Is there anybody in the community that repairs a unit that is bricked.
HTC Flyer Best Buy wi-fi version. Has revolutionary software on it.
Unit will not turn on.
Yesterday, I saw a video on YouTube about it. Is a method to back to Download mode, but I think the way to do this is not a same for all phones. There's a lot of videos on YouTube about it, and on ebay you can buy the cables or the accessories to do the job.
Hope this info help you.
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Unit will not turn on
This is not a phone. It is the Best Buy tablet version. It won't even turn on.
Needs a good repairman
What did you do to it?
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I do NOT want to fix this myself. I have tried everything but am new to this and do not want to make things worse than they are. If I press the up and down volume at the same time, it vibrates 5 times then I get a green steady light. If I press just the up volume and hold it. It will vibrate 3 times and I get a flashing yellow or orange light. If I hold the power button for about 15 seconds it turns the light off. You can hear this connect and disconnect from the computer through the speakers. But the display never goes on. Hopefully someone knows how to fix this.
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I do NOT want to fix this myself. I have tried everything but am new to this and do not want to make things worse than they are. If I press the up and down volume at the same time, it vibrates 5 times then I get a green steady light. If I press just the up volume and hold it. It will vibrate 3 times and I get a flashing yellow or orange light. If I hold the power button for about 15 seconds it turns the light off. You can hear this connect and disconnect from the computer through the speakers. But the display never goes on. Hopefully someone knows how to fix this.
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Try booting into hboot by doing holding down the volume down and power button at the same time for like 10 seconds
So many ways to boot, does not recognize them.
I described above what happens, the vol down and power do not work anymore. The power only for 60 seconds does not work anymore. I personally think the battery is dead, or the unit is in a deep sleep, or the battery charge system is disabled. But it still vibrates 5 times when I hit the vol up and down at the same time, Like I said I have spoken with HTC they do not know, (they can't tell you anything on the phone, because this has revolutionary on it) but they tell me I can get help here. So here I am. They want $290.00 to fix it. I just hope someone here can help.
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I described above what happens, the vol down and power do not work anymore. The power only for 60 seconds does not work anymore. I personally think the battery is dead, or the unit is in a deep sleep, or the battery charge system is disabled. But it still vibrates 5 times when I hit the vol up and down at the same time, Like I said I have spoken with HTC they do not know, (they can't tell you anything on the phone, because this has revolutionary on it) but they tell me I can get help here. So here I am. They want $290.00 to fix it. I just hope someone here can help.
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Well what exactly happened to it in the first place? Were you flashing a ROM and something went wrong?
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Sure: I was having problems with the unit turning itself off for no reason at all.
Most of the times it would make it through the boot process to the home screen, wait about 30 seconds then shut down. If the unit stayed on for longer than 30 seconds it might last 1 to 5 minutes. Then out of nowhere just shut down. I could turn it on, it might do the same thing, or not even boot completely. Then I would let it charge for hours and try again. With the same results as above. So now I figure the battery is not charging. But like I said it is beyond me. For software it has HTC HC on it with revolutionary. I have reset it to factory software a few times. I hope this helps you figure what's up.
HTC said they heard of some way to turn battery charging back on, but would not give me that information. Do you think that might be the problem?
Thanks so much for the reply's. I sure am confused....
Smells like a hardware problem to me.
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Sure: I was having problems with the unit turning itself off for no reason at all.
Most of the times it would make it through the boot process to the home screen, wait about 30 seconds then shut down. If the unit stayed on for longer than 30 seconds it might last 1 to 5 minutes. Then out of nowhere just shut down. I could turn it on, it might do the same thing, or not even boot completely. Then I would let it charge for hours and try again. With the same results as above. So now I figure the battery is not charging. But like I said it is beyond me. For software it has HTC HC on it with revolutionary. I have reset it to factory software a few times. I hope this helps you figure what's up.
HTC said they heard of some way to turn battery charging back on, but would not give me that information. Do you think that might be the problem?
Thanks so much for the reply's. I sure am confused....
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Just to be sure, you didn't take the HC update while running GB revolutionary s-off right? Cuz that could be a problem. But really it just sounds like a hardware issue to me. You might just have to get it fixed or get a new one :/
Found problem
Took case off using an online site that shows you how to take apart a flyer.
I wanted to get to the battery so I could "disconnect it" then connect. Hoping that would reset the circuit board and cpu. I did that but had the same issues. I then looked at the battery connector, and I noticed it was crooked. I took it off again and put it on completely straight. The minute I turned the power on it started to work like designed. The battery connection is not well designed. The wires to the connector just make it to the circuit board. So that any wire movement, and a slight drop might and probably would loosen this connection. However my connection was clearly put on slightly crooked. It worked until it needed more connection from the battery connector to the circuit board connector. The battery connector was on an angle so as not to make 100 percent connection. I would say it had about 75 percent connection. This connector has more than a positive and negative wire. There were about 5 wires on this. Probably why this unit still had life to it. It is charging much easier than it did. And it is working good so far. Thank you very much for the reply's, from the people that tried to help.
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Hi guys,
I have just received my transformer prime, I opened the box and tried to boot It but with no luck, it only vibrates.
I though initially that was a low battery issue, but now I have charged it fully (green light), and I'm still unable to boot it...
I have tried to boot it holding the power button for more than 30 seconds, and tried several times the normal way but with no luck.
Any advice?... is this a DOA?
Sigh.....this again. Just let it charge, it's fine.
RussianMenace said:
Sigh.....this again. Just let it charge, it's fine.
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How much time?... I mean, the LED changed from orange to green... That means its fully charged right?
right now is reaching out almost 3 hours plugged into the wall...
BTW, the screen does not shows anything... some people mentioned a red battery icon, or something like that, but my screen is dead....
Could be your charger derping, there's more people with this issue.
Put it in a plastic bag and huck it in the freezer for a bit,
the thermal protection could be stuck.
David blaine street magic. Better yet, steve jobs apple magic
LOL. hold down the power button for more than 5 seconds and voila! You guys are too funny.
I have tried every possible convination of seconds while holding the power button... 5, 10, 20, 30, 1 min... POWER + VOLUME DOWN, but is just vibrating... does not shows _anything_ on the screen...
Not sure if the reset hole+papperclip is going to help, but I have been trying to find how it works but with no luck, I guess is a combination of button + pushing the reset, but not sure how...
Your screen could be defective. Or the ribbon might not be connected to the board.
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I have the same issue, just surprised that I can not use the product while it is plugged.
When i try to turn it on while it's plugged, it flashed and vibrated once showing battery bar and then died....now it just won't turn on!! AHHHHHHh!
Does this happen to other people. I heard you suppose to charge it for 6 hr before first use...but why can i not turn it on while plugged. Now All i see is the a red or orange LED light on the power button. Does it mean it is short circuited?
Can Someone confirm that this is normal.
I didn't bother charging straight away, with modern batteries there really isn't any need as far as I'm concerned. Of course people will tell you different but that's my opinion.
I had no issue with first boot, literally touched the power button for a second and on it came. Sounds like yours is no good.
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Turned on!! Thank god!!!
Haranzo said:
Turned on!! Thank god!!!
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huzzah, I'm happy for you.
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Sounds busted to me OP. When I got mine I was going to let it charge fully before turning it on but as soon as I plugged it in it started booting. So I ran through setup while charging and just let it sit after that until fully charged...
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Sokonomi said:
Could be your charger derping, there's more people with this issue.
Put it in a plastic bag and huck it in the freezer for a bit,
the thermal protection could be stuck.
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Hi,
I researched a little bit more about the charger issues and to discard that, I left it charging today with another charger (I have two other Transformer 1). But I'm not holding my breath on that, the LED status is green, so I dont think is going to take more charging that what it currently have.
Thank you.
mutiny said:
Your screen could be defective. Or the ribbon might not be connected to the board.
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Hi,
Any way to check this withouth voiding the warranty?...
coolbomb said:
How much time?... I mean, the LED changed from orange to green... That means its fully charged right?
right now is reaching out almost 3 hours plugged into the wall...
BTW, the screen does not shows anything... some people mentioned a red battery icon, or something like that, but my screen is dead....
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Hey man, that sounds a lot like what happened to mine. I was able to turn it on and set it up but then I fully charged it and rebooted..it never came back. The LED was green, I tried all the button combos etc...wouldn't even be recognized by my PC.
I've RMA'd it, you may need to do the same thing, sorry man...
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Hey man, that sounds a lot like what happened to mine. I was able to turn it on and set it up but then I fully charged it and rebooted..it never came back. The LED was green, I tried all the button combos etc...wouldn't even be recognized by my PC.
I've RMA'd it, you may need to do the same thing, sorry man...
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Hey, thank for the reply...
I'm going to try to plug it to the PC and see if I can get something from it.
I was also thinking about trying to drain the battery (as some other have done when the update came), but I dont see any decent way to do it...
The screen does not shows anything (so no battery drain in there), I dont see any other decent way to drain the battery but to burn my finger pressing the power button causing the the thing to vibrate and somehow drain the battery little by little... But I dont know how much is going to take to achieve it ... I'll probably lose my finger first.
Make sure you try holding the power button down for a long time. I had a similar reoccurring issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427461
Try holding it down, there will be a buzz but don't stop holding it down until you see the boot logo. It can take holding it down a while. I kept thinking it was broken, but was just letting up too soon after the buzz.
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Make sure you try holding the power button down for a long time. I had a similar reoccurring issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427461
Try holding it down, there will be a buzz but don't stop holding it down until you see the boot logo. It can take holding it down a while. I kept thinking it was broken, but was just letting up too soon after the buzz.
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I holded the power button, for about 2 min, and still I got nothing, I think this is going to end up as a return/refund
I'm so sad
Doesn't sound promising
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I holded the power button, for about 2 min, and still I got nothing, I think this is going to end up as a return/refund
I'm so sad
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Sorry man, after the huge wait we all had and the expectation, I have seen too many of these for comfort. I am no Apple lover, but somehow I can't imagine this kind of thing happening with iPads. Sure the occasional one in a thousand, but this is at least the 5th or 6th DOA I have read about. Seems that QC takes a back seat when demand is high: What? Those won't turn on? Throw them in a box, we need to get as many as we can out to Best Buy, they oversold the pre-orders. Let the poor guy RMA it!"
I was seriously afraid mine would be one of these, especially after they shipped it ground instead of the overnight I paid for. I guess I was a LITTLE more lucky, but no cigar either. I got one with no GPS functionality at all. Cannot even SEE, nevermind lock on any satellites both pre and post 8.3.33 update. Sigh. A "Premium Tablet" with horrible build and QC"
I hope you get a working replacement quickly. The guy who had an amber LED I knew would boot. Yours sounds like its running with no display like a few others I have seen. On guy had it drop 2 feet from on top of a pile of towels to a carpeted floor and his went into the same state. I think perhaps the video ribbon cable is easy to dislodge. Who knows... Get a new one, and give them hell to get it to you fast.
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Just got my prime in the mail yesterday from best buy and I had the same problem. Wouldn't turn on right away so I charged it the full 8 hours and it still won't turn on at all...regardless of how long I hold down the power button. It only ever vibrates.
Called Asus tech support and he had me hold the power button for 8 seconds, let off power button, then hold down again until it turned on...but it never did. They want me to send the tablet in for repairs. That could take weeks. Best Buy won't do anything as they are backordered.
Many others have had this problem on androidforums.com. Asus really needs to address this
Does anyone's phone power off( seems to only happen in my pocket ) and won't power on until I hook it up to some kind of charger? This is my third replacement, got lucky to be able to s-off but, never had this problem on the other devices. Been running synergy 9-7, and superlte r133.... Stock kernel. No odd ball apps. Any help would be great. Tia...
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I've been having issues with proximity sensor, only seems like phone is down until battery dies, looks dead though, look to the left of htc logo to see if you see a faded red glow. I don't think that any sense roms have issues with sensor though.
I'm gonnas go back to a 1.22 build and see what happens. I think its a defect in the phone itself though.
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I'm gonnas go back to a 1.22 build and see what happens. I think its a defect in the phone itself though.
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What did you find here? My phone is doing the exact same thing. Randomly powers off and will not power back on until I connect to charger. And when it finally boots up battery is at near 100% which means the battery did not die. Didn't see this until after running lazy panda and meanrom but even then, it was fine for a month before this started to happen.
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What did you find here? My phone is doing the exact same thing. Randomly powers off and will not power back on until I connect to charger. And when it finally boots up battery is at near 100% which means the battery did not die. Didn't see this until after running lazy panda and meanrom but even then, it was fine for a month before this started to happen.
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I'm running MR and am S-OFF never had any reboots
My phone will power cycle sometimes when in my pocket and I'm sitting down. It does it because my leg is pressing the lock/power button. I don't have to plug it in to get it to work though. If nothing else holding the power/lock button for 10 or so seconds will power it back on. Have you tried that??
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My phone will power cycle sometimes when in my pocket and I'm sitting down. It does it because my leg is pressing the lock/power button. I don't have to plug it in to get it to work though. If nothing else holding the power/lock button for 10 or so seconds will power it back on. Have you tried that??
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Yes, held power for 60+ seconds and also tried power/volDown for 60+ seconds. The phone won't do anything until it is plugged back in. I just can't figure this out. I did a hard reset and it still does it. I don't have insurance but the phone is obviously less than a year old. How does sprint handle cases like this these days? Is it in store exchange or a shipment to HTC?
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Yes, held power for 60+ seconds and also tried power/volDown for 60+ seconds. The phone won't do anything until it is plugged back in. I just can't figure this out. I did a hard reset and it still does it. I don't have insurance but the phone is obviously less than a year old. How does sprint handle cases like this these days? Is it in store exchange or a shipment to HTC?
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It depends. Is the problem reproducible?? That's one of the things techs would try to do when someone hands them their phone. What I would do if someone gave it to me is flash the software with the RUU.
If they can reproduce it after flashing it with the RUU, as long as there is no abuse/liquid/physical damage, they will replace it in the store. The difficulty you face is being able to reproduce the issue in the store....
They should still flash it for you without being able to reproduce the issue. Have you tried different roms??
I would take it in to them and at least start the process. That way there will be a ticket with your issues on it and if it continues that will be good for you.
(BTW, I think you have to lock your bootloader for the RUU to run. And if they can't run it from the android OS tell them to run it from the bootloader or fastboot. (I know some techs know what they're doing but some are just new at it...))
So I have been trying different things recently and this seems to be EXACTLY as the OP described. It only does this when I put the phone in my pocket. I can be using the phone all day in my cube at work with no problem. I can cruise around with the phone in my car and it's fine. But if i stand up and slide the phone into and out of my pocket, it will be powered down with no way to power back up unless charge cable is plugged in for at least ~15 seconds. I've hard reset and tried different ROM...same behavior. I have not tried going back to S-ON (phone is S-OFF via lazy panda). Any thoughts?
Hperry,
I'm sorry to tell you but, I'm 100% certain that this issue is either a broken USB or from a board fracture. I tried ruu's and multiple wipes of main system to refresh the install but, nothing fixed this. What I did do take the device in multiple times to the same tech until he was tired of me coming in. No insurance makes it a $35 exchange. New phone in hand and no more shut downs.
I'm very sorry you experienced this and I hope this helps you.
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Hello all.
This guide will help you if you have:
A phone that will not turn on unless you plug it in and even then only an LG sign shows up followed by either blank/ rapidly flashing red light.
to my knowledge, what happened to put the phone in this state is the battery died while you were flashing a rom or something as such and the phone got confused on if it should be in charge mode or not.
being that the phone has a sealed battery, it is not as easy to pull out the battery as it is on other phones.
Fortunately for us, it is not difficult at all to unplug the battery!
REQ: torx screw driver that will fit but NOT STRIP the screws at the bottom of the phone.
Small phillips screw driver.
**I suggest charging the phone for a good 10 minutes before starting this. just to make sure it has a charge.
Step 1: unscrew the two screws at the bottom of the phone CAREFULLY!
Step 2: with your nails carefully pry up the back cover (inspect the phone carefully and identify the back cover from the rest of the phone.) off starting from the bottom of the phone.
Step 3: peel back the blue tape on the connector and remove the two screws.
Step 4: carefully pry up the connector from the top.
Step 5: plug back in and try powering on. By this point you should know if it worked and you can start putting the phone back together.
This guide is not the best (My first) but if you have any questions send me a message.
Good luck with your phones!
One of the first official LGOG teardown! Looks easier than expected..
@exemplarmusik sent from his LG - E970 ya dig?!
Awesome job, man. should come in handy for me at some point I am sure. I am curious though, those internals look identical to the Nexus 4's (as I guess we should expect) and I know the battery is glued down with the Nexus 4, so is that the case with our LGOG as well?
Yeah. The battery is glued in. I dont see an issue replacing it though. maybe a heat gun to losen up the glue and you should be good.
And yeah, it is very easy to open up.
This would have helped me last week. Oh well, got a replacement device and a free LG headset for my trouble.
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Awesome job, man. should come in handy for me at some point I am sure. I am curious though, those internals look identical to the Nexus 4's (as I guess we should expect) and I know the battery is glued down with the Nexus 4, so is that the case with our LGOG as well?
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Yeah the name in system info is even mako just like n4
the best phone ever
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Yeah the name in system info is even mako just like n4
the best phone ever
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I think it would only say that if unlocked, then you have N4 bootloaders.
I had this fast flashing "brick"-like issue, but after I let my phone cool, I just held power and vol-up and my phone went straight to the boot loader.
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Damn, I didn't think it'd be that easy to take it apart. I wonder if it'd be possible to stick a Qi wireless charger pad in there, like the Nexus 4.
First of all, thanks for the guide. :good:
Here is what caused this to happen on my phone:
(black screen, flashing red light)
With phone off and charger plugged in you should be able to press power for a couple of seconds and it will show the charging progress. When you unplug the charger and press power you should see nothing unless you hold it long enough to power up the phone. Problem was that no matter how long you waited after unplugging the charger you could press power and see the progress ::what::
That causes the battery to drain, completely if left alone for a couple of days resulting in, you guessed it, black screen and flashing red light. After leaving it plugged in for 4-5 hours it regained a full charge and was fine.
This did not occur when phone was on while charging. Needless to say, I exchanged the phone. Hope this helps.
Don't assume you have any other pictures
I was considering trying to steal the signal amplifier and the filter from this and put in n4 ... and chance you got any shots of those in the optimus g ?
I still cant get mine to turn on, I unhooked the battery, still nothing. I hold the power it goes to the lg screen then nothing. I can hold power and volume up and nothing happens. Does anybody have a idea, I want my phone back.
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My phone somehow will not turn on or charge! I have tried multiple chargers and outlets, and my phone will not charge or get the red light signaling that it is... There is no damage to the phone other than a small crack done a couple months prior. This happened very suddenly, the phone just ran out of batteries then stopped charging... is it possible to find the same battery as this and replace it?? My phone company said LG would not accept it because of the small crack on the front screen corner. Any help would be very greatly appreciated, really dont have the money to buy a phone off contract...
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My phone somehow will not turn on or charge! I have tried multiple chargers and outlets, and my phone will not charge or get the red light signaling that it is... There is no damage to the phone other than a small crack done a couple months prior. This happened very suddenly, the phone just ran out of batteries then stopped charging... is it possible to find the same battery as this and replace it?? My phone company said LG would not accept it because of the small crack on the front screen corner. Any help would be very greatly appreciated, really dont have the money to buy a phone off contract...
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My phone is same yours. you plug and unplug somes times untill red light flash then push power button. goodluck
Wow looks like there are connectors on the back to go to the inside of the back cover... I wonder if this is compatiable with the orbe!... if not it should be easy to use old Palm Touchstone parts to make it charge wirelessly.
I have the sprint version I am hoping it has the same connectors... You guys see the two prongs on the back cover adn the metal places they attach to??
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Wow looks like there are connectors on the back to go to the inside of the back cover... I wonder if this is compatiable with the orbe!... if not it should be easy to use old Palm Touchstone parts to make it charge wirelessly.
I have the sprint version I am hoping it has the same connectors... You guys see the two prongs on the back cover adn the metal places they attach to??
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Those prongs are for connecting to the antenna in the back cover, not a wireless charger.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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me too.
I was doing the LGNPST and it was stuck at 67% for 15 min so i unplugged and the phone did nothing so I turned it off from recovery and nothing. no power only the power flashes red for a few seconds after pressing.
I am out of town now but if I can get it to turn back on I will send it back since I just received it today.
Unfortunately, my phone is now completely unresponsive. I have had it plugged in to the original wall charger for over two hours and still no power. If i hold down the power button for about 15 seconds while plugged in the red light will blink once every second until i let go. However, if I unplug it and do the same the light will not come on. I'm about to disassemble my brick and see if the battery pull will help any.
Any success stories in detail would be appreciated. Plan B is to send it off to Mobiletechvideos.
Edit: Moving on to plan B....thanks.
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Unfortunately, my phone is now completely unresponsive. I have had it plugged in to the original wall charger for over two hours and still no power. If i hold down the power button for about 15 seconds while plugged in the red light will blink once every second until i let go. However, if I unplug it and do the same the light will not come on. I'm about to disassemble my brick and see if the battery pull will help any.
Any success stories in detail would be appreciated. Plan B is to send it off to Mobiletechvideos.
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I did this trick a couple weeks ago when my phone stopped responding. Could only get flashing light while plugged in, and no response when not plugged in. Eventually while plugged in I could get to the bootloader, but could not get to recovery. This fix worked for me, though it may not work for you. You will need a T5 torx (star) screwdriver. Good luck.
All:
Tonight my 4GLTE was plugged into it's charging cord and was at about 95% battery. I received a phone call, picked up the phone and pushed "answer". When I did the phone turned off and it won't turn back on. I've tried the "on & down volume" many times and nothing will happen. When I plug the power cord in the charging light isn't coming on.
I have had no problems with the phone. I'm on the Tranquility ROM and everything has been perfect. When I went through the S-off process back in Dec. the phone "bricked", it acted exactly like the phone is now, will not turn on, no lights come on, nothing. The great people at Dirty Racun walked me step by step through their procedure to unbrick the phone and it started up and has been perfect from Dec. til tonight.
I'm baffled and wish like hell this phone had a battery I could pull. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
thanks,
DC
I take it the capacitive lights don't light up when you hold the power button down for several seconds?
Leave it plugged in overnight and try to power it on in the morning.
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All:
Tonight my 4GLTE was plugged into it's charging cord and was at about 95% battery. I received a phone call, picked up the phone and pushed "answer". When I did the phone turned off and it won't turn back on. I've tried the "on & down volume" many times and nothing will happen. When I plug the power cord in the charging light isn't coming on.
I have had no problems with the phone. I'm on the Tranquility ROM and everything has been perfect. When I went through the S-off process back in Dec. the phone "bricked", it acted exactly like the phone is now, will not turn on, no lights come on, nothing. The great people at Dirty Racun walked me step by step through their procedure to unbrick the phone and it started up and has been perfect from Dec. til tonight.
I'm baffled and wish like hell this phone had a battery I could pull. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
thanks,
DC
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I know is very frustating cause It's happened to me as well.
I did some searching and found some tips. Nothing solid.
Leave the phone charging even though the led doesn't turn one. Sometimes for me it will revive after a while being plugged.
Other is to hold the power button for a very long time. 1-2 minutes and hope it reboots.
chemjb said:
I know is very frustating cause It's happened to me as well.
I did some searching and found some tips. Nothing solid.
Leave the phone charging even though the led doesn't turn one. Sometimes for me it will revive after a while being plugged.
Other is to hold the power button for a very long time. 1-2 minutes and hope it reboots.
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Curious, but were you S-off, and if so, did you use Dirty Racun?
Also, did you have any luck resurrecting your phone?
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I also had my evo lte just die. I'm in the process of mailing it out to HTC. I was completely stock no root. It just never powered back on after it charged over night
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FinZ28 said:
I take it the capacitive lights don't light up when you hold the power button down for several seconds?
Leave it plugged in overnight and try to power it on in the morning.
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Nothing lights up, that's why I described it as being dead. I'm not a novice with these phones as far as rooting and installing ROMs etc. One item I left out last night is that in the last few weeks I've had to "move" the micro usb connector around to get the charge light to come on. It would always light up and charge but had probably gotten worse, not better. Also I have my Evo4G (which I just activated so I have a phone) and with this charge cord I also have to move it around to get it to activate the charging light. I'm going to buy a fresh micro usb cord this morning in the hope that the new cord will make a difference.
I'm really not optimistic that a new cord will change anything. I declined to buy the insurance for the phone when I got it in Dec. I;ve had bad experiences with Sprint and their cost to repair the Evo4G even with the insurance. I think I'm going to install Unix on my netbook again and try the procedure that Dirty Racun walked me through when the phone "bricked" last Dec. They brought it back to life for me although this time I'm afraid it has something to do with the usb port causing the phone to shut off and die. As I said last night, the phone was charged to 95% when the call came in and I picked the phone up and it suddenly went black.
I love this phone and having to go back to the Evo4G is a real step backwards, plus I've got lots of data on the internal SD card of the LTE that I need. I'm in pulling my hair out mode now....thanks for the suggestions, if anyone thinks of anything else please let me know.
DC
Went through this a few days ago. Battery was at 40% and i was playing CSR Racing from the market. Anyways, my phone got super hot so i ended the game and went back to my home screen....few seconds later screen went off and phone was unresponsive. Nothing i did could make it turn on again tried for a few hours. My sister has a evo lte as well so i took apart our phones and switched her battery in place of mine and voila it booted up. Didn't expect the battery to just go out like that.
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s0calstate0fmind said:
Went through this a few days ago. Battery was at 40% and i was playing CSR Racing from the market. Anyways, my phone got super hot so i ended the game and went back to my home screen....few seconds later screen went off and phone was unresponsive. Nothing i did could make it turn on again tried for a few hours. My sister has a evo lte as well so i took apart our phones and switched her battery in place of mine and voila it booted up. Didn't expect the battery to just go out like that.
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That's interesting, my battery has been excellent. I do remember a few weeks ago it getting really hot while charging but it's been fine ever since. I've got the phone apart now. I needed to replace the glass screen and bought, what I thought, were replacement parts for the lcd-glass screen. I've just found out from a video that the lcd and glass screen come together as one part. I don't know if I can take the broken one off and install the new glass screen or if I have to buy the lcd and glass. I'm ticked off because the ebay seller claimed this is all I needed to replace a cracked screen OR an unresponsive LCD touchscreen. I'm glad I didn't pay much for the glass.
Thanks for the info about replacing the battery.
DC
Update: I talked with a Sprint rep at a corporate store yesterday and he told me to bring the LTE in and he was certain HTC would fix/replace it under the 12 month warranty as long as there was no physical damage "not turning on could be blamed for". I told him damage didn't cause it to suddenly go black while plugged in at 95% charge when a call came in.
I'll have to replace my screen before taking it in although the truth is my screen had a crack in it for 2 months before this happened and had nothing to do with the phone bricking itself suddenly.
Any updates?
My wife's phone had this happen at a ridiculously inconvenient time.
Here's what to try:
1. Pseudo-Battery-Pull: Hold power button for 15 seconds, this will force the phone to shut down (if it works). Try powering back up. If nothing, then:
2. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power for 2 MINUTES, and then release. That should reset the battery charge logic. (Note: this will only work at all if the phone is truly powered off) If that doesn't work:
3. Disassemble the phone, disconnect the battery. Wait 20 seconds and then reconnect the battery, and reassemble the phone.
Step 3 worked for me. Hope this helps somebody!
Thanks,
Josh
joshdv said:
My wife's phone had this happen at a ridiculously inconvenient time.
Here's what to try:
1. Pseudo-Battery-Pull: Hold power button for 15 seconds, this will force the phone to shut down (if it works). Try powering back up. If nothing, then:
2. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power for 2 MINUTES, and then release. That should reset the battery charge logic. (Note: this will only work at all if the phone is truly powered off) If that doesn't work:
3. Disassemble the phone, disconnect the battery. Wait 20 seconds and then reconnect the battery, and reassemble the phone.
Step 3 worked for me. Hope this helps somebody!
Thanks,
Josh
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Thanks alot for the suggestions, I'll give them a try when I buy a new screen/lcd etc. and install it. Going back to my once loved Evo4G is such a step backwards I can't explain it.
So I have a STOCK (no nothing) Verizon Galaxy S4 that is/was up to date as of 6/23/14. I think the last OTA push was a month or so ago.
A few days ago the device rebooted on its own a few times and I had no clue what was going on, but it stabilized for a day or so. Then yesterday it shut off and would not turn back on - the battery level was at least 80%. I removed the battery and reinserted it. I did not press the power button, but the device vibrates and displays the initial boot screen for about 3 seconds before it powers back off. At least I assume it is powered off - the screen goes black and there is no sign of life. The buttons do nothing to stir its slumber. I can remove and reinsert the battery for the same results.
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
Charger plugged in shows no light. However, when plugged in, the top part of the device does becomes warm on the screen and on the back with the cover off. - It actually becomes quite warm so I removed the battery but kept it plugged in just to test and it remained very warm. Unplugged now. Also it appears that inserting the battery does nothing now - maybe it's drained.
I'm pretty certain it's a hardware problem at this point, but I have no clue where to start. Has anyone ever had this issue or come across someone that has? I can take the device apart - does anyone know where and what I should be looking for as far as a loose connection or damaged component goes? Is there an electrical component diagram out there somewhere?
Any help is much appreciated!!
Have you tried getting into download mode at all?! I know you say that it won't go into stock recovery... But if somehow it got bricked then recovery corrupt be borked as well. Least if you can get into download mode you could try a no wipe image....
Also could just be hardware related in such case I don't have experience with that so much..
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Mistertac said:
Have you tried getting into download mode at all?!
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Yes. Same deal - it comes up for about 3 seconds... Must be a hardware issue.
tloth01 said:
So I have a STOCK (no nothing) Verizon Galaxy S4 that is/was up to date as of 6/23/14. I think the last OTA push was a month or so ago.
A few days ago the device rebooted on its own a few times and I had no clue what was going on, but it stabilized for a day or so. Then yesterday it shut off and would not turn back on - the battery level was at least 80%. I removed the battery and reinserted it. I did not press the power button, but the device vibrates and displays the initial boot screen for about 3 seconds before it powers back off. At least I assume it is powered off - the screen goes black and there is no sign of life. The buttons do nothing to stir its slumber. I can remove and reinsert the battery for the same results.
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
Charger plugged in shows no light. However, when plugged in, the top part of the device does becomes warm on the screen and on the back with the cover off. - It actually becomes quite warm so I removed the battery but kept it plugged in just to test and it remained very warm. Unplugged now. Also it appears that inserting the battery does nothing now - maybe it's drained.
I'm pretty certain it's a hardware problem at this point, but I have no clue where to start. Has anyone ever had this issue or come across someone that has? I can take the device apart - does anyone know where and what I should be looking for as far as a loose connection or damaged component goes? Is there an electrical component diagram out there somewhere?
Any help is much appreciated!!
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If this is 100% stock phone u are looking at hardware issue of some type...
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If this is 100% stock phone u are looking at hardware issue of some type...
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It is and I agree. Just hoping someone on here might've seen this before and know how to fix it. I may try replacing the charging port hardware to see if that solves it.
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I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
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To boot into recovery you only need to hold the VOL UP+POWER. Once the phone vibrates let go of power but keep holding the up button. I let go once the blue text appears for about 2 seconds.
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To boot into recovery you only need to hold the VOL UP+POWER. Once the phone vibrates let go of power but keep holding the up button. I let go once the blue text appears for about 2 seconds.
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Thanks... but then it turns off after that 3rd second...
If you can't get into download mode only option left is jtag
If you don't have a warranty there are places that will jtag it. I would recommend using someone that has done it before but I would be happy to try if you want to send it to me. I have the equipment but have yet to use it. I had a hard brick and thought I was going to have to try and Jtag mine but the warranty company decided they would go ahead and replace it. Like any place else, there would be no guarantee it will work. Of course if it is a hardware issue, jtag wouldn't work.
Some repair places will test it for free. I took one in for a sound problem and wanted to check out the loud speaker. The loud speaker was fine and they didn't charge me anything.
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If you don't have a warranty there are places that will jtag it. I would recommend using someone that has done it before but I would be happy to try if you want to send it to me. I have the equipment but have yet to use it. I had a hard brick and thought I was going to have to try and Jtag mine but the warranty company decided they would go ahead and replace it. Like any place else, there would be no guarantee it will work. Of course if it is a hardware issue, jtag wouldn't work.
Some repair places will test it for free. I took one in for a sound problem and wanted to check out the loud speaker. The loud speaker was fine and they didn't charge me anything.
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Okay thanks! Yea, I'll see if I can figure out if it's a hardware problem or not. If not, then I may take you up on your offer.