okay so iv had the evo since day 1 and its been great. I am NOT rooted or anything. At random times my phone will SHUT off and it WONT turn back on AT ALL no matter what i do. the only way it turns on is that i let the phone sit for like 30 minutes without touching it and then i can power it back on.
wtf is going on
it seems that when ever i make a PHONE call the phone will just turn off!!
i was jsut on the phone for about 20 seconds and it shut off again...
only this time the phone wont even have a RED charge light when i plug it in to charge it, looks like my evo is TOAST!
Wont turn on AT ALL!
RIP LTEvo
Wow seems like this been happening quite often lately. I think this is like the 4th one with the same exact symptoms.
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It's broken, take it in and have it fixed.
shook187 said:
Wow seems like this been happening quite often lately. I think this is like the 4th one with the same exact symptoms.
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im not the only one with this issue?!?
wow!
has anyone else found a solution to fix this? if not imma have to go to sprint tm
if i bring it to sprint am i gonna have to pay the 100 dollar fee?
Warrior 3000 said:
if i bring it to sprint am i gonna have to pay the 100 dollar fee?
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In this case you wouldn't have to pay anything. It would be considered a warranty repair/ replacement. Only time you pay is for insurance repairs/ replacement i.e. dropped phone or water damage.
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oh okay good! ugh now i just gotta go the entire night with no phone =/
my evo 4g lte is defective too, been waiting on replacement for 5 days already
My phone was doing the same thing but that was because my power button was sticking due to a tight case. Could that be your issue?
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hurricanefloyd41 said:
My phone was doing the same thing but that was because my power button was sticking due to a tight case. Could that be your issue?
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no thats not it...i took off my case and it still does this.
I have the same issue, I contacted HTC support and they say that holding the power down for 60 seconds is similar to popping out the battery.
Just hold the power in for a minute then release. After about 5-10 seconds the phone should turn on.
No idea why it loses power though.... very concerning.
I'd say take it in sounds like a bad dud sprint will replace it for free. Something may be wrong with the processor or battery connection.
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holding the power for 60 seconds did nothing.
the phone wont even get a red charge light when i plug it into the charger, looks like my evo is toast.
going to go to sprint tm to see what they can do for me. =/
so after being at sprint for almost 3 hours they replaced my phone with no charge and said its about the 10th one with this issue they have seen. =/
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In this case you wouldn't have to pay anything. It would be considered a warranty repair/ replacement. Only time you pay is for insurance repairs/ replacement i.e. dropped phone or water damage.
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I think this is only if you have TEP. If you are after the 30 day device exchange policy and you don't have TEP, then you can't do anything but return it to HTC for repair.
when i went in i told them my issue and the sales guy kept asking me if i was within the 14 day period, i told him no. he looked at the phone and saw the issue and took it to his manager. he then told me he was going to replace simply because i wouldnt even turn on or get a charge light.
he said that about 10 people with this issue have came to them about it. he said that HTC hasnt given them a solution to it so they just replace it free of charge
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he said that about 10 people with this issue have came to them about it.
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Yikes! That's not good.
once it happened to me i noticed a ton of people on XDA have had this issue.
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It locked up once and I restarted it.
Locked up again after a few minutes, shut itself down and no matter what I do, I can't get it to restart.
Kind of a suck way to start the day.
Just this afternoon picked up my shiny new replacement from Best Buy...totally new shipment which had just came in. I added no apps and 15 minutes later the first random reboot. It rebootted7 times in two hours and then just t turned itself off and won't come back to life.
No...the battery isn't dead.
Plug it into any charger and the charging light doesn't come on.
Seriously....this is frustrating.
maybe its your battery
let it charge for a bit with the device off
did you unlock the boot loader
can u flash roms?
can u even get to the bootloader?
Phone is fully charged. It was working fine during a call and when I hung up the call, the screen locked up then quickly blinked twice and that was that.
I tried pushing the power switch for almost two minutes and noting happened.
Better now than when I am traveling for work I suppose.
Take it back before the grace period. Lolz?
My tpu case seems to be making the power button stick causing reboots. If you have a case, take it off and I would also remove the shiny top back cover and try again. If that doesn't work, call for replacement.
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Do a battery pu...... Oh wait
tkemack said:
My tpu case seems to be making the power button stick causing reboots. If you have a case, take it off and I would also remove the shiny top back cover and try again. If that doesn't work, call for replacement.
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If you take the shiny back cover off you maybe removing something important. Look on the inside surface of the cover and you will see copper contact points. Is this the NFC antenna. I'm ignorant to how it works, just speculating.
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If you take the shiny back cover off you maybe removing something important. Look on the inside surface of the cover and you will see copper contact points. Is this the NFC antenna. I'm ignorant to how it works, just speculating.
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I suggested taking it off just to try to get the phone to boot in case the power button us stuck. I didn't intend for him to leave it off forever
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I understood what you meant
I did try it minus my TPU cover just in case that was the issue although the power button seems perfectly free..
Maybe they new camera will somehow magically be better
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I understood what you meant
I did try it minus my TPU cover just in case that was the issue although the power button seems perfectly free..
Maybe they new camera will somehow magically be better
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Unclear if you got it to boot?...
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Well.....it sprang back to life all by itself sitting on my desk at work this morning (it is sitting there waiting for BB to call me and tell me they have a new replacement). It simply powered up, booted and came to life sitting there.
It now reboots a couple of times an hour just sitting there and at times actually turns Mobile Networks OFF all by itself.
Perhaps it is possessed?
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Well.....it sprang back to life all by itself sitting on my desk at work this morning (it is sitting there waiting for BB to call me and tell me they have a new replacement). It simply powered up, booted and came to life sitting there.
It now reboots a couple of times an hour just sitting there and at times actually turns Mobile Networks OFF all by itself.
Perhaps it is possessed?
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Bad battery contacts?
Just this afternoon picked up my shiny new replacement from Best Buy...totally new shipment which had just came in. I added no apps and 15 minutes later the first random reboot. It rebootted7 times in two hours and then just t turned itself off and won't come back to life.
No...the battery isn't dead.
Plug it into any charger and the charging light doesn't come on.
Seriously....this is frustrating.
jfenton57 said:
Just this afternoon picked up my shiny new replacement from Best Buy...totally new shipment which had just came in. I added no apps and 15 minutes later the first random reboot. It rebootted7 times in two hours and then just t turned itself off and won't come back to life.
No...the battery isn't dead.
Plug it into any charger and the charging light doesn't come on.
Seriously....this is frustrating.
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It must be you. I think you need Jesus in your life.
Yeah.....maybe that's my problem. My heart sunk with the first lockup and reboot. I said some rather ugly stuff to my phone in the car.
BB stated they had taken back two out of the 7 preorders and when I asked for what reason, he said he wasn't sure.
Tomorrow I will exchange it one more time at a BB 100 miles away from the first one since we are away this weekend and they are already holding it for me. Maybe a change of venue will help
Sounds like some serious bad luck. I haven't heard of anyone's dying until you. I hope the different BBY return will do better for you man...
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It must be you. I think you need Jesus in your life.
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or Cthulhu. but we all know both are fiction
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or Cthulhu. but we all know both are fiction
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Cthulhu isn't fiction bro.
Don't know who the other guy is.
jfenton57 said:
Well.....it sprang back to life all by itself sitting on my desk at work this morning (it is sitting there waiting for BB to call me and tell me they have a new replacement). It simply powered up, booted and came to life sitting there.
It now reboots a couple of times an hour just sitting there and at times actually turns Mobile Networks OFF all by itself.
Perhaps it is possessed?
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Man, you got to break two EVO's already.
I'm just waiting to get the chance to break my first.
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or Cthulhu. but we all know both are fiction
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Speak for yourself, troll.
I'll be right in the middle of texting or on Facebook and the phone will randomly shut off, battery life isn't really a factor although it seems the less charge, the more shutdowns. I've had the phone for 3 weeks and it recently just started doing it. I have read up a little bit on the issue and It seems like a faulty battery or a bug in the SD card causes it. I did a factory reset and formatted the SD card and It's still happening. What is the best (Most affordable) replacement battery for these phones? Is the anker a good alternative or just OEM?
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I'll be right in the middle of texting or on Facebook and the phone will randomly shut off, battery life isn't really a factor although it seems the less charge, the more shutdowns. I've had the phone for 3 weeks and it recently just started doing it. I have read up a little bit on the issue and It seems like a faulty battery or a bug in the SD card causes it. I did a factory reset and formatted the SD card and It's still happening. What is the best (Most affordable) replacement battery for these phones? Is the anker a good alternative or just OEM?
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Call HTC and get a free battery replacement, cheapest deal you could possibly find.
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Call HTC and get a free battery replacement, cheapest deal you could possibly find.
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I did this and have not had any issues in over a month. I aslo got a new back case by tellin gthem my signal was really unstable. IF you are nice and tell them you dont have a credit card you can get them to escalate it and send without you haveing to give them your cc number.
So the replacement won't have the same problems as the OEM? Did they fix the issue? Why would I need a new back case, what's the point?
So I called. They said I need to provide a CC number, so in case I don't send the defective battery back they can charge me MSRP, how do I request to cancel the order? I think I'm just going to try and trade the phone for something else...
When the phone spazs out, and I turn it back on the battery is about 20% less. I completely drained it, charged it all night and its been on for 4 hours, It's currently at 16%
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Gman91 said:
When the phone spazs out, and I turn it back on the battery is about 20% less. I completely drained it, charged it all night and its been on for 4 hours, It's currently at 16%
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do you want a new battery? it could be a battery problem. try calling htc and getting a new battery or i can send you one
ziggy46 said:
do you want a new battery? it could be a battery problem. try calling htc and getting a new battery or i can send you one
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They won't send me one unless I pay postage to send mine back, I ordered two OEM ones from eBay, thank you for the offer, hopefully the new battery fixes the issue. I had my MyTouch 4g for over year, never had a problem with it till the charger port became loose.
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They won't send me one unless I pay postage to send mine back, I ordered two OEM ones from eBay, thank you for the offer, hopefully the new battery fixes the issue. I had my MyTouch 4g for over year, never had a problem with it till the charger port became loose.
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ahh... yeah htc tried to pull that crap with me too. i hung up, called back the next day and the person told me "when you receive the replacement dispose of the defective one in a safe and environmentally safe way"
so you could try that again... i mean it doesnt hurt to have another battery lol
also, np man. just trying to help
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ahh... yeah htc tried to pull that crap with me too. i hung up, called back the next day and the person told me "when you receive the replacement dispose of the defective one in a safe and environmentally safe way"
so you could try that again... i mean it doesnt hurt to have another battery lol
also, np man. just trying to help
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Did yours have similar symptoms?
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Did yours have similar symptoms?
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no i had my original battery just go bad... (like the phone wouldnt turn on anymore) so i called them and got a new one.
luckily i had 3 batteries already lol
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no i had my original battery just go bad... (like the phone wouldnt turn on anymore) so i called them and got a new one.
luckily i had 3 batteries already lol
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Lucky, I'm hoping my problem is just a battery, its not consistent, it just randomly happens. I have to manually turn it back on when it shuts down.
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Lucky, I'm hoping my problem is just a battery, its not consistent, it just randomly happens. I have to manually turn it back on when it shuts down.
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I had the exact same issue as yourself. I got a free replacement from t-mobile. It was a temporary fix as many other users had previously stated, Maybe lasted a week or two till the random shut downs returned. I converted my phone back to stock as per the directions on this forum warranty exchanged it with t-mobile for free. I received my new one, Used hasoon's toolkit, S-off etc... It has been working flawless ever since. Running Energy Rom.
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I had the exact same issue as yourself. I got a free replacement from t-mobile. It was a temporary fix as many other users had previously stated, Maybe lasted a week or two till the random shut downs returned. I converted my phone back to stock as per the directions on this forum warranty exchanged it with t-mobile for free. I received my new one, Used hasoon's toolkit, S-off etc... It has been working flawless ever since. Running Energy Rom.
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I've never rooted, it seems to start happening once the battery hits a certain %
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I had a similar problem. For me it seems to be related to the battery/phone overheating. Removing the t-mobile cover I had on the phone seems to have reduced the random shut-downs.
When I have time, I'll likely be contacting HTC for a replacement battery.
I've never owned a phone that makes me as upset as this one, this random shut down issue is a real inconvenience, If the new battery doesn't fix the issue, I'm sending it into HTC getting it repaired and selling it, I'll even take 200$ for the damn thing just to get rid of it!
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I've never owned a phone that makes me as upset as this one, this random shut down issue is a real inconvenience, If the new battery doesn't fix the issue, I'm sending it into HTC getting it repaired and selling it, I'll even take 200$ for the damn thing just to get rid of it!
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best of luck to you. im probably not too far away from ditching this thong as well...
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best of luck to you. im probably not too far away from ditching this thong as well...
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I man never ditches his thong... Back on topic, if I rotate the phone 180 degrees front to back in a fluid motion it shuts off.
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Gman91 said:
I man never ditches his thong... Back on topic, if I rotate the phone 180 degrees front to back in a fluid motion it shuts off.
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haha i meant thing... lol
but thats weird, could it be something in the phone thats loose?
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I've never owned a phone that makes me as upset as this one, this random shut down issue is a real inconvenience, If the new battery doesn't fix the issue, I'm sending it into HTC getting it repaired and selling it, I'll even take 200$ for the damn thing just to get rid of it!
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Get the Anker battery on eBay or Amazon. I had several shutdowns a day with stock battery. I've a couple Anker batteries and the phone stops the auto reboot/random shutdown completely. Something is fxcked with the stock battery.
I have the TEP from Sprint. My screen is messed up. Over the past couple weeks it's sometimes unresponsive, sometimes doing phantom button presses. I can literally turn the screen on sometimes and watch it as it moves the notification bar down, or attempts to swap screens. It even does random button presses in TWRP or CWM recoveries.
I'm going to be taking it in, my question is.. does anybody know whether or not they are giving refurb'd Evo3D for warranty claims? Or is it another phone completely? When i had my original Evo, i had warranty work done and they gave me the 3D because they didn't have anymore Evo's left. Has anybody done warranty work lately?
Thanks.
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I have the TEP from Sprint. My screen is messed up. Over the past couple weeks it's sometimes unresponsive, sometimes doing phantom button presses. I can literally turn the screen on sometimes and watch it as it moves the notification bar down, or attempts to swap screens. It even does random button presses in TWRP or CWM recoveries.
I'm going to be taking it in, my question is.. does anybody know whether or not they are giving refurb'd Evo3D for warranty claims? Or is it another phone completely? When i had my original Evo, i had warranty work done and they gave me the 3D because they didn't have anymore Evo's left. Has anybody done warranty work lately?
Thanks.
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Yeah they've got Refurbs out the ass right now, I literally begged on the phone for a evo 4g lte because I read a few places that people got lucky, I even hung up and called again many times lol, Evantually the lady explained that they ran out of 3vo's for a while so they had to give better phones.
And they will replace it as long as the screen isn't shattered, Digitizer is their problem (Although the digitizer and screen are the same thing... Their kinda stupid...) I'm on my 3rd 3vo, And I'm literally about to go to a sprint store in a half hour to see about another replacement, I dropped my phone and destroyed the mother board, It don't do ****. lol, At all. nothing. Gone. lmao:laugh:
Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
Yeah they've got Refurbs out the ass right now, I literally begged on the phone for a evo 4g lte because I read a few places that people got lucky, I even hung up and called again many times lol, Evantually the lady explained that they ran out of 3vo's for a while so they had to give better phones.
And they will replace it as long as the screen isn't shattered, Digitizer is their problem (Although the digitizer and screen are the same thing... Their kinda stupid...) I'm on my 3rd 3vo, And I'm literally about to go to a sprint store in a half hour to see about another replacement, I dropped my phone and destroyed the mother board, It don't do ****. lol, At all. nothing. Gone. lmao:laugh:
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Thanks for the fast response!
Also, do they typically have these on hand at the repair centers now? Or is it something that needs to be shipped via asurion?
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Thanks for the fast response!
Also, do they typically have these on hand at the repair centers now? Or is it something that needs to be shipped via asurion?
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Asurion deals with the insurance, Which you'll be charged $100 for.
Sprint deals with warranty, And most likely they'll check out your phone, and put in a new order and have you come back 3 to 5 days or so later to switch out for the new phone, they "Might" have it on hand, But i've never had this, And the 3vo is getting pretty old so they'll almost definitely have to order one.
And the phone will come without an SD or Battery, So make sure you charge up your battery.
Edit: Thanks button?? No?? lol.
Edit Edit: Hell yeah! lol. Got a new thanks.
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And the phone will come without an SD or Battery, So make sure you charge up your battery.
Edit: Thanks button?? No??
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Well.. that is pretty cheap.. Oh well though, thanks.
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Well.. that is pretty cheap.. Oh well though, thanks.
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Yeah I KNOW! The first time I was pissed, I didn't charge that damn brick to bring it to em' and I get stuck with a new (dead) phone on my hour long trip home, Pissed I tell ya.
If you ever have to go through Asurion (100 damned dollars.) They give you a new 8 GB card and a new battery, I've been through it all lol, 3 Refurbs, and 2 insurance claims (Me and my wife have the same phone, I've broke both of em LMAO)
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I have the TEP from Sprint. My screen is messed up. Over the past couple weeks it's sometimes unresponsive, sometimes doing phantom button presses. I can literally turn the screen on sometimes and watch it as it moves the notification bar down, or attempts to swap screens. It even does random button presses in TWRP or CWM recoveries.
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Mine's the same. Depending on when your contracts up and whether or not you're able to deal with it. (Mine's worst when I'm outside in the cold, but generally passable indoors with occasional lock ups, button presses, etc). You may just want to sit tight and see what is officially announced for a spring release.
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Mine's the same. Depending on when your contracts up and whether or not you're able to deal with it. (Mine's worst when I'm outside in the cold, but generally passable indoors with occasional lock ups, button presses, etc). You may just want to sit tight and see what is officially announced for a spring release.
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Well.. I took it to the sprint store because it became almost unusable. I could turn the screen on and have about 7 seconds until it froze or started randomly opening, moving stuff around. Flashed back to stock (from CM 10.1, didn't want them to know i voided all warranties) and took it in. They saw i had the TEP and said to give them a half hour, and they would have it fixed. They replaced the screen for me in minutes. Now everything is good as new.
I've never had that good of customer service with Sprint.
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Well.. I took it to the sprint store because it became almost unusable. I could turn the screen on and have about 7 seconds until it froze or started randomly opening, moving stuff around. Flashed back to stock (from CM 10.1, didn't want them to know i voided all warranties) and took it in. They saw i had the TEP and said to give them a half hour, and they would have it fixed. They replaced the screen for me in minutes. Now everything is good as new.
I've never had that good of customer service with Sprint.
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Glad to hear, I'm waiting on a call on whether my device has arrived or not.
Screens are super dooper easy to replace for next time, and pretty damn cheap too.
Note: They only last a little while in most cases lol, So don't be too excited.
My sprint store has lots of evo 3d parts than evo phones..
Took it yesterday & got a new battery, housing, screen , & motherboard.
Feels bran new.
Hey guys,
I'm new to the DNA forum and I've searched through a few threads about this but I haven't been able to find much help. Here we go: so as the title states the phone won't turn on and when I put it on the charger no LED's turn on to resemble a charge at all. I've tried the power button for 20 seconds, nothing happens, I've tried the power button, volume down, and even power, volume up and down. None of these seem to give life to the phone.
This is actually my friend's old phone and he got a replacement for it already I'm just trying to see if I can get it working again. So really I have a free DNA to diagnose because Verizon doesn't want it back.
Phone wasn't rooted before it died, pure stock.
Anybody have a suggestion or path you think I should take?
Thanks ahead of time,
monkey
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Hey guys,
I'm new to the DNA forum and I've searched through a few threads about this but I haven't been able to find much help. Here we go: so as the title states the phone won't turn on and when I put it on the charger no LED's turn on to resemble a charge at all. I've tried the power button for 20 seconds, nothing happens, I've tried the power button, volume down, and even power, volume up and down. None of these seem to give life to the phone.
This is actually my friend's old phone and he got a replacement for it already I'm just trying to see if I can get it working again. So really I have a free DNA to diagnose because Verizon doesn't want it back.
Phone wasn't rooted before it died, pure stock.
Anybody have a suggestion or path you think I should take?
Thanks ahead of time,
monkey
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you need to ask your friend for the complete story. What happened prior to the phone being bricked? Was there water damage or any other damage. Have you tried other charging cables that are known to be working and looked to make sure the pins inside the charge port have not been broken?
Sounds bricked to me. If it is bricked only way to get it working is to jtag it and send it out. It will be cheaper than paying for a new dna and if you really want it, it would run you a lot less in terms of money for a jtag repair.
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Try letting it charge a full 24hrs and then see if it powers on. If that doesn't work then consider jtag
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Not sure if I'll go the JTAG route or not. Like I said the phone has been replaced already it just sucks I can't take advantage of the phone. I have it sitting on the charger now, going to see if it'll work after a long period of time. There's no water damage, Verizon has checked it already.
If I would JTAG it...what would come of that. I'm not 100% familiar with JTAG, I just did a small amount of googling about it. Looks like a diagnostic procedure?
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Not sure if I'll go the JTAG route or not. Like I said the phone has been replaced already it just sucks I can't take advantage of the phone. I have it sitting on the charger now, going to see if it'll work after a long period of time. There's no water damage, Verizon has checked it already.
If I would JTAG it...what would come of that. I'm not 100% familiar with JTAG, I just did a small amount of googling about it. Looks like a diagnostic procedure?
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Its like a low level format that will restore to factory configuration.
It will get the phone working for a smaller coast than purchasing a new one. So you would still be taking advantage of getting a new phone. If you purchase the phone through Verizon with an upgrade you will be spending around 250$ where as opposed to getting it jtaged I believe you will only be paying 65$ (not sure about price) if you go through mobile tech.
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Upgrade cost
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It will get the phone working for a smaller coast than purchasing a new one. So you would still be taking advantage of getting a new phone. If you purchase the phone through Verizon with an upgrade you will be spending around 250$ where as opposed to getting it jtaged I believe you will only be paying 65$ (not sure about price) if you go through mobile tech.
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The upgrade cost is only $99 nowadays. I just got mine Monday from Fry's Electronics for $99.99. If they didn't have it, I was going to order it from wireless [dot] amazon [dot] com for $99.99.
Interesting...I may have to go that route, I'm considering taking it apart and getting a voltage reading off the charging port. That'll at least tell me if the port is working correctly. If I go down that path I'll keep you all updated.
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They must have dropped price since I got it. It was the same on Amazon and verizon when I get my dna
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I took the back off only to find out I don't have screwdrivers small enough to take it all apart. Also couldn't get a correct reading from anywhere. Back to the drawing board for now...
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Did you try a wireless charging pad? That might work who knows
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you need to ask your friend for the complete story. What happened prior to the phone being bricked? Was there water damage or any other damage. Have you tried other charging cables that are known to be working and looked to make sure the pins inside the charge port have not been broken?
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Happened to me too on the 2.04 shipped. Totally unrooted n it just went black and never woke up. Set it down, picked it up. That's it.
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Desert Dwarf said:
The upgrade cost is only $99 nowadays. I just got mine Monday from Fry's Electronics for $99.99. If they didn't have it, I was going to order it from wireless [dot] amazon [dot] com for $99.99.
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Got mine the 15th for $49.95 from Amazon
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Greetings, I purchased a Droid DNA on craigslist and thought I had a great deal, the phone turned on, then turned off and never would take a charge again. After contacting verizon and having them tell me to return the device to the"retailer" I purchased the device from, I contacted HTC directly. HTC provided me with an amazing customer service expirence, it was weird and erie how good the service was. They gave me a ticket number number and an address to ship the device to, they didnt care where I purchased it. They day it arrived they fixed it and sent it back with a new motherboard less than 24 hours after delivery conformation. The device works perfectly.
I guess what I am getting at is if you can put the phone back together and make it look like you didnt take it apart, call HTC and create a repair order. All these devices come with at least a 1 year warranty.
I hope you get your device working regardless.
Yeah HTC support is by far the best support I have ever experienced. I felt the same way. My charger was bugging out and I called they got all my info and just said they would send a new one for free and to throw the other one out. They called me today and I missed the call but they didn't leave any message. Wondering if I should call them back or not, but oh well.
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Little late on my update but I did get the phone apart and back together. I didn't see anything that stuck out, no water damage, etc.
I would contact HTC and try to get a replacement, however Verizon realized they never got the device back and well...they want it. So there goes my fun...
Thanks for all the input
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same problem
I had the exact same issue (no charging no screen but capacitive touch buttons flashed) and had been playing with it trying to get my month old gold brick at this point, to rise like the Phoenix when it caught the light at just the right angle and the screen looked weird. Took a flashlight to it and the LCD is damaged but there is NO damage to the case/frame/digitizer. Been dealing with HTC for a week an probably will have to repair it myself. But heads up to anyone else with the same issue check the screen...
I am having the same problem. Any home based solutions so that i dont need to take it to either Verizon store or post it to JTAG?
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prateekjadhwani said:
I am having the same problem. Any home based solutions so that i dont need to take it to either Verizon store or post it to JTAG?
Thank You
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Although it may not appear to be charging let it sit for the night as it may be. Then take it off in the morning and hold the power button for 30 seconds and see if it boots. Some dna phones have issues when they die. My battery has died 4 times on me and when I plug it in the led light blinks for 2 mins and then it stays lit and charges so, just let it sit over night and try in the morning.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I did that whole night. The green light dint even blink for a single second. And pressing the power button does nothing. I tried plugging it into computer, computer dint even detect it. (on mac, windows 7 and linux). I tried to boot it into the bootloader mode, still no progress.
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My phone appears to be shot. Is this a hardware issue? When plugged into the computer, it recognizes the phone, but I can't access any files.
Here is a picture of what the screen looks like. Is this phone shot, or fixable?
Superman22x said:
My phone appears to be shot. Is this a hardware issue? When plugged into the computer, it recognizes the phone, but I can't access any files.
Here is a picture of what the screen looks like. Is this phone shot, or fixable?
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Just happened to mine.. Sprint just gave me a new one.. If you hold the power button down and reset it a few times it might come back. But it will not stay.
Bad touch screen .
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:what: Wow. Just happened to 2 people. Wonder if we'll see a rash more suddenly
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Out of curiosity, did the two phones that did this have the recent OTA update installed?
Nope, I have not done an OTA update in months. It's been working temperamentally all night. I was able to recover and flash a new ROM, and still, same problem. Guessing it's a hardware problem, not a software problem.
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Out of curiosity, did the two phones that did this have the recent OTA update installed?
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No mine happened last Friday. I have a thread in here where someone linked me to the same problem where its in the cable that goes to the screen..
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No mine happened last Friday. I have a thread in here where someone linked me to the same problem where its in the cable that goes to the screen..
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Anyway to get at that cable in this phone?
That exact thing happened to my device about 3 weeks ago. Sprint replaced the screen for $50. When I powered it up the screen was unresponsive. Turned out that I had an older twrp with a new touch panel. Even though the screen was all full of snow the touch panel was working and I ended up
wiping my system. What an ordeal! My device is working perfect now, it's definitely your screen. Good luck!
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Superman22x said:
Anyway to get at that cable in this phone?
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If you know how to take the phone apart.. but it would be best to take to sprint.. you will need to try to get the screen back on to run a ruu to unroot the phone..
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Not hard to take the phone apart but, for $50 bucks they said if it wasn't the screen they would give me a new device. They won't know it's rooted till they fire it up. The guy that helped me didn't care that it was rooted, it's hardware failure. His EVO was rooted lol
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Nearest sprint store is 200 miles away from my school... I called and they said to call HTC, it will be covered by them, not by Sprint.
Pressing in the lower left of the screen usually gets it to come back on though.
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Nearest sprint store is 200 miles away from my school... I called and they said to call HTC, it will be covered by them, not by Sprint.
Pressing in the lower left of the screen usually gets it to come back on though.
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If you have tep insurance they can't refuse to replace it unless it got wet
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I do not have insurance...
I had this issue. Give it time and it should go back . I was at the Sprint store and then the screen came back. Is your phone hot?
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Id say it is your touch screen drivers. I have had the same issue when they first dropped. I doubt your LCD would be doing that. If it does fix the issue, then you got a different model touchscreen/lcd.
EDIT: Just read your post about it returning to normal by pressing on the screen. So it does sound like there are some issues, and probably need to get the screen replaced. See what options you have with sprint as it is probably out of warranty with htc anyways. Most shops would charge 100-150 to replace it probably.
I believe it is standard policy for Sprint to charge $50 to fix or replace the device if it can't be fixed. It's not a bad deal, my gf's device had a dead spot and they replaced the screen for $50. You will pay about that for a screen on the internet if you replace it your self. Your only problem is the distance to travel and in my case they had to order the screen so I activated my OG till the part came in. The $50 will guarantee you will get a working device.
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HTC will replace it for free, I bought the phone from Sprint in March, so it's still in the 1 year warranty even though it was actually manufactured in August.
The strange thing I'm noticing now, is that sometimes the screen goes static, but when I press in that corner, the screen comes back, but it is frozen. The phone seems to freeze a lot now as well.
HTC will replace it for free, I bought the phone from Sprint in March, so it's still in the 1 year warranty even though it was actually manufactured in August. Annoying thing is it takes a minimum of 2 weeks, and I am waiting on a few important calls in the next few weeks. I'm going to buy a used phone on ebay, and then sell it when I'm done.
The strange thing I'm noticing now, is that sometimes the screen goes static, but when I press in that corner, the screen comes back, but it is frozen. The phone seems to freeze a lot now as well. When it's frozen, if I turn the screen off then back on, the static is back. Which almost seems software related. Strange problem.
Update. HTC says the phone is out of warranty and quoted me $290 for repair. I'm guessing this is because I left it S-off? Even though it is clearly a hardware issue...
My next question, is it worth buying a screen online and replacing that, or does the fault go deeper? I can handle the screen replacement, but if there is more wrong, then that is $50 wasted.