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Hey guys, is anyone else getting these random reboots? Its happened several times now and I got the phone on Friday morning. Last time it happened ( 10 min ago), i was in XDA app. When it reboots the red charging LED comes on for a second. I have no idea why its doing this.
Return it.
Are you sure I should return it already? I was wondering if maybe it was common among many people.
Sounds like a faulty phone, simply go get another one. Sprint knows there is going to be issues and will be happy to replace them. I nor my friends have had a problem with it yet.
yeh sounds defective...i haven't had a single non-initiated reboot since wednesday...
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Sounds like a faulty phone, simply go get another one. Sprint knows there is going to be issues and will be happy to replace them. I nor my friends have had a problem with it yet.
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Ehh alright i really didn’t want to have to return it or anything. Guess I'll take it to sprint later this week
At least do a clear storage first. Then see. That's probably the first thing they would do... and then they would tell you to come back if the problem continues. This way, you have at least eliminated that as a possibility. Also, what all did you install? This could be an app doing it.
Yuppers...no reboots here. Not since the Hero days I'd say its an app or your phone.
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Hmm true, Im guessing an app is eating my ram because I constantly.have over 50% used
edufur said:
At least do a clear storage first. Then see. That's probably the first thing they would do... and then they would tell you to come back if the problem continues. This way, you have at least eliminated that as a possibility. Also, what all did you install? This could be an app doing it.
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I just got a random reboot while using speedtest.net app. I ran like 4 in a row, then suddenly it shut down and booted up. I am pretty sure I'll be returning mine, as I've had a slew of other random bugs/issues going on. I was trying to determine if it's just buggy software, or if there is a problem with the phone.
What other issues do you,have? I noticed one otjer thing that htcs task.manager and the built in running services from the settings app show different amounts of memory and amt used/free. I'm betting this is just software issue. I really dont want to have return and resetup my phone
k2buckley said:
I just got a random reboot while using speedtest.net app. I ran like 4 in a row, then suddenly it shut down and booted up. I am pretty sure I'll be returning mine, as I've had a slew of other random bugs/issues going on. I was trying to determine if it's just buggy software, or if there is a problem with the phone.
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Have you taken the ota's
Bussin Caps from my 3D shooter
I had a random reboot before I did any updates, and now no issues that I didn't cause with my own ignorance so far
Bussin Caps from my 3D shooter
Yeah, iv only had one reboot after otas
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Have you taken the ota's
Bussin Caps from my 3D shooter
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Get all the updates and then do a factory reset and see how it works after that.
I had the random reboots. I tried hard reset without any apps and without setting up email and I'd still get the reboots randomly. I exchanged it for another one at Bestbuy and I haven't had a single reboot since. Even with all my apps, email, and calendars setup. I'd return it! Also, I did not install the updates on either phone. I just tried the speedtest.net app four times in a row and I did not get any reboots. Let me know if you want me to check out anything else.
I was having the same problem before and after otas. I was also getting a blank screen once in a while too. I got mine wed and probably pulled the battery about 20 times. Finally broke down and did a factory reset by holding the volume key down when powering on and selecting factory reset. Its been fine so far. I also wiped 16gb sd card from evo, formated it in phone and only copied media files over.
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I was having the same problem before and after otas. I was also getting a blank screen once in a while too. I got mine wed and probably pulled the battery about 20 times. Finally broke down and did a factory reset by holding the volume key down when powering on and selecting factory reset. Its been fine so far. I also wiped 16gb sd card from evo, formated it in phone and only copied media files over.
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I did the same as you too. It seemed better at first but then it started again. I also found that after erasing the sd card with the phone I had folders that where inaccessible after android created the new ones. I ended up formatting the card with windows and deselected the quick format option. That fixed the problem with the sd card. Note all this stuff was with my first phone. The replacement has been flawless.
I'm gonna hold out another week, if I get any reboots in that time, it's back to sprint for a new one.
I got mine on Friday, then all of a sudden out of no where I started getting random reboots last night about every 10 minutes, then when I was able to get it to stay on for a while the screen would just go black and the buttons stay lit up though. Oddly enough it was doing that all last night and all this morning, until about 9 this morning and since then it's been running fine. I was able to track down my problem somewhat at least, for some reason it kept trying to sync my exchange account and it was unable to sync, and every time i tried to open up that email account to delete it, the screen would go blank. Even though everything is working know I'm still going to the sprint store today to see if they will exchange it.
I've spent 2 about weeks trying to figure out why my camera is no longer working. I tried to get s-off but with no luck so went ahead and flashed ICS while being s-on. I did run into some problems where the phone would get stuck at the htc screen but it turned out to be a bad download.
The phone runs great but for some reason the camera just doesn't want to load. When I launch the camera the phone acts as if its about to load but just freezes at a black screen. The phone is unresponsive until after a battery pull or on occasion it will restart on its own after some time. Hitting the back key and home key don't do anything but give some unresponsive haptic feedback.
The day that I noticed it wasn't working was the day my amaze overheated when using navigation while on the car charger. It's overheated before with the same setup and has always worked fine same goes for my HD2 and TP2. I've already called HTC and T-mobile to see if it's a common problem, which it isn't, so it's either a repair or refurb.
I'm a little weary thinking that it could be a hardware problem since the heat is generally around the camera lens when the phone gets hot. Especially with the risky method of achieving s-off again around the camera. I'm hoping I'm just paranoid and this turns out to be a software problem.
I would like to get some input from you guys regarding my problem. I love this phone too much to get a refurb and doubt htc can fix it if it turns out to be a software issue. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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I've spent 2 about weeks trying to figure out why my camera is no longer working. I tried to get s-off but with no luck so went ahead and flashed ICS while being s-on. I did run into some problems where the phone would get stuck at the htc screen but it turned out to be a bad download.
The phone runs great but for some reason the camera just doesn't want to load. When I launch the camera the phone acts as if its about to load but just freezes at a black screen. The phone is unresponsive until after a battery pull or on occasion it will restart on its own after some time. Hitting the back key and home key don't do anything but give some unresponsive haptic feedback.
The day that I noticed it wasn't working was the day my amaze overheated when using navigation while on the car charger. It's overheated before with the same setup and has always worked fine same goes for my HD2 and TP2. I've already called HTC and T-mobile to see if it's a common problem, which it isn't, so it's either a repair or refurb.
I'm a little weary thinking that it could be a hardware problem since the heat is generally around the camera lens when the phone gets hot. Especially with the risky method of achieving s-off again around the camera. I'm hoping I'm just paranoid and this turns out to be a software problem.
I would like to get some input from you guys regarding my problem. I love this phone too much to get a refurb and doubt htc can fix it if it turns out to be a software issue. Any input would be greatly appreciated.
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I actually had this problem when I first got my Amaze. It worked fine for one day, and then the next day, when I tried to open the camera app, it would give me like blank screen and freeze up (like your phone). I did a factory reset, went back to stock, etc, but nothing fixed it. Luckily, it was only my second day since I received the phone, so I called TMobile, and they replaced it with a new one using expedited shipping . I don't know what your situation is, but if you try going back to stock, and it still doesn't work, I'd trade it in for a working one.
IF you dont have a reciept, call HTC And set up a warranty exchange as camera is a hardware issue not a software issue (since uve voided your warranty on teh software by upgrading to ICS)
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IF you dont have a reciept, call HTC And set up a warranty exchange as camera is a hardware issue not a software issue (since uve voided your warranty on teh software by upgrading to ICS)
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Yea I got a warranty replacement through t-mobile yesterday. I'm hoping I can still get my original Amaze working because there are a few minor things with the replacement that are going to bother me, not to mention getting everything back to the way i had my original phone.
Backup via recovery and restore to the new phone.
Maybe others know about safe mode and Android but i had no idea. Pretty cool!
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?13857-How-To-Enable-amp-Disable-Safe-mode-on-the-EVO-4g-LTE
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Maybe others know about safe mode and Android but i had no idea. Pretty cool!
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?13857-How-To-Enable-amp-Disable-Safe-mode-on-the-EVO-4g-LTE
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I always wondered how to do this (for this phone), thank you sir
Thanks for sharing - this has saved me from bootloop hell numerous times!
[How To] Enable & Disable Safe mode on the EVO 4g LTE
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Maybe others know about safe mode and Android but i had no idea. Pretty cool!
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php?13857-How-To-Enable-amp-Disable-Safe-mode-on-the-EVO-4g-LTE
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Was about to add this here, but a search led me to your OP and link to my post on MikMik. Just happy people are getting the info.
So here is a copy of my post.
What is safe mode and how do I use it?
Safe mode is a method that allows the device to run with only essential applications. This is beneficial for troubleshooting 3rd party applications.
If and when you have strange problems with your phone, I would try this before a factory reset or even re-flashing a rom. If your problem goes away in safe mode, you know it is some software that safe mode disabled thats the problem.
From what I read, it has always been a part of the Android OS. But not all devices get there the same way, there is no standard other than it is always hardware buttons.
I learned about it from a HTC Tech, but he didn’t know how to enable it on this device. He told me to hold the power & menu buttons while booting. As you know we don’t have a menu button.
How to Enable on the EVO 4g LTE?
Boot or Reboot your phone.
When the “HTC quietly brilliant” splash screen comes up, press and hold volume down, until you get a long vibrate response. Then you can release the volume button.
Now when your phone is booted, you will see the words “safe mode” in the bottom left corner of your screen.
How to Disable on the EVO 4g LTE?
Just reboot. That’s all.
Something you should know before you try out Safe Mode.
Your widgets, mostly 3rd party widgets will be missing from your screen, or broke. Just replace them on your screen and all will be fine.
Hope this helps someone, someday, someway!
Hahaha
Thanks for posting this. I got into safe mode once on accident and saw it on my screen and had no idea what the hell it meant, so I was able to reboot to remove it.
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I have a question HTC was trying to help me get to safe mode and he had me hold down the down volume button and I got to the boot screen. But my phone is doing this wierd thing where it is constantly rebooting over and over again. I let the battery drain and now I am charging it to full but even in the boot screen and I hit reboot or fast reboot it doesn't take me to my home screen it keeps rebooting over and over. So I am guessing I can't get to safe mode if it doesn't boot to the home screen. Cause HTC said in safe mode he could see what app or what is causing the hang up to make my phone reboot and reboot over and over. I really don't want to do a hard reset but am guessing I'll have to. But I have already activated and used Google Wallet and read you have to clear it out before doing a hard reset or it will brick your phone. HTC said that's not true. I don't know what to do.
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Hahaha
Thanks for posting this. I got into safe mode once on accident and saw it on my screen and had no idea what the hell it meant, so I was able to reboot to remove it.
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i just tried it!! works fine
What to go into safemode. HTC was gonna have me do it and he couldn't see in the manual how to do it but my phone is stuck it won't go to my home screen so I can't get to safemode. My phone keeps rebooting without going to my home screen I am stuck on the HTC screen to the Sprint screen to the HTC Beats audio screen and it's in a loop doing the same 3 things over and over.. I'm afraid to hard reset because people say it can brick your phone something to do with Google Wallet. HTC said that's not true I don't know. Sprint said take it to the store tomorrow but if I have to hard reset I would rather just do it myself why bother with the store.
evo401 said:
i just tried it!! works fine
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You're bootlooping. Why.? Did you flash an AOSP ROM without fastboot flashing the boot.IMG?
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No I am not Rooted. All of a sudden I saw my phone was rebooting this am and it just goes back and forth from the HTC white screen to the Sprint Logo screen to the white HTC beats Audio Screen over and over it reboots to the same 3 screens. Won't go to my home screen so I am stuck with no phone until I do a hard reset. But I don't know if it will fry my google wallet people are saying it does something to the secure element and makes it unusable. I don't know. My phone is turned off until tomorrow when I can call HTC back or take it to the store.
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You're bootlooping. Why.? Did you flash an AOSP ROM without fastboot flashing the boot.IMG?
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No I am not Rooted. All of a sudden I saw my phone was rebooting this am and it just goes back and forth from the HTC white screen to the Sprint Logo screen to the white HTC beats Audio Screen over and over it reboots to the same 3 screens. Won't go to my home screen so I am stuck with no phone until I do a hard reset. But I don't know if it will fry my google wallet people are saying it does something to the secure element and makes it unusable. I don't know. My phone is turned off until tomorrow when I can call HTC back or take it to the store.
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Rose, take this how you want. I had set up GW and then forgot and wiped my phone before flashing a new rom. I did this 3 times and it's still fine. Supposedly the important wallet stuff is stored in the cloud now since one of the updates.
Its up to you if you want to reset. The sprint tech will probably yell you that is your only choice. After one of our prl updates I lost data connection and the rep on the phone was ready to send me a refurbished one even before I reset Tue phone.
I ended up fixing it myself by updating prl and profile while on wifi.
Didn't you have another problem with your phone before? I could be wrong but I thought you mentioned it in a thread over at AF.
Hope this helps,
Naters
Oh I personally wouldn't worry about the wallet issue. If the phone ends up with hardware problems you'd end up with it replaced anyways.
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Rose, I experienced the exact same problem as you about a week ago. My phone randomly just went into a crazy cycle of rebooting, never making it past the screen with HTC and the Beats logo. I eventually had to just hard reset it... and since then it's been working fine. I had also activated Google Wallet prior to hard resetting and had the same concerns as you, but after hard resetting, my Google Wallet still works perfectly fine. I don't think you need to worry about that. I know that doing a hard reset sucks because it takes a while to restore everything back to how you had it, but having a working phone is much better than having one that constantly reboots. I hope this helped!
Thanks but what I should I do now? I did a Hard Reset this am. I read an article that stuff was fixed with the wallet thing so I hard reset. And I did update Profile and PRL and went to see if there were any other updates. I got back Amazon app store and put on about 5 or 10 of my free apps back on. Went to play store and it showed all apps and I installed several. Mostly games like words with friends Song Pop Scramble with Friends Haning and Dice With Buddies. I use Handcent and Yahoo messenger which kept not responding after an update over and over before my phone went into reboot mode. I have normal apps like trapster beat the traffic some other games Dolphin Browser TV Show Favs Big Battery thing and car home ultra. I have Foursquare auto redial tiny call confirm.
Got to work went to turn on wifi and it went back to being disconnected and then I couldn't touch the screen and it froze and I just put the phone back in my pocket and ten minutes later I pulled it out and there was a black screen and when I turned it on the boot thing happened over and over again. Here i got back most of my apps configured couple emails. So now it's doing it again Sprint said go to store let them do a diagnostics. She said you can hard reset it back again and if they find no problem put your apps back on and try to recreate it. I don't have time to stand in a Sprint store installing apps. HTC said do a Hard Reset don't ad any apps for a day or two and see if it happens again if not then an app is causing it to hang. But how do I find out which one? And they wanted me to go into safe mode but I couldn't since it won't go to the home screen. So now I am back at a Hard Reset just got home from work and am scared to add anything but I want too. I need Handcent and want a couple others. HTC asked if I had downloaded any task killers or apps like that and I said no. I had Android Assistant before but hadn't put it back on.. HTC said if it comes back in the next couple days and I haven't added any apps call them back. Do you think an app is causing it to hang or that it's hardware. Should I still let Sprint do a diagnostics on it tomorrow or just leave it alone for now for a couple days like HTC said?
I had major problems with my Touch Pro 2 and sense and had to reset it several times. This phone the only problem I had was text not sending right away but it got fixed network problems and then after this past update my handcent would open to a black screen and it would take a minute before it would open and my sense sometimes would restart on occasion but it stopped after I took speak to it assistant widget away. But this last update made it a little sluggish.
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[its up to you if you want to reset. The sprint tech will probably yell you that is your only choice. After one of our prl updates I lost data connection and the rep on the phone was ready to send me a refurbished one even before I reset Tue phone.
I ended up fixing it myself by updating prl and profile while on wifi.
Didn't you have another problem with your phone before? I could be wrong but I thought you mentioned it in a thread over at AF.
Hope this helps,
Naters
Oh I personally wouldn't worry about the wallet issue. If the phone ends up with hardware problems you'd end up with it replaced anyways.
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Thanks I just replied to someone else then saw your reply you can read what I wrote about hard resetting adding most of my apps and then it started doing it again. So now I hard reset again and haven't added anything. I did the updates it said I had and for now that is all I am doing. It sucks but your right I would rather have a working phone. So is Titanium the good backup app and can you use it now without being rooted?
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Rose, I experienced the exact same problem as you about a week ago. My phone randomly just went into a crazy cycle of rebooting, never making it past the screen with HTC and the Beats logo. I eventually had to just hard reset it... and since then it's been working fine. I had also activated Google Wallet prior to hard resetting and had the same concerns as you, but after hard resetting, my Google Wallet still works perfectly fine. I don't think you need to worry about that. I know that doing a hard reset sucks because it takes a while to restore everything back to how you had it, but having a working phone is much better than having one that constantly reboots. I hope this helped!
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Can I buy a comma and a period, pat?
Ouch. My head is spinning.
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Sorry I know that was a long post. I took my phone to Sprint today after doing a 2nd reset last night. They did run a diagnostics and it didn't pass. They then said they had to reset it themselves once more and run one more diagnostics and it failed again. So they are ordering me another phone and it should be in the store tomorrow or the next day. But the warehouse is here in my city where I live and it was ordered around 3 so I hope it's tomorrow. It's going to be a refurb though so I hope it ends up being good. I still kind of thought it was an app causing it to hang since it did the same thing after my reset and I added several apps back. But anyway that's what happened to me. So now I need to order another screen protector.
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Can I buy a comma and a period, pat?
Ouch. My head is spinning.
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Thanks for letting me know what happened. I hope the "new" one is good. Sorry they couldn't fix it.
Naters
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Just got a text from Sprint my phone is in. Yay! I just want to download my apps configure my emails and have my home screens back to the way they were. If Sprint told me it failed the Diagnostics test twice that means it's hardware right? Cause since it did it twice again after reinstalling several apps I was starting to think an app was causing it to hang. But I am guessing I can install most of the apps I had before. I'm just kind of scared LOL!
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Thanks for letting me know what happened. I hope the "new" one is good. Sorry they couldn't fix it.
Naters
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Yes. If it failed after a factory reset, it was hardware related.
I see you added to punctuation to your previous post. :thumbup: nice, makes more sense. Good luck with next one (Evo)
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Just got back from Sprint. He said they sent me a brand new phone. He claims they must not of had any refurbs cause the phone is pretty new I don't know how to tell. It had a cover over the screen and looked new to me. But anyway yes I hard reset and it failed and then he hard reset it again and got some error message or something he said. So he doesn't think it was app related and i hope not. Cause now it's time to reconfigure my phone.
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Yes. If it failed after a factory reset, it was hardware related.
I see you added to punctuation to your previous post. :thumbup: nice, makes more sense. Good luck with next one (Evo)
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Rose4uKY said:
Just got back from Sprint. He said they sent me a brand new phone. Cause now it's time to reconfigure my phone.
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Sweet! Congrats and have fun!
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I was in the bathroom yesterday and my Evo 4g LTE started buzzing a lot. I had no idea what was going on, and the phone was just flashing screens. It was going between my homescreen, and a long-press on the home button(that shows all the screens together). At this point, I figured it was a hardware problem, and I still think it is. The problem is, my phone is unlocked, and it's running CM10 on it. I have no idea what I should do. It always has it's case on(otterbox), and I also have only dropped it a few times in the last month, from only about 2 feet high max. The last time I dropped it was a few nights ago. Once again, it just randomly started doing this. I tried flashing CM10 again, and it didn't help, it still acts like i'm pressing the home button non-stop, even in TWRP. I really need ALL the help I can get. I cannot afford to get a new phone.
Did you flash the stock rom, that would probably let you know if it a custom rom causing the problem? If it still does it, you might need to take it in to get looked at.
Take the case off and see what happens.
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I took off the case, did not fix it. I flashed stock rom and it did not fix it. Where do I need to go to get it looked at? Sprint i'm assuming?
Yeah, make sure it's a corporate store that does repairs, don't go to some third party store, they normally aren't any help.
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Yeah, make sure it's a corporate store that does repairs, don't go to some third party store, they normally aren't any help.
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Okay, sorry it took me so long to reply. The phone might go a day and do the homescreen thing, but the next day it might work. It hasn't done it since about 2 pm yesterday and now it started up again. I also noticed that when I press on the right side of the screen, it makes a clicking noise. Can I get it repaired even though it's s-off, unlocked bootloader, and has a custom rom on it?
Phone shut off and will not turn on, will not charge, will not boot, nothing.... here's the backstory.
I root my girls EVO LTE for her just for the sake of backing up data and pictures and texts. She also enjoys Fresh ROM, but I never got around to putting it on this phone, bc at the time there was no need. Also, I never did get around to turning S-OFF, just rooted, stock rom, nothing else.
About 3 months ago, she had a random boot loop, which, after some googling, seemed to be a random problem that some people were experiencing, unrelated to root or anything. So we fixed her phone, updated it, at the time, and have since done nothing to it. A few weeks ago, she started have major problems. Texts would take 5 minutes to open, contacts would also, and sometimes she couldn't dial out. Problems that I hadn't gotten around to looking into.
Today, her phone just completely turned off and hasn't done anything since. Won't turn on, charging does not give it a light. I tried to boot into recovery etc. Is the phone completely BRICKED?
It's within the year warranty, but I know if sprint gets it back on and see it's rooted, they'll be assholes about it, even though it doesn't seem to be related.
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Phone shut off and will not turn on, will not charge, will not boot, nothing.... here's the backstory.
I root my girls EVO LTE for her just for the sake of backing up data and pictures and texts. She also enjoys Fresh ROM, but I never got around to putting it on this phone, bc at the time there was no need. Also, I never did get around to turning S-OFF, just rooted, stock rom, nothing else.
About 3 months ago, she had a random boot loop, which, after some googling, seemed to be a random problem that some people were experiencing, unrelated to root or anything. So we fixed her phone, updated it, at the time, and have since done nothing to it. A few weeks ago, she started have major problems. Texts would take 5 minutes to open, contacts would also, and sometimes she couldn't dial out. Problems that I hadn't gotten around to looking into.
Today, her phone just completely turned off and hasn't done anything since. Won't turn on, charging does not give it a light. I tried to boot into recovery etc. Is the phone completely BRICKED?
It's within the year warranty, but I know if sprint gets it back on and see it's rooted, they'll be assholes about it, even though it doesn't seem to be related.
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Does it show in device manager when you connect to a pc?
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Does it show in device manager when you connect to a pc?
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Well I dont have the drivers installed bc I recently added an ssd and started from scratch, and like I said, I don't mess with her phone too often.
But it doesn't do anything when I plug it in via usb, doesn't make a sound, nothing pops up, and it doesn't try and connect. It's lifeless.
Some have had good results plugging into a wall charger for 6-8 hours and then it comes back to life.
It may work.
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Your timing is good, bricks tend to happen during major updates
Have your gf take her phone back to the Sprint store and say it won't turn on, charge etc. if the phone is truly bricked, they can't tell it was rooted or whatever. They should replace it because it's within the warranty period. If she has an SD card, take it out (especially if it had ROMs on it).
The key is have your girl friend do this, better would be to have someone's mother take it in.
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Your timing is good, bricks tend to happen during major updates
Have your gf take her phone back to the Sprint store and say it won't turn on, charge etc. if the phone is truly bricked, they can't tell it was rooted or whatever. They should replace it because it's within the warranty period. If she has an SD card, take it out (especially if it had ROMs on it).
The key is have your girl friend do this, better would be to have someone's mother take it in.
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This is exactly what I done when I bricked downgrading firmware. An OTA had just been released and I told them I took the update and the phone died. They replaced it immediately no questions asked.
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