[Q] My phone keeps power cycling? - Motorola Photon 4G

So today I took out my battery and put another one in and now my phone cycles on to the home screen, then cycles off. It repeats itself constantly.. I already tried to SBF to the latest one but still no luck. Any advice?

Boot into stock recovery and factory reset/wipe
Lelouche said:
So today I took out my battery and put another one in and now my phone cycles on to the home screen, then cycles off. It repeats itself constantly.. I already tried to SBF to the latest one but still no luck. Any advice?
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jokersax11 said:
Boot into stock recovery and factory reset/wipe
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Already did that but still no luck.

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[Question] Charge Mode?

I cannot seem to get my phone to just go into charge only mode. I haven't been able to for a while, is there a fix for this?
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If you're talking about what I think you are, go to Settings, Applications, Development and uncheck Stay Awake. I had the same problem and that seemed to have fixed it.
mvgc3 said:
If you're talking about what I think you are, go to Settings, Applications, Development and uncheck Stay Awake. I had the same problem and that seemed to have fixed it.
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This will allow for me to turn the phone off and plug in the charger and the phone will go into the "Charging" mode instead of booting up... mine just sits on the motor logo and never goes into that mode... I am using tenfars newest recovery and beta 4 gingerbread... not sure if those could affect this charging mode...
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sublimejosh2000 said:
This will allow for me to turn the phone off and plug in the charger and the phone will go into the "Charging" mode instead of booting up... mine just sits on the motor logo and never goes into that mode... I am using tenfars newest recovery and beta 4 gingerbread... not sure if those could affect this charging mode...
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Sounds like the question I just asked a couple min before you... but yea, same problem, phone off , plug in, phone stuck at moto logo.
mysticdrew said:
Sounds like the question I just asked a couple min before you... but yea, same problem, phone off , plug in, phone stuck at moto logo.
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It requires a battery pull also.... wonder what is causing this...
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sublimejosh2000 said:
It requires a battery pull also.... wonder what is causing this...
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My guess is either 2.3.4 (i'm on the "ota" version and you're on hktw) or being unlocked.
Leaning towards unlock... but who knows. Anyone unlocked not on 2.3.4 have this issue?
Better question. Why are you turning it off to charge it? Just plug it in.
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totalimmortal363 said:
Better question. Why are you turning it off to charge it? Just plug it in.
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Sometimes u drain your battery to the point it shuts off. And sometimes you want a quicker charge. I don't think he needs to validate why though...
i had the same problem. i would drain the battery accidentally, plug the phone into the charger, and it would hang on the moto logo. i would have to pull the battery after letting it charge for a while and it would boot up.
i'm almost certain all you have to do is go into System Recovery and click on charge mode. i don't think it matters if your phone is plugged in or not. just give it time to reboot on its own.
I am not using the old version of tenfar, I removed that app after putting on the new recovery. I recall the last time I used it though I definitely used the charge mode...
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pl0p said:
i had the same problem. i would drain the battery accidentally, plug the phone into the charger, and it would hang on the moto logo. i would have to pull the battery after letting it charge for a while and it would boot up.
i'm almost certain all you have to do is go into System Recovery and click on charge mode. i don't think it matters if your phone is plugged in or not. just give it time to reboot on its own.
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Thanks but system recovery charge mode didn't work either and yea battery pull is and turning it it on without being plugged in is the only way to boot it.
i'm thinking its the unlock. Prior to unlocking I've never experienced such issues before.

How can i run clockwork without turning my phone on? Bootlooping at the moment

How can i run clockwork without turning my phone on? My phone is bootlooping at the moment so i cant turn it on to run System Recovery. When i run recovery from boot the traditional way it only loads the factory recovery...
Put it into stock recovery and factory reset
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EvilTim said:
Put it into stock recovery and factory reset
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then what?
nevermind i got it sumhow. I dont know how but i got cwm to run one minute when only the factory recovery would run a minute ago.
You just need to plug it in to a wall charger
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okay i figured it out. Pull the battery from the phone. Press and hold the down volume buttom while plugging the phone into a wall charger. You should see "fastboot" at the top. Then very quickly almost simultaneously press volume down then volume up it should quickly reboot into clockwork if done right.
LancerV said:
You just need to plug it in to a wall charger
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wall charger alone wont start clockwork for me

Motorola photon totally daed!

my motorola photon total daed!
help me,how to fix them?
pls
sorry for my english because i am from indonesia
glfc07 said:
my motorola photon total daed!
help me,how to fix them?
pls
sorry for my english because i am from indonesia
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Can you tell us if its rooted unlocked bootloader etc..
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edward.hidalgo said:
Can you tell us if its rooted unlocked bootloader etc..
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my photon not root and bootloader still locked.
my photon daed total after flashing 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM 10/2/11 latest SBF.
after flashing my photon normal running,but after 3 hours of death
then I go recovery, wipe the data and cache. when wipe cache does not finished.
then I reboot,but can boot.
glfc07 said:
my photon not root and bootloader still locked.
my photon daed total after flashing 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM 10/2/11 latest SBF.
after flashing my photon normal running,but after 3 hours of death
then I go recovery, wipe the data and cache. when wipe cache does not finished.
then I reboot,but can boot.
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So does it hang on the Motorola screen or does it not turn on at all
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edward.hidalgo said:
So does it hang on the Motorola screen or does it not turn on at all
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does it not turn on at all,
screen and battery was hot.
glfc07 said:
does it not turn on at all,
screen and battery was hot.
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I have no idea if its not turning I would probably tell you to try and run sbf again
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It sounds like your battery needs to be charged. Get an external charger, or charge it in another phone. Once it is charged, you may need to do a hard reset.
I can't go to bootloader so I can't flashing RSD
battery is full, after charger with dekstop charger
If you can't get into bootloader with volume up and power, or with volume down and power button, then I think you have a brick.
glfc07 said:
my motorola photon total daed!
help me,how to fix them?
pls
sorry for my english because i am from indonesia
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delete...............
Charge the battery manually, red wire to positive and black to negative.
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bricky23 said:
If you can't get into bootloader with volume up and power, or with volume down and power button, then I think you have a brick.
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if true my photon bricks, how to fix it again?
jokersax11 said:
Charge the battery manually, red wire to positive and black to negative.
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I did'nt understand your meaning.pls explain again more detail!
sorry for my english again
maybe my photon have short-circuit.
because it was hot on the screen and the battery.
but I don't know! how to fix?
pls help me how to fix short-circuit on motorola photon
Take battery out, cut a usb cable(any kind), red wire to positive and black wire to negative. Plug cable into changer. Wait 30 minutes. Unplug and try again
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If you have a brick....you're kinda outta luck. But.....there should be a stock file to flash via SBF if you can still get to that part. Not sure if you can......
I had the same looking problem. But my screen and battary was cool. When I tried to turn it on, nothing happend, even when I connected a charged, led showed nothing.
To make it work I did such things:
-firsty take the battery out for a while, then put in
-connect via USB to PC and push power button
-without disconnecting it from UBS, take out the battery for a second and put it in again.(then it turnes on by it selfe, without pushing a poer button. If it not pappens try to push it.)
I repeated this a lot of times, but at the end it turned on)))
thanks for all solution
I will try one by one
I will tell again the result
Also, pull battery, let both cool down, freeze battery, then charge phone. Had to do it with a Sony Erricson x10a
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Battery drain!!!

So i unlocked my bootloader and rooted my photon i flashed cm10 on there i was at 70% battery and it droped to 49% i thought it was the rom so i went back to stock with bootloader unlocked and everything still same issue is my battery bad or is the bootloader being unlocked killing my battery
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thabest85 said:
So i unlocked my bootloader and rooted my photon i flashed cm10 on there i was at 70% battery and it droped to 49% i thought it was the rom so i went back to stock with bootloader unlocked and everything still same issue is my battery bad or is the bootloader being unlocked killing my battery
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Did you calibrate your battery? You are supposed to everytime you install a new rom. Charge to 100 percent, boot to recovery, wipe battery stats, drain the battery down till phone powers off, plug it in and boot to android, charge to 100 again without break.
Acvice said:
Did you calibrate your battery? You are supposed to everytime you install a new rom. Charge to 100 percent, boot to recovery, wipe battery stats, drain the battery down till phone powers off, plug it in and boot to android, charge to 100 again without break.
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I calibrated the battery but i plugged it in after when u say boot to android do u mean boot up the phone? And what u mean without break i shouldnt use the phone while its charging?
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thabest85 said:
I calibrated the battery but i plugged it in after when u say boot to android do u mean boot up the phone? And what u mean without break i shouldnt use the phone while its charging?
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If you let the phone power down by itself, when you plug it in it will boot to the charge only screen. If you hold the power button as you plug it in and keep it held it will skip that screen and boot straight to android. And yeah, try not to use the phone while its charging.
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Thanks alot I will try that
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Acvice said:
If you let the phone power down by itself, when you plug it in it will boot to the charge only screen. If you hold the power button as you plug it in and keep it held it will skip that screen and boot straight to android. And yeah, try not to use the phone while its charging.
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So it didn't work for me I don't know what might be wrong
Edit: so I'm back on stock no root no nothing so I'm guessing it was either the root access or unlocking my bootloader do you have any issues with this on your phone if not can u lead to the files u have installed? Thank you in advance
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thabest85 said:
So it didn't work for me I don't know what might be wrong
Edit: so I'm back on stock no root no nothing so I'm guessing it was either the root access or unlocking my bootloader do you have any issues with this on your phone if not can u lead to the files u have installed? Thank you in advance
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Whats not working? The holding the power button thing? Thats ok, it doesnt screw up the process of calibrating. It will let you hold the power button and boot to android from the charging screen once it registers anything more than 0 percent. It also takes a few days of use after the calibration to really see a change. Youre just reading a little too far into it. Just boot to 100, wipe bat stats, drain it to 0, boot it back up and let it charge to 100. Use your phone normally for a few days after that and youll notice the difference.
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Acvice said:
Whats not working? The holding the power button thing? Thats ok, it doesnt screw up the process of calibrating. It will let you hold the power button and boot to android from the charging screen once it registers anything more than 0 percent. It also takes a few days of use after the calibration to really see a change. Youre just reading a little too far into it. Just boot to 100, wipe bat stats, drain it to 0, boot it back up and let it charge to 100. Use your phone normally for a few days after that and youll notice the difference.
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All the steps u gave me work but it still skips from 70%-49% batterym so what ur saying is that I have to wait a few days before it stops draining the battery?
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thabest85 said:
All the steps u gave me work but it still skips from 70%-49% batterym so what ur saying is that I have to wait a few days before it stops draining the battery?
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Yes. It willmore than likely stop doing that after a few charge cycles. If it doesnt, report back =)
Acvice said:
Yes. It willmore than likely stop doing that after a few charge cycles. If it doesnt, report back =)
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Okay so I went ahead and got a replacement battery from sprint today I'm on 6 hours of usage and I'm at 55% no battery drain I'm afraid that rooting or unlocking the boot loader did something to my battery do u think that's possible thanks for all the help @acvice
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[Q] Unable to Access Stock Recovery

Phone: XT910 Razr Maxx
State: Brand new
I'd soft bricked my phone and used Eternity Project's EU Final ICS Fastboot files to restore back to normal using a Factory Cable.
The problem is that when plugged in, the phones shows 100% charged and as soon as I unplug the phone, the battery meter becomes 0% and powers off! When I keep it charging overnight, it retains charge for a little while longer, but stills powers off randomly. When I place it on charge, it shows 100% again, but becomes 0% as soon as it is unplugged! I cannot access stock recovery as it shows the 'dead android robot' image! What can I do?
Tried all the following:
- Safestrap and Custom ROMs (same result)
- BMM and Custom ROMs (same result)
Any ideas?
When you see the dead Android simply push & hold vol + and vol - at the same time. From there it should take you to stock recovery
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marconz said:
When you see the dead Android simply push & hold vol + and vol - at the same time. From there it should take you to stock recovery
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Hey thanks! That did the trick. I did a data/cache wipe and rebooted. Still facing the battery drain problem. Any idea what the battery problem is all about? When plugged in, it shows 100%, when unplugged, it just dies out on me!
If you still have bmm you can wipe battery stats - but i doubt that will do much for your problem. Fingers crossed your battery isn't stuffed
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marconz said:
If you still have bmm you can wipe battery stats - but i doubt that will do much for your problem. Fingers crossed your battery isn't stuffed
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Thanks, I did that with BMM. No diff. battery dies out showing 0% and then when i switch on, it comes back showing 50%. It's insane actually!
That's no good man.. Could be a stupid question but have u tried a different cable
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marconz said:
When you see the dead Android simply push & hold vol + and vol - at the same time. From there it should take you to stock recovery
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mah neega, it worked, thanks bro

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