any one else having a problem with the power button not waking the phone.. i press it and its un responsive have to press it 3-4 times to come on and some times it it wont come on at all have to do a battery pull....
I've had this problem but only one time, haven't been able to recreate it, customer service said it was most likely a one time thing. When you couldn't unlock your phone and battery pulled could you turn it on? The first time I tried it wouldn't work and there was a red led but I gave it 5 min and then pulled again and it worked fine.
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m0n3y0n7r335 said:
I've had this problem but only one time, haven't been able to recreate it, customer service said it was most likely a one time thing. When you couldn't unlock your phone and battery pulled could you turn it on? The first time I tried it wouldn't work and there was a red led but I gave it 5 min and then pulled again and it worked fine.
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I saw your thread I'm not sure if it is the same issue it only happened once where it wouldn't turn back on at all.. the other times it took 3-4 presses to turn on i don't believe the other buttons were functioning either it just would not wake up after I did the battery pull it Turner back on right away
And did not see a red light
I hope I don't have to return it I got it from the states and I live in cananda :s
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I hope I don't have to return it I got it from the states and I live in cananda :s
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Just buy "Widget Locker" and use the Easy Lock Mode which will allow you to wake the phone with the volume rocker
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Ive been having the sleep of death problem with the my phone right out of the box. I have updated to MR5 and tried many factory resets.
My question now is that was anyone that had the sleep of death issue been able to solve it by rooting the phone and/or installing a different rom? If yes, this would be a big help because its VERY annoying having to pull the battery 6-8 times a day. Thanks!
Have you tried flashing the SBF?
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Ive been having the sleep of death problem with the my phone right out of the box. I have updated to MR5 and tried many factory resets.
My question now is that was anyone that had the sleep of death issue been able to solve it by rooting the phone and/or installing a different rom? If yes, this would be a big help because its VERY annoying having to pull the battery 6-8 times a day. Thanks!
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I wouldn't say that the problem is "solved", but I have certainly experienced it much less frequently after rooting and unlocking my phone (from several times a day to maybe once a week).
The only way to fix the Sleep of Death is by returning the phone. There is a bad batch of them out there. Trust me I know. I picked one up mid August and was stuck pulling the battery every couple of hours even after flashing, hard resets, turning off various radio etc. I finally got the phone swapped out, no issues since.
I picked mine up on August 12th and just after the update of mr5 i ended up getting a new one from the sprint store.
i havent had one issue with this new one. i left it unrooted for about a week and had no issues.
id go to sprint and ask for new phone.
Wtf is black sleep, screen of death??
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Wtf is black sleep, screen of death??
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Lol...
I believe "sleep of death" is when you hit the power button to put your phone to sleep it never wakes back up; just sits on black screen no matter how many times you hit power. Some experience this after updating their device.
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Wtf is black sleep, screen of death??
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the sleep of death is when the phone goes idle and screen goes off (normal so far), but when you go to light it back up by hitting top power button then nothing no matter how long you hold the button - just nothing as if there is no battery in the thing.
Only way to turn phone on is to pull battery, put it back in, then hit power button to turn it back on.
That is screen of death. Mine did it randomly (too many for my taste) before the update, now it has only happened once in the 3 weeks since the update.
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the sleep of death is when the phone goes idle and screen goes off (normal so far), but when you go to light it back up by hitting top power button then nothing no matter how long you hold the button - just nothing as if there is no battery in the thing.
Only way to turn phone on is to pull battery, put it back in, then hit power button to turn it back on.
That is screen of death. Mine did it randomly (too many for my taste) before the update, now it has only happened once in the 3 weeks since the update.
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Lol ^^^ i think i said that....
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Lol ^^^ i think i said that....
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yeah, just not necessarily after the update
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.
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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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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
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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?
i've had the phone for about 7 days and everything was fine until tonight when i tried to use my phone. the phone won't power on anymore.
i plugged it in for a couple of hours and it still didn't turn on. the battery wasn't low when it died. i also tried holding the volume down button then powering on. I even tried plugging it into the usb. i don't know what else to do.:crying:
is it rooted or unlocked? if so which freegee is it unlocked with? you could always join the irc channel for some help. it may be faster through that
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is it rooted or unlocked? if so which freegee is it unlocked with? you could always join the irc channel for some help. it may be faster through that
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it's completely stock and untouched.
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i don't know what else to do.:crying:
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Return it.
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My brother actually has a completely stock one and is complaining if the same problem to me. I just told him to return it for a new one. Mine is rooted + unlocked and not suffering from any problems. Possibly a hardware problem or overheating?
My friend just had the same issue this morning,
the phone was very hot and wouldn't turn on.
we tried pressing pwr+voldown and nothing happened. then tried pwr+volup and it then showed the LG log but as soon as we let go of any of the button the logo disappears and nothing else happens.
charging also didn't help
*his phone is un-rooted. So i told him to contact Rogers wireless.
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My friend just had the same issue this morning,
the phone was very hot and wouldn't turn on.
we tried pressing pwr+voldown and nothing happened. then tried pwr+volup and it then showed the LG log but as soon as we let go of any of the button the logo disappears and nothing else happens.
charging also didn't help
*his phone is un-rooted. So i told him to contact Rogers wireless.
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Sounds like a soft brick. Happened to me a few times. Tell him not to worry. LGNPST would fix this.
Edit: didn't see that it was unrooted. Yeah I think you told him the right thing. That shouldn't happen if he hasn't done anything to his phone.
I have had this happen several times.
If you press (or hold) the power button, do you see a cheap white "battery charging" animation?
I can't say exactly what, or why, it works, but keep at it. I think the magic trick is to hold the power until the LG logo has appeared and the boot animation is about to (or has) started.
Sorry I can't be more specific, but I was panic stricken every time. If this is happening to you, then you understand what I mean.
I hope this helps someone. This phone seems to be full of issues... I'm just hoping the software it's the cause, and not the hardware.
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I have had this happen several times.
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I hope this helps someone. This phone seems to be full of issues... I'm just hoping the software it's the cause, and not the hardware.
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Same problem for me, phones stops responding unexpectedly, could be that it's power-off by itself but in order to power-on it I need to press power button for a long time ~30 sec. I was thinking that it's because of SnowJB custom Rom but it seems not, the strange thing that it starts only few days ago and appeas almost every day. May be it's needed to format internal or external SD card to fix it?
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Same problem for me, phones stops responding unexpectedly, could be that it's power-off but itself but in order to power-on it I need to press power button for a long time ~30 sec. I was thinking that it's because of SnowJB custom Rom but it seems not, the strange thing that it starts only few days ago and appeas almost every day. May be it's needed to format internal or external SD card to fix it?
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Yea I have the same issues I tried everything to fix but it always just starts again
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My LGE971 doesn't turn on
Hello there
My Optimus g E971 doesn't turn on.. it was shut down with low battery ..i tried to put back on charger but it's not charging.
I tried to use different charger , different cable but nothing worked.
I tried pressing volume up/down and power button keys simultaneously but still i got nothing.
There is no lg logo or no back light coming on the screen.
I am confused ..
Plz help guys..
That sounds like you need new battery
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Hello to everyone in this Awesome forum, long time lurker here, first time poster. I have a vast experience flashing Roms on a plethora of devices From My Huawei Ascend/Htc Amaze and plenty more but today my Lack of knowledge has finally caught up and I flashed CM10.1 on my HTC One(M7) and it was working fine but until earlier today when my screen went off and it wont come back on... I called my phone and the call goes thru you can see the soft keys turn on but the screen stays off, now when I long press the power/IR button the soft keys flash many times but the phone doesn't Reboot it just keeps flashing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. and yes to the trolls out there I have been looking on the forum for around 3 hours and all I can find is HTC One X post... Thanks For the HElp
You need to hold down the power button for 10 secs and it should reboot. If not you can try to boot into recovery using adb on your computer.
If you still can't see your screen then try using this app called [email protected] on your pc to try and mirror your phone.
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You need to hold down the power button for 10 secs and it should reboot. If not you can try to boot into recovery using adb on your computer.
If you still can't see your screen then try using this app called [email protected] on your pc to try and mirror your phone.
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Thanks for the suggestions, ill post back if any of them work.
(Update) it seems my phone is not on adb debug so it wont work with the latter and when it comes to the power hold I've been holding for longer than a min and nothing happens... thanks tho
I had this same exact problem last night, I just plugged back into the charger(the one connected to the wall outlet) and the screen came back on and it asked for my SIM card lock passcode, after that then it rebooted itself, and has been working fine since.
Hope this helps
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I had this same exact problem last night, I just plugged back into the charger(the one connected to the wall outlet) and the screen came back on and it asked for my SIM card lock passcode, after that then it rebooted itself, and has been working fine since.
Hope this helps
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Awesome, this work like a charm, it didn't ask me for SIM Lock but it did Restart it Self. Thanks a bunch
No worries mate! Happy to help and glad it worked for you
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hi all,
i had same problem, it happened second time, after i finish phone call, screen can not turn on while phone is on, volume keys react, and there is sound from incoming call.
tried to reboot, tried to to enter to recovery mode, every time two led buttons at the bottom were on or blinking.
first time when it happened reboot (hold power button for 10 sec) helped, and second time nothing could help, after about hour it started to work again.
very strange, i changed version and waiting for results.
This is most likely an issue with the light sensor at the top left of the front of the phone..
I've noticed similar symptoms during calls.. but if you are near a bright light the screen will become visible.
Additionally.. i recently had an issue where the phone shut off and wouldnt turn back on.. i held a bright light to the light sensor and then held the power down along with Volume -/+ buttons and the issue resolved itself..
the light sensor...
I had the same problems with the screen... first it was happen randomly from time to time. Plug it to charging and blank screen. Not responding to hard buttons. And come up from alone. All this happen few times until today... Does not matter what you do, the screen remain black and dead. Start thinking for replacement of the screen(which is very costly and seems that need to be done by htc=$200).
The case: the light sensor working in kind of revers mode. Means when there is light screen is still shot off(the chip did not get the proper signal and "think" it is still dark) so the screen is out of power and all the hard button and soft as well are out of any function. Pressing the power button ends up flashing soft home and revers on the screen, same as described in the first post.
THE SOLUTION: take a led flash light(i used another phone flash light) and light the sensor in the upper left corner of the phone. If this is the problem the screen will immediately come on. Then press the power button and restart the phone to reset the logic signal to the chip and to have proper reading. NOTE: it is kind of hard to operate the phone and light at the same time the sensor with the flash light. If needed get some help but you need sensor covered with light until restart the phone, otherwise the screen will become black immediately.
GOOD LUCK,
I'm completely at a loss here. I was running a 4.3 rom for the past week or two with no issues. Pulled my phone out of my pocket 30 min ago, hit the power button and the screen wouldn't light up. I tried it again and still no go. I tried swiping to unlock, even with the black screen and i felt it vibrate.
Ever since then my phone is non responsive. I can't get it to boot, can't hard reset it, nothing. The vibrates stop when I'm holding down power and down volume but that's about it. I timed the constant vibrates and they happen every 34 seconds according to the Win8 clock (which i've heard in inaccurate).
I'm gonna let the battery drain and hope that it will boot back up after it dies...but until then, any ideas?
Try plugging it into your computer and see what comes up. Which 4.3 ROM were you on?
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Try plugging it into your computer and see what comes up. Which 4.3 ROM were you on?
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That's the first thing I tried. I get nothing when i plug it into my comp. Nothing pops up in device manager. The comp doesn't detect it at all.
And I was running the 8/23 release of carbon 4.3 and I didn't have one problem with it until this happened :\
EDIT: The phone's battery finally ran out. It stopped vibrating and after a bit i plugged it in. After a few min it just starting doing it again.
I disassembled the phone and removed the battery for awhile hoping it would somehow help. Didn't do anything. It showed the flashing charge light (like when it's really low) for maybe a minute then it stop lighting up at all. Sometimes if i leave it unplugged for a bit and plug it back in it will flash the light again. That's about all I'm getting out of it now.
I'm thinking something failed internally. It happened while it was on and I was using it so there's no possibility that it was from a flash or anything like that.
Took my phone to the sprint store. The tech wasn't sure either but he thought it might be the screen that died. The vibrating could be the phone trying to boot then realizing there's no screen. They took it apart to check for moisture/damage and said I'm good to go for the $50 replacement.
So my new Evo will be here Tuesday.
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Took my phone to the sprint store. The tech wasn't sure either but he thought it might be the screen that died. The vibrating could be the phone trying to boot then realizing there's no screen. They took it apart to check for moisture/damage and said I'm good to go for the $50 replacement.
So my new Evo will be here Tuesday.
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did you resolved it i'm having same had same issue as you mine is htc sensation but think is the same thing ive replacet the digitizer some day ago and it was working very good untill it start to vibrate and than died, now it flashes an orange light when i try to charge and after a while stops but i cant power it on nothing hapens when i press power button
Did you resolve the issue?
Did you ever resolve this issue? My Evo LTE started doing the exact same thing this evening and all of the Sprint stores are closed until tomorrow. I figure it's something internal that died and I can't see what it's trying to do... I guess you just got the replacement and didn't ever get it resolved with that particular phone?
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I'm completely at a loss here. I was running a 4.3 rom for the past week or two with no issues. Pulled my phone out of my pocket 30 min ago, hit the power button and the screen wouldn't light up. I tried it again and still no go. I tried swiping to unlock, even with the black screen and i felt it vibrate.
Ever since then my phone is non responsive. I can't get it to boot, can't hard reset it, nothing. The vibrates stop when I'm holding down power and down volume but that's about it. I timed the constant vibrates and they happen every 34 seconds according to the Win8 clock (which i've heard in inaccurate).
I'm gonna let the battery drain and hope that it will boot back up after it dies...but until then, any ideas?
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