[Q] Atrix will not boot up, blackscreen with a green light - Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hi , i have a motorola atrix that will not boot up at all, it just shows a black screen and when i plug in the usb charger it shows a green light but as soon as i press power the light turns off. i have tried to boot into recovery mode via power button + vol down but nothing shows on the screen , not even a failed to boot message to say its bricked.
after searching google etc , over the 3 days i have tried the following :
1. power + vol down (on battery)
2. power + vol down (wall plug with battery)
3. power + vol down (wall plug without battery)
4. vol down + plug factory cable into computer (with battery)
5. vol down + plug factory cable into computer (without battery)
6. power + vol down + plug factory cable into computer (with battery)
7. power + vol down + plug factory cable into computer (without battery)
and then all of that with Vol up instead , just in case it worked.
the last thing to try is to throw it at a wall and see if anything happens but before that i thought id ask, does anyone have any suggestions on what it could be / what i should do ? from the information ive given above can you tell if its a hard bricked paperwieght or there is hope?
i would appreciate any help given, many thanks!

may sound insignificant but try giving the phone a few hours on the wall-charger, preferably the original one because it has more output than a computer usb port. I had the same behaviour when I completly drained my atrix between two flashs.

If the battery is drained completely, it is difficult to have it hold a charge again. I have read about people putting the device on charge for 3-4 days in such a state and just revive.
I have done the same with agm/gel car batteries by putting them on a low trickle charge for a week.
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the battery is showing full charge when checked with a multimeter but i will try your suggestions, thanks

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silvasoul said:
the battery is showing full charge when checked with a multimeter but i will try your suggestions, thanks
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Any luck with this?

Same problem here
Well i have the same problem here, but in my case, it happened while the phone was on and plugged to the wall charger, it was charging normally but after some hours i went back to see how was it going and the phone was off, and nothing happened when unplug and plug again, the greeen led only turns on when plugged to the pc usb port without battery, but when i put back the battery it turns off and nothing happens

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[Q] Out of battery - does not charge

Hello
i need help
yesterday, my htc one x+ went out of battery
then, it does not charge any more
i left it all the night plugged, but still cant startup
any idea ?
thanks
its a Stock Phone or customized?
Not even bootloader?
So it's completely dead? Does it boot to the bootloader by holding down volum- and power button?
Are you using a Custom Recovery there are problems with it when the battery gets down to zero. It's happened to me a few times, and I panicked the first time.
Plug it into the wall, hold down volume down, and then power. After 15 - 30 seconds, this should get you into the HTC Menu, I then chose Recovery, and from Recovery launch into System.
-- started up --
Thanks all of you for your help!
sorry for tardive response
it is a standart ROM (no operator) and rooted
here is how finaly :
- must plug it on the wall, not to a PC(dont know why)
- try to switch on with power + volum-down buttons
- after several tries , i get a fastboot menu
- tried all the lines ont the menu : but it never boot, never charge
- finaly, deseperated, i choose "shutdown" line in the fastboot menu
then it restarted correctly with htc animation - ouf - dont understand...
i will never let it go out of battery again
thanks again
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It is important to know that the wall charger adapter has a greater current output than just the USB cable in a computer. The wall charger will always be faster (assuming it is relatively modern and has a sufficient amperage) in charging your phone. It may be better to use the one provided by the phone, but generally any wall adapter should suffice in a pinch.
I believe that since the USB is so weak, you either did not wait long enough to let it sufficiently charge, or it simply did not keep up. I've had phones plugged into the computer on charge mode and still have it lose power.
Also, if your computer was turned off, then it wouldn't have been pushing any charge to your phone anyway.

Atrix, won't power, won't boot, won't charge

I do not know any history on this phone, I do not know what software it had on it, it was Dead when I got it. When I plug it into the USB on my tower it will turn the green light on if I use one of my Samsung cables. If I plug it in to a wall plug it will turn the green light on only if the usb is about 1/2 way pushed it, but if it fully seats the light goes off. While the Green light is on if I press power it will go out. The Green light will come one even if the battery is out. I read where I needed to use a motorola factory cable, so I purchased one off ebay....when I plug it into the computer I still get nothing. But, the I plugged it into my palm wall plug and left it plugged it and when I it the power button the camera flash would come on then off....it would do that with or without the battery. Since getting the factory cable I have tried every configuration of volume + and - and both while holding the power button that I can think of. But I can't get this thing to power on or reboot into recovery.
Any suggestions of what to try now or tips??
Thanks,
Justin
You could donate it to the devs.

Droid Razr won't charge or turn on

I plugged in my razr before I went to bed. I've been using a HTC plug and cable for the last few months no problems. Woke up this morning and battery was at 5% and then the phone died completely soon after. I plugged it in using my original motorola plug and cable. The dual core screen came up and then the battery level said 0% and it looked like it was charging. It died again after about half an hour. Now nothing will get the phone going. I also tried the hard reset (Power and volume down). The phone is unrooted and hadn't been updated to Jellybean yet.
Any ideas what I can try?
razzrrrr
cathain said:
I plugged in my razr before I went to bed. I've been using a HTC plug and cable for the last few months no problems. Woke up this morning and battery was at 5% and then the phone died completely soon after. I plugged it in using my original motorola plug and cable. The dual core screen came up and then the battery level said 0% and it looked like it was charging. It died again after about half an hour. Now nothing will get the phone going. I also tried the hard reset (Power and volume down). The phone is unrooted and hadn't been updated to Jellybean yet.
Any ideas what I can try?
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Try using the correct charger and charge it for about an hour, thats the first thing I would try. How long is the htc cable you're using because the longer the cable the slower the charge.
I have tried multiple different chargers with no joy. I think the problem is with the connection. When I plug a charger in the white charging light flashes briefly for a second. I checked the connection for dust and it looks clear?
Try Booting into bp tool or hw diag (hold vol up and vol down then press power should see black screen with white text vol down moves cursor vol IP selects) the phone should charge if left in one of these modes (if you can even make it this far without the bat dying that is). if that don't work could try disassembling then charging the battery directly (never tried this its only an idea try at you own risk)
My xt910 razr maxx has suffered exactly the same fate overnight. Worked fine yesterday now it's dead with the only sign of life from the white led when attaching the moto usb charger. Phone wasn't run flat prior to this. Baffling
jdjdj2001 said:
My xt910 razr maxx has suffered exactly the same fate overnight. Worked fine yesterday now it's dead with the only sign of life from the white led when attaching the moto usb charger. Phone wasn't run flat prior to this. Baffling
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I don't even get the white light when I plug mine in any more! Have you tried the suggestions above?
cathain said:
I don't even get the white light when I plug mine in any more! Have you tried the suggestions above?
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Yes I have and no button combination produces as much as a glimmer. I've had the back off and checked the battery for charge, it shows 4.3 volts so it's not that. Something has failed catastrophically I fear.
Check the battery's cable that connects to your phone.If that cable was broke,you can just see the battery level but without charging it.
Sent from my XT910 using xda app-developers app
I've read around this a little now and have invested £3 in a Motorola Factory Cable of fleabay which hopefully will resolve the issue. Due to be delivered next week so I'll keep you posted......
Well got the factory cable and tried it holding the vol down button. Nothing. Took the back off the phone and checked the voltage of the battery 2.75v. Removed the battery and tried the factory cable with vol down. Still nothing. Reinstalled battery and left charging off a pc overnight, this morning it had risen to 2.83v. Starting to think that this phone has had it
Cut the end off a micro usb cable, exposed the wires and connected the red and black to the battery terminals then plugged it into the moto wall wart. Left it until fully charged....volt meter read 5.1v, the output of the charger. Disconnected and checked charge, 4.2v out of the battery.
still dead. Nothing. No red moto screen, no recovery nothing. Something else must be amiss. All I get is a brief white led flash when I plug in the standard charger cable.
anyone have any ideas where to go from here other than the skip?!
Just resurrecting this thread in the hope someone has found a solution....
I still have a brick which is unresponsive to two factory cables plugged into my PC with and without the battery in.
Trouble is I've got pictures on there I'd like to recover if possible which causes me to persist with this troublesome device!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2431617
I access the boot menu by holding both vol up and down, and pressing the power button (hold for ~2 seconds, and release the power button, while still holding vol +/-. Volume down will only send you to APFastboot. Check out the post, I encountered the same problem. The final method I tried was the winner. Good luck, and let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for that, I'll certainly give it ago when I get a free hour one evening this week. I am concerned though that the factory cable doesn't work, I was under the impression that the phone should at least respond to its connection in some way - it doesn't even when vol-is depressed when connecting to pc.
The only response I get from the phone is a brief flash of the white led as the usb cable (factory or charging) is connected to it.
That indicates that there isn't any power management remaining on the phone, and the battery is pretty weak. You'll need to get the battery charged up manually. After you flash with the last method I used, you should be able to reconnect the battery and charge the phone all the way up before booting. Sounds like you're having the exact same problem I did.
Sent from my XT912
Really , Really wanted this to work but it doesn't look promising.
Made the USB charge cable as described (white and black twisted together to -ve, red on its own to +ve). Battery removed from phone, usb on charge cable connected to PC.
5 Volts found at the battery connection terminals. Original Moto Data cable connected to phone then PC. White LED flashed on for slightly longer than before then off. No response from phone - nothing on the screen or vibration with or without any combination of Vol- and vol+.
Battery refitted and charge lead attached to terminals as above to charge from PC. Now reading 4V across the terminals charge lead plugged in, 3.84V cable unplugged so presumed charged.
Still no response other than the brief white LED from the phone with either the Data or Factory cables and Vol-(or any other Vol configurations).
Any ideas???
I assume you tried pressing and holding all the buttons, for five or ten seconds, or even a little longer, to try a full reboot. Beyond that, I wish I could help more. I'm slap out of ideas. This was the last step for me (as the solution usually is). The main board might have had it, though I don't have a clue why.
Sent from my XT912
I'm thinking dead mobo too. When it died it did so overnight without provocation - no flashing or tinkering, it was left on the kitchen sideboard and found dead in the morning. oh well I've tried. many thanks for your help:good:
Glad to try and help. I guess it's time to move on to the next device! Let us know if the phone sporadically decides to work, or you figure out a solution!
Sent from my XT912
This might work
jdjdj2001 said:
Really , Really wanted this to work but it doesn't look promising.
Made the USB charge cable as described (white and black twisted together to -ve, red on its own to +ve). Battery removed from phone, usb on charge cable connected to PC.
5 Volts found at the battery connection terminals. Original Moto Data cable connected to phone then PC. White LED flashed on for slightly longer than before then off. No response from phone - nothing on the screen or vibration with or without any combination of Vol- and vol+.
Battery refitted and charge lead attached to terminals as above to charge from PC. Now reading 4V across the terminals charge lead plugged in, 3.84V cable unplugged so presumed charged.
Still no response other than the brief white LED from the phone with either the Data or Factory cables and Vol-(or any other Vol configurations).
Any ideas???
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfT2Bejkcdk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I am not sure if you already watched this video, its for droid razr maxx, charging a dead battery and works perfectly for droid razr too.
My droid razr was exactly in same condition, white light and no charging, did not power up, completely dead.
I popped open the back case, connected the modified usb cable wires to the positive (Red wire) and negative (black wire) ends of the battery and let it charge (stay connected) for one hour. Then i pressed vol up+ vol down + power button. And my phone switched on.
If only your battery is dead, this should work.

Phone is not responding, screen black, no charging LED, please help

For the first time I am actually afraid I really managed to brick my phone :-/
I recently flashed ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.7.3-20160822 but had some problems with the camera, hence I tried flashing gapps and google camera again, resulting in a boot loop, without the rom on internal storage. since resurrection came with CM recovery which couldnt access the sdcard storage there seemed to be no other way than to flash twrp recovery. After trying fastboot with a successful flash but still only going to cm recovery I flashed a zip with adb sideload containing twrp+stock kernel but possibly for a different device.
NOW my z ultra does not turn on anymore when pressing power, no reboot with vol down + power, no charging led when connected to charger, no fastboot with vol up and plug in and not even flashmode vol down plug in to reflash ftf.
The only thing I can make it do is hold power and volume up to make it vibrate 3 times.
I am really stumped, is this an actual brick or is there something else I can do?
please please please help me
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tried pressing the red button on the inside as well, same behaviour as vol up + power. I have it connected to the wall charger it came with and the usb cable from my shield tablet (which I consider reliable) and hopefully charging.
ok so I let it charge over night and was presented with a continous red LED in the morning. When I connect it to my computer in any way (vol up down does not make a difference)
and flashtool shows repeatedly this:
02/033/2016 13:33:26 - INFO - Device disconnected
02/033/2016 13:33:53 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
02/033/2016 13:33:53 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
02/034/2016 13:34:01 - INFO - Device disconnected
Rebooted the computer, put the phone back on charger, two hours later I don't get a connection to the computer anymore. Right after plugging the phone in there is no charging LED indication whatsoever. I suppose when the battery is "full" it changes to constant red.
Maybe the battery is just dead, although I don't understand how that would have been possible. It did charge via usb now for +12h. Still in only red Led stage. when unplugging the LED blinks 3 times indicating a low battery which seems unlikely. I have switched to the magnet charger now, maybe this might do something, but it might just as well being similar symptoms from an entirely different problem.
I could replace the battery but I wont order one without anyone confirming that it might be the right move
tried reconnecting the battery like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJ7nYfN_4eE
in fact with the disconnected battery I get red flashes but on reconnecting the phone does not boot up.
ordered a new battery..
installed new battery
plugged it into the wall charger, no charging LED
volume up + power gives me the force shutdown 3x vibrate pattern
screen does not turn on
connecting it to the pc with vol up, vol down, nothing pressed does nothing
help me please, I don't know what else to try?
Have you tried the original Sony flashing tool, maybe it works at a lower level before recovery kicks in?

My S6 won't turn on but charging works

Hello,
My S6 turned off due to 0% battery this evening so I just plugged it in and let it charge. When I went to bed later, it was showing 97%, I unplugged it and tried to turn it on but it wouldn't. Tried all buttons combination (volume up+home+lock, volume down+home+lock for several sec, all four buttons etc....). When I put it on my wireless charger, the light of the charger turns on but nothing on the phone.
Also no water damage + phone was not hot when unplugged.
Any clue ? Warranty just ended on 27th of Dec
Thanks in advance for your support !
Tried simulated battery removal?
Vol down + power for more than 10sec
zinou111 said:
Tried simulated battery removal?
Vol down + power for more than 10sec
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Tried every button combination...
tried turning on while plugged?
it shows nothing while plugged except LED?

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