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Hi all,
It seems my X10 mini pro is bricked.
Briefly: When I turn on the phone, it vibrates. About 8 seconds llater, the screen lights up, but doesn't show anything, then goes dark again. It then keeps repeating this: once in a while, the screen lights up, but shows nothing, and then goes dark again.
When plugged in to charge, the LED light doesn't come on (and actually hadn't for a while when charging, even though the phone was still working).
I've deleted all the contents of the SD card and updated the firmware with SEUS and PC Companion; both don't come up with any errors and claim everything has been installed, but there is no change in the phone's behavior. Also tried to install the French stock ROM (the only link that seems to work in the Flashtool+ROM thread) using Flashtool, but to no avail.
Does anyone have any other sugggestions?
I was wondering whether it could actually be a battery problem, as I've had some issues with charging the phone for a while before this happened; e.g. the LED didn't work when charging, and on more and more occasions the phone didn't seem to charge when plugged in. Could this be caused by a problem with the battery? (Have ordered a new one from ebay, so will see what happens when it arrives.) I'm not aware that I did anything unusual with the phone software-wise that could have caused it to be bricked. (Phone was rooted, but I did that ages ago.)
Many thanks for your help!
could be the battery going bad since you mentioned you have it ages ago or so. or could be the cable as well.
demoniacs said:
could be the battery going bad since you mentioned you have it ages ago or so. or could be the cable as well.
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I've had it for about 15 months. Is it normal for the battery to go after that amount of time?
Which cable do you mean?
i cannot really tell about the battery but the usb cable for your charger.
Ok, it's not the battery. I tried it in a shop with one of their batteries, which worked in their phone, and the phone still won't turn on.
Is there anyone who thinks it could still be a software issue?
Otherwise it seems my options are to send off the phone, which might cost a bit, or to start digging around in the phone myself for a bit. I found a disassembly guide online, but it scares me a bit, since the first step seems to be to lift off the keyboard, and I'm a bit worried about damaging it and about how to put it back. Has anyone else here got any experience with taking their X10 mini pro apart?
Thanks!
Charging issues etc are nornally to do with the dodgy USB port in the phone. Try wiggling the cable at the port end see if you can get it to charge then try a SEUS
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No, it wasn't a charging issue.
Took it to be fixed, and it turned out it was the cable inside that connects the screen etc to the low part of the screen.
Now that the phone is working again, I've got to figure out how to get rid of the French keyboard layout that I got onto it when trying to fix the firmware ...
Why not flashing mine in my signature, it's QWERTY! ;-)
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So I got my Amaze on Friday, rooted and installed Energy Rom on Saturday, and phone just died on me on Sunday.
I was in the middle of playing Scramble with Friends and phone froze up on me. I had to take the batter out to reset it since the power button was not responsive. After I pulled the battery and put it back in, the phone would turn on.
So i read and read and found out people usually bought new batteries since the most likely culprit was a dead battery. I have a friend with the same phone and tried his battery. I saw the HTC Logo come on for a brief second and then that was it, nothing else. Phone died again and did not turn on (under his batter). I recharged my battery in his phone and tried that as well, but no luck.
Any ideas what went wrong and what I can do to fix this?
The phone is completely dead and not turning on. So that means I can't get into bootloader and recovery.
About Phone:
Unlocked Bootloader
TWRP recovery
Faux Kernel
ENERGY Rom
Any incite on this would be great. Thanks in advance!
Plug it in to the wall charger for 30-45min. Unplug and pull battery again. Put battery back in and you should be good...
Don't be alarmed if the orange led light flashes... It's normal when the phone dies. Be happy you're using twrp and not an old recovery that doesn't have charging while off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1561104
Amaze Bricked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575191
[Q] Bricked Amaze Won't turn on
I hope that's XBoarder's TWRP 2.0.0...
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Thanks, i actually read those threads before i posted. I think there are more threads about that but i tried all options and none seemed to work. I will try plugging it in the wall and pulling battery out but the battery is at a 100% charge right now (i can confirm from a friends phone). However, if its just a glitch, then i will try the wall charger trick.
Thanks.
ars88 said:
Thanks, i actually read those threads before i posted. I think there are more threads about that but i tried all options and none seemed to work. I will try plugging it in the wall and pulling battery out but the battery is at a 100% charge right now (i can confirm from a friends phone). However, if its just a glitch, then i will try the wall charger trick.
Thanks.
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Once you get it booted, I recommend 4EXT recovery... But that's just my opinion
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Thanks - tried the battery solution but unfortunately it didn't work out for me. Phone just refuses to power up.
Assuming its an official brick.
i have a similar problem, well my battery had charged and running fine for several months, so i unplugged the battery to put my sim on it, and plug it back in when it was booting up it froze on the boot logo, so i took off the battery again so i can reboot it
and ever since it wont come back on, wont either go to the bootloader, so i let it charged all night and nothing happen no led blinking or on, so got my friends amaze's battery to test and it would not do anything at either, right now i am waiting for my replacement, but i hate the fact that this had happen to me
oh wow - well i ordered a replacement as well. I really hope it doesn't come down to a software issue and they don't end up covering the device since it has been rooted.
If the phone is completely dead and non-booting, there's no way for T-Mobile to determine if it's rooted or not. Only until it gets back to HTC to be refurbished could they (HTC) find out but at that point it won't matter to anyone anyhow.
And it couldn't possibly be a software issue. There's something physically defective inside the device that caused it to die.
htc amaze 4g refuse to turn on.
hi all, i'm a newbie here, though i have always loved the XDA. I unlocked my bootloader last night, downloaded and reinstalled my fav apps since i didnt do a backup. while i was downloading the XDA app, my fone freezed and eventually went off. When i tried to get it back on, it got stuck on the white htc screen and later went off after some seconds. It has refused to come on till the time of this post. i really need urgent advice.
I was yet to install a recovery software before the tragedy occurred.
Hello,
So last night I was using my optimus g, the notification that my battery was too low came up, and the phone shut off. After that I went to charge my phone and the usual red light did not come up around the power button and the phone will not charge. There is no water damage or sudden incident that could have caused this to happen. AT&T will not replace the phone due to a small scratch on the front of the screen done a couple months ago. Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get my phone to charge and turn on again??
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
have you tried to hold the power button down for like 10 seconds? try a different plug outlet and plug it in and see what happens
If you can't get it working then send it in to LG since AT&T won't help you.
Have you tried a different charger? Tried usb charging? Somewhere in this forum are instructions for removing the back case and battery. Two others had similar problems and removing the battery helped.
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Jank4AU said:
Have you tried a different charger? Tried usb charging? Somewhere in this forum are instructions for removing the back case and battery. Two others had similar problems and removing the battery helped.
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Yeah, I tried a lot of different chargers, USB charging and different outlets. I will have to try to remove the battery i guess. AT&T told me that I could not have LG repair it because it has a small crack in the bottom left that I made a couple months prior to this happening. Do you know how to get to the thread about removing the battery? I cant seem to find it =/
Anyone have any other ideas?
Here's the thread for accessing the battery btw.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2127122
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If that doesn't do the trick then replacing the damaged portion of the phone and then claiming warranty would probably work, especially since it's already bricked and you don't have to worry too hard about it not turning on again after you reassemble it because again, it's already bricked probably a whole lot cheaper than buying a new one off contract.
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If that doesn't do the trick then replacing the damaged portion of the phone and then claiming warranty would probably work, especially since it's already bricked and you don't have to worry too hard about it not turning on again after you reassemble it because again, it's already bricked probably a whole lot cheaper than buying a new one off contract.
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The only problem is that the crack is on the front class screen, and I have heard that the screen is hard to replace
Before you open it up and go fiddling around on the inside, try these (in order):
1. Hold down your power button for at least 15 seconds.
2. Plug in your charger
3. (If that doesn't work) Use a different outlet/adapter.
4. If all else fails, try the 15 second power button thing and then connect it to your computer.
My Nook Tablet's display wouldn't work once and it took me the better part of a week to figure out that holding the power button down for 10+ seconds manually turns it off (I was a noob). (I then plugged it into my computer instead of the charger and it powered on!) A lot of people forget to try the simple things first...
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The only problem is that the crack is on the front class screen, and I have heard that the screen is hard to replace
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Ok, let me rephrase that. A new one is $450. You can get a screen/digitizer for ~$85. I'm not a math whiz but to me the difficulty is worth saving that much cash.
download mode
it could be a software problem try going into download mode (holding vol down and power then plugging it in at the same time) it may take a couple trys but if you can get into that then it could possibly be a software issue maybe its a prob with bootloader if it is try useing some teenybins somthing similar happened to me i unlocked the bootloader and everthing got better post back if you can get into download mode
I too have started having problems charging this phone when it goes all the way down which it does fast usually listing android operating system or my screen as the main culprit....try booting to bl then recovery and clearing cache and dalvic....I use twrp recovery and there no battery stat wipe function but in rom toolbox pro there is although the merits of such is questionable.....I also used a battery calibration app recently and it seemed to help... I've also had to plug it up and just leave it for a while whether it's convenient or not it works....???
I've wondered about awesome kernel cleaning script... As well as some of the battery saving apps in conjunction with Eco mode and power saver function.... I've used juice defender ultimate for a while and recently battery guru from Qualcomm and Antutu but same crash today leaving phone down 2 hours plus easily not to mention getting stuck in power save popup warning viscious cycle of popping up every keystroke is gonna get this device slammed up against a wall and I don't want to replace it but any help on this also appreciated....
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USB Cable
Have you tried another USB cable? :silly: I stopped using USB cords ever since my grandpa got a wireless charger (yes, my grandpa ) but you better be careful with those since not all of them are compatible with LG phones, check the reviews and device compatibility, mine is a Powermat 3X
im having the same problems too... using the latest cyanagen mod... the battery just doesnt hold the charges like it says and shuts off.. i need this phone as an alarm......
There's problems with fast charge for cm try turning it off its on by default
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Same problem ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I have this problem now, and can't get it to work. Anybody figure it out?
So there seems to be a desease of optimuses
My phone was charging while I was sleeping, and I accidentaly putted my hand on my phone while I was sleeping, and the phone was seriusly hot! I got up, upluged the phone from the charger, let it cooldown, plug it in on another charger, the phone responded in the first place, but the red flashing light was coming up really quickly. I switched it of and on and now it is showing me the battery that is shown when the device is charging. Been doing this charge for like an hour or more, with varius attempts to switch it on but it still it wont switch on! Any tips or anything? I am going to leave it charging for a coupe of hours and see if I have any results...
My phone started having issues where it would randomly shut off and sometimes holding power for approx 20 seconds or so would turn it back on or other button combinations sometimes requiring me to force download mode. I have always been able to force it back on however previously when plugged into a charger the notification light wouldn't do anything.
It shut off yesterday and I have tried every combination of buttons for at least 30 seconds, including trying to force download mode with volume up and down and USB into computer and nothing. The difference this time every time I plug it in the notification light either is solid or pulsing rapidly and will not turn on or go to download mode.
Phone is rooted running paulicats aosp and has been since I got the phone 3 months ago, it was dropped in water the week I got the phone but was disassembled and cleaned that day with no issues until this last week.
Any help or input is greatly appreciated
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My COMPLETELY STOCK DNA's battery died a few hours ago, so naturally i went to go plug it in. When i plug my device in, no LED's light up, and it wont boot at all. Ive tried multiple chargers/cables, tried charging via USB all to no avail. ive read a few threads on here where some can get the white HTC screen to flicker on for a moment, but i dont even get that. The phone was seriously powered off for less than 3 minutes. I also tried doing the Power+vol down hard reset, with no results... I purchased this device less than 3 months ago, and its been kept in pristine order (i treat my phones better than most mothers do newborn babies), so its under the HTC warranty, but i have no way to call them to file a claim and i cant seem to find any way to do that online. can ANYONE help me out please? I need my phone for work, and i feel as if im going to be without a device for a few days because of this :/
I had the exact same thing happened to my Nexus, I had to send it in for repairs. You should go to a Verizon store and show it to them
Plug it into the wall and let it charge it can take a while for the led light to indicate it's charging but it is.
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Plug it in for about 10 to 15 minutes then while its charging, hold down the power button for 30 seconds. You should be good. You may have to hold the power button a couple of times if it doesn't work the first time..
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If your running an old version of clock work mod recovery this should fix it and if you are switch to some other recovery.. If your not running cwm just try it anyway it may fix it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722989
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My COMPLETELY STOCK DNA's battery died a few hours ago, so naturally i went to go plug it in. When i plug my device in, no LED's light up, and it wont boot at all. Ive tried multiple chargers/cables, tried charging via USB all to no avail. ive read a few threads on here where some can get the white HTC screen to flicker on for a moment, but i dont even get that. The phone was seriously powered off for less than 3 minutes. I also tried doing the Power+vol down hard reset, with no results... I purchased this device less than 3 months ago, and its been kept in pristine order (i treat my phones better than most mothers do newborn babies), so its under the HTC warranty, but i have no way to call them to file a claim and i cant seem to find any way to do that online. can ANYONE help me out please? I need my phone for work, and i feel as if im going to be without a device for a few days because of this :/
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Did you manage to find a fix same thing happened to my HTC one expect i was running cm10.1 the phone died and when i tried to charge it no led or anything i even left it charging over night and nothing from what im seeing this happens on a few htc devices only
Mine has died multiple times and the led blinks and then after 2 or 3 mind it stays solid and charges. I would let it sit but since you did that and it didn't work it had to be hardware related.
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So, this happened to me, sent for a replacement. Got it in, and worked fine for a while then plugged it into my external battery and BLAM! same thing. No charge light, no response from buttons. no nothing.
Okay i first want to say. THE BUTTONS DO NOT HELP. I hope you saw that and thats all I am ever seeing in every forum about this out there. My phone will not turn on. It died completely as I thought I had 10% left and it would last 30 seconds but it didn't. I plugged it in and it started charging and when it got to 30% i tried to turn it on and nothing happened. Let it charge more and nothing. Plugged it into the computer and pressed the buttons and all that came up was OMAP4430 which from what i read is something that looks for the bootloader. I have done alot as in taking it apart changing the battery thinking maybe its shot, tried also to directly charge the battery, all the buttons do nothing, taking out the cards and charging and pressing the buttons doesn't help.
I was thinking that the something happened to the bootloader... From what i read at least. Is it possible to boot the phone with the bootloader on the sd card?
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Okay i first want to say. THE BUTTONS DO NOT HELP. I hope you saw that and thats all I am ever seeing in every forum about this out there. My phone will not turn on. It died completely as I thought I had 10% left and it would last 30 seconds but it didn't. I plugged it in and it started charging and when it got to 30% i tried to turn it on and nothing happened. Let it charge more and nothing. Plugged it into the computer and pressed the buttons and all that came up was OMAP4430 which from what i read is something that looks for the bootloader. I have done alot as in taking it apart changing the battery thinking maybe its shot, tried also to directly charge the battery, all the buttons do nothing, taking out the cards and charging and pressing the buttons doesn't help.
I was thinking that the something happened to the bootloader... From what i read at least. Is it possible to boot the phone with the bootloader on the sd card?
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If you use the USB cable (the original Motorola cable) can you see the phone under devices on your PC? If so, then you can probably use RSD lite or Matt's Droid RAZR Utility to reflash back to the stock ROM (do a Google search; if you have trouble finding the info let me know and I will see if I can find the links for you).
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I am having the same problem, but the computer won't find phone. Any idea?
stevetrocs said:
I am having the same problem, but the computer won't find phone. Any idea?
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Have you tried reinstalling the Motorola drivers on your PC? I think you can download them from Motorola. I really don't know if that will work, but it is one thing I would try if I was in your situation.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2006391 .Looks like you tried to do same as in the thread... aka deleted bootloader. Currently there's no sollution except replacing board or you coul try to safe your phone using whirleye's post in same thread about OMAP boot rom code.
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