My touchpad won't turn on for some reason, yes I tried the button combinations, yes it is charged. It was sitting on the Touchstone for a day or two, and now it won't turn on. It has been plugged into the wall charger since yesterday morning.
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Try holding the power button and pressing the home button 10 times. Then release the power button. If that doesn't work...
Leave it off the charger for 3 days. Then plug it in overnight and hope for the best the next day morning. And if that doesn't work...
Send it into HP.
rohan32 said:
Try holding the power button and pressing the home button 10 times. Then release the power button. If that doesn't work...
Leave it off the charger for 3 days. Then plug it in overnight and hope for the best the next day morning. And if that doesn't work...
Send it into HP.
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Buttons doesn't help anything, and I'm pretty sure HP won't help at all because they gave up on the product.
Have you held the power button and the home button down for a full minute?
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Have you held the power button and the home button down for a full minute?
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Yes.
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chessmaster W/nook said:
Buttons doesn't help anything, and I'm pretty sure HP won't help at all because they gave up on the product.
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They still honor the one year warranty. They no longer offer advanced replacement where you get a new one immediately, but they will fix it if you send it in.
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quarlow said:
They still honor the one year warranty. They no longer offer advanced replacement where you get a new one immediately, but they will fix it if you send it in.
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What if the internals are all screwed up because of what I've done with it?
chessmaster W/nook said:
What if the internals are all screwed up because of what I've done with it?
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Give it some cab fare and forget its number
chessmaster W/nook said:
What if the internals are all screwed up because of what I've done with it?
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Everything you did was software, so it shouldn't matter. I thought I read a thread on here that someone said they sent theirs back for the speaker cracks with android still on, and HP didn't care. But it did come back with a clean webOS install IIRC.
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Sounds like you've eliminated the touchstone (assuming that wall charger is the little ACDC/USB power supply).
If you're the excitable type (and like learning about things for the sake of learning):
Unplug USB cable. Open your touchpad and manually disconnect the battery. Let sit for a moderate bit then reconnect battery. Do not reassemble. Try powering on. If nothing, plug in USB cable. At a minimum you're looking for the backlight to do something.
If nothing happens, and if available, try a different USB cable and/or power supply (need 5v ~ 2A to power up).
If still nothing, and you're on a roll, unplug the battery again and reconnect the USB cable so you've got mains power.
At this point, if still nothing, reassemble and make arrangements to send it back. There isn't really anything else you can eliminate.
Just a guess, but if nothing seems immediately obvious in what caused it, most likely the charging circuit was overvolted. Any power spikes or brownouts in the last week or so?
(opening the touchpad is pretty easy)
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Sounds like you've eliminated the touchstone (assuming that wall charger is the little ACDC/USB power supply).
If you're the excitable type (and like learning about things for the sake of learning):
Unplug USB cable. Open your touchpad and manually disconnect the battery. Let sit for a moderate bit then reconnect battery. Do not reassemble. Try powering on. If nothing, plug in USB cable. At a minimum you're looking for the backlight to do something.
If nothing happens, and if available, try a different USB cable and/or power supply (need 5v ~ 2A to power up).
If still nothing, and you're on a roll, unplug the battery again and reconnect the USB cable so you've got mains power.
At this point, if still nothing, reassemble and make arrangements to send it back. There isn't really anything else you can eliminate.
Just a guess, but if nothing seems immediately obvious in what caused it, most likely the charging circuit was overvolted. Any power spikes or brownouts in the last week or so?
(opening the touchpad is pretty easy)
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I might just have to take it apart. No power spikes or anything, definitely not on the touchstone. And through a surge protector.
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pbassjunk said:
Sounds like you've eliminated the touchstone (assuming that wall charger is the little ACDC/USB power supply).
If you're the excitable type (and like learning about things for the sake of learning):
Unplug USB cable. Open your touchpad and manually disconnect the battery. Let sit for a moderate bit then reconnect battery. Do not reassemble. Try powering on. If nothing, plug in USB cable. At a minimum you're looking for the backlight to do something.
If nothing happens, and if available, try a different USB cable and/or power supply (need 5v ~ 2A to power up).
If still nothing, and you're on a roll, unplug the battery again and reconnect the USB cable so you've got mains power.
At this point, if still nothing, reassemble and make arrangements to send it back. There isn't really anything else you can eliminate.
Just a guess, but if nothing seems immediately obvious in what caused it, most likely the charging circuit was overvolted. Any power spikes or brownouts in the last week or so?
(opening the touchpad is pretty easy)
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Thank you sir! You have just saved me a a lot of money, I took out the battery, put it back in, and viola! It's charging!
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They still honor the one year warranty. They no longer offer advanced replacement where you get a new one immediately, but they will fix it if you send it in.
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Would opening the device to do the unplug the battery trick void the warranty.
FlagshipX said:
Would opening the device to do the unplug the battery trick void the warranty.
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Depends if you're caught. Opening the device would void the warranty. But, if there aren't any indicators or stickers etc they may not be able to tell.
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Depends if you're caught. Opening the device would void the warranty. But, if there aren't any indicators or stickers etc they may not be able to tell.
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There is some copper tape, that gets scrunched up, but other than that, they can't tell.
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Hi,
My vibrant will not turn on when on battery (NOTHING appears on the screen when power button pressed). When plugged in, the charging screen appears and it appears to be charging, but if I press the power button, nothing happens. I have tried holding volume up and down and power button, but this does nothing whether its plugged in and charging or its on battery.
Before this happened it was restarting over and over when I was trying to charge it.
So in conclusion the only screen I can get is the battery charging screen, that is it. This entire time I have been testing the sim card and sd card have been removed.
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Thanks
More info, did this happen after you flashed something? are you aquainted with Odin1.85, AIO toolbox is a great place to start. If I can help in any way i will.
This happened after normal use, it was actually after the battery died and I tried to charge it with a car charger, and then the phone just kept resetting over and over. It wouldnt get very far in the start up process. But I did not flash it. I am not familiar with any of that but I can give it a try.
Thanks
dwills898 said:
This happened after normal use, it was actually after the battery died and I tried to charge it with a car charger, and then the phone just kept resetting over and over. It wouldnt get very far in the start up process. But I did not flash it. I am not familiar with any of that but I can give it a try.
Thanks
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Have you tried a new battery? Sounds like your battery will not charge. Just for future reference, sometimes a car charger can damage your phone's battery, even completely kill it. When you press the gas pedal your car's battery charge fluctuates and can damage your phone that way, rare but it happens. Not to say that's the case here but it could also be a custom ROM. I was running a custom ROM called lithium volt and if the battery completely died the phone would not boot back up, even when plunged into a charger. Some roms a require certain amount of battery power to boot up.
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clean your micro usb port , use coffee filter n alcohol,clean it gently
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Hey dudes .... I got the thing to go into download mode, what should I do now? I am learning this as I go.
dwills898 said:
Hey dudes .... I got the thing to go into download mode, what should I do now? I am learning this as I go.
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Use odin to flash back to stock. Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
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Ok I used odin and I restored everything and my phone booted up like normal. But then while using the phone, I realize when I press the power button, it does nothing. It doesnt lock the phone, it doesnt shut down the phone, I get no response. So I think my problem before was simply the power button was not working. Has any one had this problem, can I fix it?
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Ok I used odin and I restored everything and my phone booted up like normal. But then while using the phone, I realize when I press the power button, it does nothing. It doesnt lock the phone, it doesnt shut down the phone, I get no response. So I think my problem before was simply the power button was not working. Has any one had this problem, can I fix it?
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That's unfortunate, if you are comfortable soldering then you can just order a replacement button. Mobiletechvideos.com fixes that problem, they fix almost everything else too. Very trusted source so you can be sure to get what you paid for. If you can solder then buy a replacement part on ebay or you can go here http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-i9000-t959-t959v-power-button-repair/ and send your Vibrant t959 to mobile tech.
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Ok thnks for the help. I ordered a new power button and I soldered it in. That was the problem. The power button just failed and needed to be replaced.
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Ok thnks for the help. I ordered a new power button and I soldered it in. That was the problem. The power button just failed and needed to be replaced.
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No problem; you must be pretty good at soldering, nice work.
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i recently aquired a samsung vibrant sgh-t959. It had issue charging and i determined that it was the micro usb charge port. i messed with it a bit like i did before to get it to charge with no response as before but now when i try to turn the phone on it only shows the loading clocklike bars as if it were just plugged in to charge before it loads the charging bar when its turned off. any ideas on how to simply repair this at all? i know replacing the charge port would be one option but i have no idea on how to. maybe one of the contacts are touching another on the charge port?
My SGS3 just using the stock ROM, rooted and use Titanium freezing some stock Samsung softwares. install couple of apps, no games.
today, my SGS3 notify there was 5% battery left, so I finish my job, plugin the charging cable, and make sure it been charging. then I start to watch some RMVB movies on my SDCARD (using vPlayer) with charging cable plugged in. after I watched 1 hours or so, screen freeze ...... all the hard buttons, soft touching buttons and screen are all no response. few minutes later, screen off, I pull out the battery and re fill in, SGS3 still quiet, I think it become a brick.
temperature during issue occur: normal, nothing special (pretty sure)
charging light when charging cable plugin: no sign, no light
connect to computer: no recognized (driver installed, and worked fine before that)
download mode: can't get in
10 secs or more power button pressing: no response.
is there any possible I can get it back alive? any suggest will help.
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thanks for your reply Jarmezrocks
yes, it seems battery run out problem. after I do couple of things below, it has been shown the charging light, and my phone has been back!
I m not sure the order of how i did these, but I think one of these works.
pull out battery for 5 mins or longer..
push power button for a long time (tried both with battery and without it)
push volume up and down together as usb cable plugin in, then pull back in the battery. I try this couple of times.
using another stocked charger from my friend, to make sure that's not charger problem.
I do above as I ref the "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30415128#post30415128" this is very good guide to the bricked android phones to try.
now, my phone is back alive, with all the settings and data as well, thank god!
either you wipe caches/ go to download mode and flash another firmware
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either you wipe caches/ go to download mode and flash another firmware
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Have you even read the OP?
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2anyone said:
My SGS3 just using the stock ROM, rooted and use Titanium freezing some stock Samsung softwares. install couple of apps, no games.
today, my SGS3 notify there was 5% battery left, so I finish my job, plugin the charging cable, and make sure it been charging. then I start to watch some RMVB movies on my SDCARD (using vPlayer) with charging cable plugged in. after I watched 1 hours or so, screen freeze ...... all the hard buttons, soft touching buttons and screen are all no response. few minutes later, screen off, I pull out the battery and re fill in, SGS3 still quiet, I think it become a brick.
temperature during issue occur: normal, nothing special (pretty sure)
charging light when charging cable plugin: no sign, no light
connect to computer: no recognized (driver installed, and worked fine before that)
download mode: can't get in
10 secs or more power button pressing: no response.
is there any possible I can get it back alive? any suggest will help.
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May I ask, what charger are you using to charge your phone?
I have a feeling that the wall chargers for S3s (especially LTE) and just plain crap!
If you can, see if you can borrow someones SGS2 or SGS1 charger for your phone. These look different they are not a USB cord plugged into a wall socket. they are a plain charger only with a box that has its own cord coming out of it.
Try plug it in and don't try turn it on at all. Leave it plugged in for a good hour or so and then come back, unplug it first (you must unplug it or the power button won't do ****! I think its a special fail safe embedded in the kernel so the device doesn't get a double shot 1 from the batter and one from the DC charger?) and then push the power button. Hold it in a few seconds, see if the device powers on?
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Jarmezrocks said:
May I ask, what charger are you using to charge your phone?
I have a feeling that the wall chargers for S3s (especially LTE) and just plain crap!
If you can, see if you can borrow someones SGS2 or SGS1 charger for your phone. These look different they are not a USB cord plugged into a wall socket. they are a plain charger only with a box that has its own cord coming out of it.
Try plug it in and don't try turn it on at all. Leave it plugged in for a good hour or so and then come back, unplug it first (you must unplug it or the power button won't do ****! I think its a special fail safe embedded in the kernel so the device doesn't get a double shot 1 from the batter and one from the DC charger?) and then push the power button. Hold it in a few seconds, see if the device powers on?
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it has been done by some tricks, not sure which is effect, but it has been unbricked. I put details on the OP. thank you.
I just got in a nice Galaxy Tab SGH-T849. Which would be a LOT nicer if it worked..
I have done the rudimentary things. Checked the power plug and cable, cleaned the contacts, etc etc. No luck.
There is absolutely no response from the Tab. I had it charging overnight, so I know it has a good charge. Assuming it is capable of taking a charge.
I just wanted to know if there was anything else I can try before I tear into it.
Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.
Michale
Michale32086 said:
I just got in a nice Galaxy Tab SGH-T849. Which would be a LOT nicer if it worked..
I have done the rudimentary things. Checked the power plug and cable, cleaned the contacts, etc etc. No luck.
There is absolutely no response from the Tab. I had it charging overnight, so I know it has a good charge. Assuming it is capable of taking a charge.
I just wanted to know if there was anything else I can try before I tear into it.
Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.
Michale
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If you connect it to your PC, do you see any devices show up? If not, does it do anything if you hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds or so while connected? Knowing what devices show up can help diagnose what's wrong.
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If you connect it to your PC, do you see any devices show up? If not, does it do anything if you hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds or so while connected? Knowing what devices show up can help diagnose what's wrong.
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Hi and thanks for the reply..
Absolutely nothing shows up when I plug in the USB cable. I held the power button down for 30sec and still nothing from the PC or the unit.
Michale
Michale32086 said:
Hi and thanks for the reply..
Absolutely nothing shows up when I plug in the USB cable. I held the power button down for 30sec and still nothing from the PC or the unit.
Michale
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OK, that's bad. Sounds like it's completely dead. At this point, I'd take the back off and probe the battery to see if it has any juice.
To remove it, you've got to remove two screws from the bottom edge next to the accessory connector. Then you can use a spudger tool to remove the back cover. When fully charged, the battery should read 3.7v. If you don't have a voltmeter, you're kind of screwed. However, you can at least look around and see if there's any obvious signs of major damage.
If the battery's depleted, it's not guaranteed that it's bad - it's possible that the charging circuitry is dead. You can verify that the charge circuit is working by probing the battery with a voltmeter while the charger is connected.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zslF7P5Wxcc for instructions on how to get to the battery.
Yea, I already have the back off.. The two screws on the bottom are of the tri-driver variety.. Check my tools to see if I have one of those.
Thanx again.. I'll check the voltages and get back..
Michale
Hi guys. Is there any fix for my P7500 tab?
It wont turn on, black screen, but can be detected by the computer via apx.I use to flash it via apx or nvflash but I it was locked tablet. Is there any ways to boot it up so i can flash it via odin?
Thank you in advance for the reply.
psychoneo said:
Hi guys. Is there any fix for my P7500 tab?
It wont turn on, black screen, but can be detected by the computer via adx.I use to flash it via adx or nvflash but I it was locked tablet. Is there any ways to boot it up so i can flash it via odin?
Thank you in advance for the reply.
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So do you mean adb or apx?
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stinky73 said:
So do you mean adb or apx?
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Oh sorry. APX i mean. my question above is now edited. Any idea sir? or i should brought it to samsung service center?
Maybe the only thing to try at the moment would be the old battery drain technique... Usual means is to tape down the power button and wait days and days until it is dead, really dead ( shows nothing when connected to computer), then connect to wall charger and reboot and see what you get. This is really the ultimate "hard reset" but same result can be obtained far more quickly by removing the back and disconnecting the battery for a while to remove residual charge... Not as frightening or difficult as it might seem, have done it loads of times for various faults and to replace batteries in several tabs.
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stinky73 said:
Maybe the only thing to try at the moment would be the old battery drain technique... Usual means is to tape down the power button and wait days and days until it is dead, really dead ( shows nothing when connected to computer), then connect to wall charger and reboot and see what you get. This is really the ultimate "hard reset" but same result can be obtained far more quickly by removing the back and disconnecting the battery for a while to remove residual charge... Not as frightening or difficult as it might seem, have done it loads of times for various faults and to replace batteries in several tabs.
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thank you sir. Im doing it now. But Im a doing it correctly? i just connected it to the computer for apx mode then after that i tape the power button so that it continuously on and off for apx mode then i disconnected it to the computer or I should leave it stay? i think it will charge if i connected it to the computer.
If you're trying to discharge by taping down power button just leave the tab on it's own not plugged into anything... Plugging into something that charges rather defeats the object of the exercise
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Thank you for the help. I think I need to bring it to service center. There's no battery charging icon when I charged it. I dont know if its well drain but I use a laptop cooling fan via OTG to drain it. the fan and the lights from the cooling pad is not functioning anymore so i try to plug the tab to the wall charger and nothing happens.
By the way thank you. :good:
Any luck?
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Thank you for the help. I think I need to bring it to service center. There's no battery charging icon when I charged it. I dont know if its well drain but I use a laptop cooling fan via OTG to drain it. the fan and the lights from the cooling pad is not functioning anymore so i try to plug the tab to the wall charger and nothing happens.
By the way thank you. :good:
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I'm facing the same issue now, i have taped my power and volume button for a day... will that work? Did you finally turn on your tablet?
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I'm facing the same issue now, i have taped my power and volume button for a day... will that work? Did you finally turn on your tablet?
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In some cases it takes more than a day, be patient... Unless you are prepared to remove the back and unplug battery... The aim of the game is to completely power down the tab and remove residual charge in components, the "hardest" reset available.... So, two ways to achieve that is drain battery or disconnect battery... If you drain battery you must be sure it's empty to achieve desired effect then you obviously cannot restart it without charging a bit as the battery is empty, so you connect charger then try to boot, but the tricky bit is being sure the battery is completely drained otherwise you are just wasting your time... That is why battery disconnect is preferable
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stinky73 said:
In some cases it takes more than a day, be patient... Unless you are prepared to remove the back and unplug battery... The aim of the game is to completely power down the tab and remove residual charge in components, the "hardest" reset available.... So, two ways to achieve that is drain battery or disconnect battery... If you drain battery you must be sure it's empty to achieve desired effect then you obviously cannot restart it without charging a bit as the battery is empty, so you connect charger then try to boot, but the tricky bit is being sure the battery is completely drained otherwise you are just wasting your time... That is why battery disconnect is preferable
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How do you disconnect the battery to discharge. I tried the taped power button for five days and it still seen by PC in Device Manager.
datastar said:
How do you disconnect the battery to discharge. I tried the taped power button for five days and it still seen by PC in Device Manager.
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Suggest you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325109 download the manual - then unplug the battery for 10 mins or so to remove any residual power, reconnect and see what happens
Good luck
Edit....I got beat to the post. I would follow the advice above first.
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How do you disconnect the battery to discharge. I tried the taped power button for five days and it still seen by PC in Device Manager.
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Look for some videos on YouTube because it involves removing the back of your tab. So see seeing it done is a great help.
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stinky73 said:
Suggest you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325109 download the manual - then unplug the battery for 10 mins or so to remove any residual power, reconnect and see what happens
Good luck
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Many Thanks to You stinky73
I had to purchase an iFixIt repair kit to get the correct driver to remove the two screws. I disconnected the battery, waited ten minutes and when I reconnected I was SO HAPPY to see the battery charging icon. I charged for a while a fired up the tablet. Everything was the same as if nothing happened. I am so happy because Samsung said they could fix the problem and it would be a flat rate of $150 which I don't have and I would lose everything.
Many thanks
datastar said:
Many Thanks to You stinky73
I had to purchase an iFixIt repair kit to get the correct driver to remove the two screws. I disconnected the battery, waited ten minutes and when I reconnected I was SO HAPPY to see the battery charging icon. I charged for a while a fired up the tablet. Everything was the same as if nothing happened. I am so happy because Samsung said they could fix the problem and it would be a flat rate of $150 which I don't have and I would lose everything.
Many thanks
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How hard was removing the back? I'm wanting to do some building for my 7510 and will be using it for testing so I'm most likely to brick it at least once or twice.
Hard screw removal
Benzoman said:
How hard was removing the back? I'm wanting to do some building for my 7510 and will be using it for testing so I'm most likely to brick it at least once or twice.
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It took me longer to remove the screws then anything. I stripped them and will need to replace them. I tried a regular screwdriver before the tri-wing screw driver and paid dearly in time. Once the two screws were removed, use a plastic pry tool starting on the bottom where the screws are because once the bottom and sides are pried lose, the top will slide over the extended audio jack.
1.5 hours to remove stripped screws
10 minutes to pry open
1 minute to disconnect battery (did not remove battery or three data cables on top of battery)
10 minutes wait for discharge
3 minutes to re-connect battery cable (it slides forward and snap down)
2 minutes to replace case
datastar said:
Many Thanks to You stinky73
I had to purchase an iFixIt repair kit to get the correct driver to remove the two screws. I disconnected the battery, waited ten minutes and when I reconnected I was SO HAPPY to see the battery charging icon. I charged for a while a fired up the tablet. Everything was the same as if nothing happened. I am so happy because Samsung said they could fix the problem and it would be a flat rate of $150 which I don't have and I would lose everything.
Many thanks
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Happy for you, it usually works!! :good:
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Happy for you, it usually works!! :good:
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Forgive the gravedigging, but I am unable to find anything regarding my situation, and the original poster has a problem that is similar to mine (my thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52931715 ). I hope someone is able to give me a hand here!
I am wondering, it has been over 15 minutes since I disconnected the battery completely, but connecting the P7500 to my laptop still shows an APX device being connected. Could there be some hardware issue preventing the device from being fully discharged?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Still no joy with waking the tablet up
Lightside said:
Forgive the gravedigging, but I am unable to find anything regarding my situation, and the original poster has a problem that is similar to mine (my thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52931715 ). I hope someone is able to give me a hand here!
I am wondering, it has been over 15 minutes since I disconnected the battery completely, but connecting the P7500 to my laptop still shows an APX device being connected. Could there be some hardware issue preventing the device from being fully discharged?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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I've got the same issue as Lightside and the original poster. Mine is a GT-P7500, which had CM10 nightly ROM with CWM recovery. I sold it on eBay, but before selling, I wiped the tablet and got it back to the Clockworkmod main screen. I turned it off completely and shipped it to the buyer, ready for it to be registered by the new user.
The buyer received the tablet and from the e-mails I received from him in the first couple of days, all was going well. Then, a couple of days later, he sent me an e-mail saying that the screen shows the android lying on its back with "Odin download" mode showing. A day later, he sends me a messaging saying that he can't turn the tablet on at all. The guy who bought it is an old man and didn't know much about fixing the issue. I asked him whether he powered the tablet off while still plugged in to the wall charger and he confirmed that he did. I asked him to return it to me and I can try and fix it, so now, I have the tablet back and it won't turn on. Here's what is happening:
1. I drained the battery using the cellotape method
2. Installed the NVflash drivers
3. Waited for the battery to drain (almost 9 days and the LED flash stopped blinking, so assumed it was completely drained)
4. Plugged it in to the PC and it immediately showed up again as a device under the USB controllers within Device Manager
5. I then unplugged the battery by opening the back of the tab, left it for 15 mins, then tried the wall charger again, but nothing. No charging icon on the screen.
When I try to press the power button, I can see the LED light up, but the screen is still blank.
Could this be a hardware issue and if so, what do you think could have caused it?
Could really do with some help here, folks! I don't want to have to give the buyer a refund because technically, he got it when it was in working condition and he probably did something to screw it up, but since he's an old man, I thought I'd try and help him, if I can.
same to me
someshj1577 said:
I've got the same issue as Lightside and the original poster. Mine is a GT-P7500, which had CM10 nightly ROM with CWM recovery. I sold it on eBay, but before selling, I wiped the tablet and got it back to the Clockworkmod main screen. I turned it off completely and shipped it to the buyer, ready for it to be registered by the new user.
The buyer received the tablet and from the e-mails I received from him in the first couple of days, all was going well. Then, a couple of days later, he sent me an e-mail saying that the screen shows the android lying on its back with "Odin download" mode showing. A day later, he sends me a messaging saying that he can't turn the tablet on at all. The guy who bought it is an old man and didn't know much about fixing the issue. I asked him whether he powered the tablet off while still plugged in to the wall charger and he confirmed that he did. I asked him to return it to me and I can try and fix it, so now, I have the tablet back and it won't turn on. Here's what is happening:
1. I drained the battery using the cellotape method
2. Installed the NVflash drivers
3. Waited for the battery to drain (almost 9 days and the LED flash stopped blinking, so assumed it was completely drained)
4. Plugged it in to the PC and it immediately showed up again as a device under the USB controllers within Device Manager
5. I then unplugged the battery by opening the back of the tab, left it for 15 mins, then tried the wall charger again, but nothing. No charging icon on the screen.
When I try to press the power button, I can see the LED light up, but the screen is still blank.
Could this be a hardware issue and if so, what do you think could have caused it?
Could really do with some help here, folks! I don't want to have to give the buyer a refund because technically, he got it when it was in working condition and he probably did something to screw it up, but since he's an old man, I thought I'd try and help him, if I can.
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i have a GT-7500 ,i used the original firmeware,it's the same issue,drain battery method not working,somebody help?
I've had the S23 Ultra (US, unlocked, from samsung.com) for a couple of months. I didn't root it, drop it, or splash it with water. I charged it last night, but when I woke up this morning, there was no sign of life: a black screen, no sound, no reaction to charging (even after long charging with a different charger and the cable), no reaction to a long press of Power + Vol Up/Down, and nothing detected in adb.
So I have a few questions:
Has anyone else had a similar experience with their device?
Any suggestions on how I could resurrect it?
Do you have any ideas about what might happen? Throughout the two months, I used the same old low-current (850 mA) Motorolla charger. The charger is still operational.
My current plan is to contact Samsung Support.
Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!
Have you tried using a higher capacity charger, like an official Samsung charger plugged into the wall? Have you tried a wireless charging pad to rule out an issue with the USB-C port? Samsung still uses the lowest grades soldier pennies can buy on their most premium devices.
night_wind said:
I've had the S23 Ultra (US, unlocked, from samsung.com) for a couple of months. I didn't root it, drop it, or splash it with water. I charged it last night, but when I woke up this morning, there was no sign of life: a black screen, no sound, no reaction to charging (even after long charging with a different charger and the cable), no reaction to a long press of Power + Vol Up/Down, and nothing detected in adb.
So I have a few questions:
Has anyone else had a similar experience with their device?
Any suggestions on how I could resurrect it?
Do you have any ideas about what might happen? Throughout the two months, I used the same old low-current (850 mA) Motorolla charger. The charger is still operational.
My current plan is to contact Samsung Support.
Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!
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Looks like you've tried everything basic and the phone's just dead. Could be a motherboard failure. Best to go to Samsung instead of breaking your head, as it's still under warranty. At least that's what I'd do in your position.
Wish you the best.
Try half an hour charging on wireless charger if you haven't tried yet
Saw this happen on a Note 4 back in the day. It wasn't really dead but in a weird power state. Fully charging for a few hours (even though it showed nothing) then holding power and volume up and down got it to reboot.
Guyinlaca said:
Saw this happen on a Note 4 back in the day. It wasn't really dead but in a weird power state. Fully charging for a few hours (even though it showed nothing) then holding power and volume up and down got it to reboot.
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My old Note 4 went into this state and didnt manage to revive it with Power and Volume Up + Volume Down combo. The only sign that tells me it's not fully dead is the green notification light when I do the above combo.
About weird power states - I had Galaxy Buds Pro, which refused to take any charge - wired charging did not work and wireless either. Only way to revive it was to use wireless power sharing from the phone. Problem did not reappear later. Go figure...
Really? I "didn't root it" as if that is a bad thing
You obviously charged it with faulty charger. I experienced the exact same thing. I was about to cry but then i remembered i was testing a cheap, fake Samsung charger...
Then i plugged the phone into REAL charger, waited for 2-3 minutes, phone was alive with all its glory.
Get a GENUİNE one with GENUİNE Cable, you are good to go.
night_wind said:
I've had the S23 Ultra (US, unlocked, from samsung.com) for a couple of months. I didn't root it, drop it, or splash it with water. I charged it last night, but when I woke up this morning, there was no sign of life: a black screen, no sound, no reaction to charging (even after long charging with a different charger and the cable), no reaction to a long press of Power + Vol Up/Down, and nothing detected in adb.
So I have a few questions:
Has anyone else had a similar experience with their device?
Any suggestions on how I could resurrect it?
Do you have any ideas about what might happen? Throughout the two months, I used the same old low-current (850 mA) Motorolla charger. The charger is still operational.
My current plan is to contact Samsung Support.
Any advice is appreciated! Thank you!
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Had this happen on my old s21u. Contacted support and told them I had done all the steps you did. They had me send it in for repair (was actually 2 months after warranty expired but they still agreed to repair it free of charge) and ended up changing the main board, usbc port and something else. Never happened again after (didn't change chargers or anything). So yeah, contact support that's your best bet.
Is this not a legit Charger ?https://photos.app.goo.gl/X9AGuMiz98q3ya2E7
tsufadamadev said:
As for resurrecting your device, you could try some basic troubleshooting steps like a hard reset or checking for any software updates.
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It will be hard to do it if he can't even turn on the device i any way... No combination of buttons work, no way to turn it on with charger or ADB...
As its apparently either dead or in power-off state you could try to start it into download-mode by:
1. pressing Vol-Up and Vol-Down together and keep them pressed
2. plugging in a USB-cable connected to either a powered-on computer or a charger while keeping the buttons pressed
Normally it should boot into download mode (you can release the buttons after boot-up ).... Maybe this helps if the power button is broken....
illetyus said:
You obviously charged it with faulty charger. I experienced the exact same thing. I was about to cry but then i remembered i was testing a cheap, fake Samsung charger...
Then i plugged the phone into REAL charger, waited for 2-3 minutes, phone was alive with all its glory.
Get a GENUİNE one with GENUİNE Cable, you are good to go.
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Phones have protection. Fake or real charger shouldn't damage phones.
Brava27 said:
Phones have protection. Fake or real charger shouldn't damage phones.
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Can't a power surge damage a device? It can happen either during a storm or by using a non-recommended charger. It can fry certain components, even though phones have protection.
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Phones have protection. Fake or real charger shouldn't damage phones.
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No, it was like... My fake charger suddenly stopped working and my other phone recognized the charger + cable as a DATA TRANSFER DEVICE. It is really hard to describe the experience. No charging, my fake charger was recognized as something else..
The experience was... My S23 Ultra blacked out. I thought it was charging. Then, complete darkness. Didn't respond to power button.. Nothing. I thought it was bricked. Then i got up and found my other charger. Waited.. 10 - 15 seconds later my phone was back again. God i swear, i was shaking with sweat. It has been almost 1 month, my phone is just fine..
That day i decided to go with only geniue products. Maybe my phone protected itself by bricking itself. I really dont know.
To me it sounds like what you experienced was just an empty battery .... without juice in the battery the phone cannot do anything and the defective charger did not charge the phone while you thought it did....
Update from me: I scheduled an appointment from the Samsung site with an authorized service center (Best Buy). They checked my phone and said that they couldn't fix it if it wasn't turning on, and I had to send it to Samsung. That was unexpected.
I sent the phone to Samsung, and today I got a message that they could not reproduce the problem. I wasn't able to communicate with the service worker yet. My concern is that it could be a bad internal cable connection that restored the circuit due to the shipment vibrations. If so, and they will not check it, I could end up with a phone with a faulty connector that could die at any moment (hopefully during the warranty period).
It's also possible that being in the weird power state was fixed by simply letting the phone completely deplete of charge so that it properly turned off, recharging, then rebooting.
I had this problem on my old s7 edge. It seems that samsung never fixed this problem. The screen would stay completely black, unable to do anything until the battery completely drained. The device itself was never rooted or modified. Pretty disappointing it was never fixed.