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I unrooted this morning and was doing the latest official update. The download was quite slow so I left my phone aside and its screen went black.
After a while when I got back to the phone, I pressed the power button as usual, however, the screen didn't turn back on. After a few tries of either pressing or holding the power button, nothing happened. Then I decided to remove the battery and try restarting. No use...
Did search on this forum and then tried numerous ways to unbrick it, tried several procedures and combo of volumn key + power button + odin etc. Guess what, it stays as a brick.
Well, in some threads, it was mentioned that others' captivate can go to some kind of diagnosis mode without complicated procedure. In my case, no matter how I try, brick is alway a brick...
While now I'm waiting for ATT to fedex me a replacement, as a last resort, I'm posting this thread to see if I could get any help...
Million thanks!
[email protected]#$%! same here. A brick is a brick is a brick. I'm getting nothing from this thing... unreal.
PlutoISaPlanet said:
[email protected]#$%! same here. A brick is a brick is a brick. I'm getting nothing from this thing... unreal.
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yeah, same with mine
and those ^&*@#ing ATT that sent us the wrong software update doesnt care, and they only offer me a refurbished phone...
errr.... my phone is NEW when i bought it, it works properly, ATT tried to update my phone, and they bricked it... and now they dont want to take the responsibility by giving me new phone... they not only waste my time, and my data, but my money too!! i am paying NEW for this phone, not a refurb!
i like android, but i dont think i can stand this anymore... if this were apple's iphone, the apple store will replace my phone with no question asked...
you sure your phone didn't run out of battery?
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you sure your phone didn't run out of battery?
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ofc not... it has enough battery before it dies and i plugged in my phone to the usb cable/the charger.. not even the charging screen pops up... its dead... it's charging though, i can feel the heat on the battery...
Ok, hey guys... stuck on the black screen here!?
I turn on MT4GS all buttons light up, no screen functionality at all... tried battery pull and w/ out sim card and/or sd card... I'm currently using Bulletproof and never had any issues prior have had bullet proof for a month... I'm s-off if I remember correctly.
All and any input greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
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Ok, hey guys... stuck on the black screen here!?
I turn on MT4GS all buttons light up, no screen functionality at all... tried battery pull and w/ out sim card and/or sd card... I'm currently using Bulletproof and never had any issues prior have had bullet proof for a month... I'm s-off if I remember correctly.
All and any input greatly appreciated.
Cheers!
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Have you tried getting into bootloader?
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Have you tried getting into bootloader?
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How do I go about doing that again? Is it camera + power or volume down + power?
Thanks
volume down first then while holding it hold power
pull battery, put it back in, and then hold power + volume until you get a white screen. It could also be your flex cable going bad though.
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volume down first then while holding it hold power
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Just tried it 3 times, the red light in the trackpad goes on, no other feedback from the phone! Buttons or screen or anything!
Any other ideas and where would i go to get something like a flex cable checked or even buy?
charge your phone
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Just tried it 3 times, the red light in the trackpad goes on, no other feedback from the phone! Buttons or screen or anything!
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How many times does the light inside the trackpad blink before it stops?
Most likely the answer is:
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charge your phone
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...as he is quick to point out, and i'll admit as he did indirectly, we've been there before, and that's what it sounds like.
I definitely a few times now have thought my device was broken, but I have a couple of different batteries laying around and swapping out always solves this - the first time this happened to me was before we had S-OFF, and it's never happened on my anker battery ... only the stock ones.
( I haven't been keeping track of if it's the same stock battery or both of the ones I have - it happens so infrequently)
Given how it's caught me by surprise once, I might be willing to blame this particular hiccup on the battery, but again, it happens so infrequently - 3 times for me since the beginning of August, so it's hard to tell for sure.
Whatever it is, despite my hunches of the battery culprit, it's certainly not a function of rooting or anything about that since it happened to me before we had that.
2 of the times it was letting the battery run out while sleeping, the first time it happened I was around 20% left. Turned the screen off, wasn't doing anything with it, got a shower, and when I came back it was like this.
I got pretty frustrated and worried, I didn't want to take it back to the store for a different one, so I plugged it in and went over to a friends house. When I came back it worked fine, so I chalked it up to a dead battery, maybe it wasn't reading the percentage right or something.
Dunno, some thoughts...
Blue6IX said:
How many times does the light inside the trackpad blink before it stops?
Most likely the answer is:
...as he is quick to point out, and i'll admit as he did indirectly, we've been there before, and that's what it sounds like.
I definitely a few times now have thought my device was broken, but I have a couple of different batteries laying around and swapping out always solves this - the first time this happened to me was before we had S-OFF, and it's never happened on my anker battery ... only the stock ones.
( I haven't been keeping track of if it's the same stock battery or both of the ones I have - it happens so infrequently)
Given how it's caught me by surprise once, I might be willing to blame this particular hiccup on the battery, but again, it happens so infrequently - 3 times for me since the beginning of August, so it's hard to tell for sure.
Whatever it is, despite my hunches of the battery culprit, it's certainly not a function of rooting or anything about that since it happened to me before we had that.
2 of the times it was letting the battery run out while sleeping, the first time it happened I was around 20% left. Turned the screen off, wasn't doing anything with it, got a shower, and when I came back it was like this.
I got pretty frustrated and worried, I didn't want to take it back to the store for a different one, so I plugged it in and went over to a friends house. When I came back it worked fine, so I chalked it up to a dead battery, maybe it wasn't reading the percentage right or something.
Dunno, some thoughts...
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Thanks, so much I'll try a alternative battery... might have to buy one from ebay... any suggestions? The Red Trackpad light doesn't turn off at all when I try volume down and power just sits there!? Strange I've tried charging it now with no apparent luck I'm praying it's a battery issue! The orange light flashes a few times now when charging then hits solid green when done?
So lost again any thoughts greatly appreciated!
Not sure then - sounds like you should have gotten enough juice to get past it being what we were talking about.
Doesn't mean it isn't a battery issue, but can't say for sure?
Dunno, i'll be turning it over in my head and if I think of something i'll drop it here.
Any word on this?
I was trying to Juopunutbear S-off my phone last nite, when it took me a little time to get the wire trick rite and now my phone is dead. Only the trackpad light stays on and I don't know if that means its out of juice or its bricked. and since the orange led doesnt turn on; I don't know if its charging or not since it won't turn on at all.
Try unplugging it taking the battery out, put it back in 10 seconds later,and plug in the power again. Hold down the volume button and press the power button, see if you can get to recovery from hboot. If you can, you probably aren't completely screwed.
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Thanks anitgandhi for your response. I went thru the procedure and nothing came up on the screen. the screen is still blank. All I see is the red light on the trackpad. I'm not sure if the battery is dead or the phone is bricked!!
This is just a shot in the dark but try plugging it into your computer, see if it recognizes it.
Honestly I'm not too familiar with juopounutbear s-off cuz I have revolutionary, but given the whole wire trick thing, I think bricks can happen easily if you're not extremely careful
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Thanks anitgandhi for your response. I went thru the procedure and nothing came up on the screen. the screen is still blank. All I see is the red light on the trackpad. I'm not sure if the battery is dead or the phone is bricked!!
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Maybe someone with more experience in this type of thing will chime in but I DO know that if your battery goes dead when working at the levels that juopounutbear takes you down to it is very likely you have a brick. The same holds true for flashing most anything except for just the most minor things. You should ALWAYS have at the very LEAST a 50% charge on your phone before you attempt anything other than just using it.
The constant dim red light on the trackpad is NOT a good sign.
When you plug it in, check device manager for qload USB
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Thanks guys for your responses. Tried plugging it into the computer, computer doesnt see anything, no qload or anything. I had a full charge on the phone before the wire trick, so a dead battery is just a guess. I didnt learn abt revolutionary until after the brick! lol
I did try this too just in case, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27797058&postcount=18
and there was no response.
Should I find an external charger and try to charge the battery?
If you know someone with a Sensation and if you can borrow their charged battery for a minute you can find out pretty quick.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
cool, will try that! Thanks!
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cool, will try that! Thanks!
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Or the amaze it has the same battery also
I have been running the new cm9 ics ROM for about 2 days now, and had just got all my data and apps sorted and fully working. I sat down, watched some TV, and after 30 mins i checked my phone. Black screen ( i assume its locked) i tap the power button, nothing, again nothing. I now think i must have turned my phone off. I now hold the power button, nothing, again, nothing. I grab my charger, put my phone on charge and notice no orange or green light. I have repeatedly tried to revive my phone but nothing works. I don't know if its the software, battery, charger, Im so confused. Please if anyone has had the same problem, or has any suggestions, i would appreciate it very much. Thanks.
some extra details: i charged my phone over night the day before, so it shouldn't have died ( i know you shouldnt charge overnight, but i do :/)
i wasn't trying to flash anything or messing around with files, it was in my pocket.
i didn't drop it
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I have been running the new cm9 ics ROM for about 2 days now, and had just got all my data and apps sorted and fully working. I sat down, watched some TV, and after 30 mins i checked my phone. Black screen ( i assume its locked) i tap the power button, nothing, again nothing. I now think i must have turned my phone off. I now hold the power button, nothing, again, nothing. I grab my charger, put my phone on charge and notice no orange or green light. I have repeatedly tried to revive my phone but nothing works. I don't know if its the software, battery, charger, Im so confused. Please if anyone has had the same problem, or has any suggestions, i would appreciate it very much. Thanks.
some extra details: i charged my phone over night the day before, so it shouldn't have died ( i know you shouldnt charge overnight, but i do :/)
i wasn't trying to flash anything or messing around with files, it was in my pocket.
i didn't drop it
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Don't panic. Stay calm. The most of our ics roms suffer from reboots or freezes at this stage of development. Your phone simply froze, this can happen with screen on or turned off. If the three button combo (power and volume + -) does not work, You need to wait until the battery drains out.
if you pull the battery there is a chance to freeze your emmc chip and really brick your phone. If you connect the phone to PC before pulling the Batt there's a little lower risk. But I still don't recommend to do so. After your phone is running again, you should overvolt by 25 to hopefully prevent your phone from freezing again.
Ps.
Really, please stay calm, this happened to me about 20 times on ics roms and I'm not the only one.
Sent by my fingers to your head.
thanks, i will just wait then, is it normal that adb won't recognise the device? and also two things, how long roughly will it take to drain completely? and when it is completely drained, what do i do? charge as normal?
thanks a lot
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thanks, i will just wait then, is it normal that adb won't recognise the device? and also two things, how long roughly will it take to drain completely? and when it is completely drained, what do i do? charge as normal?
thanks a lot
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1. Yes, if it's frozen adb does not recognize the device
2. Depends on how much loaded your battery was. Could be between 1-12 hours
For me very often it didn't need that long, phone restarted by itself after some time.. (30 mins?) But sometimes I also had to wait long..
3.yes, charge normal
Edit: since your screen is off it could take even more than 12 hours
post your results
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Nothing yet i think i will have to wait to tomorrow
EDIT: 11:00 am GMT still nothing, it's been almost 24 hours; should I just keep waiting?
And is there any way to tell wether it's frozen, or the Emmc chip is broken? Thanks
Hey, I've been looking around the forums, and it seems to me that my phone's emmc chip is fine. I admit I did, in a panic, pull out the battery and re-insert it, but on other forums people with a 'fried' emmc chip can at least boot their phone, mine is just completely un-responsive, with a black screen and nothing, when you put it on charge. Am I right or could you shed some light on the problem?
Thanks
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Hey, I've been looking around the forums, and it seems to me that my phone's emmc chip is fine. I admit I did, in a panic, pull out the battery and re-insert it, but on other forums people with a 'fried' emmc chip can at least boot their phone, mine is just completely un-responsive, with a black screen and nothing, when you put it on charge. Am I right or could you shed some light on the problem?
Thanks
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Seems to me exactly like the freeze I and a bunch of others are suffering from. If you think you can take the risk, you could try pulling the battery.
1. Connect to PC first.
2. Pull battery.
3. Pull USB cable
4. Insert battery after few minutes
5. Try to reboot recovery with adb
As I said there is a chance of freezing your emmc. You might succeed, but you might totally brick your phone too. I'm not responsible, I told you the risk..
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I had a spare battery lying around, did what you said above, instead putting the other battery in and not going on adb, but nothing happened. I think I am going to have to try what you said above ^^^
Oh and once I have put the battery back in do I turn the phone on? It might sound stupid but I don't want to get it wrong :/
Alright a few details:
My phone connected to the computer with a battery in (I don't have a clue how full it is) is not recognised as a 'device with removable storage'
It won't charge (or the orange light won't come on)
Yes, to see if it's booting, I would suggest to turn it on
As I said, try to reboot via adb.
And I would recommend to reboot into recovery and flash another ROM or backup, you don't want to freeze your phone again today, do you?
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I've taken my bay out and am just waiting a few minutes :/
Alright it seemsbe booting, could be a boot loop though
Edit : it's working I'm on the home screen of cm9
You don't know how much I love you right now thanks so much for all the help (I didn't even need adb, it just booted normally 0.o)
Keep your fingers crossed
Edit: glad you already solved it.
You're welcome mate
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As I said, overvolt by 25 to hopefully prevent the phone from freezing again.
Or simply do flash a stable ROM. I would prefer this as I don't like to freeze my phone and brutally pull the batt
Sent by my fingers to your head.
I'm trawling through pages and pages of ROMs I think I will stick to stable ones now
If you want sense, try endymion, by far the best.
No sense - reaper, fastest ever.
Just my personal opinion.
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I may have not the thread in its entirety..
But did you try VolumeUp + VolumeDown + Power button combination.
Which can often reboot a hung/stuck phone?
Hello!
I just received my Infinity and started working on it, since there was a new Firmware available I downloaded and installed it.
When done it said "shutting down" and turned the Infinity off.
And this is were the trouble began .. since the last few hours I am trying to get it to work again but nothing seems to work.
Pressing the reset button with a paperclick won't work.
Volume down + Power only lets the Tablet vibrate after 10-12 seconds
Pressing power for 20 seconds (ASUS suggested this..) does the same thing.
with/without A/C Charger or docking station same thing, I get absolutely nothing on the screen.
When plugging it in via USB I get the APX mode.
Is there anything I can do at all? I don't want to send it back of course and thought APX Mode will maybe help me install and / fix something "blind" since I think the issue might be related to the Firmware upgrade..
Thanks in advance
Read this thread [How-To] All-In-One Guide For Asus Infinity (TF700) [24/09/2012] if you haven't already and you should be able to fix it.
Cheers Q
Quozl said:
Read this thread [How-To] All-In-One Guide For Asus Infinity (TF700) [24/09/2012] if you haven't already and you should be able to fix it.
Cheers Q
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I did try the button combinations, and for NVFlash it says: THIS REQUIRES A NON-BRICKED AND UNLOCKED DEVICE. IT WON'T WORK ON ALREADY BRICKED DEVICES
Well.. I think mine already could be bricked, and I can't unlock it by installing the apk
If pressing Volume Down +Power only give you a black screen and not even the Asus logo it means you are bricked (could also be a hw failure, who knows) ... APX mode is useless for your device. So if u can't manage to boot into recovery or in fastboot mode i would recommend you to start the RMA process.
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If pressing Volume Down +Power only give you a black screen and not even the Asus logo it means you are bricked (could also be a hw failure, who knows) ... APX mode is useless for your device. So if u can't manage to boot into recovery or in fastboot mode i would recommend you to start the RMA process.
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Nope nothing, doesn't matter if I press up/down + power for how long all I get is a 1 second vibrate after 10-12 seconds, with or without the Volume keys.
Pad is charged, same with A/C, when I try without the LED next to the power doesn't even turn on
Pressing the reset with a paperclip won't work either as stated so I guess it really is a brick...
How can a official Firmware Upgrade brick a device? I'm not new to Android and already own 3 HTC's all rooted and stuff but I never came across something like this ..
A few Things you can still try to recover the Infinty
Dude, that absolutely SUCKS! I would be so disappointed / angry if I were in your position, especially having the tablet for a short time. It DOES sound like a hardware failure (video seems out, but it's almost as if the tablet is running dark, and you just have no video. Can you return it to the retailer you bought it from? That would be 1000% better than an RMA, which is another thing that Asus does extremely poorly (They use a 3rd Part servive out of Grapevine Texas, and in MOST cases it is a nightmare. I don't understand why you can't bring/send it back to the point of purchase. You are not requesting arefund, just exchange for defective tblet.
As a last resort, do this: RUN THE BATTERY FULLY DOWN. Do not put the charge on, and keep checking if the tablet is powered on (touch the power button quickly, like you are taking it out of sleep mode. This could take the better part of a full day/night, but if you run it until the battery fully discharges, I remember a Prime user that this saved the day. It certainly is worth the effort, considering the alternatives.
Once it fully runs down, plug in the charger, and it should power up / begin charging and you will know in two seconds if it worked cause that Asus Logo will be the greatest site you will have seen in some time.
Oh, and something you can try before beginning that long process: I know you have already tried most reset methods, but humor me and put a pin in the reset hole - by HDMI, but instead of just pressing it briefly, press and hold for a FULL 30 + seconds. Some swear this changes the parameters, thiugh I am doubrtfull. More significant was mention that while holding the microswitch in, there is a "draining" happening of the memory onboard. I half belive it because years ago, I had an old HP Jornada Pocket PC, and one of the recovery procedures was remove the backup battery, and wait some inutes for a drain of memory to occur. You could SEE the LCD fading, like losing contrast super slowly. When it went completely blank was whenI was instructed to re-power up.
So try the reset pinhole for 30+ seconds
failing that, try a full battery drain
failing that try to return to point of sale
failing that do a shudder RMA with Asus. (Reach out to Gary Key - his PM and Email are listed in these forums. That way at least you will have a point of contact, and he may provide you with others. Good luck I feel for ya, especially with JB almost upon us! :cyclops:
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Nope nothing, doesn't matter if I press up/down + power for how long all I get is a 1 second vibrate after 10-12 seconds, with or without the Volume keys.
Pad is charged, same with A/C, when I try without the LED next to the power doesn't even turn on
Pressing the reset with a paperclip won't work either as stated so I guess it really is a brick...
How can a official Firmware Upgrade brick a device? I'm not new to Android and already own 3 HTC's all rooted and stuff but I never came across something like this ..
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Your are not the only one, afaik other users bricked their devices just by updaing with official firmware.However i'm a bit confused about that "shutting down" message and iirc the device only does a "restart" when updating,it doesn't shutdown.
Hi!
Thanks for the long reply
I tried holding the reset for more than 30 seconds, as I thought it did not help.
Any Tipps on how to drain the battery if I can't even turn it on? It vibrates after 10 seconds but I don't think that will drain much of the battery..
As for the RMA:
I won't do it via ASUS, they told me to but hell no.
Bought it from Amazon and already contacted them, I'll send it back when I get the confirmation they won't do an ASUS RMA, if they do want I just get my money back and buy a new one lol. Either way it is faster than Asus..
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I wondered about the shutdown too and even waited quite some time after it went black because I thought it would boot back again, but well.. it did not
Thanks again!
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Hi!
Thanks for the long reply
I tried holding the reset for more than 30 seconds, as I thought it did not help.
Any Tipps on how to drain the battery if I can't even turn it on? It vibrates after 10 seconds but I don't think that will drain much of the battery..
As for the RMA:
I won't do it via ASUS, they told me to but hell no.
Bought it from Amazon and already contacted them, I'll send it back when I get the confirmation they won't do an ASUS RMA, if they do want I just get my money back and buy a new one lol. Either way it is faster than Asus..
Thanks again!
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Put it in APX mode and it will drain your battery.Btw are you sure the battery was charged enough when you updated?
Yosaku said:
Hi!
Thanks for the long reply
I tried holding the reset for more than 30 seconds, as I thought it did not help.
Any Tipps on how to drain the battery if I can't even turn it on? It vibrates after 10 seconds but I don't think that will drain much of the battery..
As for the RMA:
I won't do it via ASUS, they told me to but hell no.
Bought it from Amazon and already contacted them, I'll send it back when I get the confirmation they won't do an ASUS RMA, if they do want I just get my money back and buy a new one lol. Either way it is faster than Asus..
Thanks again!
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I will try to find the thread - but check in the Prime threads - search for screen black, no video etc. The guy(s) that did it said that they just kept turning it on.. or touching the power switch - I know that's not too detailed. Here's the thing: a vibrate is what the tablet does NORMALLY when powering up... I think your may be running, you just can't see it. The only clues you can get are from the LED in the power button. Green means something like 95% charged. Amber means less that 14% and blinking amber (with no power supply attached means it is within the last few percent - Those are ballpark figures, you can find the full LED color descriptions with a bit of searching. Anyway it is you only indicator so, finding out waht the colors mean might help you in the discharging process.
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Put it in APX mode and it will drain your battery.Btw are you sure the battery was charged enough when you updated?
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EDIT: JUST NOTICED you said this is from Amazon. If that's the case, you have no worries. Amazon replaces items faster/better than any other retailer. In fact Amazon will cross ship you a new one and you can return this after receiving the new one - at least that's how they did it with my TF101... two times. On the third exchange, they try to refund you and make you purchase it again, but I complained that it was not the SAME problem each time (this was on the docks) and they went ahead and sent me a 3rd one. Just go ahead and do that. You probably would be better off with a different one, but check it CAREFULLY for defects. I am convinced that these are near impossible for Asus to build without screwing up something - Screen separation (viewed from the edge), scratches, poor cutout/application of the Logo (My daughter actually bled from a cut it gave he -sharp edges) and the INFAMOUS Loose Screen, "Clicking" sound - squeeze the tablet gently all the way around. if it clicks or makes any grinding noises return it. For $500 any defect is unacceptable. Good luck!
Good idea. I also wondered about his state of charge while updating...
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Put it in APX mode and it will drain your battery.Btw are you sure the battery was charged enough when you updated?
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Yes, it was even plugged in
SmartAs$Phone said:
I will try to find the thread - but check in the Prime threads - search for screen black, no video etc. The guy(s) that did it said that they just kept turning it on.. or touching the power switch - I know that's not too detailed. Here's the thing: a vibrate is what the tablet does NORMALLY when powering up... I think your may be running, you just can't see it. The only clues you can get are from the LED in the power button. Green means something like 95% charged. Amber means less that 14% and blinking amber (with no power supply attached means it is within the last few percent - Those are ballpark figures, you can find the full LED color descriptions with a bit of searching. Anyway it is you only indicator so, finding out waht the colors mean might help you in the discharging process.
Good idea. I also wondered about his state of charge while updating...
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Thing is, even when it vibrates the LED is always off, only when I plug it in for charging it turns orange.
I will try the APX method Just plug it in to the PC and when the "can't find driver" message pops up it's in APX? Or do I have to install the drivers first?
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Yes, it was even plugged in
Thing is, even when it vibrates the LED is always off, only when I plug it in for charging it turns orange.
I will try the APX method Just plug it in to the PC and when the "can't find driver" message pops up it's in APX? Or do I have to install the drivers first?
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You don't need the PC at all, just put it in APX mode and let it be. The led turns on only when you plug the charger.
Edit: btw, you will know if it's in APX mode because even if the screen is off the device will get warm.
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You don't need the PC at all, just put it in APX mode and let it be. The led turns on only when you plug the charger.
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Oh ok, since the only thing it does is vibrate I don't know if it is in APX Mode .. and it vibrates not after 5 seconds even when I press the volume up, but after ~10 seconds
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Oh ok, since the only thing it does is vibrate I don't know if it is in APX Mode .. and it vibrates not after 5 seconds even when I press the volume up, but after ~10 seconds
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Indeed it takes 10 seconds before it gets in APX mode.
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Indeed it takes 10 seconds before it gets in APX mode.
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Ok .. I think it is in APX now ... I need to head out for a few hours anyway so wish me luck!
And thanks for your help so far
Maybe that is why they pushed the release back. Because they found it was bricking devices, lol. That sucks, tho, man. Good thing you bought it recently enough to send it back with Amazon. I wouldn't even bother with anything else and just sent it back.
Maybe....you could see what's going on if you connected it to the TV/Monitor on the HDMI port....
Soo I'm back!
It is still vibrating, so the battery is not empty yet ;(
I thought about the HDMI too but I don't have a mini-HDMI adapter.
Anyway it is Saturday and I might send it back today ... although I am usually not giving up till I fix something I guess their might be nothing else left.
Thanks so much for your support so far
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if it clicks or makes any grinding noises return it. For $500 any defect is unacceptable. Good luck!
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500$ ?? Wow ... I am actually thinking about getting one from the US! These things cost around 900$ with Dockingstation in Germany .. way to rip off people oO
Getting off Topic I know, just wanted to mention
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Soo I'm back!
It is still vibrating, so the battery is not empty yet ;(
I thought about the HDMI too but I don't have a mini-HDMI adapter.
Anyway it is Saturday and I might send it back today ... although I am usually not giving up till I fix something I guess their might be nothing else left.
Thanks so much for your support so far
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Ok another trick and it involves some luck. IF its on and you power it off you get a very,very short vibration (it's hard to feel it sometimes) and then you normally see a confirmation box appear in the middle of the screen asking you "Would you like to shut down?". Then you either tap Cancel or OK. Using your "minds eye" try to imagine where that box is on that black screen and tap it where you would to answer the question "OK". If you have any luck the damn thing will shut off and in ~8 seconds you'll feel a longer vibration indicating it turned off. Then DO NOT turn it on. Instead plug in the power adapter and let it power on and see if that puts your video back up.
I'm just wondering if the cable to the screen inside has popped off the main board. I know i've read about that happening but it usually occurs after a pretty good jolt to the unit.
My phone: Nexus S, 16Gb, Rom CM11, Android 4.4.4 (List of updates: https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=crespo)
My story
Yesterday, (about 9.00pm 13/12/2015) my phone got some laggy, so I powered him off. I left it there, 15 minutes later I came back, and I forgot that he had been powered off, so I thought it was just sleeping. I picked him up and press PowerButton. Nothing happended!
Then I got a look at CM rom, found that interesting is my Rom just got a new update at 2.00pm 13/12/2015. I think that my phone has auto-updated!!
In the past, sometime he behaved the same: PowerButton not respond. So, after that 1st press, about 5 sec later, I started to press the PowerButton repeatedly and rapidly, hopefully the phone would wake up.
But no, the reality was that he was being off. There were about 6-7 presses, I will describe slowly below (assume between each press is 0.2 sec):
1st and 2nd press: nothing happened
3rd press: the phone vibrated, and Google logo appeared
4th press: (I had no mean to continue pressing, but it was too fast, I couldn't stop) suddenly, the Google logo disappeared (so the logo stayed on screen just for about 0.2 sec; while normally, it should stay there for atleast 5 sec)
5th and 6th press: nothing happened!
And from then on, no more, anything happened.
What I tried
Hold PowerButton for even 1 minute: nothing happen!
Hold PowerButton + VolumeUP for even 1 minute: none!
Hold PowerButton + VolumeUPandDOWN for even 1 minute: none too!
Connect to charger (wall or pc): no Battery Animation show up! BUT the phone and Battery get warming up!
Take out the Battery for even 15 minutes, then put it back, and PowerButton: nothing!
And the phone not get recognized by PC too.
Sumary
No display
No vigration
No recognized by PC (because of this, I can not follow this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
More Information
In the past, the VolumeDOWN sometimes seems get stucked, cause the phone silent and auto boot to safemode, after many try to press and reboot, the phone may get out of safemode (because VolumeDOWN back to normal)
PowerButton sometimes not respond.
My Battery is not good, sometimes it drops too much! Eg: having 50%, after reboot, dropped to 3%, and start to increase slowly, max around 30% and become normally.
Hope you guys have some ideas! I still can't do anything, when the phone is not regconized by PC!!
Thanks for reading!
Thank you!
Hey,
2 things come to mind and I bet are both the problems. First off you need a new battery and you seem to know this, very cheap now a days but still buy a good one as cheap knock offs are abundant and don't support the power they say, try mugen, anker or stock oem
Also you need to replace power button, this phone was always notorious with bad ones, a new one is cheap but many often found just a loose connection so if you open up the phone, check the ribbon connections and then throw in that new battery all should be well, hopefully
Best of luck!
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Hey,
2 things come to mind and I bet are both the problems. First off you need a new battery and you seem to know this, very cheap now a days but still buy a good one as cheap knock offs are abundant and don't support the power they say, try mugen, anker or stock oem
Also you need to replace power button, this phone was always notorious with bad ones, a new one is cheap but many often found just a loose connection so if you open up the phone, check the ribbon connections and then throw in that new battery all should be well, hopefully
Best of luck!
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Thank you. I'll try your suggest ASAP.
But I'm wondering, that do you think that CM Update maybe also a reason?
I kind of doubt it as that should only effect the software, if you were getting a bootloop or anything to that extant yeah, but being it won't power on at all I doubt it
thank you
Nope, I've seen these symptoms before - exactly the same thing. Dude, I think your phone is Superbricked.
I've got a stack of 3 Nexus S 4G's that have exactly the same problem - the eMMC card is trashed by a buggy "secure erase" implementation. See: https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/EMMC_Bugs
My "working" one was working great, even set it up to sell on eBay, when I went to wipe its data with a factory-reset from the settings menus. When it shut down to reboot, I pulled the battery. That's what bricked it - because the eMMC was halfway through a background erase/rewrite procedure, it wiped out the boot loader somehow and completely bricked the phone. It now does precisely, exactly the same thing you describe - absolutely nothing, except when it's plugged in, it warms up after a while.
Best I can tell, the only way out from here is to use a JTAG device to reflash the chip, but even then, the eMMC itself might be "unbootable" (i.e. can't start up, can't be read or written, can't be reformatted/restored).
I just called it "end of life" for those phones and now they're just a sour reminder on my shelf
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Nope, I've seen these symptoms before - exactly the same thing. Dude, I think your phone is Superbricked.
I've got a stack of 3 Nexus S 4G's that have exactly the same problem - the eMMC card is trashed by a buggy "secure erase" implementation. See:
My "working" one was working great, even set it up to sell on eBay, when I went to wipe its data with a factory-reset from the settings menus. When it shut down to reboot, I pulled the battery. That's what bricked it - because the eMMC was halfway through a background erase/rewrite procedure, it wiped out the boot loader somehow and completely bricked the phone. It now does precisely, exactly the same thing you describe - absolutely nothing, except when it's plugged in, it warms up after a while.
Best I can tell, the only way out from here is to use a JTAG device[/URL] to reflash the chip, but even then, the eMMC itself might be "unbootable" (i.e. can't start up, can't be read or written, can't be reformatted/restored).
I just called it "end of life" for those phones and now they're just a sour reminder on my shelf
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thank you!!
my heart just stop breathing :'( :'(
God, I wish there were a solution to it. I'd really like to donate a phone to anyone that thinks they have the tools or skills to make a "how I did it" explanation - involving whatever tools/software are necessary - to bring these phones back and help us all. I bought 2 of those 3 phones as "for parts" on eBay, and it turned out that both of those phones appeared to have exactly this same issue (though one also had a cracked glass). I even verified the issue by swapping in my good phone's eMMC (at least on the NS4G, it's a swappable card module), and the boards booted up. I only needed the one for the good screen (as I had a good board but completely destroyed display panel) - and that's how I got my one working again.
Then, in the end, I accidentally stumbled upon the method by which the previous two phones were bricked - and now there are three. It seems like a fairly common problem. :/