Soooo......non-removable battery. I hope the hard reset works flawlessly cause I know I've pulled the battery countless times on my Incredible when flashing ROMs and whatnot.
Same here on my Droid X. Sometimes the only way is to reset the device is to pull the battery.
On my wife's Nook Simple Touch eReader with a non-removable battery, I've had some luck with getting it to reboot by plugging it into a charger when it becomes unresponsive.
There is a way to do a reset using a key combination. I would not worry about it.
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Same here on my Droid X. Sometimes the only way is to reset the device is to pull the battery.
On my wife's Nook Simple Touch eReader with a non-removable battery, I've had some luck with getting it to reboot by plugging it into a charger when it becomes unresponsive.
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I agree... a battery pull is often the only way... esp when stuck in a bootloop... i remember with the SGS it had a reset as long as you held down the power button for maybe 15 secs... but on my atrix there was no way at all without pulling the battery... this does seem worrysome when it comes to modding... would always want the battery pull option handy... :S
Does anyone's phone power off( seems to only happen in my pocket ) and won't power on until I hook it up to some kind of charger? This is my third replacement, got lucky to be able to s-off but, never had this problem on the other devices. Been running synergy 9-7, and superlte r133.... Stock kernel. No odd ball apps. Any help would be great. Tia...
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I've been having issues with proximity sensor, only seems like phone is down until battery dies, looks dead though, look to the left of htc logo to see if you see a faded red glow. I don't think that any sense roms have issues with sensor though.
I'm gonnas go back to a 1.22 build and see what happens. I think its a defect in the phone itself though.
lawnguy said:
I'm gonnas go back to a 1.22 build and see what happens. I think its a defect in the phone itself though.
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What did you find here? My phone is doing the exact same thing. Randomly powers off and will not power back on until I connect to charger. And when it finally boots up battery is at near 100% which means the battery did not die. Didn't see this until after running lazy panda and meanrom but even then, it was fine for a month before this started to happen.
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What did you find here? My phone is doing the exact same thing. Randomly powers off and will not power back on until I connect to charger. And when it finally boots up battery is at near 100% which means the battery did not die. Didn't see this until after running lazy panda and meanrom but even then, it was fine for a month before this started to happen.
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I'm running MR and am S-OFF never had any reboots
My phone will power cycle sometimes when in my pocket and I'm sitting down. It does it because my leg is pressing the lock/power button. I don't have to plug it in to get it to work though. If nothing else holding the power/lock button for 10 or so seconds will power it back on. Have you tried that??
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My phone will power cycle sometimes when in my pocket and I'm sitting down. It does it because my leg is pressing the lock/power button. I don't have to plug it in to get it to work though. If nothing else holding the power/lock button for 10 or so seconds will power it back on. Have you tried that??
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Yes, held power for 60+ seconds and also tried power/volDown for 60+ seconds. The phone won't do anything until it is plugged back in. I just can't figure this out. I did a hard reset and it still does it. I don't have insurance but the phone is obviously less than a year old. How does sprint handle cases like this these days? Is it in store exchange or a shipment to HTC?
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Yes, held power for 60+ seconds and also tried power/volDown for 60+ seconds. The phone won't do anything until it is plugged back in. I just can't figure this out. I did a hard reset and it still does it. I don't have insurance but the phone is obviously less than a year old. How does sprint handle cases like this these days? Is it in store exchange or a shipment to HTC?
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It depends. Is the problem reproducible?? That's one of the things techs would try to do when someone hands them their phone. What I would do if someone gave it to me is flash the software with the RUU.
If they can reproduce it after flashing it with the RUU, as long as there is no abuse/liquid/physical damage, they will replace it in the store. The difficulty you face is being able to reproduce the issue in the store....
They should still flash it for you without being able to reproduce the issue. Have you tried different roms??
I would take it in to them and at least start the process. That way there will be a ticket with your issues on it and if it continues that will be good for you.
(BTW, I think you have to lock your bootloader for the RUU to run. And if they can't run it from the android OS tell them to run it from the bootloader or fastboot. (I know some techs know what they're doing but some are just new at it...))
So I have been trying different things recently and this seems to be EXACTLY as the OP described. It only does this when I put the phone in my pocket. I can be using the phone all day in my cube at work with no problem. I can cruise around with the phone in my car and it's fine. But if i stand up and slide the phone into and out of my pocket, it will be powered down with no way to power back up unless charge cable is plugged in for at least ~15 seconds. I've hard reset and tried different ROM...same behavior. I have not tried going back to S-ON (phone is S-OFF via lazy panda). Any thoughts?
Hperry,
I'm sorry to tell you but, I'm 100% certain that this issue is either a broken USB or from a board fracture. I tried ruu's and multiple wipes of main system to refresh the install but, nothing fixed this. What I did do take the device in multiple times to the same tech until he was tired of me coming in. No insurance makes it a $35 exchange. New phone in hand and no more shut downs.
I'm very sorry you experienced this and I hope this helps you.
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So last week my phone started acting a bit strange. The side power button began not functioning properly. Basically - when I press the button to turn the screen off it is unresponsive 90% of the time, or it will load the "Shut-Down Menu" on even the slightest touch. Furthermore, my phone will constantly just shut off. Sometimes this happens when I am using the phone or other times when I'm just trying to turn the screen off the whole phone will just shut down.
There seems to be no constant circumstance that makes the phone shut off, it happens all the time!
I have had it ROMed for the last several months and the ROM I was using at the time it started had absolutely no issues at all. I upgraded to a JB ROM a few days ago and the SAME problem is still there.
Even further, when I am in the CWM Recovery the Power Button (which is used for Enter) is a bit funky (works about half the time) and it will STILL force shut down in CWM.
Also, this happens when phone is plugged in so I don't think it's a battery thing?
Does this seem like a software or hardware problem.... thanks for the thoughts.
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So last week my phone started acting a bit strange. The side power button began not functioning properly. Basically - when I press the button to turn the screen off it is unresponsive 90% of the time, or it will load the "Shut-Down Menu" on even the slightest touch. Furthermore, my phone will constantly just shut off. Sometimes this happens when I am using the phone or other times when I'm just trying to turn the screen off the whole phone will just shut down.
There seems to be no constant circumstance that makes the phone shut off, it happens all the time!
I have had it ROMed for the last several months and the ROM I was using at the time it started had absolutely no issues at all. I upgraded to a JB ROM a few days ago and the SAME problem is still there.
Even further, when I am in the CWM Recovery the Power Button (which is used for Enter) is a bit funky (works about half the time) and it will STILL force shut down in CWM.
Also, this happens when phone is plugged in so I don't think it's a battery thing?
Does this seem like a software or hardware problem.... thanks for the thoughts.
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It appears it is a hardware problem with solely the power button. When you press and hold the power button, it will reboot the system without warning, so it could be constantly "depressing" the power button.
Volcomstone000095 said:
It appears it is a hardware problem with solely the power button. When you press and hold the power button, it will reboot the system without warning, so it could be constantly "depressing" the power button.
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Yeah that would make sense... ughhh...
Well, I guess it's a good excuse to get the S3.
dsebbs said:
Yeah that would make sense... ughhh...
Well, I guess it's a good excuse to get the S3.
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Haha quite possibly! I'd try calling AT&T and maybe see if you can get a refurb if it's under warranty.
Same thing started happening to mine. The power buttons ****ed. Yesterday, it stopped working almost completely. I'm sending it in for warranty tomorrow. It was a ***** trying to reset the phone in recovery after flashing stock, I had to press the power button repeatedly to get the click the register and it powered down a few times.
If you can't get it fixed under warranty. Do a search for power switch problems on captivate. The switch on that phone has the same problems. I have cleaned my captivate power switch a few times using contact cleaner and it works good. Sorry I'd post a link but I'm using the phone app now.
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Had some soccer games to ref this morning and didn't set my phone out of the sunlight. Came out to the car after the games and it was off and very warm. Tried turning it on and it wouldn't. After I got home and it cooled down on the car A/C the whole way home it only does the below things.
The phone will flash the LG logo and then go to a black screen with the backlight running. nothing further happens after that. I can put it in download mode and such, but I really don't want to wipe my phone. Any ideas as to why it is only stuck at the bootloader.
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Had some soccer games to ref this morning and didn't set my phone out of the sunlight. Came out to the car after the games and it was off and very warm. Tried turning it on and it wouldn't. After I got home and it cooled down on the car A/C the whole way home it only does the below things.
The phone will flash the LG logo and then go to a black screen with the backlight running. nothing further happens after that. I can put it in download mode and such, but I really don't want to wipe my phone. Any ideas as to why it is only stuck at the bootloader.
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If you plug in charger what does light on power button do?
adfurgerson said:
If you plug in charger what does light on power button do?
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turns red.
everything seems to be normal.
Just nothing past the first blip of the LG logo.
Thanks for any help!
life256 said:
turns red.
everything seems to be normal.
Just nothing past the first blip of the LG logo.
Thanks for any help!
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It should blink slowly or maybe pulse would better describe it. I had that happen from heat when running benchmarks. Was able to get it to boot by plugging it in , powering it on and off then unplugging, then plugging it in and powering it on until the light blinked and charging animation showed. Others have taken phone apart and diconnected battery.
adfurgerson said:
It should blink slowly or maybe pulse would better describe it. I had that happen from heat when running benchmarks. Was able to get it to boot by plugging it in , powering it on and off then unplugging, then plugging it in and powering it on until the light blinked and charging animation showed. Others have taken phone apart and diconnected battery.
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Just moments before you replied I began a re-flash of stock ROM. (probably a somewhat hasty decision in hind sight.)
I am beginning to fear more... It just show the battery charging animation on the screen now and will only make it to the AT&T music before locking up and going no further.
I read stories elsewhere of serious battery problems from leaving it get that hot. I hope I am just being paranoid and that the phone is truly just a dead battery. Although that doesn't make any sense considering it was at 100% this morning and the phone has been off more than on since then with no use at all.
Many thanks again for any help! I am certainly not new to rooting and such and have been an XDA lurker for many years. I am very proficient with phone issues and if there is anything else more technical to try I am not afraid to try that as well.
life256 said:
Just moments before you replied I began a re-flash of stock ROM. (probably a somewhat hasty decision in hind sight.)
I am beginning to fear more... It just show the battery charging animation on the screen now and will only make it to the AT&T music before locking up and going no further.
I read stories elsewhere of serious battery problems from leaving it get that hot. I hope I am just being paranoid and that the phone is truly just a dead battery. Although that doesn't make any sense considering it was at 100% this morning and the phone has been off more than on since then with no use at all.
Many thanks again for any help! I am certainly not new to rooting and such and have been an XDA lurker for many years. I am very proficient with phone issues and if there is anything else more technical to try I am not afraid to try that as well.
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Do you mean you used lgnpst to restore?
If at this point it appears to be charging right and still hangs on boot you may need to do a factory reset. It will wipe your internal storage though. If you wish to try that it is done by powering off then holding volume down and power until reset menu comes up.
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Do you mean you used lgnpst to restore?
If at this point it appears to be charging right and still hangs on boot you may need to do a factory reset. It will wipe your internal storage though. If you wish to try that it is done by powering off then holding volume down and power until reset menu comes up.
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Yes, LGNPST.
Having troubles with vol down - power button. Seemed like I had issues with this last time when I nearly bricked it trying to root the phone.
Thanks again for the help. Almost in the home stretch now I think. Just waiting for it to get a charge now.
I had this happen once using Navigation on a cheap car charger.
I was in unknown territory, but as I got back to the main highway, I found myself knowing where I was going and stopped paying attention to my phone.
This lead to my phone getting hotter and hotter until it shat itself and would only display a black screen. I unplugged it and attempted to turn it off, which seemed to work. I left it off for an hour or so until I got home. It still wouldn't turn on for a while, so I stuck it on the charger. After a few minutes, it came up fine.
YMMV.
Hi!
I've been having a little trouble with my Motorola Photon 4G this past week. So far it wasn't that bad, but it got worse during the past couple days. I've had it for about 2 years, and have to wait until February to change it. (Note: it is not, nor has it ever been rooted)
It started by just freezing and restarting at random moments. Then I had to remove the battery to restart it when it froze, because the power button wouldn't respond. It started going on reboot loops, where it would freeze, I'd take out the battery, it'd restart, and go through the restart process over and over again until the battery died. I could still turn it on. After a couple days, the battery would drain extremely quickly, to the point where to actually be able to turn it on I'd have to remove the battery, plug the phone in until the "looking for battery" icon popped up, reinstall the battery, wait for it to charge, and then turn it on.
Now, no matter what I do, it will not turn on. If I plug it in a wall outlet, it
-With the battery installed --> LED turns green, nothing pops up, power button is not responsive
-Without the battery --> Nothing happens
If I plug it in the computer, the LED turns white, but the Dual Core screen doesn't pop up. When it rarely does, it freezes there.
I have tried the whole "hold power button and volume down" (Stuck in RSD mode or something like freezes on the screen), or "hold the power button and volume up" (Fastboot freezes on the screen), and the holding the two volume keys when the Dual Core screen pops up doesn't work either.
I can't get a new contract, since I am moving away in a couple months in another country, and an US phone would be useless.
Does anybody have a solution?
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Hi!
I've been having a little trouble with my Motorola Photon 4G this past week. So far it wasn't that bad, but it got worse during the past couple days. I've had it for about 2 years, and have to wait until February to change it. (Note: it is not, nor has it ever been rooted)
It started by just freezing and restarting at random moments. Then I had to remove the battery to restart it when it froze, because the power button wouldn't respond. It started going on reboot loops, where it would freeze, I'd take out the battery, it'd restart, and go through the restart process over and over again until the battery died. I could still turn it on. After a couple days, the battery would drain extremely quickly, to the point where to actually be able to turn it on I'd have to remove the battery, plug the phone in until the "looking for battery" icon popped up, reinstall the battery, wait for it to charge, and then turn it on.
Now, no matter what I do, it will not turn on. If I plug it in a wall outlet, it
-With the battery installed --> LED turns green, nothing pops up, power button is not responsive
-Without the battery --> Nothing happens
If I plug it in the computer, the LED turns white, but the Dual Core screen doesn't pop up. When it rarely does, it freezes there.
I have tried the whole "hold power button and volume down" (Stuck in RSD mode or something like freezes on the screen), or "hold the power button and volume up" (Fastboot freezes on the screen), and the holding the two volume keys when the Dual Core screen pops up doesn't work either.
I can't get a new contract, since I am moving away in a couple months in another country, and an US phone would be useless.
Does anybody have a solution?
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Try this:
1) Power down (if not already powered off);
2) Pull the battery out;
3) Plug power in *without* putting the battery in;
4) Boot the phone.
If it does not start, we'll have to go from there. If it does start, you need a new battery.
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Try this:
1) Power down (if not already powered off);
2) Pull the battery out;
3) Plug power in *without* putting the battery in;
4) Boot the phone.
If it does not start, we'll have to go from there. If it does start, you need a new battery.
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The power button is unresponsive; the LED light turns green, but the Dual Core screen doesn't appear
Elodieme said:
The power button is unresponsive; the LED light turns green, but the Dual Core screen doesn't appear
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The light is green because it's powered and the battery doesn't need charging (not in the device). At least we have that.
Ok, this will sound stupid, but let's give it a shot:
1) unplug power;
2) remove battery (if not still removed);
3) Let it sit for a while (10 minutes would be overkill, but what the heck);
4) plug power in (not battery -- leave that out);
5) Press and hold the power and volume-down buttons for a good long time -- get a motorola screen?
If we don't get the motorola screen, could be a couple things -- screen dead? Or hardware prob (maybe the power button is dirty -- push good and hard just to be sure).
tdhite said:
The light is green because it's powered and the battery doesn't need charging (not in the device). At least we have that.
Ok, this will sound stupid, but let's give it a shot:
1) unplug power;
2) remove battery (if not still removed);
3) Let it sit for a while (10 minutes would be overkill, but what the heck);
4) plug power in (not battery -- leave that out);
5) Press and hold the power and volume-down buttons for a good long time -- get a motorola screen?
If we don't get the motorola screen, could be a couple things -- screen dead? Or hardware prob (maybe the power button is dirty -- push good and hard just to be sure).
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The Dual Core screen comes up, with "Fastboot" in the top left corner, but it freezes on that screen
Elodieme said:
The Dual Core screen comes up, with "Fastboot" in the top left corner, but it freezes on that screen
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i had the same issue 2 weeks ago. you need to buy a new battery as the one your using is completely drained. after that... unbrick and you should be ok.
Jonathanlc2005 said:
i had the same issue 2 weeks ago. you need to buy a new battery as the one your using is completely drained. after that... unbrick and you should be ok.
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Silly question, but I am a noob when it comes to phones. How do I do this? I never rooted my phone
Elodieme said:
Silly question, but I am a noob when it comes to phones. How do I do this? I never rooted my phone
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your lucky im still on the site...
heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
Jonathanlc2005 said:
your lucky im still on the site...
heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
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If I have any questions, can I ask you?
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If I have any questions, can I ask you?
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im not trying to say no to be mean... i just dont have that much experience to answer all your questions you may have. your best bet is to PM the OP of that thread
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im not trying to say no to be mean... i just dont have that much experience to answer all your questions you may have. your best bet is to PM the OP of that thread
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Okay because I'm just going to have to have everything literally spelled out for me. I wasn't exaggerating when I said I was a noob haha
As I thought, battery shot. Confuses many. So, an unbrick might not be necessary. The battery just won't even pull up the bootloader.
If you get the new battery, and you never rooted, thus didn't load the clockwork recovery hack, it should charge, and then boot might be ok. We will see, but until you see no boot at all, unbrick is the last resort since it's a slog and you're not overly experienced.
I can help, but the OP on the unbrick thread is a great help in most cases.
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As I thought, battery shot. Confuses many. So, an ubrick might not be necessary. The battery just won't even pull up the bootloader.
If you get the new battery, and you never rooted, thus didn't load the clockwork recovery hack, it should charge, and then boot might be ok. We will see, but until you see no boot at all, until is the last resort since it's a slog abd you're not overly experienced.
I can help, but the OP on the unbrick thread is a great help in most cases.
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Thanks. I ordered a new battery when it started happening, so it should be in soon
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As I thought, battery shot. Confuses many. So, an unbrick might not be necessary. The battery just won't even pull up the bootloader.
If you get the new battery, and you never rooted, thus didn't load the clockwork recovery hack, it should charge, and then boot might be ok. We will see, but until you see no boot at all, unbrick is the last resort since it's a slog and you're not overly experienced.
I can help, but the OP on the unbrick thread is a great help in most cases.
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it didnt charge... i tried all ways and it didnt work. it only unbricked after i bought a new battery.
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Thanks. I ordered a new battery when it started happening, so it should be in soon
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No worries -- your duty (of course) is hit the Thanks button when folks help and we get somewhere. I also fixed a couple typos in my reply (typed on a phone, and naturally ends up imperfect. Just didn't want you confused. One way or another, you can get the phone back up and running.
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it didnt charge... i tried all ways and it didnt work. it only unbricked after i bought a new battery.
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Not quite sure what you're saying, but the new battery the OP in this thread purchased should charge fine unless something is really wrong (never rooted so never loaded any charge-precluding mods).
If you are saying that on your phone, with a new battery, you still had to unbrick it because it wouldn't charge ... hmmmm ... seems very strange. Even the clockwork recovery mod would come up and then allow rebooting normally.
We'll see when the new battery comes. Hopefully no unbrick work required, just a charge.
what i am saying is that when the phone is bricked.. i mean bricked... nothing works what so ever except rsd... then thats it... it will not charge the battery. if you have a dead battery then dont expect it to charge while rsd. i needs power on the battery to allow RSD because the computer doesnt flash when the battery is dead and doesnt flash without the battery.
thus... he needs a changed battery. you could buy a seperate charger if you like... but it is much more expensive then buying a battery
Ok, I see what you're saying.
Yes, if truly bricked, it's an unbrick operation. Smells bricked, but I find it plausible the OP gets a battery with enough charge to try a boot. It is concerning we couldn't get booted on power without battery, though. That should have worked. Do it all the time working on kernel modules.
Just saying don't unbrick until trying out the new battery, the former of which the OP could do on power alone.
To qualify so no confusion -- I reboot into recovery mod without battery merely by plugin in -- so I can flash over modules. I've never been able to boot in to the OS normally without the battery in, but we still should see the moto logo.
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