Battery drain!!! - Motorola Photon 4G

So i unlocked my bootloader and rooted my photon i flashed cm10 on there i was at 70% battery and it droped to 49% i thought it was the rom so i went back to stock with bootloader unlocked and everything still same issue is my battery bad or is the bootloader being unlocked killing my battery
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thabest85 said:
So i unlocked my bootloader and rooted my photon i flashed cm10 on there i was at 70% battery and it droped to 49% i thought it was the rom so i went back to stock with bootloader unlocked and everything still same issue is my battery bad or is the bootloader being unlocked killing my battery
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Did you calibrate your battery? You are supposed to everytime you install a new rom. Charge to 100 percent, boot to recovery, wipe battery stats, drain the battery down till phone powers off, plug it in and boot to android, charge to 100 again without break.

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Did you calibrate your battery? You are supposed to everytime you install a new rom. Charge to 100 percent, boot to recovery, wipe battery stats, drain the battery down till phone powers off, plug it in and boot to android, charge to 100 again without break.
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I calibrated the battery but i plugged it in after when u say boot to android do u mean boot up the phone? And what u mean without break i shouldnt use the phone while its charging?
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thabest85 said:
I calibrated the battery but i plugged it in after when u say boot to android do u mean boot up the phone? And what u mean without break i shouldnt use the phone while its charging?
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If you let the phone power down by itself, when you plug it in it will boot to the charge only screen. If you hold the power button as you plug it in and keep it held it will skip that screen and boot straight to android. And yeah, try not to use the phone while its charging.
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Thanks alot I will try that
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If you let the phone power down by itself, when you plug it in it will boot to the charge only screen. If you hold the power button as you plug it in and keep it held it will skip that screen and boot straight to android. And yeah, try not to use the phone while its charging.
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So it didn't work for me I don't know what might be wrong
Edit: so I'm back on stock no root no nothing so I'm guessing it was either the root access or unlocking my bootloader do you have any issues with this on your phone if not can u lead to the files u have installed? Thank you in advance
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thabest85 said:
So it didn't work for me I don't know what might be wrong
Edit: so I'm back on stock no root no nothing so I'm guessing it was either the root access or unlocking my bootloader do you have any issues with this on your phone if not can u lead to the files u have installed? Thank you in advance
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Whats not working? The holding the power button thing? Thats ok, it doesnt screw up the process of calibrating. It will let you hold the power button and boot to android from the charging screen once it registers anything more than 0 percent. It also takes a few days of use after the calibration to really see a change. Youre just reading a little too far into it. Just boot to 100, wipe bat stats, drain it to 0, boot it back up and let it charge to 100. Use your phone normally for a few days after that and youll notice the difference.
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Whats not working? The holding the power button thing? Thats ok, it doesnt screw up the process of calibrating. It will let you hold the power button and boot to android from the charging screen once it registers anything more than 0 percent. It also takes a few days of use after the calibration to really see a change. Youre just reading a little too far into it. Just boot to 100, wipe bat stats, drain it to 0, boot it back up and let it charge to 100. Use your phone normally for a few days after that and youll notice the difference.
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All the steps u gave me work but it still skips from 70%-49% batterym so what ur saying is that I have to wait a few days before it stops draining the battery?
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thabest85 said:
All the steps u gave me work but it still skips from 70%-49% batterym so what ur saying is that I have to wait a few days before it stops draining the battery?
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Yes. It willmore than likely stop doing that after a few charge cycles. If it doesnt, report back =)

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Yes. It willmore than likely stop doing that after a few charge cycles. If it doesnt, report back =)
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Okay so I went ahead and got a replacement battery from sprint today I'm on 6 hours of usage and I'm at 55% no battery drain I'm afraid that rooting or unlocking the boot loader did something to my battery do u think that's possible thanks for all the help @acvice
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I just uploaded a new rom and a kernel, and now I am having problems with my phone holding a charge. Anyone got any suggestions as to what I should do.
Terrance31 said:
I just uploaded a new rom and a kernel, and now I am having problems with my phone holding a charge. Anyone got any suggestions as to what I should do.
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3 charge cycles to judge?
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3 charge cycles to judge?
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You know I never really got what the term "charge cycle " is, what os it? Is it when you recondition turn battery 3 times or what?
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Go into recovery mode and in the menu there is an advanced go in then and wipe stats or you can get an app that does the same thing. Either do that. Then, drain the battery 'til dead (run a movie). Then fully charge That is a complete charge cycle. That will recondition it that is all you really need. Then also maybe get a task manager or something similar to be able and check and make sure there are not things running in the background check.
If the battery then is not holding a charge after this then..maybe the battery needs replacing
Charge cycle is from charged to dead to charged.
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Hey thanks you all for responding to my thread. I have now just discovered that the phone will not even power up or hold a charge at all. I am thinking its the battery because the bionix rom and the kernal were still working before the phone shutdown. Any thoughts on this new development??

[Question] Charge Mode?

I cannot seem to get my phone to just go into charge only mode. I haven't been able to for a while, is there a fix for this?
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If you're talking about what I think you are, go to Settings, Applications, Development and uncheck Stay Awake. I had the same problem and that seemed to have fixed it.
mvgc3 said:
If you're talking about what I think you are, go to Settings, Applications, Development and uncheck Stay Awake. I had the same problem and that seemed to have fixed it.
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This will allow for me to turn the phone off and plug in the charger and the phone will go into the "Charging" mode instead of booting up... mine just sits on the motor logo and never goes into that mode... I am using tenfars newest recovery and beta 4 gingerbread... not sure if those could affect this charging mode...
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sublimejosh2000 said:
This will allow for me to turn the phone off and plug in the charger and the phone will go into the "Charging" mode instead of booting up... mine just sits on the motor logo and never goes into that mode... I am using tenfars newest recovery and beta 4 gingerbread... not sure if those could affect this charging mode...
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Sounds like the question I just asked a couple min before you... but yea, same problem, phone off , plug in, phone stuck at moto logo.
mysticdrew said:
Sounds like the question I just asked a couple min before you... but yea, same problem, phone off , plug in, phone stuck at moto logo.
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It requires a battery pull also.... wonder what is causing this...
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sublimejosh2000 said:
It requires a battery pull also.... wonder what is causing this...
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My guess is either 2.3.4 (i'm on the "ota" version and you're on hktw) or being unlocked.
Leaning towards unlock... but who knows. Anyone unlocked not on 2.3.4 have this issue?
Better question. Why are you turning it off to charge it? Just plug it in.
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totalimmortal363 said:
Better question. Why are you turning it off to charge it? Just plug it in.
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Sometimes u drain your battery to the point it shuts off. And sometimes you want a quicker charge. I don't think he needs to validate why though...
i had the same problem. i would drain the battery accidentally, plug the phone into the charger, and it would hang on the moto logo. i would have to pull the battery after letting it charge for a while and it would boot up.
i'm almost certain all you have to do is go into System Recovery and click on charge mode. i don't think it matters if your phone is plugged in or not. just give it time to reboot on its own.
I am not using the old version of tenfar, I removed that app after putting on the new recovery. I recall the last time I used it though I definitely used the charge mode...
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pl0p said:
i had the same problem. i would drain the battery accidentally, plug the phone into the charger, and it would hang on the moto logo. i would have to pull the battery after letting it charge for a while and it would boot up.
i'm almost certain all you have to do is go into System Recovery and click on charge mode. i don't think it matters if your phone is plugged in or not. just give it time to reboot on its own.
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Thanks but system recovery charge mode didn't work either and yea battery pull is and turning it it on without being plugged in is the only way to boot it.
i'm thinking its the unlock. Prior to unlocking I've never experienced such issues before.

Motorola photon totally daed!

my motorola photon total daed!
help me,how to fix them?
pls
sorry for my english because i am from indonesia
glfc07 said:
my motorola photon total daed!
help me,how to fix them?
pls
sorry for my english because i am from indonesia
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Can you tell us if its rooted unlocked bootloader etc..
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edward.hidalgo said:
Can you tell us if its rooted unlocked bootloader etc..
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my photon not root and bootloader still locked.
my photon daed total after flashing 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM 10/2/11 latest SBF.
after flashing my photon normal running,but after 3 hours of death
then I go recovery, wipe the data and cache. when wipe cache does not finished.
then I reboot,but can boot.
glfc07 said:
my photon not root and bootloader still locked.
my photon daed total after flashing 2.3.4-4.5.1A-1_SUN-198_6-CM 10/2/11 latest SBF.
after flashing my photon normal running,but after 3 hours of death
then I go recovery, wipe the data and cache. when wipe cache does not finished.
then I reboot,but can boot.
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So does it hang on the Motorola screen or does it not turn on at all
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edward.hidalgo said:
So does it hang on the Motorola screen or does it not turn on at all
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does it not turn on at all,
screen and battery was hot.
glfc07 said:
does it not turn on at all,
screen and battery was hot.
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I have no idea if its not turning I would probably tell you to try and run sbf again
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It sounds like your battery needs to be charged. Get an external charger, or charge it in another phone. Once it is charged, you may need to do a hard reset.
I can't go to bootloader so I can't flashing RSD
battery is full, after charger with dekstop charger
If you can't get into bootloader with volume up and power, or with volume down and power button, then I think you have a brick.
glfc07 said:
my motorola photon total daed!
help me,how to fix them?
pls
sorry for my english because i am from indonesia
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delete...............
Charge the battery manually, red wire to positive and black to negative.
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bricky23 said:
If you can't get into bootloader with volume up and power, or with volume down and power button, then I think you have a brick.
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if true my photon bricks, how to fix it again?
jokersax11 said:
Charge the battery manually, red wire to positive and black to negative.
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I did'nt understand your meaning.pls explain again more detail!
sorry for my english again
maybe my photon have short-circuit.
because it was hot on the screen and the battery.
but I don't know! how to fix?
pls help me how to fix short-circuit on motorola photon
Take battery out, cut a usb cable(any kind), red wire to positive and black wire to negative. Plug cable into changer. Wait 30 minutes. Unplug and try again
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If you have a brick....you're kinda outta luck. But.....there should be a stock file to flash via SBF if you can still get to that part. Not sure if you can......
I had the same looking problem. But my screen and battary was cool. When I tried to turn it on, nothing happend, even when I connected a charged, led showed nothing.
To make it work I did such things:
-firsty take the battery out for a while, then put in
-connect via USB to PC and push power button
-without disconnecting it from UBS, take out the battery for a second and put it in again.(then it turnes on by it selfe, without pushing a poer button. If it not pappens try to push it.)
I repeated this a lot of times, but at the end it turned on)))
thanks for all solution
I will try one by one
I will tell again the result
Also, pull battery, let both cool down, freeze battery, then charge phone. Had to do it with a Sony Erricson x10a
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Is it just me or the photon???

Gonna keep it short, got an extended battery, charges too 100%, calibrated it, did two charge cycles, battery still dies like a ton of bricks and does the dreaded sit at 1% for hours, now I've charged it via charging cable and external battery dock and still get the same results, any suggestions or solutions??
Stock 2.3.4 rooted
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25494725
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mquinn24 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25494725
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thanks but no thanks, don't have bootstrap anymore to flash, and that obviously doesn't work as stated by many of the posters, instead of listing links of something with no results just give a straight answer, thank you
Wow! I think it's you.
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A2CKilla said:
thanks but no thanks, don't have bootstrap anymore to flash, and that obviously doesn't work as stated by many of the posters, instead of listing links of something with no results just give a straight answer, thank you
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If you want help don't be a ****. You will get better results.
bricky23 said:
If you want help don't be a ****. You will get better results.
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i wasn't trying to be, sorry if it came off that way, but people are so quick to just post a link here it's ridiculous, i've done my own research on the topic and came to that posting many a time, so i figured i'd ask for a second opinion
My seidio battery did the same thing, and using the framework apk from one of the threads on here didn't work either.
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A2CKilla said:
Gonna keep it short, got an extended battery, charges too 100%, calibrated it, did two charge cycles, battery still dies like a ton of bricks and does the dreaded sit at 1% for hours, now I've charged it via charging cable and external battery dock and still get the same results, any suggestions or solutions??
Stock 2.3.4 rooted
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It is the photon. I had the same thing all most 2 days of battery the first time. Then only 8 hr after charging for 24 hrs.
Then Finally nothing.
Oh Well.
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This is what has worked for me every time no matter if stock rooted or any other custom rom..... and I do this switching back and fourth between extended and stock battery..... you must be rooted.... atleast i was.
get the battery monitor widget from the market. In the setting you can change the ma rating of the battery you are using. Once you have done that click on stats in the app and it'll clear battery stats. Reboot phone go into app and clear stats again. That should be it. When I had clokworkmod installed on the reboot id clear battery stats in there as well.
This has worked for me time and time again.
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DualSportDad said:
This is what has worked for me every time no matter if stock rooted or any other custom rom..... and I do this switching back and fourth between extended and stock battery..... you must be rooted.... atleast i was.
get the battery monitor widget from the market. In the setting you can change the ma rating of the battery you are using. Once you have done that click on stats in the app and it'll clear battery stats. Reboot phone go into app and clear stats again. That should be it. When I had clokworkmod installed on the reboot id clear battery stats in there as well.
This has worked for me time and time again.
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Where is this state setting you speak of????!?!?!?
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A2CKilla said:
Where is this state setting you speak of????!?!?!?
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I believe it's in the app he mentions. The "wipe battery stats" option is also in the advanced menu of CWM (clockwork mod). If you do not have a custom recovery installed just disregard that part as bootstrap does not have it.
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Phone not starting

Today morning, my phone was at a charge of 10% and I put it on charge and after sometime my phone went off and since then it's not starting.
I tried the USB cable. The charger also but nothing is working.
I don't know how to start it.
Any type of help will be very appreciated.
Phone does not turn on when battery is <5%. Charge your phone using the original Motorola charger, preferably use wall charger for say 30 mins at least. If it does not work, try different plug point.
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tankviv said:
Phone does not turn on when battery is <5%. Charge your phone using the original Motorola charger, preferably use wall charger for say 30 mins at least. If it does not work, try different plug point.
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I have put my phone on charge now. But the screen is black. I will leave it for another 30 minutes.
I have also tried different plug points. Nothing is coming on the screen.
Well if still nothing works you can use the factory cable either make it other buy one on ebay and use it Rsd lite back to stock and bring the phone back up to life
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naifs_br10 said:
Well if still nothing works you can use the factory cable either make it other buy one on ebay and use it Rsd lite back to stock and bring the phone back up to life
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Due to that will I lose all the data on my phone?
rahulwadhwani said:
Due to that will I lose all the data on my phone?
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no a factory cable just forces your phone to charge
Joseph V said:
no a factory cable just forces your phone to charge
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It actually doesn't charge the phone but it just connect directly to the hardware while ya flashing ya phone using rsd lite .
I mean it just resolve battery low problem while flashing
Yeah it ll delete all ya data not internal or external sd card data .
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Yes sir you will lose it all
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factory cab?
not working? help
That happened to me with my htc desire I used to have but I wiped battery stats in cwm recovery before mine went blank. Have you tried plugging the phone up without the battery and putting the battery in
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That happened to me with my htc desire I used to have but I wiped battery stats in cwm recovery before mine went blank. Have you tried plugging the phone up without the battery and putting the battery in
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Have you ever seen a RaZr? It's unibody, you can't just take the battery out... At lest not easily.
Oh my bad no i haven't seen one ignore that one. Lol
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Cannot remove battery
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rahulwadhwani said:
Due to that will I lose all the data on my phone?
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Yeah ya ll loose all ya data like Google accounts, moto blur accounts and apps they attached with and this process will even format ya internal memory as well .
But loosing data and upgrading to latest kernel ain't it good .
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I just had this issue last night. The phone wouldn't turn on but the notification light was bright white and wouldn't go out. I just left it plugged into the computer overnight and by the time I woke up, the phone was on and had a 61 percent charge this was over a period of about 7 hours.
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Have you tried holding the power button for about 10 seconds?
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immikevalentino said:
I just had this issue last night. The phone wouldn't turn on but the notification light was bright white and wouldn't go out. I just left it plugged into the computer overnight and by the time I woke up, the phone was on and had a 61 percent charge this was over a period of about 7 hours.
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But in my case its a bit different, the notification light is no more blinking or something. It's just the black screen. Not turning on at all.
Tonight I will leave my phone on charge for more than 7 hours for sure. I really hope it starts.
Thanks for the reply.
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Have you tried holding the power button for about 10 seconds?
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Yes, I have tried that also but it doesn't work.
Take it to service centre i believe its not soft bricked ,hard bricked or software problem it looks like hardware problem or LED problen
Edit : as far as i know or i can read all comments ya have tried all the method to fix it up but none of em seems to be working . Sad but thats true ya got hardware problem
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anurag.dj2u said:
Take it to service centre i believe its not soft bricked ,hard bricked or software problem it looks like hardware problem or LED problen
Edit : as far as i know or i can read all comments ya have tried all the method to fix it up but none of em seems to be working . Sad but thats true ya got hardware problem
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I have ordered for a factory cable. I am gonna try putting up a new ROM on the phone. Let's see if that works.
I recalled one more thing, before my phone got bricked, the day prior to that I used battery calibration application on my phone. Do you think that would have affected my phone?

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