I went ahead and took the battery out, when I went to insert it back in to turn it back on, it won't. It just stays off. The battery still had a charge but I ended up plugging it to the charger. The light indication that comes on when charging does not come on. It gets warm but thats about it.
Is my phone completely dead? Only had it since December.
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I went ahead and took the battery out, when I went to insert it back in to turn it back on, it won't. It just stays off. The battery still had a charge but I ended up plugging it to the charger. The light indication that comes on when charging does not come on. It gets warm but thats about it.
Is my phone completely dead? Only had it since December.
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Did you have CWM 5.0.2.6 installed? If so, it does not let you charge it when it is off. You need someone that has an Amaze or Sensation to use their battery, buy the 4EXT app from the Play Store. Flash it and then you wont have to worry about it.
Now time to sleep.
hasoon2000 said:
Did you have CWM 5.0.2.6 installed? If so, it does not let you charge it when it is off. You need someone that has an Amaze or Sensation to use their battery, buy the 4EXT app from the Play Store. Flash it and then you wont have to worry about it.
Now time to sleep.
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I got it working, figured out the issue. One of the power pins that makes contact with the battery will not fully extend out. You think that would be covered under warranty? Alternatively I could call assurian and say the phone is broken but I would have to pay 100 bucks though.
I have 5.0.2.6 CWM, and I did buy EXT a few weeks ago but anything newer then the 5.0.2.6 or EXT4 and I can not mount my SD card for whatever reason. I tried asking around here but I never get an answer as to why this is.
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I got it working, figured out the issue. One of the power pins that makes contact with the battery will not fully extend out. You think that would be covered under warranty? Alternatively I could call assurian and say the phone is broken but I would have to pay 100 bucks though.
I have 5.0.2.6 CWM, and I did buy EXT a few weeks ago but anything newer then the 5.0.2.6 or EXT4 and I can not mount my SD card for whatever reason. I tried asking around here but I never get an answer as to why this is.
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With 4ext, use USB storage. Battery is under warranty.
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hasoon2000 said:
With 4ext, use USB storage. Battery is under warranty.
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NO, I meant that I can't mount SD in EXT4, it only mounts internal for whatever reason.
The problem is NOT THE BATTERY, its the pins that's on the phone itself that makes contact with the battery.
Stupid phone won't even turn on anymore. Turned on once briefly and then off and that was it.
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NO, I meant that I can't mount SD in EXT4, it only mounts internal for whatever reason.
The problem is NOT THE BATTERY, its the pins that's on the phone itself that makes contact with the battery.
Stupid phone won't even turn on anymore. Turned on once briefly and then off and that was it.
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Still covered under warranty. Call HTC in the morning.
Over 10000!!! You bet I am.
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xndabox said:
Still covered under warranty. Call HTC in the morning.
Over 10000!!! You bet I am.
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HORRIBLE TIMING! I am leaving for texas on Wed, would take atleast 3 weeks for me to get my phone back.
I left it alone for a few hours, now when I plug in the power cord, the orange light just blinks.
Any idea what that means?
I wonder if I can get a loner from a tmobil store. I really need this phone ;/
Just a silly question...
Are you using the cord that came with the Amaze or are you using a 5pin micro USB cord? The Amaze came with a 12pin.. like I said just a silly question.
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Just a silly question...
Are you using the cord that came with the Amaze or are you using a 5pin micro USB cord? The Amaze came with a 12pin.. like I said just a silly question.
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Other cords wouldn't fit, so not really a relevant question, the question is, what the hell did he do that's causing that, could always get someone else with the device to charge the battery and yes I suggest going to your tmo store and tell them about your problem, they should be able to replace or give you a loaner device once you have insurance or still under warranty.
You said you have cwm 5.0.2.6. That is your problem. That version doesn't allow you to charge it if your phone is off. If your battery is dead, you need to charge it with someone else's phone or use their battery and flash a different recovery.
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You said you have cwm 5.0.2.6. That is your problem. That version doesn't allow you to charge it if your phone is off. If your battery is dead, you need to charge it with someone else's phone or use their battery and flash a different recovery.
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I remember seeing my battery still having a charge, although I guess I could be remembering wrong. I am going to charge the battery itself using an adapter that came with the Anker battery. I will charge the stock just to be safe and see what happens.
I use the original stock charger to charge my phone and use the adapter to charge my extra batteries. If what you say is true about 5.0.2.6, then I will charge the batteries externally (I haven't charged them in a while) and once the adapter has indicated that it has full battery I will place it back in the phone and see if it turns on.
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You said you have cwm 5.0.2.6. That is your problem. That version doesn't allow you to charge it if your phone is off. If your battery is dead, you need to charge it with someone else's phone or use their battery and flash a different recovery.
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I feel silly! I charged the battery externally and plugged it in my phone and it worked flawlessly! You sir are awesome!!!
I had no IDEA that 5.0.2.6 could not charge if it was completely drained.
OKAY since you know about this issue, is there a way for me to fix the issue where my EXTERNAL SD card is not being read when I have EXT4 or a newer version of CWM (touch and non touch)? It will read the internal one for whatever reason.
F9zSlavik said:
I feel silly! I charged the battery externally and plugged it in my phone and it worked flawlessly! You sir are awesome!!!
I had no IDEA that 5.0.2.6 could not charge if it was completely drained.
OKAY since you know about this issue, is there a way for me to fix the issue where my EXTERNAL SD card is not being read when I have EXT4 or a newer version of CWM (touch and non touch)? It will read the internal one for whatever reason.
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When you choose install from sd card, you'll see in that folder there is a folder name ext-sd, hit that and you'll be on your external sd card. The newer recoveries read the sd card the same way the android OS does now.
Your not understanding what I am saying. There is no way to mount the external sd card. If your unable to mount the ext sd card that folder you mention will not take you to the ext sd card. Only way I can mount the ext sd card is if I use cmw 5.0.2.6. Nothing else works. Newer cmw mounts internal sd and so does ext4 but will not detect ext sd card.
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Your not understanding what I am saying. There is no way to mount the external sd card. If your unable to mount the ext sd card that folder you mention will not take you to the ext sd card. Only way I can mount the ext sd card is if I use cmw 5.0.2.6. Nothing else works. Newer cmw mounts internal sd and so does ext4 but will not detect ext sd card.
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Read back my post on how to get to the external sd card, the sd is mounted and right there, accessing it is just done differently, choose install zip from sd card, when the internal card shows look for the ext_sd folder and open it, once it opens, YOU ARE ON THE EXTERNAL SD CARD. Understand?
Yes I understand, tried it again for the sake of argument, I loaded ext4, went into ext sd folder, and all it does it seems to just blinks out as if its going inside the ext sd folder and then nothing, it just shows the contents of the internal SD. Weird. This started happening after I S-Off. I did not have this problem before.
Also, my phone ended up shutting down again. I was on for 10+ hours with and it did not give me any indication that the battery was low. I went ahead and charged the battery externally for a few minutes and inserted it back into my phone. It turned on showing only 4% battery. I then charged it with my htc charger. I woke up this morning to find that it got really warm and but working fine.
Another thing to note, I fully charged my Anker battery externally using wall adapter, when I plugged it in to my phone, it would not turn on. I inserted the HTC battery (with barely a charge) back in and it turned right on.
What do you guys make of that? Bad battery?
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Yes I understand, tried it again for the sake of argument, I loaded ext4, went into ext sd folder, and all it does it seems to just blinks out as if its going inside the ext sd folder and then nothing, it just shows the contents of the internal SD. Weird. This started happening after I S-Off. I did not have this problem before.
Also, my phone ended up shutting down again. I was on for 10+ hours with and it did not give me any indication that the battery was low. I went ahead and charged the battery externally for a few minutes and inserted it back into my phone. It turned on showing only 4% battery. I then charged it with my htc charger. I woke up this morning to find that it got really warm and but working fine.
Another thing to note, I fully charged my Anker battery externally using wall adapter, when I plugged it in to my phone, it would not turn on. I inserted the HTC battery (with barely a charge) back in and it turned right on.
What do you guys make of that? Bad battery?
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Possibly, go into 4EXT, wipe battery stats, full charge the battery then wipe it again, flash a stock ruu via hboot and do a check, see if the problem persist.
Dark Nightmare said:
Possibly, go into 4EXT, wipe battery stats, full charge the battery then wipe it again, flash a stock ruu via hboot and do a check, see if the problem persist.
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I'll do that, I will record a small video and upload to youtube for you to see what I am talking about the ext sd not mounting in ext4.
F9zSlavik said:
I'll do that, I will record a small video and upload to youtube for you to see what I am talking about the ext sd not mounting in ext4.
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Cool, try the stock, clean up thing, let's hope that wipes away the problem.
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Just a reminder. You can boot into hboot and pull the battery as long as you are plugged into USB.
Lifting the battery halfway to remove the SD card is not nessary.
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That's actually good info to know. Thanks.
Dang. All them frustrated flashes where I needed to get back to recovery and still have the Ph file on my sd card. Wish I would of known this sooner haha
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Ya, when I have a pb98 file on my sd card, I pull out the sd, boot to hboot, plug in USB cable, remove battery (phone stays on) nav to recovery, stick in sd card, replace battery, hit power to select recovery
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I figured this out by accident, trying to remove my sd card because hboot found the ph8 zip thing and wouldnt let me into recovery. So i tried to pull the battery halfway and sneak my sd card out, and the battery fell out but the phone was still on!
This is definitely gonna save me time when i flash things
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I figured this out by accident, trying to remove my sd card because hboot found the ph8 zip thing and wouldnt let be into recovery. So i tried to pull the battery halfway and sneak my sd card out, and the battery fell out but the phone was still on!
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Lol that's exactly how i found it. The incredible will run that way in recovery too.. tried to see if it worked with the rezound, no such luck
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That is going to be a life saver!!! The last few days have been hell with the battery half out to get the sd card in!!
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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CadenH said:
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?
jsgraphicart said:
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.
Xeno62277 said:
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?
jsgraphicart said:
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?
Xeno62277 said:
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.
Xeno62277 said:
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
Xeno62277 said:
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.
Xeno62277 said:
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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Please let us know just for informational purposes. .
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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?
Perpetual Void said:
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.
My S2 absolutely won't charge anymore Black screen, no charging icon, no lights, no sign of life, nada... Barely had the phone since January. Not sure if it's the port on the phone or the battery. I wish I had a multimeter but I don't. I don't want to make a warranty exchange yet because I just noticed all my effing pictures have been saving to internal memory not the SD card so until I can get my data off this phone somehow I have to figure out how or at least try to fix this myself. PC doesn't recognize the phone of course. 3 different chargers...makes no difference. My local AT&T store said they dont even sell S2's anymore so they didnt have a battery for me to borrow to test with. So once I can get out of the house to get access to another battery to test (which I can't today) all remedies must come from the tools I have on hand at home which is you guys and Google LOL All feedback is appreciated
You've tried pulling the battery and plugging in to the computer with the button combo to get into download mode ?
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Phalanx7621 said:
You've tried pulling the battery and plugging in to the computer with the button combo to get into download mode ?
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Yeah, no dice...I'm leaning towards the problem being the port. The phone is unresponsive battery in or out, PC connect or wall charger...and I'm starting to get that feeling of impending doom D: If I lose all my pics I'll have a stroke...Coulda sworn they were saving to the SD card...
Do you know anyone with the same phone? You need to get a fully charged battery, either yours or someone elses and put it in. If the phone boots, then it is probably the port. Worst case, you'll have to buy a battery.
In that case, you can get the pics off via wifi. Dropbox is one option for that. If you need to flash back to stock, that can be done without a usb port also. Any questions along the way, just ask.
Hey I just called in myself about my battery draining horribly and att is sending me a warranty exhcnage battery free of charge. Try it. Just have to wait up to 5 days. Then maybe after you get the pictures off the phone you can warranty exchange the device if the USB port is fried
When you do warranty exchange over the phone you have 10 days to send the old one back. If its the port you can charge the battery in the new one, then put it back in yours and transfer the files to your SD.
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OK, well the battery is fine, it's the port. Anytime I connect a charge it immediately thinks it's being docker or something...won't charge or transfer data.
I bought a spare battery and a standalone battery charger so that's how I'm keeping it juiced. Next problem is the PC won't recognize the phone and I have all the drivers and whatnot. Can't turn on USB mass storage mode (whatever u wanna call it) SO I can't retrieve my data/files/etc.. or unroot the phone...unless someone has some suggestions. I have a file exlorer app that will let me manually move whole files to the sd card but if there's a faster way that'd be fantastic news. I gotta get this phone exchanged ASAP :crying:
Momomuffins said:
OK, well the battery is fine, it's the port. Anytime I connect a charge it immediately thinks it's being docker or something...won't charge or transfer data.
I bought a spare battery and a standalone battery charger so that's how I'm keeping it juiced. Next problem is the PC won't recognize the phone and I have all the drivers and whatnot. Can't turn on USB mass storage mode (whatever u wanna call it) SO I can't retrieve my data/files/etc.. or unroot the phone...unless someone has some suggestions. I have a file exlorer app that will let me manually move whole files to the sd card but if there's a faster way that'd be fantastic news. I gotta get this phone exchanged ASAP :crying:
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Haven't used this myself, but have seen it recommended often.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
Edit...Mobile Odin should work if you need to unroot.
adfurgerson said:
Haven't used this myself, but have seen it recommended often.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid
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Awesomeeee!!!! Thank you! I'm gonna try it out as soon as I get some more juice in this battery
Momomuffins said:
OK, well the battery is fine, it's the port. Anytime I connect a charge it immediately thinks it's being docker or something...won't charge or transfer data.
I bought a spare battery and a standalone battery charger so that's how I'm keeping it juiced. Next problem is the PC won't recognize the phone and I have all the drivers and whatnot. Can't turn on USB mass storage mode (whatever u wanna call it) SO I can't retrieve my data/files/etc.. or unroot the phone...unless someone has some suggestions. I have a file exlorer app that will let me manually move whole files to the sd card but if there's a faster way that'd be fantastic news. I gotta get this phone exchanged ASAP :crying:
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Return to stock no PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659
Edit...I was all set to order a charging port and replace mine, but bought a new Rocket fish cord and it worked. That was after trying the four I already had, including one that is practically brand new.
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Return to stock no PC.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1691659
Edit...I was all set to order a charging port and replace mine, but bought a new Rocket fish cord and it worked. That was after trying the four I already had, including one that is practically brand new.
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Rocketfish cord?
** Edit: Oh duh, the brand LOL Maybe i'll try to find one...worth a shot
Momomuffins said:
Rocketfish cord?
** Edit: Oh duh, the brand LOL Maybe i'll try to find one...worth a shot
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Yes brand name, almost $20.00 but it charges now. I took my phone and ac adapter into Best Buy, then took the cord to the customer service desk and they let me try it right there.
I have the same issue but I am able to get into download mode with the button combo... it just seems like the battery wont charge...
Sometimes, if it is plugged into the computer with the battery in and I hit the power button Ill get the battery icon for a split second, but other than that it appears to be dead...
any ideas?
Phalanx7621 said:
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take the battery out for like a day.5, count to four and a half, then plug it in to a car charger. Let me know what happens:good::good:
Hey so today I woke up to find my phone dead while connected to the charger, I couldn't unlock it and it had the red led on all time like a warning light since it should be charger after all night. The phone was extremely hot, so I guess I shot down due to excesive heat. When I removed the battery and then put it back in, it turned on and everything was normal.
I don't know what happened though here are my details: I had been having some trouble with "media" draining my battery like crazy, running stock JB rooted with phenomenal kernel extreme, AND i don't know if it has to do with it, I have a hyperion 4200mAh battery.
This happened to my twice with the hyperion battery on and overnight, haven't actually tested if it happens with the stock battery. This started happening after the so called media battery drain appeard.
Please if someone has an idea help me
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You can clear the media scanner bug by wiping sd, or you can use the media scanner toggle from play store to disable it,
That indicates there are problems with the SD card, and possibly loss of data. That happened to me once with the S II.
First of all, remove the SD card from the phone and connect it to the PC (using and USB adapter or built in sd-card media reader).
If Windows asks you to fix the sd card, say NO.
If the sd card is readable, backup all your data.
Now format the sd card and copy the data back to it. Insert into the S III, power on and good luck.
I'll have to try that
Thanks! I think I'm going to have to do the wipe since I tried the other methods and they didn't work!
Thank you, I will report back as soon as I can
it worked!
Thank you guys the formatting worked like a charm! Appreciate it!
Hello Everyone,
I may have done the stupidest thing ever. I was attempting to partition my sd card using an app I found in the play store (don't remember which at the moment), Well i believe that i may have messed up and accidentally deleted the HBOOT partition. the phone continued to run fine but then when i restarted the phone never came back on. the phone does absolutely nothing, no lights no vibrations no charging indicator nothing. I have been at this for 3 days now and i think i am about to give up. Any one out there have any advice. I have found the unbricking thread but they all specify its for S-ON only and i am S-OFF when i plug it into the computer is is recognized as QHSUSB_DLOAD although the drivers dont load. I found some drivers online but that did nothing.
I too might have this problem. I'm not sure because it has been well over a year since the incident and I have moved on. My evo, when connected to a charger, flashes a red light for about a minute and then does nothing. It will not pull up a charging logo and will not boot. The battery is completely dead. I know I used to be able to access recovery on the device but the original sd card is gone. Would this mean if I got the battery charged somehow that the phone would still be bricked? When I plug it into a computer is says htc_shooter. The phone is s-off and i dont remember the hboot it had or firmware version. If anyone has advice for me that would be wonderful, however if my phone is forever a brick then no big deal.
Mr_JacobClutch said:
I too might have this problem. I'm not sure because it has been well over a year since the incident and I have moved on. My evo, when connected to a charger, flashes a red light for about a minute and then does nothing. It will not pull up a charging logo and will not boot. The battery is completely dead. I know I used to be able to access recovery on the device but the original sd card is gone. Would this mean if I got the battery charged somehow that the phone would still be bricked? When I plug it into a computer is says htc_shooter. The phone is s-off and i dont remember the hboot it had or firmware version. If anyone has advice for me that would be wonderful, however if my phone is forever a brick then no big deal.
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When I had this problem it was due to my battery having run down so much and not being able to draw a charge. If you have a spare battery try swapping that in and see if it makes a difference.
If you don't have a spare you can try what I did which is to take out your battery and put it in airtight bag and place it in the freezer overnight. Put the battery back in and try to power it back on in the morning.
When I first read this I thought it was crazy but I thought what the hell and incredibly it worked. Something to do with the low temp allowing the battery to draw enough to charge. Of course you could have an altogether different issue and I would only try it if you have nothing to lose.