Tried 10 times to brick the phone and no success.. i think i give up
Oh, ok.
Jk, it took me 15 times to get it bricked, just be patient and keep trying
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I got it on the first try... Wat really helped was the video... try doing it while watching the video..... I was doing what he was doing and unplugged it on his count to 5 secs
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Re-read the guide, I updated on why many people are having issues bricking. let the device sit for about 2 minutes while it says vol up to update, don't press update right away.
Took me a bunch of times, but I tried different times (5 seconds didn't work, try 4 seconds, etc) finally got it at 3.5 but it took probably about 15 times. Just so you don't get too frustrated, think about this: IT IS HARD TO BRICK OUR PHONE EVEN WHEN TRYING!
LOL, this is a good thing.
Once again THANK YOU for the downgrade!
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Re-read the guide, I updated on why many people are having issues bricking. let the device sit for about 2 minutes while it says vol up to update, don't press update right away.
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Tried that as well, I'll give it another go today...ugh lol
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Tried that as well, I'll give it another go today...ugh lol
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Keep trying, it takes the right timing, 5 seconds is just about enough time, you could also disregard the time aspect and simply look for the update indication bar. It's in the upper right hand corner, the INSTANT you see that bar, you pull the cord.
Never give up. Use live CD. Took me three tries, and hboot 1.4 now.
1st EVO 3d, Hboot 1.4
2nd EVO 3d, Downgraded Hboot 1.4
MeanRom
Anthrax....
Perfection, at least for me!
It took me 78 tries (yes, I kept a running tally) but did eventually get it. I stopped looking for the elusive "dim light" and just plugged it into my Linux box after every attempt. Took 3 tries after that.
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It took me 78 tries (yes, I kept a running tally) but did eventually get it. I stopped looking for the elusive "dim light" and just plugged it into my Linux box after every attempt. Took 3 tries after that.
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The light is RIDICULOUSLY dim. I was telling my wife I don't know how it was figured out due to the fact that one could barely see it.
Make sure you use the stock EVO 3d charger and usb cord also plug directly into wall no power strip trust me it makes a big difference.
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i got it on the first try keep trying don't give up
I never came back to this thread sorry. I was able to do it a day after I posted this and expressed my joy in the official thread
I know this is an older thread, but I just wanted to see if anyone knew why my HTC a/c charger turned the phone off every time I pulled the battery to brick? I have a Samsung charger and 2 HTC chargers. Neither HTC charger will keep the phone on after I pull the batter, only the Samsung... Rather frustrating, especially when all the forums say you MUST use the HTC a/c charger.
You don't *have* to use the HTC charger. I used a cheap two port Walmart charger and it worked fine. Use a charger that keeps your phone on...that's the trick. If it means using another brand charger, who cares, just as long as your phone stays turned on.
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You don't *have* to use the HTC charger. I used a cheap two port Walmart charger and it worked fine. Use a charger that keeps your phone on...that's the trick. If it means using another brand charger, who cares, just as long as your phone stays turned on.
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Thanks for the quick reply! Ok that takes some of the frustrations out a little. Also if I have bricked the phone correctly the phone will NOT turn on when I press the power button correct?
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Thanks for the quick reply! Ok that takes some of the frustrations out a little. Also if I have bricked the phone correctly the phone will NOT turn on when I press the power button correct?
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I think that's correct, but i never tried to turn it back on. I just saw that the lamp was just barely on, very, very dim and i moved to the next step. You can do it. And the power strip works well for some people. They say it's easier to time shutting the power strip off than pulling out the cable. But ymmv.
If your 3devo is bricked, all you will see is a *very* faint glow of the power led. So faint that you damn near have to be in a dark room...really dark. I did mine at night and could hardly see the faint glow.
It took me three tries. The first two, I waited too long. Third time was the charm.
I'm 99.9999% sure it won't turn on. Thus the term, "bricked."
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brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Keep on trying it took me like 3 trys but that's cuz I had a class 4 and quick power pull but at least u guys have a live cd now I had to dual boot ubuntu and put those commands in but it workouted very well
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so, ive discussed IMO a very nasty thing about this phone I dont like. Of course my goal is to not let my battery die. But it has happened to me a few times. Im finding that after the battery dies, It takes me about 20 minutes to get the phone powered back on. Even if it is plugged into a power outlet. It simply does nothing for about 20 minutes after it is plugged in. Doesnt respond to power button, battery pull, etc.
So..I thought, maybe its a measure like blackberries where they wont power the radio back on until the battery reaches "x" percent. Doesnt seem to be the case either.
Ive had many HTC devices including the OG Evo, never seen anything like this...any ideas?
It's a mystery to me as well. It's happened a couple times to me. The only way I could power it on is by letting it sit on the charger for several minutes.
I think it might have to do with the way we rooted them. The developer mentioned an issue with letting the power go dead. It may not be a problem if you are in fast boot mode.
Hmmm...............
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Mine has a problem powering on while it is charging. I'll have to take out the battery and unplug it to get it to turn on.
im finding out that people who are using cwm have a problem charging with power off. Im using twrp so Im sure this doesnt pertain to me..but its got to be something kernel or recovery related. im gonna ask over in vipers thread and see what kind of answers I get
Happens to me often as well. When I plug mines in, its usually good to go about 2 minutes after the red light stops blinking.
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Happens to me often as well. When I plug mines in, its usually good to go about 2 minutes after the red light stops blinking.
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dude it took me 23 minutes to get my phone back on yesterday
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dude it took me 23 minutes to get my phone back on yesterday
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Damn, that sucks. I'm using TWRP I also suspect it may have something to do with clockwork. Although it could just be that the battery needs to charge to a certain point for the phone to kick in. Who knows.. LOL
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I just ended up trading mine in for a refund. I found the 3d offered very little over the original Evo, and mine had worse reception and call quality than the original. I am now using a nexus s until a better phone comes out.
I'm having a hard time turning my phone on while its charging. It is difficult otherwise, but impossible during charging. Am I the only one with this issue?
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I literally just experienced this, so frustrating. Especially with a case.
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Are you rooted and have clockwork? There are issues with it with power when off, not charging and could be result kept it.
I don't have clockwork, have the other one. Name escapes me currently.
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This is one of the reasons I am going for the SGS2. Most times I have to--have to--do a battery pull to get it to turn back on. Sometimes the SDcard too. Sometimes it doesn't even charge. Sometimes I charge it while on and wake up to a green light, phone locked hard off (requiring battery pull and sdcard pull), and when I boot it up (if I can) the battery is completely dead.
It's a major issue with the 3d. There have been a ton of threads. And BTW, it happens on rooted AND stock devices. My phone died last night. Took me 32 effin minutes to get it to come back on. One of the reasons I'm getting rid of it
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It's a major issue with the 3d. There have been a ton of threads. And BTW, it happens on rooted AND stock devices. My phone died last night. Took me 32 effin minutes to get it to come back on. One of the reasons I'm getting rid of it
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2 days before release I stopped into my local Radioshack to play with the demo phone. I saw it turn on, we played with it. Powered off...and never came back on. One of my friends did that eventually too.
...can't say I'm not scared of that happening to me.
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2 days before release I stopped into my local Radioshack to play with the demo phone. I saw it turn on, we played with it. Powered off...and never came back on. One of my friends did that eventually too.
...can't say I'm not scared of that happening to me.
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I can believe it...
How the f this thing made it into production with this big of a software glitch Or whatever the he'll it is riddles me
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I can believe it...
How the f this thing made it into production with this big of a software glitch Or whatever the he'll it is riddles me
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It's not a glitch. For some reason, HTC designed it that way. If the phone is off and rooted, but still connected to some sort of AC power or USB power, the phone is actually in recovery mode, however, the screen just appears black. You wouldn't even know it!! LOL.....but, if you pull the AC power or USB power from the phone, and wait like 5-10 seconds it will boot right up, no problem or issues.
Crazy, huh? It may be a bug with revolutionary root; I reported it to IMFDM or however you spell it and the above is what he told me.
If you noticed, before you were rooted, it wasn't a problem. Don't keep removing the case and pulling the battery, just wait a bit after you pull the plug, It will be good to. Trust me, I go through it regulary!!
Hope that explains it for you guys...and helps you out.
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It's not a glitch. For some reason, HTC designed it that way. If the phone is off and rooted, but still connected to some sort of AC power or USB power, the phone is actually in recovery mode, however, the screen just appears black. You wouldn't even know it!! LOL.....but, if you pull the AC power or USB power from the phone, and wait like 5-10 seconds it will boot right up, no problem or issues.
Crazy, huh? It may be a bug with revolutionary root; I reported it to IMFDM or however you spell it and the above is what he told me.
If you noticed, before you were rooted, it wasn't a problem. Don't keep removing the case and pulling the battery, just wait a bit after you pull the plug, It will be good to. Trust me, I go through it regulary!!
Hope that explains it for you guys...and helps you out.
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Actually I absolutely noticed this before rooting...but back then I barely ever powered off. Nothing to flash, no way to flash it. I'm pretty sure it was just the same except we had much much much less reason to power off and reboot.
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Actually I absolutely noticed this before rooting...but back then I barely ever powered off. Nothing to flash, no way to flash it. I'm pretty sure it was just the same except we had much much much less reason to power off and reboot.
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I never did. I could power it on no problem before rooting. Didn't flash anything (I like Sense, what can i say...)....anyways, I noticed it afterwards and maybe it is true what that guy at AlphaRev said, it is the way HTC designed it for some weird reason....
Not a big deal for me though, now that he told me that...
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It's not a glitch. For some reason, HTC designed it that way. If the phone is off and rooted, but still connected to some sort of AC power or USB power, the phone is actually in recovery mode, however, the screen just appears black. You wouldn't even know it!! LOL.....but, if you pull the AC power or USB power from the phone, and wait like 5-10 seconds it will boot right up, no problem or issues.
Crazy, huh? It may be a bug with revolutionary root; I reported it to IMFDM or however you spell it and the above is what he told me.
If you noticed, before you were rooted, it wasn't a problem. Don't keep removing the case and pulling the battery, just wait a bit after you pull the plug, It will be good to. Trust me, I go through it regulary!!
Hope that explains it for you guys...and helps you out.
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this happens to my coworker that has this phone, and she is NOT rooted. And the above method never worked for me. Ive done that a million times trying to get it back on. Thanks for the tip though..
This has happened to me as well several hundred times it seems! It also did it when the phone was new. We had gone away on vacation like the week after the 3D came out, my phone had died while we were out, I plugged it into the charger, went to power it back on a couple hours later, and NOTHING! Probably took me a good 20-25 minutes to finally get it to come back on, with me eventually pulling the battery. This was stock at the time.
My 2 biggest gripes with the 3D, signal/call quality, and the power on glitch...
Anyone else have this problem? Is it something we can do or have to ship it back?
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Try holding the menu and power button for 30 to 45 seconds.
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Try holding the menu and power button for 30 to 45 seconds.
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did that, actually before i saw this reply. i saw that on the hpwebos warranty support site lol.
thanks for the reply, i have 2 more touchpads i need to put android on from xmas.
I am having the same issue :\
Mine was the same way. Threw it on the charger for an hour and it booted right up.
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Try leaving on the charger for a few hours while off, should give it enough charge to boot up
Had this happen to me. I tried to charge it all night even and still no luck. Went to HP.com and did a live chat, after a quick troubleshoot he said they would fix it. They sent me an empty box to put the TP in, I dropped it off at ups, had it back in about a week. They called me up and asked me where I bought it from, odd because it was from hp.com, and told me it was a European version. Whatever. They sent me another one next day. Seems new.
I would try charging it overnight on the microUSB charger before starting it. It could be possible the battery drained too much. Have you also checked to make sure the charger is working. Perhaps try another USB device on it.
Problem I had was out of the box the charger didn't even show up on the screen. Tried a known working ccharger, same result. That's when I tried the menu power thing and all was working.
I tried looking and didn't find anything til about 2 minutes after posting lol.
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My touchpad quit charging a couple days ago. The provided micro USB cable had given me fits since day one. Finally replaced it and all is well.
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Charged it overnight and booted right up
Hi all,
Ive had my View for about 6 weeks now and it has been great. But I put it on the charger the other day after the battery had been drained down. I checked it a few hours later and the amber light is just blinking. It wont turn on or anything? Does this mean I have a new paper weight? Ive tried using different chargers and cable but nothing.
Not sure, but did you try to go into hboot and power down from there? Then stick it on the charger.
If that doesnt work, maybe pull the battery for 30 minutes then put it in and try charging (before starting it up). These are things that worked with my EVO 4G phone when it got locked up. I'm not sure how hard it is to pull the battery in this though.
Can't pull the battery. Try pushing volume down plus power for ten seconds, or until something happens. That is the hard coded method for resetting, since battery pull is not possible.
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Thanks for advice guys. I got it figured out. For some reason my cellphone charger stopped working so I decided too try the htc charger that came with it and voila it charged right up. I have so many other chargers in my house I never took the views charger out of the box until today.
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Not sure, but did you try to go into hboot and power down from there? Then stick it on the charger.
If that doesnt work, maybe pull the battery for 30 minutes then put it in and try charging (before starting it up). These are things that worked with my EVO 4G phone when it got locked up. I'm not sure how hard it is to pull the battery in this though.
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First, this does not have a user removable battery. You have a flyer according to your sig, so you should know that lol.
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Thanks for advice guys. I got it figured out. For some reason my cellphone charger stopped working so I decided too try the htc charger that came with it and voila it charged right up. I have so many other chargers in my house I never took the views charger out of the box until today.
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If you hold down the power button long enough, the tablet will power itself off in the same manner that you can do with your windows based pc.
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First, this does not have a user removable battery. You have a flyer according to your sig, so you should know that lol.
If you hold down the power button long enough, the tablet will power itself off in the same manner that you can do with your windows based pc.
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In a real pinch you could crack it open and disconnect the battery cable. Some have been in that situation before.
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Mine is stuck in black screen...
Can you elaborate on the method to do that?
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In a real pinch you could crack it open and disconnect the battery cable. Some have been in that situation before.
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Mine is stuck in black screen...
Can you elaborate on the method to do that?
Thanks,
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search and you shall receive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573282
I have NO clue what happened. Wife and I were driving to see my in laws, had my phone navigating us to a pit stop at a local restaurant before we touched down at the house. Phone randomly rebooted itself, then went black after the initial HTC screen. The charging light no longer came on, and no matter what I do, I can't get it to restart or respond at all. It's a highly advanced technological marvel of a paperweight, I do say so myself.
It was charging, about 65% full, navigating, no other active programs or processes that I had started recently. Phone was rooted, S-OFF, running MeanROM. Was noticing some issues with lag over the last couple of days, but it would always settle down after I killed a couple apps. No overheating (except if I was navigating with it attached to dashboard, but that's because it's been mid to high 90s for a month or more), no dropped calls. No shock, drop, or water damage. Just an unexpected, and untimely, death.
I bought it from BestBuy on launch day, but didn't get the Black Tie Protection, so I suppose I've got to take it to Sprint and pay my freaking deductible :crying:
Same thing happened to me on mean rom. Nothing would happen even if I pressed the power for a while. I knew my battery was charged. So I connected the charger and no red led. I left the charger connected for about five minutes and it recucitated by itself. Try that and I hope you get lucky like me.
If the above doesn't work. Leave it off the charger for a day or so, then try to reconnect it. I have had this happen with my og evo quite a few times. Sometimes it just doesn't want to recognize at all.
$9.99 on the first day of buying the phone at BB, and I'm on my third EVO! God bless the Black Tie protection program, lol.
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I have NO clue what happened. Wife and I were driving to see my in laws, had my phone navigating us to a pit stop at a local restaurant before we touched down at the house. Phone randomly rebooted itself, then went black after the initial HTC screen. The charging light no longer came on, and no matter what I do, I can't get it to restart or respond at all. It's a highly advanced technological marvel of a paperweight, I do say so myself.
It was charging, about 65% full, navigating, no other active programs or processes that I had started recently. Phone was rooted, S-OFF, running MeanROM. Was noticing some issues with lag over the last couple of days, but it would always settle down after I killed a couple apps. No overheating (except if I was navigating with it attached to dashboard, but that's because it's been mid to high 90s for a month or more), no dropped calls. No shock, drop, or water damage. Just an unexpected, and untimely, death.
I bought it from BestBuy on launch day, but didn't get the Black Tie Protection, so I suppose I've got to take it to Sprint and pay my freaking deductible :crying:
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Same thing happened to me on mean rom. Nothing would happen even if I pressed the power for a while. I knew my battery was charged. So I connected the charger and no red led. I left the charger connected for about five minutes and it recucitated by itself. Try that and I hope you get lucky like me.
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Which version of MeanRom were you guys running?
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Which version of MeanRom were you guys running?
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What type of car charge and how many milliamps was it. Was it plugged in when it died. The reason i ask is i keep reading about these problems, it even happened to me.
Sorry to hear hope it comes alive, mine never did
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Mines died with 77 percent & never came back on. I was running Mean Rom( not saying the rom was the problem) I got it from bestbuy and didn't get blacktie protection . I took it to Sprint & they unscrewed and took it apart . The tech couldnt fix it ,and the manager told me to go back to bestbuy to swap it out . When he walked to the back the tech handed me a new phone and said real loud "sorry we couldn't help you " winked at me and I mouthed thank you and left .
Is this a prevalent problem on MeanRom or has this happened to people on other ROMs or stock? Just asking since the 3 members who had this happen to them were all on that particular ROM.
This is not ROM specific...my phone did this day one I got it on preorder...it scared me...I just left it alone and plugged the charger up hours later then worked...it could be a quirk with these dam internal batteries
I was stock and not rooted
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This is not ROM specific...my phone did this day one I got it on preorder...it scared me...I just left it alone and plugged the charger up hours later then worked...it could be a quirk with these dam internal batteries
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Were you doing anything in particular on your phone when it happened and has it happened since?
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Mines died with 77 percent & never came back on. I was running Mean Rom( not saying the rom was the problem) I got it from bestbuy and didn't get blacktie protection . I took it to Sprint & they unscrewed and took it apart . The tech couldnt fix it ,and the manager told me to go back to bestbuy to swap it out . When he walked to the back the tech handed me a new phone and said real loud "sorry we couldn't help you " winked at me and I mouthed thank you and left .
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I call BS on that one lol
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Nope just basically calibrating the battery...charged it up and was letting it die
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Seems there are quite a few of these. Just an observation, I would use the opportunity to test whether the phone is "really" dead by seeing whether the unbrick tool at Lazy Panda sees the phone. Not to unbrick it but rather whether it can detect it.
http://unlimited.io/lazypanda-s-off-public-beta/evo-4g-lte-unbricker/ has a method of detecting bricked phones:" Run the following command in the terminal: chmod 755 brickdetect.sh PandaFinder"
Maybe one of their team would be kind enough to work with you on this : http://unlimited.io/jbsupport/
If it is truly a hardware issue, the phone won't be found. Who knows ? Perhaps you'll find a way around this issue.
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Seems there are quite a few of these. Just an observation, I would use the opportunity to test whether the phone is "really" dead by seeing whether the unbrick tool at Lazy Panda sees the phone. Not to unbrick it but rather whether it can detect it.
http://unlimited.io/lazypanda-s-off-public-beta/evo-4g-lte-unbricker/ has a method of detecting bricked phones:" Run the following command in the terminal: chmod 755 brickdetect.sh PandaFinder"
Maybe one of their team would be kind enough to work with you on this : http://unlimited.io/jbsupport/
If it is truly a hardware issue, the phone won't be found. Who knows ? Perhaps you'll find a way around this issue.
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No that will not help. However there are two possible situations that could be fixable that can exist on these phones.
1. The phone goes into download mode due to some random issue, despite there being nothing wrong with the phone. Holding power for 30 seconds should resolve this or alternatively this could be used http://unlimited.io/one-v-qhsusb_dload-fix/ .
2. Extreme sleep. We have encountered this state a few times on similar devices. The remedy for this is to plug the phone into the wall charger walk away and leave it for up to 8 hours, without attempting to power it on. There will be no charge light or any other sign of life from the phone during the time it is on the charger. It may power itself back on, if not, after 8 hours, attept to power it on.
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I call BS on that one lol
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Nope bs this really happened
Had this happen to my phone, pre root. Try this: Hold the volume down button and the power button.
Maybe volume up, but one of the two, and it got my phone working.
So this just happened to mine last night. I am also on Mean ROM, S-OFF, Updated radio and Firmware. Left the phone sitting on the coffee table and came back to use it. Pressed power button to turn the screen on and nothing happened.
I did the following.
Held power button for extended period of time...... Nothing
Plugged into AC charger....Nothing
Tried Volume down + Power...........Nothing
Volume UP+ Power.... Phone started up as normal and seems to be just fine.
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So this just happened to mine last night. I am also on Mean ROM, S-OFF, Updated radio and Firmware. Left the phone sitting on the coffee table and came back to use it. Pressed power button to turn the screen on and nothing happened.
I did the following.
Held power button for extended period of time...... Nothing
Plugged into AC charger....Nothing
Tried Volume down + Power...........Nothing
Volume UP+ Power.... Phone started up as normal and seems to be just fine.
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Mine died a few weeks back, i tried everything, i thought, but i can't remember if i tried vol up and power, good information.
Thanks, i also hot the thx button
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mcvoss said:
Mine died a few weeks back, i tried everything, i thought, but i can't remember if i tried vol up and power, good information.
Thanks, i also hot the thx button
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Didn't I say that?
shadowhawk2020 said:
Didn't I say that?
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I read threads all way good.
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