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About 2 days a go my Inspire started going into car mode by itself. I figured it was something I did from installing roms so I put everything back to stock and it fixed the problem for a few hours. Then the problem started again.
So I took the phone to ATT and of course it worked fine when I was there. However as soon as I started driving home it started up again. I then plugged my phone into the car charger and it stopped. So now I'm wondering if it's an issue caused by the usb port, or the usb cable that came with the phone from HTC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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About 2 days a go my Inspire started going into car mode by itself. I figured it was something I did from installing roms so I put everything back to stock and it fixed the problem for a few hours. Then the problem started again.
So I took the phone to ATT and of course it worked fine when I was there. However as soon as I started driving home it started up again. I then plugged my phone into the car charger and it stopped. So now I'm wondering if it's an issue caused by the usb port, or the usb cable that came with the phone from HTC.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Do u have ur bluetooth synced to car? If yes, that's a trigger for car mode to pop up. U can disable this in the app settings.
I don't have any bluetooth devices at all.
I should have been more clear I guess. It goes into car mode just sitting in my pocket. or on my desk.
intermission said:
I don't have any bluetooth devices at all.
I should have been more clear I guess. It goes into car mode just sitting in my pocket. or on my desk.
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If u don't plan on using it, u can freeze it in tibu, or set it to "disable on boot, keep disabled" options in start up auditor, or rename the apk to bak extension.
diablo009 said:
If u don't plan on using it, u can freeze it in tibu, or set it to "disable on boot, keep disabled" options in start up auditor, or rename the apk to bak extension.
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I never plan on using it, i'll try that out tonight. First I need to re-root my phone though.
I've been having the same issue, always from my pocket with the screen off. I'm running gingerbeast 1.0 and just figured it was rom related, thinking something else now.
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stickbo said:
I've been having the same issue, always from my pocket with the screen off. I'm running gingerbeast 1.0 and just figured it was rom related, thinking something else now.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
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I was running CM7 when it started, so I went back to Leedroid and it kept happening. So I loaded up CoreDroid and still had the same problem. No I'm 100% with s-on and everything and it was still not working until I plugged it into my car charger for some reason.
I ran into this same problem, it would just go into car mode for no reason and when I would get out it would just go back into it. I haven't done anything to the phone since I got it, no rooting or anything like that. But then after I restarted it a couple times and took the battery out it was fine. good luck on getting this fixed
hey guys new to the forum. i just started running into this problem over the last day and a half and signed up to ask about it. I just got this phone a bit under a month ago and havent rooted the phone or downloaded any non market apps.
I planned on taking it to AT&T tomorrow, but was curious if there was a fix i could do before hand.. has anyone found a way to fix the problem for sure?
I did a battery pull on it, and plugged it into my car charger and that fixed it for some reason.
Yep have/had the same deal. Not rom dependent. I deleted the God damn thing I finally got so tired of it happening at the worst times, and all is well in the world since. Kinda a wierd bug. I honestly thought it was something my dumbass was doing, good to see im not alone.
Hi guys, I'm also having the same problem. Tried google search but only thing came up was people complaining when they plug it into a USB cable which understandably will trigger it
Mine however would do it on its own, sometimes when I'm in the middle of something, sometimes it just sit there. I was not rooted when it started happening. After rooting, it's still doing it. I'm still on stock ROM right now but from what you guys said then even if I go to custom ROM it would still be the same issue then
There's a way to disable it from what others posted online, by going into the Navigation app and go to option and turn off automatic car mode. Unfortunately every time I open Navigation, mine will always says your country is not supported (I'm in Kuwait) and switch to google maps and won't let me go to option so I'm kinda screwed
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If u don't plan on using it, u can freeze it in tibu, or set it to "disable on boot, keep disabled" options in start up auditor, or rename the apk to bak extension.
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I want to try this, but which APK is it included in? Is it part of "Locations"?
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I want to try this, but which APK is it included in? Is it part of "Locations"?
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It should be something like car home or car dock.
I don't see anything related to car dock or navigation or anything of the sort on Tibu.
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I don't see anything related to car dock or navigation or anything of the sort on Tibu.
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I found it finally. It is called "CarHomeGoogle.apk" under /system/app folder. Try looking for the same on urs too. Maybe look for CarHome.apk if that's not found, and rename it to .bak file.
This happens everytime i use my car charger. Turns out i can use my radio to charch my phone through the USB port so i just switched it over to that.
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I found it finally. It is called "CarHomeGoogle.apk" under /system/app folder. Try looking for the same on urs too. Maybe look for CarHome.apk if that's not found, and rename it to .bak file.
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No luck there either.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062471
I had the same problem quite a while ago.
The problem is that the Inspire's mini USB port is not engineered well in a way that the gold pins touch each other in some way, which emulates the way a car charger starts up car mode.
My solution was to clean up the port using an air blower, since dust can arc the two pins together, shorting it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1062471
I had the same problem quite a while ago.
The problem is that the Inspire's mini USB port is not engineered well in a way that the gold pins touch each other in some way, which emulates the way a car charger starts up car mode.
My solution was to clean up the port using an air blower, since dust can arc the two pins together, shorting it.
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No luck there or finding the cargoogle.apk in coredroid. Any other ideas?I have a feeling that this is what is causing my screen to come on by itself thus draining my battery.
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Yesterday (08/02/2013) I updated my tf700t, everything seemed to be fine after it rebooted, I was playing a game, the battery was low, and it turned off abruptly. I assumed it automatically shutdown because of the battery, so I put it in the dock and plugged in the charger. Several hours later I tried turning it on and nothing. I held down the power button for 8 seconds felt the double vibration, but no display. I tried various combinations of docked/undocked, power cord plugged in, holding the power button for 30-60 sec. etc. but nothing.
Out of curiosity I connected the HDMI to my computer monitor and sure enough, it was there, I could unlock it and everything seems to be functioning fine, just no display. The digitizer seems to work fine, although guessing where things are at is pretty tough.
I think I tried the cold boot, volume up/down (I tried both) plus power, and it didn't make a difference.
In order to do the update I had to flush the DMC Client and CMClient data and cache, I had been getting errors from DMC Client crashing.
Also I'm not certain this is update related, as the tablet had been acting wierd, which is why I did the update. I would press the power button to turn the screen on and nothing would happen, so I'd hold it down longer and the tablet would reboot and finally the screen would come on, or it would come on a few seconds after I pressed the button. I was getting a lot of reboots etc... I thought the update might resolve this.
I'm not sure if the problem is hardware, firmware, or software related.
I'm wondering if when I flushed the DMC and CM Client cache, maybe I deleted the drivers for the display or something?
My options seem to be:
1.) Factory reset by feeling around the digitizer while connected to HDMI
2.) Factory reset via the pinhole
3.) Install new (old) firmware via usb/computer. (the device is recognized by Windows 7 so I think this is doable.)
4.) Send it off to Asus. (would this be free?)
So my questions are:
1.) is there something else I should try?
2.) what order should I do the above in?
*Note: I'd like to save my data somehow.
*Edit: I forgot to mention I was on 4.2.1, no root or anything. Also I bought this in July of '12 so I'm pretty sure it is out of warranty. Any idea how much it might cost to send it off? Perhaps I could replace the LCD myself? I replaced the digitizer/screen on an ipod touch, although I'm sure this LCD is much more expensive and much harder to replace. This is turning into a nightmare. So much for trying to keep my data, now I hoping to keep this from becomming a paperweight.
Thanks.
A bloke at work had this issue. He let it rundown and left it for 3 days. It worked fine again after that.
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I'm not sure if the problem is hardware, firmware, or software related.
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If you don't even see the boot logo, it cannot be software related.
Thanks for the replies.
I'll try letting it run down. Would putting it in the freeser be helpful/safe?
I guess on the software/firmware it depends on the definition. To me drivers are software, firmware is anything written in VHDL. I suppose what I'm really wondering is if it is software/firmware vs. hardware, i.e. is the LCD or some other component dead or is the display just not getting written to, initialized or whatever.
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I'll try letting it run down. Would putting it in the freeser be helpful/safe?
I guess on the software/firmware it depends on the definition. To me drivers are software, firmware is anything written in VHDL. I suppose what I'm really wondering is if it is software/firmware vs. hardware, i.e. is the LCD or some other component dead or is the display just not getting written to, initialized or whatever.
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I wouldn't put the tablet into the freezer.
Does the backlight come on? If not, it's definitely a hardware problem. If the bootloader boots fine but doesn't show anything, that also looks like a hardware problem.
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I wouldn't put the tablet into the freezer.
Does the backlight come on? If not, it's definitely a hardware problem. If the bootloader boots fine but doesn't show anything, that also looks like a hardware problem.
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I'm not sure about the backlight, I think maybe it does, it is kind of hard to tell. I'll try checking in a dark room tonight. Since the screen is just black I suppose I'm looking for a brighter shade of blackness?
The bootloader is definitely booting fine. That is what I meant in my original post, the HDMI out works, I can see everything there, I can even swipe and tap the digitizer and do stuff, it is just difficult to guess where things are at. Do I need to go back and clarify this in my original post?
Do you think this definitely means it is a hardware problem? I figure I'll try letting the battery run all the way down and let it sit a few days and recharge it as sbdags suggested, in the meantime perhaps I should contact Asus, but I'm not lookinf forward to that.
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I'm not sure about the backlight, I think maybe it does, it is kind of hard to tell. I'll try checking in a dark room tonight. Since the screen is just black I suppose I'm looking for a brighter shade of blackness?
The bootloader is definitely booting fine. That is what I meant in my original post, the HDMI out works, I can see everything there, I can even swipe and tap the digitizer and do stuff, it is just difficult to guess where things are at. Do I need to go back and clarify this in my original post?
Do you think this definitely means it is a hardware problem? I figure I'll try letting the battery run all the way down and let it sit a few days and recharge it as sbdags suggested, in the meantime perhaps I should contact Asus, but I'm not lookinf forward to that.
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I don't know what is the cause but like I said I saw this with my very own eyes - the same as yours. Double buzz on boot not screen but HDMI worked. Somehow completely draining the battery fixed it ...... So hardware / software? Who knows? If it was hardware why did draining the battery fix it? The device has been absolutely perfect for 3 months since and has never done it again.....
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I don't know what is the cause but like I said I saw this with my very own eyes - the same as yours. Double buzz on boot not screen but HDMI worked. Somehow completely draining the battery fixed it ...... So hardware / software? Who knows? If it was hardware why did draining the battery fix it? The device has been absolutely perfect for 3 months since and has never done it again.....
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Thanks sbdags, I will definitely try this. I'm not sure if I should hurry and contact Asus though, I bought this thing around July 22 2012 I think so it is barely more than a year old, not sure if they would cut me some slack on the warranty or not.
Do you think I need to let it sit three days or just make sure the battery is good and run down before charging again? Also I've seen some suggestions for charging from a computer vs. wall as it charges slower, do you think that would be better?
I'm getting into panic mode and want to make sure I don't do anything rash that limits my options.
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Thanks sbdags, I will definitely try this. I'm not sure if I should hurry and contact Asus though, I bought this thing around July 22 2012 I think so it is barely more than a year old, not sure if they would cut me some slack on the warranty or not.
Do you think I need to let it sit three days or just make sure the battery is good and run down before charging again? Also I've seen some suggestions for charging from a computer vs. wall as it charges slower, do you think that would be better?
I'm getting into panic mode and want to make sure I don't do anything rash that limits my options.
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All he did was leave it for 3 days. Our assumption was that the battery had completely drained in that time....... A charge later (he was actually just about to box it to send to Asus) and it surprisingly started as if nothing had happened.
Having the same problem
I am having almost the same problem, except that the tablet screen works when the wall charger is plugged in. THe HDMI display and the digitizer work fine. It is just the tablet's screen dispaly when the charger is unplugged.
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All he did was leave it for 3 days. Our assumption was that the battery had completely drained in that time....... A charge later (he was actually just about to box it to send to Asus) and it surprisingly started as if nothing had happened.
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So I didn't have any luck letting it run all the way down.
I contacted customer support, the warranty is only 1 year, but fortunately for this there is an extra 3 months, so I just managed to squeak by, although I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
same problem as you both
i have d same problem well until last week the screen displays when conne ted to wall charger now its all blank but iy works via hdmi, digitizer works fine but all blank, this tf201, does anyone know if i change d whole display it will work?
i already bought the tf701
any suggestions is welcomed and did you get youra to work?
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I guess on the software/firmware it depends on the definition. To me drivers are software, firmware is anything written in VHDL.
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I have not seen people mentioning VHDL and verilog for a while, hahaha... It sounds like you are a low level or physical layer programmer. Any way, a firmware is in general a low level program that communicating with the hardware and the software or high level program ( level 7).. If you will, a firmware is a management levels (level 2 and 3). A VHDL is a level 1 which generates a 0's and 1's or mapping the transistors in the FPGA chip for example.... Oh well, it is just my definition...
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I suppose what I'm really wondering is if it is software/firmware vs. hardware, i.e. is the LCD or some other component dead or is the display just not getting written to, initialized or whatever.
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If you can get the output from the HDMI port, it is more likely you have a hardware problems. I think that the problems are your display related hardware. If you really want to troubleshoot your issues, you can look on the mother board to locate all the electrolytic caps and check to see any abnormal signs of those capacitors. Those caps are the one that will blew up first before any others parts go....Good luck...:fingers-crossed:
Hey guys I've had my N5 for almost a year now but it seems to have gone kaput on me recently...
On Monday I was on a skype call, (just audio) when my phone suddenly restarted, I didn't pay much mind to it as that happened before and it would usually just cut back on, but this time, it restarted, and restarted and just didn't stop. That lead me to think its the power button being stuck so i checked it out and made sure its not being depressed and well yeah it wasn't. And soon after that the phones screen was sometimes on during the reboots and sometimes off. I knew it was rebooting because the N5 vibrates a bit when Google pops up on the loading screen in a certain way, but yeah now the screen doesn't light up at all, there's still vibrations and sounds like when I call or when I say Okay Google a few times, the LED will even light up during a call. I know the phone is "on and working" in the background but the screen doesn't light up and as such I can't touch it, any ideas and or advice friends?
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Possibly your backlight burnt out? Water damage?
if you are running cyanogenmod, you could be experiencing sod "sleep of death". thats when you know the phone is on and working, but the screen doesnt turn on. ive been reading lots of complaints about cm and the sod.
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Possibly your backlight burnt out? Water damage?
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As the phone kept rebooting it went from seeing everything, to seeing nothing but the back light to dark, so maybe? It was just by me on my desk too so I was doubtful about the water damage but I put it in the sealed rice bag for about 24 hours just in case but still no luck.
I actually am running cyanogenmod and whenever I do have a problem I always feel that its related to CM as the phone doesn't have any physical damage...maybe I should look into that, any other ideas friends?
P.S I am using the ElementalX Kernel and UNFORTUNATELY I turned on the FAST CHARGE USB option and that makes the phone play funny with the computer, if you guys have any advice as to how I could turn off that option please do let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...l-06-03-14-one-click-factory-restore-t2513937
I used this tool to try and remove anything that could be bothering my phone, software wise, and I'm not sure if it wiped away Kernels and Roms but thought you guys should know, my computer now recognizes the phone and I can see folders and such, which are now empty.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...l-06-03-14-one-click-factory-restore-t2513937
I used this tool to try and remove anything that could be bothering my phone, software wise, and I'm not sure if it wiped away Kernels and Roms but thought you guys should know, my computer now recognizes the phone and I can see folders and such, which are now empty.
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all it does is completely wipe your phone and install an older android version. flashing the factory img will do the same, except youll get the newest android version. don't use these tools, doing things the right way will be more beneficial to you. anyways, since cm is having issues, try a different rom, or just go stock.
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all it does is completely wipe your phone and install an older android version. flashing the factory img will do the same, except youll get the newest android version. don't use these tools, doing things the right way will be more beneficial to you. anyways, since cm is having issues, try a different rom, or just go stock.
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Thats my problem though my screen is still untouchable or see able and it makes it hard to flash stuff since I can't properly use TWRP, and having the fast charge hack on my computer doesnt really sense im in USB Debug but I guesssss its off now though, but still no screen loving
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Thats my problem though my screen is still untouchable or see able and it makes it hard to flash stuff since I can't properly use TWRP, and having the fast charge hack on my computer doesnt really sense im in USB Debug but I guesssss its off now though, but still no screen loving
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if still no screen, its probably physically damaged(hit or factory damage). is an exchange possible?
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if still no screen, its probably physically damaged(hit or factory damage). is an exchange possible?
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Well i got mine through the Play Store and I did think about an RMA, I know there was that free screen replacement thing going on but the customer rep sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about. and I'm thinking its a flex cable issue as my phone hasn't incurred any damage from drops or bumps or anything since i make it a point to be stationary while using phone, but....where the sim card tray is, that "bridge" or thin piece on the bottom side toward the phone has split as a result of my bad sim card ejecting, but that was when i first obtained the phone, also there is another split, inside the phone there is a canopy above the charging port that is split but i still know that occurred long before this, and its not even an electrical piece along with the sim card bridge thing.
BUTTT yeah im afraid if I RMA they will use that as an excuse to charge me $400, even though I know it's not playing any sort of factor in my screen acting up....Is there a policy on that?
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Well i got mine through the Play Store and I did think about an RMA, I know there was that free screen replacement thing going on but the customer rep sounded like he had no idea what I was talking about. and I'm thinking its a flex cable issue as my phone hasn't incurred any damage from drops or bumps or anything since i make it a point to be stationary while using phone, but....where the sim card tray is, that "bridge" or thin piece on the bottom side toward the phone has split as a result of my bad sim card ejecting, but that was when i first obtained the phone, also there is another split, inside the phone there is a canopy above the charging port that is split but i still know that occurred long before this, and its not even an electrical piece along with the sim card bridge thing.
BUTTT yeah im afraid if I RMA they will use that as an excuse to charge me $400, even though I know it's not playing any sort of factor in my screen acting up....Is there a policy on that?
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ive rma'ed before, google is really good about it. i sent my nexus 7 back with a custom recovery, rom, kernel.. and the thing going on with google and exchanging the n5 once without question, isnt about the screen, its for anything.
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ive rma'ed before, google is really good about it. i sent my nexus 7 back with a custom recovery, rom, kernel.. and the thing going on with google and exchanging the n5 once without question, isnt about the screen, its for anything.
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I suppose I might as well shoot for it? Is there a way to decline paying for the device if they decide that I should pay?
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I suppose I might as well shoot for it? Is there a way to decline paying for the device if they decide that I should pay?
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send back the rma? honestly, i dont know. i dont know anyone thats ever had to pay. unless its obvious that you did something, youll be fine.
So when you hold down the power button and the vol - for about 15 seconds the bootloader screen doesn't show up? If so, yeah try to RMA.
I will chat it up with one of the customer service peeps and see what they think then, and maybe even hopefully one will know about the replace anything deal
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So when you hold down the power button and the vol - for about 15 seconds the bootloader screen doesn't show up? If so, yeah try to RMA.
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and yup Ik its in bootloader mode though because the computer beeps and tries installing drivers and what not and also because it does that single vibrate, but yeah the screen is still dark so I can't see my selections, I believe I can still actually make a selection though, just unable to see them
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and yup Ik its in bootloader mode though because the computer beeps and tries installing drivers and what not and also because it does that single vibrate, but yeah the screen is still dark so I can't see my selections, I believe I can still actually make a selection though, just unable to see them
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Check to make sure you have the newest drivers (there's a sticky in the general section with all the useful info). If you bought it from the play store see if you can get an RMA - Google seems to have a good rep with this. It wouldn't hurt to flash a factory image to erase everything either before sending it off (privacy and whatnot). If you have the newest TWRP (2.8.0.1) if you boot into recovery and you should be able to access the internal storage without having to select anything (in case there's anything there not backed up). Boot to recovery is volume down twice and power I think.
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Check to make sure you have the newest drivers (there's a sticky in the general section with all the useful info). If you bought it from the play store see if you can get an RMA - Google seems to have a good rep with this. It wouldn't hurt to flash a factory image to erase everything either before sending it off (privacy and whatnot). If you have the newest TWRP (2.8.0.1) if you boot into recovery and you should be able to access the internal storage without having to select anything (in case there's anything there not backed up). Boot to recovery is volume down twice and power I think.
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Well now that I used that tool I'm not sure if my recovery is still TWRP or if it's stock, it flashed a stock factory image I'm told, but that doesn't remove the Kernel and Recovery too does it? I wanna get it as stock as possible before I sent it out. At this point I believe it has a factory image but I can't say for sure about anything else
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Well now that I used that tool I'm not sure if my recovery is still TWRP or if it's stock, it flashed a stock factory image I'm told, but that doesn't remove the Kernel and Recovery too does it? I wanna get it as stock as possible before I sent it out. At this point I believe it has a factory image but I can't say for sure about anything else
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See here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701.
So here's the problem,I've soft bricked my Nexus by messing with the build.prop (like an idiot) and so i thought i could just flash my ROM again and all would be well. Well, i don't have a copy on my internal storage, and for some reason, when i connect my phone to any of my PC's it doesnt do anything. When i say anything, I mean it doesn't look for drivers it doesnt appear in device manager it doesnt come up on explorer, its invisible to my computer and id like to know how to fix it because i dont fancy a 250£ paperweight, all because i didnt like how my proximity sensor worked.
phone isn't detected even in bootloader mode ?
First link of my signature.
15 second adb/fastboot installer
Yeah not in bootloader mode,not in adb,not in mtp and it's really quite annoying
Did you do what Lethargy wrote? Most of the time someone comes up with this issue, it's a phone-computer communication/driver problem...
Windows 8.1?
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Windows 8.1?
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It works just fine on Win 8.1.
I would say, in last case, try to get (or install a small partition) a PC with linux installed and try with it. You don't need to install any additional drivers and it´s very easy to use android tools (adb and fastboot).
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I would say, in last case, try to get (or install a small partition) a PC with linux installed and try with it. You don't need to install any additional drivers and it´s very easy to use android tools (adb and fastboot).
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Don't even need to install, just boot from a flash drive
I've tried on three different computers, one windows 7 one windows 8 and one widnows 8.1 all of them dont detect the device. I've just tried booting from flash and my phone isnt making my flash drive run, as in usually, you plug it in and it blinks green, none of that with my phone. It just sits there. I'm going to try the driver thing, but as I said, the phone doesnt show up at all in my PC , not as an unrecognized device or anything
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So here's the problem,I've soft bricked my Nexus by messing with the build.prop (like an idiot) and so i thought i could just flash my ROM again and all would be well. Well, i don't have a copy on my internal storage, and for some reason, when i connect my phone to any of my PC's it doesnt do anything. When i say anything, I mean it doesn't look for drivers it doesnt appear in device manager it doesnt come up on explorer, its invisible to my computer and id like to know how to fix it because i dont fancy a 250£ paperweight, all because i didnt like how my proximity sensor worked.
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What did you use to edit the build.prop? If you used root explorer or something similar, a backup of the original build.prop was likely made. It's in /system, and will be called build.prop.bak. Use the file manager in TWRP to find it, rename it to build.prop (and add .bak to the original one you edited), reboot and you should be up and running again.
Edit: Make sure you mount /system in TWRP first otherwise you won't see any files.
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I've tried on three different computers, one windows 7 one windows 8 and one widnows 8.1 all of them dont detect the device. I've just tried booting from flash and my phone isnt making my flash drive run, as in usually, you plug it in and it blinks green, none of that with my phone. It just sits there. I'm going to try the driver thing, but as I said, the phone doesnt show up at all in my PC , not as an unrecognized device or anything
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Its probably the usb cord, try different cords, and different usb ports. The only cord of the 5 i have that detects mine is a cord i have from my old galaxy s2, no idea why.
@cannuks76- Any luck? Did you try my suggestion?
Metal Head, I realise that I could have done that and thanks for the idea because now I know, but the thing is i wiped my system partition to see if the USB problems would be fixed, so i really f'd up there, what I've done is tried everything you lovely people have suggested, but nothing is working, i even tried putting my old screen back in to see if it had something to do with that, but alas, nothing. I've Ordered a new charging port off of ebay to try and fix it on the hardware side of things, it was only 9£,but if this doesn't work I might have to purchase a new phone
I'm currently using an iPhone 4S as a replacement, and I really, really dislike it. I want my N5 back
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Metal Head, I realise that I could have done that and thanks for the idea because now I know, but the thing is i wiped my system partition to see if the USB problems would be fixed, so i really f'd up there, what I've done is tried everything you lovely people have suggested, but nothing is working, i even tried putting my old screen back in to see if it had something to do with that, but alas, nothing. I've Ordered a new charging port off of ebay to try and fix it on the hardware side of things, it was only 9£,but if this doesn't work I might have to purchase a new phone
I'm currently using an iPhone 4S as a replacement, and I really, really dislike it. I want my N5 back
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Yeah wiping the OS was a bad move, especially since you had no way of loading a new one. Sorry I didn't chime in earlier, I'm 99% sure my idea would have at least gotten you running again, save for the USB issues. Good luck with the repair, and enjoy that 4s in the meantime
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Yeah wiping the OS was a bad move, especially since you had no way of loading a new one. Sorry I didn't chime in earlier, I'm 99% sure my idea would have at least gotten you running again, save for the USB issues. Good luck with the repair, and enjoy that 4s in the meantime
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Well, just to keep you guys up to date, i received the part yesterday (damn chinese postal serivce) put the port into my phone and it was back to blooping away on connection to the PC. thanks for all your guys's help, and if anyone has the same problem, its probably the hardware, and if you have any tech repair skills its a 15 minute, 9£ job
My Asus Zenfone 5z suddenly stopped fast charging i know its not the charger thats the problem, ive used it on several different phones and it still works. Now comes another problem, when i charge my phone and restart it while plugged in the charging symbol doesnt appear but i know its charging but slowly via ampere app. I need to unplug then plug it again then it shows the charging symbol. My PC's and Laptops cant detect the phone but charges it. I have the bootloadeer unlocked, but when i charge my phone powered off it pops up every few seconds and the LED indicator doesnt light up. I tampered with something then it fast charges all of a sudden, i even moved the phone around to ensure that the charger isnt faulty. Then when i went to go and charge my phone is slowly charges up again.
Any help? Do i just go to a technician? its harder because its lockdown where im from. Is it my charging pin thats faulty??
Maybe cleaning it can help, use isopropyl alcohol and a tooth brush or cotton swabs.
XDHx86 said:
Maybe cleaning it can help, use isopropyl alcohol and a tooth brush or cotton swabs.
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I echo what @XDHx86 has stated. At times, your charging port can be clogged up with dirt, lint, dust, etc... Cleaning it might resolve the issue. However, be sure not to use anything but isopropyl alcohol, preferably 70%+ solution.
Could be a charger port (PBC) failure if cleaning doesn't help.
Could also be a battery failure. Check for any signs of battery swelling.
Unlikely it's software.
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Could be a charger port (PBC) failure if cleaning doesn't help.
Could also be a battery failure. Check for any signs of battery swelling.
Unlikely it's software.
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no battery swelling, but i might go to a technician and see if they find a problem. As for now im trying everything before going. I did something, forgot what it was but it fast charged then i wiggled my charger around to see if it stops but it didn't. Tried plugging again and again but after a few hours it didn't fast charge again. Anyways what's a PBC failure?????
The charging port is mounted on a seperate printed circuit board in many phones.
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The charging port is mounted on a seperate printed circuit board in many phones.
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know any fix? and why does my bootloader warning always pop up every few seconds when i charge my phone powered off?
sweatypeaches said:
know any fix? and why does my bootloader warning always pop up every few seconds when i charge my phone powered off?
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You replace the port PCB. The port PCB can effect other seemingly unrelated systems when it fails depending on the manufacturer.
What warning? It may be a firmware or hardware issue. Normally the firmware doesn't go corrupt for no reason.
Possible mobo failure.
There's also the possibility of a rootkit infection.
If running on Android 8 this becomes more likely and if so it may need to be reflashed to purge it.
Is there any other kinds of unusual behavior when running?
You need a tech who is very familiar with this make.
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know any fix? and why does my bootloader warning always pop up every few seconds when i charge my phone powered off?
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You replace the port PCB. The port PCB can effect other seemingly unrelated systems when it fails depending on the manufacturer.
What warning? It may be a firmware or hardware issue. Normally the firmware doesn't go corrupt for no reason.
Possible mobo failure.
There's also the possibility of a rootkit infection.
If running on Android 8 this becomes more likely and if so it may need to be reflashed to purge it.
Is there any other kinds of unusual behavior when running?
You need a tech who is very familiar with this make.
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You replace the port PCB. The port PCB can effect other seemingly unrelated systems when it fails depending on the manufacturer.
What warning? It may be a firmware or hardware issue. Normally the firmware doesn't go corrupt for no reason.
Possible mobo failure.
There's also the possibility of a rootkit infection.
If running on Android 8 this becomes more likely and if so it may need to be reflashed to purge it.
Is there any other kinds of unusual behavior when running?
You need a tech who is very familiar with this make.
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im running on Android 10. I'm talking about the warning when you power on your phone(image attached) Yes, i have some unusual behavior that's been running for the past few days such as: When i restart my phone when plugged in the LED light turns off when its powered off then turn on during the booting screen, then it will completely off once the phone is open BUT my battery percentage isn't going down. I still see it charging via ampere app. The charging symbol also doesnt show(i need to unplug then plug again for it to show) The phone still charges but very very slow.
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You replace the port PCB. The port PCB can effect other seemingly unrelated systems when it fails depending on the manufacturer.
What warning? It may be a firmware or hardware issue. Normally the firmware doesn't go corrupt for no reason.
Possible mobo failure.
There's also the possibility of a rootkit infection.
If running on Android 8 this becomes more likely and if so it may need to be reflashed to purge it.
Is there any other kinds of unusual behavior when running?
You need a tech who is very familiar with this make.
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and this phone was also given to me with an unlocked bootloader didn't know what it was then but i know now. I probably can fix it if its some software problem with the help of this website as I'm very familiar with PC's. Thanks for the help if ever.
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im running on Android 10. I'm talking about the warning when you power on your phone(image attached) Yes, i have some unusual behavior that's been running for the past few days such as: When i restart my phone when plugged in the LED light turns off when its powered off then turn on during the booting screen, then it will completely off once the phone is open BUT my battery percentage isn't going down. I still see it charging via ampere app. The charging symbol also doesnt show(i need to unplug then plug again for it to show) The phone still charges but very very slow.
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I'm no expert on this, but is that a normal warning if you unlock the boot loader?
I'm not advising you to lock it as that may cause other issues but doesn't having unlock increase security risks?
In any event if it does have a rootkit* a factory reset should purge it. If it has custom rom, I have zero experience with them.
I don't like using factory reset as it's best to find the root cause instead. In your case it may not help at all if the root cause is hardware. You need to observe the symptoms and use the process of elimination.
This is one of the reasons I run a stock Android, in some respects it simplifies troubleshooting.
* be careful with all downloads especially side loaded apps. Playstore downloads aren't without risk though.
Email downloads are high risk; keep it all in the cloud whenever possible.
Check the download folder regularly for odd behavior and unauthorized downloads.
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and this phone was also given to me with an unlocked bootloader didn't know what it was then but i know now. I probably can fix it if its some software problem with the help of this website as I'm very familiar with PC's. Thanks for the help if ever.
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You're welcome. Sorry I couldn't help you more.
I be very careful about locking the boot loader.
Make sure you know the full implications before doing so.
You might consider flashing it to it's stock rom especially since the boot loader was unlocked when you got it.
Make sure it's functional enough to take a flash though, last thing you need now is to brick it.
If it's a hardware issue this should be corrected first.
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I'm no expert on this, but is that a normal warning if you unlock the boot loader?
I'm not advising you to lock it as that may cause other issues but doesn't having unlock increase security risks?
In any event if it does have a rootkit* a factory reset should purge it. If it has custom rom, I have zero experience with them.
I don't like using factory reset as it's best to find the root cause instead. In your case it may not help at all if the root cause is hardware. You need to observe the symptoms and use the process of elimination.
This is one of the reasons I run a stock Android, in some respects it simplifies troubleshooting.
* be careful with all downloads especially side loaded apps. Playstore downloads aren't without risk though.
Email downloads are high risk; keep it all in the cloud whenever possible.
Check the download folder regularly for odd behavior and unauthorized downloads.
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I've tried factory resetting 2 times to no avail. It's a normal warning sign, its part of the booting process. But if i power off my device then charge it keep popping up every few seconds. Would a custom rom fix this? or do i just go to a technician now? Also for some reason only Type A to C chargers work. Ive tried my sibling's charger that's Type C to C and it doesn't work, but Type A to C works for them. Also my phone charges on my PC but it doesn't detect it despite having my phone on file transfer mode. I'm trying everything as it's hard to go to a technician especially during covid
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You're welcome. Sorry I couldn't help you more.
I be very careful about locking the boot loader.
Make sure you know the full implications before doing so.
You might consider flashing it to it's stock rom especially since the boot loader was unlocked when you got it.
Make sure it's functional enough to take a flash though, last thing you need now is to brick it.
If it's a hardware issue this should be corrected first.
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Yeah, bricking it would be a bummer. I'm still researching on bootloaders and custom Roms in general. Tips on it would be great tho. And no need to be sorry. And I saw this reply late, I've replied to your previous comment.
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Yeah, bricking it would be a bummer. I'm still researching on bootloaders and custom Roms in general. Tips on it would be great tho. And no need to be sorry. And I saw this reply late, I've replied to your previous comment.
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The unlocked boot loader is suspicious.
Like I said if it's hardware is stable enough to do a reflash I would. Go with the OEM rom it originally came with for now so you have a known good rom loaded... it will simplify troubleshooting.
Error on the conservative side.
Letting a good experienced tech look it over is the safest route.
Finding one may be difficult. One that's does rooting may be more helpful.
On the PC try accessing it in drive management, try the rescan drives command.
The PC not detecting it maybe a driver issue.
In hardware management try updating or rolling back the driver. Try another port.
Reboot...
Look at Event Viewer for error messages after trying to connect the device.
If it's not the PC it maybe the phone's port PCB has failed.
Inspect the phone port carefully with a good light source and magnification. Look for signs of damage, corrosion or debris.
Try gently cleaning as mentioned with anhydrous (99%) isopropyl alcohol and a soft bristle toothbrush. Allow to dry in a low humidity room before using. Isopropyl alcohol is hygroscopic so it will grab moisture out of the air to some extant plus the cooling tend to do so all well.
A blower bulb or fan helps speed drying.
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The unlocked boot loader is suspicious.
Like I said if it's hardware is stable enough to do a reflash I would. Go with the OEM rom it originally came with for now so you have a known good rom loaded... it will simplify troubleshooting.
Error on the conservative side.
Letting a good experienced tech look it over is the safest route.
Finding one may be difficult. One that's does rooting may be more helpful.
On the PC try accessing it in drive management, try the rescan drives command.
The PC not detecting it maybe a driver issue.
In hardware management try updating or rolling back the driver. Try another port.
Reboot...
Look at Event Viewer for error messages after trying to connect the device.
If it's not the PC it maybe the phone's port PCB has failed.
Inspect the phone port carefully with a good light source and magnification. Look for signs of damage, corrosion or debris.
Try gently cleaning as mentioned with anhydrous (99%) isopropyl alcohol and a soft bristle toothbrush. Allow to dry in a low humidity room before using. Isopropyl alcohol is hygroscopic so it will grab moisture out of the air to some extant plus the cooling tend to do so all well.
A blower bulb or fan helps speed drying.
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Thanks very much, Ill try and do what you said but in the events thats its the port, do i go to the technicians now?
sweatypeaches said:
Thanks very much, Ill try and do what you said but in the events thats its the port, do i go to the technicians now?
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If don't have the skillset it be probably the best plan. Ask about experience and pricing upfront.
If you can see the techs working and using ESD mats/wrist straps that's a good sign.
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If don't have the skillset it be probably the best plan. Ask about experience and pricing upfront.
If you can see the techs working and using ESD mats/wrist straps that's a good sign.
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If don't have the skillset it be probably the best plan. Ask about experience and pricing upfront.
If you can see the techs working and using ESD mats/wrist straps that's a good sign.
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it looks like this when i restart it by the way. Mind you the Charger is secured. And at the end i unplugged then plugged it again then it charges. I've tried using the phone while charging to see if it stops charging but it doesn't, so i ruled the charger out of the problem. Thanks again.
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it looks like this when i restart it by the way. Mind you the Charger is secured. And at the end i unplugged then plugged it again then it charges. I've tried using the phone while charging to see if it stops charging but it doesn't, so i ruled the charger out of the problem. Thanks again.
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You shouldn't need power it off to recharge.
So it won't charge unless powered off?