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this morning (and maybe 2 other times before) my screen blacked out and refused to turn back on. i am not rooted. any ideas why this would happen? i ended up having to pull the battery twice and then it's been working fine since.
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then that was probably it...if it continues, do a factory reset
xmc wildchild22 said:
then that was probably it...if it continues, do a factory reset
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ok. i'll keep an eye on it. hopefully it wont happen again.
polarbearmc said:
this morning (and maybe 2 other times before) my screen blacked out and refused to turn back on. i am not rooted. any ideas why this would happen? i ended up having to pull the battery twice and then it's been working fine since.
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What ROM are you using? I've had that happen to me twice now. The buttons light up, I can hear screen noises, but a black screen. I pull the battery and reboot, everything is fine. I'm using DS_MOD.1.55.531.3, rooted and S-OFF.
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What ROM are you using? I've had that happen to me twice now. The buttons light up, I can hear screen noises, but a black screen. I pull the battery and reboot, everything is fine. I'm using DS_MOD.1.55.531.3, rooted and S-OFF.
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not rooted, just stock. but the way you described it is exactly what happens. buttons light up, things can happen (you can hear it) but totally black screen.
polarbearmc said:
not rooted, just stock. but the way you described it is exactly what happens. buttons light up, things can happen (you can hear it) but totally black screen.
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Are you on the 1.55.531.3 Stock ROM? That's what I'm running, just rooted.
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Are you on the 1.55.531.3 Stock ROM? That's what I'm running, just rooted.
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yep. i figured i'd wait as long as i can before i decide to root (really don't have any reason to... i've always rooted my devices, my G1 and G2... just don't really have a need to yet with this phone)
I'm running Rubix v5.3 ICS Splashed, and the same exact thing happened to me tonight, weird...
Pulled the phone out of my pocket and screen was black. You could hear lock sounds and keys light up but the screen stayed black.
Pulled the battery and all is well again. This can't be a coincidence, can it?
This has happened to me periodically both on stock and on bulletproof, I never really gave it much thought though, because it was easily fixed by a reboot.
yellowjacket1981 said:
This has happened to me periodically both on stock and on bulletproof, I never really gave it much thought though, because it was easily fixed by a reboot.
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i'll probably just end up forgetting about it soon enough, but it's just annoying that our phone should have an issue like that. if i had money to switch phones whenever i want i'd already have left it because of this issue, you know what i mean?
polarbearmc said:
i'll probably just end up forgetting about it soon enough, but it's just annoying that our phone should have an issue like that. if i had money to switch phones whenever i want i'd already have left it because of this issue, you know what i mean?
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Happening twice in the six months I've had it is not a big enough issue for me to want to switch phones.
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Happening twice in the six months I've had it is not a big enough issue for me to want to switch phones.
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It's been progressively getting worse, now I get just a black screen nothing coming up after multiple charges and battery pulls... praying it's not the screen and just a battery problem!
If it's fixed by a battery pull at first then it's most likely just a battery issue.
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If it's fixed by a battery pull at first then it's most likely just a battery issue.
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No luck after battery pull, you think it's screen then or flex cable? The screen worked like 8 hours ago with minor black-outs one or twice a day to more frequently and random reboots like 6-8 just today!
Flex cable could cause flickering. You're really quite SOL with it then.
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Flex cable could cause flickering. You're really quite SOL with it then.
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Would you suggest I get it repaired or something similar?
Yeah, you may need to get it repaired. :|
Ive been having rebooting issues with my sensation for like a month and a half now, and i think that the problem with it is it keeps overheating, so i thought it may be a good idea to put it in the freezer for half an hour.
After taking it out i removed the frost off it and let it sit for about 10 minutes, it came on but kept on freezing. so then i left it overnight to defrost and i tried again in the morning. It came on but froze again.
Now it doesnt come on, what should i do? :crying:
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Ive been having rebooting issues with my sensation for like a month and a half now, and i think that the problem with it is it keeps overheating, so i thought it may be a good idea to put it in the freezer for half an hour.
After taking it out i removed the frost off it and let it sit for about 10 minutes, it came on but kept on freezing. so then i left it overnight to defrost and i tried again in the morning. It came on but froze again.
Now it doesnt come on, what should i do? :crying:
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check battery's condition and if it fits properly
rzr86 said:
check battery's condition and if it fits properly
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Yeah it does i even tried a different battery (fully charged) and nothing :crying:
It doesnt even come on anymore
imran429 said:
Yeah it does i even tried a different battery (fully charged) and nothing :crying:
It doesnt even come on anymore
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can you boot to the bootloader?
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can you boot to the bootloader?
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Nope
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Nope
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i think you ****ed up your device mate
try unbricking project but don't except much hope
rzr86 said:
i think you ****ed up your device mate
try unbricking project but don't except much hope
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*sigh* yeah i guess so :crying:
RIP HTC Sensation
Putting the phone in freezer without inert atmosphere (or at the very least dry) is a recipe for disaster.
Most likely moisture is short circuiting your device.
IF NOTHING WORKS (and you do not wish to send your phone to HTC):
***WARNING***: DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK
Leave the device without cover in the sun. Monitor it's temperature. IT SHOULDN'T at any moment feel hot (if it does take it out immediately).
This might get rid of the moisture. Poor chances though.
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I've tried searching but no one seems to have this same issue. Or where I saw people with the same issue, they just stopped responding to suggestions and no resolution was reported. So if anyone can help me I'll definitely post until the end!
It started a couple days ago: my phone kept switching orientations (portrait/landscape) as if I were rotating the phone in my hands, but I wasn't. It would happen if it was being held upright, or even laying down on my desk.
Yesterday into this morning it got really bad. It would switch orientations literally every second. I started backing up as many apps as I could, but that was incredibly hard because the buttons moved every time the orientation rotated.
I was able to boot into recovery and make a data/system backup from there.
During the course of the day today my phone eventually just shut off. Now it will no longer power up. I have tried booting normally, as well as into recovery or download mode, but it responds to nothing. There is no screen flash; there is no vibrate. Absolutely no response.
I have swapped batteries with a friend who has the exact same phone. My battery works fine in his phone. His battery produces the same results in my phone: no response to anything.
When plugged in the phone behaves the same: no charging light, and unresponsive to any combination of button presses.
So... being that I'm rooted and likely out of warranty, is there any way I can fix this myself without going to Verizon?
Thanks a TON in advance to any replies! My fingers are crossed...
I've been seeing a lot of this (power button failures) lately. Are you on CM 10.2 by chance?
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I've been seeing a lot of this (power button failures) lately. Are you on CM 10.2 by chance?
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I was on AOKP Milestone 2, which I believe was based off of 10.2. I could be wrong, but it was either 10.2 or 10.1.
But this seems like a hardware failure, no? What would the ROM have to do with it? Not to come off as brash; just curious.
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I've tried searching but no one seems to have this same issue. Or where I saw people with the same issue, they just stopped responding to suggestions and no resolution was reported. So if anyone can help me I'll definitely post until the end!
It started a couple days ago: my phone kept switching orientations (portrait/landscape) as if I were rotating the phone in my hands, but I wasn't. It would happen if it was being held upright, or even laying down on my desk.
Yesterday into this morning it got really bad. It would switch orientations literally every second. I started backing up as many apps as I could, but that was incredibly hard because the buttons moved every time the orientation rotated.
I was able to boot into recovery and make a data/system backup from there.
During the course of the day today my phone eventually just shut off. Now it will no longer power up. I have tried booting normally, as well as into recovery or download mode, but it responds to nothing. There is no screen flash; there is no vibrate. Absolutely no response.
I have swapped batteries with a friend who has the exact same phone. My battery works fine in his phone. His battery produces the same results in my phone: no response to anything.
When plugged in the phone behaves the same: no charging light, and unresponsive to any combination of button presses.
So... being that I'm rooted and likely out of warranty, is there any way I can fix this myself without going to Verizon?
Thanks a TON in advance to any replies! My fingers are crossed...
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Sounds like a magical hard brick?
markdapimp said:
Sounds like a magical hard brick?
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Haven't heard that phrase, but it certainly sounds like some kind of black magic
Is this fixable? I'm not afraid of ripping my phone apart...
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Haven't heard that phrase, but it certainly sounds like some kind of black magic
Is this fixable? I'm not afraid of ripping my phone apart...
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Try getting yourself a USB Jig off eBay or something or make one if you're crafty with electronics.
it should get you into download mode and then you can odin back to stock witch will atleast bring you a functioning phone
good luck
heres a video of the Jig getting this hardbricked s3 into download mode from the same Power on conditions you listed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdrdWqaXUBE
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Try getting yourself a USB Jig off eBay or something or make one if you're crafty with electronics.
it should get you into download mode and then you can odin back to stock witch will atleast bring you a functioning phone
good luck
heres a video of the Jig getting this hardbricked s3 into download mode from the same Power on conditions you listed
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Great find. Yeah he definitely has exactly the same symptoms as me. Although he bricked it by flashing things improperly. Mine just started out of nowhere.
Hopefully that makes no difference. I don't think I can wait for a "jig" to arrive. I'll probably try to make one myself. Anyone have one near Minneapolis that I could borrow for a few minutes?
I'll keep you all posted.
Well, good news and bad.
Good news: I made a jig. Bad news: it won't revive my dead phone. I tried the jig in an old S3 with a cracked screen and the jig puts that phone into download mode just fine. But nothing will wake up the other S3.
Could the micro USB port be damaged on my phone? What else could be causing this?
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I was on AOKP Milestone 2, which I believe was based off of 10.2. I could be wrong, but it was either 10.2 or 10.1.
But this seems like a hardware failure, no? What would the ROM have to do with it? Not to come off as brash; just curious.
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I honestly don't know what the Rom would have to do with it except two people before you described very similar things and happened to mention CM (recently, so I thought maybe a common thread).
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I honestly don't know what the Rom would have to do with it except two people before you described very similar things and happened to mention CM (recently, so I thought maybe a common thread).
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Not sure. It was working for a couple months just fine on that ROM. This feels more like a hardware issue...
Being that the USB Jig didn't work, I'm not sure what options I have left. Anyone know how a JTAG works? Would that be an option?
Or am I just hosed?
it might be a faulty motherboard. its like something wrong with the actual gs3. that or your battery is dead. but if not its definately a hardware issue. try buying a new motherboard to exchange the bad one
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.
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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 i dropped my nexus 5 from about 2 ft accidentally and now it wont turn on, and it is extremely hot. Please some one helppppp!:crying:
I don't think it works, but please test it: Press and hold the powerbutton for 20-30 seconds. This will preform a reset (like removing battery). Good luck!
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I don't think it works, but please test it: Press and hold the powerbutton for 20-30 seconds. This will preform a reset (like removing battery). Good luck!
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Nope doesnt work, it is still dead.
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Nope doesnt work, it is still dead.
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If it is getting hot, it's probably turning on. Looks like you'll have to get your screen replaced. Even if there is no crack, it does not mean the screen and digitizer is still intact.
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Nope doesnt work, it is still dead.
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extremely hot means something wrong with the devices including system corruption, if its hardware problem u might want to send to phone shop for diagnose,, if its software, try flash stock rom.. sees if its boot and showed up boot image...
i hope it doesnt have hardware damage since just a 2feet drop,, nevertheless the digitizer screen
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If it is getting hot, it's probably turning on. Looks like you'll have to get your screen replaced. Even if there is no crack, it does not mean the screen and digitizer is still intact.
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Well it doesnt vibrate or give haptic feedback. There is no sound. Too.
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extremely hot means something wrong with the devices including system corruption, if its hardware problem u might want to send to phone shop for diagnose,, if its software, try flash stock rom.. sees if its boot and showed up boot image...
i hope it doesnt have hardware damage since just a 2feet drop,, nevertheless the digitizer screen
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I cant get into bootloader so i cant flash a factory image, there is no haptic feedback too. So i guess its a hardware problem.. the phone has cooled now. But it was extremely hot for an hour. I guess the battery ran out.
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I cant get into bootloader so i cant flash a factory image, there is no haptic feedback too. So i guess its a hardware problem.. the phone has cooled now. But it was extremely hot for an hour. I guess the battery ran out.
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If by can't boot into bootloader you mean all you see is a black screen. Well that pretty much confirms that at least the screen needs to be replaced. Get it replaced and when testing it you'll find out if there's anything else wrong (hardware wise) with your Nexus 5. Cheers.
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I cant get into bootloader so i cant flash a factory image, there is no haptic feedback too. So i guess its a hardware problem.. the phone has cooled now. But it was extremely hot for an hour. I guess the battery ran out.
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owh, thats hard.. hope u can get it repaired...
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If by can't boot into bootloader you mean all you see is a black screen. Well that pretty much confirms that at least the screen needs to be replaced. Get it replaced and when testing it you'll find out if there's anything else wrong (hardware wise) with your Nexus 5. Cheers.
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Yes , but if it was the screen, atleast i would've got some response from the phone, such as the charging light or atleast i would've been detected on my pc. Oh well, anyways ill have to get it repaired.
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owh, thats hard.. hope u can get it repaired...
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Yea bro...
Hopefully, it is something simple like some connections came loose from the drop.
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Hopefully, it is something simple like some connections came loose from the drop.
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Nope. i got it checked and its the whole motherboard. Now i got to buy a new phone. Still confused how a 2 feet drop did this..
I can say that the body can't holds up that figure impact, our n5 is a whole plastics haha... My fri3nds n5 dropped his at 5 feet from his bare hands on a carpet, guess what, screen broken and its frame gone loose,,, wow, nice build.... However nexus 5 rocks !!!!
I recommend removing the back cover and checking for loose or damaged connections. Also, remove and re-attached each connections and try to boot the phone.