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Hello everyone
my photon has a 'error 4 , phone won't boot
caused by , oddly enough, sprints own OTA
anyways, im at a stage where the battery is too low for me to do anything, such as fastboot, recovery, or rsd, i always get the 'battery too low'
and the phone won't charge in these modes, which is really annoying
so basically i cant charge the phone, or do anythign
being in canada, i cant just buy a replacement battery
Big QUESTION:
does anyone know if the ATRIX battery or anythign else will fit
or of some external charger for the battery
or anything else i can do!
Thanks!
PS:
if i stripped a usb cable and connected the black and red wires to the - and plus of the battery directly to the AC Charger wall unit, would that be dangerous in anyway?
I tried by connecting to a PC but its not strong enough to charge it
PROBLEM SOLVED
believe it or not my bros droid 3 battery fit
SS2006 said:
PROBLEM SOLVED
believe it or not my bros droid 3 battery fit
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That's great! Otherwise, you would have been stuck. How did the phone work? Did you fix the OTA issue?
By the way, we just found out the Droid 3's battery is compatible a few days ago, cool beans!
I just dealt with this myself today. I stripped the red and black wires to expose the copper. Then i plugged it into a wall outlet. Worked like a charm
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My friend got the razr 2 days ago ans this morning it didn't want to turn on. I did the power and volume up and got it to start to boot but then it just shut down. Any ideas what could be wrong
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I'm having this problem too.
Sounds like the battery's dead.
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Sounds like the battery's dead.
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Is this a failed attempt at a troll, or are you being serious?
Yeah battery died. Ask for a razr replacement.
He took it back to verizon and they replaced the phone. Kinda weird that it just would not respond. I got it to start to boot but then it just turned off. After that nothing even after letting it charge for a couple hours it was just dead.
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had that issue myself, battery dead after a week... another razr died after 2 weeks..
I know this is gonna seem lame, but I thought all micro USB cables are created equal, but they aren't. I was using my Skyrocket micro USB charger to charge the RAZR, and it wouldn't charge. When I plugged in the one that came with the RAZR, it charged right up. Not sure if you're using a different cable, but its worth a shot...
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White light on
hi all.
I have a razr xt910 as well that wont turn on either. When I plug it in i get a white light at the top left of the screen.
did anyone else experience this?
The white light meens that it's pluged in via USB, but the battery is too low to boot. fix by pluging it in to the wall.
If you have droped data go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520970
My wifes dis the same thing with the white light. Used the wallcharger and it booted up in 15
Symptoms:
1. Hitting power does nothing
2. Power + down volume does nothing
3. Plugging into AC power = no green light
4. Plugging into USB (computer) power = green light (which stays on after unplugging)
I have:
1. Tried battery and SD card pull while plugged in and not plugged in
2. A friends BH5X battery
3. Leaving the battery out for an hour
4. Leaving it charge via the Motorola AC adapter over night
I am out of ideas. Something else that may help... when the phone died I plugged it in (AC) and it rebooted to the recovery menu. I hit reboot, and since then it will not power on... or charge apparently.
Even with a charged battery it wouldn't boot?
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CadenH said:
Even with a charged battery it wouldn't boot?
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Had a coworker charge my battery in his Droid X to 80% before he had to leave. I don't know what his battery was charged to in his phone, but I tried his as well with the same results. Does it have to be charged to 100%?
Xeno62277 said:
Had a coworker charge my battery in his Droid X to 80% before he had to leave. I don't know what his battery was charged to in his phone, but I tried his as well with the same results. Does it have to be charged to 100%?
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I wouldnt think so.
So the battery just simply died and wont boot up now? You werent doing anything else to it?
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I wouldnt think so.
So the battery just simply died and wont boot up now? You werent doing anything else to it?
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My battery will boot my coworkers Droid X. When it died it shutdown due to low battery. I plugged it into AC power... it booted up to recovery, and I hit reboot from the menu... after that it is completely unresponsive.
Xeno62277 said:
My battery will boot my coworkers Droid X. When it died it shutdown due to low battery. I plugged it into AC power... it booted up to recovery, and I hit reboot from the menu... after that it is completely unresponsive.
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If the battery worked on your coworkers droid X then its not your battery. Which means its hardware or software related. Were you running any roms or anything or were you completely stock?
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If the battery worked on your coworkers droid X then its not your battery. Which means its hardware or software related. Were you running any roms or anything or were you completely stock?
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I've been running Eclipse 2.1 for a while now with no issues... even if I was having a ROM issue... wouldn't still at least boot to the M logo or stock recovery?
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I've been running Eclipse 2.1 for a while now with no issues... even if I was having a ROM issue... wouldn't still at least boot to the M logo or stock recovery?
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Yes, it should. Or if you had bootstrap on there (which you should if you flashed stuff) it would boot into that if you turned the phone on when the phone was plugged in. Its really hard to say what it is when your phone simply died of low battery and now wont boot. I'm just as stumped as you right now since you pretty much tried everything I would have.
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Yes, it should. Or if you had bootstrap on there (which you should if you flashed stuff) it would boot into that if you turned the phone on when the phone was plugged in. Its really hard to say what it is when your phone simply died of low battery and now wont boot. I'm just as stumped as you right now since you pretty much tried everything I would have.
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Yeah when I said it booted to recovery I meant the bootstrap recovery. Since it won't boot I guess I don't have to worry about VZW finding out it was rooted... lol. Maybe I can get them to replace it.
Xeno62277 said:
Yeah when I said it booted to recovery I meant the bootstrap recovery. Since it won't boot I guess I don't have to worry about VZW finding out it was rooted... lol. Maybe I can get them to replace it.
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Yeah, maybe you can get a replacement before they even know its rooted. lol. Just keep trying to boot it though. Maybe you'll get lucky.
Does your computer recognize the phone when you plug it in? You said the light comes on when its connected to your pc. If you can get adb running you can try to reboot the phone using adb.
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Does your computer recognize the phone when you plug it in? You said the light comes on when its connected to your pc. If you can get adb running you can try to reboot the phone using adb.
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No, and it will not power on... just green light... which stays on even after disconnecting it from the usb.
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
So you flashed your phone and now it thinks the battery is dead (even though it's not) and it won't let you flash it again to fix it? Or, your battery really is dead and you don't have a way to charge it because your phone is soft-bricked and won't charge the battery. What do you do?
With this cable you don't even need a battery in your phone. This is our clone of what is generally referred to as a Motorola "Factory Cable".
Unlike a normal USB cable these cables are wired in a way that compatible Motorola phones recognize as a "factory" programming cable. This allows the phone to power up and be flashed without having a battery in the phone. Depending upon the model of the phone, it may also boot up differently than it does with a normal USB cable.
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Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
Xeno62277 said:
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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Cool. I hope this works out for you.
Xeno62277 said:
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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Please let us know just for informational purposes. .
cyanogenmod
If you can get to bootstrap why not just use a card reader throw eclipse or some rom on your micro which should have come with an sd adaptor and just reflash from bootstrap?
Perpetual Void said:
If you can get to bootstrap why not just use a card reader throw eclipse or some rom on your micro which should have come with an sd adaptor and just reflash from bootstrap?
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It won't power on at all... that's why I need the factory cable... it doesn't require a battery.
Well, I finally got that factory programming cable. That didn't power the phone on either... it did power on my fiancee's droid 2 with no battery in it though. I figured the phone was completely hosed (also noticed the battery bulging a bit), so I got a warranty replacement. Since I couldn't even get it to boot with the programming cable I have no doubt VZW will not waste any time trying to repair it... at least I hope that's what they will do.
If a lithium ion battery begins to bulge it can be dangerous if not replaced. This is rare but with these batteries if one were defective it could reach 1.5V per cell during use. This would render the battery unchangeable and its discharge would cause the copper plating to create a short circuit in the cellphone.
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S3AL3DF4T3 said:
If a lithium ion battery begins to bulge it can be dangerous if not replaced. This is rare but with these batteries if one were defective it could reach 1.5V per cell during use. This would render the battery unchangeable and its discharge would cause the copper plating to create a short circuit in the cellphone.
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Yeah I chucked that battery and got a new one. Thinking that's what killed my old phone.
Alright so my Vibrant won't charge. I JUST recovered my phone from a brick, (I was having issues with the battery life on Slim Roms 4.0 compared to 3.9--in the middle of flashing back I accidently wiped my internal memory. As I was recovering it using Odin, my fat cat jumped on my bed and caught on my phone cord bricking it.) Flashed using Heimdall and was able to get my phone into working order.
Now, I placed Slim Roms 4.0 back on my phone initially after the unbricking to have something working on it, even though the battery life less than impressed me.
So I charged it like normal yesterday, got it to 100% and was fine and dandy with it working. (Still sucking up battery life like a vampire in a fat camp.)
So the update 4.1 went live yesterday, I flashed it immediately to that. The battery life was amazing! So I do the normal thing when I flash to a new ROM. Let it die completely before charging it completely. It's now dead and will not charge.
Symptoms;
I plugged in my normal cable for work (a cheap cable I purchased off of Ebay.) And up comes the round loading symbol. Followed by a darkening of the screen, followed by nothing.
One thing to note, is while it has it's loading circle on, the bottom buttons light up when I touch them.
My Steps;
-I attempted different USB ports since I charge through my work computer. No luck.
-I "borrowed" my co-workers USB cord and USB to wall plug. Attempted the new cable in the computer first. No luck.
-Plugged the borrowed USB into the wall charger. Same thing happens.
-Used my own cheapy cable in wall charger. Same thing.
-Took co-workers complete set and plugged it in in a different room. Nothing.
-Took out my battery, plugged in USB, placed battery back in. Nothing.
-Hold down the Vibrant buttons to get into Bootloader, it resets the loading circle and nothing more.
So now I'm sitting here wondering what to do. I do not have rubbing alcohol readily available, however since it charged to 100% yesterday I do not believe that is the issue, but I'd be willing to try if I had access.
Something you should know, I am using a Samsung Epic 4G battery in my phone.
-For those who might judge saying it is dumb, I have gotten 54 hours out of that battery on one ROM before, that is with texting, talking on the phone and installing apps. I'm fond of this thing, however I have my stock battery at home still.-
Any suggestions you guys have would be appreciated. I have tried things that I found on this forum and basic tech support to no avail. (I am at work so the things I can use are fairly limited. However cords are of no shortage.)
Alright, I unplugged my phone from being plugged into the wall charger for an hour and 3 minutes later it decides to turn itself on.. Not sure what's going on but I'm not going to complain.
So my question now is, can anyone explain this or help prevent this in the future?
From what I've heard draining a battery until it dies can damage it. But, I'm not an expert on that. It's possible that the battery needed more time to recover from the drain.
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From what I've heard draining a battery until it dies can damage it. But, I'm not an expert on that. It's possible that the battery needed more time to recover from the drain.
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Really? I was always told it prolongs battery life. Now I need to research this! Thank you.
knoka said:
Really? I was always told it prolongs battery life. Now I need to research this! Thank you.
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I had something similar happen when running lithium volt ROM. My battery completely died and the phone cut off (obviously.) I plugged it in the charger and it immediately tried to boot the phone up but it was bootlooping at the startup screen. I let it sit there for 20 minutes or so thinking maybe it is charging but as soon as i unplug the charger the phone cut off. Luckily I have an extra battery, popped it in, flashed a new ROM thinking that was the problem, turns out it was something to do with the ROM(maybe it needed a certain amount of battery power to boot up). My completely dead battery worked on the cm7 ROM I flashed, plugged in the charger and it booted up normally and started charging.
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iTz KeeFy said:
I had something similar happen when running lithium volt ROM. My battery completely died and the phone cut off (obviously.) I plugged it in the charger and it immediately tried to boot the phone up but it was bootlooping at the startup screen. I let it sit there for 20 minutes or so thinking maybe it is charging but as soon as i unplug the charger the phone cut off. Luckily I have an extra battery, popped it in, flashed a new ROM thinking that was the problem, turns out it was something to do with the ROM(maybe it needed a certain amount of battery power to boot up). My completely dead battery worked on the cm7 ROM I flashed, plugged in the charger and it booted up normally and started charging.
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Oh so it could be ROM related? :/ That makes sense considering I just installed a brand new ROM. Thank you!
knoka said:
Oh so it could be ROM related? :/ That makes sense considering I just installed a brand new ROM. Thank you!
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Yea it could be ROM related but it also could be a number of other things. Hopefully flashing a new ROM will fix the issue.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Yea it could be ROM related but it also could be a number of other things. Hopefully flashing a new ROM will fix the issue.
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Thank you. I might just have to downgrade back to 3.9. It's almost a shame. xD
I'm going to test my old battery in this ROM just to make sure before I downgrade.
You need to use your Samsung usb charger, and wall adapter only. These two are the only ones that will actually work. I had this same problem and realized it was because I wasn't using the Samsung stuff. Even when pugging into the computer, use the Samsung USB cabe only. As for the battery your using... I wouldn't recommend it, no matter the fantastic battery life you must be getting.
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You need to use your Samsung usb charger, and wall adapter only. These two are the only ones that will actually work. I had this same problem and realized it was because I wasn't using the Samsung stuff. Even when pugging into the computer, use the Samsung USB cabe only. As for the battery your using... I wouldn't recommend it, no matter the fantastic battery life you must be getting.
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Daw it's a fellow Samsung battery.
Thank you about the cable, I need to purchase another one anyways, mine at home seems to not be connecting very well. :/
ROM. some roms do that. it will not let you power up while charging if the battery is very low. you will get the circle and the battery symbol after. sometimes you still cant unless you pull the battery. happened to me many times
I bought this phone when i was in usa about 2 months ago,i lost the charger that came with this phone , phone was running just fine till yesterday , till it ran out of battery and switched off by itself , now when i connect the wall charger (the samsung one) it does,nt switches on or take charge , i tried to hard reset but no go, it ,does,nt responses on any button combo i found on this forum , only when i connect it with the usb data cable (the samsung one) it flashes white led light .... car charger did,nt work either ( its the chinese one )...
I have seen some people have this problem before when they let it completely discharge. Just plug it into whichever charger showed the white led and let it set for a little while (not really sure how long) and it will get a good enough charge to turn back on.
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klabit87 said:
I have seen some people have this problem before when they let it completely discharge. Just plug it into whichever charger showed the white led and let it set for a little while (not really sure how long) and it will get a good enough charge to turn back on.
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i put it on charge with the samsung charger for 6 hour but still no go btw phones back (kevlar area) smells little not to much but little weird battery smell is coming out of thr is it normal ?
The only thing i know you could do now is RMA it.
Send it back. That's what i would do.
klabit87 said:
The only thing i know you could do now is RMA it.
Send it back. That's what i would do.
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it is not possible for now as i lost the verizon slip , btw will buying this cable can help ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330778351680 ....
That cable would allow you to turn it on a long as it is plugged in. It actually bypasses thebattery with that cable. Butit will not charge it.
Try asking around at droidrzr.com
You may need to get an OEM charger.
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That cable would allow you to turn it on a long as it is plugged in. It actually bypasses thebattery with that cable. Butit will not charge it.
Try asking around at droidrzr.com
You may need to get an OEM charger.
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will buying this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorola-Un...835480?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item20c9dfb7d8 one will help btw the samsung chargers(the one which i m using) output is 5v 0.7a , which is very close to oem charger,s output (5.1v , 750ma)
I'm not really sure. I am only passing along info that I have seen others come up with, with similar problems.
Ask around at droidrzr.com
The community is a little more active over there. And they are a brilliant bunch of guys
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my xt910 died
When my razr died. Nothing could turn it back on once. I had to call warranty. They said a eletronic component was replaced. But never informed which one. I suggest you to try any other moto charger, not the vehicle model, to see if there's a chance it work. And at last, try all the combination with the power and volumes buttons.
Best Regards,
Mauro.
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I'm not really sure. I am only passing along info that I have seen others come up with, with similar problems.
Ask around at droidrzr.com
The community is a little more active over there. And they are a brilliant bunch of guys
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http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/4336-help-required-motorola-droid-razr-xt912-doesnt-turn-on/