Hey guys,
So I rooted my U20i, then went to unlock the bootloader. Somewhere in the process of unlocking the bootloader, something went wrong, and now the phone is completely unresponsive. Like, nothing works. If I plug in the USB cable, the computer does not recognize it. If I try to power it on, nothing happens. It's essentially 100% dead.
So, what can I do? I tried using SEUS and the companion software, but it won't recognize the phone. As far as my computer knows the phone isn't plugged in. Can I purchase the DavinciTeam reflash? I'm really at a loss for what to do since I've never had a handset just completely stop functioning in every way before.
Thanks.
Every other time I've heard of someone bricking their phone, it has always still been recognized by their PC when plugged in, but this phone does not even get recognized. I'm really at a loss for what to do.
I think I may have bricked my phone. I flashed the wrong clockwordmod,with ROM manager,I accidentally hit the wrong phone type. I followed advice I found another forum,to take out the battery,boot into recovery,and then flash the correct clockworkmod. But when I went to boot into recovery,I discovered,Lo and Behold,the damn thing wont boot. I have a a Samsung Galaxy Prevail (Im sorry I couldnt find the forum for it.)
Im wondering,is there anyway at all to fix this? I would love it if there is a solution,Anything,any ideas. All are welcome,please and thank you.
You say it won't boot, does it not turn on at all?! or does it just get stuck at the android logo? if it gets stuck at the android logo you should be able to boot into fastboot, connect to the PC and flash recovery via there.
Wont turn on at all... Sorry I didnt mention that,Ive tried taking out the battery,then holding the volume up and power at the same time,no luck,just holding power,nothing,Power and home,home and camera,etc...
Nothing is turning my phone on. It wont boot at all,its just a black screen. I plugged it into the charger,same thing.
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Wont turn on at all... Sorry I didnt mention that,Ive tried taking out the battery,then holding the volume up and power at the same time,no luck,just holding power,nothing,Power and home,home and camera,etc...
Nothing is turning my phone on. It wont boot at all,its just a black screen. I plugged it into the charger,same thing.
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Hate to break it to you but if there is no life coming from it, not turning on into any mode, don't think there is much you can do...
I assumed as much,but I just wanted to be 100% before I gave in and bought a new phone. Thanks though.
Did you try to turn it on by USB cable? Hold Volume UP and plug in the USB cable that will be connected to your PC. If not, try other combinations, like Volume DOWN, HOME and POWER.
No,I hadnt tried the USB cable method actually. Sadly,it didnt work. I have been trying the other button-combinations,nothing. My phone wont even light up when i put it on the charger,it just stays on the same black screen. I havent seen anything but the black screen since I originally removed the battery to install a new clockworkmod.
I've had a similar situation happen to me. You probably mucked up your android OS badly. And for those who don't know, without a proper android OS on your phone, the device can not charge from a standard wall charger or something like this. I've seen people tear a USB cable down and manually charge it like that.
You're battery was probably close to death, and if it wasn't, then something happened that drained it quickly. So try stripping a USB cable and then try turning it on.
I had an issue with my Sensation going back a few months, I was restoring it to stock, when the phone crashed (plenty of battery), and since then the screen does not display anything.
I did some fairly in depth investigation into it, and it turned out that it's a hardware rom issue, and apparently it is something that is repairable by HTC. I would assume Samsung would be the same. But, tbh I'm not sure how Samsung would respond and if they would be able to assist you...
Sorry for your loss!
Its usually pretty tough to reallyyy brick a phone. Similar to a zombie, however I do not recommend shooting or taking a chainsaw to your phone.
Try this take the galaxy plug it in usb into a computer.
This Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
Download the jar file. Install when it asks for drivers install the samsung composite run it and if it works (who knows) ull at least be booted into download mode.
If you've already tried it eh if not
Good luck.
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Sorry if this is something that has been covered before. I searched, and searched and didn't find my exact problem. Any guidance you may have, including links to the appropriate threads is greatly appreciated.
My Q shutdown today while it was sitting in my pocket during a meeting. It was way too soon for my battery to be dead, but I tried charging it, both by USB on a computer and on a stock charger just in case. The backlight on the screen comes on for a few seconds every minute or so, regardless of whether its on hte charger or not. The screen is black otherwise. The battery is HOT, even after being off the charger for a long time. I tried soft-reset and booting into recovery with no luck. Plugging into USB on a computer that has Moto Device manager installed results in the computer alternating between recognizing and not recognizing the device every few seconds (seemingly in concert with the backlight turning on and off) but it does not recognize it long enough to load directories, etc. RSD lite will not recognize the device.
I wasn't doing anything with the phone at the time. It is rooted but not unlocked.
Any ideas? Will I run into a warranty issue since it was rooted even though it's not unlocked?
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Sorry if this is something that has been covered before. I searched, and searched and didn't find my exact problem. Any guidance you may have, including links to the appropriate threads is greatly appreciated.
My Q shutdown today while it was sitting in my pocket during a meeting. It was way too soon for my battery to be dead, but I tried charging it, both by USB on a computer and on a stock charger just in case. The backlight on the screen comes on for a few seconds every minute or so, regardless of whether its on hte charger or not. The screen is black otherwise. The battery is HOT, even after being off the charger for a long time. I tried soft-reset and booting into recovery with no luck. Plugging into USB on a computer that has Moto Device manager installed results in the computer alternating between recognizing and not recognizing the device every few seconds (seemingly in concert with the backlight turning on and off) but it does not recognize it long enough to load directories, etc. RSD lite will not recognize the device.
I wasn't doing anything with the phone at the time. It is rooted but not unlocked.
Any ideas? Will I run into a warranty issue since it was rooted even though it's not unlocked?
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Have you tried to force reboot (Vol down + Power button for about 7-10 secs)?
Yes. Thanks for the reply. That's what I meant by soft reset. What the issue, I figured out, was that my battery had decided to self-destruct. It didn't have enough charge to even boot the phone successfully, so it was not possible to put it into recovery mode or anything else. I took it to Sprint and they replaced it under warranty.
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Hello everyone,
Last night when i went to bed my phone was working perfectly fine, it still had around 75% battery life. This morning i found it completely dead.
I can't turn it on at all, i have had it on the charger for over 2 hours so the battery can't be empty. While its on the charger the notification LED is lit up. I have tried the two minute press but no luck. No matter what i do its not turning on at all, also its not vibrating at all. I hope you guys can help me out, since i'm clueless at this point.
Cheers,
Joey
If you have a windows machine, connect the phone to the computer and see if it is recognized as anything in device manager. If you see something like "qhsusb", the phone may be bricked and you'll have to try and unbrick it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/how-to-revive-hard-bricked-moto-g-t2833798
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If you have a windows machine, connect the phone to the computer and see if it is recognized as anything in device manager. If you see something like "qhsusb", the phone may be bricked and you'll have to try and unbrick it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/help/how-to-revive-hard-bricked-moto-g-t2833798
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The phone does not show up inside the device manager at all, nor does windows make a sound if i plug in the usb cable.
My motorola atrix has been doing good. This is not the new one. I have had it a few years. One night I had it charging in the laptop dock. Then it began turning on and off. Then it entered a bootloop and stayed there. After this i tried taking out battery, wiping the partition and it continued.
I plugged into computer with the motorola usb cable and the green light comes on but phone does not turn on. I can hear it being recognized by the computer because I hear it as if it is turning on and off but nothing is on the screen. Little later I plug into the wall charger. After awhile I get a grayed out battery with a question mark.
The odd thing is my samsung galaxy tablet is doing the same thing ie stuck in a boot loop. Must be an app I had on both devices that is causing this. I did change facebook passcode but did not change on the devices. That is the only change I made. I have not made any changes to the phone. It was already an unlocked phone when I got it.
Is there software I can use to get into my phone to some how access my photos/videos before trying to do a reset?
I also bought a new battery and it does the same as the old battery grayed out with question mark.
Just now I got into a menu to try recovery but I got a triangle with yellow exclamation mark.
Also, when I plug in the wall charger the phone screen turns on and stays on the motorola logo. Have to take out battery and unplug to make it go back off.
And just now unplugged from wall connected to usb on computer and it is in a boot loop with motorola animation, rethink possible and then off and boots again. But soon stops since it must be running out the battery due to slower charging time with a usb.
Any suggestions please? Thank you.
Hello and thank you for using XDA Assist,
sorry for the delayed answer!
which Motorola Atrix? HD? 4G? 2?
Kind regards and good luck
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