JSo one time about a month ago my battery completely died while I was using it at 4%. That's normal. I charged it up and turned it onwhile charging. On bootup, the red notification led came on indicating it was charging. Also normal. It booted successfully and I haven't had anything strange happen.
But after booting to recovery a while later , the red LED came on, and then the splash showed up. However, I wasn't plugged into a charger! Now every time I reboot or go to recovery, this happens. When I go into bootloader, its on all the time. Its just a minor inconvience but has got me wondering why it does that.
I'm guessing this is a bootloader issue. However, I would like insight from others as to what could possibly be happening. Thanks
Edit: just now: After flashing TWRP 2.0.0RC0, this stopped happening. Maybe hboot just needed a good flashing? Wondering if anyone has an explanation.
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ok, this a little weird...
i was using my phone today until the battery died. i put it on the charger (amber light appeared indicating charging). when i tried to turn my phone on, all i got was the initial HTC splash screen and then a blank screen. i tried multiple times, but i haven't been able to turn it on and have no idea wtf is wrong.
phone is rooted and running Revolution HD 1.1. i've never had problems before until today.
any suggestions or how i can fix this?
tuffCookie said:
ok, this a little weird...
i was using my phone today until the battery died. i put it on the charger (amber light appeared indicating charging). when i tried to turn my phone on, all i got was the initial HTC splash screen and then a blank screen. i tried multiple times, but i haven't been able to turn it on and have no idea wtf is wrong.
phone is rooted and running Revolution HD 1.1. i've never had problems before until today.
any suggestions or how i can fix this?
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Unplug your phone and pull your battery.
Then plug it back in and let it charge until you see the green "fully charged' light.
Unplug it and try to turn it on.
Post back and let us know if anything's changed.
thanks i'm actually in the middle of trying that now. will update once fully charged.
Did you install a custom recovery, and if so what version? Xboarder fixed charging in 5.2.0 but not newer versions that I'm aware of. If that is the case then you will need to charge the battery enough to start the phone.
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worse comes to worse, you can try this,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1336005
thanks to everyone who replied. quick update and additional details...
- i'm running ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0
when i plugged in the usb cable to charge, the phone initially had a blinking amber light for a couple seconds and then switches to a solid amber light.
i left it like this while i slept only to wake up to a phone with no charge light at all. if it was charging, it would've either stayed solid amber light or solid green (indicating full charge).
so what other options do i have...?
it's gonna b a boring train commute to work this morning...
ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0 is the bugged recovery , you prob have a old version this happened to me as well , i needed a replacement from t-mobile .
Try This : Here
or
1) Install Android-SDK
2) Navigate to c:\program-files(x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
3) adb reboot bootloader
If it boot's into bootloader PM me & i'll give you furthur instruction
thanks for the suggestion Revolution, but i got it working...dunno how...maybe it was just dumb luck/chance.
when i got to work, i decided to try charging the phone again before heading over to the t-mobile store. connected to charger and showed solid amber light (no blinking light this time). after about 15 min on the charger, i was able to turn it on and had it boot into the home screen.
status shows that the battery is now charging. the Battery Calibration app initially showed 2%, but has slowly crept up to 5%.
btw - your sig shows "Project Nocturnal" for the Amaze 4G...where can i find more info about that rom? i googled and found it for the sidekick, but nothing else...
tuffCookie said:
thanks for the suggestion Revolution, but i got it working...dunno how...maybe it was just dumb luck/chance.
when i got to work, i decided to try charging the phone again before heading over to the t-mobile store. connected to charger and showed solid amber light (no blinking light this time). after about 15 min on the charger, i was able to turn it on and had it boot into the home screen.
status shows that the battery is now charging. the Battery Calibration app initially showed 2%, but has slowly crept up to 5%.
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Glad it's working now.
It's not released and it's based on old firmware that had CIQ , i'll be working on a new version , for now try QuikSense : Here or BeastMod : Here and i'm glad your phone's working now .
tuffCookie said:
thanks for the suggestion Revolution, but i got it working...dunno how...maybe it was just dumb luck/chance.
when i got to work, i decided to try charging the phone again before heading over to the t-mobile store. connected to charger and showed solid amber light (no blinking light this time). after about 15 min on the charger, i was able to turn it on and had it boot into the home screen.
status shows that the battery is now charging. the Battery Calibration app initially showed 2%, but has slowly crept up to 5%.
btw - your sig shows "Project Nocturnal" for the Amaze 4G...where can i find more info about that rom? i googled and found it for the sidekick, but nothing else...
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thanks everyone!
Revolution said:
It's not released and it's based on old firmware that had CIQ , i'll be working on a new version , for now try QuikSense : Here or BeastMod : Here and i'm glad your phone's working now .
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waiting for xboarder to upload fixed camera and live wallpaper for QuikSense and Beastmod 2.0, but i'll be looking out for your rom in the future as well.
Kinda having the same problem...
I'm a noob...but, my phone did the same thing...after letting it charge all night, this is what I get:
Blank screen, the bottom icons light up and the computer can see the two "drives" of the phone but they are empty. I never see any flash screen or anything, but it does vibrate a couple times. Oh, and the battery light is solid green.
Any help ????
I sometimes have had the same problem but I noticed the phone is in clockmod and u have to use a flashlight to see the screen because it is all dark which would normally make u think the phone is off
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ok, here is an odd problem... will try to explain it as good as I can... with my poor english.
got a GSM model here. after rooting the phone, I updated once for HTC clock wiglet then all the sudden the phone won't boot. it stuck at the HTC logo with the white screen, and then after a short moment, it vibrates then reboot again. and it keeps doing this again and again. guess thats normal among androids? but I just don't know how to fix it. as I checked the recovery screen. it got s-on again. not sure if that is the cause of the problem, but again, I dont really know hot to fix it.
so I was thinking flashing the phone again? but another funny thing happened. the phone doesnt seem to be charging. the orange/red on the top right is staying on for a couple of seconds then off for a couple of seconds then on... so on and so forth.
I am afraid it was the USB port that caused the crash of the system so I think I better ask here first before I do anything.
Anyone has experienced anything like this? or has any idea whats going on?
thanks in advanced!!
forgot to mention. the orange/red indication light is going on and off with and without charging
Anyone?
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
Sounds to me that your battery is empty. The reason it turns off after you turn it on is because it turns on, sees the battery level low and shuts off to prevent the battery from getting damaged.
The blinking light is common when charging a dead battery. Let it charge for at least 30 minutes and see if the charge light turns solid.
Sent from my AOSP 3VO
I left it charge over night n it's still playing up. But anyway, I have send it back for warranty. Thx all the same!
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Weird experience today..used my phone at lunch, no issues. Went to to use it this afternoon and it would not wake up. I held the power button down for about 10-15 seconds, then it vibrated like it was rebooting. That's when it started to vibrate every 10-15 seconds, similar to a boot loop, but the display is dark. I'm unable to get it to boot into hboot, or recovery. When plugged in, the charging indicator does not illuminate. I think it's bricked. I'm running s-off, and MeanBean. This is the first time I've ever experienced an issue like this with any of my android phones.
I hope that once the battery dies, I can charge it and hope that it boots into hboot, or recovery.
Any suggestions?
Damn. Seeing a lot of posts like this lately. Making me nervous
Sorry, wish I knew what to tell you.
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Greubin said:
Weird experience today..used my phone at lunch, no issues. Went to to use it this afternoon and it would not wake up. I held the power button down for about 10-15 seconds, then it vibrated like it was rebooting. That's when it started to vibrate every 10-15 seconds, similar to a boot loop, but the display is dark. I'm unable to get it to boot into hboot, or recovery. When plugged in, the charging indicator does not illuminate. I think it's bricked. I'm running s-off, and MeanBean. This is the first time I've ever experienced an issue like this with any of my android phones.
I hope that once the battery dies, I can charge it and hope that it boots into hboot, or recovery.
Any suggestions?
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This has happened to me. It is in what I believe diag mode or something. I kept holding the power and volume to get in recovery, which it did go to, and I wiped all caches, and re flashed the rom, and all was good! Hope that helps.
I dropped my phone off at a Sprint Service Center today...they tried everything to restore it, or get it to boot for that matter. It's dead, replacement phone on the way.
I had the same thing happen to my phone and came across this thread while looking for a solution. I also ended up having to get it replaced. Fortunately I did a full back-up three days prior to it crapping out so I didn't loose much.
Been running the GPE ROM flawlessly since I flashed on the 12th... Until today. Don't know if this is ROM related but maybe you guys can help.
Out of nowhere, my phone kept shutting off. Couldn't use it for more than a minute after booting before it would turn off completely. Battery was charged so I was kind of like 'wtf'. Then all of a sudden it wouldn't even get to the swirling colors boot screen. It would shut off halfway though the Samsung Custom logo. ****.
Tried plugging it in and pulling the battery multiple times. I can't even boot to recovery! The blue text shows in the upper left but then it will go off again. It's plugged in now but not showing the battery charging screen.
I can only get it to turn on for about a second. Am I ****ed? Is this thing bricked? Super random because I changed NOTHING this morning and it was fine yesterday.
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Been running the GPE ROM flawlessly since I flashed on the 12th... Until today. Don't know if this is ROM related but maybe you guys can help.
Out of nowhere, my phone kept shutting off. Couldn't use it for more than a minute after booting before it would turn off completely. Battery was charged so I was kind of like 'wtf'. Then all of a sudden it wouldn't even get to the swirling colors boot screen. It would shut off halfway though the Samsung Custom logo. ****.
Tried plugging it in and pulling the battery multiple times. I can't even boot to recovery! The blue text shows in the upper left but then it will go off again. It's plugged in now but not showing the battery charging screen.
I can only get it to turn on for about a second. Am I ****ed? Is this thing bricked? Super random because I changed NOTHING this morning and it was fine yesterday.
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It could be a power button failure, it's actually quite common on the S4.
Google "Galaxy s4 power button problems"
Check out this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1931310
Phone has been running fine for months, then all of a sudden, it won't boot. Wife said she hasn't dropped it or anything. It is an SCH-i545 with the latest PhoenixROM.
When I turn it on, it briefly shows 'Samsung Galaxy S4', then that disappears and left with a blank black screen from which I can't reboot or shut off without taking out the battery. If I try download mode, I get the warning screen but it goes black before I can hit VolUp to continue. If i try recovery, I see the blue recovery starting text but then the screen goes black. Also, if I plug in the charging cable with battery out, then insert the battery, it won't turn on.
My phone did this. All efforts to get it to boot were futile. Samsung, and then dark. And then just never booted again. Even trying to charge it, the charging screen never showed. Not a vibrate or anything, I even shined a flashlight on the LCD to see if maybe the backlight just died, and again nothing. That was 4 months ago, and today for ****s and giggles I plugged it into my Anker battery to charge and the charging screen came up!!!!! I let it fully charge and then booted the phone and it works again!!!!
Now I just have to fix the screwup I did a long time ago with the radio, I did the "Golden Backup" improperly and my radio quit working on CDMA altogether. No documentation to be found, even Samsung upper tier support has no idea how to resolve it or even what the hell I'm talking about. I'm guessing there is no support but maybe flashing a modem will resolve it.
Graymayre said:
My phone did this. All efforts to get it to boot were futile. Samsung, and then dark. And then just never booted again. Even trying to charge it, the charging screen never showed. Not a vibrate or anything, I even shined a flashlight on the LCD to see if maybe the backlight just died, and again nothing. That was 4 months ago, and today for ****s and giggles I plugged it into my Anker battery to charge and the charging screen came up!!!!! I let it fully charge and then booted the phone and it works again!!!!
Now I just have to fix the screwup I did a long time ago with the radio, I did the "Golden Backup" improperly and my radio quit working on CDMA altogether. No documentation to be found, even Samsung upper tier support has no idea how to resolve it or even what the hell I'm talking about. I'm guessing there is no support but maybe flashing a modem will resolve it.
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Same radio issue, I get no signal on the phone, just a circle with a diagonal line inside
This is sick
If you can get it to boot into fastboot, just reflash the full OEM rom which should include the modem image