My phone only shows the the elephone 2 e sign when I turn it on. I have tried pressing the on and volume key when I turn it on but nothing happened. I have followed some instructions on the elephone manufacturer site about installing drivers to my computer and then trying to reinstall the firmware. Unfortunately my computers (I have tried on three different ones) does not identify that a device is connected to the computer. Therefore I can't proceed to install the driver as according to my computer it is not installed. I have tried 2 different leads as well. I would be grateful for some help as I have no idea where to go from here.
Facing a similar issue, and since there's still no reply to this thread, I would like to add up a few findings I have on this matter to maybe help others and get helped.
My P3000S is also reaching the Elephone logo and displays it for a minute and then restarts, repeating the process (aka boot-loop).
The same happens whether it is connected or not connected to the charger/computer through a USB cable. (I've tried new cables but that's not the case).
When disconnected I can stop the boot-loop only by holding down the on/off button for a few seconds (or removing the battery of course).
When connected to the the charger or computer through the USB cable I have no way to stop the boot-loop (holding down on/off just restarts it).
Now with the battery removed..:
If I connect it to the charger/computer, though the charging red light turns on normally, I can't turn on the phone using the on/off button.
However, when connected through USB to a windows computer, I can see in the device manager that, right when I connect the phone it shows up as "Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Port" under COM ports group, for 1 second and then disappears as if it was disconnected. There's no repetition here I have to manually hold down the on/off button or disconnect and reconnect the phone from the cable to cause this to happen again.
So, I am unable to flash anything nor turn the phone on because I practically only have 1 second of its presence in my devices list.
Also, I have tried all possible combinations with the volume up/down keys and the on/off button in order to enter recovery mode, with no success..
In case anyone has faced something similar or has any ideas on a possible fix on this phone please feel free to reply.
At last a reply to my initial message. Unfortunately it was someone with the same problem as me. I took out a paypal case against the person I bought the phone from and eventually they repaired it. Unfortunately they never told me how. To make matters worse it broke again within 2 months. The phone is now sat in a draw doing nothing. I have given up on it and will never buy another Elephone phone again.
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Hi Guys.
It might seem funny. I do not have a PDAphone but I have a problem with my HPiPAQ hx2795. And I would greatly appreciate any comments or tips.
Here is the story:
I was trying to update setup/ROM. the first three updates went well. The forth one, didn't go through; it was showing time-out. it happened twice, the third time, I noticed a message on the left lower corner of the device,saying Connect A/C to flash, I tried to do it quickly before getting time-out. I guess I didn't do it quick enough. Anyway I plugged in the power to the cradle and it started flashing the ROM then I got the time-out error again. The screen reset and stuck @100% not going any further. To make it worse to me, it was not detectable by MS ActiveSync at all. I tried the active chat with the tech support of HP they said all is left for me to do is "going to parrot mode (= USB /serial Mode) and if the OS is not corrupted then I can repeat the ROM update and fix it" which I did with no luck as even in parrot mode, the device would noticed that the USB is connected but the PC would NOT recognize the device.
While I was searching the internet, I came across your site, beautiful and very interesting. I saw some people is using a program called NVID.exe.
IS THERE ANY SOFTWARE LIKE NVID.EXE THAT I CAN USE IT TO SOLVE MY PROBLEM on this HPiPAQ.
I was wondering about using something like that to get the device detectable by PC again. Is is possible even theoretically?
Please HELP.
I greatly appreciate all your comments and tips in advance.
Did you tried to do a clean reset? Or to put the device in bootloader or white bootloader mode and try to connect and see if recognize it?
Hard reset: butons 1+4+reset
Clean reset: buttons 1+3+power+reset
White bootloader mode: buttons 2+4+reset
what you call it "white bootloader mode" they call it "parrot mode". and yes I did try that. In that mode it shows Pre-BL: 1.00.04 that shows USB is connected or USB Cable is removed; however; my Win XP cannot recognize the new USB device.
Is there any way to make PC recognize this "HPiPAQ hx2795 in Parrot Mode". I mean any driver for WinXP to recognize this USB device as reachable device (updatable ROM)? Maybe that could be the "MAGIC KEY" to solve all people's problem suffering from such an issue?
I hear about mytt11.exe alot in posts here and there. What does it do? Where can I find it in order to give it a try?
Coolluck
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HPiPAQ hx2795-WM5, failed ROM update
Hi friends,
I am having a very weird situation here and I need your help.
My phone was working perfectly after the last time I have upgraded the rom which happened a couple days ago. Then yesterday I have discovered that my phone is turning on and off on its own. It turns on, then after a few seconds it turns off and then turns on again.
When I hard reset, it gets stuck at the smart mobility screen.
I can enter the bootloader screen by pressing the camera key and inserting the usb cable. The tri-color screen shows usb at the bottom left corner. When I run mtty, it says the usb port cannot open.
I know that it has sufficient power in the batteries (tried with two different batteries I have). However, when I plug it to a wall charger the charging light doesn't turn on.
So basically I have a tornado which cannot boot, mtty seems not able to recognize it. Is there any way to push an SPL, radio rom or OS rom to the phone? Is it possible to flash a tornado with an SDcard?
I really need some help here as I am out of ideas. thanks in advance.
Did you try hard resetting it? (While off holding both softkeys and then pushing the power button)? If so, flashing from card is possible...you just have to install the original ROM though. Google this: Tor_TMOUS_10140_191916_10900_SHIP.exe
Extract it then copy the nbf file to your memory card.
You may have to rename it and change the headers though...that I don't know
Here might help you by the way
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=409286&highlight=original+rom
Good luck!
Your problem is more likely seems the power key is stuck.
thacen said:
Your problem is more likely seems the power key is stuck.
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I am almost sure that this is not the case because I can use the power button for shutting the device off and restarting it, etc.
My only hope is to be able to flash from the SDCard now, as unforsakenrule mentioned. The problem is I need a step by step guide to do that.
burkay said:
When I run mtty, it says the usb port cannot open.
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Did you disable the USB connection from ActiveSync properties?
I had had a similar problem which was solved after reinstalling the ROM.
NiTroGenious said:
Did you disable the USB connection from ActiveSync properties?
I had had a similar problem which was solved after reinstalling the ROM.
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sure I did. The problem is no matter what the device is not recognized by the pc. mtty, activesync, tera term, etc. all fail whether usb connection is enabled or not. Weirdly, in the bootloader menu it says USB in the bottom left.
It really sucks, because I have the bootloader there but I cannot load anything to the device to recover it.
While it is in bootloader screen activesync couldn't connect or it could not detect your device. If you want to connect by teratermpro you need to disable USB connection from active sync otherwise teraterm could not connect your device.
I think your PC will not show you any connection symbol while connecting in bootloader but you may hear some sound while connecting or disconnecting.
One thing you can try is just try reflashing a stable rom by just running RomUpdateUtility. If it cannot find your device then check on your PC's Hardware device manager, if there is any unworking driver. if such driver is there just uninstall it and try connecting again.
May be it can solve your problem.
thanks for the advise, but I pretty much tried everything... everything except an SDCard flash. And that, I don't know how to do. I have been an HTC user for the last few years. This iMate SP5, which I owned a year ago, belongs to my sister now. I now have a Hermes, waiting for the prices to come down before ordering my touch pro. I flashed tens of roms in both devices, connected using mtty, teraterm etc. many times. This is the first time I am totally left clueless and I believe this is what we call a brick, indeed
I will tell the whole history just in case, it might be relevant.
It started with battery problems, it was charging at a very slow rate (4-5 hours) and it was lasting 1 hour top. The camera was the cuplrit, it wasn't working at all and by disabling the camera app the phone worked fine for a week.
Suddenly stopped charging now.
When the phone is on it doesn't recognize the charger not even the computer, no bottom led. The computer doesn't recognize the phone either.
When the phone is off, if i connect the charger, the bottom led turns red for a second, SONY logo appears, battery appears for another second and reboots... infinitely.
I thought that the USB connector was the problem but i can connect it to my laptop in fastboot mode and flashmode, the phone is recognized in both modes, i even "repaired" the phone with Sony PC Companion and i'm having the same problems like before: no camera and no charging.
I don't think it is a firmware problem, i've re-flashed two stock firmwares from XPERIA Firmware website and no success.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Dude I have the exact same problem. Would like to find out a solution
Could be a hardware problem.
charging problem
I will tell the whole history just in case, it might be relevant.
i used power bank to charge my phone,Suddenly stopped charging now.
When the phone is on it doesn't recognize the charger not even the computer, no bottom led. The computer doesn't recognize the phone either.
It is charging properly with power bank always but not with charger and computer with usb. if i connect the charger, the bottom led turns red for a second, SONY logo appears, battery appears for another second and reboots... infinitely.
I thought that the USB connector was the problem but i can connect it to my laptop in fastboot mode and flash mode, the phone is recognized in both modes, i even "repaired" the phone with Sony PC Companion and i'm facing the same problem still.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance!
Facing Same Problem, I have even change the New Port for charging.. but after 2-3 weeks as usual.. slow like Hell...
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Hello there everyone, hope you guys are doing great. Well, this thread might be a bit stupid at first since many others might have posted something related to it but since I couldn't find the exact answer, I had to post a newer thread.
I have a Fire Phone which used to run great and perfect and I had been using it the other day while charging it with an Aspor Powerbank which does run great. The Fire Phone got stuck due to a few NOT FOR THE FIRE PHONE apps such as the Instagram and the rest. When stuck, I held the power button for 10-15 seconds to do a reset and it did work while it was still on charging. Now the phone wouldn't turn on without the AC power via the USB. It gets stuck in a boot-loop. Just shows the Amazon logo and restarts again. Nothing works at all, not even the recovery mode or the rest or even resets without the USB plugged in.
I did try to upgrade but was of no use at all, did try the Cynogen OS by flashing it in. It didn't work at all and the same issue persists. I have removed the battery and plugged it back in but again of no use. The battery does charge if you think it's the battery, The battery does stay there active and great. I did try changing the USB cable and the Adapter. Nothing!
One more thing, when plugged in to AC, I can go to the Recovery Mode and then remove the USB cable, the Recovery Mode does stay active on battery power for countless hours. What should I do?
Is it the USB port? Is the battery? Or is it just me?
Oh btw, I did try installing the Stock Update available on Amazon.com and the PC (Windows 8 64-bit) does recognize the phone on ADB mode. Does list the serial of the phone when connected but when side-loading an update via the ADB, it says that it doesn't read! Gives an error. How do I work on that? I did try installing the ADB drivers again but still nothing. Did try downloading the updates from other sites and even a downgraded file, nothing works. What should I do?
Hello XDA Members.
As the title says, the flex cable for the entire right side of the phone is broken (meaning no FP sensor, power, vol +/-, or shutter buttons). The phone ran out of battery and turned off. Is there a way to turn the phone on without the buttons? (maybe by disconnecting the battery while charging, similar to older models?)
ADB is not detecting the phone, USB Debug was probably not enabled
I'm looking for a replacement flex cable, but they're very difficult to find as this model wasn't sold officially in my country. Can't order online either sadly (3rd world country)
Solved.
Here's how for future reference if someone encounters a similar issue.
1. Disconnect battery and reconnect it
2. Download and install Xperia Companion Tool from Sony (tested on Mac, but the Windows version should work as well)
3. Choose Repair Software/Xperia on the Companion tool
4. Connect phone to computer using a USB cable
5. Disconnect phone when the Xperia splashscreen appears.
Done.
EDIT: Nope, phone froze and tried this, didn't work again.