OK, straight off the bat, this is my nans phone so I don't know all the specifics.
Basically she was using the phone (playing a card game let's say) and the phone just went flat, it had a reasonable amount of battery, but it just turned off (instantly). When she tried to turn it back on, no response, it wouldn't do anything, she plugged it in to charge and still nothing.
Now a day later I plugged it in and it started to charge so I turned it on, all was normal in the phone... has anyone experienced this before? Should I take it back to the shop or keep using it and hope it doesn't happen again.
Thank you for any help.
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waooh , strange thing
i never had this , it seems like micro shorcut .
maybe battery isnt correctly connected ?
If it were me I think I'd take it back and get it replaced.
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If it were me I think I'd take it back and get it replaced.
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Probably the safest thing to do I guess, they will just take so long farting around with it :screwy:
I've also had this but not as much as you (see screenshot)
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If it were me I think I'd take it back and get it replaced.
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^^^ I wouldn't even think for a second.
Anything that you can get things replaced with SONY doing it right away.
You paid premium price and should have a premium experience not a cheap knockoff experience.
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OK, straight off the bat, this is my nans phone so I don't know all the specifics.
Basically she was using the phone (playing a card game let's say) and the phone just went flat, it had a reasonable amount of battery, but it just turned off (instantly). When she tried to turn it back on, no response, it wouldn't do anything, she plugged it in to charge and still nothing.
Now a day later I plugged it in and it started to charge so I turned it on, all was normal in the phone... has anyone experienced this before? Should I take it back to the shop or keep using it and hope it doesn't happen again.
Thank you for any help.
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I've seen similar issue with my Arc, but that after I've taken off the battery and put it back.
I assume that this could be more of a calibration issue of 75% and 25% of hardware issue.
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Hey there,
I have my Vibrant for a good year now since it came out pretty much. Last week it just stopped charging out the blue. The battery is completely empty and shows a thermometer with a warning sign and stops charging seconds after its plugged in. So I assumed it might be a battery malfunction and I got my spare battery in as soon as I came home and tried charging - same problem. I think it is highly unlikely that both batteries fail at the same time. Therefore, I assume there is something wrong with the temp sensor in the phone. I saw a few people have a similar problem with the epic 4G, but the discussion got really side tracked by other issues. My phone is rooted, but I was running stock froyo, so that shouldn't be the problem or should it?
I just wanna know if anybody had the same problems and if there is a quick solution, I google and forum searched a while but as soon as you throw in the term battery it gets spammed with battery life discussions.I just checked my files I have on the phone, apparently I have the premium insurance - does that mean I just can go to the next Tmo store and get a replacement? Any feedback is greatly appreciated.
Phill
Well for your problem, i suggest you try a different rom and see if the problem persists... maybe its a bug
And as for insurance, you mail the phone in and pay a deductible, which should be like 135$ or so. They send you a refurb.. or if you say it wus lost, you dont have to mail in phone
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thanks for the quick reply. Is there a way to reflash without a battery?
I don't see it as a bad thing. If your phone gets too hot and keeps charging that's going to burn something inside. When my phone won't charge I know I have let it down. So it can cool down. But to fix your problem reboot the phone. You can keep charging it after it boots up
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thanks for the quick reply. Is there a way to reflash without a battery?
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As long as your phone can run successfully for a couple minutes, i dont see why not
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Mine did something similar. I picked it up after putting it on the charger. It was hot and would not come on. I unplugged it and let it cool off for a while and it cleared up.
I got that message once...
Vibrant was in a car dock, with power.
It was *HOT* out and sun was hitting the back of the unit. (A/C on of course)
Google Navigation was running (display brightness max)
Google Listen was running
Bluetooth was passing music to a speakerphone
When I run the phone with that setup, the charger can't even keep up with the phone power needs. The battery level slowly drops. No question the phone is working hard.
This was a true heat issue... I removed the charger and turned off the display to let it cool off a bit. (I was almost home).
So the question again, is your phone hot or is it a false reading?
Robert
Hey,
I am sorry I didn't clarify the actual battery temp. It is normal - so its neither in the sun or in a too cold spot when I try charging it. The phone probably runs for one for a few seconds before turning off so there is no chance of the battery stats wipe. I think I will try to find an external charger and try to charge the batteries this way to have enough juice for flashing a new rom. Thanks for all the replies!
Does it charge the battery with the phone off? If not, I don't think a new ROM will help.
Hey there! Wondering if you got around to solving this. I've got a Vibrant doing the same exact thing. Battery being cool it sais that is overheating. Did changing the ROM solved it or not?
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Hey there! Wondering if you got around to solving this. I've got a Vibrant doing the same exact thing. Battery being cool it sais that is overheating. Did changing the ROM solved it or not?
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, but a resolution never seemed to be made here. Has anybody found a fix to this?
As of yesterday, my wife is having the same issue with my old Vibrant phone which she now uses. It's flashed with Bionix V 1.3.1 and Tigerblood overclock to 1.2ghz. This could be the issue, the Tiger Blood overclock, but I'm not sure. I'm out of the country for three weeks and currently she's left with a dud of a phone that keeps giving her the temperature warning in the triangle when plugged in while the phone is powered off followed by it stop charging. When she turns it on, she gets to the SD card check and then the phone completely freezes. Once in a while it's able to stay on for a minute or so before freezing, but more often than not the phone does not fully turn on and just goes frozen after a few seconds, sometimes at the Tigerblood logon screen before making it to the desktop. Me being 4000 miles away doesn't make it easier to help her but I've recommended she leave the phone unplugged, battery out for the night to see what happens. I also told her to take off her silicon case thinking maybe that has something to do with the overheating. Well after 7 hours of her letting it sit to cool off like that, with the case off, she plugged it back in and is having the same issues as yesterday. Absolutely no progress made. One of her colleagues said she should try leaving the phone in rice confused:) so she's giving that a go and another guy in a phone shop who she went to for advice after work said that the motherboard might need replacing. I'm convinced all it needs is to have the Tigerblood removed or reflash a rom onto it but there's really no knowing unless I have it in my hand.
Is there any quick fix to this problem without having to do all that? Surely there must be a way to charge the phone without it heating up and freezing up. She's tried plugging it into different rooms, on her laptop, etc, none seem to get rid of the temperature problem. I've had the phone since August 2010 and never had any issues with it. I also never once saw that temperature error message so was taken aback when she showed me it over skype. I just upgraded to the S3 and gave her the phone 2 weeks ago, but surely it shouldn't just die out just like that? Thought the Vibrants were made tougher than that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Much thanks in advance
Its most probably a kernel issue or a bug in the rom; so the only way to find out is to flash another kernel/rom..
P.s Vibrants are rock solid
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Update- Phone doesn't even turn on anymore, no signs of life
danny_extremex said:
Its most probably a kernel issue or a bug in the rom; so the only way to find out is to flash another kernel/rom..
P.s Vibrants are rock solid
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Will be looking into reflashing another kernel/rom when I get home in a few weeks time, but it must be noted that the phone has been showing no signs of life for the last few days now. After letting it sit out for 7 hours on the first night, battery out and everything, she went to plug it in the following morning and this time absolutely no notification came up. Not even a lighting up of the phone or anything. No signs of life at all. Every time she hit the power button nothing occurred. The phone still heats up and after a few minutes while plugged in and gets very hot to the touch again but no matter how many times she attempts to turn it on, nothing happens.. She's tried plugging it into her computer via usb, into electric sockets in other rooms, even in the bathroom in one of the 115 volt electric shaver outlets in the bathroom (we live in the UK currently), and none of these ideas worked. Still no signs of life. It has been this way for three days now and is frustrating as I can offer no advice to her to get the phone to turn on anymore.
What on earth can be the problem? Has this happened to anyone before? And is there a fix to this or can we consider the phone to be a paperweight at this point?
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Will be looking into reflashing another kernel/rom when I get home in a few weeks time, but it must be noted that the phone has been showing no signs of life for the last few days now. After letting it sit out for 7 hours on the first night, battery out and everything, she went to plug it in the following morning and this time absolutely no notification came up. Not even a lighting up of the phone or anything. No signs of life at all. Every time she hit the power button nothing occurred. The phone still heats up and after a few minutes while plugged in and gets very hot to the touch again but no matter how many times she attempts to turn it on, nothing happens.. She's tried plugging it into her computer via usb, into electric sockets in other rooms, even in the bathroom in one of the 115 volt electric shaver outlets in the bathroom (we live in the UK currently), and none of these ideas worked. Still no signs of life. It has been this way for three days now and is frustrating as I can offer no advice to her to get the phone to turn on anymore.
What on earth can be the problem? Has this happened to anyone before? And is there a fix to this or can we consider the phone to be a paperweight at this point?
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Some kernels require a certain amount of power to fully boot the phone up and will not charge until it has 5% battery or so. I personally think her battery may be unable to hold a charge or like I said before it doesn't have enough juice to boot the phone because of the kernel. There is a way to charge the battery with the phone off. You can use ANY kind of usb cord, I used an old printer usb cable when I had to do this. All you do is cut off the side that is not usb and strip the positive and negative wires(red and black), then place the stripped wires on the positive and negative connectors on the back of the phone and insert the battery (make sure it's a snug fit). Plug the usb end into your pc and charge the battery that way, DO NOT let charge for over 2 minutes at a time. Wait five minutes and do it again if you have to. If she gets it to boot up, I would definitely flash a new kernel first to see if thats how the problem originated.
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just yesterday my phone was working fine, but until i've enter the MGM grand gardens arena for a company convention, right before i step into the arena my phone was working fine, just until i walk in and situated myself, i didnt realize the phone was no longer able to turn on. the room was blast with loud music and loud bass, maybe the bass has somehow interfered with the signals and cause it to short circuit?
I was running meanrom ICS v2.4 with 4ext bootloader.
so my question is, is it brick? i've tried to put into a charger and no light was on, i've change the battery no luck to even turn it on.
thanks folks.
to me sounds like a bad battery..have you tried another battery in it?
Sounds like the battery may of died could be dead or your phone just took a nap and isn't wanting to wake up.. Just pull the battery out slap it back in and see if you get any red light or get it to power back up..
Bricking only happens via wrong radio flash gsm via CDMA or you yank the battery out in the middle of a flash.
I have tried pulling the battery and change to a different batter and it's still NO go, so not sure what happen with the phone, guess i'll bring it into the sprint to see what they can do.
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I have tried pulling the battery and change to a different batter and it's still NO go, so not sure what happen with the phone, guess i'll bring it into the sprint to see what they can do.
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Try to leave it charging for like 30 mins see if it comes back on before you take it to sprint.
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Try to leave it charging for like 30 mins see if it comes back on before you take it to sprint.
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Try that sounds like a dead battery.
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since you think it is a brick. you can always send it to me and I'll have a new free phone. lol sadly one fault with our phones is if the battery dies. you have to take the battery out and charge it in a third party device for 5-10 minutes... then you can charge it the rest of the way with your phone. I WISH THEY WOULD FIX THIS! SADLY I haven't been able to buy backup batteries and a charger for this phone yet.
well, came back to LA, took the phone apart and resemble again, then it magically work again...oh well, dont know what causes it, i guess it just need a reboot in circuitry...kinda strange, but hey, it now works...dont need to spent $400 buck for a new phone.
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since you think it is a brick. you can always send it to me and I'll have a new free phone. lol sadly one fault with our phones is if the battery dies. you have to take the battery out and charge it in a third party device for 5-10 minutes... then you can charge it the rest of the way with your phone. I WISH THEY WOULD FIX THIS! SADLY I haven't been able to buy backup batteries and a charger for this phone yet.
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I just leave my phone charging for a while after it completely dies and it comes back on and works fine it just takes a minute to fully charge again. I have not yet used a third party device.
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well, came back to LA, took the phone apart and resemble again, then it magically work again...oh well, dont know what causes it, i guess it just need a reboot in circuitry...kinda strange, but hey, it now works...dont need to spent $400 buck for a new phone.
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Luckily it came back on for you.
hmm
try pulling the battery out for 30 minutes and then put the cable back in then the battery then turn it on, if this doesn't work you could buy a wall charger for the battery so you can charge the battery without the phone
Hello everyone,
My sgh i777 (running one of the UCLE5 semi v# ROMS, can't remember which one xD, on siyah v3.4.3) is having a strange problem. What happened was, I put my phone on the charger on my desk, and my sister had a friend over and were messing around. Well I found my phone later in the day on the floor, and it seemed like it was more scratched then. It was still plugged into the charger at the time so I tried to turn it on. However, when I turn it on, the grey battery screen with the loading circle shows up for less than a second, and the screen turns off. Then it will do that again, flashing this screen until I unplug it from the charger. Not matter what I do, it will not get past this screen, and actually, after the screen flashes a bunch of times, you wil stop seeing the battery screen but merely a flash of light on the touchkeys and maybe the screen. I am pretty sure it is not a problem with the charger itself, and I think it may be a problem with the battery. However, my friend had an issue with his Droid (first one) where the charging port on the phone was broken and he had to use an external battery charger to charge the battery, and then it would work fine. To me, the port seems like it is not damaged, and since when I found my phone on the floor it was really hot, I really think the battery just died. I am also fairly certain that this problem is not a software issue, considering I have not tweaked anything on my phone for a few days now, and since it was working just fine before I found it on the floor. I would appreciate any feedback that you guys can give me because, like everyone else, this phone is my baby
Thanks!
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Hello everyone,
My sgh i777 (running one of the UCLE5 semi v# ROMS, can't remember which one xD, on siyah v3.4.3) is having a strange problem. What happened was, I put my phone on the charger on my desk, and my sister had a friend over and were messing around. Well I found my phone later in the day on the floor, and it seemed like it was more scratched then. It was still plugged into the charger at the time so I tried to turn it on. However, when I turn it on, the grey battery screen with the loading circle shows up for less than a second, and the screen turns off. Then it will do that again, flashing this screen until I unplug it from the charger. Not matter what I do, it will not get past this screen, and actually, after the screen flashes a bunch of times, you wil stop seeing the battery screen but merely a flash of light on the touchkeys and maybe the screen. I am pretty sure it is not a problem with the charger itself, and I think it may be a problem with the battery. However, my friend had an issue with his Droid (first one) where the charging port on the phone was broken and he had to use an external battery charger to charge the battery, and then it would work fine. To me, the port seems like it is not damaged, and since when I found my phone on the floor it was really hot, I really think the battery just died. I am also fairly certain that this problem is not a software issue, considering I have not tweaked anything on my phone for a few days now, and since it was working just fine before I found it on the floor. I would appreciate any feedback that you guys can give me because, like everyone else, this phone is my baby
Thanks!
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Try pulling battery for a few. put it back in. try to get into CWM and wipe cache and dalvik.
Who knows how that happened. But if you have CWM or D/L mode, your fine.
I had this exact same problem on my phone (minus ending up on the floor part). I think it is from the battery overheating. Pull the battery and let it sit for a few. I had to let mine sit out for almost 4 hours before it turned back on. It may not take that long but i would leave it out for at least an hour or 2.
Thanks for your feedback! Yeah I left the battery out of the phone overnight and when I woke up I tried it again and it still did the same thing :/
I want to get an extended battery anyway (I think I'm going to order the qcell one) and if that fixes the problem that'd be great, but if it isn't a battery problem and it could be fixed now I would love to hear how so I am not out a phone until the new battery arrives ;D
Will your phone turn on when not plugged in?
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No it won't even show the battery screen when it isn't plugged in. It only does that with the charger. Also it won't even have the flicker of the touchkeys, just nothing haha.
Try to get another fully charged battery from a friend and see if phone will turn on, or if you have an external charger, charge up a battery and see if it turns on
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Ok I will try that as soon as possible
I tried a different battery from a different phone (although it was still a samsung phone and the battery fit right and everything) and the same thing happened >,< nothing would happen unplugged, but as soon as I put it on the charger, the touchkeys would flash, and the screen would flicker at certain intervals. Unfortunately I think this is a more serious problem :/
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I tried a different battery from a different phone (although it was still a samsung phone and the battery fit right and everything) and the same thing happened >,< nothing would happen unplugged, but as soon as I put it on the charger, the touchkeys would flash, and the screen would flicker at certain intervals. Unfortunately I think this is a more serious problem :/
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Same happen with my friend I9100. Power Controller gone. Only service center will help.
Seems like your USB ports are bridged. I had this exact problem. If you're under Samsung's warranty, send it to them and they'll replace it. If not, MobileTechVideos could fix it for you.... Though if you're on a custom ROM then I assume you must put it to stock before sending it out to Samsung...
I got it to work haha. Go figure the one thing I did not try fixed it. -___- I was reading through some other threads and found a guy with a similar problem and he said that he left the battery IN the phone but left it UNPLUGGED. Well I did this overnight and sure enough this morning it worked xD
Reading is wonderful!
Glad you got the problem resolved.
Clay
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I have the same issue but it happened after I left phone without charge for 2 weeks but whatever I do .. I still cant get it to work
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I have the same issue but it happened after I left phone without charge for 2 weeks but whatever I do .. I still cant get it to work
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mine was unused for a few weeks too. I thinking its just the battery might actually go to a battery store in my city to get a new one.
Has anyone ever ran the battery so low it wont even charge? my battery was dying on me so i plugged it in the charger at 5% life left. i forgot i had my settings at "never sleep while charging" so the screen was on the whole time. last i saw, it was at 1% and then it shut off. its been plugged in for about 20 minutes and i still cant power it on, it does nothing. funny thing is i can get it into DL mode but not recovery or anything. i put my wifes battery in and it powers up though. so what gives?
Have you tried your charger in your wife's phone to make sure that the charger hasn't stopped working?
However, I would imagine there is the chance that your battery is dead.
yea i just did that. turns out my phone's port is bad again! for the 4th time
It might be easier and cheaper to just get a second battery and an external charger if it keeps going out on you. They're fairly cheap on ebay.
A healthy battery should not allow you to get to the state it won't charge. Even if you run your phone down to 0%, it would just turn itself off and let you charge it. I think you battery is defective.
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It might be easier and cheaper to just get a second battery and an external charger if it keeps going out on you. They're fairly cheap on ebay.
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at this point it is true. but i just dont feel like walking with another battery. it is working for now, as i took it apart and stuck something behind the board by the port. it was very coroded at the connection and atleast 1 broken away. i am going to get it fixed 1 more time ,$35 at Dr phone fix.
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at this point it is true. but i just dont feel like walking with another battery. it is working for now, as i took it apart and stuck something behind the board by the port. it was very coroded at the connection and atleast 1 broken away. i am going to get it fixed 1 more time ,$35 at Dr phone fix.
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I suggest you try a different place if this is the 4th time it happens.
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Has anyone ever ran the battery so low it wont even charge? my battery was dying on me so i plugged it in the charger at 5% life left. i forgot i had my settings at "never sleep while charging" so the screen was on the whole time. last i saw, it was at 1% and then it shut off. its been plugged in for about 20 minutes and i still cant power it on, it does nothing. funny thing is i can get it into DL mode but not recovery or anything. i put my wifes battery in and it powers up though. so what gives?
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yes, I have studied android battery, have to find some reason.
I really thought I would find some answers by search but nothing came up... everyone seems to have some kind of screen working but mine is simply dead.
My phone is completely dead this morning, went to bed with battery almost full (unplugged) and woke up to a black screen and no reaction to anything whatsoever. Removing the battery, plugging charger, plugging in a computer, nothing seems to work.
The phone has been rooted for a while (only rooted, nothing else installed/changed)
aside from sending it for jtag, is there anything else I can try?
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I really thought I would find some answers by search but nothing came up... everyone seems to have some kind of screen working but mine is simply dead.
My phone is completely dead this morning, went to bed with battery almost full (unplugged) and woke up to a black screen and no reaction to anything whatsoever. Removing the battery, plugging charger, plugging in a computer, nothing seems to work.
The phone has been rooted for a while (only rooted, nothing else installed/changed)
aside from sending it for jtag, is there anything else I can try?
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Are you able to go into download mode? If not there's two of us.
My sisters S2 was at 76% battery when the phone shutdown suddenly. And after she noticed that her phone was turned off, it wont turn on again.. no recovery, no download, no bootlogo nothing.
The only sign of life is that the upper half of her S2 is a little bit warmer then the lower half, nothing else..
Can some1 maybe explain why this happened? Thanks in advance!
Greetz Patrick
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Why does it happen ? Your guess is as good as anyone else's. Like any other electronics, phone's fail randomly for no apparent reason.
You're only going to find out if it can be JTAG'd if you send it to a JTAG repairer, otherwise it will be a hardware issue, and given a lot of stuff is on the motherboard, they generally replace that.
Is there anything else you can do if you're getting absolutely nothing out of the phone (no boot, no DL mode, no recovery) ? No.
Unfortunately I don't think there's anything you can do if you can't even boot into download mode.... Also I'm afraid there's a chance they are not gonna fix or replace your phone for free because it's rooted, even if the problem is hardware related. Good luck.
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My sisters S2 was at 76% battery when the phone shutdown suddenly. And after she noticed that her phone was turned off, it wont turn on again.. no recovery, no download, no bootlogo nothing.
The only sign of life is that the upper half of her S2 is a little bit warmer then the lower half, nothing else..
Can some1 maybe explain why this happened? Thanks in advance!
Greetz Patrick
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Sans here. When plugged in it gets a little warm on the top above the battery and that's it. Absolutely nothing else.
I guess I'll send it for jtag...too bad phone is not hacked yet on the N7 just the SMS works or I'd use the tablet for now.
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exactly the same deal here (except I was at work, got a call, put the phone back on the desk, 30 mins later phone won't awake from sleep and no reaction when plugged or anything).
I'd say the Maya predicted the apocalypse for our GS2... I'll send it back for repair next Monday, but going back to my old Nokia N95 feels very, very, very bad.