Hi!
I have a E350 as the title suggests.
A while back i bought a Lumia 620, i felt i needed some change from android. This 620 however, just doesn't work for me, i hate the limited amount of 'good' apps on it, the youtube app (the app i use most on all of my devices) is just a link to the webbrowser, social networking apps don't work good, half of the time it won't even charge, battery runs dry withing 20 hours. Yesterday it only lasted 10 hours. Yes, 10 hours.
Now i want to change back to my E350, but it won't turn on anymore! If u plug it into my pc or into a power outlet, the blue light just lits up. Doesn't boot. Now, i did some research on it and a lot of posts on the web tell me that it's bricked by installing a wrong firmware or something. The funny thing is, it never connected to my pc, windows always said the device can't be recognized because it doesn't work good. So i never changed something on the phone. Never rooted or anything. How can it be bricked if i haven't done anything to it? And how can i pull it out of it's "bricked" situation? Please someone help me cause i'm getting sick of my Lumia.
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I already posted this in the appropriate forum, but didn't see much of a response and it technically is a question so here it is:
What the title said. And I searched this on XDA and found several threads but none that cater to my exact problem, and if there are then it was simply because I didn't want to/don't have the time to go through hundreds of threads. Anyways, My Xperia Play (R800a) from Rogers (Canadian Service Provider) has been nothing but trouble for me. I got it Christmas day in 2011 and it worked beautifully for around 6 or 7 months. Then it started acting up. Like battery draining real fast, then not charging, then charging, then working for a day then not working for a week and then another day it worked then it just died (or at least the battery).
So I gave up on it and popped my SIM in my old iPhone 3G. Well I recently just bought another BST-41 XPLAY battery from amazon and I have had probably a 1% increase in some sort of success with trying to bring this thing back to life. I remember I rooted it but I never didn't anything with the root. Moving along, the phone with its original battery would blink 3 times in a pattern for maybe 2-3 minutes then there would be no blinking lights. With my new battery it just continuously blinking 3 times in the same pattern it did with my old battery.
Phoned Sony support yelled at them, its not on warranty anymore and I don't know what to do with it. I have read it could be the charger or the USB port, or cord. But right now with the 3 blinking red lights I think it means its charging... I just don't know. I wish this phone would come back to life already. I tried PC companion too and it doesn't recognize my phone. Oh and when I charge it on my PC I get the same blinking red light 3x and its also just doing that continuously.
If one of you have a solution to this, without linking me to another thread, because I have spent the past year looking at ways to fix it and I ran into some threads on here that haven't helped me, then I would be forever in your debt! Right now I am on my knees praying for this thing its just ridiculous.
Hi, i have an s6 (non edge), i do have it insured so not sure if i would be best trying to get it swapped or see how it goes?
I have had no problems up to now, been using it most of the day fine, the last time i looked at my phone was probaby about 30 mins before this happened and it had about 75% battery.
before i took my phone out my pocket and it was completely off, i kept pushing the power button in and getting no response at all, i plugged the phone into the mains and nothing happened, no charge light etc..
So i just left it connected to the mains with nothing happening for about 15 mins, then out the blue i pressed the power button in again and it come on, at it was starting i noticed it said android is updating an app (as it does when you have just installed a new fw) but this was only for 1 app by the looks, i hadn't installed anything new i can think of, not sure if thats related or not important?
Anyway my phone seems ok at the moment but now im not sure if i should just take it back the shop and get it changed seems i have it insured anyway, the phone is around 3 months old now.
Sorry, i am just editing this, i have just remembered one main point which i forgot i done earlier when reading that it can help your phone, i did go into dev options and i changed the 'limit background processes to 4' as i read this can help it, not sure if this was a bad idea?
Any advice?
Thanks
James
Possibly a defective battery.
I'm getting my second phone and its the Asus zenfone. When I first get it what should I do? Should I first charge it fully and then use it or should I just use it and then plug it in later? I really don't want to mess up the battery because my first phone I ever got was the s3 and after four months the battery didn't work that well and two years later now my phone drains quickly that I can't charge my phone with the charger. I connect my phone to my ps4 to charge it. So besides the battery are there any other things I should do? I've never rooted my phone before so should I do it for my zenfone 2? If so what skin should I use, I heard cyanogen mod is very good. Also how can I transfer my contacts and pictures/music to my new phone? If I use a new Google account for my phone can I still transfer my pictures that are associated with my old gmail that is associated with my s 3. Sorry for the long post, I'm really excited for my phone and I want it to rub the best and last me at least 2 years or more.
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I'm getting my second phone and its the Asus zenfone. When I first get it what should I do? Should I first charge it fully and then use it or should I just use it and then plug it in later? I really don't want to mess up the battery because my first phone I ever got was the s3 and after four months the battery didn't work that well and two years later now my phone drains quickly that I can't charge my phone with the charger. I connect my phone to my ps4 to charge it. So besides the battery are there any other things I should do? I've never rooted my phone before so should I do it for my zenfone 2? If so what skin should I use, I heard cyanogen mod is very good. Also how can I transfer my contacts and pictures/music to my new phone? If I use a new Google account for my phone can I still transfer my pictures that are associated with my old gmail that is associated with my s 3. Sorry for the long post, I'm really excited for my phone and I want it to rub the best and last me at least 2 years or more.
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Hi, welcome to XDA, and welcome to the Zenfone 2 family!
If it's all right, I will try to answer each question in point form...
Usually when you get a new phone, the battery level is around 60%. I, being impatient (especially with this one), plugged it in then turned it on to use it, until battery level reached 100%, then unplugged.
There is probably big, conflicting discussion about this, but messing up your first charge probably isn't going to ruin your battery or take months off of it's life.
I think best practice is try not to let the level fall below 40% (but don't panic if it does and your day is not yet over), but more importantly, don't leave it on the charger for way longer than needed to get to 100% (the phone's ROM has an estimate of when battery reached 100% to help) - in the same token don't panic if you lay for charge and then fall asleep, waking up in the middle of the night, or even morning when you realize it's still on the charger - just unplug .
If you have to charge your S3 with your PS4, it sounds more like your charger adapter died on you.
If you never rooted, although you are missing out on a wide world, there are consequences in that world (safeguards are there for a reason). Bravery is a prerequisite. In short, if you don't need root, I wouldn't bother.
CyanogenMod is a possibility for this device, once your bootloader is unlocked (and only specific versions of the stock ROM allow you to do this). But honestly, for stability, stick with stock for a while, and if you hate it (I personally like it), then can try something different.
If you have used Google services for everything ... photos (Picasa or whatever it's now called), contacts, et cetera, all that should translate to the new phone once you sign in. Music, you will have to copy over from your old phone, the easiest way is to connect to PC via data cable, enable MTP, and collect the files. Then reverse direction for the ZF2.
No worries!
Any other questions you may have you can ask here (once you have registered for an XDA account):
> Asus ZenFone 2 > ZenFone 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting > [GENERAL HELP] Post Your Questions Here Instead of Making a New Thread
Hope this helps, and good luck!
P.S. I shall see you on the ZF2 forums...
I have had the p900 for about two years now. Rooted it some time ago and installed CyanogenMod without any problems. But just recently, when I tried to reset the tablet, it got stuck on twrp. I thought I would let the battery drain and see what would happen afterwards, but now I can't get it to turn on anymore, even though I let it charge. The tablet really doesn't do anything anymore, can't go into download mode and it isn't regocnized by my computer either. So I think it's bricked, but since I'm not really the most tech savvy person, I thought I'd ask here... Could anyone tell me if this sounds like it really is bricked, or if there is still hope?
I'm wondering if your battery discharged too far down, basically killing it. Once that happens, it no longer holds any charge. I've seen that happen on an older battery (actually happened on one of my laptops!). You could try removing the back of the tablet and disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it after a few minutes, then putting the charger back on and see if you get lights. (if you're going to do that, might as well have a new one in front of you and just replace it - easy to do, and Amazon has batteries for a decent price from a few different vendors - just did that to my Note Pro last week. Youtube it for directions, it's easy if you are patient. I used this one, http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00N4KRSVW and it is working well - even got rid of the flickering screen around 50% power and below...
Hey all,
I've posted this on a couple of other forums too (so some of you may have seen it there too) but I'm still struggling with my issues.
I stupidly dropped my phone and when I picked it up it was off which I thought was strange and ever since then the phone has taken forever to charge, when not on charge and turned on it runs super hot and generally keeps restarting itself, also the android system usage is really high and each app I go on the usage seems to be double what it used to be. When hitting 99% charge (when the phone is off) the battery symbol shows up with an exclamation mark in it (seems concerning).
I've browsed the web for answers and I've done everything suggested bar the factory reset as I don't think that will fix it as others had no success so I'm a bit stumped and I'm wondering if anyone could help. (I would try this eventually, but I can't seem to make it connect to my PC to back it up)
Thanks in advance
Xlemi said:
Hey all,
I've posted this on a couple of other forums too (so some of you may have seen it there too) but I'm still struggling with my issues.
I stupidly dropped my phone and when I picked it up it was off which I thought was strange and ever since then the phone has taken forever to charge, when not on charge and turned on it runs super hot and generally keeps restarting itself, also the android system usage is really high and each app I go on the usage seems to be double what it used to be. When hitting 99% charge (when the phone is off) the battery symbol shows up with an exclamation mark in it (seems concerning).
I've browsed the web for answers and I've done everything suggested bar the factory reset as I don't think that will fix it as others had no success so I'm a bit stumped and I'm wondering if anyone could help. (I would try this eventually, but I can't seem to make it connect to my PC to back it up)
Thanks in advance
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You're dealing with some kind of hardware damage, you probably should take it to a reputable professional service shop.
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