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Purchased My EVO LTE this morning. Walked out of the store about 11am.
Placed it on the charger after setting up.
Started to use it (full battery) this afternoon for about 20 minutes. Sense restarted a few times, and Had a spontaneous reboot. After reboot the phone was acting odd so I decided to power down all the way. Before the power down the battery indicator was still on full. The phone was cool to the touch.
Now, the phone will not power on. The charging light will not illuminate when plugged in. Have tried holding power button 15 seconds, and a few other button combinations. Is there any help, for this other than a new phone?
I would take it back to the store you got it at and just get a new one. Sounds like a BAD EGG
Ouch. At least 1 other person experienced the sane thing,...with 2 devices in a row. Did you put an SD card in it yet?
sent from my Evo LTE, usually.
Put in SD card before first power up. Saw the SD just fine. Already tried pulling the SD card.
jmt000 said:
Now, the phone will not power on. The charging light will not illuminate when plugged in. Have tried holding power button 15 seconds, and a few other button combinations. Is there any help, for this other than a new phone?
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Might be totally pointless but have you tried holding the power button down for over 20 seconds? I read in one of the user guides that if you hold it for 20 seconds the soft keys will start to flash, once they stop flashing release the power button and it should reboot. Like I said, it might not work but still worth a shot.
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That makes me not even want to buy one. I've had 2 friends get bad eggs and now that's 4 I know of.. I think I'm staying with my Epic
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Fixed ( Sort of )
Got My EVO LTE to turn on finally.
Solution: Put it in the freezer.
Phone had been dead for several hours.
Directly before putting it in everything to get it going was a NO.
Let it chill..... and power button turned it on.
So more than likely the problem is battery related or battery ribbon cable related?
What else would cold effect?
I had two from the same store do the exact same thing.
I had last nights replacement again replaced but this time from a store 100 miles away.
Different hardware version and absolutely no issues now.
Your newest is he 004? This phone is 003.
Sometimes very slow to wake. Also sometimes touchscreen not responsive. Aka ring won't move to unlock.. But at least it turned on again
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hold down the power and home buttons at the same time
racosta201045 said:
That makes me not even want to buy one. I've had 2 friends get bad eggs and now that's 4 I know of.. I think I'm staying with my Epic
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Four or five bad phones out of how many thousands sold I'd say that's not too bad at all. I bet the epic line has never seen such atrocities.
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Update:
Phone worked ok for a bit when it finally came back on. Sometimes it would lag on powerup on the lockscreen aka ring wouldnt move then 45 sec later it would unlock so it was getting the touch input. then Got it hot with heavy use etc. Then at about 60% battery on the second charge after it came alive again, it started acting slow. Wifi connectivity problems etc. Speed test was 30mbit by 5 mbit on wifi at first boot. Went to unresponsive websitefis on wifi and 1mbit by 600k on speedtest when acting up. 3g connectivity was fine. and wifi on / off and or airplane mode didnt fix it. speedtest to same server on same wifi via laptop when phone slow got 39mbit by 5mbit.
Not that the other wierdness matters, anyhow...... Turned it off again and it turned into a brick same as before.
My wifes LTE runs like a champ though.
pluged evo into usb hub vibrated and now wont turn on no status light
ok so i traded my galaxy nexus for the lte .i t now it wont turn on the chrge light wont turn on or anything . wen i plugged it into the usb hub with the official htc usb cord . the phone vibrated and then wen dead . i waited about a half hour then i got it to turn on but it was stuck in fast boot and it said re locked ???????? but i know the battery was extremely low so now the phone has sat on the official htc usb wall charger all night i have tried all the key tricks multiple time hold power holod power and volume to no avail . i have the box but i traded on craigslist and i dont think i can add insurance any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated thank u all in advance .
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ok so i traded my galaxy nexus for the lte .i t now it wont turn on the chrge light wont turn on or anything . wen i plugged it into the usb hub with the official htc usb cord . the phone vibrated and then wen dead . i waited about a half hour then i got it to turn on but it was stuck in fast boot and it said re locked ???????? but i know the battery was extremely low so now the phone has sat on the official htc usb wall charger all night i have tried all the key tricks multiple time hold power holod power and volume to no avail . i have the box but i traded on craigslist and i dont think i can add insurance any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated thank u all in advance .
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You tried holding the power button down for 20 seconds until the buttons light up?
I had a issue after the unlock where it wouldn't power on, or charge. But finally got it turned on after various different combo's and I think long holding the power button worked.
oOflyeyesOo said:
You tried holding the power button down for 20 seconds until the buttons light up?
I had a issue after the unlock where it wouldn't power on, or charge. But finally got it turned on after various different combo's and I think long holding the power button worked.
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yes i have tried all issues and methods ....... all of nothing working . idk wat to do so i went back to my epic touch 4g for a while til i can somehow fix this
how do you check the hardware number?
I would return all those evos asap.
On my Evo lte the capacitive buttons are on but nothing is on the screen. Will the freezer thing work?
Help!
Had my Note a couple of months no problems. This morning I forgot to get it out of my bag to sit on the desk. When I remembered it had got very hot and had a blank screen. I now can't get it to turn on.
I have already:
- let it cool down and taken the battery out and put back.
- Pressed the power button for upto 30 seconds
- Pressed combinations of power+menu+vol up, power+menu for 10 seconds or more
- Tried the above with the SIM card removed
What can I do? Is my phone bricked? There is not sign of response, no vibration etc to indicate the phone is on.
did you try plugging it in? Maybe you fried the battery.
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Mad383Max said:
did you try plugging it in? Maybe you fried the battery.
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I agree, it may very well have lost its charge. Connect to charger and see if it works again. You may have to replace battery if it happens again.
That happened to me once, let the battery die out completely and couldn't turn it on... make sure you plug it in to the wall charger and not a computer or laptop, you'll be there for days trying to charge it.
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For some reason, If my phone is powered down I can not turn it on while it's plugged in. Frickin weird, but who knows. So when my battery died this weekend I had to charge it for about 15 minutes, unplug, turn on, once I saw samsung on screen I plugged back in and was good to go. It just started doing that recently, no idea why. So yea, I would suggest charging that joker for a good 20 minutes, unplug, hold button (should vibrate once or thrice), and see if that helps. Batteries don't like heat and tend to lose a large bit of their capacity when hot (not perm). My laptop works for a good 3-4 hours under heavy use, but when I go to afghan it dropps to half that under comperable load, then back home it works well again. Batteries are a fickle thing.
Ok so I got in my car one day, checked my phone.. about 50% charge. I plugged it in to the car charger by habit. The screen turned off, so i thought it was just the display timer. But when I realized my settings are for it NOT to turn off while charging I pressed the power button...no response. In fact, there was no charging light! So ive tried different chargers, usb, everything even holding the power button down for 10secs-2 minutes and no response! This is the first time I've actually had a phone without insurance or sprint's replacement thingy (yes now ive learned my lesson). I cant send it in to HTC because my screen cracked (1st lesson) which voids the warranty. Ive just opened it and replaced the battery thinking that's the problem but apparently not.
Now that my rant is over, does anyone have an idea, solution and/or fix for this? and I've attached pics of some concerning dark spots on the connections. Is that normal or could the charger have burned up the connection(s). Do i need a new phone or can just the port/connections be replaced? I am LOST without my phone lol
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Ok so I got in my car one day, checked my phone.. about 50% charge. I plugged it in to the car charger by habit. The screen turned off, so i thought it was just the display timer. But when I realized my settings are for it NOT to turn off while charging I pressed the power button...no response. In fact, there was no charging light! So ive tried different chargers, usb, everything even holding the power button down for 10secs-2 minutes and no response! This is the first time I've actually had a phone without insurance or sprint's replacement thingy (yes now ive learned my lesson). I cant send it in to HTC because my screen cracked (1st lesson) which voids the warranty. Ive just opened it and replaced the battery thinking that's the problem but apparently not.
Now that my rant is over, does anyone have an idea, solution and/or fix for this? and I've attached pics of some concerning dark spots on the connections. Is that normal or could the charger have burned up the connection(s). Do i need a new phone or can just the port/connections be replaced? I am LOST without my phone lol
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my phone does same, 100% battery. next thing i know it won't turn on (power on) no matter how long i hold power button.
not even showing charge light, believe it's hard bricked.
send in to be fixed for $60, not sure if it can be .
Plug it into its wall charger and leave it alone for 6-8 hours. Its happened to others before.
That may fix it. some think its a super deep sleep or something.
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Hi,
Have you tried holding down volume up+volume down+power at the same time for a while? That usually resets the phone and you can get back into recovery. Worth a shot. I hope you get it fixed brother.
inst1029 said:
my phone does same, 100% battery. next thing i know it won't turn on (power on) no matter how long i hold power button.
not even showing charge light, believe it's hard bricked.
send in to be fixed for $60, not sure if it can be .
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my warranty is void because of the broken screen...and I just opened it to replace the battery =/
NaterTots said:
Plug it into its wall charger and leave it alone for 6-8 hours. Its happened to others before.
That may fix it. some think its a super deep sleep or something.
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I'll try that and see, it does get warm on the upper half when plugged in for a few minutes
dteze88 said:
Hi,
Have you tried holding down volume up+volume down+power at the same time for a while? That usually resets the phone and you can get back into recovery. Worth a shot. I hope you get it fixed brother.
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yes i've tried multiple combinations and different times. thanks anyway.
lilbitz_1018 said:
my warranty is void because of the broken screen...and I just opened it to replace the battery =/
I'll try that and see, it does get warm on the upper half when plugged in for a few minutes
yes i've tried multiple combinations and different times. thanks anyway.
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i believe mine was hard bricked, so i send it to mobiletechvideos for jtag repair.
heard alot of good reviews on them in xda
inst1029 said:
i believe mine was hard bricked, so i send it to mobiletechvideos for jtag repair.
heard alot of good reviews on them in xda
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this might be my only other option at this point. thanks.
Hello,
So last night I was using my optimus g, the notification that my battery was too low came up, and the phone shut off. After that I went to charge my phone and the usual red light did not come up around the power button and the phone will not charge. There is no water damage or sudden incident that could have caused this to happen. AT&T will not replace the phone due to a small scratch on the front of the screen done a couple months ago. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get my phone to charge and turn on again??
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
have you tried to hold the power button down for like 10 seconds? try a different plug outlet and plug it in and see what happens
If you can't get it working then send it in to LG since AT&T won't help you.
Have you tried a different charger? Tried usb charging? Somewhere in this forum are instructions for removing the back case and battery. Two others had similar problems and removing the battery helped.
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Jank4AU said:
Have you tried a different charger? Tried usb charging? Somewhere in this forum are instructions for removing the back case and battery. Two others had similar problems and removing the battery helped.
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Yeah, I tried a lot of different chargers, USB charging and different outlets. I will have to try to remove the battery i guess. AT&T told me that I could not have LG repair it because it has a small crack in the bottom left that I made a couple months prior to this happening. Do you know how to get to the thread about removing the battery? I cant seem to find it =/
Anyone have any other ideas?
Here's the thread for accessing the battery btw.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2127122
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If that doesn't do the trick then replacing the damaged portion of the phone and then claiming warranty would probably work, especially since it's already bricked and you don't have to worry too hard about it not turning on again after you reassemble it because again, it's already bricked probably a whole lot cheaper than buying a new one off contract.
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If that doesn't do the trick then replacing the damaged portion of the phone and then claiming warranty would probably work, especially since it's already bricked and you don't have to worry too hard about it not turning on again after you reassemble it because again, it's already bricked probably a whole lot cheaper than buying a new one off contract.
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The only problem is that the crack is on the front class screen, and I have heard that the screen is hard to replace
Before you open it up and go fiddling around on the inside, try these (in order):
1. Hold down your power button for at least 15 seconds.
2. Plug in your charger
3. (If that doesn't work) Use a different outlet/adapter.
4. If all else fails, try the 15 second power button thing and then connect it to your computer.
My Nook Tablet's display wouldn't work once and it took me the better part of a week to figure out that holding the power button down for 10+ seconds manually turns it off (I was a noob). (I then plugged it into my computer instead of the charger and it powered on!) A lot of people forget to try the simple things first...
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The only problem is that the crack is on the front class screen, and I have heard that the screen is hard to replace
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Ok, let me rephrase that. A new one is $450. You can get a screen/digitizer for ~$85. I'm not a math whiz but to me the difficulty is worth saving that much cash.
download mode
it could be a software problem try going into download mode (holding vol down and power then plugging it in at the same time) it may take a couple trys but if you can get into that then it could possibly be a software issue maybe its a prob with bootloader if it is try useing some teenybins somthing similar happened to me i unlocked the bootloader and everthing got better post back if you can get into download mode
I too have started having problems charging this phone when it goes all the way down which it does fast usually listing android operating system or my screen as the main culprit....try booting to bl then recovery and clearing cache and dalvic....I use twrp recovery and there no battery stat wipe function but in rom toolbox pro there is although the merits of such is questionable.....I also used a battery calibration app recently and it seemed to help... I've also had to plug it up and just leave it for a while whether it's convenient or not it works....???
I've wondered about awesome kernel cleaning script... As well as some of the battery saving apps in conjunction with Eco mode and power saver function.... I've used juice defender ultimate for a while and recently battery guru from Qualcomm and Antutu but same crash today leaving phone down 2 hours plus easily not to mention getting stuck in power save popup warning viscious cycle of popping up every keystroke is gonna get this device slammed up against a wall and I don't want to replace it but any help on this also appreciated....
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USB Cable
Have you tried another USB cable? :silly: I stopped using USB cords ever since my grandpa got a wireless charger (yes, my grandpa ) but you better be careful with those since not all of them are compatible with LG phones, check the reviews and device compatibility, mine is a Powermat 3X
im having the same problems too... using the latest cyanagen mod... the battery just doesnt hold the charges like it says and shuts off.. i need this phone as an alarm......
There's problems with fast charge for cm try turning it off its on by default
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Same problem ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I have this problem now, and can't get it to work. Anybody figure it out?
So there seems to be a desease of optimuses
My phone was charging while I was sleeping, and I accidentaly putted my hand on my phone while I was sleeping, and the phone was seriusly hot! I got up, upluged the phone from the charger, let it cooldown, plug it in on another charger, the phone responded in the first place, but the red flashing light was coming up really quickly. I switched it of and on and now it is showing me the battery that is shown when the device is charging. Been doing this charge for like an hour or more, with varius attempts to switch it on but it still it wont switch on! Any tips or anything? I am going to leave it charging for a coupe of hours and see if I have any results...
My phone started having issues where it would randomly shut off and sometimes holding power for approx 20 seconds or so would turn it back on or other button combinations sometimes requiring me to force download mode. I have always been able to force it back on however previously when plugged into a charger the notification light wouldn't do anything.
It shut off yesterday and I have tried every combination of buttons for at least 30 seconds, including trying to force download mode with volume up and down and USB into computer and nothing. The difference this time every time I plug it in the notification light either is solid or pulsing rapidly and will not turn on or go to download mode.
Phone is rooted running paulicats aosp and has been since I got the phone 3 months ago, it was dropped in water the week I got the phone but was disassembled and cleaned that day with no issues until this last week.
Any help or input is greatly appreciated
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Came with the power chord and phone and a dead battery. I used one of my phone chargers and been charging for 10 min now. how long does it take to charge the phone to turn on from a dead battery.I just get the battery indicator showing it is charging. do I need to buy a specific charger for this phone I could leave it charging any insight would be great thank you
Hold down the power button until it vibrates then it will boot. Shouldn't have bought it without seeing it actually work
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carhigh said:
Hold down the power button until it vibrates then it will boot. Shouldn't have bought it without seeing it actually work
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yeah stupid me thought the button on the bottom of the screen was the power button. I pushed the the buton on the side and it turned on. I know I gambles buying used. I got it to turn on everything is working. so far its user error not hardware error. mess around and look at what I can do with this thing like rooting it. maybe installing a different rom. I don;t know if its possible if anyone knows of any good posts to help me get on my way it would be great. only smart phones I had so far was the motorola droid x and htc evo lte. I don;t know the process of the samsung phones.
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Came with the power chord and phone and a dead battery. I used one of my phone chargers and been charging for 10 min now. how long does it take to charge the phone to turn on from a dead battery.I just get the battery indicator showing it is charging. do I need to buy a specific charger for this phone I could leave it charging any insight would be great thank you
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I dont see why you need a speci chareger... most chargers are created equal. It takes like 5 hrs to fully charge... the phone screen must indicate the charging status.
you could have turned your phone on instantly while it is on charge