I bought a HTC evo 3d off Craigslist, was working fine for a week, switched from an extended battery to the normal one so it wasn't like holding. A brick to my head, was working fine then it shut off, turned it back on and a faint red light came on then nothing. I have tryed plugged on, unplugged, power and volume down, different. Battery's, leaving it on the charger.
Its virgin mobile.
When connected to charger does the charging light come on? If not try using a different charger and/or usb cable. The charger or cable could be bad. Also I am not sure by your post but try using your old battery with different charger/cable.
If the light comes on while charging you could try this but the charging light must come on or the instructions below will not work.
Make sure you have adb setup on your computer along with all the proper drivers fpr your phone. Then connect phone to the computer. The light should come on for a moment blink off then come back on. Wait a couple mins then open a command prompt (windows os) or terminal (linux or mac) and run "adb devices" if it comes back saying
List of devices attached
HTXXXXXXXXXX recovery
(HTxxxx is your phones serial number, recovery is the phones state of operation, the 3d evo is never completely off it goes into a special recovery mode when powered off) if it has a bunch of question marks after the s/n adb is not setup properly. If it is blank below List of devices attached adb is not setup properly.
If it displays s/n and recovery then run "adb reboot recovery". This should boot phone into recovery. In recovery (4ext) look at top and see if battery has a charge.
Post back any results. If nothing above worked i have a couple other things to try.
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I have tryed differnt chargers, differnt cables, differnt ports, tryed in my truck. the light only came once right after if shut off for the last time, i have tryed to connext via adb and came up with nothing
i can adb to my other phone
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This is something odd I haven't experienced with any Android device until now.
Whenever my Rezound battery is depleted to the point where the phone shuts down, I cannot get the device to boot back up again without ADB.
While it's powered off in this state and plugged into charger, it exhibits no charge LED or any other type of activity.
After pressing the power button, it appears to do nothing whatsoever.
If plugged into my laptop USB, the OS detects the device and loads the Debug mode drivers. ADB DEVICES shows the device as being in Recovery, and the device is still completely dark, no video, no backlight, no button lights.
At this point I can ADB SHELL and issue commands, but it can take up to a dozen REBOOT commands (although sometimes on the first or second try) to get the device to do anything other than reboot directly back to dark-screen recovery. I just keep running REBOOT until finally the white/green HTC image appears and the phone boots normally as if nothing was wrong.
Once booted, it behaves perfectly for as long as the battery doesn't die. I can reboot, HBOOT, power off and on, do a Clockwork backup... But, if i let the battery die, I have to ADB REBOOT until it decides to come back to life.
What do you think. Hardware or software issue? Try RUU?
Thanks!
there's definietley a huge problem wtih this phone. i had a guy bring in a phone that died overnight and the same thing happend...he'd plug it into the wall, for 5 seconds it would show orange charging LED, then just shut off..phone wouldn't power on, either. he had it plugged in charging for 3 hours though, and the phone was still dead.
when i switched batteries, teh phone would not go past the white HTC screen. it was just dead. we had to get him a replacement. i'm seriously afraid to shut off my phone now or even let it die. sigh.
Oh yea, mine does the not booting past white HTC screen occasionally between REBOOTs as well. I am disappointed with HTC now, my original AMOLED Incredible was totally rock solid for the 2 years I carried it along 40+ airplane rides to 11 different states. This Rezound craps the bed if you give it a dirty look
Everyone should take a look at this thread in the Vivid forum. People were havin problems with their phone booting into CWM when the battery was dead, me included. Our CWM was updated to support charging and now all is fine. Might be worth looking into.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429250
Weird, just let my battery die before reading this thread, didn't experience this..
but def not going to let it die again!
Last night I bought a brand new Streak 5 from a local guy. Box was sealed, no mention of refurb, inner contents were sealed.
I didn't have time to test it and the guy I bought it from said he had gotten it a while back from a work raffle and that it had been sitting in a drawer in his house - I have no reason not to trust that he was lying to me.
When I actually got time to unbox it, I popped the battery in and tried to turn it on. The menu buttons lit up briefly and then when out. The screen never came on. Since then, it has been completely unresponsive.
I've tried to charge it with the wall charger, as well as my PC. Neither seem to be doing anything and my PC doesn't recognize it - even with Dell's software installed.
I've tried to take out the battery and hook it up to the wall charger and my PC to get it to turn on.
I've removed the Micro SD.
There is no SIM card in it currently.
I ordered another battery and an external battery charger. They should be here in a few days. I have the current battery rigged up and charging with a spliced USB cord.
What else can I do? I feel like I've done everything "simple" thus far and I'm a little nervous when it comes to utilities like Streakflash.
I'm coming over from the iPhone world and my Android use has been limited at best. Any help is appreciated.
What happens on the device itself after having had a chance to charge?
Does it light up when you press the power button, or nothing at all?
Thanks for the response.
There is no indication that it's charging. The screen doesn't come on, or even flash. The buttons do not light up. However, I don't believe it's the cable or the connector since my PC responds with an unrecognized device -- "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" prompt. I also managed to get my PC to tell me that the device "wasn't plugged in."
I've tried to get some response out of it in every possible combination regarding the buttons, battery, back cover, microSD, and where it's plugged in. It just sits there. No lit screen, no lit menu buttons, nothing.
If it helps, I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. I've installed every possible thing I could find regarding the Dell drivers and my OS.
It sounds like your device somehow got shipped without having all the software installed onto it.
Can you provide more information about the device itself, such as it's manufacture date or any other info on the box/device labels? Devices getting shipped half baked like that isnt exactly common.
This sounds like a legitamate time to use QDL tool to reflash it, but I cant provide any help with that as I've never used it.
Can you use QDLTool if your computer doesn't even recognize it?
The date on the label is 10/12/2010.
If it's displaying as "Qualcomm CDMA Technologies MSM" that's a sign that it should be able to get into upload mode as that's what the driver qdl tool uses I believe.
It's likely out of warrentee already, so you prob have to fix it on your own if at all.
I can't get it to respond to anything I do. It's very disheartening. I really, really wanted this phone, too.
I'm downloading the latest version of Ubuntu. I'm going to see if I can make any headway through Linux.
I can't get QDLTool to pick-up the device, either. I get an error message when I try to use it and scanning for it does nothing.
Did you install the driver bundled with it properly?
If it still doesnt detect it after that it's likely a dud
use qdltool, you can download it from here
http://www.box.com/s/rj9xd5tl7v5amimbm3youll need to make sure you have all drivers installed though, info is on this forum somewhere,
once installed run the software on pc you should see a big box with "run" on it, click run then connect phone by holding volume up and connecting usb then qdltool will do rest from there
when i got my both my dell streak it was the same deal. first one came exactly as how you described it. I put in the battery, made SURE THAT THE CONNECTORS ARE lined up on the back case, and then tried to power it on. NOTHING.
It seems even if the battery was fully charged, the only real way to turn it on was to connect the streak to the power adapter and then press hold down the on button. WHen the device finally gave me the dell logo, it would just sit there stuck. So i took out the battery, and redid it. Then went into fastboot mode (hold camera and power) and it wouldnt detect the touch screen. It seems that the touch scree was faulty and hence it would remain stuck on the dell logo. I tried to calibrate the touch screen a few times, all failed. Then finally for one time it worked, and the touch screen came back to life. Shortly after though upon booting into the old stage 1.6, it restarted and the touch screen failed again.
So i sent it back to rogers and they gave me a replacement phone. Same deal, when you first put in the battery and the case it wouldnt start no matter what. Only upon plugging it into the power adapter then it starts up. However this new one had a functional touch screen.
1) check out the touch screen by using the fastboot, or stock recovery. If you get error messages, it means your screen is toast most likely and then you might have to open her up and see if all the connections are lined up
2) if it doesnt boot at all, try connecting it to the power adapter first and then after about 30 seconds power it on. You should be able to see the dell logo unless as the guys stated before the software is hosed.
3) if the software is totally hosed, tried to get it into fastboot mode or recovery and see if you can reflash the device.
something like that...
Thanks for the comments, guys.
As of now, it's still in the same position it was in. It doesn't respond to any combinations of buttons, battery in/or, or plugged into the wall/pc.
I'm assuming that the situation it's in currently is what's preventing any sort of legitimate connection between the phone and my PC.
My last shot is a battery and external charger that should be here next week.
My wife has an HTC Thunderbolt -- its unrooted, stock. I wont turn on anymore -- let me clarify that statement.
I see the orange light flash under the grill. That's about it. Ive taken the battery out numerous times. On windows I get the notification the device is connected to the usb port, but I can't get so far along for adb to recognize there is a device attached.
I'm really stuck. Its charged as best as I can tell. Is this a battery issue, a dead phone? I wanted to flash back to stock or totally wipe the device, but I cant even get to that point.
Recommendations?
so what happens when you hold power? nothing?
hhave you tried power and volume up for bootloader mode?
When I hold power - I feel the phone just slightly vibrate after a few seconds but nothing happens after that. With power/volume up -- nothing happens. The orange light keeps flashing however for whatever that means. I'm thinking it has to be the battery. The orange led shows when plugged into the USB port, however nothing shows when not plugged into USB port.
If the phone isn't booting adb will not be usable, however if the computer shows that a device is connected it is most likely your bootloader. I would use the command "fastboot devices" in place of "adb devices" to try to detect functionality of the phone. If you are successful fastboot can be used to flash a full RUU package.
I appreciate all the help. I took it to a Verizon store and even with a new battery it would not boot. I did on the advice of the last post try fastboot devices and nothing showed up or nothing was listed with this command. Its looking pretty much hopeless.
Hello,
I have searched and tried various things, but not found exactly what I hoped for.
I've got a 'sim free' (carrier unlocked) Atrix, which I use a 3 sim card with. The screen was smashed up (ran over it with my 200kg powered wheelchair!) and while it had worked for several months with the broken screen, in a case, I decided to change it. The battery had also died. I changed the screen, and then plugged it in to charge. It will not turn back on. It could be either a battery issue, or something happened when I opened it up to change the screen and digitizer.
Battery - the green LED shows when it's connected to the PC or Atrix dock, but does not show when it's plugged into any kind of plugsocket charger, OEM and otherwise. PC doesn't recognise it as there. I tried connecting with no battery in. Again, green light shows on PC usb connection, and dock, but not via plugsocket charger. Phone still doesn't turn on.
Past - I've sometimes found it takes hours to have enough charge to turn on again, if it gets very low. A few times I've needed to use the OEM plugsocket charger, rather than the computer usb, for it to turn on again. Never like this, though.
Tried - tried to load via fastboot, by holding down volume button and pressing large on/off button. Nothing happens at all. I have tried this many times.
I don't particularly want/need to root, but I am desparate to get this phone working again, if at all possible.
Is there a way to get into fastboot via a USB cable - force it to turn on somehow? Any other ideas?
Please do link me if there is a thread I've missed that asks this - I've read and searched quite a bit, but not found anything that worked yet. Thanks
Enable usb debugging, get adb binaries for your pc OS and:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Hairo The Blue Mage said:
Enable usb debugging, get adb binaries for your pc OS and:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
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Thanks for replying. Is there a way to enable USB debugging without the phone turning on? Because currently, I have no way to get it to work to change settings. I have a feeling that USB debugging may already be turned on, but I'm not sure, and I can't turn it on (even with OEM charger).
EstherL said:
I decided to change it. The battery had also died. I changed the screen, and then plugged it in to charge. It will not turn back on. It could be either a battery issue, or something happened when I opened it up to change the screen and digitizer.
Battery - the green LED shows when it's connected to the PC or Atrix dock, but does not show when it's plugged into any kind of plugsocket charger, OEM and otherwise. PC doesn't recognise it as there. I tried connecting with no battery in. Again, green light shows on PC usb connection, and dock, but not via plugsocket charger. Phone still doesn't turn on.
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Just some ideas...
I'm not sure, in reading this, if you replaced the battery with a new one? As you've disassembled your phone to get to the screen, what would you think about taking it apart again and checking that you have connected everything correctly (having a look at the pictures on the ifixit site there are 3 ribbons connecting the motherboard) Also, when you have the motherboard out check the usb/hdmi connections. You obviously have a connection of sorts for you to get a green light.
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I'm not sure, in reading this, if you replaced the battery with a new one? As you've disassembled your phone to get to the screen, what would you think about taking it apart again and checking that you have connected everything correctly (having a look at the pictures on the ifixit site there are 3 ribbons connecting the motherboard) Also, when you have the motherboard out check the usb/hdmi connections. You obviously have a connection of sorts for you to get a green light.
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Yeah - I did actually do that (take it apart and double/triple check everything) and as far as I can tell, everything is correct; certainly the three ribbon cables are, and there doesn't seem to be anything else hardware wise that I can see is a problem. It did, at one point, smell briefly of electronics, but there was the possibility that could have been something else/my middle-of-the-night-paranoia-that-I-killed-my-phone. It doesn't smell now, and I'm not certain it was the phone at all, anyway.
I haven't replaced the battery for a new one - it's the same one. I have left it on charge for upwards of 12 hours both connected to USB (3) and to the charger dock, as well as several hours connected to the OEM charger via the plugsocket.
You're a braver man than me in replacing the screen... I need to do mine but looking at the videos/pictures of taking the ribbons off (and putting them back on!!) looks a job too far for me.
If it were me I would be thinking about getting a replacement battery because all your other options depend on your phone turning on.
Yep, I'm having another round of issues on my One.
Just some information:
Running stock ROM, bootloader locked (not "relocked"), S/N HT346(...), Quick boot OFF, previously sent in for repair.
I believe this has been brought up before, but here I go:
I pulled the phone off the charger this morning with a full charge. However, Car mode unexpectedly opened up. I found this odd, since I'm running a stock AT&T ROM using the Sense launcher, which means Car mode is nowhere to be found. The device also reported using an "incorrect charger" or some other thing. I use the charger that came in the box with my phone. I assumed it was a mistake.
However, in my infinite wisdom, I decided to brush it off and went on with my day.
Usage patterns normal, maybe with a bit more GPS and camera use than usual, but more or less a normal day.
Come back home, plug it in. Phone will not charge. I do not believe it's a hardware issue. Why?
Troubleshooting time:
Plugged into another outlet, will not charge.
Switched wall warts. Will not charge (I have a few from older HTC phones and a few from other Android devices).
Switched USB cables. Will not charge (tried combo-ing with wall warts, same result).
Plugged into PC. Will not charge AND does not recognize USB connection (both ends). Tried with several different cables, no dice.
Rebooted, no dice. Did it again (and several times after that), no cigar.
Safe mode: Nope.
What works?
Connect via fastboot works (so "FASTBOOT USB" works)
It WILL charge when powered off.
Now, as the title states, I noticed the LED blinking when the phone is powered off and plugged in via AC or USB.
The orange LED will light up for ~6 seconds, dim down (to the level of brightness that would be considered "normal" for the phone) for ~6 seconds, then turn off. The process repeats after the LED turns off for about 5 seconds.
Any ideas on why this could have happened (including my own stupidity) and what I can do to solve this problem? I'm going to send it in to HTC if nothing gets it working again (and has it stay that way).
altanimi said:
Yep, I'm having another round of issues on my One.
Just some information:
Running stock ROM, bootloader locked (not "relocked"), S/N HT346(...), Quick boot OFF, previously sent in for repair.
I believe this has been brought up before, but here I go:
I pulled the phone off the charger this morning with a full charge. However, Car mode unexpectedly opened up. I found this odd, since I'm running a stock AT&T ROM using the Sense launcher, which means Car mode is nowhere to be found. The device also reported using an "incorrect charger" or some other thing. I use the charger that came in the box with my phone. I assumed it was a mistake.
However, in my infinite wisdom, I decided to brush it off and went on with my day.
Usage patterns normal, maybe with a bit more GPS and camera use than usual, but more or less a normal day.
Come back home, plug it in. Phone will not charge. I do not believe it's a hardware issue. Why?
Troubleshooting time:
Plugged into another outlet, will not charge.
Switched wall warts. Will not charge (I have a few from older HTC phones and a few from other Android devices).
Switched USB cables. Will not charge (tried combo-ing with wall warts, same result).
Plugged into PC. Will not charge AND does not recognize USB connection (both ends). Tried with several different cables, no dice.
Rebooted, no dice. Did it again (and several times after that), no cigar.
Safe mode: Nope.
What works?
Connect via fastboot works (so "FASTBOOT USB" works)
It WILL charge when powered off.
Now, as the title states, I noticed the LED blinking when the phone is powered off and plugged in via AC or USB.
The orange LED will light up for ~6 seconds, dim down (to the level of brightness that would be considered "normal" for the phone) for ~6 seconds, then turn off. The process repeats after the LED turns off for about 5 seconds.
Any ideas on why this could have happened (including my own stupidity) and what I can do to solve this problem? I'm going to send it in to HTC if nothing gets it working again (and has it stay that way).
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I'm having the same issue as you, were you ever able to fix this? if so, could you please share what you did?
Thanks
altanimi said:
Yep, I'm having another round of issues on my One.
Just some information:
Running stock ROM, bootloader locked (not "relocked"), S/N HT346(...), Quick boot OFF, previously sent in for repair.
I believe this has been brought up before, but here I go:
I pulled the phone off the charger this morning with a full charge. However, Car mode unexpectedly opened up. I found this odd, since I'm running a stock AT&T ROM using the Sense launcher, which means Car mode is nowhere to be found. The device also reported using an "incorrect charger" or some other thing. I use the charger that came in the box with my phone. I assumed it was a mistake.
However, in my infinite wisdom, I decided to brush it off and went on with my day.
Usage patterns normal, maybe with a bit more GPS and camera use than usual, but more or less a normal day.
Come back home, plug it in. Phone will not charge. I do not believe it's a hardware issue. Why?
Troubleshooting time:
Plugged into another outlet, will not charge.
Switched wall warts. Will not charge (I have a few from older HTC phones and a few from other Android devices).
Switched USB cables. Will not charge (tried combo-ing with wall warts, same result).
Plugged into PC. Will not charge AND does not recognize USB connection (both ends). Tried with several different cables, no dice.
Rebooted, no dice. Did it again (and several times after that), no cigar.
Safe mode: Nope.
What works?
Connect via fastboot works (so "FASTBOOT USB" works)
It WILL charge when powered off.
Now, as the title states, I noticed the LED blinking when the phone is powered off and plugged in via AC or USB.
The orange LED will light up for ~6 seconds, dim down (to the level of brightness that would be considered "normal" for the phone) for ~6 seconds, then turn off. The process repeats after the LED turns off for about 5 seconds.
Any ideas on why this could have happened (including my own stupidity) and what I can do to solve this problem? I'm going to send it in to HTC if nothing gets it working again (and has it stay that way).
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I have the same problem, and started the same way. Anyone found the solution?
Please help.
Thanks.