Okay, here is the problem. I have looked around, and this thread seems to be close to what I initially ran into.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2199042
What seemed to cause this was some sort of update verizon was telling me to download, and I kept deferring it until I accidently hit yes. After hitting yes and the update going through, the phone booted to "System software not authorized by Verizon Wireless has been found on your phone.”, which would force me to restart.
If I used odin's button patterns, I would come across the mentioned route in the thread.
But the route I went (because I assumed it would work) is download what was prompted as a "custom os" as opposed to denying it and (I'm assumed based off the thread just posted) starting the phone up. After an hour long car ride, leaving the phone alone and apparently "downloading" the custom os, my phone turned off.
Now what I am facing is only a red led when charging (which is normal when charging while off), but when using any odin button pattern, my phone simply vibrates and nothing more. Nothing on the screen, even when pressing the power button itself. It just stays pitch black. I have no clue what has happened. Any possible suggestions? I tried with battery out, charger in as well as battery in, charger out, and charger in, battery in.
If you plug the phone into your computer and power it on/attempt to enter Odin, does your PC recognize it?
frankspin said:
If you plug the phone into your computer and power it on/attempt to enter Odin, does your PC recognize it?
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Actually, plugging it into my computer just keeps making it vibrate as if it is starting to power on. I can't even get into odin or even a screen coming up for that matter.
Hey thanks for the help! I figured it out. I guess the battery was incredibly depleted from leaving it in download mode in odin. I charged it up and after a few hours, the power came on. I followed the guide in the thread I posted and it worked like a charm. Sorry about the confusion and I greatly appreciate the help. Thank you!
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Hey guys, I was flashing back to the stock ROM when it got interrupted. The phone displays the phone-!-computer icon when it's turned on. I've had this happen before several times but each time I've been able to get back into download mode by removing the battery, sim and memory card, reinsert the battery, hold the volume buttons, and then plug in the USB. This time it will not go into download mode. I've searched the forums and tried all the variations but nothing will get it in to download mode. The only think i haven't tried is the soldering the resistor to the USB connector trick. Does anyone have any other ideas? I would really appreciate any help.
Make sure you have Odin3 One Click [Stock] downloaded.
Try pulling your battery, hold down your power button for 10-15 seconds to drain flea power so your RAM will totally clear in case anything is still on it.
Open Odin3 One Click
Put your battery back into your phone
Hold down the up and down volume buttons on your phone, and simultaneously plug your phone into your computer.
Your phone should go into download mode which will show a yellow triangle with the android digging, and you should see your phone show in a com port in Odin. At this point, just click start and hopefully the Stock Rom will flash successfully. You can find how to flash to stock and the link to Odin3 one click in the captivate bible post in the android development section.
Hey, thanks for taking the time to reply. I still get the phone-!-computer icon. It just seems like the download mode isn't enabled or something. I've seen this screen before but i've been able to get into the download mode without too much trouble.
How long have you left the battery out? Try leaving it out for at least 5 minutes before trying again. If that doesn't work, build a jig.
Hey, i'll give the 5 minutes a shot but it sounds like i need to make an emergency trip to Fry's on my way home from the airport. Thanks for the info!
Hey, just wanted to post a follow up... the jig cable DID work! It was a tense couple of moments after i plugged it in but it worked! I was able to reflash with odin and the phone is back up and running! Thanks a lot to the people who helped out!
someone out there, please help me. Today when I went out to work I was playing with my phone and then put it away while I was driving. When I got back to it I tried to turn it on but it would not turn on, so I keep the On key pressed for a few seconds and then it turns on.
So I thought maybe the phone needed a restart, so I did. I pressed the On key for a second and then selected "Restart". and it never started back again. I´ve been trying to press the on key for like 1 minute a nothing shows up, I connect it to the charger and the charging led doesn´t light up.
When I connect it to my computer, it seems to recognize something in the task manager as it says "Unknown Device"
Anybody knows a method to make it boot? like a typical "battery Pull"?
Try holding Power key for 10 seconds?
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someone out there, please help me. Today when I went out to work I was playing with my phone and then put it away while I was driving. When I got back to it I tried to turn it on but it would not turn on, so I keep the On key pressed for a few seconds and then it turns on.
So I thought maybe the phone needed a restart, so I did. I pressed the On key for a second and then selected "Restart". and it never started back again. I´ve been trying to press the on key for like 1 minute a nothing shows up, I connect it to the charger and the charging led doesn´t light up.
When I connect it to my computer, it seems to recognize something in the task manager as it says "Unknown Device"
Anybody knows a method to make it boot? like a typical "battery Pull"?
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elsupermang said:
Try holding Power key for 10 seconds?
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This ^^. or try to boot into recovery (hold volume down, then press and hold power, hold both until the three androids appear. then use volume down to select "reboot"
thanks for the reply, I just tried that and nothing, no light, no led. The capacitive buttons don´t light up either. =(
Try leaving it plugged in for awhile to make sure it's charged before you try to reboot into recovery?
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Try leaving it plugged in for awhile to make sure it's charged before you try to reboot into recovery?
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And be sure to use the wall charger as well.
cranch said:
And be sure to use the wall charger as well.
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ditto, wall charger, it will come back on after it charges for a bit.
I´ll try leaving it charged for a while. will post back with the results
I was thinking an thought. With android, sometimes the phones just get messed around too much. When I had my galaxy nexus, everytime i meet a freeze or something, I just pull the battery and reboot the phone. If the phone is messed up and wont boot. I can still just pull the battery, put it in, and boot into recovery. Now, is there any safe way to do all of this? I am worried about the One X, and still am debating between this and the note, reason being I flash a lot and dunno wat i can do if i really just mess up my phone. Anyone have any ideas?
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I was thinking an thought. With android, sometimes the phones just get messed around too much. When I had my galaxy nexus, everytime i meet a freeze or something, I just pull the battery and reboot the phone. If the phone is messed up and wont boot. I can still just pull the battery, put it in, and boot into recovery. Now, is there any safe way to do all of this? I am worried about the One X, and still am debating between this and the note, reason being I flash a lot and dunno wat i can do if i really just mess up my phone. Anyone have any ideas?
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If you hold down the power button for 10 seconds it will hard reset the phone. This is exactly the same behavior as the iPhone and other phones with a non-removable battery.
Kenchinito said:
someone out there, please help me. Today when I went out to work I was playing with my phone and then put it away while I was driving. When I got back to it I tried to turn it on but it would not turn on, so I keep the On key pressed for a few seconds and then it turns on.
So I thought maybe the phone needed a restart, so I did. I pressed the On key for a second and then selected "Restart". and it never started back again. I´ve been trying to press the on key for like 1 minute a nothing shows up, I connect it to the charger and the charging led doesn´t light up.
When I connect it to my computer, it seems to recognize something in the task manager as it says "Unknown Device"
Anybody knows a method to make it boot? like a typical "battery Pull"?
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I have the same problem, when I charge it the charging indicator doesn't even turn red or green. I tried a wall charger as well as connecting it to my computer. I tried holding the power button for 10 secs, also while holding down the volume down button. Nothing works. I'm going to call HTC tomorrow, and might need to bring it back to the shop.
It always seems a bit finicky to turn on for me. I still have no idea how exactly to turn it on, I jus randomly press the button until it turns on.
Try holding down the power + volume down button.
Hello,
I flashed the latest LRX22C image on my nexus 5 today.Had flashed it clean,wiping data,cache and system etc except the Internal Storage.Then I flashed the SUPERSU 2.37 ZIP .Everything was fine for about 4 hours.Then suddenly when I pressed the power button to turn the screen off,it was not turning off and the "Switch off" mode was popping up instead .Then, when I got a call,it switched off.The phone won't turn on again.It starts,the Google Boot Splash appears and the bootanimation starts for like 2 seconds and it switches off.Same thing for bootloader mode.
Please Help me!
EDIT: Now its turning on by itself and switches off in 2 seconds!
Sounds like a bad power switch to me, but of course that is just my opinion. :good:
sounds like a mech issue.
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I have the same problem on mine now... Basically my phone powered down around 45%. Battery. At the time i thought it was dead... But it wasnt. When i would plug into external power, either usb or through wireless charging it would power cycle continuously at the android splash screen.... (1 to 2 second intervals - even if i booted into fastboot) Interestingly it would never go to the battery charging mode. But automatically boot on charge... It did this for about 6 hours then i gave up and left it unplugged for a day. I plugged it back in and it started power cycling again, however this time on its third boot it came back to life . thats when i discovered i still had 40% battery... I dont know what exactly made it boot but it did. Oddly also on boot, it started optimising apps and finishing install again. I checked the md5 before I installed the update so no issue there. Since it powered up i have powered the phone off using the power button long push and let the phone power down. After doing this when i plug the phone in to usb charge it goes to the charge screen. No issue. That said, if i try to power up while tethered and charging it will not allow it. It just stays at the charge screen. As soon as i unplug the usb the power button allows the phone to power up and work... When booted up it charges as normal when plugged in. Im convinced there is an issue with the power management drivers or drivers for the button controls. My phone worked fine until the 5.0.1 update was installed. On my nexus 5. Anyone else or just us two? Ive had a hard time finding people posting on this issue.
Long story short. I finally got brave enough to root my phone. I did it successfully. then I think I killed it . http://forum.xda-developers.com/dro...-droid-razr-m-xt907-183-46-15-t3030852/page58
Then, while trying to get the Verizon wireless hotspot hack to work following these directions, http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/general/guide-faq-how-to-root-boot-unlock-t2869432, I got to step 2 and for some reason the changes wouldn't save. so after doing some searching, I read that another person had tried another superuser app and was able to save their changes. So, I downloaded the superuser app and took off the original super SU. Then I kept getting an error that said, I didn't have root access. So I downloaded the original app. I had before from the play store and proceeded to replace it. The app installed fine and then said that the device needed to be rebooted. I hit okayand the phone turned off.
It never turned back on. Pressing the power button for any length of time will not turn on the device. When I press the power button along with the down volume button and hold them after releasing the Motorola logo comes up and then the phone goes dark again. like it's off. It doesn't have any blinking indicator lights nothing. When it's connected or disconnected from the computer. My PC makes chiming sounds like normal, even though the phone looks like it's completely off.
When I plug it into a charger, it stays completely dark, with no indicator lights like it's off. While its plug-in if I push and hold the power button still nothing. if I push and hold the power button and the volume down button, while it still plugged in,the Motorola logo comes up and then nothing again like it's powered off. The second time I repeat that procedure. The battery indicator comes up showing that it's charging. And just to let you know that the first time when all this happened and I saw the battery indicator it was charged at 80% still, so that's not the problem.
so my question is, did I brick my phone? is it permanently bricked? Is there anything I can do about it? or should I just look for a new one?
thank you for any help you could offer.
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Long story short. I finally got brave enough to root my phone. I did it successfully. then I think I killed it . http://forum.xda-developers.com/dro...-droid-razr-m-xt907-183-46-15-t3030852/page58
Then, while trying to get the Verizon wireless hotspot hack to work following these directions, http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-m/general/guide-faq-how-to-root-boot-unlock-t2869432, I got to step 2 and for some reason the changes wouldn't save. so after doing some searching, I read that another person had tried another superuser app and was able to save their changes. So, I downloaded the superuser app and took off the original super SU. Then I kept getting an error that said, I didn't have root access. So I downloaded the original app. I had before from the play store and proceeded to replace it. The app installed fine and then said that the device needed to be rebooted. I hit okayand the phone turned off.
It never turned back on. Pressing the power button for any length of time will not turn on the device. When I press the power button along with the down volume button and hold them after releasing the Motorola logo comes up and then the phone goes dark again. like it's off. It doesn't have any blinking indicator lights nothing. When it's connected or disconnected from the computer. My PC makes chiming sounds like normal, even though the phone looks like it's completely off.
When I plug it into a charger, it stays completely dark, with no indicator lights like it's off. While its plug-in if I push and hold the power button still nothing. if I push and hold the power button and the volume down button, while it still plugged in,the Motorola logo comes up and then nothing again like it's powered off. The second time I repeat that procedure. The battery indicator comes up showing that it's charging. And just to let you know that the first time when all this happened and I saw the battery indicator it was charged at 80% still, so that's not the problem.
so my question is, did I brick my phone? is it permanently bricked? Is there anything I can do about it? or should I just look for a new one?
thank you for any help you could offer.
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Hello! Can you get into recovery or bootloader screen?
StrangerWeather said:
Hello! Can you get into recovery or bootloader screen?
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no I can't
rahmyers said:
no I can't
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Without access to the bootloader it is going to be difficult. I recommend you post your question in the dedicated help forum for your device, in case you can get some help from there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr/help
Good luck!
My tablet was in my bed and I went out. When I came back, it's in infinite loop. Other times this has already occurred and I fixed it.
So, yesterday, I tried to do this. But when I selected "Wipe Cache Partition" in boot menu, the process was taking too long and seemed to be freezed. So I pressed the Power Button and turned off the tablet. After I tried to turn on the device again, but anything happens. No boot, no Download Mode, on the Android Menu. Nothing.
I already put it to charge, tried to connect to PC, but nothing happens (the PC not recognize anything). No screen signal or noise. When I put it to charge or connect to PC, the device warm up to bit.
I already opened the device, checked the battery status, with a multimeter, and did a manual charger. But still, nothing happened. (The battery is OK)
Is there anything that I can do?
I need my device and some files. In my city haven't a place to Advanced HDD Recovery, and the Samsung's Technical Assistance is in the capital.
brunorolim said:
My tablet was in my bed and I went out. When I came back, it's in infinite loop. Other times this has already occurred and I fixed it.
So, yesterday, I tried to do this. But when I selected "Wipe Cache Partition" in boot menu, the process was taking too long and seemed to be freezed. So I pressed the Power Button and turned off the tablet. After I tried to turn on the device again, but anything happens. No boot, no Download Mode, on the Android Menu. Nothing.
I already put it to charge, tried to connect to PC, but nothing happens (the PC not recognize anything). No screen signal or noise. When I put it to charge or connect to PC, the device warm up to bit.
I already opened the device, checked the battery status, with a multimeter, and did a manual charger. But still, nothing happened. (The battery is OK)
Is there anything that I can do?
I need my device and some files. In my city haven't a place to Advanced HDD Recovery, and the Samsung's Technical Assistance is in the capital.
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Do you see any light coming from the screen when booting? The screen could have failed or the light. You can try to take a flashlight and put it on the screen to see if you see any boot animation when you turn it on. It sounds more like a hardware issue.
Have you tried to plug the tablet into a computer? You maybe able to recover the data that way. Samsung might be able to repair or recover the device, but if it is out of warranty you may have to pay for the service.
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Do you see any light coming from the screen when booting? The screen could have failed or the light. You can try to take a flashlight and put it on the screen to see if you see any boot animation when you turn it on. It sounds more like a hardware issue.
Have you tried to plug the tablet into a computer? You maybe able to recover the data that way. Samsung might be able to repair or recover the device, but if it is out of warranty you may have to pay for the service.
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I don't see anything! I'd plugged into a PC, nothing happens! I think only at Samsung Technical Assistant... But I dont have warranty anymore, so have to pay for this!