ebay for 6-12 bucks or you can donate one of you old cables and make it your self..
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
this will/should get you into download mode
Hello.
I have the same problem... tried also everything now i gave it to cellphone shop, i hope you guys can give me answer before i am gonna waist $100
HELP?1
Help me please
I was in this state. There are two options I can think of. A JIG as mentioned previously or the Heimdall One-Click-Unbrick. The one-click unbrick did it for me and got me back to cmw and download mode, then i could flash to stock, root and flash up to ICS. It was really easy and I stopped sweating once it booted to cmw instantly after running it.
Joe
hello.
The problem is when i connect it to my computer its keep disconnecting and doing terreble noise, (windows noise) when you keep connecting and disconnecting USB cable
JIG DIDNT WORK, because the same problem.... maybe the chargging connect is broken? or has a corrosion?
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Sounds/Looks like a hardware issue...
Did it get any water damage in the past?
Hope you got warranty or still under warranty.
I am having exactly the same problem. My Infuse has never been rooted or unlocked (quite ironically, I was about to root it for the first time).
Boot loop when not plugged in, charge loop when plugged in. Absolutely no combination of buttons, inserting/removing the battery, and/or plugging/unplugging the USB has gotten it to do anything.
This has happened several times over the past few days. The first few times it sorted itself out in an hour or two. Today I couldn't get it to do anything at all.
I found several posts by people who have this problem, and it has never been conclusively solved from what I've seen. Finally one person said they fixed it by lightly smacking the phone with their hand. Lo and behold, it came on for about 5 minutes before looping again. So I smacked it again, and before it could re-loop, I factory reset it. A few hours went by and I was convinced that it was fixed.
A few minutes ago I had it plugged in to my computer via USB and was getting ready to SuperOneClick it. Then it went back into loop. I can't get it to come on this time. Again, no combination of buttons will send it into download mode. The computer can't see it. The battery is charged. The USB cable and port are fine. The software was reset earlier today. Does this mean that I have a hardware problem, or is there a software issue that could be fixable?
EDIT: So I decided to try hitting the power button, something that had never worked to this point, and the device came on. A couple minutes later it went back to boot loop. On a whim I tried download mode, which had stubbornly refused to work all day. Of course it immediately worked. Not really knowing what to try, since I'd already wiped user data, I wiped cache data and formatted the internal SD. Then I told it to reboot. Back to boot loop. A few minutes later, it came back on with the power button. Two minutes later, boot loop again. Then it restarted of its own accord. And now back to boot loop. I just don't even know anymore.
EDIT2: Just a thought... Something is weird with the power button. Whenever the phone is on and I hit power (briefly, not holding it down), it goes to the shutdown menu as though I'd held it down. A few seconds later, I'm always back in boot loop.
Infuse loop
I have found the problem. It is, in my case, the power button. I removed the case and crossed terminals with a paperclip. BAM. Booted up, and when I removed the paper clip.... back to boot loop at Samsung logo.
There is a place to send the phone. Ive see great reviews.
mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-infuse-4g-power-button-repair/
Seems like there has been a string of power button malfunctions going around lately. There are a few threads going on where people have had this issue. Sometimes its just the terminals needing to be cleaned or dust blown out.

Dead Nexus 5?

I just got this very neatly used 32GB Nexus 5 and on arrival yesterday afternoon it worked well except for the reboot problem the seller indicated. I flashed stock all over and rooted and installed ElementalX kernel for tap to wake and everything was going well, until last night when it just up and died on me. I thought maybe the battery was drained and I plugged it on the charger. It wasn't charging so I left it overnight. On waking up the phone is still dead. Doesn't charge, doesn't boot, nothing. I've opened it up, disassembled it to check all the parts, and everything looks fine. I also tested the battery by touching the tip of my tongue to the connector and I got the normal tingy feeling indicating the battery still has juice in it. I also checked the two LDIs and they are all still white; no water damage. I'm just at my wit's end now and considering getting another motherboard if that would fix it, but I just want to ask if there is any hope through any kind of fix before I commit to getting a new motherboard.
It might be that ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-issue-charge-cold-t3100267
Quentincc said:
It might be that ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/battery-issue-charge-cold-t3100267
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Thanks for your response but my phone is not even booting up at all. It's just dead. Not booting, not charging, nothing. Thanks again.
IF you press power and the volume buttons and connect it to computer, did you have in device manager something?
If it was something like QHSUSB ... you can try that (it use and LG debuging software who reflash the nexus all at stock like in the factory) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-unbrick-nexus-5-stucked-qualcomm-hs-t3043301
If not it was possible that the EMMC is dead
I hope i have help you
Quentincc said:
IF you press power and the volume buttons and connect it to computer, did you have in device manager something?
If it was something like QHSUSB ... you can try that (it use and LG debuging software who reflash the nexus all at stock like in the factory) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...-unbrick-nexus-5-stucked-qualcomm-hs-t3043301
If not it was possible that the EMMC is dead
I hope i have help you
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I tried that but nothing comes up in Device Manager at all. The computer does not detect the phone in any way at all too. I think the motherboard is dead. I ordered another working Nexus 5 with a broken screen on ebay to use and swap out the motherboard.
Thanks for your replies. I appreciate it.

Nexus 5 Repair gone wrong... !

Hey Guys,
Wondering if anyone on here has any ideas....
Basically, I replaced the screen on my girlfriends Nexus 5. Went through one of the many tutorials on youtube and to my relief it turned on and everything worked fine.
This relief was short lived. In about 30 minutes, the phone turned itself off and then wouldn't go back on. This morning, I took it apart again and checked all the connections and it all seemed to be ok.
Now stuck!
Any help, much appreciated!
The phone doesn't power up at all? If your computer is running windows, connect the phone to the computer and look for any new devices in device manager. If you see something for qhusb bulk, the phone may be bricked.
audit13 said:
The phone doesn't power up at all? If your computer is running windows, connect the phone to the computer and look for any new devices in device manager. If you see something for qhusb bulk, the phone may be bricked.
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THanks, gave that a try and nothing appeared in Windows...
Does anything happen when you connect the phone to a charger?
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Does anything happen when you connect the phone to a charger?
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Nothing at all.
I'd have been less confused if it hadn't worked initially.
Try different USB cables and USB ports when connecting the phone to a computer.
The battery could have completely drained for some reason.
Connect the phone to a 2 amp charger and leaving it charging for 2 to 3 hours, then try to power it up.
If you have access to another battery, try swapping out the battery.
I'll give those ideas a go.
Thanks for the help man, so appreciated!
So, had no luck so purchased a new battery. Put that in this morning, and it's still not working. However, it IS showing when I plug it into a PC which it wasn't doing before.
When I first plugged it into the charger the notification light at the bottom flashed about 5 minutes later.
Was the LED notification RED? Was the screen replacement OEM or non-OEM? Sometimes they replacement screens are questionable.
When repairing a Nexus 5 cracked screen, I have bought a used damaged (Screen good condition) Nexus 5 from ebay (Bad ESN, Water Damage) and just put my Motherboard and battery in it.
With a the new battery in the phone, leave it to charge overnight and see what happens in the morning.

bricked S7?

Hi,
I think I have bricked my S7.
Yesterday I installed Superman Rom and everything was working fine until this afternoon.
I played a bit around and somehow my S7 got stuck and it seemed like i messed something up. I was in some kind of bootloop so i flashed everything new -Bootlaoder, Modem and Superman Rom.
Now I have a black screen and the LED is light up in blue.
I can't do anything. Tried to restart with Home Vol- and Power key but it doesn't work.
If I connect it to the Computer it won't be recognized.
Strange thing is, if I press the Power Key the computer recognizes Exynos8890 in the device manager, but only if I keep pressing the power key.
As soon as I release the power key the computer recognizes nothing...
Does anyone have an idea?
Try holding Volume Down & Home & Power until the phone reboots twice, keep the buttons pressed for 2 full reboots, and hopefully the 2nd one will get you back into download mode
Thank you for your help!
I tried that but it doesn't work.
It's strange because I can do what I want and nothing happens.
Black screen and blue light. It doens't even turn off or reboot...
Only thing what happens is that exynos8890 appears in the device manager as long as I keep pressing the power button.
Same problem as me?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s7/help/boot-loop-bricked-t3499109/post69596073#post69596073
Sounds different.
Because you are able to get into recovery and download. I'm not able to do that
alexx3333 said:
Sounds different.
Because you are able to get into recovery and download. I'm not able to do that
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How long are you holding the button combination for?
Try 30 seconds+
I tried for several minutes, but the phone doesn't do anything.
I can only think you'll need to wait until the battery runs out, the phone shuts off, then when you charge it again, try the download mode button combo when you power it back on
Ok thank you.
I thought the same.
Unfortunately the battery was at 90% so I think it will take a few days/weeks until it dies...
alexx3333 said:
Ok thank you.
I thought the same.
Unfortunately the battery was at 90% so I think it will take a few days/weeks until it dies...
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Connect the white Micro > Normal USB adapter that came with the phone to the MicroUSB port, and connect a power hungry USB device to it, I just tried with a USB desk fan and the phone powered it on spinning
That will drain the battery quickly
Great idea but it doesn't seem to work.
Looks like I have no power in the USB connection.
Seems like the phone is totaly frozen.
Ok so how it looks at the moment, my only choiches are wait several days until the battery dies (don't know how long this will take) or sending it to Samsung for a repair.
Thank you for your help!
Good luck, if I think of anything else I'll reply here, hope you get it sorted
EDIT - Did you try holding the power button while you had the USB device connected, to see if it provides USB power then?
Wow, the exact same thing literally happened to me yesterday.
I wasn't doing anything to the phone - it's completely stock and unrooted, and I wasn't messing with anything. At the time it happened, I scrolling through the task switcher when all of the screenshots of running apps suddenly became white squares. I tried pressing the home button but it didn't respond (though I could still scroll fluidly through the white squares). A few seconds later the screen went black and that was it. Dead dead dead. Totally bricked. The only response I can get is "Exynos8890" in the Device Manager when holding the power button, just like you.
This really sucks because I paid full cash and imported an international version, so I have no warranty. I'm off to the Samsung store to plead with them about honoring the warranty anyway, maybe if I offer some cash on top.
I suspect the storage chip failed. Yesterday before it died, I was downloading all of my images off of the SD card to organize them, and I noticed that about 5% of them failed to copy due to an unknown I/O error. Of course I assumed this was a corrupt SD card, not internal storage. I did manage to pull them all off (though some were damaged) through a combination of adb shell, dd, and adb pull. During the process the phone hard-locked a few times, but each time I was able to reboot via the VolDown+Power combo.
When the phone finally died for good, it was several hours after I had finished copying the photos and since hte last reboot. It had been working perfectly since then - I was browsing reddit, watching netflix, etc. However, given that I got the white squares in the task switcher right before it kicked the bucket, I think the internal storage was actually to blame, not the SD card. The white squares indicates that it was trying to fetch the screenshots off the disk and failing.
It's very odd that I cannot find any other instance of this kind of failure on the internet except this one thread, which happened on the exact same day that my phone died. Very strange.
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Good luck, if I think of anything else I'll reply here, hope you get it sorted
EDIT - Did you try holding the power button while you had the USB device connected, to see if it provides USB power then?
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Yes I have tried that but no power at all...
stoanhart said:
Wow, the exact same thing literally happened to me yesterday.
I wasn't doing anything to the phone - it's completely stock and unrooted, and I wasn't messing with anything. At the time it happened, I scrolling through the task switcher when all of the screenshots of running apps suddenly became white squares. I tried pressing the home button but it didn't respond (though I could still scroll fluidly through the white squares). A few seconds later the screen went black and that was it. Dead dead dead. Totally bricked. The only response I can get is "Exynos8890" in the Device Manager when holding the power button, just like you.
This really sucks because I paid full cash and imported an international version, so I have no warranty. I'm off to the Samsung store to plead with them about honoring the warranty anyway, maybe if I offer some cash on top.
I suspect the storage chip failed. Yesterday before it died, I was downloading all of my images off of the SD card to organize them, and I noticed that about 5% of them failed to copy due to an unknown I/O error. Of course I assumed this was a corrupt SD card, not internal storage. I did manage to pull them all off (though some were damaged) through a combination of adb shell, dd, and adb pull. During the process the phone hard-locked a few times, but each time I was able to reboot via the VolDown+Power combo.
When the phone finally died for good, it was several hours after I had finished copying the photos and since hte last reboot. It had been working perfectly since then - I was browsing reddit, watching netflix, etc. However, given that I got the white squares in the task switcher right before it kicked the bucket, I think the internal storage was actually to blame, not the SD card. The white squares indicates that it was trying to fetch the screenshots off the disk and failing.
It's very odd that I cannot find any other instance of this kind of failure on the internet except this one thread, which happened on the exact same day that my phone died. Very strange.
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That sounds exactly like my Problem.
A faulty storage chip would also explain my Problems before the phone died for good.
The day my phone died I had some Problems. The phone was frozen from time to time until it got into the bootloop, but I thought I messed something up in the Rom because I did a lot of testing and the Combo also did work.
After reflashing the Rom everything seemed to be fine first until it died for good.
Yes it's strange, I also didn't find anything similar on the Internet.
I have learned my phone is from Nigeria. This should be a fun RMA process. FML
stoanhart said:
I have learned my phone is from Nigeria. This should be a fun RMA process. FML
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Contact Samsung on twitter, unlikely they'll force you to RMA to Nigeria, they'll have service centres in your region
I managed to get Samsung Canada to refer me to a local service center. I drove 1.5 hours to go there today, the dude plugs it into a charger, and the damn thing just lights up like nothing ever happened. Now it's working fine, but I swear this thing was fully bricked before. The battery still had 73% charge when it came back alive...
I'm happy it's working now, but I'm worried it's just going to crap out again at any time.
Update: after the phone revived itself, it worked pretty well for a week. It locked up a few times, but I was able to reboot each time.
But, after a week, it hard-froze again. This time, it happened to be on charge while it froze so the green LED was on. It's been completely unresponsive for 2.5 weeks now, off charger, with the green LED on. I keep waiting for the LED to drain the battery, but it's taking forever. I'm losing hope that it will recover this time. I guess I'll re-start the process of getting in touch with Samsung, or alternatively, look for a replacement motherboard on eBay.
Does anyone know if the G930F motherboard fits into the G930FD body? I don't actually care about dual sim, but I'm concerned the SIM tray/slot won't work with the G930F motherboard.
Update:
so in the meantime the battery of my s7 died but that didn't change anything. I wasn't able to charge it after that so now it was completely dead.
So I contacted Sasmsung.
They replaced the motherboard and the USB connector on warranty.
Seems like it really was a hardware issue...
alexx3333 said:
Update:
so in the meantime the battery of my s7 died but that didn't change anything. I wasn't able to charge it after that so now it was completely dead.
So I contacted Sasmsung.
They replaced the motherboard and the USB connector on warranty.
Seems like it really was a hardware issue...
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Hi,
Do you need Proof of Purchase for the warranty?
Thanks.

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