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I have a rooted stock phone that stopped working for no apparent reason (no new ROM flashed, no configuration change). It starts, shows the Samsung logo, and immediately reboots. I tried to put it in download mode, when i hold the 3 keys I see the download logo showing up, but it reboots after a few seconds anyway. after a while it will start looping through the battery charge screen (which shows the battery as empty). I tried 2 different batteries with no change. Any idea how to get something working again?
That almost sounds like some sort of power issue. Have you left it sit turned off until the battery was full?
Yes, I left it overnight and it just keeps flashing the battery screen and then resets. I also have an external charger and used it to charge the battery, so it's not an issue with the battery actually being empty.
Have you been able to get the phone into download mode previously?
Have you have dealt with a boot loop and performed an Odin recovery previously? If not, remember it can take a few tries to get download mode to pop up.
If you can't get Odin to go, you might try flashing with Kies.
I am wondering if your phone met with some kind of disaster when you weren't around (trauma or liquid).
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I have a rooted stock phone that stopped working for no apparent reason (no new ROM flashed, no configuration change). It starts, shows the Samsung logo, and immediately reboots. I tried to put it in download mode, when i hold the 3 keys I see the download logo showing up, but it reboots after a few seconds anyway. after a while it will start looping through the battery charge screen (which shows the battery as empty). I tried 2 different batteries with no change. Any idea how to get something working again?
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This sounds almost exactly like the problem I had with my Sidekick. In my case, it turned out to be a bad battery and a loose ribbon cable on the motherboard. I'd check those two things.
This happened to me as well, and the three-button method to get into download mode wasn't working. For some odd reason, for me to get into download mode all I have to do is hold down the power button + track pad, and it goes right into download mode... Maybe slightly different model?
Try that - power button + trackpad
Bootloops.
Not a guaranteed fix by any means but for troubleshooting purposes you may want to consider making a USB JIG. It will most definitely help you figure out just how serious the problem is and if it IS software related with a way to get it working again you will need the JIG anyway so its worth a shot. If nothing else you learn a new skill and you're the proud owner of an incredibly useful tool that you can say you made yourself. good luck!
I know this post is kind of old, but it just happened to me last week (same circumstance, a rooted phone, but stock). I ended up just pulling the battery out and pressing the power button a couple times to hopefully drian it and letting it sit for 15 minutes, and then I put the battery back in and it worked again. I now have another rom flashed on it, I hate stock.
I know this forum is ancient, but I'm working on an E-Bay phone with this exact issue. I found the following thread the most useful and informative on the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996709
Hopefully this helps other.
what i did was hold the power volume and button between the menu n back with the left hand YES HOLD IT UNTILL THE PIT IS UPLOADED. then u can let go then slide in the vattery with the right.while checking off the flash bootloarders on the heimdall with it fixing my phone XD
I had this happen, I dissassembled the phone, and used an alcohol pad to clean the power button area, and manipulated the button a lot, let it dry, reassembled...it still bootlooped.
BELOW IS RISKY BUT WORKED FOR ME
So while the back cover was off (exposing the cicuit board but everything still connected) I inserted the battery and watched it boot loop...during this, I used a flathead screw driver to "short" the power button pins...this let it boot fully, and it has been fine since.
i smacked the phones power button a few times and it worked
I wonder if anyone else has encountered this issue.
This began about 2 weeks ago.
About 50% of the time, when I choose Power Off on my Skyrocket, the phone goes through the whole "powering off" procedure but then, instead of shutting down, it reboots.
It resets completely as if it had been powered off and then immediately been powered back on.
Sometimes this will even happen a second time in a row when I again try to shut down - other times it will shut down on the second try...
What rom are you using? Any other info you could provide such as when it started happening would help us help you.
At any rate, without knowing the details, I'd say it could be a hardware issue with your power button. The reason I say this is that if you hold down the power button for ten seconds or so the phone will re-boot. Additionally, I've seen a few cases of stuck power buttons with users in this forum (in their cases the phone was unusable--one got it repaired by mobiletech and the other hasn't yet fixed it to my knowledge.
If I were you I'd back up all the files you don't want to lose (pics, music, etc) to a pc just in case the button gets fully stuck, in which case your phone will do nothing but start up and restart over and over.
And if it is a hardware problem, you should be covered under warranty provided that you don't have any water damage or other physical damage to the phone.
I had a couple of ROMs do this. The phone wouldn't turn off if the battery was in it or it was plugged in.
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I had a couple of ROMs do this. The phone wouldn't turn off if the battery was in it or it was plugged in.
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What you're describing sounds more like you flashed one of the ICS leaks. A lot of people ran into the freeze at shutdown/reboot issue with those roms before the devs ironed out the kinks.
The OP's situation seems a bit different, since it is just rebooting instead of powering down.
Yes I am fully stock everything.
If you haven't flashed any roms and are just on stock, I'd get a warranty replacement. You'll have to play the waiting game with them but they'll get you a brand new (or refurbed, but good as new) phone within a couple weeks.
And again, I recommend backing up all your stuff asap before the button gets fully stuck.
If you have flashed roms in the past, you'll want to make sure you get fully back to stock, including flashing the reset binary counter .zip found in the development section so your phone looks nice and clean.
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So I went to back up my data as suggested above.
When I tried to switch into USB mode, I got to the point where the USB is in and it says "Press to Connect to Mass Storage" (something like that).
When I clicked on that button, the phone reset.
Then after it restarted I tried again to click to enter Mass Storage Mode and the phone shut off and would not start again until I pulled the battery.
Sounds like more going on than a stuck power button...?
EDIT: After pulling the battery, I restarted and again tried to enter USB Storage Mode. The phone again shut down and would not start until I pulled battery.
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So I went to back up my data as suggested above.
When I tried to switch into USB mode, I got to the point where the USB is in and it says "Press to Connect to Mass Storage" (something like that).
When I clicked on that button, the phone reset.
Then after it restarted I tried again to click to enter Mass Storage Mode and the phone shut off and would not start again until I pulled the battery.
Sounds like more going on than a stuck power button...?
EDIT: After pulling the battery, I restarted and again tried to enter USB Storage Mode. The phone again shut down and would not start until I pulled battery.
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Yeah...that does not sound good at all. I'm still convinced it's a hardware issue. You might want to just pick up an external sd card if you don't have one and push your important files onto that. I got a 16gb card for only about $10 online, not sure what they sell for at electronics stores.
Something tells me your phone is going to give up the ghost soon and just completely crap out on you. Don't wait!
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
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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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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.
HTC One M8, S-Off, Skyfall latest on 4.4.4, stock kernel, TWRP 2.8.1.0. Have been running Skyfall latest since a few days after its release, and TWRP 2.8.1.0 similarly. No problems to report so far.
I was using my phone today as one would, browsing Facebook through the app, and my phone freezes. Screen goes black, power off. Phone was probably at 80-85% battery when this happened.
I am no stranger to freezes and hard reboots, so I expected the phone to come back up shortly after this. It did not.
Tried to reboot via ADB. Couldn't detect the device.
Tried to reboot into recovery by holding Vol Down and Power. No response.
Tried to reboot into a soft reset by holding Vol Up and Power. No response.
Tried to force a battery recalibration by plugging in the phone to a charger* and holding Vol Up, Vol Down, and Power for two minutes. No response. (*the charger was not the stock HTC charger, as I don't presently have access to that, but was rather a generic charger rated for [email protected])
Somehow, miraculously, after leaving the phone plugged in for a few minutes more and fumbling a bit with (I think) the Power and Vol Up, the phone powered on, rebooted twice, and then entered the OS normally. Was stable for what seemed like about 5 minutes. After receiving a few text messages and in the middle of responding to one, it froze and powered off as before.
Last system-level tweaking that I did was to accept the latest SuperSU upgrade a few days ago. That needed to reboot into recovery, install a zip, and reboot again. All appeared to work correctly, and phone booted back up afterwards without issue. Appeared to be stable until today. I'm not blaming the SuperSU update just yet, and it seems an unlikely culprit given that the phone booted back up without issue and was stable for several days following.
Thoughts? Would greatly appreciate any troubleshooting ideas beyond these.
Update 1: After leaving it plugged in for a few minutes, I tried the battery calibration approach again. The device powered on and showed the initial boot splash (the one with the development notice in ugly red). I then released all buttons, and after a few seconds the screen went black. Would not respond afterwards. Beginning to suspect this may be a power issue.
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HTC One M8, S-Off, Skyfall latest on 4.4.4, stock kernel, TWRP 2.8.1.0. Have been running Skyfall latest since a few days after its release, and TWRP 2.8.1.0 similarly. No problems to report so far.
I was using my phone today as one would, browsing Facebook through the app, and my phone freezes. Screen goes black, power off. Phone was probably at 80-85% battery when this happened.
I am no stranger to freezes and hard reboots, so I expected the phone to come back up shortly after this. It did not.
Tried to reboot via ADB. Couldn't detect the device.
Tried to reboot into recovery by holding Vol Down and Power. No response.
Tried to reboot into a soft reset by holding Vol Up and Power. No response.
Tried to force a battery recalibration by plugging in the phone to a charger* and holding Vol Up, Vol Down, and Power for two minutes. No response. (*the charger was not the stock HTC charger, as I don't presently have access to that, but was rather a generic charger rated for [email protected])
Somehow, miraculously, after leaving the phone plugged in for a few minutes more and fumbling a bit with (I think) the Power and Vol Up, the phone powered on, rebooted twice, and then entered the OS normally. Was stable for what seemed like about 5 minutes. After receiving a few text messages and in the middle of responding to one, it froze and powered off as before.
Last system-level tweaking that I did was to accept the latest SuperSU upgrade a few days ago. That needed to reboot into recovery, install a zip, and reboot again. All appeared to work correctly, and phone booted back up afterwards without issue. Appeared to be stable until today. I'm not blaming the SuperSU update just yet, and it seems an unlikely culprit given that the phone booted back up without issue and was stable for several days following.
Thoughts? Would greatly appreciate any troubleshooting ideas beyond these.
Update 1: After leaving it plugged in for a few minutes, I tried the battery calibration approach again. The device powered on and showed the initial boot splash (the one with the development notice in ugly red). I then released all buttons, and after a few seconds the screen went black. Would not respond afterwards. Beginning to suspect this may be a power issue.
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Well the good news is that you aren't bricked, if the phone gives any signs of life then you are not bricked. Have you always installed SuperSu updates through recovery? I always select I believe it says "normal" and let it do it's thing and until now (knock on wood) haven't had any issues updating binaries that way. I would go back to stock and see if your problems continue or flash the previous SuperSu and see if it still happens.
devmage said:
HTC One M8, S-Off, Skyfall latest on 4.4.4, stock kernel, TWRP 2.8.1.0. Have been running Skyfall latest since a few days after its release, and TWRP 2.8.1.0 similarly. No problems to report so far.
I was using my phone today as one would, browsing Facebook through the app, and my phone freezes. Screen goes black, power off. Phone was probably at 80-85% battery when this happened.
I am no stranger to freezes and hard reboots, so I expected the phone to come back up shortly after this. It did not.
Tried to reboot via ADB. Couldn't detect the device.
Tried to reboot into recovery by holding Vol Down and Power. No response.
Tried to reboot into a soft reset by holding Vol Up and Power. No response.
Tried to force a battery recalibration by plugging in the phone to a charger* and holding Vol Up, Vol Down, and Power for two minutes. No response. (*the charger was not the stock HTC charger, as I don't presently have access to that, but was rather a generic charger rated for [email protected])
Somehow, miraculously, after leaving the phone plugged in for a few minutes more and fumbling a bit with (I think) the Power and Vol Up, the phone powered on, rebooted twice, and then entered the OS normally. Was stable for what seemed like about 5 minutes. After receiving a few text messages and in the middle of responding to one, it froze and powered off as before.
Last system-level tweaking that I did was to accept the latest SuperSU upgrade a few days ago. That needed to reboot into recovery, install a zip, and reboot again. All appeared to work correctly, and phone booted back up afterwards without issue. Appeared to be stable until today. I'm not blaming the SuperSU update just yet, and it seems an unlikely culprit given that the phone booted back up without issue and was stable for several days following.
Thoughts? Would greatly appreciate any troubleshooting ideas beyond these.
Update 1: After leaving it plugged in for a few minutes, I tried the battery calibration approach again. The device powered on and showed the initial boot splash (the one with the development notice in ugly red). I then released all buttons, and after a few seconds the screen went black. Would not respond afterwards. Beginning to suspect this may be a power issue.
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Make sure you aren't trying to power it on while still plugged in. The charging animation bug really rears its ugly head sometimes when trying to do that.
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Well the good news is that you aren't bricked, if the phone gives any signs of life then you are not bricked. Have you always installed SuperSu updates through recovery? I always select I believe it says "normal" and let it do it's thing and until now (knock on wood) haven't had any issues updating binaries that way. I would go back to stock and see if your problems continue or flash the previous SuperSu and see if it still happens.
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I would love to go back to stock if I could get the device to turn on.
This was the first SuperSU update that I can remember having installed, so yes, I've always installed through recovery. The update even prompted me that, for HTC devices, better luck is had via updates through recovery.
dottat said:
Make sure you aren't trying to power it on while still plugged in. The charging animation bug really rears its ugly head sometimes when trying to do that.
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I'm unaware of this bug. When disconnected, the device still refuses to reboot via any of the usual reboot patterns (Power, Power + Vol Up, Power + Vol Down, Power + both Vols).
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I'm unaware of this bug. When disconnected, the device still refuses to reboot via any of the usual reboot patterns (Power, Power + Vol Up, Power + Vol Down, Power + both Vols).
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OK. So couple more questions....
Does the power light blink for a second and then go out when you connect power or does it stay on?
What type of device does your computer see the phone as when you connect it? Please try if you have not. Watch device manager while doing so.
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OK. So couple more questions....
Does the power light blink for a second and then go out when you connect power or does it stay on?
What type of device does your computer see the phone as when you connect it? Please try if you have not. Watch device manager while doing so.
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Power light does not blink at all on connection. This is true both when connecting to a USB power adapter and to the computer.
My computer does not recognize a device. ADB does not report that a device is connected. Also, I use a Mac, so System Information does not report any USB device being connected. For comparison, I tried with my wife's Samsung S5, and it reported correctly in both places, so I know the cable and computer are working correctly here too.
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Power light does not blink at all on connection. This is true both when connecting to a USB power adapter and to the computer.
My computer does not recognize a device. ADB does not report that a device is connected. Also, I use a Mac, so System Information does not report any USB device being connected. For comparison, I tried with my wife's Samsung S5, and it reported correctly in both places, so I know the cable and computer are working correctly here too.
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Can you check dmesg on your Mac and see if you have any qualcomm devices show up near the end of the file? . Plug the phone in right before running the command.
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Can you check dmesg on your Mac and see if you have any qualcomm devices show up near the end of the file? . Plug the phone in right before running the command.
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Nothing from Qualcomm, nor anything related, upon plugging in the phone.
Using
Code:
sudo watch 'dmesg | tail -n 15'
(OS X requires dmesg be accessed with sudo), I saw the following come up upon plugging in the S5 mentioned before:
Code:
USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 0x00000000 0x4e8 0x685b 0x232, 2
With the same watch in place, I saw no output at all for the M8.
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Nothing from Qualcomm, nor anything related, upon plugging in the phone.
Using
Code:
sudo watch 'dmesg | tail -n 15'
(OS X requires dmesg be accessed with sudo), I saw the following come up upon plugging in the S5 mentioned before:
Code:
USBMSC Identifier (non-unique): 0x00000000 0x4e8 0x685b 0x232, 2
With the same watch in place, I saw no output at all for the M8.
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I would suggest warranty route through HTC. You have got a brick.
dottat said:
I would suggest warranty route through HTC. You have got a brick.
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That is my fear. Thank you for your help.
dottat said:
OK. So couple more questions....
Does the power light blink for a second and then go out when you connect power or does it stay on?
What type of device does your computer see the phone as when you connect it? Please try if you have not. Watch device manager while doing so.
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Hi,
Background: Rooted, S-Off (via Sunshine), was running CleanROM (on the 444 firmware) and tried installing Vanir 444. ROM installed no problem, Gapps installed no problem, installed SuperSU 2.40 at the end and rebooted.
I've run into the exact same situation as the OP. Tried all the button combinations/adb stuff and the phone only boots to the initial white HTC screen but then goes blank. I've tried everything to get into bootloader but nothing seems to get me there. The phone vibrates when it "turns on" after the hard reset but nothing after the white HTC screen except a black screen.
I'm responding to this post in particular because my phone was/is showing the blinking power light when it's plugged in. Hopefully this is a good sign?
TIA for any help!
Matt
sigmaxaa said:
Hi,
Background: Rooted, S-Off (via Sunshine), was running CleanROM (on the 444 firmware) and tried installing Vanir 444. ROM installed no problem, Gapps installed no problem, installed SuperSU 2.40 at the end and rebooted.
I've run into the exact same situation as the OP. Tried all the button combinations/adb stuff and the phone only boots to the initial white HTC screen but then goes blank. I've tried everything to get into bootloader but nothing seems to get me there. The phone vibrates when it "turns on" after the hard reset but nothing after the white HTC screen except a black screen.
I'm responding to this post in particular because my phone was/is showing the blinking power light when it's plugged in. Hopefully this is a good sign?
Thanks TIA for any help!
Matt
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I'm afraid that I won't be of much help going forward. I sent in the device on a warranty claim.
I will add that, in the day or so following my posts here, I plugged the phone in again and to my surprise it began taking a charge again. I let it charge for about an hour, and tried turning it on - remarkably, it came up normally. It was stable for about an hour more, and then froze and powered off as before, refusing to once again turn on.
I left it alone for another couple of days, during which time my replacement arrived, and tried again. It began taking charge, and I left it as such for a couple hours more. This time knowing that my stable time was limited, and with a replacement phone in hand, I immediately restored the phone to RUU stock and locked it.
Your problem seems different from mine, in that my device was outright refusing to even take power or turn on. Best of luck to you, though!
Thanks for the info...I appreciate the response. I'm hoping that there's something that can be done but after 2 hours, trying every trick I could find via
Google with nothing to show for it, I'm keeping fingers crossed that it's something simple I'm missing. If I could just get into the dang bootloader!
Thanks again!
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sigmaxaa said:
Hi,
Background: Rooted, S-Off (via Sunshine), was running CleanROM (on the 444 firmware) and tried installing Vanir 444. ROM installed no problem, Gapps installed no problem, installed SuperSU 2.40 at the end and rebooted.
I've run into the exact same situation as the OP. Tried all the button combinations/adb stuff and the phone only boots to the initial white HTC screen but then goes blank. I've tried everything to get into bootloader but nothing seems to get me there. The phone vibrates when it "turns on" after the hard reset but nothing after the white HTC screen except a black screen.
I'm responding to this post in particular because my phone was/is showing the blinking power light when it's plugged in. Hopefully this is a good sign?
TIA for any help!
Matt
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To add to this, I've let the phone sit for about an hour, untouched, and now the green light is blinking like it does when there's a SMS/email. Pushing the power button doesn't do anything.
devmage said:
I'm afraid that I won't be of much help going forward. I sent in the device on a warranty claim.
I will add that, in the day or so following my posts here, I plugged the phone in again and to my surprise it began taking a charge again. I let it charge for about an hour, and tried turning it on - remarkably, it came up normally. It was stable for about an hour more, and then froze and powered off as before, refusing to once again turn on.
I left it alone for another couple of days, during which time my replacement arrived, and tried again. It began taking charge, and I left it as such for a couple hours more. This time knowing that my stable time was limited, and with a replacement phone in hand, I immediately restored the phone to RUU stock and locked it.
Your problem seems different from mine, in that my device was outright refusing to even take power or turn on. Best of luck to you, though!
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For what it's worth for anyone that finds this info useful...can't take credit for this as I found it over in the One M8 forum. Thanks to @mpogr
I quote his post: "The problem was that my phone's screen was going blank after the normal boot screen, so I couldn't see when it gets turned off. I was simply pressing the Vol Up + Power for too long, so it would go into full reboot. I just measured the amount of time it was taking to do this (was ~12 seconds). So I pressed Vol Up + Power for ~10 secs, then released those and pressed Vol Down. That finally brought me into Fastboot.
I could have probably gotten the same result by pressing Vol Down + Power, however, the phone screen was blank all the time, so it was difficult to understand when I should have released the Power button to let it go into Fastboot."
I held Power/Vol Up for 10 seconds (as he described) and then let go and immediately held Vol Down only...after about 3 seconds, bootloader screen came up and I was able to get into recovery and restore a backup.
I purchased my Google Pixel (first generation, regular (ie: not XL)) about a year and a half. It's been rooted for most of that time and I recently updated to Pie. When I woke up this morning I found that the phone had restarted on it's own. After a few minutes I noticed that it was running slowly and, eventually, to the point of non-responsive. I forced the phone off (held the power button until it turned off) and turned it back on. It seemed to load okay, but a few minutes later the phone was off again (which it did on it's own) and I cannot turn it back on. Holding the power button doesn't do anything and plugging it into be charged doesn't show any indications that the phone is charging. I haven't installed anything in at least a week and until this morning I didn't notice any problems with the phone. Any thoughts as to how to get the phone back on and what the problem might be?
alienjon said:
I purchased my Google Pixel (first generation, regular (ie: not XL)) about a year and a half. It's been rooted for most of that time and I recently updated to Pie. When I woke up this morning I found that the phone had restarted on it's own. After a few minutes I noticed that it was running slowly and, eventually, to the point of non-responsive. I forced the phone off (held the power button until it turned off) and turned it back on. It seemed to load okay, but a few minutes later the phone was off again (which it did on it's own) and I cannot turn it back on. Holding the power button doesn't do anything and plugging it into be charged doesn't show any indications that the phone is charging. I haven't installed anything in at least a week and until this morning I didn't notice any problems with the phone. Any thoughts as to how to get the phone back on and what the problem might be?
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See if you still can get your phone into download, fastboot or recovery mode. Here you can see the button combos: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YFaq4g-oa2Q
If you can get to recovery mode, click on wipe cache and reboot. If your phone still is stuck afterwards, go to recovery again. There is an option to wipe and reset the phone. Note that your data will be lost!!! Do it at your own risk. But a reset often is the last working choice when your phone behaves strangely.
If you get none of the three mentioned modes to work, I think your Pixel has a hardware fault.
Hope this helps.
check the charging port first....whether it is charging or not......try to connect to PC
i guess the phone is not charging
So the bottom line is this is still somewhat ongoing, though I’ve confirmed the phone is definitely bricked. I brought it into UBreakIFix and after taking it apart (noting that the device seemed physically in great shape) that there wasn’t anything obviously wrong with any of the particular hardware (they mentioned that replacing the motherboard would likely do it, but it would be about as expensive and effective as buying a new phone anyway...).
I ended up writing back to Google and am in back and forth talks with them now. I’m not sure what they can or will do, but my final answer will have to be getting a new phone one way or the other.