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My captivate is now COMPLETELY DEAD...

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?

labbu63 said:
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...

[Q] Transformer not powering on?

Hey, I got my transformer yesterday, and for some reason this is the 2nd time this has happened, fully charged battery, but the device won't power on. Attempted to plug into power but no dice. Held the power button for 30 seconds, nothing, held the power and volume up and nothing. Yesterday when this happened I plugged it into my computer (Windows) and held the power and up buttons and it turned on though it could have been windows detecting the drivers. Anyone else having this? Any suggestions? I haven't had a chance to test again and see if I can bring it back through that trick yet, but I will. Then I'll try a factory reset and see if it resolves the issue. I would hate it if this is a defective unit, that's for sure esp since they are so backordered. Outside of that I love the device.

naturefreak85 said:
Hey, I got my transformer yesterday, and for some reason this is the 2nd time this has happened, fully charged battery, but the device won't power on. Attempted to plug into power but no dice. Held the power button for 30 seconds, nothing, held the power and volume up and nothing. Yesterday when this happened I plugged it into my computer (Windows) and held the power and up buttons and it turned on though it could have been windows detecting the drivers. Anyone else having this? Any suggestions? I haven't had a chance to test again and see if I can bring it back through that trick yet, but I will. Then I'll try a factory reset and see if it resolves the issue. I would hate it if this is a defective unit, that's for sure esp since they are so backordered. Outside of that I love the device.
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when your device isnt coming on, does your computer give you a usb notification? You could be putting it in apx mode on accident.

dcmtnbkr said:
when your device isnt coming on, does your computer give you a usb notification? You could be putting it in apx mode on accident.
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I will find out in a few. The thing is this has happened when I left the device unplugged and in sleep when driving to/from work. Yesterday plugging it back into the computer brought it to life. Nothing else did. Not sure what apx mode is even.
Sent from my MB860
EDIT: Ok, turns out it get stuck in some weird power mode. I plugged it into the computer with no resolution, when I held the power button for 10 seconds, then waited 5 and pressed it again, the device powered on. I suspect it might be an issue involving detecting WiFi access points when driving or something else. I'll Factory Restore and see what happens.

try turning off screen lock.

naturefreak85 said:
I will find out in a few. The thing is this has happened when I left the device unplugged and in sleep when driving to/from work. Yesterday plugging it back into the computer brought it to life. Nothing else did. Not sure what apx mode is even.
Sent from my MB860
EDIT: Ok, turns out it get stuck in some weird power mode. I plugged it into the computer with no resolution, when I held the power button for 10 seconds, then waited 5 and pressed it again, the device powered on. I suspect it might be an issue involving detecting WiFi access points when driving or something else. I'll Factory Restore and see what happens.
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I had that sometimes in the first day I had it, after that it hasn't happened. No factory reset, just make sure to do a hard shutdown (powerbutton 10 sec~) while it's booted and it should fix the issue.

seshmaru said:
I had that sometimes in the first day I had it, after that it hasn't happened. No factory reset, just make sure to do a hard shutdown (powerbutton 10 sec~) while it's booted and it should fix the issue.
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Yea, it had happened once already, and again. I'll be testing today when I leave work, factory reset and see what happens. Should it continue, I'll go to the next step. I'm just not sure what it is. Interesting bug to say the least.

naturefreak85 said:
I will find out in a few. The thing is this has happened when I left the device unplugged and in sleep when driving to/from work. Yesterday plugging it back into the computer brought it to life. Nothing else did. Not sure what apx mode is even.
Sent from my MB860
EDIT: Ok, turns out it get stuck in some weird power mode. I plugged it into the computer with no resolution, when I held the power button for 10 seconds, then waited 5 and pressed it again, the device powered on. I suspect it might be an issue involving detecting WiFi access points when driving or something else. I'll Factory Restore and see what happens.
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From the way you are describing getting it to work again, it sounds like you were in apx mode...

dcmtnbkr said:
From the way you are describing getting it to work again, it sounds like you were in apx mode...
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I still don't really know what APX mode is, from the limited things I have seen about it, in order to get into such, the device has to be powered off first. As far as I can tell, my device isn't randomly powering itself off and automatically going into APX mode. This happens without me touching the device. When I did the power off and on today, it wasn't plugged into the computer at all. There was no recognition from the computer that the device was plugged in.

Well as of today, my EEE Transformer is dead. Will not power on the screen, Asus offers a repair of 14 business days, unacceptable.

Powering on issue
Woah...I was scared to death when mine didn't turn on the next morning that I got the device. Charged it for an hour and try to turn on again, nothing.
Holding the buttons several different ways that I know how to reset it didn't work. Finally I held the button down for more than 10 seconds. Wait a few seconds, then it powered on. Why didn't they make a hard reset since you can't remove battery!??? Hope this is just some fluke and could be updated with firmware.

nxp3 said:
Woah...I was scared to death when mine didn't turn on the next morning that I got the device. Charged it for an hour and try to turn on again, nothing.
Holding the buttons several different ways that I know how to reset it didn't work. Finally I held the button down for more than 10 seconds. Wait a few seconds, then it powered on. Why didn't they make a hard reset since you can't remove battery!??? Hope this is just some fluke and could be updated with firmware.
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Alas, mine didn't get resolved with that, computer detects it now, but no screen response. Asus tells me 14 business days to fix then says try to restore it with the Kernel Source Code. Unfortunately I can't see a way to do such from the folder and they decided to disconnect me.

There is a bug with the default lock screen that makes it so the screen doesnt power on occasionally. In order to work around this you need to disable the lock screen in the settings, or change it from the default one.
Obviously in order to do this initially it needs to be powered on and so you can see it. Therein lies your problem of course. To get around this, charge up your device so you know it has power, use the force power off method (10-12 second press of the power button), wait a few seconds (30+), then power on the device normally (5-6 second press of the power button).
If your screen doesnt come on after that, try a couple more times. It really is an RMA job if it continues to fail. If it does come on, let it boot up to the lock screen, and dont let the screen go off, keep it 'alive', unlock the device and change the lock screen in the options, to either be switched off, or to anything other than default.
This wont work for everyone, as obviously a few may actually have duff screens, but for some of you, it may just be the lock screen bug you are getting unlucky with.

Yea, I seem to have not only the lock screen bug but a defective screen. Unacceptable to me, but hey, what can I do? I've been disconnected 5 times so far, waiting on a manager and will be requesting a faster resolution than what they are offering me. (10-14 Business days is unacceptable)
stuntdouble said:
There is a bug with the default lock screen that makes it so the screen doesnt power on occasionally. In order to work around this you need to disable the lock screen in the settings, or change it from the default one.
Obviously in order to do this initially it needs to be powered on and so you can see it. Therein lies your problem of course. To get around this, charge up your device so you know it has power, use the force power off method (10-12 second press of the power button), wait a few seconds (30+), then power on the device normally (5-6 second press of the power button).
If your screen doesnt come on after that, try a couple more times. It really is an RMA job if it continues to fail. If it does come on, let it boot up to the lock screen, and dont let the screen go off, keep it 'alive', unlock the device and change the lock screen in the options, to either be switched off, or to anything other than default.
This wont work for everyone, as obviously a few may actually have duff screens, but for some of you, it may just be the lock screen bug you are getting unlucky with.
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naturefreak85 said:
Yea, I seem to have not only the lock screen bug but a defective screen. Unacceptable to me, but hey, what can I do? I've been disconnected 5 times so far, waiting on a manager and will be requesting a faster resolution than what they are offering me. (10-14 Business days is unacceptable)
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i am in the same boat as you, luckly i picked up the acer for the weekend because i didnt think i was going to get the asus. glad i did

I'm waiting on hold with Asus to see if they will do an Advance Repair, basically I get put on the line for the full price of the device until they declare mine broken since the return period on the Acer is 14 days at best buy. Quite outside of the repair period.
kenshin0088 said:
i am in the same boat as you, luckly i picked up the acer for the weekend because i didnt think i was going to get the asus. glad i did
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what is the number you are calling, when i called they had almost no idea what i was talking about. they kept asking me if when i am pluged into the wall if thre was a light on the chager when there is no light lol i think they thot i had a laptop or netbook

18886783688 Option 2 Option 2 Option 5
kenshin0088 said:
what is the number you are calling, when i called they had almost no idea what i was talking about. they kept asking me if when i am pluged into the wall if thre was a light on the chager when there is no light lol i think they thot i had a laptop or netbook
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did you find out anythinig from asus?

kenshin0088 said:
did you find out anythinig from asus?
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Had to escalate it up to management and expressed I wanted an advance repair and was willing to give them my credit card number so they could place a hold on the card for the amount of a replacement until they got mine. Has to be escalated above the rep should hear back in a couple hours. If not I have an extension and will call back
Sent from my MB860

they are having me download the source code and try and force it to the transformer we will see if it works will report back

Nexus S 4G hard bricked!! want to restore

i have a nexus s 4 g from sprint. it is hard bricked. i tried to root it and change recovery.then it shut off and wont power on, light up at all. I would like to know if i am able to achieve download mode, what do i need to do, what files and how to install to return this phone to stock?? please help!!!

Take out the battery for a few seconds and put it back; then while holding Volume UP (+) press the Power Button.
See what happens...
One helpful tool is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984849

kozmo2k4 said:
Take out the battery for a few seconds and put it back; then while holding Volume UP (+) press the Power Button.
See what happens...
One helpful tool is found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984849
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Nothing. Happens it don't light up or power on at all. It is not reconized on computer either. It's hard bricked.

Make sure the Battery is charging...

How can I make sure the battery is charging when no lights come on at all? All I do know is I had it plugged in for a while yesterday and it got really warm. But no lights whatsoever. The screen doesn't light up at all neither does the led.

??????

There are no notification lights on the D720, but when you plug it in with a charger, you should see a battery bar on the display.
Other than that, you are probably right about hard-brick.
I, luckily, never had a "brick" on the Nexus S, so someone else with experience may wanna chime in. But Google and YouTube are your friends.
Sorry...
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Hey man, did you have any luck with this? I'm experiencing the same problem.

Talal916 said:
Hey man, did you have any luck with this? I'm experiencing the same problem.
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Please help me, i have the same problem

been awhile since any action here. saved mine with JIG method once but this time it won't work ??!(why) , in search of a solution again! -> hardbrick #2 on this device!

You guys can try a USB Jig. If that does not help, I think JTAG is what you need.

Jesus... just to revive this thread (and this concept of hard bricking), I think I just accidentally bricked mine as well.
Here's exactly what I did:
One moment, it was working spectacularly - fully stock, but unlocked. I had just listed it on eBay, too.
So I ran a factory reset on it (from the Settings menu), also "erase USB storage".
Then, after it shut down for the reboot, I pulled the battery.
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That was it. Now it doesn't turn on for anything whatsoever. No device detected on USB when plugged into PC. Remove, replace battery, hold VolUp+Power, nothing. Plug into power adapter, nothing. Nothing at all.
But the back does get lukewarm after a minute or so, as if it's alive in the head but frozen, unable to start the bootloader.
WTF? I also have 2 more of these Nexus S 4G's, and both of them seem to have Flash storage chips that exhibit the same behavior when their chips are placed in (this) working motherboard. They can't boot. When I try to "hot-flash" it by booting the bootloader then swapping the Flash chips, they can't flash anything (this is probably to be expected). So, if I can get my ONCE-WORKING phone back to life, there's a good chance I can get another working as well (one just has a cracked glass, otherwise working mainboard & peripherals).
It's old, yes, but it's a damn shame to E-waste these things for a stupid software problem like this!

OnePlus One super hard bricked?

Hello, I was flashing cm-11.0-XNF9XBS28K-bacon-signed on my opo and something went wrong on recovery, it was like rom flashing went wrong and it didn't happen, so I went to wipe and I'm pretty sure that I selected everything in wipe section, literally everything and hit the reboot button, and my phone won't wake up, no response, tried to press buttons in every combinations for maybe 1 min? My computer won't recognize my phone, nothing happens, no vibration, no sound ;x I think I erased everything, but is it possible to delete bootloader that way? Btw my battery was charged to about 90%.
I tried charging in for about 14hs and nothing happened, phone and charger during this time were cold. I tried to recognize it by Windows 10/XP and Ubuntu but no reponse from phone, so I coulnd't use this magical method with qualcomm port and drivers, and then this Color. Is it really bad hardware brick?

Have you tried this thread by any chance? Hopefully it works. Worked for me when I bricked mine by flashing hydrogen
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/solution-recover-from-hard-bricked-oneplus-one.104943/

I tried, but my PC can't detect my phone in any state.

latuch91 said:
I tried, but my PC can't detect my phone in any state.
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Can you try long pressing the power button for 10 seconds or more to turn it off. Then long press the power button and connect to a PC and see if it responds
Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk

Ok I will try, but I tried before some combinations with buttons and connecting to PC, now I'm testing "dead battery" so 12hrs without touching and 6 hrs charging and then unplug and plug again. But I'm almost convinced that it's something with mainboard I talked to OP and they said that they will exchange my phone If it happened during flashing Cyanogen ROM.
//Still no respond from the PC and phone. Completely dead.

Dont worry, they wont know u had twrp if the phone is hard bricked. Just carry on your RMA process. Good luck...

Today's remote session went as I thought will be, did almost everything as this technician. Now awaiting RMA ticket.

latuch91 said:
Today's remote session went as I thought will be, did almost everything as this technician. Now awaiting RMA ticket.
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hello i hard bricked my opo two days ago but its ok now plz follow this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732

malikzafar said:
hello i hard bricked my opo two days ago but its ok now plz follow this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
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:good: Used this thread twice now and it saved my phone. Give it a shot.

Phone won't turn on at all - Help??

Hey there,
So recently my phone got updated, and when I got my phone out of charging, it simply turned off. I thought "Oh, well lets just turn it on", well the thing is, the phone doesnt respond to ANYTHING.
I have already tried booting into multiple modes (normal,recovery,safe mode, hard reset) but NOTHING works at all.
The phone just seems dead. I even plugged it on my computer, but of course it cant recognize the phone either.
I am looking for some master mind, telling me what should I do to turn it on, or maybe it is hardware error/damage? I never really dropped my phone, even it have just a few scratches.
Thanks for further answers/solutions!

Gegi1209 said:
Hey there,
So recently my phone got updated, and when I got my phone out of charging, it simply turned off. I thought "Oh, well lets just turn it on", well the thing is, the phone doesnt respond to ANYTHING.
I have already tried booting into multiple modes (normal,recovery,safe mode, hard reset) but NOTHING works at all.
The phone just seems dead. I even plugged it on my computer, but of course it cant recognize the phone either.
I am looking for some master mind, telling me what should I do to turn it on, or maybe it is hardware error/damage? I never really dropped my phone, even it have just a few scratches.
Thanks for further answers/solutions!
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Hi
By hard reset you mean power +Volume down?

MAX 404 said:
Hi
By hard reset you mean power +Volume down?
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Exactly. Tried all the combinations for different boot modes, but nothing works.

Gegi1209 said:
Exactly. Tried all the combinations for different boot modes, but nothing works.
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I guess you already tried a different charger and cable.......
Check the push buttons make sure they are not stuck

MAX 404 said:
I guess you already tried a different charger and cable.......
Check the push buttons make sure they are not stuck
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The push buttons are perfectly fine, even the phone isnt that old, to be broken, as I stated, I took a good care of it
I guess there are no ways to fix this then? I will better call my service then.

Gegi1209 said:
The push buttons are perfectly fine, even the phone isnt that old, to be broken, as I stated, I took a good care of it
I guess there are no ways to fix this then? I will better call my service then.
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Is very difficult to fix when it does not turn on.......is most like it that it has to be open to check.......the best would be that , take it to Samsung service
let us know what happens

Leave it connected to PC USB overnight, see if it can trickle charge
If it works, buy a new charger & USB lead