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Hello Experts,
here is my short and sad story:
brand new Atrix will not boot, can't reset, unresponsive. No I didn't brick it, didn't attempt rooting, unlocking, loading custom rom, etc. All I did after recieving the phone and being happy with it for about 36 hours, I plugged it into my laptop for the night for charging, and morning it was toasted.
What happens now is if I try to turn it on, the green status light comes up for about 1-2 seconds, then goes off, and the phone does not boot. If I plug the phone to a USB port of my notebook, the green status light will be on steadily. Any attemp to turn the phone on will result in the above sequence (green indicator for 1-2 seconds, then goes off, and the phone does not boot).
I tried the so-called hard reset, holding the volume-down button while booting, same results, no difference, no responsiveness. Definitely no boot menu where I could choose the recovery option.
Here comes the worst (for me): I bought the phone on ebay, was delivered to me in perfect condition, so I obviously can't blame the seller. I live in Hungary, Europe, where the official Motorola service hasn't even heard about the Atrix. My phone's warranty is limited to USA/Canada. To go with the required Motorola workflow, I'd need to send back the phone to US ($$$), have it delivered it to a US resident, who will send it to the service and send it back afterwards to me (again, $$$).
So here I'm with an unresponsive device, which already cost me around USD800 with all the shipping fees, EU VAT and whatnot.
I WANT MY ATRIX.
I'm offering a bounty of $50 to anyone who can help me to reset/reboot my phone. The bounty will be delivered either by paypal or by wire transfer to any account worldwide. The criterium for awarded bounty is me seing the main menu of my atrix again, and being the first advice that helped me to get there.
I'll watch this thread actively, however you can reach me on skype: szepeshazi or szepeshazi (at) gmail (dot) com, I'm more responsive on those channels.
Any help will be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Andras
Have you tried charging it off the wall yet?
Reason I ask is because you didn't say if you did or not and from my experience, trying to charge from any laptop or desktop, it simply wont charge. It will hold the charge but not charge the phone.
Other than that, maybe somebody else will be able to help you out. Good luck.
Have you tried pulling the battery and putting it back?
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"Have you tried charging it off the wall yet? "
No I did not have an adaptor for the differing sockets (US/EU).
However I successfully charged the phone before via USB from 40% to 100%, without any issues (this happened one time).
Thanks for thaking a stab at my problem.
I would still suggest to buy a usb wall charger and see if that works.
Im no expert. Maybe you need this? http://www.amazon.com/Universal-Europe-Wall-Plug-Adapter/dp/B003LYHJ88
coldfusionb said:
Have you tried pulling the battery and putting it back?
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Two times. Once I left it undisturbed with battery off for 8 hours, second time for about 22 hours. No change.
"I would still suggest to buy a usb wall charger and see if that works."
I'm doing that now. Grean indicator is steady. Will leave it like that for a couple of hours before attempting to turn the phone on.
Well if you have successful charged it via Computer and mow its not working my first guess is the battery. As we all know the phone should come on when plugged in even if the charge was low. Only other suggestion I would have is try a different Computer or charging source, your drivers my be corrupt.
Take it to your local store and plug it in see what happens.
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"I would still suggest to buy a usb wall charger and see if that works."
I'm doing that now. Grean indicator is steady. Will leave it like that for a couple of hours before attempting to turn the phone on.
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Sounds promising. Not all USB ports on computers can deliver the juice to charge devices. You might have just drained the battery hopefully.
bleuiko said:
Sounds promising. Not all USB ports on computers can deliver the juice to charge devices. You might have just drained the battery hopefully.
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I have an Alienware Mx17, WTF lol.. I would think this beast to have way more than enough..
To OP, let us know if the wall charger works for you.
Another thought while I'm at it check the condition of your mating surfaces of battery and phone because even if there were no battery installed you'd get the green light I'm sure misrepresenting a full charge
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szepeshazi said:
Hello Experts,
here is my short and sad story:
brand new Atrix will not boot, can't reset, unresponsive. No I didn't brick it, didn't attempt rooting, unlocking, loading custom rom, etc. All I did after recieving the phone and being happy with it for about 36 hours, I plugged it into my laptop for the night for charging, and morning it was toasted.
What happens now is if I try to turn it on, the green status light comes up for about 1-2 seconds, then goes off, and the phone does not boot. If I plug the phone to a USB port of my notebook, the green status light will be on steadily. Any attemp to turn the phone on will result in the above sequence (green indicator for 1-2 seconds, then goes off, and the phone does not boot).
I tried the so-called hard reset, holding the volume-down button while booting, same results, no difference, no responsiveness. Definitely no boot menu where I could choose the recovery option.
Here comes the worst (for me): I bought the phone on ebay, was delivered to me in perfect condition, so I obviously can't blame the seller. I live in Hungary, Europe, where the official Motorola service hasn't even heard about the Atrix. My phone's warranty is limited to USA/Canada. To go with the required Motorola workflow, I'd need to send back the phone to US ($$$), have it delivered it to a US resident, who will send it to the service and send it back afterwards to me (again, $$$).
So here I'm with an unresponsive device, which already cost me around USD800 with all the shipping fees, EU VAT and whatnot.
I WANT MY ATRIX.
I'm offering a bounty of $50 to anyone who can help me to reset/reboot my phone. The bounty will be delivered either by paypal or by wire transfer to any account worldwide. The criterium for awarded bounty is me seing the main menu of my atrix again, and being the first advice that helped me to get there.
I'll watch this thread actively, however you can reach me on skype: szepeshazi or szepeshazi (at) gmail (dot) com, I'm more responsive on those channels.
Any help will be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Andras
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There are so many szepeshazi in skype. Tried sending some IMs. Try it out, it will work. I've had the same issue in the past.
Phone still doesn't work
"I would still suggest to buy a usb wall charger and see if that works."
I've left the Atrix on the usb wall charger for the whole night. Unfortunately I got the same results when I tried to turn it on, it's still dead.
Additional info: when the phone got toasted, it was on the USB port of my notebook, charging. I set the "stay awake" option (or whatever it is called) to have the screen continuously on while on the USB. I woke up in the night and checked on the phone, it was alive and kickin' after about 6 hours of charging. 3 hours later when I woke up again in the morning, it was gone.
@ksekhar : "There are so many szepeshazi in skype. Tried sending some IMs. Try it out, it will work. I've had the same issue in the past."
Username is unique in skype and my username is "szepeshazi". So I'm easy to find. Also, szepeshazi _at_ gmail _dot_ com works. Anyway, why don't you post your sugesstion here?
Checked the mating surfaces, they seem ok to me. Also, I plugged the phone to the another noteebook, a macbook, this also did not change a thing. Thanks for your suggestions, though.
szepeshazi said:
"I would still suggest to buy a usb wall charger and see if that works."
I've left the Atrix on the usb wall charger for the whole night. Unfortunately I got the same results when I tried to turn it on, it's still dead.
Additional info: when the phone got toasted, it was on the USB port of my notebook, charging. I set the "stay awake" option (or whatever it is called) to have the screen continuously on while on the USB. I woke up in the night and checked on the phone, it was alive and kickin' after about 6 hours of charging. 3 hours later when I woke up again in the morning, it was gone.
@ksekhar : "There are so many szepeshazi in skype. Tried sending some IMs. Try it out, it will work. I've had the same issue in the past."
Username is unique in skype and my username is "szepeshazi". So I'm easy to find. Also, szepeshazi _at_ gmail _dot_ com works. Anyway, why don't you post your sugesstion here?
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i've had the same problem and posted problem as well as solutino in the same sub-forum Atrix Q&A. Pls have a look. Good luck.
btw, if your skype name is unique you should have received my msgs and hope you manage to fix your phone.
@ksekhar Ok I found your thread, so basically you're suggesting to charge the phone for a couple of hours, then take the battery off for a minute, then reinsert it and the phone will boot?
I'm pretty sure I tried that already, but doing it again now. Will get back to ya all in a couple of hours.
Yeah, this didn't help either, problem is still the same. I guess there is nothing left to do but send it back to the US of A.
That really, really sucks.
Anyway, folks, thanks for your sincere effort trying to help me out.
szepeshazi said:
Hello Experts,
here is my short and sad story:
brand new Atrix will not boot, can't reset, unresponsive. No I didn't brick it, didn't attempt rooting, unlocking, loading custom rom, etc. All I did after recieving the phone and being happy with it for about 36 hours, I plugged it into my laptop for the night for charging, and morning it was toasted.
What happens now is if I try to turn it on, the green status light comes up for about 1-2 seconds, then goes off, and the phone does not boot. If I plug the phone to a USB port of my notebook, the green status light will be on steadily. Any attemp to turn the phone on will result in the above sequence (green indicator for 1-2 seconds, then goes off, and the phone does not boot).
I tried the so-called hard reset, holding the volume-down button while booting, same results, no difference, no responsiveness. Definitely no boot menu where I could choose the recovery option.
Here comes the worst (for me): I bought the phone on ebay, was delivered to me in perfect condition, so I obviously can't blame the seller. I live in Hungary, Europe, where the official Motorola service hasn't even heard about the Atrix. My phone's warranty is limited to USA/Canada. To go with the required Motorola workflow, I'd need to send back the phone to US ($$$), have it delivered it to a US resident, who will send it to the service and send it back afterwards to me (again, $$$).
So here I'm with an unresponsive device, which already cost me around USD800 with all the shipping fees, EU VAT and whatnot.
I WANT MY ATRIX.
I'm offering a bounty of $50 to anyone who can help me to reset/reboot my phone. The bounty will be delivered either by paypal or by wire transfer to any account worldwide. The criterium for awarded bounty is me seing the main menu of my atrix again, and being the first advice that helped me to get there.
I'll watch this thread actively, however you can reach me on skype: szepeshazi or szepeshazi (at) gmail (dot) com, I'm more responsive on those channels.
Any help will be greatly, greatly appreciated.
Andras
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if it doesnt hold a charge .. try replacing the battery with a brand new one cause you probly OVERLOAD the battery
Going with the last one.
I had this same exact problem. I thought my Atrix had died or been bricked somehow. I called support, stupidly before googling it, they were closed and I was going to have to wait and send it in to have it replaced since I'm still in the thirty day window. I then searched online and it turns out you need to charge the phone with the wall charger, because most computers USB ports don't send enough power to it, similar to what the iPad had issues with. As soon as I borrowed my cousin's iPhone wall charger and plugged it in, it turned on immediately and was up to 15% in like ten minutes...Good luck!
Greetings!
This isn't the first time my X10 stops working, but most of the times simple SEUS or flashtool flash fixed everything. But this time it's diferent, that's why I'm asking for help.
For the whole previous week my phone was playing with me. Random reboots, power button stopping to work, taking the phone out of the pocket just to see it turned off and such. This is how it reacts now:
1. Trying to turn it on: Green LED flashes for a split second and then the phone vibrates and that's it. No reaction. If I leave it then, green LED flashes for a split second from time to time. Have to reinsert the battery to make it 'react' again.
2. Trying to use SEUS: It detects the phone alright, the phone seems to enter flash mode, but the status bar doesn't even start filling. After some time I just get the message that the flashing failed.
3. Trying to use flashtool: Pretty much the same: status bar doesn't move, and after some time 'Flashing failed'.
4. Plugging it into wall charger or usb: Green LED lights up like in flash mode for 5 secs, then turns off, then lights up again and alternates like that every 5 seconds or so.
Any suggestions? I was on Wolf's V6 rom, locked bootloader, and my warranty ended like 5 months ago. Pretty sticky situtation. I'd really like to revive it without the need to bring it to repair or something. Eagerly waiting for every reply.
Thanks in advance!
Bump!
Please anybody!
probly cos of dead battery
I would say it was most probably because of your battery is ****ed, your battery connecting pins are screwed, or something gotta do with hardware.
Try leaving the phone on charge for at least 2 hours to see if that fixes it.
Or try to "Jump" start your battery.
I have read how to do this in a thread somewhere...i think by omegared...try and search for it
U can use external battery chargers to charge your battery. Or you can borrow it from someone for few hours
CheersS!
Milton --> From X10i on ROM : "ThGo2 v10. 0 beta1"
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Thanks for all the replies, I really appreciate that!
>pheel
I kinda suspected my battery would be faulty. I remember I dropped it accidentaly around the time it stopped working. The fall won't be over 50cm, but I guess it was still fatal...
>gregbradley
After it stopped working, I left it plugged into wall charger overnight. Had just green led flashing and still no boot. Jump starting seems to be something I don't wanna mess with
>milton.bain
Don't really have access to any of these items, but I guess I'll try to get it from somewhere.
Ok then..
just buy a new battery then
if you want to check before you pay, find a friend with a working x10 and borrow theirs...
Noone I know owns a X10, but someone I know works at the place I bought my phone, so I'll try to borrow a battery from there for a few moments.
some of the symptoms of your phone indicates that it might be a motherboard problem.
the best suggestion is that you try out another battery in your phone, and see if it will act the same. if it is, have it checked, it might be hardware.
so my amaze 4g has been having battery problems for a few days (this is the 2nd battery for it, first died after 13 months), and tonight i went to check a text message and i had about 45% battery left,i swipe to unlock the phone and then 1 sec later it just goes black.
i have tried everything, but the LED wont even turn on when plugged into charger/pc. in device manger i see "qhsusb_dload" , but everything Ive goggled about this issue seems to be related to modified phones, not bone stock.
any help?
haxxo said:
so my amaze 4g has been having battery problems for a few days (this is the 2nd battery for it, first died after 13 months), and tonight i went to check a text message and i had about 45% battery left,i swipe to unlock the phone and then 1 sec later it just goes black.
i have tried everything, but the LED wont even turn on when plugged into charger/pc. in device manger i see "qhsusb_dload" , but everything Ive goggled about this issue seems to be related to modified phones, not bone stock.
any help?
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Unlucky! Your phone is dead,the only hope for you here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627882
This happens when your battery is really dead. You might have to leave the charger plugged in for a few hours before the LED comes back on.
However, this is a temporary fix, and it is likely that it will happen again.
I'd recommend you to get a new battery, even if plugging it for a few hours solves your problem. HTC Amazes are notorious for killing batteries. If you look around, you'll see threads talking about horrible battery life, similar random shutdowns, and such that can only be fixed with a new battery.
SuperAfnan said:
Are you kidding me, why did you have to post this in the development section. This is for ROMs, Kernels, Mods, and development stuff only.
Please read the forum rules next time because you could get an infraction or get scolded. I am not rude so I don't do that stuff usually. Be warned!
Can someone call a moderator to move the thread, or lock it. I can't call a mod from the app.
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i thought i was posting in the Q&A section, i tried to delete the thread right after i saw my mistake, but it wont let me delete.
eadrang said:
Unlucky! Your phone is dead,the only hope for you here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1627882
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wow, great quality phone HTC.
Keylogger_0 said:
This happens when your battery is really dead. You might have to leave the charger plugged in for a few hours before the LED comes back on.
However, this is a temporary fix, and it is likely that it will happen again.
I'd recommend you to get a new battery, even if plugging it for a few hours solves your problem. HTC Amazes are notorious for killing batteries. If you look around, you'll see threads talking about horrible battery life, similar random shutdowns, and such that can only be fixed with a new battery.
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i tested my battery voltage and it was 3.850, how can it be really dead when its rated at 3.8v? i have had the battery issue before, but it never bricked my phone.
It's not bricked. (It shouldn't be)
Remove the battery, press the power button several times to dissipate any remaining charge in the phone, and then insert a fully charged battery. I'd recommend you using a different phone (if available) to charge the said battery.
After that, it should boot up normally.
And if I recall, voltage is supposed to be consistent, regardless of the charge level (unless it's totally dead, then maybe it's different, I don't know)
It's the current you want to look for.
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It's not bricked. (It shouldn't be)
Remove the battery, press the power button several times to dissipate any remaining charge in the phone, and then insert a fully charged battery. I'd recommend you using a different phone (if available) to charge the said battery.
After that, it should boot up normally.
And if I recall, voltage is supposed to be consistent, regardless of the charge level (unless it's totally dead, then maybe it's different, I don't know)
It's the current you want to look for.
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thanks for the advice, i dont have any other phone to change this battery with. ill go and see if i can set up seomthing to test amperage, otherwise ill let it charge and heopfully it works.
EDIT: you sir are correct about the battery, i tested the amperage and a normal AA cell had 4.8A the phone battery had 0.002A lol.
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thanks for the advice, i dont have any other phone to change this battery with. ill go and see if i can set up seomthing to test amperage, otherwise ill let it charge and heopfully it works.
EDIT: you sir are correct about the battery, i tested the amperage and a normal AA cell had 4.8A the phone battery had 0.002A lol.
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Yeah that's not normal. You could try charging it, but it's likely that the battery is fried already. You can buy a new battery on Amazon or some similar site. Many people (including me) recommend Anker batteries.
If you have no luck with the battery this HTC unbricking project for the amaze is definetly for you
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sportsstar89 said:
If you have no luck with the battery this HTC unbricking project for the amaze is definetly for you
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got a new anker battery from someone local, i saw the battery working on an amaze4g, doesn't work on mine. so the phone is the issue, are u sure the unbricking project is for me? it seems to be pointed to ppl who switched S-on
Well i tired to unbrick it, couldn't even get past the first step. linux detects the qualcomm device as bus 001 device 003 but brickdetect does not pick it up.
dead mobo?
Hi guys. Is there any fix for my P7500 tab?
It wont turn on, black screen, but can be detected by the computer via apx.I use to flash it via apx or nvflash but I it was locked tablet. Is there any ways to boot it up so i can flash it via odin?
Thank you in advance for the reply.
psychoneo said:
Hi guys. Is there any fix for my P7500 tab?
It wont turn on, black screen, but can be detected by the computer via adx.I use to flash it via adx or nvflash but I it was locked tablet. Is there any ways to boot it up so i can flash it via odin?
Thank you in advance for the reply.
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So do you mean adb or apx?
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stinky73 said:
So do you mean adb or apx?
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Oh sorry. APX i mean. my question above is now edited. Any idea sir? or i should brought it to samsung service center?
Maybe the only thing to try at the moment would be the old battery drain technique... Usual means is to tape down the power button and wait days and days until it is dead, really dead ( shows nothing when connected to computer), then connect to wall charger and reboot and see what you get. This is really the ultimate "hard reset" but same result can be obtained far more quickly by removing the back and disconnecting the battery for a while to remove residual charge... Not as frightening or difficult as it might seem, have done it loads of times for various faults and to replace batteries in several tabs.
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stinky73 said:
Maybe the only thing to try at the moment would be the old battery drain technique... Usual means is to tape down the power button and wait days and days until it is dead, really dead ( shows nothing when connected to computer), then connect to wall charger and reboot and see what you get. This is really the ultimate "hard reset" but same result can be obtained far more quickly by removing the back and disconnecting the battery for a while to remove residual charge... Not as frightening or difficult as it might seem, have done it loads of times for various faults and to replace batteries in several tabs.
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thank you sir. Im doing it now. But Im a doing it correctly? i just connected it to the computer for apx mode then after that i tape the power button so that it continuously on and off for apx mode then i disconnected it to the computer or I should leave it stay? i think it will charge if i connected it to the computer.
If you're trying to discharge by taping down power button just leave the tab on it's own not plugged into anything... Plugging into something that charges rather defeats the object of the exercise
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Samsung Service Center
Thank you for the help. I think I need to bring it to service center. There's no battery charging icon when I charged it. I dont know if its well drain but I use a laptop cooling fan via OTG to drain it. the fan and the lights from the cooling pad is not functioning anymore so i try to plug the tab to the wall charger and nothing happens.
By the way thank you. :good:
Any luck?
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Thank you for the help. I think I need to bring it to service center. There's no battery charging icon when I charged it. I dont know if its well drain but I use a laptop cooling fan via OTG to drain it. the fan and the lights from the cooling pad is not functioning anymore so i try to plug the tab to the wall charger and nothing happens.
By the way thank you. :good:
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I'm facing the same issue now, i have taped my power and volume button for a day... will that work? Did you finally turn on your tablet?
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I'm facing the same issue now, i have taped my power and volume button for a day... will that work? Did you finally turn on your tablet?
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In some cases it takes more than a day, be patient... Unless you are prepared to remove the back and unplug battery... The aim of the game is to completely power down the tab and remove residual charge in components, the "hardest" reset available.... So, two ways to achieve that is drain battery or disconnect battery... If you drain battery you must be sure it's empty to achieve desired effect then you obviously cannot restart it without charging a bit as the battery is empty, so you connect charger then try to boot, but the tricky bit is being sure the battery is completely drained otherwise you are just wasting your time... That is why battery disconnect is preferable
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stinky73 said:
In some cases it takes more than a day, be patient... Unless you are prepared to remove the back and unplug battery... The aim of the game is to completely power down the tab and remove residual charge in components, the "hardest" reset available.... So, two ways to achieve that is drain battery or disconnect battery... If you drain battery you must be sure it's empty to achieve desired effect then you obviously cannot restart it without charging a bit as the battery is empty, so you connect charger then try to boot, but the tricky bit is being sure the battery is completely drained otherwise you are just wasting your time... That is why battery disconnect is preferable
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How do you disconnect the battery to discharge. I tried the taped power button for five days and it still seen by PC in Device Manager.
datastar said:
How do you disconnect the battery to discharge. I tried the taped power button for five days and it still seen by PC in Device Manager.
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Suggest you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325109 download the manual - then unplug the battery for 10 mins or so to remove any residual power, reconnect and see what happens
Good luck
Edit....I got beat to the post. I would follow the advice above first.
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How do you disconnect the battery to discharge. I tried the taped power button for five days and it still seen by PC in Device Manager.
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Look for some videos on YouTube because it involves removing the back of your tab. So see seeing it done is a great help.
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stinky73 said:
Suggest you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325109 download the manual - then unplug the battery for 10 mins or so to remove any residual power, reconnect and see what happens
Good luck
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Many Thanks to You stinky73
I had to purchase an iFixIt repair kit to get the correct driver to remove the two screws. I disconnected the battery, waited ten minutes and when I reconnected I was SO HAPPY to see the battery charging icon. I charged for a while a fired up the tablet. Everything was the same as if nothing happened. I am so happy because Samsung said they could fix the problem and it would be a flat rate of $150 which I don't have and I would lose everything.
Many thanks
datastar said:
Many Thanks to You stinky73
I had to purchase an iFixIt repair kit to get the correct driver to remove the two screws. I disconnected the battery, waited ten minutes and when I reconnected I was SO HAPPY to see the battery charging icon. I charged for a while a fired up the tablet. Everything was the same as if nothing happened. I am so happy because Samsung said they could fix the problem and it would be a flat rate of $150 which I don't have and I would lose everything.
Many thanks
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How hard was removing the back? I'm wanting to do some building for my 7510 and will be using it for testing so I'm most likely to brick it at least once or twice.
Hard screw removal
Benzoman said:
How hard was removing the back? I'm wanting to do some building for my 7510 and will be using it for testing so I'm most likely to brick it at least once or twice.
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It took me longer to remove the screws then anything. I stripped them and will need to replace them. I tried a regular screwdriver before the tri-wing screw driver and paid dearly in time. Once the two screws were removed, use a plastic pry tool starting on the bottom where the screws are because once the bottom and sides are pried lose, the top will slide over the extended audio jack.
1.5 hours to remove stripped screws
10 minutes to pry open
1 minute to disconnect battery (did not remove battery or three data cables on top of battery)
10 minutes wait for discharge
3 minutes to re-connect battery cable (it slides forward and snap down)
2 minutes to replace case
datastar said:
Many Thanks to You stinky73
I had to purchase an iFixIt repair kit to get the correct driver to remove the two screws. I disconnected the battery, waited ten minutes and when I reconnected I was SO HAPPY to see the battery charging icon. I charged for a while a fired up the tablet. Everything was the same as if nothing happened. I am so happy because Samsung said they could fix the problem and it would be a flat rate of $150 which I don't have and I would lose everything.
Many thanks
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Happy for you, it usually works!! :good:
stinky73 said:
Happy for you, it usually works!! :good:
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Forgive the gravedigging, but I am unable to find anything regarding my situation, and the original poster has a problem that is similar to mine (my thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52931715 ). I hope someone is able to give me a hand here!
I am wondering, it has been over 15 minutes since I disconnected the battery completely, but connecting the P7500 to my laptop still shows an APX device being connected. Could there be some hardware issue preventing the device from being fully discharged?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Still no joy with waking the tablet up
Lightside said:
Forgive the gravedigging, but I am unable to find anything regarding my situation, and the original poster has a problem that is similar to mine (my thread is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52931715 ). I hope someone is able to give me a hand here!
I am wondering, it has been over 15 minutes since I disconnected the battery completely, but connecting the P7500 to my laptop still shows an APX device being connected. Could there be some hardware issue preventing the device from being fully discharged?
Thanks in advance for any help!
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I've got the same issue as Lightside and the original poster. Mine is a GT-P7500, which had CM10 nightly ROM with CWM recovery. I sold it on eBay, but before selling, I wiped the tablet and got it back to the Clockworkmod main screen. I turned it off completely and shipped it to the buyer, ready for it to be registered by the new user.
The buyer received the tablet and from the e-mails I received from him in the first couple of days, all was going well. Then, a couple of days later, he sent me an e-mail saying that the screen shows the android lying on its back with "Odin download" mode showing. A day later, he sends me a messaging saying that he can't turn the tablet on at all. The guy who bought it is an old man and didn't know much about fixing the issue. I asked him whether he powered the tablet off while still plugged in to the wall charger and he confirmed that he did. I asked him to return it to me and I can try and fix it, so now, I have the tablet back and it won't turn on. Here's what is happening:
1. I drained the battery using the cellotape method
2. Installed the NVflash drivers
3. Waited for the battery to drain (almost 9 days and the LED flash stopped blinking, so assumed it was completely drained)
4. Plugged it in to the PC and it immediately showed up again as a device under the USB controllers within Device Manager
5. I then unplugged the battery by opening the back of the tab, left it for 15 mins, then tried the wall charger again, but nothing. No charging icon on the screen.
When I try to press the power button, I can see the LED light up, but the screen is still blank.
Could this be a hardware issue and if so, what do you think could have caused it?
Could really do with some help here, folks! I don't want to have to give the buyer a refund because technically, he got it when it was in working condition and he probably did something to screw it up, but since he's an old man, I thought I'd try and help him, if I can.
same to me
someshj1577 said:
I've got the same issue as Lightside and the original poster. Mine is a GT-P7500, which had CM10 nightly ROM with CWM recovery. I sold it on eBay, but before selling, I wiped the tablet and got it back to the Clockworkmod main screen. I turned it off completely and shipped it to the buyer, ready for it to be registered by the new user.
The buyer received the tablet and from the e-mails I received from him in the first couple of days, all was going well. Then, a couple of days later, he sent me an e-mail saying that the screen shows the android lying on its back with "Odin download" mode showing. A day later, he sends me a messaging saying that he can't turn the tablet on at all. The guy who bought it is an old man and didn't know much about fixing the issue. I asked him whether he powered the tablet off while still plugged in to the wall charger and he confirmed that he did. I asked him to return it to me and I can try and fix it, so now, I have the tablet back and it won't turn on. Here's what is happening:
1. I drained the battery using the cellotape method
2. Installed the NVflash drivers
3. Waited for the battery to drain (almost 9 days and the LED flash stopped blinking, so assumed it was completely drained)
4. Plugged it in to the PC and it immediately showed up again as a device under the USB controllers within Device Manager
5. I then unplugged the battery by opening the back of the tab, left it for 15 mins, then tried the wall charger again, but nothing. No charging icon on the screen.
When I try to press the power button, I can see the LED light up, but the screen is still blank.
Could this be a hardware issue and if so, what do you think could have caused it?
Could really do with some help here, folks! I don't want to have to give the buyer a refund because technically, he got it when it was in working condition and he probably did something to screw it up, but since he's an old man, I thought I'd try and help him, if I can.
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i have a GT-7500 ,i used the original firmeware,it's the same issue,drain battery method not working,somebody help?
Hello,
I have an unrooted Z2. With around 30% battery left, I put it in the charging dock on my desktop yesterday evening. After 1 or 2 hours, I noticed that the phone is completely dead - no LEDs are blinking, no vibration, nothing. I tried pressing the power button alone, in combination with VolumeDown, VolumeUp, CameraButton, for more than 30 seconds each. I tried pressing down the tiny red button next to the SIM slot for awhile. Nothing. Phone is dead like a brick.
The only result I'm getting is when I plug it into my computer (ubuntu 14.10) - the LED bar on top is showing a constant red color in this case. Doing the button presses outlined above in this situation is also pointless.
I'm installing flashtool for Linux right now, the connection is pretty slow and it will take awhile. I hope to find out more afterwards. I'm a newbie when it comes to flashing sony phones, only found out now about flashtool. Any advice/tip on how to proceed, or if it even makes sense to dig into this, is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Hello,
are you perfectly sure your dock was connected properly and it hasn't discharged your phone? Maybe there was something wrong with it.
I had similar situation while I was low on battery and I was creating backup in recovery. Then I fell asleep and I have found my phone completely 'dead'. I connected it to the wall charger and nothing. No led, no nothing. I have even connected it to my pc and also nothing happened. Then I connected my Z2 to the wall charger and I left it like that. And after few hours, out of the blue, just turned itself on, just like my old Nokia n95.
I'm sorry it's not quite solution you looked for, but give it a try. Essential is to charge it via wall charger.
Good luck!
Do what @amon87 says OP. Charge it on a wall charger for a minimum of 3-4 hours; If that doesn't work, can you specify whether you were using a legitimate Sony dock or a third party dock? If it was third party, it could possibly have caused a hardware problem with your device via the magnetic charge pins (not extremely likely but not unheard of). Worst case scenario, send it back to Sony in the next few days. The warranty will cover it if you haven't caused water damage or anything like that.
Thanks for your replies! I also hoped for a sudden discharge, so I removed the device from the dock, plugged the USB in directly, and left it overnight - still nothing. Also, I have the original Sony dock, and have never exposed the device to any water.
Found out the model number in the meantime, it's D5303, if it's of any help. Flashtool does not see the device, unfortunately. I just found out that Sony describes an option to restore your device through the official PC companion app - I'll give that a try when I'm home, and will report back tomorrow.
Otherwise I guess my only option is the warranty.
There's also an option to quickly plug in and out charging wire to kick-start the battery. Unfortunatelly i have no further ideas to help you out.
Don't give your hopes up, try again. There's been a thread of a guy whose Z2 turned itself off and it seemed dead, but after a day or two it just turned on.
So, of course it's also not detected by Sony's "Bridge for Mac" app. Plugging it in and out brought also no results.
As the device is still covered by warranty, and I have yet not tampered with it, I've sent it in for repair! My pocket feels so empty now, i wonder how life is going to be without a phone. Apparently they need 5 - 10 working days.
Thanks for your kind support, guys!
Sorry to hear that. Hope it will get fixed!