[Q] Yet another A101G8 got bricked - Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, folks
The wall's got another brick...
I've flashed an archos-gpl-gen8 kernel, compiled with some (many) additions to their standard .config (but not to source code), and now my A101 doesn't want to turn on anymore... The screen stays black, no response to reset and/or Vol+/- buttons. But charging green light stays steady green (i.e. not blinking) even when charger is not connected. It feels like the tablet has hung and blocked the PM unit somehow... Also it looks like it's not a hardware problem, because up till then I didn't notice any hardware issues.
Did anyone have similar problem before? How can I bring my A101 back to life?

Hi [email protected]!
[email protected] said:
I've flashed an archos-gpl-gen8 kernel, compiled with some (many) additions to their standard .config (but not to source code), and now my A101 doesn't want to turn on anymore... The screen stays black, no response to reset and/or Vol+/- buttons.
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First i'd like to state, that the Archos devices are barely unbrickable.
As long as you leave the bootloader untouched and don't mess up the rawfs with the elementary files (e.g. avboot, recovery,...etc.).
So let me ask you how did you replace the kernel in detail?
Was SDE already installed on your device?
Did you try to press the power button for more than 10 seconds?
[email protected] said:
But charging green light stays steady green (i.e. not blinking) even when charger is not connected. It feels like the tablet has hung and blocked the PM unit somehow... Also it looks like it's not a hardware problem, because up till then I didn't notice any hardware issues.
Did anyone have similar problem before? How can I bring my A101 back to life?
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No never had this problem...
As already stated, under normal circumstances the device could be easily recovered from a bad kernel flash.
It really seems your tablet hangs at some point, but even if it does you should be able to enter recovery after reseting.
Please try again and reflash kernel.
Good luck,
scholbert

Maybe it is actually a hardware problem with your power button and/or volume button? Long-reset and boot-to-recovery should be pretty independent of the kernel you've flashed.

It turned out to be a false alarm! Sorry...
After being left alone for a day my A101 is alive again! It's just a kind of magic! Looks as if yesterday it simply got tired from intense kernel flashing experiments...
Thanks anyone for your support!

Sometimes it's magic
I'm glad that your device is alive and kickin'
Regards,
scholbert

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[Q] Xperia X10 won't turn on.

Hi. The phone application was not functioning well and the F/C dialog showed up. I powered off the phone and from that point, the phone won't turn on.
The battery was fully charged before this happened.
When I press the power button, the phone vibrates for half a second, the screen brightens up but does not show anything but a black screen.
I removed SIM and SD cards, removed the battery and performed the above steps but nothing happened.
I also tried to put on the charger to see what's going on. Once I plug the charger, the phone's screen brightens but shows only blank (even without pressing the power button)
When connected to the charger, the green light for charging is on for some minutes, then goes off automatically.
I tried to connect it to the PC, and PC Companion finds the device as usually. It even shows the dialog on the pc screen to mount the device.
I tried a hard reset, but does not work
On some point, the sony logo appeared and then a dialog saying: "sorry process system is not responding". The first time I pressed Force Close and the phone turned off. Immediately after that, the phone turned on and showed the exact message. I pressed "Wait" but nothing happened in the next 15 minutes.
I called Sony's support center and they suggested a software update. Did the process exactly as it should, but again, even after the software update the screen shows nothing but black. It is all the time brightened for some reason.
I tried to turn off the phone for some time by removing the battery, but as soon as I put the battery back on, the phone's screen brightens and stays that way forever.
The phone was functioning perfectly up until this issue. The only application I had installed apart from some games, was AWDLauncher. On the screen I had only a TASK widget and a battery status widget.
The phone is 3 months old and has been always in perfect condition.
ANY help would be appreciated!!!!
Many Thanks
Try to format phone with this method hope it should work as it seems the issue is with OS only ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717949
Many thanks for the prompt reply. I will try to do so and let you know how it goes!
o0k00l said:
Try to format phone with this method hope it should work as it seems the issue is with OS only ..
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I tried the steps found in the link you gave me, but I couldn't go any further after step no (5) from the tutorial, as it would require to enable Debugging mode and I cannot access the OS (since the device won't turn on).
Is there a way to format all the contents of the device and have them replaced by running SEUS (as it always says that my device is up to date now)?
Was it this:
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/sup.../detailed/updateservice/xperiax10?cc=gb&lc=en
That Sony Ericsson told you to do?
If not, use that.
Download it, follow the steps when it says you have the latest version, press "Install Anyway".
Hope this works.
Hi itTim. thanks for the response
this is what i did but no improvement at all ((
Sounds like you broke your LCD screen somehow.
That would suck because I broke mine and it cost me $200 to fix.
Hi Hypercore.
Yes that could be the problem. The thing is that I always took rally good care of the phone, always carried in a leather pouch and never droped it. How sensitive is this lcd anyway?? Did you notice any cracks on your lcd or was the problem simillar to mine?
Thanks
When you turn on the phone does the lcd backlight turn on?
If so, look for any faint lines of color (usually a hairline size). If you see any of those then your screen is cracked.
the backlight is on, but there are no lines of colour on the lcd screen.
another weird thing is that the green light on the top blinks one or two times every time i put on the battery. even if the phone is off, once I insert the battery turns on automatically after a couple of seconds.
If all else fails you could try to flash back to your original fw with the tools here:
ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
AyDee said:
If all else fails you could try to flash back to your original fw with the tools here:
ht tp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683793
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That won't do anything.
I had almost the same issue. Nothing worked. But, when I removed the battery and left it for a day (24h) without it, it just started working again. Still working without issues..
Good luck!
Devtone said:
I had almost the same issue. Nothing worked. But, when I removed the battery and left it for a day (24h) without it, it just started working again. Still working without issues..
Good luck!
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Phones are very wierd pieces of technology. I once bricked my k610i and that's a phone that's supposed to be impossible to un-brick, but out of nowhere a month or so later i picked it up, hit power and it turned on perfectly. Made no sense at all, but it worked.
Taking the battery out for a long time probably took all the electrical charges from it (kind of like how a computer power supply / monitor can hold power charges) and reset your handset.
Hypercore said:
Phones are very wierd pieces of technology. I once bricked my k610i and that's a phone that's supposed to be impossible to un-brick, but out of nowhere a month or so later i picked it up, hit power and it turned on perfectly. Made no sense at all, but it worked.
Taking the battery out for a long time probably took all the electrical charges from it (kind of like how a computer power supply / monitor can hold power charges) and reset your handset.
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Indeed. It could be a frozen chip, memory fault, power-regulator and so on.
Hypercore said:
That won't do anything.
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Ah, debug mode needed- I see now
tasaki said:
I tried the steps found in the link you gave me, but I couldn't go any further after step no (5) from the tutorial, as it would require to enable Debugging mode and I cannot access the OS (since the device won't turn on).
Is there a way to format all the contents of the device and have them replaced by running SEUS (as it always says that my device is up to date now)?
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if you have done this and did not worked , then it is the LCD.
send it to workshop and check it there.
Guys i Really need the solve of this problem , my xperia has blank screen now without backlight and the phone completely doesn't work . when i put the battery and prees the switch botton it gives me 3 red signals , i've updated and hard reset but it didn't work , and btw the LCD is fine , any idea. did removing the battery worked???? . please answer
After a looooot of time since my latest post, finally my Xperia came back to life. There was a battery failure which means the phone was ok all the time. Weird thing is that the led light showed that the battery was charging ok. I removed the battery and after a lot of time it is working ok again. This was really really odd.
FYI for anyone else that gets this issue.
I just had this for the past hour after trying to change my baseband....could not get it back for anything.
What I did finally try was run another baseband via flash tool, connected to usb and it started flashing....after flash phone powered on again...yeah I agree with everyone, that is freaking scary when it happens.

Atrix shutting down (or freezing)

I have CM 7.2 installed with CWM Touch Recovery.
My phone has about 1 year and since a few weeks ago I started to find my phone off or totally unresponsive (same as off, I can't say).
The only way to get it back is remove the battery and try several times to put it back while holding the power button down.
Sometimes it doesn't even work and I have to try about 20 times or more.
The phone is not hot and it happens (at least 100% of times 'til now) when is asleep and not during CPU "hard work".
I was wondering if someone has experienced this behaviour and hopefully found a solution.
Thanks
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
tatperson said:
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
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Thanks for your reply.
I had some reboots trying CM9 and CM10 so I went back to CM7.2 which is great.
I then noticed that reboot didn't worked anymore (e.g. going to recovery mode caused sleep to death not restarting the phone).
Since a few days ago I started to experience the "sleep to death" and so I tried to flash a clean Neutrino to fix a potential SW issue.
The SOD frequency was even higher and the difficulty to restart the phone even more.
I want back again to CM7.2 and now I still have the problem but "only" a few times a day.
I believe is an hardware issue but I have no warranty anymore and so I have no idea how much I would pay to get new hardware components...
It's a pity, I was quite happy about everything else and going to stay with it for a long time (also thanks to XDA and Cyanogen Developers).
Cheers,
Max
tatperson said:
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
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...since this morning, the phone is not turnig on anymore... at this point I believe is an hardware issue or at least I can't fix by flashing into recovery mode while is not booting at all.
Any advice?
Thanks
maxi2570 said:
...since this morning, the phone is not turnig on anymore... at this point I believe is an hardware issue or at least I can't fix by flashing into recovery mode while is not booting at all.
Any advice?
Thanks
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By that you mean that the green led does not even light up when you try to switch on? Oh dear.. Might be a damaged Motherboard...
Sent from that Atrix... Motorola, where's my ICS?!
tatperson said:
By that you mean that the green led does not even light up when you try to switch on? Oh dear.. Might be a damaged Motherboard...
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Exactly.. a few days ago I was able to reanimate the phone by trying several time to reinsert the battery while holding the power switch on.
After a few time, the phone was eventually booting.
Since this morning though, code blue... the seems to be dead.
The only life sign is when, 1 time out of several, I connect USB cable to the phone and the led turns green (fixed). That's it..
It stays green even if I disconnect the cable (battery should be charged) until I remove the battery.
I think this is pretty much every symptom I noticed, here for sharing.
Max
maxi2570 said:
Exactly.. a few days ago I was able to reanimate the phone by trying several time to reinsert the battery while holding the power switch on.
After a few time, the phone was eventually booting.
Since this morning though, code blue... the seems to be dead.
The only life sign is when, 1 time out of several, I connect USB cable to the phone and the led turns green (fixed). That's it..
It stays green even if I disconnect the cable (battery should be charged) until I remove the battery.
I think this is pretty much every symptom I noticed, here for sharing.
Max
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Those events from a few days ago (when you were still able to turn it on by performing battery acrobatics) should have been a red flag for you - sadly your phone was dying.
Seems now it's officially dead. Not much more you can do. You can take it to a service center, see if they can do anything, but don't hold your breath.
ravilov said:
Those events from a few days ago (when you were still able to turn it on by performing battery acrobatics) should have been a red flag for you - sadly your phone was dying.
Seems now it's officially dead. Not much more you can do. You can take it to a service center, see if they can do anything, but don't hold your breath.
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I'm going to Motorola Service tonight, I'll share the result hoping that it may help someone else to avoid to brick the phone.
Thanks anyway for you interest, I love Internet for making possible to share even these little experiences with someone I most likely will never see in my life.
Max

[Q] Bricked 101 G8 - Time for a trip to the shooting range?

Hi all,
i just bricked my Archos 101 G8. I've selected "erase SD Card" in Gingerbread/Bull, after 36h of the circle of death, a turned it off, and that's it. If i plug it in, the green LED lights up, i can force-turnoff (10second powerbutton), but notting else. It's not visible in any way on USB (from an ubuntu-kernel-log).
Is there any chance to unbrick the sucker, or is it time to introduce my G8 to my G17 (later the one from Glock )...?
Greetings...
galium123 said:
Hi all,
i just bricked my Archos 101 G8. I've selected "erase SD Card" in Gingerbread/Bull, after 36h of the circle of death, a turned it off, and that's it. If i plug it in, the green LED lights up, i can force-turnoff (10second powerbutton), but notting else. It's not visible in any way on USB (from an ubuntu-kernel-log).
Is there any chance to unbrick the sucker, or is it time to introduce my G8 to my G17 (later the one from Glock )...?
Greetings...
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Can't you go into recovery by holding volume down and then power up?
divx118
divx118 said:
Can't you go into recovery by holding volume down and then power up?
divx118
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Thanks for your answer. No, it won't even turn the screen backlight on, beside the powerled the sucker is dead :crying:
Hi,
Are you sure that your a101 is charged ? I've bricked my a43 five times yesterday. Last time, the tablet was ''empty''. Even the LED was "bricked" ^^. The solution was to connect the tablet to an USB/AC charger. After ten minutes, the LED was blinking, and 30 min later, i could access to recovery menu to re-install UrukDroid by flashing the installation kernel...
Try this method
GoL LuM
GoL LuM said:
Hi,
Are you sure that your a101 is charged ?
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Yeah, pretty sure, at least it was on the charger for a week, and it even was on the charger when i bricked it... I'm pretty sure i killed the flash by formating the SD Card, no idea why (i'm a newbie here, i'm not allowed to tell the Bull-Guys there might be a problem with the /dev/ thats formated when selecting Format SD Card inside Android Bull ... Well i guess i have to break out the torx and see if there's a JTAG in there...
And now, are you able to enter in the boot menu by pressing a volume key while you're power on it ? (On all first ARCHOS screen)
It's the only solution to repair it.
If you can't, i don't know other solutions
GoL LuM
Sent from my A43 using xda premium
GoL LuM said:
And now, are you able to enter in the boot menu by pressing a volume key while you're power on it ? (On all first ARCHOS screen)
It's the only solution to repair it.
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No, as i said, it won't even turn on after pressing the powerbutton, the green LED is the only thing that happens. No Display, no backlight, no nottin' .
Well, thank you very much anyway, i wasn't expecting that it can be fixed; i just wanted to be sure there's no USB-Flasher like there's for the newer Series or some supersecret UpUpDownLeftLeftReboot-Cheat code ...
I can't find my torx set at the moment, if i manage to revive the sucker somehow i'll report back, not much to loose at this point, jtag away
galium123 said:
No, as i said, it won't even turn on after pressing the powerbutton, the green LED is the only thing that happens. No Display, no backlight, no nottin' .
Well, thank you very much anyway, i wasn't expecting that it can be fixed; i just wanted to be sure there's no USB-Flasher like there's for the newer Series or some supersecret UpUpDownLeftLeftReboot-Cheat code ...
I can't find my torx set at the moment, if i manage to revive the sucker somehow i'll report back, not much to loose at this point, jtag away
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No jtag reachable, but maybe UART could help you. Here is a thread from scholbert http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1199450
BTW we had the rawfs partition mounted in init.rc on /mnt/rawfs. Unfortunately I only noticed this after your post. I already pushed fixes for this to the git.
I hope you can revive your tablet again.
divx118
You might prefer to sell it's parts while they are stil valuable. People are looking for parts like LCD etc.

[Q] Motorola Photon 4G won't turn on/charge

Hi!
I've been having a little trouble with my Motorola Photon 4G this past week. So far it wasn't that bad, but it got worse during the past couple days. I've had it for about 2 years, and have to wait until February to change it. (Note: it is not, nor has it ever been rooted)
It started by just freezing and restarting at random moments. Then I had to remove the battery to restart it when it froze, because the power button wouldn't respond. It started going on reboot loops, where it would freeze, I'd take out the battery, it'd restart, and go through the restart process over and over again until the battery died. I could still turn it on. After a couple days, the battery would drain extremely quickly, to the point where to actually be able to turn it on I'd have to remove the battery, plug the phone in until the "looking for battery" icon popped up, reinstall the battery, wait for it to charge, and then turn it on.
Now, no matter what I do, it will not turn on. If I plug it in a wall outlet, it
-With the battery installed --> LED turns green, nothing pops up, power button is not responsive
-Without the battery --> Nothing happens
If I plug it in the computer, the LED turns white, but the Dual Core screen doesn't pop up. When it rarely does, it freezes there.
I have tried the whole "hold power button and volume down" (Stuck in RSD mode or something like freezes on the screen), or "hold the power button and volume up" (Fastboot freezes on the screen), and the holding the two volume keys when the Dual Core screen pops up doesn't work either.
I can't get a new contract, since I am moving away in a couple months in another country, and an US phone would be useless.
Does anybody have a solution?
Elodieme said:
Hi!
I've been having a little trouble with my Motorola Photon 4G this past week. So far it wasn't that bad, but it got worse during the past couple days. I've had it for about 2 years, and have to wait until February to change it. (Note: it is not, nor has it ever been rooted)
It started by just freezing and restarting at random moments. Then I had to remove the battery to restart it when it froze, because the power button wouldn't respond. It started going on reboot loops, where it would freeze, I'd take out the battery, it'd restart, and go through the restart process over and over again until the battery died. I could still turn it on. After a couple days, the battery would drain extremely quickly, to the point where to actually be able to turn it on I'd have to remove the battery, plug the phone in until the "looking for battery" icon popped up, reinstall the battery, wait for it to charge, and then turn it on.
Now, no matter what I do, it will not turn on. If I plug it in a wall outlet, it
-With the battery installed --> LED turns green, nothing pops up, power button is not responsive
-Without the battery --> Nothing happens
If I plug it in the computer, the LED turns white, but the Dual Core screen doesn't pop up. When it rarely does, it freezes there.
I have tried the whole "hold power button and volume down" (Stuck in RSD mode or something like freezes on the screen), or "hold the power button and volume up" (Fastboot freezes on the screen), and the holding the two volume keys when the Dual Core screen pops up doesn't work either.
I can't get a new contract, since I am moving away in a couple months in another country, and an US phone would be useless.
Does anybody have a solution?
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Try this:
1) Power down (if not already powered off);
2) Pull the battery out;
3) Plug power in *without* putting the battery in;
4) Boot the phone.
If it does not start, we'll have to go from there. If it does start, you need a new battery.
tdhite said:
Try this:
1) Power down (if not already powered off);
2) Pull the battery out;
3) Plug power in *without* putting the battery in;
4) Boot the phone.
If it does not start, we'll have to go from there. If it does start, you need a new battery.
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The power button is unresponsive; the LED light turns green, but the Dual Core screen doesn't appear
Elodieme said:
The power button is unresponsive; the LED light turns green, but the Dual Core screen doesn't appear
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The light is green because it's powered and the battery doesn't need charging (not in the device). At least we have that.
Ok, this will sound stupid, but let's give it a shot:
1) unplug power;
2) remove battery (if not still removed);
3) Let it sit for a while (10 minutes would be overkill, but what the heck);
4) plug power in (not battery -- leave that out);
5) Press and hold the power and volume-down buttons for a good long time -- get a motorola screen?
If we don't get the motorola screen, could be a couple things -- screen dead? Or hardware prob (maybe the power button is dirty -- push good and hard just to be sure).
tdhite said:
The light is green because it's powered and the battery doesn't need charging (not in the device). At least we have that.
Ok, this will sound stupid, but let's give it a shot:
1) unplug power;
2) remove battery (if not still removed);
3) Let it sit for a while (10 minutes would be overkill, but what the heck);
4) plug power in (not battery -- leave that out);
5) Press and hold the power and volume-down buttons for a good long time -- get a motorola screen?
If we don't get the motorola screen, could be a couple things -- screen dead? Or hardware prob (maybe the power button is dirty -- push good and hard just to be sure).
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The Dual Core screen comes up, with "Fastboot" in the top left corner, but it freezes on that screen
Elodieme said:
The Dual Core screen comes up, with "Fastboot" in the top left corner, but it freezes on that screen
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i had the same issue 2 weeks ago. you need to buy a new battery as the one your using is completely drained. after that... unbrick and you should be ok.
Jonathanlc2005 said:
i had the same issue 2 weeks ago. you need to buy a new battery as the one your using is completely drained. after that... unbrick and you should be ok.
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Silly question, but I am a noob when it comes to phones. How do I do this? I never rooted my phone
Elodieme said:
Silly question, but I am a noob when it comes to phones. How do I do this? I never rooted my phone
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your lucky im still on the site...
heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
Jonathanlc2005 said:
your lucky im still on the site...
heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
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If I have any questions, can I ask you?
Elodieme said:
If I have any questions, can I ask you?
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im not trying to say no to be mean... i just dont have that much experience to answer all your questions you may have. your best bet is to PM the OP of that thread
Jonathanlc2005 said:
im not trying to say no to be mean... i just dont have that much experience to answer all your questions you may have. your best bet is to PM the OP of that thread
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Okay because I'm just going to have to have everything literally spelled out for me. I wasn't exaggerating when I said I was a noob haha
As I thought, battery shot. Confuses many. So, an unbrick might not be necessary. The battery just won't even pull up the bootloader.
If you get the new battery, and you never rooted, thus didn't load the clockwork recovery hack, it should charge, and then boot might be ok. We will see, but until you see no boot at all, unbrick is the last resort since it's a slog and you're not overly experienced.
I can help, but the OP on the unbrick thread is a great help in most cases.
tdhite said:
As I thought, battery shot. Confuses many. So, an ubrick might not be necessary. The battery just won't even pull up the bootloader.
If you get the new battery, and you never rooted, thus didn't load the clockwork recovery hack, it should charge, and then boot might be ok. We will see, but until you see no boot at all, until is the last resort since it's a slog abd you're not overly experienced.
I can help, but the OP on the unbrick thread is a great help in most cases.
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Thanks. I ordered a new battery when it started happening, so it should be in soon
tdhite said:
As I thought, battery shot. Confuses many. So, an unbrick might not be necessary. The battery just won't even pull up the bootloader.
If you get the new battery, and you never rooted, thus didn't load the clockwork recovery hack, it should charge, and then boot might be ok. We will see, but until you see no boot at all, unbrick is the last resort since it's a slog and you're not overly experienced.
I can help, but the OP on the unbrick thread is a great help in most cases.
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it didnt charge... i tried all ways and it didnt work. it only unbricked after i bought a new battery.
Elodieme said:
Thanks. I ordered a new battery when it started happening, so it should be in soon
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No worries -- your duty (of course) is hit the Thanks button when folks help and we get somewhere. I also fixed a couple typos in my reply (typed on a phone, and naturally ends up imperfect. Just didn't want you confused. One way or another, you can get the phone back up and running.
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Jonathanlc2005 said:
it didnt charge... i tried all ways and it didnt work. it only unbricked after i bought a new battery.
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Not quite sure what you're saying, but the new battery the OP in this thread purchased should charge fine unless something is really wrong (never rooted so never loaded any charge-precluding mods).
If you are saying that on your phone, with a new battery, you still had to unbrick it because it wouldn't charge ... hmmmm ... seems very strange. Even the clockwork recovery mod would come up and then allow rebooting normally.
We'll see when the new battery comes. Hopefully no unbrick work required, just a charge.
what i am saying is that when the phone is bricked.. i mean bricked... nothing works what so ever except rsd... then thats it... it will not charge the battery. if you have a dead battery then dont expect it to charge while rsd. i needs power on the battery to allow RSD because the computer doesnt flash when the battery is dead and doesnt flash without the battery.
thus... he needs a changed battery. you could buy a seperate charger if you like... but it is much more expensive then buying a battery
Ok, I see what you're saying.
Yes, if truly bricked, it's an unbrick operation. Smells bricked, but I find it plausible the OP gets a battery with enough charge to try a boot. It is concerning we couldn't get booted on power without battery, though. That should have worked. Do it all the time working on kernel modules.
Just saying don't unbrick until trying out the new battery, the former of which the OP could do on power alone.
To qualify so no confusion -- I reboot into recovery mod without battery merely by plugin in -- so I can flash over modules. I've never been able to boot in to the OS normally without the battery in, but we still should see the moto logo.
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Mediapad S7-301u starts but not charging

Hi All,
I wanted to turn my tablet on this afternoon, and it did.
Plugged it right in the wall power socket, but after my Cyanogenmod logo, my tablet says it is empty and turns off...
I have charged it now for 2 hours, but still switching off...
I have flashed different roms, including the stock rom, but nothing helped.
Does someone has something to repair this, or is it just a dead battery?
I hope to hear something soon.
Greetings,
Rik
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FYI: The TWRP recovery mode works.
But it says CPU: 0C (zero degrees Celsius).
I can flash any rom, except the stock one...
I can't boot further than my lockscreen, then it says something about the battery is empty, and it turns off.
This keeps cycling until I stop trying to boot it...
Please help me!
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Nobody with a Mediapad that can help me???
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Nobody with a Mediapad that can help me???
Hi,
i have exaclty the same issue - did you manage ot get it working again?
taeblov said:
Hi,
i have exaclty the same issue - did you manage ot get it working again?
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No, until now my tablet is still stuck in that loop.
Therefore a BUMP!
Some new information for you..
I bought a new battery, swapped it with the original one - still the same.
I can update the system via sd card, by starting the tablet and pressing all buttons together.
Flashing works fine, it boots until i see the android beginng menu (with language selection etc..) and then it turns off.
The only thing i can see from then on is the red battery symbol, showing low battery..
taeblov said:
Some new information for you..
I bought a new battery, swapped it with the original one - still the same.
I can update the system via sd card, by starting the tablet and pressing all buttons together.
Flashing works fine, it boots until i see the android beginng menu (with language selection etc..) and then it turns off.
The only thing i can see from then on is the red battery symbol, showing low battery..
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Damn that the new battery didn't work.
I have got the same problem as you...
You do not have found an other solution??
I hope someone can resolve this problem... :crying:
Make sure the battery plug is connected correctly. After changing battery I had to reopen the pad twice because battery stayed at 0%. It is a bad plug, maybe it can already get loose because your tablet fell of the table.
Also look at the manufacture date of your "new" battery. Mine was from 2011 !!! Surprisingly it works, but yours could be bought dead.

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