Issues - Motorola Photon 4G

I have had my photon 5 days,bought it from best buy.. lately the screen will go black,i will try to press the top button nothing will happen until i pull the battery or i plug it in. Also today it did that, so i plugged it in and it powered on and i couldnt do anything ... couldnt send a text or call out to anyone .. anyone else having these issues.. might be heading back to bb to swap it out.. sadly the drive is long to bb.
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Also i charged it all the way 2 mins later it was dead..
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foxracinggirl0209 said:
I have had my photon 5 days,bought it from best buy.. lately the screen will go black,i will try to press the top button nothing will happen until i pull the battery or i plug it in. Also today it did that, so i plugged it in and it powered on and i couldnt do anything ... couldnt send a text or call out to anyone .. anyone else having these issues.. might be heading back to bb to swap it out.. sadly the drive is long to bb.
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Haven't had that issue...thankfully. On another note, I've purchased phones from Best Buy and have had them swapped out at a Sprint store. With the issues you're having, I'd definitely get it replaced.

As long as it's within 30 days, bb can exchange it for a new one

foxracinggirl0209 said:
Also i charged it all the way 2 mins later it was dead..
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Most definitely exchange it.

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Does your EVO 3d turn off?

My phone turned off today but it only happened once. I remember my original EVO used to turn off all the time.
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jesusballer91 said:
My phone turned off today but it only happened once. I remember my original EVO used to turn off all the time.
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No. take it back. Not once on my Evo4g stock and not once on my 3D. Just imagine how bad it will get when you start overclocking it...
...and if you don't start overclocking it, well, wtf? You wanna underclock it just to keep it from fruitloops?
Take it back.
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My phone turned off today but it only happened once. I remember my original EVO used to turn off all the time.
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By turn off do you mean random reboot?
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Yea I looked up at the tv and when I looked down it had the green HTC logo with white background but I don't remember if it booted up fast or not
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Mine straight up shut off once. I just chalked it up to being upside down in my pocket tho
My Samsung Moment did that all the time, but no thats not normal and Id say take it back. Neither my E4g or E3d has ever done that.
I got it from best buy so I'm going to take it back tomorrow but someone told its better to take it to sprint is this true?
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Mine went back to Sprint today for a few strange issues, including random reboots. This was the first time I had exchanged a phone, it was quick and easy.
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mine is doing that :O brand new. this was the problem i first had with my evog. so this sucks......... a lot
I should be able to take out back to either one i think. I hope they replaced it and not send out for repair
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My phone turned off today but it only happened once. I remember my original EVO used to turn off all the time.
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Mine turns off all the time, You just have to hold the power button for a couple of seconds and it asks power off and you press it and off it goes
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Mine turns off all the time, You just have to hold the power button for a couple of seconds and it asks power off and you press it and off it goes
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funny? anti-joke?
Reboot? Yes.
I did a hard reset after 4 days of it happening and it didn't reset for a while then it started happening again randomly. Like I could have the phone charging while not using it then a reset. It even happened to me while I was actually talking on the phone. I dunno why it's happening. It has to be the software coming in conflict with some app. I mean it's not a root or bypass method out that would cause damage to the OS. Maybe I should contact Sprint tomorrow about it.
Well, I called Sprint after I got another random reboot this afternoon. The rep connected me to order support and they're sending me a new replacement with a return kit to send this one back. So if you're having this problem, contact Sprint ASAP.
Mention to them that you did a hard reset to avoid going to a Sprint store. They won't replace it at the store if you purchased it online.
I just went to best buy and they replaced mine so I'm happy
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Sort of on the same line, seems like sometimes a brief power button tap will bring up the shutdown menu, instead of putting the phone to sleep recently. Been watching it debating about returning it for a different phone. That happening to anyone else too?
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Sort of on the same line, seems like sometimes a brief power button tap will bring up the shutdown menu, instead of putting the phone to sleep recently. Been watching it debating about returning it for a different phone. That happening to anyone else too?
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No but I would definitely return it and get another one that doesn't do that
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This happened to me with my first phone. Random reboots, like 15 the first night I had the phone. Took it right back to the sprint store and swapped it out. New phone not one single random reboot.
Ok, I've had the replacement for 3 days now and I just got my first random reboot. I wasn't using it at the time. Just charging.
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that may have just been sense restarting.

Screen wont turn back on

Something is making my photons screen unable to turn back on without a battery pull. Anyone else having this issue? It has happened three times in less than 24 hours.
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I also keep having a feeling it has something to do with the pocket detection mode. Just happened again a few minutes ago. I'm gonna leave pocket detection off and report back tomorrow or until it happens again.
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I've had that problem too, I can see the backlight turn on but the screen stays black. I wrote it off as a bug. It only did it once every few days, and yes I did have pocket detection enabled.
Yeah it seems like a badass feature but if it is causing a bug that annoying ill have to leave it off :/
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Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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DWake014 said:
Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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I doubt its a dud if I had the same problem.
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Did it again with pocket detection off. Factory reset? Or did I get a dud phone?
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Factory reset did not fix my issue.
Still happening no matter if pocket detection on or off.
Happen to me once every 2-3 days.
So its probably a software issue bc the button does work. Wonder if this is occurring on alien or homebase
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The pocket detection doesn't work for me anyways.
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Got stuck in sleep again. Gonna try unlocking the bootloader and trying a custom rom later tonight. This is getting on my nerves
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http://droidupdate.info/news/potent...-photon-4g-“sleep-of-death”-issue-forum-talk/
Found a fix for this. Still pretty sad i have to pad the battery cover
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Screen of death didn't hold up to the ghetto mod, updated to the 198_6 sbf, crossing my fingers it will cut down on this issue
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I'm on homebase and haven't had this issue. But I also didn't have it on the stock photon either? Perhaps it's like the OTA update failing for some and not others. I remember reading some people on stock failing and some being able to do it. So I'm not totally sure......But that's something to ponder on.
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Something is making my photons screen unable to turn back on without a battery pull. Anyone else having this issue? It has happened three times in less than 24 hours.
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DWake014 ,
Did you get this phone recently?
This is a known issue with some phones that went out with a corrupt firmware from Motorola. There is no patch that can fix the firmware from Sprint as of now. I needed to return mine for an exchange. Sprint explained that when it gets to the area on the firmware that is corrupt, as a safety mode it basically freezes the phone and cut the power. That's why it takes a battery pull to restart the phone. There was a large batch released with this bug. I have gone through 4 Photons to get my current one with no freezing issues. I would suggest not going to the same store if possible so you get a different lot # on the replacement phone. Good luck and get that exchanged asap. Peace
My biggest concern is that I got it off of ebay... I know I can bs them and go around the question likes it none of their business but do you think they will hassle me?
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If you have an account and a phone with issues they should replace it. As long as you take it to a tech center. That MAY work.
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Yeah its still a sprint sold phone and I have the protection plan on my account. Shouldn't be too many questions asked. Btw put the leaked sbf on last night and it has been going without any screen of death. I have been shaking it around and putting it down in its front and back and it hasn't done anything. Will keep this updated if it happens again
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If you have the plan you should be fine. I got my Evo from Radio Shack and Sprint covered it. As for the SBF. I haven't flashed the new one. So not sure about it. But I haven't had the sleep of death issue either.
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You are probably fine then, about 4 hours and counting so far off the charger, longest time yet
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I'm glad to hear it's working for you. But yeah, Sprint should take the phone in and replace it as long as it's a software issue, and they don't see you're rooted. which most techs don't care anymore anyway. And you have the insurance. Just make sure it's a repair center.

Random shut down issue

I'm running the new Speed Rom.
Have had issues with my Amaze shutting down AMD requiring a battery pull to reboot. Was doing it before Speed Rom.as well. Anyone else have this.problem or heat about it?
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mahgninnuc93 said:
I'm running the new Speed Rom.
Have had issues with my Amaze shutting down AMD requiring a battery pull to reboot. Was doing it before Speed Rom.as well. Anyone else have this.problem or heat about it?
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That happened to me as well a few months ago. I seemed to have fixed it with a new battery. You can get a replacement battery for free if you call HTC.
I'll try it. Thanks.
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Called HTC about the battery. Got the email from them and they are saying I need to give a credit card before they send a new battery. Did they do the same for you? What a crock of crap!
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Called HTC about the battery. Got the email from them and they are saying I need to give a credit card before they send a new battery. Did they do the same for you? What a crock of crap!
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Nope, they just transferred me to their warranty/orders dept and sent everything. I would try calling again and see if you get someone else. Or keep insisting until you get your replacement battery. Every phone should come with 1 yr warranty on parts. Mine expires in November.

Keeps restarting and viberating

Any idea why all the sudden the galaxy note will randomly shut off completly and I have to use the power button to power it back on, sometimes it will sit there and viberate and I have to pull the battery. Its running stock ics. And YES ITS THE att note. I'm sending this with my international note
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They pushed official ics to att note??? If not then its not stock ics :s
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hyelton said:
Any idea why all the sudden the galaxy note will randomly shut off completly and I have to use the power button to power it back on, sometimes it will sit there and viberate and I have to pull the battery. Its running stock ics. And YES ITS THE att note. I'm sending this with my international note
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I've been getting the problem a few days ago. It will randomly turn back on however it seems to not want to turn on. Using my backup phone atm...
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djxcee said:
I've been getting the problem a few days ago. It will randomly turn back on however it seems to not want to turn on. Using my backup phone atm...
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Try a reset or reflash the rom your using. Ice hasn't been released yet officially for the note so you must be on one of the leaks. Try reflashing
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nthknd said:
Try a reset or reflash the rom your using. Ice hasn't been released yet officially for the note so you must be on one of the leaks. Try reflashing
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Problem is the phone automatically turns off in 10 secs every time even in download mode. I'll keep trying hopefully it will stick. Thanks for the tip though.
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Problem is the phone automatically turns off in 10 secs every time even in download mode. I'll keep trying hopefully it will stick. Thanks for the tip though.
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Wow that's a new one in me. I thought read someplace that certain roms react this way if the battery get to low and you have to go into cwm and do a cache wipe I think. Sorry that all I got .
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If phone is turning off in download mode I doubt it is the ROM installed. Have you tried swapping batteries?
Also the issue seems to ONLY HAPPEN WHEN MOVING THE PHONE! SO I dont think Its a doftware issue. I tried changing battries same issue. It stayed on all NIGHT last night. Then when I go to touch it this morning it restarts.
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also ment to add the power button is acting weird like presses ive never made
hyelton said:
Also the issue seems to ONLY HAPPEN WHEN MOVING THE PHONE! SO I dont think Its a doftware issue. I tried changing battries same issue. It stayed on all NIGHT last night. Then when I go to touch it this morning it restarts.
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How about if you leave the charger plugged in? Hopefully you can get the opportunity to get it restored to stock and have it exchanged under warranty.
Edit: stuck power button maybe?
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How about if you leave the charger plugged in? Hopefully you can get the opportunity to get it restored to stock and have it exchanged under warranty.
Edit: stuck power button maybe?
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It does it with charger too. But ONLY really does it while moving it
I CANT get it to even turn on now, It will viberate and show samsung and then shut off
I can get it into download mode for a sec and it will flash and turn off
The power button got mashed a little too hard.
If its store bought, its a warranty issue.
If its Craigslist or ebay you have to pull the whole thing apart and reseat the silver button in the case correctly and reassemble.
I've come across a few phones that have this defect.
Hey Ranger, notice you spend a lot of time in what I call the "trenches" in the Q&A and Gen sections providing assistance and guidance. Where I like to hang out and since I have the Note now...and still providing to the Infuse 4G community...
You seem to be a resourceful individual, sir.
Thanks Ranger!
I was just checking out your Bio -- impressive.
rangercaptain said:
I was just checking out your Bio -- impressive.
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my wat?!?!
naa don't be sir...not worth the checking or impressiveness....
i just make lots and will continue to make them...mistakes...LOL
Thank you sir.
btw you impress me with your assistance in the threads, sir :good:
Maybe one of your cables inside is loose and disconnects when you move it? I would either take your phone apart yourself or take it to a shop to get it checked.
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It was bought over the phone in march, Im gonna call warrenty and deal with them tommrow, Cause last year when I had to call them the phone I had at the time would not turn on and they were telling me I needed to reset it lol
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Maybe one of your cables inside is loose and disconnects when you move it? I would either take your phone apart yourself or take it to a shop to get it checked.
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but if the warranty is valid...I would not do this...well maybe I would, yea I prob would...LOL
but use the warranty road....
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but if the warranty is valid...I would not do this...well maybe I would, yea I prob would...LOL
but use the warranty road....
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Yea, Im gonna go the warranty route. But Im afraid cause it has ICS on it, But I can keep it in download mode long enough to odin back to stock
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Yea, Im gonna go the warranty route. But Im afraid cause it has ICS on it, But I can keep it in download mode long enough to odin back to stock
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ok if you can keep it long enough to odin have you tried that...and kill all, see if still restarting and vib...or if it keeps vibrating put it in your pocket...LOL
kidding there...
but yes I would odin and if you can do the count...

Help needed. DNA wont boot/charge

Hello,
If anyone can save me a couple hundred bucks that I dont have, I would appreciate it.
Im running an S-OFF Unlocked DNA with
This rom - http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=2141129
and this kernel - http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=2021714
I've been running it without issues for two weeks. Today it just wouldnt turn on. It doesnt accept a charge. Ive gotten the white HTC screen to come on for a second a couple times, and I've gotten it to boot up fully once. But after the screen timed out, it wouldn't come on again.
Any help would be appreciated. Dont have money to buy another phone.
I've tried searching. Most people that have boot issues can at least get to a bootloader or recovery screen. I cannot.
Have you tried letting it charge for a long while? I've heard it takes some times up to fifteen minutes for the charging led to even lit.
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motumbo said:
Have you tried letting it charge for a long while? I've heard it takes some times up to fifteen minutes for the charging led to even lit.
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Yea, its been on charger for a couple hours now. It had a good charge when it stopped working also. When I first put it on the charger, the orange light came on. But its gone now.
kkeller87 said:
Yea, its been on charger for a couple hours now. It had a good charge when it stopped working also. When I first put it on the charger, the orange light came on. But its gone now.
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Try a different charger, see if that helps
RLGL said:
Try a different charger, see if that helps
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Tried OEM, car, and different USB to computer. No go
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Open up the phone and try disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it if you feel comfortable doing that. I suggested that to a user having the same problem as you and that fixed it a couple of days ago.
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Jaggar345 said:
Open up the phone and try disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it if you feel comfortable doing that. I suggested that to a user having the same problem as you and that fixed it a couple of days ago.
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hm. let me try that. I think i could manage it.
kkeller87 said:
hm. let me try that. I think i could manage it.
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Let me know how it goes. I hope it works out.
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Let me know how it goes. I hope it works out.
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well. I've got the back cover off. Watching some youtube videos to figure out where the battery connector is. Do you happen to know which it is?
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well. I've got the back cover off. Watching some youtube videos to figure out where the battery connector is. Do you happen to know which it is?
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I personally have never opened up this phone so I wouldn't know. But this is a suggestion that worked for someone else and has also worked when my nexus 7 did a similar act. It wouldn't indicate it was charging and wouldn't turn on but disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it worked for me. I doubt it's something to do with software as you said your set up was working fine for 2 weeks. I'm pretty sure this should fix it for you.
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I personally have never opened up this phone so I wouldn't know. But this is a suggestion that worked for someone else and has also worked when my nexus 7 did a similar act. It wouldn't indicate it was charging and wouldn't turn on but disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it worked for me. I doubt it's something to do with software as you said your set up was working fine for 2 weeks. I'm pretty sure this should fix it for you.
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Well, I got the battery disconnected and reconnected. Even though the battery sits under the motherboard, the battery has a thin connector that its accessible without removing anything else. It doesnt appear that my problem has been fixed. I guess I wont ever know, my screwdriver slipped off the screw and connected with a pin on the board and sparked. Pretty sure I just shorted the whole thing.
Claim insurance or warranty. It sounds like a hardware problem if that didn't fix it.
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Claim insurance or warranty. It sounds like a hardware problem if that didn't fix it.
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I should mention it was jtagged. Not saying that was the root cause. But the inside of the phone is definitely different than a stock one. Mobiletechvideos.com put a different film on it than the one it came with. Any chance of warranty or insurance is out.
You can still try to claim it. Most of the time they aren't looking inside the phone. Though this really isn't your fault. It sounds like the hardware failed and that is why it wouldn't charge and boot. But we won't know now. I don't know how jtag works but it could have contributed to it.
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You can still try to claim it. Most of the time they aren't looking inside the phone. Though this really isn't your fault. It sounds like the hardware failed and that is why it wouldn't charge and boot. But we won't know now. I don't know how jtag works but it could have contributed to it.
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I guess i could still try. Should they happen to figure it out, would they contact me before fixing, replacing, or charging me? I guess thats the part I'm worried about.
I believe they would probably just charge you. Not really sure how it works. I have never paid for insurance and I have never broken my phones.
Take a look at this.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/1...ging-full-price-of-warranty-phones-if-rooted/
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I believe they would probably just charge you. Not really sure how it works. I have never paid for insurance and I have never broken my phones.
Take a look at this.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/1...ging-full-price-of-warranty-phones-if-rooted/
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Thanks for the link
Also, IT WORKED! I tried turning it on this morning and it booted fine. I got into recovery and flashed rooted stock. Everything is normal again.
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Open up the phone and try disconnecting the battery and reconnecting it if you feel comfortable doing that. I suggested that to a user having the same problem as you and that fixed it a couple of days ago.
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THANKS!
For anyone else reading this, its pretty easy to do.
That's great I'm glad your up and running.
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I believe they would probably just charge you. Not really sure how it works. I have never paid for insurance and I have never broken my phones.
Take a look at this.
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Just to add my 2 cents,
I have sent back phones to verizon and asurion for issues and every phone except one was rooted and never had an issue. I even traded in my thunderboolt towards the dna when it came out (they offered me $72.00) and all i did was uninstall superuser/busybox & titanium backup right in front of the rep and my fiance then handed it right to the guy on the spot. He turned it on, made sure the touch screen worked & then said ok, you get full trade in price.
As for the other phones that I sent in, droid eris, incredible and 2 samsung, all with one issue or another, never once did they charge me or call or anything. Got the new phone next day, sent the old one in and thats it. I have never had an issue.
Now I know this may not have happened for every one but I think if you just send it in via mail and not have an instore rep look at it, you will never have an issue. I think if an in store rep sees an issue and realize its rooted, they may flag it in case it goes in for verizon replacement or asurion replacement but just a normal send in should not cause an issue.

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