No matter the rom i'd flash... the phone in quick period of time goes white (like after Soft spl)...have to make several SR and remove the battery for a short while for it to work properly again...
any ideas? smth wrong with hardware?
Di-Ma-Z said:
No matter the rom i'd flash... the phone in quick period of time goes white (like after Soft spl)...have to make several SR and remove the battery for a short while for it to work properly again...
any ideas? smth wrong with hardware?
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I'd guess something to do with the hardware...
I can think of no software issue that would cause that, especially not with different ROMs.
l3v5y said:
I'd guess something to do with the hardware...
I can think of no software issue that would cause that, especially not with different ROMs.
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1. 80% hardware problem, main board screen cable CONNECTOR bad connection ( I hope so),
- the screen needs to be reset, by remove/disconnect the screen cable and reconnect after 1 minute.
be careful WHILE HANDLING the fragile heat-seal type ribbon cable ...
GOOD LUCK ~~~ ^^
i'd upgraded ipl from 2.13 to 2.20 recently...may it be the problem?
well untill yesterday...(several days when device began behave like that) after removing battery and reflashing PVtemp it worked normally for a while...
now it doesnt even switches on...maybe battery totally discharged?
Di-Ma-Z said:
i'd upgraded ipl from 2.13 to 2.20 recently...may it be the problem?
well untill yesterday...(several days when device began behave like that) after removing battery and reflashing PVtemp it worked normally for a while...
now it doesnt even switches on...maybe battery totally discharged?
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IPL/SPL shouldn't cause that! I suspect hardware...
If you go into bootloader, does it display normally?
well it showed...yesterday i tried to flash nvid...the progress went to 45% and then received an erroror and rebooted itself...after that the device wont switch on...i suspect the battery to be totally discharged... i tried to charge it but it does not...
Di-Ma-Z said:
well it showed...yesterday i tried to flash nvid...the progress went to 45% and then received an erroror and rebooted itself...after that the device wont switch on...i suspect the battery to be totally discharged... i tried to charge it but it does not...
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Do any LEDs show at all when connected to the power supply?
no...any leads are shown...the device doesnt charge the battery
i've charged the battery...the phone still doesnt switches on...any ideas what can be done ?
My friend I had exactly the same problem with my old prophet.solution:send it back to htc.it was on warranty.they give me a new one.that is an hardware failure.sorry friend
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Hello XDA-Users....
I've got a little problem with my xda-device.
It's just doing not much. If i attach the device to the cradle. The system turned on and is beginning to start the ROM (I see the T-Mobile screen). I-ve got the hint that the installed ROM is 3.13. Radiostack and Protocol is empty. -> should be then GSM-Error in the bootloader.
After all this messages i've got an short "pling" (beep) of the device, and it all begins from starting....
I can not enter bootloader (nothing happens) and the battery won't be charged..... (There is no light)
I've checked already the fuse of the device. Looks good. What else do i have for possibilities to get the device working again? That the GSM-Part does not work is not important. I need the device just for testing and installing new software to include in the kitchen. So the phone function is not needed.
The battery semms to work, I still got some Volt if i check it with the multimeter.
Anyone have some tips for me?
Stefan
Have you looked at the connector on the base of the xda under magnification, it may be a bent pin on that or on the cradle that is preventing charging.
Connector looks good.
If i conect it, the device is getting power.
When i disconnect the cable / cradle the device stops doing anything and goes off.
If i do an hard reset with connected USB-cable, nothing happens.
If i try enter bootloader the display is flashing until i refuse the power button. Than endless "booting" starts again...
Stefan
It does sound like a low power situation, I think the gsm will not switch in unless there is sufficient power. If you need a battery I have one here that was removed from an xda a few months ago but should be fine, send me your address if you need it and I will give it to you.
That previous post was from me. Also have you checked that you dont have a stuck button.?
The buttons looks fine. tested them already. So that isn't the fault *damn*
If you can send me the battery, that would be very nice.
Maybe it's really the probelm. But i think, if the battery is in bad condition, there should be anway going a light on to show "going to load tthe battery".....
STefan
Stefan
If a hard reset doesn't solve the problem, then try this.
DO A FULL BACKUP FIRST!!!
Open the XDA, and remove the battery
(together with whatever circuit is attached)
Put the battery in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
Remove it, and reinstall it.
Now put it back in the cradle and it should charge.
Then to a restpore from the backup.
This just happened to me and it brought my XDA back to life.
A chemical process happens to rechargeable batteries that
prevents them from receiving a charge. Apparently freezing
the battery for a very short time (20 minutes) corrects this.
Try this at your own risk, but I did it to my only XDA and it is working fine
for about a week now. Otherwise I would have had to scrap my XDA.
Let me know how it works for you.
Joe
Joe_PDA said:
Stefan
If a hard reset doesn't solve the problem, then try this.
DO A FULL BACKUP FIRST!!!
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--> Not able. Device doesn´t start.....
Joe_PDA said:
Open the XDA, and remove the battery
(together with whatever circuit is attached)
Put the battery in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
Remove it, and reinstall it.
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--> done.....
Joe_PDA said:
Now put it back in the cradle and it should charge.
Then to a restpore from the backup.
This just happened to me and it brought my XDA back to life.
A chemical process happens to rechargeable batteries that
prevents them from receiving a charge. Apparently freezing
the battery for a very short time (20 minutes) corrects this.
Try this at your own risk, but I did it to my only XDA and it is working fine
for about a week now. Otherwise I would have had to scrap my XDA.
Let me know how it works for you.
Joe
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Thx for the tip. Tried it, but didn´t work for me....
Stefan
Stefan
Sorry to hear it didn't work.
Its been over a week and mine seems to be holding up.
I'd have to guess you battery is completely dead.
i have the same problem
you seem to be having the same problem as me m8 do you have no radio
or information on the radio task bar.
my unit keeps on re-starting the same as yours and i cant access setup even after hard reset. i attempt to charge the unit and the pwr light comes on briefly then goes out after approx 10 secs the unit then starts itself up and as mentioned before turns itself on and off randomly.
(i have no software for this unit just the unit and charger no memory card)
i am new to pda's do i need any softwares if i get it working?
any feedback appreciated
Hi All,
My Prophet just died...
I made a RadioROM upgrade and after a reboot I did an IPL upgrade. I did a soft reset and now it doesn't want to turn on. I'm really confused what did I make wrong and how can I redo it.
I'm looking forward to a helpful info.
Thanks
Does your screen stay black or does it display anything? Can you enter bootloader? And why would you want to upgrade your IPL???
My screen is dark black, I can not even turn it on. I doesn't matter what sort of switch I press on the dev. So I can't see the bootloader and I think it's a serious problem...
After the IPL upgrade the reboot was succesful and on the startup screen it says IPL 2.20.0001 and worked for a while.
I've changed my local settings, which reqiures a soft reset, so I did it. After this, no aswer...
I'm very dissapointed because of the pda and your help dear all...
Is your battery dead? Try it with your charger.
No, my battery was fully charged before I ran into this major problem...
I had a similar issues which was misteriously resolved after a few plug ins and battery removals. I also let the battery completely drain and removed it from phone for a few hours. It worked when connected to wall charger but not with battery. It seemed like interior phone battery was dead. One day I connected it to the wall charger and the battery status when from zero to 98% and it stayed there. Really weird stuff. I ordered another battery and so far so good. One of the batteries did die and i discarded it, but I still use the other old battery plus I have a new spair.
Yamilrx, thanks the info...
I'll try it, but I've lost my faith in this device. It's in clinical dead state for 2 days from now, and it looks like doesn't want to wake up or alive.
This is a very misteroius issue.
I don't understand it, if I upgraded wrongly somebody tell me, why was the device started after? And if it was a wrong update, how can I turn it on and make calls, etc. and after a soft reset it DOESN'T reply for anything?!
I bought it almost 2 years ago, so I assume the battery could cause similar problem. But it was almost fully charged. The Star Wars was less incredible then this thing...
Except this, I'll accept your advice. I'm going to try it.
try the following, as your device is dead and curently noy useable.
-remove the battery for a day and just leave it there
- put in the battery and connect the charger
- hold your camera button while turning the device on
do you get into the 3 colored screen? if so, the device can now be downgraded etc.
particular reason why you have not tried a HARD reset?
Dhirmadi said:
try the following, as your device is dead and curently noy useable.
-remove the battery for a day and just leave it there
- put in the battery and connect the charger
- hold your camera button while turning the device on
do you get into the 3 colored screen? if so, the device can now be downgraded etc.
particular reason why you have not tried a HARD reset?
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Thanks, I'll try it first after go to a shop and buy a battery.
Anyway, when I mentioned I've tried all the combinations of the buttons, I meant i did a hard reset too. But my Spleeping Beauty is still doing the same...
The problem hasn't been solved by the solutions you have mentioned before, so I've called the HTC technical support, they were very friendly - they must be because I'll pay for it - and 2 days from now they will tell me how much does it costs or it is repairable or not...
Thanks for your help.
mazeee said:
Thanks, I'll try it first after go to a shop and buy a battery.
Anyway, when I mentioned I've tried all the combinations of the buttons, I meant i did a hard reset too. But my Spleeping Beauty is still doing the same...
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I did that with mine to see if it would reset device once the internal battery is totally discharged. Like I said earlier, mine came back to live. Make sure you install the WM 5 rom used for downgrading and don't try any of the WM 6 roms until the device is fully functional with wm5. The batteries are $8 on ebay but they take 1 week to get here from Hong Kong.
If winter comes,can sping be far away?
Hi All,
The service technician examined my Prophet and he said, I have to change a mainboard. Have you ever run into this kind of problem? If I want a repair, it'd cost me 300 Euro!!
Luckily I still have a warranty, so I hope I don't have to pay for the service.
Take care your Prophet...
Everday my phone goes off by iteself once. I don't know what is the problem. At first I thought it might be firmware related but I've switched 5-6 different firmwares and right now im on Cloudyfa's latest firmware and it still gives me this problem. Does anyone else face this problem?
ashwark said:
Everday my phone goes off by iteself once. I don't know what is the problem. At first I thought it might be firmware related but I've switched 5-6 different firmwares and right now im on Cloudyfa's latest firmware and it still gives me this problem. Does anyone else face this problem?
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Does it power off fully (as in shut down, and need to be restarted), or just turn off the screen?
I've the same problem on mine but me, for shure it's a battery problem. When it's turn off I must wait about 3 minutes to take it on or just plug it on AC charger. When I plug it, the LED blink once red and orange like a charge directly after one or two seconds and I can start/unplug my phone how is generaly at 45~65 % charged.
Not everyday cause it's only a test phone (I use Artemis) but every long test (stability in full chargeor overclocked) too much ressources are needed from my (hold) battery and it lock the alimentation. The Red Light is for hardware problem, that sure
So at the moment of the power off plug it intoo wall charger and say to me what is the reaction.
Sorry for bad English
l3v5y, it powers off. I have to restart or sometimes even soft reset to get it up again.. Perhaps its the battery too?
ashwark said:
l3v5y, it powers off. I have to restart or sometimes even soft reset to get it up again.. Perhaps its the battery too?
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Sounds like the battery if different ROMs haven't helped.
l3v5y said:
Sounds like the battery if different ROMs haven't helped.
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i had the issue where my dopod rebooted by itself even though the power meter was still at around 40-50%. As time goes on, it got worst. So I replaced my 1 1/2 year battery to a new one. Problem solved. So I agree wilth l3v5y.
FYI
Thanks mate! I shall try replacing the battery and see how it goes! cheers
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Does it power off fully (as in shut down, and need to be restarted), or just turn off the screen?
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Hi,
Mine one happen just now, suddenly it just turn off the screen while green led still blinking, I press any button nothing happen except soft reset....
clustered said:
Hi,
Mine one happen just now, suddenly it just turn off the screen while green led still blinking, I press any button nothing happen except soft reset....
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Were you running lots of programs? Is the battery (relatively) new?
I have flashed the latest HTC update with Windows mobile 6.1 onto my T-mobile MDA touch plus. But I have a problem and I don't know if this is about the firmware, the phone or the battery.
I bought this phone recently (secondhand) and actually flashed this update directly, so I don't have experience with the phone how it came.
Right now, the battery doesn't last for a day without actually using it (even without a simcard inserted). It is clean of software, only flashed the firmware and that's all.
After a day, when battery is empty, the device won't turn on with the charger connected. Even when I keep the charger connected for a whole day. Then I try some things like unplugging the charger, remove/insert the battery, press reset button, connect/disconnect usb and it eventually turns on (I don't know what the real trick is). Battery is empty then, so it didn't charge at all...
Current firmware is Nike_HTC_NLD_2.09.404.1 with its default radio (1.65.28.25). Camera works.
Does this have to do with the software, hardware or do I have a 'almost-dead' battery?
I also like to try to flash the stock firmware, but it won't flash when I have run the sspl 1.16.jump executable on my mda. Or can I just flash the phone with the new stock 1.22 spl ?(fixed)
you need hardspl first ... try again!
I did try that preciously, but the problem was that the 1.16.jump executable booted up the bootflash menu without showing usb. But I did a second try now, and it worked
I am now running the default t-mobile firmware (but I don't get a t-mobile bootscreen.. so it's not a real shipped rom I think).
Battery is 95% now, let's see how long it takes to get empty again...
Battery is empty now, so this had nothing to do with the firmware.
I try to charge the mda with a different charger, because the one that I had was an aftermarket type.
I have another question. When I charge the phone, should the orange light in the speaker turn on? It stays off here...
When in charging mode, via charger or USB cable, the light will be orange, turning yellow once fully charged.
rling said:
When in charging mode, via charger or USB cable, the light will be orange, turning yellow once fully charged.
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That doesn't happen.. It charges, but it doesn't show any light
Is there a way to check the battery instead of buying a new one ?
I have bought a new battery, but the problem persists
The last thing I want to try is flashing another or original radio. I have read that battery drain can be the result of having the wrong radio version. I hope this is the case.
My device is a niki200 and it is currently running Nike_HTC_NLD_2.09.404.1 with its default radio (1.65.28.25).
I'm unsure if a niki200 device needs a different radio than niki100's. Therefore I like to get a original T-Mobile MDA Touch Plus rom (Dutch/NLD) or a radio that is 100% compatible with the phone. Which radio do I need? And where can I get an original T-Mobile rom, or do I have to request it?
I hope the problem is in the radio, otherwise the hardware itself is faulty
Problem is fixed. It was a hardware issue. The keyboard lights and gsm/charge status leds didn't work at all. Only when I moved the display housing a little bit, I sometimes got these lights working. I have disassembled the phone, reconnected everything.. and it all works fine again . Battery is 95% after 16 hours standby! I'm happy again!
all nike can use the same radios ... only japan nikes use different radios!
I want to say thanks to tuti fruiti, I had the same problem with my touch dual, followed instructions as give, and everything is fine now.
Cheers
Tutti-frutti said:
Problem is fixed. It was a hardware issue. The keyboard lights and gsm/charge status leds didn't work at all. Only when I moved the display housing a little bit, I sometimes got these lights working. I have disassembled the phone, reconnected everything.. and it all works fine again . Battery is 95% after 16 hours standby! I'm happy again!
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I have CM 7.2 installed with CWM Touch Recovery.
My phone has about 1 year and since a few weeks ago I started to find my phone off or totally unresponsive (same as off, I can't say).
The only way to get it back is remove the battery and try several times to put it back while holding the power button down.
Sometimes it doesn't even work and I have to try about 20 times or more.
The phone is not hot and it happens (at least 100% of times 'til now) when is asleep and not during CPU "hard work".
I was wondering if someone has experienced this behaviour and hopefully found a solution.
Thanks
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
tatperson said:
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
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Thanks for your reply.
I had some reboots trying CM9 and CM10 so I went back to CM7.2 which is great.
I then noticed that reboot didn't worked anymore (e.g. going to recovery mode caused sleep to death not restarting the phone).
Since a few days ago I started to experience the "sleep to death" and so I tried to flash a clean Neutrino to fix a potential SW issue.
The SOD frequency was even higher and the difficulty to restart the phone even more.
I want back again to CM7.2 and now I still have the problem but "only" a few times a day.
I believe is an hardware issue but I have no warranty anymore and so I have no idea how much I would pay to get new hardware components...
It's a pity, I was quite happy about everything else and going to stay with it for a long time (also thanks to XDA and Cyanogen Developers).
Cheers,
Max
tatperson said:
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
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...since this morning, the phone is not turnig on anymore... at this point I believe is an hardware issue or at least I can't fix by flashing into recovery mode while is not booting at all.
Any advice?
Thanks
maxi2570 said:
...since this morning, the phone is not turnig on anymore... at this point I believe is an hardware issue or at least I can't fix by flashing into recovery mode while is not booting at all.
Any advice?
Thanks
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By that you mean that the green led does not even light up when you try to switch on? Oh dear.. Might be a damaged Motherboard...
Sent from that Atrix... Motorola, where's my ICS?!
tatperson said:
By that you mean that the green led does not even light up when you try to switch on? Oh dear.. Might be a damaged Motherboard...
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Exactly.. a few days ago I was able to reanimate the phone by trying several time to reinsert the battery while holding the power switch on.
After a few time, the phone was eventually booting.
Since this morning though, code blue... the seems to be dead.
The only life sign is when, 1 time out of several, I connect USB cable to the phone and the led turns green (fixed). That's it..
It stays green even if I disconnect the cable (battery should be charged) until I remove the battery.
I think this is pretty much every symptom I noticed, here for sharing.
Max
maxi2570 said:
Exactly.. a few days ago I was able to reanimate the phone by trying several time to reinsert the battery while holding the power switch on.
After a few time, the phone was eventually booting.
Since this morning though, code blue... the seems to be dead.
The only life sign is when, 1 time out of several, I connect USB cable to the phone and the led turns green (fixed). That's it..
It stays green even if I disconnect the cable (battery should be charged) until I remove the battery.
I think this is pretty much every symptom I noticed, here for sharing.
Max
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Those events from a few days ago (when you were still able to turn it on by performing battery acrobatics) should have been a red flag for you - sadly your phone was dying.
Seems now it's officially dead. Not much more you can do. You can take it to a service center, see if they can do anything, but don't hold your breath.
ravilov said:
Those events from a few days ago (when you were still able to turn it on by performing battery acrobatics) should have been a red flag for you - sadly your phone was dying.
Seems now it's officially dead. Not much more you can do. You can take it to a service center, see if they can do anything, but don't hold your breath.
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I'm going to Motorola Service tonight, I'll share the result hoping that it may help someone else to avoid to brick the phone.
Thanks anyway for you interest, I love Internet for making possible to share even these little experiences with someone I most likely will never see in my life.
Max