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Alright so a friend of mine wanted me to upgrade his phone for him to the new radio and all that stuff.
I tried run the official installer but I got an error that the battery wasn't at least 50 percent.
I left it charging overnight, came this morning to see a red light on the device. It won't power on at all. If it's plugged into the USB on my XP system, windows finds a new "Data Interface" device.
Tried doin the resets with holding the camera and power button and all that with no luck.
I've flashed both my phone and my girlfriend's in the past without anything like this going on.. obviously since I didn't get any kind of flash actualy going, I don't think that had anything to do with it.
Anyone know what do with a phone in this condition?
Also, my friend hadn't activated his sprint phone yet, he got the phone brand new from ebay, and had it for about a month or so, but had an overdue sprint bill he had to pay before he could activate it.. so if he took it to the store would they replace it there for him even if it was never activated?
Thanks for any help.
soft set it that will work
Dc_striker said:
soft set it that will work
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Is that just hitting the reset button? If so, I've tried that but it does nothing.. also tried that while holding the camera and power buttons but that does nothing as well.
If you're talking about something else, then please let me know.
Thanks.
Sorry for the double post, but I should also add that I put his battery into my phone and it works fine and shows 100% charge.
couple things here for debugging purposes.
Check your battery against your friend's for signs of abnormality. (especially leaks/contacts).
If all looks fine and it still doesnt work with your battery, you can try flashing with his battery (though that doesnt make much sense, but try it anyway just in case).
Since you say your phone works with his battery and not yours, it would lead one to assume you have a bad battery, though, you know what they say about assume, it makes an ass of u and me. ha. Anyway, try that and post results.
EDIT: See what happens when you put your battery in his phone, post results.
Psionfenix said:
couple things here for debugging purposes.
Check your battery against your friend's for signs of abnormality. (especially leaks/contacts).
If all looks fine and it still doesnt work with your battery, you can try flashing with his battery (though that doesnt make much sense, but try it anyway just in case).
Since you say your phone works with his battery and not yours, it would lead one to assume you have a bad battery, though, you know what they say about assume, it makes an ass of u and me. ha. Anyway, try that and post results.
EDIT: See what happens when you put your battery in his phone, post results.
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Thanks for the reply.
Both batteries will work in my phone just fine and both show a full charge. Neither battery will work in his phone, and neither will power up the device.
Both show only the red light when plugged in.
Any ideas?
Ah, i read it slightly backwards. Sorry.
Ok, so when you put a battery in his phone a red light comes on and a blank screen? No noises or any type of error message? Check the contacts on the back of his phone and make sure they're nice and clean, Check the back of yours against his, I think these phones have that open port on them (i dont feel like actually taking mine apart to be sure), and make sure those aren't "shorted" out by anything. If everything looks perfect compared to yours, I'd say your best bet is the phone is broken. (assuming you've tried getting it into bootloader with no luck, softresting and hard resetting with no luck). Let me know what you find under the batteries.
When I have the battery only inside the device, it does nothing, no red light, no screen, nothing whatsoever no matter what I press.
When i plug it in, it does nothing as well, but if I hit the reset button, the red light comes on and stays on until I unplug it. If it's plugged into a USB port, windows detects "Data Interface" but finds no drivers.
I checked the contacts, they look pretty much the same as mine, no signs of corrosion or anything.
that's very odd.
We've ruled out the battery at least. (send me the spare, just kiddin).
When looking under the battery there isn't a little hole for a factory reset is there? (i havent looked under my battery since i got the thing).
If not, that sucks. If there is, push it and see if anything happens.
Otherwise, I can't think of much else aside from a broken phone. Defect of some sort perhaps. I'm going to browse my manual real fast to see if it says anything about a red light, i'll edit this post if i find anything.
Try installing different bootloaders on there to see if anything happens. Also, try the exit-bootloader program to see if that helps. I'm not sure but when my phone has a redlight, it usually means that something is wrong. If all else fails, make that dreadful call to Sprint's technical support. Their customer service is a joke but their technical support can be very helpful.
i cant find anything in my book about a red light. I would probably give Tech Support a call (and tell them to send me their book) and see if they know what it is.
But as the guy above said, try different bootloaders see if you can get anything at all.
have u tired your battery onto his phone or try to see if your computer picks up anything expect data device
I had this happen once, Try this...
1. Remove the battery.
2. Plug in wall charger.
3. Power the device. (this may not do anything)
4. Install battery and wait for yellow light.
5. Press reset button on bottom of phone.
If you still get a red light and no power after that, I would guess that the phone is defective.
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Sorry to say, but the phone is bricked...good luck having sprint replace a phone that was bought on ebay.
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hi, im having the same exact problem.. was there ever a fix for it?
thanks in advance
anyone? please helppp!! i just got this phone :[
ive had this happen twice since i got the phone. it happens right when i plug it into the charger, screen goes black and red light comes on. i found that taking out the battery for a little over 10 minutes while off the charger and it will come back on. havent had this happen since i got a replacement though.
Three days after I bought mine, this happened. Had done nothing with it (no third party software, nor rom changes). The tech said to let it sit on the charger over night, which did nothing. They replaced it for being DEFECTIVE.
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Greetings all,
The symptoms described here are the classic where the bootloader has become corrupt. I am still working on it and have not given up, just had lots on the plate.
Unfortunately after my latest mishap with Odin, I cannot even turn my phone on. I have been flashing awhile and have loved all the roms that the developers have produced. The closest I have come to this was a soft-boot that many other users get. I have tried the method of removing the sd card and sim card and battery and then plugging your phone in and putting the battery in after holding down the two rocker buttons, but that did not work this time. I really hope someone could help me with the problem I have, I still love this phone
i hard bricked mine because of odin a few month ago, it froze so i unplugged and got the 'phone ! pc' screen
so when it froze again i unplugged thinking i'd get that again but i got nothing, i think it was doing the bootloaders so it was just dead
only way back from hard brick is to jtag, mine wasnt expensive and only took like a day for them to do but im in the UK
theres a few people on here that do it i think
just get it jtagged!
Where?
I saw that mobile tech videos had a service where they unbricked phones has anyone had them fix their phone or can someone recommend me to someone else who can jtag it
his name is connexion2005
pm him he jtags phones to fix them
So you see no spindles when you plug into PC or wall outlet? Not even the battery charge icon?
Yes I have nothing . But I did PM, unless I could somehow make up an excuse for Samsung I will probably have to get it JTAGED
Yup, I'd keep playing with it while you wait. Try different cords, maybe a different PC if you can, random other button combos(including the soft buttons), maybe even a different battery. But in the end jtag seems like its gonna be your fix unfortunately. Good luck!
T-mobile is giving sending me a replacement
T-Mobile is sending a replacement, but I have to hand in my own vibrant that i hardware gps fixed. Should I try to push the antenna back down so it looks like i didn't or does anyone think they will even bother looking there for any "damage"
hello guyz
Sorry for my bad english .
I''m here cuz my htc one max was out of charge ,
and when i plugged it to charge it won't charge ,
i tried to open it and same
#i tried to open it with recovery mode and smae
#led light not working too
#i tried different chargers with different outlits .
what to do plz ?
Constantly mess with all button combos when its plugged in. Try holding both vol buttons and power for example...
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Constantly mess with all button combos when its plugged in. Try holding both vol buttons and power for example...
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i didn't work , same
Same here, vzw Htc One max no charge, no power....
One foggy hungover little extra bad on me. Was firewater s-off with temporary root, twrp 2
6.3 recovery flashed fine but never had SU commands only SH. In a hungover haze I noticed twrp had 2.7 open recovery out and without due thought I downloaded it to update the recovery. I blatantly force flashed the zip from my phone using CWMR. foolish of me straight out, no excuses. Phone rebooted twrp recovery flashed 2.7 zip and then power dropped immediately. Will not power up/charge.
I got the USB/DLOAD message. Been reading every since to self fix . Would appreciate advice on proper path to take. I've been reading on one hand since it was S-Off it possibly blew the LCD and no bueno brick city. Yet I've also seen success with flashing the RUU as a possible. Other option I found so far was run the JTAG method with Ubuntu and/or try shorting the 2/5 pins with 300k resister.
I'm not concerned about warranty, I would really appreciate anyone who has the time to respond and experience with this indescretion. I would prefer not to damage it further with incorrect fixes if possible. I believe i just jacked my boot image and need to use the RUU method unless the LCD was blown from over clocked over voting .
Direction on the correct method if any is appreciated. I'm completely open to answer questions i may not have addressed. Totally thoughtless and my fault yet I'm very clear on what I did to cause it. Many years electronics repair, still medicore Linnux skills so please go easy on me there. I just need the correct path if known. Im a big boy and fully capable of learning it on my own so no need for you to feel you have to list script and hold my hand.... but a good ass chewing is never out of line ") Thanks for any experience you wish to share.
someone help please ?
Phones dead, no led, no charging, no button combo brings it back. Everything worked great, plugged it in Friday night like always, wake up Saturday to find it was off while on the charger. The cable and charger that it came with, and girlfriends DNA charges on it no problem. Took it to Verizon and they tried a few things, nothing they did helped, like I was surprised. So they are sending me one, but I want to know what happened and how to fix it. This seems to be a common problem, but it seems most people at least get it to power back on at one point.
Exactly what was happen to me some time ago.The only solution i found is to open case and charge the battery about 10 seconds.I advise you to use usb port of your computer to charge it. Btw if you let it drain to zero you will have to do this procedure again
Tonight I was coming out of the casino, I didnt win so I cant buy a new phone... Anyway, I noticed my 3g wasnt on, so I decided to power off then on, bc thats what I would normally do to get the 3g to work. So I hold the power button and the power options come up, normally I would hit power off, however, here I decided to press reboot. The phone made its normal power off sounds and then it was off, However, I noticed the led light on the left of the earpiece speaker lite up light blue. So I held the power button and the device never booted back up. I then did a battery pull, 1min later put it back in and still nothing. No recovery mode, download mode, connection to the pc, NOTHING...Does anyone have any advice,
It did not get wet, or dropped, or anything else thats device threatening... Im stumped, Its a I545 flashed to cricket, running 4.2.2 me7 bootstrapped 3.62, running cleanrom 1.6 incase the info will help... THANX IN ADVANCE TO ANY HELP...
please help me
Im really lost for words here. Everything checks out, and the battery is good, I ran a volt test on it, besides I have a second battery and problem is still current. Im trying to find out what besides the battery would cause the s4 not to power up, Circuit board wise, I have it apart and I dont see any problems. I could really use a hand, I have to run to work, be down at 9pm... I hope someone can lend a halping hand... Thanx
I have no insight as to why this happened to you but unfortunately you may just have to use your insurance and get another one, or have a service center check into it. It seems like you're pretty good with troubleshooting this... Not sure what else to say
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Hey guys, I realize I may be asking for a miracle here. My cousin gave me this phone to try and recover some pictures off of.. they are sentimental photos of his mother that passed away recently. He's not a very big tech guy so they weren't backed up. (I know.)
So I am trying to do all I can to help here. I have no idea what happened to it, but when I plug the phone in I get nothing, no lights, no boot up, nothing. I am by no means any tech genius here either but I know enough to know that recovering anything from this phone is going to be a long shot.
Just putting it out there and wondering if anyone has any ideas, or if anyone runs a type of business that would specialize in pulling information from devices like this?
Thanks everyone.
First of all, you'll need to get it to power up. This is done by plugging in a known good charger and pressing the power button on top multiple times until the orange light begins to flash.
Once it does start flashing, leave it plugged in, this means it's beginning it's charge cycle. It will go from orange to green when complete.
If you can't get the orange light to flash, then idk what else to tell you.
Good luck!
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Aside from using a good charger, I've also seen where people have had success in reviving a dead phone by holding down both volume buttons and the power button for 2 minutes. Might give that a shot.