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Hello and good morning..:crying:..my Nexus s I9023 with JB 4.1.1, stock, had a frozen Display and didn`t react to the powerbutton so i pulled the battery....and guess, what.....it doesn`t turn on anymore!! I had the battery out all night...nothing! ...put it on the charger...nothing!....eaven the pc does not recognise my Nexus...! ...what can I do?? btw....searched the Forum and did this "plug in USB, press volume up and down, slide in Battery, hold for 5 sec. ....nothing!!! HEEEEELLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not an expert, but it seems a serious hardware problem.
As far as I know, there are for ways to switch on the nexus s.
1) ordinary power button
2) power button + vol up
3) vol up + vol down
4) plug in USB charger
The third method puts the phone in download mode, and Odin needs to be used. You have to look for the thread on how to restart the phone with a broken power button
Best wishes
Lionhe
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lionhe said:
I'm not an expert, but it seems a serious hardware problem.
As far as I know, there are for ways to switch on the nexus s.
1) ordinary power button
2) power button + vol up
3) vol up + vol down
4) plug in USB charger
The third method puts the phone in download mode, and Odin needs to be used. You have to look for the thread on how to restart the phone with a broken power button
Best wishes
Lionhe
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1. Thank You for your replie.....but 2. ....I tried all of those 4 Points and ...nothing-it just doesn´t respond to anything...the screen stays black, it doesn´t show any signs of reaction, eaven my pc doesn´t recognise it at all......and all of that after pulling the Battery?!?!?

roadrunner1 said:
1. Thank You for your replie.....but 2. ....I tried all of those 4 Points and ...nothing-it just doesn´t respond to anything...the screen stays black, it doesn´t show any signs of reaction, eaven my pc doesn´t recognise it at all......and all of that after pulling the Battery?!?!?
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order on ebay a jig module unbrick for nexus s

hello, sossio, thx 4 the reply.....never heard of that.....what does it do??...google search was not helpful in this point But...what has happened to my Nexus? ..as i still have warranty and it is on stock rom, i will try to get it fixed or a replacement by the seller....or has anyone a solution that can be used without buying any other stuff...i mean, if nothing works i would have invested in things, i never could use again....and over here in germany the nexus s is not availabel anymore...

roadrunner1 said:
hello, sossio, thx 4 the reply.....never heard of that.....what does it do??...google search was not helpful in this point But...what has happened to my Nexus? ..as i still have warranty and it is on stock rom, i will try to get it fixed or a replacement by the seller....or has anyone a solution that can be used without buying any other stuff...i mean, if nothing works i would have invested in things, i never could use again....and over here in germany the nexus s is not availabel anymore...
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if it is still in warranty send to the seller and if u are lucky u can have a new nexus s

....if there is no other option i will do that!!

If the screen does not turn on displaying the battery icon when you plug the charger to the usb, it may mean that they battery is completely flat or that the contacts are not working.
If you know someone who owns a nexus then try with another battery and another charger.
In any case, it is definitely better to give it to a service center for warranty replacement. They know how to make it work
Good luck
Lionhe
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I've already read few same threads on xda, wonder what a particular issue this is...

....more people had this issue...?!?!?....wonder, what they did?...send it back???? ....got some kind of Fix.....? Using google i just found many "stuck in boot" threads...well, anyway....thx for all of your feedback!!:good: I love this community:good:

roadrunner1 said:
Hello and good morning..:crying:..my Nexus s I9023 with JB 4.1.1, stock, had a frozen Display and didn`t react to the powerbutton so i pulled the battery....and guess, what.....it doesn`t turn on anymore!! I had the battery out all night...nothing! ...put it on the charger...nothing!....eaven the pc does not recognise my Nexus...! ...what can I do?? btw....searched the Forum and did this "plug in USB, press volume up and down, slide in Battery, hold for 5 sec. ....nothing!!! HEEEEELLLLPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I hope you can solve this problem... even though i don't have this problem before.
i think your phone have some hardware problems.could you check it?

....going to send it to repair....
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Exact same thing happened to me this morning! I just tried to send a text, my display blurred and the phone froze. When I pulled the battery it wouldn't turn back on >.<. Hesitant to send in for repairs though. I was running AOKP jb-build 1 and Air-kernel #201. It isn't being recognized by USB so I can't even flash it again. Tried to use the unbrickable resurrection program, but it doesn't get recognized, and I don't want to void the warranty further by opening the phone.
Any suggestions??

parpat51492 said:
Exact same thing happened to me this morning! I just tried to send a text, my display blurred and the phone froze. When I pulled the battery it wouldn't turn back on >.<. Hesitant to send in for repairs though. I was running AOKP jb-build 1 and Air-kernel #201. It isn't being recognized by USB so I can't even flash it again. Tried to use the unbrickable resurrection program, but it doesn't get recognized, and I don't want to void the warranty further by opening the phone.
Any suggestions??
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are you overclocking the cpu? This happened to me a few times until i finally clued it in my head. I was overclocking at 1400MHz and sometimes when i was using my phone for a while it would get hot and the screen would be all colourful and blurry and then it would freeze and I would have to take the battery out and reboot it

I was overclocking for a bit at a stable 1200 MHz for months, and usually hard resets fixed it. But if I remember correctly, I started using stock voltages and stock speeds with lazy governor a while back. It was stable until today. Usually the hard reset fixes it, but now its not even turning on or being recognized by USB

...wanted you all to know..just got my NS back today...they put in a New mainboard on warranty.l had to update Form 2.3.4 to ics and then to JB..........now i am happy:thumbup:
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Uuuups.....no sound...... the speaker does not work
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roadrunner1 said:
Uuuups.....no sound...... the speaker does not work
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Send it back.

....yep.....just sending it back......

roadrunner1 said:
....more people had this issue...?!?!?....wonder, what they did?...send it back???? ....got some kind of Fix.....? Using google i just found many "stuck in boot" threads...well, anyway....thx for all of your feedback!!:good: I love this community:good:
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The 15 august of this year i had the same issue, 20 days later i received back from the seller my phone all fixed! I was a board problem, the board fried.... and here i am using my nexus to awnser u

[Q] Unpleasantness... Bricked phone?

So, while I'm no expert I'm not new to rooting and flashing. Did it quite a bit on my older Droid Inc 1, and have performed a few on my new SG3.
I have 3 backed up ROMs on my SD, Synergy, Beans and CM10. I was running Synergy and decided to give CM10 another shot to see if I could figure out what was killing NFC. So, flashed it up with ROM Manager (Used Odin previously) and everything went swimmingly. ROM was running, NFC was working, all my apps were reinstalled, no problems.....
Decided to see if I could get Wallet working on this install, so flashed it in, made the changes to build.prop and rebooted.
Heeerreeee's where the trouble started. Part way through the reboot the phone just shut down. Completely. 100%. Dead.
I had 87% battery when I started so it 'shouldn't be a battery problem. No power, no LED when I plug in the charger, no vol-up, home, power to get into recovery.
One interesting thing did happen while I was trying to get the phone up, I removed the battery for a bit, and plugged the USB cable in and got a red charging light. Put the battery back in, light still there. 1 minute later, light goes off and still nothing happening with the phone at all.
Anyone have any ideas beyond all the stuff I've given a shot to?

Will it show up when plugged in on your CPU?
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nexus995743 said:
Will it show up when plugged in on your CPU?
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Unfortunately not. Only thing that seems to show up is in the device manager, a QHSUSB_DLOAD device that's banged.

Hmmmm
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nexus995743 said:
Hmmmm
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Well, I called Verizon and they've shipped me a replacement. I guess throwing all my bit and pieces into a new main body should work fine...

Oh no. Another one sending a phone back because of rooting. That's why they lock bootloaders.
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+1

Have you tried borrowing someone's battery to see if you can also least boot? I have four samsung batteries for the S3 and would consider sending it to you before getting a replacement. I think the cost of a battery is $3 on Amazon.
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The reasons were different but i had the same thing happen to me, my phone wouldn't boot, wouldn't show up in the computer. Nothing, i tried my wife's battery, no change there either. I left it on the charger overnight and tried turning it on in the morning and after messing with it it came back on. Haven't had an issue since. Don't know what caused it, the phone just freaked out, turned off and wouldn't turn back on.
You can also try the resistor trick to see if that will bring your phone back. Here is a cheap way to do it.
http://hackaday.com/2012/09/03/saving-a-bricked-phone-with-a-pencil-lead/ Otherwise you can go to radio shack and pick up a resistor.
If Verizon sends you your phone back cause you messed with it, there is a brick repair service for like $60 bucks PM for the link if it comes to that.

Congrats on the new phone
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nexus995743 said:
Congrats on the new phone
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hehe.. I can't say I was pleased with having to go that route, (can't stand being defeated by electronics) but all in all I can't imagine a simple software change causing the entire unit to just go dead. Not booting properly, or locking up and such, sure... but not just dead.
By this morning I had tried another battery (a friend has an SG3 also) to no effect, but I didn't try leaving it plugged in overnight. I did check the battery with an external charger I have and it was showing fully charged....
So, I'll get a replacement and stay away from CM10 at the very least.
**ihavenewnike - Not sure why you're on an android developers forum really...

Ok, so the new phone got here at about 12:30. Plugged all my stuff into it and it fired right up.
Rooted and unlocked it, put my latest Synergy backup (1 day old) on the SD card and restored it.
Ahhhh... It's just like it never left. :victory:

keno1964 said:
Ok, so the new phone got here at about 12:30. Plugged all my stuff into it and it fired right up.
Rooted and unlocked it, put my latest Synergy backup (1 day old) on the SD card and restored it. . .
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. . . and then the display went black and it wouldn't power on! What the heck?!
. . .
Oh, sorry: I was just imagining a funny ending to this topic.
- ooofest

ooofest said:
. . . and then the display went black and it wouldn't power on! What the heck?!
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Oh, sorry: I was just imagining a funny ending to this topic.
- ooofest
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Don't like you.......

Same thing happened to me when I tried to mess with the NFC hack on my SGS III.
What saved me was a USB Jig I happened to have handy when I...accidentally... soft bricked a friend's Samsung Captivate a few months back. The USB Jig is used to put the SGS III into download mode when all else fails that tiny little gadget saves the day.

tekrhino said:
Same thing happened to me when I tried to mess with the NFC hack on my SGS III.
What saved me was a USB Jig I happened to have handy when I...accidentally... soft bricked a friend's Samsung Captivate a few months back. The USB Jig is used to put the SGS III into download mode when all else fails that tiny little gadget saves the day.
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I have looked into those and will most likely make one very soon. (I think I have everything I'd need, just may need to cobble some resistors together).
Couple of things I noticed throughout this 'process', regarding the CM10 (9-15 nightly) ROM, NFC and google wallet....
At first install of CM10 I noticed that NFC was active and working normally. It could read my tags without issue. After Wallet was installed though, NFC disappeared. It wasn't just disabled, it simply wasn't there any more. It was after noticing this that I decided to reboot, at which point my original problem started.
The reboot never came close to completing though, it shut down before it actually made it to the 'boot' phase, as in, while it was shutting down.
The actual cause of the power off is still a mystery to me, as I can't see a simple app change causing hardware failure.

So you bricked your phone, just like a few of us did yesterday.
What did you call Verizon saying in order for them to send you a new phone?

AB_ said:
So you bricked your phone, just like a few of us did yesterday.
What did you call Verizon saying in order for them to send you a new phone?
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I told them what happened, just left out a few bits of info.
"I rebooted it, and it never came back on." and that was that.

Nice.
I should have gone that method, but ended up paying for the repair service from MobileTechVideos

A friend has the qhsusb-dload showing up as well.. phone won't turn on.. flashed a bad kernel or rom I forget which.. red light comes on.. that's it.. its a Verizon i535 .. tried the resistor jig and nothing happens.. any ideas to fix?
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Guess he had aokp rom then flashed neak kernel and that's when it died..

[Q] [HELP] Really Dead Nexus

Hope you can help.
Today in the morning, I wake up and see that my phone was stuck at the google logo. I removed the battery but after put it again, the phone didn't start. No google logo, no recovery screen, nothing.
Does anyone know an alternative method to start (resurrect) this thing?
Model: i9020a
ROM: AOKP JB M1
Kernel: Marmite 6.7

Are you able to load fastboot using the power and vol up button?

digitalguy13 said:
Are you able to load fastboot using the power and vol up button?
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Nop. There is no response at all.

jpvalenz said:
Nop. There is no response at all.
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Remove the battery for a while. While the battery is out, plug the phone in with both AC and USB charging.. this will help you see if it's a defective battery
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FirePoncho86 said:
Remove the battery for a while. While the battery is out, plug the phone in with both AC and USB charging.. this will help you see if it's a defective battery
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No, this also didn't work.

Hmm.. I'm really not sure how to help

FirePoncho86 said:
Hmm.. I'm really not sure how to help
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What is curious is that whatever button combination you use, there is no response at all. And the phone was working without problem only a couple hours before. Even if I plug, there is no battery charging image.

Battery's dead?

jpvalenz said:
What is curious is that whatever button combination you use, there is no response at all. And the phone was working without problem only a couple hours before. Even if I plug, there is no battery charging image.
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Aw man and I thought I had it bad... lol. Good luck with this!
I would try getting your hands on another battery though. I don't think the phone would boot up without a recognizable battery whether it had enough power or not. Maybe someone that actually knows can say... Either way I'll try it with mine tomorrow (mine boots into fastboot and recovery at least) and let you know

Looks like trying out another battery might be the only next logical step. No response even when plugged in for charging indicates a possible battery issue.

hey...
you got a similar condition with my phone...
dont know what to do now...
jpvalenz said:
Hope you can help.
Today in the morning, I wake up and see that my phone was stuck at the google logo. I removed the battery but after put it again, the phone didn't start. No google logo, no recovery screen, nothing.
Does anyone know an alternative method to start (resurrect) this thing?
Model: i9020a
ROM: AOKP JB M1
Kernel: Marmite 6.7
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I had read a lot of forums that said that with the JB upgrade (any type: AOSP, OTA, etc), after some time, theirs phones gone dead as well. Seems there is some problem with the bootloader that affect the mainframe (motherboard?). No one has been able to resolve this problem.

jpvalenz said:
I had read a lot of forums that said that with the JB upgrade (any type: AOSP, OTA, etc), after some time, theirs phones gone dead as well. Seems there is some problem with the bootloader that affect the mainframe (motherboard?). No one has been able to resolve this problem.
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So you are saying that Jelly Bean bricks the Nexus S? Where have you read this? It seems like a very serious accusation/assumption.

jpvalenz said:
I had read a lot of forums that said that with the JB upgrade (any type: AOSP, OTA, etc), after some time, theirs phones gone dead as well. Seems there is some problem with the bootloader that affect the mainframe (motherboard?). No one has been able to resolve this problem.
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interesting.....anything to back this up....

Maybe a jtag could resolve your problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecp8jKmm48k

Mine is doing the same thing. At least it turns on to the Google screen if I remove the chip labled sandisk. Its also the card that has the nfc contacts. Any solution yet?
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I had the exact same thing happened to me. I installed a custom jb ROM (I was already using an earlier version of the same rom) and I noticed abnormal battery drain and in a few hours it died completely. No response at all. Tries different batteries, chargers, everything. I tried sending it in to get it fixed but I was told they found corrosion on the board which was true so it would coat 450 to fix! But I know for a fact that wasn't the reason why the phone was completely unresponsive. I went to wind to get it fixed and the guy told me that they've been getting a crap load of nexus s devices back for the exact same reason. This coincided with the jelly bean upgrade. There's definitely an issue happening with the upgrade but Google or Samsung aren't saying anything.
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Finished Nexus S?

Hi there, I was recently rooting my Nexus S (used the Nexus root toolkit) when something happened. I had originally dropped my phone and inside my phone it became damaged and wouldn't be able to properly mount itself when plugged into a laptop. So everything was working when I began rooting until nearing the end of the script, it stopped working due to the fact that my phone is quite delicate when it's plugged in, The root didn't work so I retried rooting it several times. My phone currently will not turn on or even show that it's charging when plugged into a wall. I know for a fact it's not an issue with the battery because I put my battery into my sisters Nexus S and there's around 40% left. Is there any solution to this problem or do I need a new phone?

Sounds like a hardware issue related to doing the device and nothing to do with the rooting process
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p1gp3n said:
Sounds like a hardware issue related to doing the device and nothing to do with the rooting process
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So my only real option is to get a new phone then? :S

It sounds like you need either a replacement or repair. If you have to pay for the repair, it may be a better idea to replace it with something newer/better.
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Captain RedBeard said:
Hi there, I was recently rooting my Nexus S (used the Nexus root toolkit) when something happened. I had originally dropped my phone and inside my phone it became damaged and wouldn't be able to properly mount itself when plugged into a laptop. So everything was working when I began rooting until nearing the end of the script, it stopped working due to the fact that my phone is quite delicate when it's plugged in, The root didn't work so I retried rooting it several times. My phone currently will not turn on or even show that it's charging when plugged into a wall. I know for a fact it's not an issue with the battery because I put my battery into my sisters Nexus S and there's around 40% left. Is there any solution to this problem or do I need a new phone?
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Maybe you had brick your phone, if you find someone can do jtag at low price you can consider to make a try

Bomber_ste said:
Maybe you had brick your phone, if you find someone can do jtag at low price you can consider to make a try
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I don't know much about bricking but is there a program that could unbrick it ?

I don't know about a program, you can try, the only time i had brick my nexus s i need to do jtag
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I'm not so sure it is bricked. Many people here are quick to throw that word around, but in your OP you mention doing it and not being able to mount to a laptop before starting the root process...
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[Q] Nexus 5 don't start anymore

Hi all,
I've a Nexus 5, stock rom 4.4.4, rooted.
Since 3 or 4 days I have unwanted reboots. And today, my nexus powered off and didn't want to reboot.
Even I press the power button for a long time (more than a couple of minutes) , nothing happend.
The only thing I got, is when the device is plugged on usb charger : the nexus boot on the google logo then switch off and boot again on the google logo then switch off again and again and again....
I can't access bootloader or recovery...
Any ideas??? If the device is bricked, I just want to recover my. Is the flash memory could be recovered?
Thanks for your help.
Cheers

Please up !!
I need to recover my baby's pictures.....

I have exactly same problem on my Nexus 5 too. It dies right in my hands 2 days ago. I'm also not able to get even to the recovery, so I'm sending my device to RMA. Hopefully, I will get new unit or refund.

Srandista said:
I have exactly same problem on my Nexus 5 too. It dies right in my hands 2 days ago. I'm also not able to get even to the recovery, so I'm sending my device to RMA. Hopefully, I will get new unit or refund.
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HI,
mine is rooted and I bought it december 2013. So i think I RMA it cause warrantly should be over...

lolokro said:
HI,
mine is rooted and I bought it december 2013. So i think I RMA it cause warrantly should be over...
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Yeah, but here, where do I live, we have a 2 year warranty for products, so I should be still covered, thankfully.

I can RMA my device too. So Google will send me a refurbished one. My problem is that I still can't recover my data.
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I can RMA my device too. So Google will send me a refurbished one. My problem is that I still can't recover my data.
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AFAIK you can't do anything if you don't have access to fastboot/recovery/Android. Duplicating important contents should a rule for everyone.

lolokro said:
I can RMA my device too. So Google will send me a refurbished one. My problem is that I still can't recover my data.
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Well, but that's not a Google problem, you should backup your phone data on regular basis. Next time, use for example a Google Photos app, which will automatically backup your photos for free.

I hate the title of this thread

try pressing both volume buttons and then pluggin in into your computer (via usb cable), see if it goes and stay at download mode

So I finally got my Nexus 5 back. I received refurbished unit, and feels so good to be back on rooted Android again (was suffering with stock HTC One M7 during RMA)