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[Q] Phone turning off (unroot branded phone) [Solved]

I have my HTC Ones SV rooted, with TWRP Recory. Yesterday my phone turned off few times when I was using Mobile Data. Today I can't turn wifi on and when I try to turn Mobile Data on phone turns off. I was using Saturn III Rom, but with Stock (T-Mobile.pl branded) it's the same story.
Any advice? And btw, how can I unroot my branded software and lock bootloader for warranty?
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Looks like Memory Card wes making problem (wierd, tho...)

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Looks like Memory Card wes making problem (wierd, tho...)[/QUOTE]
Strange. Is the sdcard broken at all or only for the phone? Wierd, indeed.

old.splatterhand said:
Strange. Is the sdcard broken at all or only for the phone? Wierd, indeed.
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I formated SD Card and it works on PC and phone (no data has been lost). Still have some issues with phone, freezes on boot screen after restart :/
Seem like the problem is back (even without SC Card). Also I don't have wifi now (tries to turn on, but doesn't work).

I have similar problems, same ROM, but to me it looks like a SOD (screen of death) because i have to reinsert battery to power it on again... i believe it might be a side effect of internal memory/sdcard swap... usually happens to me when i take a picture and dropbox wants to sync/upload it. If my screen stays on, everything is ok, but when it goes off it's off
old.splatterhand, is it possible that it's related to sdcard swap, or am i jumping to conclusion ? Reason behind my conlusion is an odd behavior of some apps (some freeze, some crash), seems like that they prefer phone's internal memory.
Is there an easy and painless way to change back to default internal/sdcard arrangement ?

I don't know if this could be the reason. Some SOD's with dropbox picture upload i had too, but on stock rom, without swapped storage. Thought it came from intensiv testing i always do. Didn't think, someone else has this too. But its long ago, as it happened the last time. There were some updates in dropbox since last time it happened to me, maybe its related that the SOD's are gone for me.
But yes, there is an easy way to swap back storage to default, then you can try it, if problem is still there.
Go to this thread, download htc_one_sv_fstab_orig_JB.zip and flash in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306841

old.splatterhand said:
I don't know if this could be the reason. Some SOD's with dropbox picture upload i had too, but on stock rom, without swapped storage. Thought it came from intensiv testing i always do. Didn't think, someone else has this too. But its long ago, as it happened the last time. There were some updates in dropbox since last time it happened to me, maybe its related that the SOD's are gone for me.
But yes, there is an easy way to swap back storage to default, then you can try it, if problem is still there.
Go to this thread, download htc_one_sv_fstab_orig_JB.zip and flash in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306841
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Yep, found thread in the mean time. Will try it out.

loCe45 said:
Yep, found thread in the mean time. Will try it out.
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Yep, i gave up that idea... Too many apps are already stored on sdcard, so it would take me too much time to move them around, especially because internal memory cant store more than 1/3 of them...
I believe that my problems lie in S4 Camera app and not in internal memory switch or dropbox... That saddens me, because S4 Camera app produced much better pics than the stock Sense camera
I dont know why and how those freezes happen, but it happens after taking the picture, when screen turns off. When phone freezes, picture (file) gets corrupted and unreadable.
I also remember one time happening when gallery (S4) remained opened and phone screen turned off.
While i had dropbox auto-sync enabled it happened more often, but turning it off didnt make the problem to go away, rather it made it happen slightly more rarely.
ps. sorry to OP since it seems i went little bit offtopic :S

Hmm, thats odd. But i have no idea to help you atm.

[Q] Crazy Boot Loop *help*

This morning my Nexus 5 decided to die. It's stuck in a boot loop. I've never rooted, or done anything crazy to my phone. Haven't even downloaded an app in a few days, maybe a week or more. I am running stock 4.4.2.
My morning started just right. My alarm on my phone went off letting me know it was time to go to work. Then after I got ready, I picked up my phone and checked emails, facebook, instagram, you know.. normal things I do every day. I put it in my pocket and proceeded to get into my vehicle to drive to work. I then checked the time. All of the sudden after I press the power button to see, it turned off. I then went to turn it back on by holding the button. It showed "Google" then turned off. That's when I knew I was in trouble. It then began... The boot loop of death. This thing sometimes gets to the four Google colors, then shuts off..but this is rare. I can't even do the whole volume down + power deal. I can.. but I can't make a selection because the phone restarts.
WHAT AM I EVER TO DO.
I tried the hard reset with the two buttons, obviously as I stated above, that doesn't work. I tried downloading this to see, but turns out you need to access the bootloader. I cannot do this either.
My question is, do I send it in for warranty work, or is there some magical way to fix this?

Well,
Even if there was a way to repair, I would not keep a phone that had this kind of problem. I think, you should call Google and ask them for a RMA.
While they send you the new Nexus 5, you can try to repair the old one (if anybody is able to provide you a "fix"). If you're able to repair it : great, backup your data and use the new phone (and send the old one to google, like you would do for a RMA).

The power button has record of getting stuck on its contacts. Some have fixed it by hitting the phone against a table. Obviously not recommended
and as it's an internal hardware fault, Google will replace it. .

Might be a stupid question, but are you sure it has battery? Maybe plug it in for an hour and try again.

Lokke9191 said:
Might be a stupid question, but are you sure it has battery? Maybe plug it in for an hour and try again.
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Yes, it was fully charged.
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
The power button has record of getting stuck on its contacts. Some have fixed it by hitting the phone against a table. Obviously not recommended
and as it's an internal hardware fault, Google will replace it. .
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This actually makes so much sense. I know sometimes when locking or unlocking, the screen would flash. So this, I believe may be the problem. I didn't even think about that.
Charlus97 said:
Well,
Even if there was a way to repair, I would not keep a phone that had this kind of problem. I think, you should call Google and ask them for a RMA.
While they send you the new Nexus 5, you can try to repair the old one (if anybody is able to provide you a "fix"). If you're able to repair it : great, backup your data and use the new phone (and send the old one to google, like you would do for a RMA).
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Google is usually pretty good with their RMA process, except they make you pay up front. But looks like I'll have to do what I gotta do.
Thanks everyone!

Nexus 5 Screen will not light up

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?

bump de bump?

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.

TheROMGuy said:
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.

dynamo147 said:
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.

simms22 said:
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

dynamo147 said:
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?

simms22 said:
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?

dynamo147 said:
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.

simms22 said:
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?

dynamo147 said:
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

anactoraaron said:
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

dynamo147 said:
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.

anactoraaron said:
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.

[Q] a very serious problem i think (can't even recovery)

hi guys, i already searched for a thread of someone with the same issue, but i haven't found anything on the whole internet (maybe it's just because i'm nervous as sh*t)... please let me know if i did wrong
the problem is: yesterday i was using regularly my Nexus 5, but suddenly i wasn't able to turn it on again. Just like a second before i was using it, and then it won't wake up. Now it is still turned off, i can't wake it up in any way, i tried every combination of keys, i tried holding on the power button for more than a minute, i tried pushing it hard, i tried everything. The only thing i'm able to do is plugging it on the charger, then it goes on a bootloop with the word "google" and a small vibration (just as it's like to turn it on) and then after a second the screen becomes black again, and this happens continuously untill i unplug it (i tried even for 2 hours and it still do like that). It is just like it wants to wake up, but then it is turned off, and on, and off, and on...
when he does like that i tried holding the vol down button just to try to enter the recovery mode, but even when i achieve to enter it, it still turn off so i can't decide what to do. Every guide i read on the web tells me to backup, then to erase all data, or something similar... but the problem is that i can't even access recovery mode, so that i'm not able to do anything if the phone is turned off completely.
i already called for the warranty, i have a completely stock phone so it's not a problem and i think they will change my phone, but i'm really worried this will erase all the data i have in my sd, and i would like to know if there's a way to copy what's inside the memory of the phone without turning it on
sorry guys but i'm really depressed, i've bought the phone on january... not even a year and i've wasted 350€

So, first question have you tried plugging into a computer? You may be able to pull some files off.
Second, was any of your stuff backed up using cloud storage, such as google drive? If not... You have my sympathy.
What app(s) were you running when it "Died"?[Edit: Died]
So you are completely stock, no root, no custom recovery, no nothing?

Spectrys said:
So, first question have you tried plugging into a computer? You may be able to pull some files off.
Second, was any of your stuff backed up using cloud storage, such as google drive? If not... You have my sympathy.
What app(s) were you running when it "Died"?[Edit: Died]
So you are completely stock, no root, no custom recovery, no nothing?
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1) yes i tried: it does the same as if i plug it into the charger (google and vibration for a second, then turned off again, repeatedly). I can't access the data from my pc with the way i was used before (i could copy data only if the phone was on)
2) i use dropbox, google drive, and others, but not with the syncronization (i decided when and what to upload) so there's a lot of things that now aren't accessible and i'm scared i'll lose
3) well i wasn't using anything when it died... i think the cronometer was running, maybe whatsapp... recently i downloaded ePSXe for android with a couple of ROMs, but for a whole week or two i never had problems using it
4) yes completely stock, the only thing i did was abiliting the developer options (but a looong time ago, and i never changed them, i was only curious). With my old smartphone i used to play a lot with custom roms, but now i wanted to keep my nexus clean at least until the end of the warrancy
news from the google service: they told me some procedures to do, any of them work. They told me that their warrancy works like that: first they will send me another nexus 5 (not new, only a refurbished one) for the price of a new phone, then i have to send them my old phone. When it arrives, they will refurbish it, and they will give me back my 350€.
I really think that's not very fair... first because i don't want a phone that somebody used before me, and i don't want to give my phone to someone else
second because they don't really care that i lost all my data... after all this mess i will only obtain a phone that isn't new, and without my data! just like if google erased all my data for nothing.
please guys at least tell me if there's a way to recover all the data i've lost.You know: i have a 16gb flash storage full of data in my hand that i want to copy on my pc, there should be a way!
sorry for the anger

Have you read anything from @supersu or @simms22. Both of them are very knowledgeable on the N5.
The other thing is you could try calling google again and get a different person.

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supersu? You mean @rootSU?
OP, your power button is stuck, nothing you can do except RMA (or maybe take your phone apart).

Lethargy said:
OP, your power button is stuck, nothing you can do except RMA (or maybe take your phone apart).
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:crying::crying:
i also read a forum in the country i live (italy) and it seems to be a frequent problem these days... a lot of guys who have a 9-10 months old phone accuse the same issue, and the only solution seems to be the motherboard substitution (or the google warancy phone substitution). Google told me they will give me a refurbished phone, but i know sometimes they have scratches, they are not perfect, so why do i have to trade my phone for another one that could not be new? i know they used to send new phones in the early days... Do you guys have experience in that? have you ever send you nexus5 to google? what did they do?

cesp-94 said:
Google told me they will give me a refurbished phone, but i know sometimes they have scratches, they are not perfect, so why do i have to trade my phone for another one that could not be new? i know they used to send new phones in the early days... Do you guys have experience in that? have you ever send you nexus5 to google? what did they do?
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You get a refurbished one because too many people have RMA'd for silly reasons like loose power buttons, speaker hole size and screen light bleed. So blame them.
Usually a refurbished device should be near-perfect; those who have gotten ones with damage are just unlucky; and you can just call Google again anyways.

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You get a refurbished one because too many people have RMA'd for silly reasons like loose power buttons, speaker hole size and screen light bleed. So blame them.
Usually a refurbished device should be near-perfect; those who have gotten ones with damage are just unlucky; and you can just call Google again anyways.
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i think i'll see if i can get my phone fixed with the LG warrancy in a LGcentre in my town, at least they will tell me if i have to throw my phone away... then i'll use the google warrancy.

to me it sounds as your storage corrupted, not power button. if it was power button, youd be able to get it booted, then it would bootloop. if it is the storage that corrupted, an rma would be best.

Lawn chair caused factory reset - Recovery options?

Heya folks,
Just thought of sharing some funny story and also get a quick advice.
Today, i squeeze my samsung s9+ into the lawn chair cup holder. Whilst, doing that it actually brought android into the bootloader mode. tsk tsk.. smh.
When i took out the phone, it actually moves to factory reset mode, and acknowledge.
Long and behold... i watch my phone reboot, and next screen says erasing...
I was panic and naturally was wanting to remove cover to remove battery... but shucks!!! its samsung.
Now, that's my story...
I'm here to seek any advice anyone have. What is the best way to recover photos that is on the internal memory?
I just need to recover last 4 months of photos. I am willing to try anything. I have not install much app in the phone yet either.
It is a samsung s9+, with android v2.5 One UI.
Should i root it, and use some desktop software to recover?
is there any app on the phone to recover the internal memory?
Hope to hear from everyone!

AmazingTrans said:
Heya folks,
Just thought of sharing some funny story and also get a quick advice.
Today, i squeeze my samsung s9+ into the lawn chair cup holder. Whilst, doing that it actually brought android into the bootloader mode. tsk tsk.. smh.
When i took out the phone, it actually moves to factory reset mode, and acknowledge.
Long and behold... i watch my phone reboot, and next screen says erasing...
I was panic and naturally was wanting to remove cover to remove battery... but shucks!!! its samsung.
Now, that's my story...
I'm here to seek any advice anyone have. What is the best way to recover photos that is on the internal memory?
I just need to recover last 4 months of photos. I am willing to try anything. I have not install much app in the phone yet either.
It is a samsung s9+, with android v2.5 One UI.
Should i root it, and use some desktop software to recover?
is there any app on the phone to recover the internal memory?
Hope to hear from everyone!
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Well thats an amusing situation if ive heard one XD
Yep your device booted to recovery after the key combination was held.
Try using EaseUS MobiSaver app.
Or
Look if google had backed up anything just in case.
Also you might not recovery depending on how long ago you reset. The faster you restore the better. As the data can get overwritten after some time.
P.S if ya removed ya battery even if it was samsung, you would have broken your phone as the data would be half erased.

If you do recovery anything all file structure has been completely lost. You can search by file type but that's all. Jpeg are disassociated from there Exif data, no pic number (randomly generated numbers), no time stamp, nothing just the jpeg.
Hundreds of them in a juxtaposed mess.
That's best case scenario, if not already overwritten and if you can access internal memory to retrieve the data.
It's not a pretty picture.
Use the Samsung launcher, it's fast, very stable and uses little battery.
A 3rd party launcher boot looped my Note 10+ twice, back to back over a year ago. 3rd party launchers are one of the best ways to crash a stock Samsung Android OS... normally that's extremely hard to do.