Symptoms:
1. Hitting power does nothing
2. Power + down volume does nothing
3. Plugging into AC power = no green light
4. Plugging into USB (computer) power = green light (which stays on after unplugging)
I have:
1. Tried battery and SD card pull while plugged in and not plugged in
2. A friends BH5X battery
3. Leaving the battery out for an hour
4. Leaving it charge via the Motorola AC adapter over night
I am out of ideas. Something else that may help... when the phone died I plugged it in (AC) and it rebooted to the recovery menu. I hit reboot, and since then it will not power on... or charge apparently.
Even with a charged battery it wouldn't boot?
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Had a coworker charge my battery in his Droid X to 80% before he had to leave. I don't know what his battery was charged to in his phone, but I tried his as well with the same results. Does it have to be charged to 100%?
Xeno62277 said:
Had a coworker charge my battery in his Droid X to 80% before he had to leave. I don't know what his battery was charged to in his phone, but I tried his as well with the same results. Does it have to be charged to 100%?
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I wouldnt think so.
So the battery just simply died and wont boot up now? You werent doing anything else to it?
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I wouldnt think so.
So the battery just simply died and wont boot up now? You werent doing anything else to it?
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My battery will boot my coworkers Droid X. When it died it shutdown due to low battery. I plugged it into AC power... it booted up to recovery, and I hit reboot from the menu... after that it is completely unresponsive.
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My battery will boot my coworkers Droid X. When it died it shutdown due to low battery. I plugged it into AC power... it booted up to recovery, and I hit reboot from the menu... after that it is completely unresponsive.
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If the battery worked on your coworkers droid X then its not your battery. Which means its hardware or software related. Were you running any roms or anything or were you completely stock?
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If the battery worked on your coworkers droid X then its not your battery. Which means its hardware or software related. Were you running any roms or anything or were you completely stock?
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I've been running Eclipse 2.1 for a while now with no issues... even if I was having a ROM issue... wouldn't still at least boot to the M logo or stock recovery?
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I've been running Eclipse 2.1 for a while now with no issues... even if I was having a ROM issue... wouldn't still at least boot to the M logo or stock recovery?
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Yes, it should. Or if you had bootstrap on there (which you should if you flashed stuff) it would boot into that if you turned the phone on when the phone was plugged in. Its really hard to say what it is when your phone simply died of low battery and now wont boot. I'm just as stumped as you right now since you pretty much tried everything I would have.
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Yes, it should. Or if you had bootstrap on there (which you should if you flashed stuff) it would boot into that if you turned the phone on when the phone was plugged in. Its really hard to say what it is when your phone simply died of low battery and now wont boot. I'm just as stumped as you right now since you pretty much tried everything I would have.
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Yeah when I said it booted to recovery I meant the bootstrap recovery. Since it won't boot I guess I don't have to worry about VZW finding out it was rooted... lol. Maybe I can get them to replace it.
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Yeah when I said it booted to recovery I meant the bootstrap recovery. Since it won't boot I guess I don't have to worry about VZW finding out it was rooted... lol. Maybe I can get them to replace it.
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Yeah, maybe you can get a replacement before they even know its rooted. lol. Just keep trying to boot it though. Maybe you'll get lucky.
Does your computer recognize the phone when you plug it in? You said the light comes on when its connected to your pc. If you can get adb running you can try to reboot the phone using adb.
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Does your computer recognize the phone when you plug it in? You said the light comes on when its connected to your pc. If you can get adb running you can try to reboot the phone using adb.
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No, and it will not power on... just green light... which stays on even after disconnecting it from the usb.
I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
So you flashed your phone and now it thinks the battery is dead (even though it's not) and it won't let you flash it again to fix it? Or, your battery really is dead and you don't have a way to charge it because your phone is soft-bricked and won't charge the battery. What do you do?
With this cable you don't even need a battery in your phone. This is our clone of what is generally referred to as a Motorola "Factory Cable".
Unlike a normal USB cable these cables are wired in a way that compatible Motorola phones recognize as a "factory" programming cable. This allows the phone to power up and be flashed without having a battery in the phone. Depending upon the model of the phone, it may also boot up differently than it does with a normal USB cable.
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Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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Cool. I hope this works out for you.
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I did some more googling and reading. Then came across the Factory style programming cable.
Sounds like my problem exactly (minus the flashing part... which I did over a month ago). I went ahead and ordered it
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If you can get to bootstrap why not just use a card reader throw eclipse or some rom on your micro which should have come with an sd adaptor and just reflash from bootstrap?
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If you can get to bootstrap why not just use a card reader throw eclipse or some rom on your micro which should have come with an sd adaptor and just reflash from bootstrap?
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It won't power on at all... that's why I need the factory cable... it doesn't require a battery.
Well, I finally got that factory programming cable. That didn't power the phone on either... it did power on my fiancee's droid 2 with no battery in it though. I figured the phone was completely hosed (also noticed the battery bulging a bit), so I got a warranty replacement. Since I couldn't even get it to boot with the programming cable I have no doubt VZW will not waste any time trying to repair it... at least I hope that's what they will do.
If a lithium ion battery begins to bulge it can be dangerous if not replaced. This is rare but with these batteries if one were defective it could reach 1.5V per cell during use. This would render the battery unchangeable and its discharge would cause the copper plating to create a short circuit in the cellphone.
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S3AL3DF4T3 said:
If a lithium ion battery begins to bulge it can be dangerous if not replaced. This is rare but with these batteries if one were defective it could reach 1.5V per cell during use. This would render the battery unchangeable and its discharge would cause the copper plating to create a short circuit in the cellphone.
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Yeah I chucked that battery and got a new one. Thinking that's what killed my old phone.
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Hello...I just unlocked my bootloader and tried to CWM 2.3.4 using the new version of CWM by tenfar...I am stuck on the Motorola boot screen and my battery is too low to flash...I tried to pull the battery and put the phone on an ac charge but that did not work...any assistance is greatly appreciated
Hi,
Easiest solution is to get a universal charger from Radio Shack, $10.
Cheers!
Remove battery, put the phone in AC mode, then place battery in. It takes about 3-5 hrs to charge, then it should be okie. I met this problem too Solved that way!
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If the green led is not on is it still charging
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If the green led is not on is it still charging
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It still charge. Dont worry! In situation like this, calm is the most important scarry but exciting ...?!
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it still isnt charging
wuocfan said:
Remove battery, put the phone in AC mode, then place battery in. It takes about 3-5 hrs to charge, then it should be okie. I met this problem too Solved that way!
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How do you put the phone into AC mode?
hi I am having this problem as well. did you ever find a solution?
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hi I am having this problem as well. did you ever find a solution?
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. First off nice job digging up this dead corpse. Of course he found a solution. Know what it is? Dont use Tenfars recovery anymore because its completely outdated and will cause problems. As far as being able to charge yer phone are u trying to plug it in to a computer? Because if battery dies it wont work to plug it in to the comp.
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No solutions on here yet?
Well, this is what I did, not sure if it will completely work yet, but so far it's doing it's thing.
- I plugged the phone into the charger adapter
- Booted the phone without holding volume down
- let the phone charge itself
- monitor battery level with volume buttons
Once that was done I could continue, as phone does not charge during flashing.
Or am I way off here?
I've seen on a few scattered threads about some people having let the battery die during recovery and having to get the external battery charger or try the option that I am trying.
I am wondering if anyone has actually stripped a usb cable, and taped the positive and negative ends to the batteries + and - ends and allowed the battery to charge that way so you could RSD without getting the "Battery is too low for RSD" message? Some threads aren't specific about how long to keep it on for a decent charge or even if it worked so I just thought I would ask, I believe I gave it enough charge to start up, but I wasn't sure how long I should leave it on there.
Thanks in advance!
All I know is you can fry your phone and battery like that
Could try a verizon store, ask them to charge battery for you
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Yeah, I've heard of people charging using a stripped cable frying their battery after only a minute or two. There's no way of telling when it's done that way. I agree. Try charging it in another X2 or a Droid X....Same battery. I have used my dads original X to charge this thing. Worst comes to worst go to a verizion store and see if they will help you out...
On another note, I thought the phone still charged when in custom recovery?
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I thought the phone still charged when in custom recovery?
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it's suppose to, as it's a charging screen hack
You should definitely get a external battery charger, 3-5$ on ebay and you never have a problem again
Verizon said no ICS for me, dkz disagreed. Cm9a4
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so it means when we leave the x2 plugged in at the recovery screen, it actually still charging as it is the same as the battery charging screen..do i get it right?
I'm running Eclipse 2.2.1 and it always enter BSR even when I plugged it in at OFF condition..
sorry don't mean to shift the OP's topic to another course
it always enter BSR even when I plugged it in at OFF condition..
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when phone is off or recovery is in charge mode
because you have two options in system recovery app
recovery mode and charge mode
at the recovery screen, it actually still charging as it is the same as the battery charging screen..
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I haven't verified that, but it is suppose to
never left it, in cwm recovery, long enough to tell
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when phone is off or recovery is in charge mode
because you have two options in system recovery app
recovery mode and charge mode
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oo..u're right!! used BSR hundreds of times and never noticed the button :cyclops:
thanks mate :good:
Alright so my Vibrant won't charge. I JUST recovered my phone from a brick, (I was having issues with the battery life on Slim Roms 4.0 compared to 3.9--in the middle of flashing back I accidently wiped my internal memory. As I was recovering it using Odin, my fat cat jumped on my bed and caught on my phone cord bricking it.) Flashed using Heimdall and was able to get my phone into working order.
Now, I placed Slim Roms 4.0 back on my phone initially after the unbricking to have something working on it, even though the battery life less than impressed me.
So I charged it like normal yesterday, got it to 100% and was fine and dandy with it working. (Still sucking up battery life like a vampire in a fat camp.)
So the update 4.1 went live yesterday, I flashed it immediately to that. The battery life was amazing! So I do the normal thing when I flash to a new ROM. Let it die completely before charging it completely. It's now dead and will not charge.
Symptoms;
I plugged in my normal cable for work (a cheap cable I purchased off of Ebay.) And up comes the round loading symbol. Followed by a darkening of the screen, followed by nothing.
One thing to note, is while it has it's loading circle on, the bottom buttons light up when I touch them.
My Steps;
-I attempted different USB ports since I charge through my work computer. No luck.
-I "borrowed" my co-workers USB cord and USB to wall plug. Attempted the new cable in the computer first. No luck.
-Plugged the borrowed USB into the wall charger. Same thing happens.
-Used my own cheapy cable in wall charger. Same thing.
-Took co-workers complete set and plugged it in in a different room. Nothing.
-Took out my battery, plugged in USB, placed battery back in. Nothing.
-Hold down the Vibrant buttons to get into Bootloader, it resets the loading circle and nothing more.
So now I'm sitting here wondering what to do. I do not have rubbing alcohol readily available, however since it charged to 100% yesterday I do not believe that is the issue, but I'd be willing to try if I had access.
Something you should know, I am using a Samsung Epic 4G battery in my phone.
-For those who might judge saying it is dumb, I have gotten 54 hours out of that battery on one ROM before, that is with texting, talking on the phone and installing apps. I'm fond of this thing, however I have my stock battery at home still.-
Any suggestions you guys have would be appreciated. I have tried things that I found on this forum and basic tech support to no avail. (I am at work so the things I can use are fairly limited. However cords are of no shortage.)
Alright, I unplugged my phone from being plugged into the wall charger for an hour and 3 minutes later it decides to turn itself on.. Not sure what's going on but I'm not going to complain.
So my question now is, can anyone explain this or help prevent this in the future?
From what I've heard draining a battery until it dies can damage it. But, I'm not an expert on that. It's possible that the battery needed more time to recover from the drain.
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From what I've heard draining a battery until it dies can damage it. But, I'm not an expert on that. It's possible that the battery needed more time to recover from the drain.
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Really? I was always told it prolongs battery life. Now I need to research this! Thank you.
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Really? I was always told it prolongs battery life. Now I need to research this! Thank you.
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I had something similar happen when running lithium volt ROM. My battery completely died and the phone cut off (obviously.) I plugged it in the charger and it immediately tried to boot the phone up but it was bootlooping at the startup screen. I let it sit there for 20 minutes or so thinking maybe it is charging but as soon as i unplug the charger the phone cut off. Luckily I have an extra battery, popped it in, flashed a new ROM thinking that was the problem, turns out it was something to do with the ROM(maybe it needed a certain amount of battery power to boot up). My completely dead battery worked on the cm7 ROM I flashed, plugged in the charger and it booted up normally and started charging.
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I had something similar happen when running lithium volt ROM. My battery completely died and the phone cut off (obviously.) I plugged it in the charger and it immediately tried to boot the phone up but it was bootlooping at the startup screen. I let it sit there for 20 minutes or so thinking maybe it is charging but as soon as i unplug the charger the phone cut off. Luckily I have an extra battery, popped it in, flashed a new ROM thinking that was the problem, turns out it was something to do with the ROM(maybe it needed a certain amount of battery power to boot up). My completely dead battery worked on the cm7 ROM I flashed, plugged in the charger and it booted up normally and started charging.
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Oh so it could be ROM related? :/ That makes sense considering I just installed a brand new ROM. Thank you!
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Oh so it could be ROM related? :/ That makes sense considering I just installed a brand new ROM. Thank you!
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Yea it could be ROM related but it also could be a number of other things. Hopefully flashing a new ROM will fix the issue.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Yea it could be ROM related but it also could be a number of other things. Hopefully flashing a new ROM will fix the issue.
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Thank you. I might just have to downgrade back to 3.9. It's almost a shame. xD
I'm going to test my old battery in this ROM just to make sure before I downgrade.
You need to use your Samsung usb charger, and wall adapter only. These two are the only ones that will actually work. I had this same problem and realized it was because I wasn't using the Samsung stuff. Even when pugging into the computer, use the Samsung USB cabe only. As for the battery your using... I wouldn't recommend it, no matter the fantastic battery life you must be getting.
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You need to use your Samsung usb charger, and wall adapter only. These two are the only ones that will actually work. I had this same problem and realized it was because I wasn't using the Samsung stuff. Even when pugging into the computer, use the Samsung USB cabe only. As for the battery your using... I wouldn't recommend it, no matter the fantastic battery life you must be getting.
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Daw it's a fellow Samsung battery.
Thank you about the cable, I need to purchase another one anyways, mine at home seems to not be connecting very well. :/
ROM. some roms do that. it will not let you power up while charging if the battery is very low. you will get the circle and the battery symbol after. sometimes you still cant unless you pull the battery. happened to me many times
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 :___;
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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 :___;
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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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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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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.
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How old is your phone?
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Got it a month after it came out first 4G LTE phone maaan
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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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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
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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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yep. it did die in my hands. I'm chalking this up to hardware failure as well...
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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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Hello there! If I missed the thread, please let me know, or point me in the right direction - I've scanned these boards all the way back about 30 pages and NOTHING is helping.
Long story short - I have a stock Droid X2 in which the device doesn't even boot (as in I don't even get the logo to turn on). The battery is good - I have two devices, switched out the batteries - perfect. The device will ONLY have the green LED light up when it it plugged into a computer and WITHOUT the battery in the device. It doesn't react this way with a wall charger, and it won't light up when the battery is in.
That being said, I obviously can't get the thing into recovery mode either. It's really frustrating. ANY suggestions are appreciated - including taking the damn thing apart. I have a feeling I'm going to be doing a motherboard replacement.. but I really hope not! The only other thing I can think of it something is wrong in the flow of power in the device.. ?
The second device that actually works is obviously my main phone - but is busted up badly after a mishap. I'm probably going to end up using this unbootable Droid for scrap.. but would prefer not to.
have you tried to get into RSD mode to reflash your firmware?
pattyboi:) said:
have you tried to get into RSD mode to reflash your firmware?
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I can't even turn the device on. :c
CalenDragonblade said:
I can't even turn the device on. :c
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I can confidently say I've had this happen before. The device is UN brickable, do don't worry. 100 % of the time it was the battery. Charge your spare battery fully then insert and POWER/DOWN BUTTONS
enter rsd and flash 2.3.4 firmware...
Use Moonshadows guide
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Pixelation said:
I can confidently say I've had this happen before. The device is UN brickable, do don't worry. 100 % of the time it was the battery. Charge your spare battery fully then insert and POWER/DOWN BUTTONS
enter rsd and flash 2.3.4 firmware...
Use Moonshadows guide
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It is not the battery, I have a spare battery that is fully charged. Nothing.
And both batteries work in the second device.