So I just tried turning on my X2 after a couple of months of not using it, and it won't turn on fully. I noticed that the battery door was sticking up a little and opened it to discover that the battery is bloated.
So, I just pulled the battery and tried turning it on with only the charger plugged it (no battery), and it turns in but stays at the Motorola splash screen. I was able to get to select RSD once, but it was plugged into the wall and I can't manage to boot to RSD while charging from my computer's USB. The LED lights up when I plug it into a computer and that's it.
I'm trying to sell it and the guy is willing to purchase a new battery, but I'm not sure if that's all that's wrong. Plus, I'd like to SBF back to stock and wipe all my data from the phone before handing it over.
Any help and ideas are appreciated
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You need a fully charged battery to sbf your phone.
SwiftLegend said:
So I just tried turning on my X2 after a couple of months of not using it, and it won't turn on fully. I noticed that the battery door was sticking up a little and opened it to discover that the battery is bloated.
So, I just pulled the battery and tried turning it on with only the charger plugged it (no battery), and it turns in but stays at the Motorola splash screen. I was able to get to select RSD once, but it was plugged into the wall and I can't manage to boot to RSD while charging from my computer's USB. The LED lights up when I plug it into a computer and that's it.
I'm trying to sell it and the guy is willing to purchase a new battery, but I'm not sure if that's all that's wrong. Plus, I'd like to SBF back to stock and wipe all my data from the phone before handing it over.
Any help and ideas are appreciated
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wait wait wait, you battery was BLOATED? like bigger then normal? that can NOT be healthy maybe the conditions you kept it in fukd it up? idk man but yeah you need a full battery to sbf so your **** outta luck on this one, unless he'll buy the battery beforehand.
If yhe battery was deformed take it out and do not use it anymore. Get a new one, fully charge and sbf
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OK that's what I figured. Anyone know where I can pick up a new battery? I looked in Verizon's website and couldn't find one. I guess I can take that into account when I give the guy a price.
On a side note, do you guys think 175 is a good price for a mint condition X2? Nothing is wrong besides the battery thingy
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SwiftLegend said:
OK that's what I figured. Anyone know where I can pick up a new battery? I looked in Verizon's website and couldn't find one. I guess I can take that into account when I give the guy a price.
On a side note, do you guys think 175 is a good price for a mint condition X2? Nothing is wrong besides the battery thingy
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I would honestly just order a new battery online; I'm sure Amazon has one for a decent price.
175 sounds reasonable; the going price on Swappa for a good-condition X2 seems to be around that.
Can also try Batteries Plus.
Thanks for all the feedback. Just ordered a new battery from Amazon for only 4 bucks and it should be here by Friday Even though the guy I'm selling to is willing to buy a new battery, I feel a lot safer getting the battery myself so I can SBF to stock and wipe the phone/SD card.
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When my phone is powered off and charging, it boots into Clockwork Recovery. I remember this being a problem with another HTC device, possibly MT4G, but I thought it had been fixed in an update. Is anyone else experiencing this issue, and if so, is there a fix for it?
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Pulling the battery seems to help.
Thank you for your response. I will press the thanks button for you when I get to my computer.
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It still charges in clockwork, I believe it happens on all emmc phones.
O know is out of topic but someone else have noticed that the sound in the videos recorded are extremely low I barely can hear it... I'm trying ti keep this phone but I don't know... I have the iPhone 4 and tbolt I know what everybody here prefer any Android phone than the iPhone lol I admit I'm a android fan too just a little bored and I like try almost every smartphone that come out to the market....well I am trying to decide if keep the iPhone or tbolt another thing is I have no 4G in my area anyway
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It still charges in clockwork, I believe it happens on all emmc phones.
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Thanks for your reply as well, and you're right, it still appears to charge in Clockwork, but for battery calibrating purposes, it's good to charge the phone while completely powered off. I'll try the battery pull, if it doesn't work, it's not really a big deal.
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See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000546
Assuming you are rooted, since it doesn't happen on un-rooted Thunderbolts. As previously stated, hopefully it's just a matter of time and code to resolve it.
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Thanks for your reply as well, and you're right, it still appears to charge in Clockwork, but for battery calibrating purposes, it's good to charge the phone while completely powered off. I'll try the battery pull, if it doesn't work, it's not really a big deal.
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I left my on charge with clockwork and didn't charge
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I tried the fix posted above, but it still goes into CW. I'm just leaving it on while it charges. It charges slower, but oh well. I ordered the 3 batteries + charger for $12 off Ebay, so whenever those come in I wont be doing as much charging in the phone anyway.
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I tried the fix posted above, but it still goes into CW. I'm just leaving it on while it charges. It charges slower, but oh well. I ordered the 3 batteries + charger for $12 off Ebay, so whenever those come in I wont be doing as much charging in the phone anyway.
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Lol that's what I'm thinking do but the battery door is no too easy to remove and I'm afraid to mess it up since basically will be changing battery every day
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I installed the 3G booster scripts from zeppelinrox, and now my phone won't go past the "dualcore" screen. (It seems that changing the I/O Scheduler does NOT go well with the Droid X2. So don't install the normal 3g script (use safe mode that he has now released.)) It's obvious I need to SBF my phone.
Now, it seems that, at that time, my battery died as well. And it also seems that the Droid X2 doesn't actually charge unless it's at the charge screen or booted up completely.
The problem is, RSD mode requires actual battery juice, and not a cable. It tells me I don't have enough battery to flash RSD mode, meaning I can't SBF. And because the phone doesn't charge unless in a mode that it can't boot to, I seem SoL.
It there another way to charge my battery (without an external charger)? Like a BIOS mode that accepts incoming charge? Or am I completely ****ed until I buy an external battery charger?
Super bad timing on my part. Gah. Should've been more aware of my battery...
Well, there's a way but it takes work. Cut off the end of an old charger place the positive side of the cable (the one with the white stripe) on the positive feed of the battery and place the negative (the all black one) on the negative feed. They'll be marked. To hold it in place use electrical tape and make sure you wrap it all the way around. It'll charge the battery and you'll be able to use in the phone but it probably wont allow you to charge from the phones charger again because for some reason, using an alternative charging source voids a Motorola battery. But at least you'll be able to get your phone back up until you get a new battery or just keep charging it the hard way. But, I know this works because I had to do it with my original X and Im not responsible if you blow up or catch your house on fire.
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borrow a battery from sumone you know with either an x2 or an x. Or take 4 little wires and another lithium 3.7v battery and try to rig sum crazy ****
Trade batteries with someone with an X or X2. Tell them it's just temp until you can get your phone fixed. I wouldn't go off splicing wires and rednecking it because that just sounds dangerous.
Can u get to the stock recovery with power and down button if so I thought the phone charges in recovery but not sure 100% I've been reading slot on this phone
If you are on GB with System Recovery installed my phone has been booting into Recovery Charge Mode when powered off and plugging into ac charger. Recommend giving that a try if it works it will boot to a large battery charging icon.
good luck.
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Well, there's a way but it takes work. Cut off the end of an old charger place the positive side of the cable (the one with the white stripe) on the positive feed of the battery and place the negative (the all black one) on the negative feed. They'll be marked. To hold it in place use electrical tape and make sure you wrap it all the way around. It'll charge the battery and you'll be able to use in the phone but it probably wont allow you to charge from the phones charger again because for some reason, using an alternative charging source voids a Motorola battery. But at least you'll be able to get your phone back up until you get a new battery or just keep charging it the hard way. But, I know this works because I had to do it with my original X and Im not responsible if you blow up or catch your house on fire.
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This is last resort, I suppose :O
kenjesse said:
If you are on GB with System Recovery installed my phone has been booting into Recovery Charge Mode when powered off and plugging into ac charger. Recommend giving that a try if it works it will boot to a large battery charging icon.
good luck.
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It doesn't charge in system recovery. I've tried :/
As for charge mode, It won't boot into it; it doesn't get past the "DUALCORE" screen...
Thanks for all your help guys, I guess the things I need to do is either borrow a battery (none of my friends have an X or X2..) or buy an external battery charger. Thanks again!
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This is last resort, I suppose :O
Thanks for all your help guys, I guess the things I need to do is either borrow a battery (none of my friends have an X or X2..) or buy an external battery charger. Thanks again!
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Does walmart have a compatible battery? New batteries tend to have some juice (like around half). And you could always return it and say it won't charge in your phone. Walmart has an easy return policy. Just an idea.
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Does walmart have a compatible battery? New batteries tend to have some juice (like around half). And you could always return it and say it won't charge in your phone. Walmart has an easy return policy. Just an idea.
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Thank you for the idea. I just went and bought an external battery charger and my phone is now up and running again.
I remember with my Droid 2 I was installing a ROM and my battery crapped out. So I went to a vzw store and I was like yeah I was installing this update from a notification i saw on the phone and my battery died. Can I use a battery so I can recover the phone? Less than a minute later she comes out with a new battery for me to use and just watches me go into CWR and flash my ROM 8). Gotta love how clueless those reps are.
So I had bought this phone off ebay and when I got it today I tried to turn it on, but nothing happened.
I then plugged the phone in and tried powering it on and still nothing. I tried charging the battery and left it alone for an hour and afterwards the result is the same. Basically when I plug in the phone to the charger, the phone's screen will flash a battery icon as if its going to charge for a split second and then go blank. And then it will flash the battery icon again and then go blank again and it will go on like this for a couple of minutes until the screen finally stays blank.
So as I said even though I leave the phone to charge for a while, it still won't turn on and the only result seems to be that the phone gets warm near the camera. Also I tried to see if download mode works and pressed both volume buttons and I get a brief flash of some words. After doing it for several times I saw it said 'Low battery, cannot download' all in red.
I searched the forum and tried leaving the battery out for a while and also putting it in the fridge to see if anything would happen but nothing. So can anyone help? Is it just the battery?
Could be the battery - if you are on good terms with a local ATT store, try going there and asking if you can borrow a battery from their demo device to see if yours will power up. That's the best cheap way I can think of to rule that out.
Other possibility is a bad USB port. My first device developed a failure at about 2 months - I'm actually on day 5 with my warranty replacement. There is another member here, Moustro I think, who also may have a bad USB port. He and I were wondering if perhaps there was a bad batch out there. I'm not sure what ATT's warranty policy is for items re-sold on eBay, but might be worth checking out...
yeah that does sound like it could be the battery boot loop, take some photos of the battery to see if it is the oem... if it is the oem try a stand alone chager
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Could be the battery - if you are on good terms with a local ATT store, try going there and asking if you can borrow a battery from their demo device to see if yours will power up. That's the best cheap way I can think of to rule that out.
Other possibility is a bad USB port. My first device developed a failure at about 2 months - I'm actually on day 5 with my warranty replacement. There is another member here, Moustro I think, who also may have a bad USB port. He and I were wondering if perhaps there was a bad batch out there. I'm not sure what ATT's warranty policy is for items re-sold on eBay, but might be worth checking out...
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I live in Canada don't think I'd get much help from AT&T probably.
Also the battery is the original one and not a replacement. I left it unplugged for a few hours and just now plugged it back in and its the same battery icon flashing for a couple of minutes and then blank screen. No charging whatsoever. I tried different outlets and different USB ports on my notebook and its all the same.
I also have an Infuse and charging for that every by every method is just fine so its my SII that's messed up.
If it's any condolence to you, I just bought a brand new GS2 from the ATT store today. The battery was semi-charged when I got it, and when it ran out, I plugged it in and got the same thing you did. Battery is flashing, cannot power it on, even plugged in. I also got the red "Low battery, cannot download".
I spent the better part of 4 hours reloading my apps and email addys, and everything else to get my phone up and running, and now this.
I am going back to the ATT store tomorrow and requesting a different brand new one.
This is my 2nd GS2, because I destroyed my first one in an accident.
Just as dandrumheller was saying. I had simimiar issues where the phone battery would blink on and off even if the charger was plugged in or not while the phone was powered off. The only way I could get my phone to boot to prepare it for warranty exchange was to flash a rom through Odin. But if you can't get it into download mode this wouldn't work.
My suggestion would be to use a different battery. That would let you know if its a hardware issue or bad battery.
hmm...
I was able to to get it to power on last night with what little battery was left. I then plugged it into the USB of my Mac, rather than the charging wart. When I awoke this AM, I have a fully charged battery, and a working phone. I will let the battery run out again completely today and see what happens.
That's great news! I hope it continues to work for you
I would not let it completely run out. Our batteries don't like that. Don't go below 25 percent. I'm glad you got it working. I know you're relieved.
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I'm not sure relieved is the right word.
Apprehensive might be better.
We all know AT&T isn't in the best graces with most.
They must be the ***** of Comcast.
Anybody got anymore suggestions?? Can't get it to work no matter what I try.
Call samsung and see if they will honor the warranty? Don't know their rules, but in another thread someone suggested that sale of the phone does not void the warranty.
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Anybody got anymore suggestions?? Can't get it to work no matter what I try.
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Max,
Were you able to find a fix for your problem? i bought a SGII from ebay and is presenting the same issue
For what its worth I am able to enter download with NO battery. In fact I ONLY do it without a battery. I just hold both volume buttons and plug in the USB to my computer while not pressing anything else. Without battery.
Thought the OP said he couldn't enter download.... so if that doesn't throw it in download it's more than just battery.
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33t said:
For what its worth I am able to enter download with NO battery. In fact I ONLY do it without a battery. I just hold both volume buttons and plug in the USB to my computer while not pressing anything else. Without battery.
Thought the OP said he couldn't enter download.... so if that doesn't throw it in download it's more than just battery.
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Guys,
I tried this and it worked...
At a last resort, i put the battery on nexus to see if it will charge and DAMN !! it did,, so the battery was not the issue...so i grab a swab with little alcohol then clean the terminals on the battery and the spring connectors on the phone... and voila !!! started charging and keeps working perfectly.
It worked for me, hopefully it will work for you guys.
Glad you were able to isolate the problem.
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Same problem
Flashing on for a sec then flashing off, buttons flashed too. Phone got hot around the battery. Couldn't have described the problem better
Took some alcohol, cleaned the contacts for the USB connector, cleaned the battery contacts, and booyah, got the charging symbol again! Problem was, I didn't use the phone for a month, it rode around in the front pocket of my laptop bag, and apparently got the contacts dirty. A little toothpick and q-tip fun later, and my phone started charging again. Thanks -
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I would not let it completely run out. Our batteries don't like that. Don't go below 25 percent. I'm glad you got it working. I know you're relieved.
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Really? I've had mostly HTC phones and we could run them down pretty low.. I've been running mine down past 10 and it's been fine.. stock battery.
I had the same problem as op. My last resort was to cut the micro usb end of a spare cable and connected it to the (+) and (-) on the phone itself. since the phone booted up, i knew it was the battery. Next, i did the same thing but (+) and (-) on the battery itself while connected to a computer. i held it in place for about 10 seconds. put the battery back in the phone and it started charging again. im sure it wasnt the safeat thing to do, but it worked. Maybe the dead battery needed some kind of jump.
btw. The wires you would be using are the the black and red. and i got this idea from
modmy mobile.com/forums/8-guides-downloads-forum-suggestions/64614-how-flash-phone-battery-low-cannot-program.html
(remove spaces between modmy and mobile)
xamadeix said:
Really? I've had mostly HTC phones and we could run them down pretty low.. I've been running mine down past 10 and it's been fine.. stock battery.
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I believe these are different types of batteries. Not Lithium, but something else. I bought some spare batteries from eBay and the batteries had the same instructions... That it is not good to let them die completely, and charge then preferably when they still have 1/3 charge left.
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Well kinda...
Similar to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540091
When my phone is plugged into the wall there is no charging light or anything. No white light in any senario. Last night my default battery was at about 9% so I pulled it and used my 2nd battery. No problem. Then I went home, charged the second in the phone went to put the first battery in and nothing. No matter what I do the 1st battery is completely unresponsive. I then go to put the fully charged second battery in the phone AND STILL NOTHING! Left the phone on the charger with battery 1 over night. Neither battery is working again this morning.
Both batteries should be able to boot the phone but I got nothing. Any ideas?
I was about to try the USB cable trick to prime a dead battery, but why? I have a full second battery that still isn't working
GRRRR
Are the battery contacts on the phone clean and in good condition? Could try cleaning the connector with rubbing alcohol. I really don't know what to suggest besides that. Figured I'd reply since this thread as almost 200 views but still no replies.
Hope you can get this figured out but it seems asking a question is kind of pointless now. Unless you are complaining about no ICS you won't get much of a response anymore it appears.
Does it charge if it pluged in to a computer?
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Well some how I had it working for the last month but its back to this again.
Last time it just started working randomly. this time, no dice. I even tried the USB splice charge thing and its not working.
I only get a white light on my photon when plugged into my computer. Nothing from the wall, and there is no way to turn it on. I'm outside of the warranty and sprint didn't have anything to help me at their store.
its been like this for two days. I'm really frustrated.
The only thing I can suggest is to find an external battery charger, and give that a shot.
This works for me.
Strip open the usb cable on your micro usb cable. Connect the positive (red) usb wire to the data neg. (white) wire.
This will be a charge only cable.
This also allows bootstrap from computer usb port.
(on my Photon)
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well, took it to a repair shop and they fully recharged my battery with an external charger... and...
STILL NOTHING.
no lights, no response, no boot, nothing. Its totally dead.
Any ideas? I mean, this thing Is beyond bricked apparently. It wont even start!?!
well.. anyone know of a decent source to get off contract phones? I'm looking for something like a Samsung nexus s 4g for like $100 or so?
Craigslist, or maybe Swappa
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Thanks for all the help guys, I did find a Sprint Samsung nexus S 4g off amazon for about $120. Everything seems to be working alright, sold my photon back for a measly $63 to sprint...
That said, the past few days with the nexus having android 4.1 have been great. It really makes me wish that motorola wouldn't have screwed us all over. The stability and speed of stock 4.1 on a single core SOC makes me pretty sad we couldn't have this on the photon, it would have been a beast. A few other things I enjoy more are the non-pentile screen (the AMOLED looks fantastically warmer and more saturated than my gfs bionic- the same screen as the photon) and build quality (yeah, its a plastic-y samsung and I like the build quality, that says something about the poor photon IMO) I would also recommend you put NFC on your future phones "wish-list" as well, I think it'll come in handy and I've already used it at my local walgreens.
Goodbye forever moto. I'll enjoy watching your company be liquidated at the hands of google.
rbeavers said:
This works for me.
Strip open the usb cable on your micro usb cable. Connect the positive (red) usb wire to the data neg. (white) wire.
This will be a charge only cable.
This also allows bootstrap from computer usb port.
(on my Photon)
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Oh yes, I had to do that recently when my MoPho wouldn't survive long enough to boot up. Of course the wife thought I was a little crazy scavenging for a USB cable no longer needed and cutting it up, but a good feeling when she looks at me thinking "wow."
as you read in the topic title. My HTC thunderbolt is dead. nothing. no yellow / green light at all. This has happened before..but a simple battery pull for about 20 minutes and a restart got me going again. Now...it won't work. I'm not a noob where I flashed the wrong radio or something stupid like that. I had fully functioning Thunderbolt with LiquidSmooth ICS JMOD MR2. Before my phone decided to commit permanent suicide, it was rebooting to the boot screen every hour or so to the LiquidSmooth boot animation while I was using PowerAmp. Then I shut if off normally (just like last time..) and now it won't charge turn on, or do ANYTHING. It won't even go to the HTC logo where I can go to clockwork or the hBOOT menu. I'm running out of options. If anyone could give me advice. That would be great, as I cannot afford another one :___;
Thanks for your time = ]
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as you read in the topic title. My HTC thunderbolt is dead. nothing. no yellow / green light at all. This has happened before..but a simple battery pull for about 20 minutes and a restart got me going again. Now...it won't work. I'm not a noob where I flashed the wrong radio or something stupid like that. I had fully functioning Thunderbolt with LiquidSmooth ICS JMOD MR2. Before my phone decided to commit permanent suicide, it was rebooting to the boot screen every hour or so to the LiquidSmooth boot animation while I was using PowerAmp. Then I shut if off normally (just like last time..) and now it won't charge turn on, or do ANYTHING. It won't even go to the HTC logo where I can go to clockwork or the hBOOT menu. I'm running out of options. If anyone could give me advice. That would be great, as I cannot afford another one :___;
Thanks for your time = ]
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Flashing the radio is the only thing u can flash and completely brick your phone with no fix if you flash wrong or the radio is for a different device then I think your just gonna have to move on to a different phone.
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Flashing the radio is the only thing u can flash and completely brick your phone with no fix if you flash wrong or the radio is for a different device then I think your just gonna have to move on to a different phone.
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This is exactly what I didn't do. I was just stating that because I bet some users on here flash the wrong radio or unplug it during flashing and cry on here later for a solution. This is what I did not do.
With that said...is there any possible solution for my dilemma?
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This is exactly what I didn't do. I was just stating that because I bet some users on here flash the wrong radio or unplug it during flashing and cry on here later for a solution. This is what I did not do.
With that said...is there any possible solution for my dilemma?
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Try a different battery maybe. It might be dead. Your USB port could have gone bad too.
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Not any solution or consolidation, but my first bolt did the exact same thing after flashing a rom that I won't name here. The issue was most likely mine,but it happened to me and at least one other user as well.
If yours spontaneously croaked, most likely not the same issue, but mine presented exactly what you described.
I had to get a replacement.
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Not any solution or consolidation, but my first bolt did the exact same thing after flashing a rom that I won't name here. The issue was most likely mine,but it happened to me and at least one other user as well.
If yours spontaneously croaked, most likely not the same issue, but mine presented exactly what you described.
I had to get a replacement.
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I had 4.0 LiquidSmooth ICS JMOD my custom ROM on my phone ever since the rom first came out.and it was perfectly...fine...
and this same problem happened when I had GB ThunderShed CM7..but my gf told me to pull the battery out and leave it out for 20 minutes..then it put it back in. It worked. She did this many times with her Droid 1. Since it was problematic with this issue. (first android phone OF COURSE its going to have problems) Now she's an iPhone user i'm constantly trying to convert back lol
anyway...as stated before..it's now done it again and this time it's totally dead. my phone was trying to tell me something I bet.
How old is your phone?
Nothing to do with radios or ROMs. A bricked phone will still receive a charge. You need to try a different battery ( preferrably 1 that is charged and for the Thunderbolt) once you get it booted into whatever ROM you're using, go to menu, settings, power and make sure that "fastboot" isn't checked. By default fast boot is checked by HTC and by most ROMs. What fastboot does is just put your phone into "hibernate" much like a PC does.
So when you turn your phone off, it appears that its off, but its really just sleeping. If the battery dies and fastboot is checked, the phone is hella confused about its current state. HTC did this by default for a better customer experience, but its kinda dumb and bad in the long run as your phone never gets a freaking break. Lol
Thats why I'm suggesting getting a good battery to boot up to a ROM or whatever, turn off fastboot, properly turn off the phone then charge your battery. It may take up to 10+ min before you to get an orange light that'll flash then eventually go solid. Let it go solid for about 20+ min to be on the safe side, then boot
Good luck man
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Man I bought one off craigslist that did the exact same thing. Had it about a week. Started random reboots so I was restoring a backup. While trying that recovery randomly rebooted a couple times them finally restore finished. It bootlooped so I pulled the battery and that was the last time it did anything. PC won't see it, won't get a charge light. Put a fully charged battery from my other tbolt in it. Still nothing. It literally died in my hands. I guess a hardware failure was the cause. Also picked up the wireless charging battery cover to try my power mat to see if that would at least make the charging light come on ....nope
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Nothing to do with radios or ROMs. A bricked phone will still receive a charge. You need to try a different battery ( preferrably 1 that is charged and for the Thunderbolt) once you get it booted into whatever ROM you're using, go to menu, settings, power and make sure that "fastboot" isn't checked. By default fast boot is checked by HTC and by most ROMs. What fastboot does is just put your phone into "hibernate" much like a PC does.
So when you turn your phone off, it appears that its off, but its really just sleeping. If the battery dies and fastboot is checked, the phone is hella confused about its current state. HTC did this by default for a better customer experience, but its kinda dumb and bad in the long run as your phone never gets a freaking break. Lol
Thats why I'm suggesting getting a good battery to boot up to a ROM or whatever, turn off fastboot, properly turn off the phone then charge your battery. It may take up to 10+ min before you to get an orange light that'll flash then eventually go solid. Let it go solid for about 20+ min to be on the safe side, then boot
Good luck man
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You should try this, heck order a battery and wall charger off of Amazon for about $15.... Put the battery in and use ADB to put your phone into recovery....
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playerjunglejosh said:
You should try this, heck order a battery and wall charger off of Amazon for about $15.... Put the battery in and use ADB to put your phone into recovery....
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Doubt that'll work if its the same as mine. PC and adb won't see it. And I used known good batteries and charger from my other bolt.just gonna hold on to it in case I find one with a busted screen for cheap on craigslist
Well I've searched the net and this has happened to several people that weren't even rooted or on a custom Rom. To me it seems like the motherboard(or the phones equivalent) is fried....that would explain why it happens on many thunderbolts(but it could just be a simple fix that I don't know of)
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disconnecktie said:
Try a different battery maybe. It might be dead. Your USB port could have gone bad too.
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I had 2 differernt batteries one extended...the other the stock small one. both would not charge. and both had decent battery power when I shut it off.
Shadow Death said:
How old is your phone?
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Got it a month after it came out first 4G LTE phone maaan
dopediculous said:
Nothing to do with radios or ROMs. A bricked phone will still receive a charge. You need to try a different battery ( preferrably 1 that is charged and for the Thunderbolt) once you get it booted into whatever ROM you're using, go to menu, settings, power and make sure that "fastboot" isn't checked. By default fast boot is checked by HTC and by most ROMs. What fastboot does is just put your phone into "hibernate" much like a PC does.
So when you turn your phone off, it appears that its off, but its really just sleeping. If the battery dies and fastboot is checked, the phone is hella confused about its current state. HTC did this by default for a better customer experience, but its kinda dumb and bad in the long run as your phone never gets a freaking break. Lol
Thats why I'm suggesting getting a good battery to boot up to a ROM or whatever, turn off fastboot, properly turn off the phone then charge your battery. It may take up to 10+ min before you to get an orange light that'll flash then eventually go solid. Let it go solid for about 20+ min to be on the safe side, then boot
Good luck man
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this phone does not. I had two batteries with a decent charge and they didn't charge on it. The ROM I was using was a AOSP rom. not sense based...so there was no power menu and a fastboot option to uncheck
wampuscat said:
Man I bought one off craigslist that did the exact same thing. Had it about a week. Started random reboots so I was restoring a backup. While trying that recovery randomly rebooted a couple times them finally restore finished. It bootlooped so I pulled the battery and that was the last time it did anything. PC won't see it, won't get a charge light. Put a fully charged battery from my other tbolt in it. Still nothing. It literally died in my hands. I guess a hardware failure was the cause. Also picked up the wireless charging battery cover to try my power mat to see if that would at least make the charging light come on ....nope
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yep. it did die in my hands. I'm chalking this up to hardware failure as well...
playerjunglejosh said:
You should try this, heck order a battery and wall charger off of Amazon for about $15.... Put the battery in and use ADB to put your phone into recovery....
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two batteries and they do the same thing..and I cant boot into ADB mode if the damon can't detect the device on.
playerjunglejosh said:
Well I've searched the net and this has happened to several people that weren't even rooted or on a custom Rom. To me it seems like the motherboard(or the phones equivalent) is fried....that would explain why it happens on many thunderbolts(but it could just be a simple fix that I don't know of)
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Yep. the Motherboard is fried. has to be.
Thank you so much everyone for your advice, concern and help..but nothing can fix or repair hardware failure to this extent
I got a used HTC Rezound. It's amazing...it's everything the T-Bolt should have been
even though I had this problem before and a long term battery pull fixed it...Looks like Lightning Will Not Strike Twice for The Thunderbolt.
Thank you for your concern and support....but it's just as good as a future spare parts phone on craigslist.
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