Nexus S won't start - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was in recovery when starting to flash a new rom, and suddenly the phone shut down and now it will not start. What should I do?

dark'em said:
I was in recovery when starting to flash a new rom, and suddenly the phone shut down and now it will not start. What should I do?
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i brick my phone too...
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just i get i black screen

leap_ahead said:
i brick my phone too...
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just i get i black screen
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I restarted recovery and took the battery out just as the phone was supposed to restart, and I think I burned the battery pin connectors, I'll buy a new battery today and see if the phone charges, I'm hoping for the best

dark'em said:
I restarted recovery and took the battery out just as the phone was supposed to restart, and I think I burned the battery pin connectors, I'll buy a new battery today and see if the phone charges, I'm hoping for the best
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when you turn on you dont see light on screen ?

leap_ahead said:
when you turn on you dont see light on screen ?
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No it doesent turn on and I connected the battery to a PC speaker that I have and the sceaker made that sound that it usually does when connected to a power source so it is definitly not the battery problem, it's something to do with the rest of the phone. Since it doesent do anything I think it's dead :crying:

My phone died on me too, the last rom I installed on it was the cm-10.2-20130907-NIGHTLY-crespo.zip

I also have a similar problem - when traveling on a plane recently I pulled the battery. Since then the phone won't start - If i plug the charger in the screen flashes once briefly and then turns off without displaying anything. To make things worse the power button broke months ago.
Does anyone have any suggestion what to try before going to have it serviced?
Cheers

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Hard Bricked...

Last ditch effort for a solution here.
I have a 16gb white that's been performing just fine... i did unlock the bootloader and root, but had no issues. That was several days ago. Today, I installed a flashlight app from the play store. (Droidlight LED Flashlight by Motorola). Once I ran the app, the camera LED came on for about 2 seconds, and then both the LED and the screen went dark. The battery was at about 80% when this happened.
The device is now completely non-responsive. Holding down the power button and any combination of keys does nothing, and there is no charging indicator when it's plugged in. I've never bricked a device before, surprised this seems to be caused by a play store app (although if it's truly bricked, I suspect some sort of power issue).
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide before I have to RMA this thing. Any Ideas?
Can you get into the bootloader? Hold Vol down + power
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Nothing works? You might be the second brick of the day
You could try to remove the battery, maybe that'll help.
edit: ofc try RMA first.
kylgore said:
Last ditch effort for a solution here.
I have a 16gb white that's been performing just fine... i did unlock the bootloader and root, but had no issues. That was several days ago. Today, I installed a flashlight app from the play store. (Droidlight LED Flashlight by Motorola). Once I ran the app, the camera LED came on for about 2 seconds, and then both the LED and the screen went dark. The battery was at about 80% when this happened.
The device is now completely non-responsive. Holding down the power button and any combination of keys does nothing, and there is no charging indicator when it's plugged in. I've never bricked a device before, surprised this seems to be caused by a play store app (although if it's truly bricked, I suspect some sort of power issue).
Thanks for any advice anyone can provide before I have to RMA this thing. Any Ideas?
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Hook it to a charger for some time and then try to get in fastboot mode once in a while, then go to recovery and delete the cache and do a data factory reset and reboot. That is what i would do at least.
jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? Hold Vol down + power
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Nothing works? You might be the second brick of the day
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Can't get into the bootloader. I've tried the following combination of keys...
Vol+ and Power - nothing
Vol- and Power - nothing
Vol+, Vol- and Power - nothing
Power on it's own for 2+ minutes - nothing
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Contacted Google and they're getting me an RMA... regardless, I'd be careful about running that particular app, or possibly any flashlight app.
jd1639 said:
Can you get into the bootloader? Hold Vol down + power
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Nothing works? You might be the second brick of the day
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What do you mean with second brick, does this happen, if you install a Custom ROM?
maumaumau said:
What do you mean with second brick, does this happen, if you install a Custom ROM?
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I think he means someone else started a thread as well indicating that they also had a bricked phone. I read that thread before I created this one, as mine wasn't related to fastboot or recovery. My brick occured from actions that occured during runtime, and root wasn't even acquired by the app that caused the failure.
maumaumau said:
What do you mean with second brick, does this happen, if you install a Custom ROM?
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No it doesn't happen unless you don't do your homework and screw something up. If you read and learn it's very hard to hardbrick your phone. But this is the second one I've seen today. In both cases there are unique reasons it happened.
jd1639 said:
No it doesn't happen unless you don't do your homework and screw something up. If you read and learn it's very hard to hardbrick your phone. But this is the second one I've seen today. In both cases there are unique reasons it happened.
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I flash my Phone with custom ROMs since the beginning of the Nexus era. To root and to flash my Nexus one took me like 2 hours to complete it (I admit, that I received some help back then).
For me it doesn't look here like it happened because of anyone's fault. The phone is available since this week and he's already rooted. He doesn't look like someone, who is new to it.
drain and recharge
if you have a secondary phone use it for a few days and leave your Nex5 to drain. Should be completely drained in 2-3 days. Then charge it up and try to enter bootloader.
PS: you could also try to open the phone and manually disconnect and reconnect the battery...
agent47er said:
if you have a secondary phone use it for a few days and leave your Nex5 to drain. Should be completely drained in 2-3 days. Then charge it up and try to enter bootloader.
PS: you could also try to open the phone and manually disconnect and reconnect the battery...
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I'm going to let the battery drain, but there's literally no power running through the phone right now, it's doing nothing. Something was fried, I'm afraid it will take a lot longer than 2-3 days for the battery to naturally drain.
I'd love to pop the back off and unplug the battery (that was my first thought) but I'm not doing anything to risk getting the phone replaced. I'll RMA it.
kylgore said:
I'm going to let the battery drain, but there's literally no power running through the phone right now, it's doing nothing. Something was fried, I'm afraid it will take a lot longer than 2-3 days for the battery to naturally drain.
I'd love to pop the back off and unplug the battery (that was my first thought) but I'm not doing anything to risk getting the phone replaced. I'll RMA it.
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Just rma it. It's the best you can do at this point
Replacement phone leaves the warehouse in 3-4 weeks. arggh.
kylgore said:
Replacement phone leaves the warehouse in 3-4 weeks. arggh.
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Scratch that, for those interested, my replacement phone is already in hand. Google moved pretty fast on this one.

Oppo F1 doesn't turn on

Hello guys,
My girlfriend's Oppo F1 just turned off after battery was fully discharged at night and doesn't turn on.
I've tried to charge it and turn on as well as tried to press power button + volume down button with no luck.
Any ideas on what we can do now?
OMG! After like 50 presses on power+volume down and power+volume up it finally turned on for some reason!
I don't get it actually but I'm glad it works now. Hope this thread will help someone.
wahhh.. i have the same issue but in different situation. I drained my phone un/intentionaly My battery got 2% and keep on playing games. However, while charging the charging response doesn't display. I tried to open but doesn't work. I charged it for 4-6 hours then, then try to hard press the power button but it doesn't turn on. It only blinks.. i don't know what to do then
same issue with my oppo F1 after it was drain last night, this is the 2nd time happen way back oct 2017 but i bring it to sm manila service center and i dont know what they do. they said i need to avoid drain the battery. may be i will bring it again to sm manila it only blink during charging( the led light on the upper right side). i charge it whole night and whole day but still nothing happen.
My oppo f1f dead phone
Guys gudevening. Me ask how to fix my dead phone oppo f1f after i reprogram to original version. And my computer state that "PCI DEVICE" not recognized. Pls help me guys. So many i search in youtube. But not working at me. So pls xda developer help me.
GrigoryS said:
OMG! After like 50 presses on power+volume down and power+volume up it finally turned on for some reason!
I don't get it actually but I'm glad it works now. Hope this thread will help someone.
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is your phone had been dead
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GrigoryS said:
OMG! After like 50 presses on power+volume down and power+volume up it finally turned on for some reason!
I don't get it actually but I'm glad it works now. Hope this thread will help someone.
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is your phone had been dead?
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GrigoryS said:
OMG! After like 50 presses on power+volume down and power+volume up it finally turned on for some reason!
I don't get it actually but I'm glad it works now. Hope this thread will help someone.
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is your phone had been dead?
Same thing with me . can't open my phone now . My phone is been fix one time and it's ok when it was drained it turn back on black screen when i charge it or turn it on
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IamExile said:
Same thing with me . can't open my phone now . My phone is been fix one time and it's ok when it was drained it turn back on black screen when i charge it or turn it on
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is there a way to jumpstart the phone ???

Nexus5bricked

Hello,
im new here.
My nexus 5 microphone was not working, therefore I opened it up, battery was around 12%; I patched it up and thereafter its not switching on. I have replaced the old battery with a new one, left it overnight on charge; still device is not getting on or responding to power or power+volume buttons booting option. My phone is not rooted. Connecting to the pc or laptop does not change anything. All I hear is a faint buzz from the open back of the phone indicating it is active. Need some help here seriously.
Do you see the charging animation when connected to a charger? Any indication the screen is lighting up? Possibly defective battery?
audit13 said:
Do you see the charging animation when connected to a charger? Any indication the screen is lighting up? Possibly defective battery?
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I do not see anything on the screen. It completely remains dark on charging (laptop/ wall sockets). On laptop under ports "device description failure" is the status.
nexus5bricked said:
I do not see anything on the screen. It completely remains dark on charging (laptop/ wall sockets). On laptop under ports "device description failure" is the status.
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I have replaced the old with a new battery.
Double-checked internal connections? Is possible an internal complement was damaged during the battery swap? Tried charging wirelessly or different cables and chargers?
audit13 said:
Double-checked internal connections? Is possible an internal complement was damaged during the battery swap? Tried charging wirelessly or different cables and chargers?
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I had been careful and internal components are unharmed because battery swapping was done without removing the motherboard. I dont have wireless chargers but I have used different cables.
Sounds like the phone may be bricked. The only way to really tell would be to put the motherboard into another working phone.
audit13 said:
Sounds like the phone may be bricked. The only way to really tell would be to put the motherboard into another working phone.
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Since I do not have another working android phone, will it be sensible to take it to a repair shop? Will there be a chance to bring back the phone to a working mode?
You could take it to a repair shop but they may do exactly what you have tried.
Did try try cleaning around the power button?
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You could take it to a repair shop but they may do exactly what you have tried.
Did you try cleaning around the power button?
audit13 said:
You could take it to a repair shop but they may do exactly what you have tried.
Did try try cleaning around the power button?
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You could take it to a repair shop but they may do exactly what you have tried.
Did you try cleaning around the power button?
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Yes, i have cleaned the power button.
What happens if you put the old battery back in place? Does the phone boots up? Because it's strange that a simply battery replacement bricked the device.
Sounds like you'll need to find a way to try the motherboard in another phone.
nexus5bricked said:
Hello,
im new here.
My nexus 5 microphone was not working, therefore I opened it up, battery was around 12%; I patched it up and thereafter its not switching on. I have replaced the old battery with a new one, left it overnight on charge; still device is not getting on or responding to power or power+volume buttons booting option. My phone is not rooted. Connecting to the pc or laptop does not change anything. All I hear is a faint buzz from the open back of the phone indicating it is active. Need some help here seriously.
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I've had this happen a few times. To start the phone I simply hold down the power button and the volume down button until the green robot screen shows up from which I simply start the phone. Perhaps this will work for you.

A weird battery problem.

I confronted a weird battery problem. Before this problem started, my nexus 5's screen was flickering. I researched and the flex cable was the reason of problem. I replaced it with a new one. Now my led light colors has changed. This can be acceptable but there is one big problem. Whenever I charged the phone fully, and plug it out, using some apps and whenever I use social media apps such as Instagram, Twitter, screen freezes and sometimes it reboots itself. Always this problem occurs when charge is over %60. However, when it is under %60 everything works normal. And when I plug in charge, it also freezes for a while. It's been approximately 3 years and 8 months since I bought it. Is it battery problem or else? What do you suggest?
burakkazel said:
I confronted a weird battery problem. Before this problem started, my nexus 5's screen was flickering. I researched and the flex cable was the reason of problem. I replaced it with a new one. Now my led light colors has changed. This can be acceptable but there is one big problem. Whenever I charged the phone fully, and plug it out, using some apps and whenever I use social media apps such as Instagram, Twitter, screen freezes and sometimes it reboots itself. Always this problem occurs when charge is over %60. However, when it is under %60 everything works normal. And when I plug in charge, it also freezes for a while. It's been approximately 3 years and 8 months since I bought it. Is it battery problem or else? What do you suggest?
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Are you custom?
ttocs99 said:
Are you custom?
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yes. i'm running Resurrection Remix 7.1.2 currently.
Do a full nandroid back up and flash stock see if problem persists
alright i am going to do it. I don't think it is related with software because it happens when charge is higher than %60-65. By the way, if a xda user mentions about software, I'll take it into account of course. I'll try it in few hours and feedback here.
ttocs99 said:
Do a full nandroid back up and flash stock see if problem persists
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I've flashed stock 4.4.4 kitkat. Even in setup, it reboots itself, charge is full. I don't know what to do.
Flash 6.0.1 go to https://developers.google.com/android/images 6.0.1 (M4B30Z, Dec 2016)
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I have Resurrection Remix 7.1.2 currently and I also have battery problems and I try to remove the wi-fi as show on the site to see if it's better
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/permanently-disable-delete-wifi-t3290089
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nfc, bluetooth, location all .bak work fine removed in framework and app and priv-app
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I test, get back to you with the answer if it's better
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It's better and have you greenify with amplify with xposed installed?

Phone dropped on floor, battery empty and not charging

At night I was left with 90% battery . But at morning I found my phone on floor dead. I tried to open it , but it shows empty battery. Then I tried charging then MI logo came and again showed empty battery and phone is not charging. There is no external damage to the phone as I used a rugged cover. What can I do now? I tried force reboot , fastboot etc. But no response , just MI logo and empty battery while charging.
I think, the battery cable is disconnected. You need to remove back cover and connect it. (Back cover is glued)
hi...i get similar (weird) boot/battery loop affer display replacement.
https://mega.nz/#!i5okTYKZ!738Dd_59oapTJt8Ab-n5PpOICzV0V1QZbxkASo-jbF8
first time i connected the lcd it worled ..but as soon as i assembled it again ...it started looping
not able to go in fastboot or anything.
any ideas?
Any help guys?
update:
i noticed that if i connect the broken lcd (screen completely dark) and connect to the laptop via usb it bootloop but after some times...(30 min or more) the laptop start recognize it . at that point i connect the NEW lcd (without disconnect power) and i can see that android is up&running...but touch screen doest work.
Any idea please?
Ok..if it can be of any interest...things are emproving....
Now situation is.....if i connect the new lcd to the motherboard....connect the battery and the usb cable to my laptop.....and i leave the connection this way for around 30 min....the phone boot up and it work normally.
The only problem is when i reboot it again .because it start looping again and i have to wait another 30 min to have a mobile fully working.
In addition ive noticed that when the phone is working...the battery is instuck at 50%. And battery settings say that phone is NOT in cherge even if the usb is connected to the mobile.
I belive that the charge circuit is broken....
Now i have to pray that is just the little pcb that cost only 10 bucks...more or less.....
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Obviusly ive already tried a different battery and a different usb cable....
no ideas?
paolo764 said:
no ideas?
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It might be a faulty flat cable between the main motherboard and the small board with the usb port? Just a wild guess..
Ia it glued to the screen assembly with a strong glue? You could try using the flat cable from the old display
i will give it a try and let you know.
thx for your help
paolo764 said:
i will give it a try and let you know.
thx for your help
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Did you manage to get your phone back working? Having the same situation here..
paolo764 said:
Ok..if it can be of any interest...things are emproving....
Now situation is.....if i connect the new lcd to the motherboard....connect the battery and the usb cable to my laptop.....and i leave the connection this way for around 30 min....the phone boot up and it work normally.
The only problem is when i reboot it again .because it start looping again and i have to wait another 30 min to have a mobile fully working.
In addition ive noticed that when the phone is working...the battery is instuck at 50%. And battery settings say that phone is NOT in cherge even if the usb is connected to the mobile.
I belive that the charge circuit is broken....
Now i have to pray that is just the little pcb that cost only 10 bucks...more or less.....
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Obviusly ive already tried a different battery and a different usb cable....
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Both chips responsable of power management and charge are on the main board. Hope they are not "broken/burned" in your case.

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