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ok soooo i ordered my evo 3d from the premier site around 12:15 Midnight and received it today around 3:30, i Didn't have a chance to activate it til around 4:30. Once i activated it I was like a little kid on Christmas and couldn't put it down, i started syncing my contacts, Facebook, take pics, 3d etc. Well around 2-3 hours into it while i was downloading a Qik update from the market and browsing Xda it seems as a text was coming in and the phone froze for maybe 2 seconds and then shut down.... Now I can not get it to power back on, I called CS and tried just about everything except, standing on one leg hopping around with the phone upside down while pressing the volume down button and power button (although the sprint rep did metion to try it) So much for getting it early
Any one have any ideas that might be worth a try?
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ok soooo i ordered my evo 3d from the premier site around 12:15 Midnight and received it today around 3:30, i Didn't have a chance to activate it til around 4:30. Once i activated it I was like a little kid on Christmas and couldn't put it down, i started syncing my contacts, Facebook, take pics, 3d etc. Well around 2-3 hours into it while i was downloading a Qik update from the market and browsing Xda it seems as a text was coming in and the phone froze for maybe 2 seconds and then shut down.... Now I can not get it to power back on, I called CS and tried just about everything except, standing on one leg hopping around with the phone upside down while pressing the volume down button and power button (although the sprint rep did metion to try it) So much for getting it early
Any one have any ideas that might be worth a try?
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Plug it in for about an hour without trying to turn it on. It may be so dead that it will not boot at all.
That has happened to me if I was really abusing phone like running intensive apps for a long period..the phone would shut down bc the battery would overheat..let it sit like above poster said..I would think it could ne this being you said u were using tje Hell out of it
NOPE your screwed you gotta buggy one, aint that a bit$%, garrr garrr garrrrr NOOOOOOooooooOOOOoo =P
totally being a tool here lol
just pull the battery and then let it sit a bit and then charge for a while!
ALWAYS LET THE BATTERY CHARGE ALL THE WAY UP ON FIRST DAY!!!!!
Make sure you're charging from the wall and not a USB port.
I've left the battery out for about 5 mins then put it back in and put the charger on, its been plugged in (wall charger) for about 20-30 mins now. But the thing that seems strange is the charging indicator doesn't even light up while plugged in.
dang thats no good, go ahead an try and boot it up? 20 minutes should be plenty for it to have a strong enough charge to turn on... if not you may need to shoot to your local sprint store (corporate preferably for repair reasons and the such) and see about getting a new one!
jmen said:
I've left the battery out for about 5 mins then put it back in and put the charger on, its been plugged in (wall charger) for about 20-30 mins now. But the thing that seems strange is the charging indicator doesn't even light up while plugged in.
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Just let it stay plugged in for a while then try turning it on.
Well the sprint rep set up an repair order at my local sprint store so I will definitely be stoping by tomorrow so they check it out
jmen said:
Well the sprint rep set up an repair order at my local sprint store so I will definitely be stoping by tomorrow so they check it out
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Id call account services and tell them you want a new one.I had a phone fixed before and it still had problems.You had it 1 day they will send you another right out but either way best to do it asap.
well according to what she said they would replace it in store for a new one so thats what im hoping for.
Try putting the battery in.the freezer for about 10 min. Seriously
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rdcrds said:
Id call account services and tell them you want a new one.I had a phone fixed before and it still had problems.You had it 1 day they will send you another right out but either way best to do it asap.
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Because calling account services for every problem is the best thing to do.
That sucks, I would try to get a new one. I had a strange experience when I turned mine on the first time. It bootlooped the boot animation 3 times before it booted up. I was like, wtf, I havent even flashed anything and its bootlooping on the first boot! Then it fired up and I haven't been able to get it to act up since then. The damn thing was probably over a hundred degrees when I took it out of the box. It was like 107 degrees in vegas today, and those UPS trucks don't have A/C in the back. I bet it was 140 degrees back there, because the thing was frying when I took it out of the box. I'm hoping that was the issue...she was a little hot!
I'm always concerned with delicate/sensitive items that are shipped out, lots of unpredictable things can happen.
Battery, freezer! Curious to see if it helps. I've had this happen on both my Evo's and it worked.
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jmen said:
well according to what she said they would replace it in store for a new one so thats what im hoping for.
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stores going to have the phone tomorrow?
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stores going to have the phone tomorrow?
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stores already have the phone
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but you might be stuck until Friday, at the soonest.
My EVO3D arrived by UPS today. Plugged in and powered up fine. Unplugged after charging and turned on, so I set stuff up. Screen wouldn't turn off with power button. After it timed out, screen wouldn't turn on with power button, still powers on with USB unplug or battery manipulation.
Okay. Bring into Sprint store.
They. Can't. Help.
Since this phone hasn't officially launched, tech can't touch it. Doesn't even have parts.
Okay, give me a new one.
They. Can't.
None of their phones are in the system until Friday. Manager called up the ladder for me, even to telesales, etc. Nothing they can do except order me a new one, which would arrive Monday, probably, Friday if I'm lucky.
This is the problem with the early purchase program. The phone doesn't exist to normal outlets yet.
It's too late to get anyone else. I might try some phone calls tomorrow, but I doubt I will get anything until Friday or Saturday at the earliest, when they can exchange my phone in store.
As best I can tell, it is not the linkage to the battery cover, I tried activating the power switch with my fingernail as well. Most be a bum power switch.
Ah well, the perils of the early adopter. Glad I can reactivate my OG EVO, although I had unrooted in preparation to turn in.
pull battery, put battery back in, put on charger for hour, unplug charger, plug charger back in for a while.
when trying to boot the device, don't try with it plugged in.
I've noticed on a few phones that devices that have gone completely dead sometimes wont turn back on while plugged into a charger
Plan B. Grab beer and start crying.
STOP...
WALK INTO THE STORE
DEMAND A NEW PHONE.
no need for you to second doubt your brand new phone.
Get a new one. I swapped out my phone 3 times, got new ones each time. If you do it within the first month of your phone, they HAVE to give you a new one, or else you can return the phone bc of the 30 day money back good stuff =)
After convincing my mom to switch from her Blackberry to Android, this thing is making me look like an a-hole.
She has a stock Photon 4G, it was on the charger and when she unplugged it, the screen was stuck on the big yellow "NOW" as in "The Now Network" when the phone first boots up. I pulled out the batter and then tried to reboot, and sure enough, that's what happens. It starts to go through the boot animation, then freezes on the word "NOW" everytime. Any ideas?
Thanks
Have you done anything to it?
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couldn't you just return it and get a new one?
Nope, it's completely stock. I don't know why it rebooted in the first place. My mom said she was using it this morning and it was fine, then she left it on the charger for a bit and came back and it had rebooted and was frozen. All I did was remove the battery and then try to reboot with the same result.
If your in your first thirty days I'd swap it out. If not complain your a** off to sprint to swap it out. They will probably do it so you dont make a scene. Phones fairly new anyway.
Check the battery door some of the early photons did not have a "padding strip" on the cover and therefore caused the battery to move around slightly which caused reboots. If it does have the padding and your out of the 30 day window then call motorola from the motorola.com website be nice and more than likely they may send you a new phone since your in your first year of warranty. I called them the other day and requested a new battery door because mine creaked on the bottom and top and they got one fed ex to me within a few days no problemo. The rep even said since im in my 1st year warranty they would do that no questions asked.
I've been having the same problem for the last few weeks and bought the phone when it came out. Also freezes in contacts and on the lock screen and i think I'm past my 30 days sprint gives you.
The back cover does have a thin foam lining inside, so that doesn't seem to be an issue. Not sure how long exactly she's had the phone, but she got it from Best Buy, not Sprint, so may need to go back there and see if we can get it replaced. Along with a new $25 screen protector too I hope!
Try a hard reset. Here is a link that tells how. http://www.hard-reset.com/motorola-photon-4g-hard-reset.html
Thanks for all the help, took the phone back to Best Buy. When we showed him the phone he said, "Oh, you got the death freeze, that phone's been having some problems." It was still a few days within the 30 day period so was able to get the phone replaced with a Nexus S, plus a $200 refund. My mom just wants something reliable to make phone calls and do email, this will fit the bill.
sorry she couldnt get another MoPho but hell at least she's all android.
Now my mom has a Nexus S, my dad has the Atrix, and I got my Evo (which will hopefully be replaced with the Galaxy S II at some point).
My day-one 3d was fine when I went to bed last night. It was charged to 98% so I didn't plug it in. When I woke up this morning it was off, but I couldn't turn it on.
I plugged it in, and no red light. I unplugged it and pulled the battery for about 30 seconds; put it back in and still no power, no red light when plugged in.
Now I'm nervous, so I grabbed my husband's 3d and swipe his battery (his phone was charging all night), but there is still no power, no charging. Plugging it into a computer doesn't make a difference either.
I pulled my SD card and tried to power up. I held power and volume down, power and both volume keys, volume down and power repeatedly ... I've also tried different USB chords. My husband's phone charges fine with each of them, so I was just grasping at straws.
Am I out of options? Please tell me there is one more thing to try. I'm leaving it plugged in right now on the off chance... but I don't want to go to Sprint and get a new phone -- I'm all rooted and happy. Well, not happy today.
Anybody have any other ideas?
How long did you have yours plugged between the time you found it unresponsive and trying to power it back up?
It was fully charged before I went to sleep. I left it unplugged over night. Sprint has now thoroughly pissed me off.
If you've only had it one day take it to sprint and shove it up there... I mean politely ask for an exchange. First try holding both volume buttons and the power button if it wont kick on after 30 seconds with all three buttons held take it back.
Stock not rooted right?
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sorry, but by day-one I meant I got it on the first day of release. I've had this thing rooted and running great this whole time.
I took it to the store and the guy was an ass. I won't have a phone until Wednesday now! I told the guy I'd pay for overnight shipping to get it Monday. I'd leave my broke phone at the store ... he said you can't do that.
Of course I called Sprint when I got home and the person told me the store could totally do that! Store manager can bite me.
I even asked if I could use an upgrade from another line to just buy another phone and put it on my line. He said as soon as I put it on the other line they would charge me full price for the phone! He said that started in January! WTF ... no more early upgrades and you can't use your upgrades the way you want!
This is just ****.
I got with sprint from uscc about two months ago. Bought an evo 4g cause I was low on cash. The like 100 online special for new line. 4 days later traded the 4g for the 3d. Never once did they try to nail my friend for giving away her upgrade. That's BS man sorry.
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I figured they are bullshitting me. I got a second store to overnight me a replacement phone ... I hope to have it Monday, but I'll probably see it Tuesday. I'm going crazy without my phone, though.
That first store was crap, though. My husband called to get an order number from them and they hung up on him twice. I'm shocked at the crap customer service I got from that store. Phone rep gave me $20 credit for my trouble.
All I want to do is go back to the second store and add a line to my plan -- no phone is so CRAZY!!!!
I hear that lol. What sprint store is this? Like where u from.
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I'm in Colorado Springs. The second store I went to had me write down what happened at the first store because they say they are making a case to corporate against the **** store. I hope they really are and that it works!
Right on hope u get lucky and the give u an 1.4 hboot. I read on here today someones replament came with it.
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SO i've made a quick video of how easily the Evo3d will reboot/shut down on me. I purchased this phone the day it was released and worked amazingly until a few weeks ago when the screen would shut off (it would come right back on but still annoying) so Sprint replaces the screen for me and now this is what i'm stuck with!
http://youtu.be/V9_KV7ZCn9g
I know other people have had shut down problems and i'd be interested to see if theirs can be replicated as easily as mine.
(I always use a hard/rubberized case and took off for the video to show there is not even a scratch on the phone, nor any impact damage)
before i figured out how i could make it happen on my own, Sprint decided to replace it after a couple tries of "Fixing" it which meant just putting HBoot 1.5 and wiping the device. Should be in stock today for the switch!
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i had the new radio update .1216 and that made my evo 3d reboot randomly
Well you slammed it to the table. What do you think it would happen? In the more serious note. My replacement kept rebooting and I could tell the screen was coming off. I would take it in to sprint if you have insurance.
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u didnt you didnt read my entire thread
it was hardly slammed, but i can bump it with the palm of my hand, it can slide off my car center counsel to the floor, not airborn but shuts down. It does it while mid call etc. This was just the way i could make it happed because before i got my replacement today, i had then "Check it out" which means wiping it 3 separate times. and it never once happened since it went on sale till the screen replacement a few weeks ago. I was showing buddies pictures, essentially no "G" shocks at all and it does it. I can wave it back and fourth and it does it. thank goodness i have a new one... though refurb and now i'm stuck with Hboot 1.5 and S-On so thats my next task!
I had the same problem with my aftermarket extended battery. The battery was placed too loose in the phone, and when you slam it the pins will disconnect and the phone will shut down.
You can fix this by jamming a piece of paper between the bottom of your battery and your battery compartment to keep pressure on the pins.
Can you try that and report if it helped?
So I have seen several threads on this. Need your guys help.
This is what I had before **** hit the fan.
Droid DNA
Rooted/S-Off/Unlocked
CM 10.2 Nightlies
In working condition when I went to sleep....
So what happen, who knows. I was playing D.O.T before hitting the sack. Battery was at 48% before locking the screen. Thought about charging my phone but decided that my HTC One needed to be charged first. Fast forward 6hrs later, HTC One giving me the green light that its good to go but my Droid is not tuning on. NO CHARGE Light, NO USB CONNETION, NO LIFE. I thought that maybe phone must have died. Bit weird though as it was only 6 hrs and I have never seen any of my phones die in 6hrs and screen off.
I did all of the available troubleshooting as I can think of.
Hold Volume - & Power Button - 30 Secs NO GO
Hold Volume + & Power Button - 30 Secs NO GO
Hold Volume +&- / Power Button - 2 mins NO GO
No go... thought maybe system may have been stuck or super deep sleep.
Apparently i dont have warranty with Best Buy. they scammed me, screw them, for another topic... So
Pulled back battery cover...
Unscrewed the screws that hold battery cable. Pulled out and waited 10 min before replugging it back in. NO GO.....
Took apart phone, took MOBO out, USB chip, top chip that hold the SIM, left everything out for about 12hrs, took a break and put everything together NO GO
So I consolidated with some friends and they had some success on their about this matter.....
Connect USB into Computer for 10 min then battery reset by Volume -+ and Power Button for 2 min NO GO
Charged for 12rhs Via Computer and did above NO GO
Charged for 12hrs via Power outlet NO GO
At this point Im leaning towards hard brick but idk how, didnt really do anything last night. Just sat there next to my other phones. No auto updates or anything that would require system reboot of anything of the sort.
At this time I have no charge light, no sign of life, and im about out of options at this time. I would send out to JTAG team to get it fixed but I dont have the cash to send out. My concern is that I recently bought the phone back in July and now Im bummed that it deosnt work. Money well spent but now a brick. Reverted back to my Note 2 and Moto X for the time being but would like to have her back up and running as I personally liked the phone.
Anyone recommend any option that I havet listed above or is there a way I can JTAG the sucker at home?
Also, as you can imagine from the the above, I have no way to adb and try to force something in it if software related....
*sigh....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458112
Sounds like its becoming a normal......
Tell verizon your charger port just stopped working and you tried multiple chargers and it still won't charge until it powered off. They'll replace it.
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Wow, you've got an HTC One, Moto X, Droid DNA AND a Note 2?
Sorry, not helping.
Sounds like the board possibly took a dump... Just speculation...
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So called Verizon and told them that my phone has does not turn on at all. they troubleshooted with me on the phone.....
Nothing worked......
They said that they would send one out but I had to ask....
I have a small crack on the screen and that it didn't affect the phones ability to be used right. They said that well they could replace it but if the phone is serviced and they find out that the crack was some how the main reason that it was the problem (Keep in mind this is Verizon we're talking about) they would slap on the the full price of the phone on my bill.....
To my knowledge and experience sounds like the board took a crap and even if the replaced the screen, the board would still need to be changed out. If they say it was the screens fault, I cant say it wasn't it was the board because they'll question why I think that and how would I know, did you open it?
I did save the void sticker and it does show small signs that I was in there but I hate to risk having my account charged at full price for a phone.
Such a dilemma as its a brand new phone besides the crack in the screen. I talked to my coworkers about this and they said I could wait for a DNA to come in as a sale or total lose and try to snag the MOBO but who's to say that phone isn't blacklisted or worse.
All of the phones I have are what I call Frankenstein phones. I work in a shop that repairs cell phones/xboxs/ps3/computers and we pay for broken crap. Most of the time its a screen problem. They dont get insurance and dont take care of their phones so I scrap them and use different parts from other phones to build one. The only phones I eve bought was the DNA, Droid Razr, well most droid serious going back to OG..... just a Droid person.... stick it to IOS and Apple, lol.....
But back to the problem, I could wait for something to come in but again, they usual call VZW and blacklist it and then only good for screen, usb chip, and SIM/earphone jack chip.
What bothers me is that I bought the phone with my own money versus having parts come in and just putting them together so having a brand new toy break hits hard.....
I tried to see if there is any at home JTag is available but all i find is links to send it out to online place that services everyone....
Try a different battery. Maybe in those 6 hours the battery the battery discharged below the "point of no return". No battery, no nothing... Even a super bricked DNA will light the led when charging... But take out the battery and you dont get anything...
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So called Verizon and told them that my phone has does not turn on at all. they troubleshooted with me on the phone.....
Nothing worked......
They said that they would send one out but I had to ask....
I have a small crack on the screen and that it didn't affect the phones ability to be used right. They said that well they could replace it but if the phone is serviced and they find out that the crack was some how the main reason that it was the problem (Keep in mind this is Verizon we're talking about) they would slap on the the full price of the phone on my bill.....
To my knowledge and experience sounds like the board took a crap and even if the replaced the screen, the board would still need to be changed out. If they say it was the screens fault, I cant say it wasn't it was the board because they'll question why I think that and how would I know, did you open it?
I did save the void sticker and it does show small signs that I was in there but I hate to risk having my account charged at full price for a phone.
Such a dilemma as its a brand new phone besides the crack in the screen. I talked to my coworkers about this and they said I could wait for a DNA to come in as a sale or total lose and try to snag the MOBO but who's to say that phone isn't blacklisted or worse.
All of the phones I have are what I call Frankenstein phones. I work in a shop that repairs cell phones/xboxs/ps3/computers and we pay for broken crap. Most of the time its a screen problem. They dont get insurance and dont take care of their phones so I scrap them and use different parts from other phones to build one. The only phones I eve bought was the DNA, Droid Razr, well most droid serious going back to OG..... just a Droid person.... stick it to IOS and Apple, lol.....
But back to the problem, I could wait for something to come in but again, they usual call VZW and blacklist it and then only good for screen, usb chip, and SIM/earphone jack chip.
What bothers me is that I bought the phone with my own money versus having parts come in and just putting them together so having a brand new toy break hits hard.....
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I have had similar issues. This has happened to me at least twice with the same dna I have. When I tried to charge it the orange light would not even come on.
My solution was to open it up and unplug the battery. If you have not done this yet you probably should. There are two tiny screws holding it onto the motherboard, take those off and pop the ribbon off the motherboard. After that, put it back together and try to turn it on. Make sure your power button gets lined up correctly. If you need to, check some tutorials on youtube on how to take the dna apart.
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I tried to see if there is any at home JTag is available but all i find is links to send it out to online place that services everyone....
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might try to PM @Zarboz .. beens is you fix stuff and he has a JTAG service maybe youll can work something out or if you read his profile he will do it for free with some conditions ... sorry .... and good luck
i have taken the phone apart already, down to the last bolt and sticker in there. nothing..... I tried a different battery from another DNA, no dice. So I can rule out that battery didnt past it point of no return but also means Im still stuck with a brick phone.....bwaaaaaaaa
To anyone who has this problem
I've repaired my DNA two times for this reason. I've try everything, I've taken it apart completely and reassembled and nothing. I end up buy one with a broken screen to salvage the motherboard and BINGO. Got it back to life. (about a year ago)
The second time I got the same problem and just ordered a salvaged motherboard from EBAY. Got it working back again (this was 3 or 4 months ago).
Today guess what happend again??... It died yet again. Same thing... No life whatsoever.
After this I'm pretty sure this is the same fault over and over again. Just a poor quality motherboard, it just dies after some time. For me it took from 1 year to 3 or 4 months. Every time the only component that I swapped was the mainboard, nothing else.
I'm tired of spending money on a phone that by now I'm sure i'll die again. :crying:
This is very sad because I love this phone too much just to let it collect dust on the bottom of a drawer. It reminds me of my old HD2.
I will probably try and find yet another board for it on EBAY.
I know it's stupid to fix something that will almost inevitably die again. But thats love I guess.....
This is just my personal experience with this issue. Please try every other solutions before you buy a replacement board.
PS: sorry about my english. It is not my primary language.
Its sad how common ive seen this issue around the Internet and still no straight forward fix or reason. Just casjy playing some og angry birds and my DNA just decides to turn off. RIP I guess, it was a good run.
My dna died today.
I have not taken it apart yet, but I guess I have tried all the other alternatives.