Pulse Vibrating nonstop - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

Hello, my wifes AT&T Note I717 last night started this pulse vibrating on and off to the point i had to pull the battery. I didnt get time to mess with it this morning due to work but need sugestions on how to fix when i get home. I couldnt get it to turn on either because of the pulse... Its kinda like that vibrate when the phone is starting.
Thanks!
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Your power button might be stuck.

440bro said:
Your power button might be stuck.
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this one has GOT to be the stuck power button. and she can probably fix it. have her fiddle with button and kind of flick back of phone a bit. whatever you think will jar it free.

Im hopeing u guys are right her contract insnt up till march. Ill check it when i get home. Thanks!
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Well its not a stuck button. I removed the back and the button is working great. I did however notice the battery is bulged in the center.... Suggestions?

Just go ahead and get a new battery, bulge= n good.
While you're awaiting delivery:
You could have an app constantly crashing in the background.
If you're rooted... use tibu, if not use helium, back up your apps.
If there's a custom recovery, factory reset within it. (Can't remember if that option is in stock recovery or not)
If it's so doing that after a fresh boot then it's not an app.

Had the same symptoms with my i717R. Battery has failed or is failing. It would show charging in recovery, but whenever it booted, it would go into a loop and then not have any charge. Circuit in the battery is toast.

Ok ordered a new battery and it will be here Friday... Ill post back the results!

I just want to let everybody know that my battery came in today and my phone booted up just fine... so it was the battery and I attached a picture of the old battery showing the Bulge
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Thanks for reporting back and letting us know what it was. You should put [solved] in the title now too.

Well jumped the gun... It worked fine untill an hour ago. It is doing the same thing again. When i put battery in the samsung logo comes up and then off again and then vibrates on off onn off ect. Any sugestions?
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Oxicottin said:
Ok ordered a new battery and it will be here Friday... Ill post back the results!
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I see that you fixed the problem, but here's for people having this exact problem:
I have a Note from Bell (SGH-I717M), and it did the same thing, turns off and vibrates constantly. I figured out the problem, even after factory resetting didn't do the job. Luckily, my phone was slightly rooted with a backup from 6 months prior. I flashed back to that date, and updated to 4.2 (stupid thing was on 4.0.2), works just fine, took 3 days to get the device started in the beginning, however.

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Won't boot after powering off or restarting

Ok sorry if this has already been discussed but I'm kinda in a hurry. I'm having an issue where if I tell the phone to reboot or even power off, it will just turn off and not come back up without a battery pull. Last time I told it to reboot (fastboot off btw), it turned off, then the red led came on for a few seconds, then it just stayed off. I've noticed that the only way around this is to pull the battery and then try to boot it up, which works fine but is annoying as hell. Is this a common issue or what, trying to get some opinions on whether or not to try to exchange it before I get off work and go outta town.
Try a factory reset. Still no luck, then take it back
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Same problem here
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Well, I hanging on to this 3VO for right now at least, still hoping to hear from more people. Actually, I hope this isn't a real problem with the 3D's in general and that mine is a somewhat isolated incident. Bad comes to worse, I swap for a new one or the GS2 at the end of the month.
I had that problem for a day on mine, and after that it never happened again.
xPhantom said:
I had that problem for a day on mine, and after that it never happened again.
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Oddly enough, same here I think. It happened a couple times during the first 2 days maybe and hasn't done it since... weird...
Mine was having the problem where if I restarted it would just power down. Then it got to where I had to pull the battery to get it to turn back on. Took it back yesterday.
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bwcorvus said:
Mine was having the problem where if I restarted it would just power down. Then it got to where I had to pull the battery to get it to turn back on. Took it back yesterday.
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I really hope i dont have to return my phones... My wife mentioned it to me that her phone wasnt rebooting any more when she presses restart an i tried it on mine an it wont do it any more either. Maybe its just a update
I have the same problem after restarting I had to pull battery. I think its just a bug the phone works perfect other than that.
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[Q] OTA Bricking phones?

My friend and I both have Rezounds. I have yet to get the update, he had Scott's ICS ROM on his. The update forced itself onto his phone and bricked it. When he went to the store, the reps told him the update seems to be doing this to alot of people (rep said they saw 10 of them today!). Anyone else have the OTA brick a ROM's phone or even stock?
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My friend and I both have Rezounds. I have yet to get the update, he had Scott's ICS ROM on his. The update forced itself onto his phone and bricked it. When he went to the store, the reps told him the update seems to be doing this to alot of people (rep said they saw 10 of them today!). Anyone else have the OTA brick a ROM's phone or even stock?
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No, but I am sure if you have a custom recovery on your phone with a custom rom an official update sure isn't going to help ..but I figured it would just error out. How did it brick it ? he was unable to load Hboot anymore ?
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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durthquake said:
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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Could you get into hboot and run the ruu? If you can do that, the phone isn't bricked...
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durthquake said:
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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I suspect the no charging is due to running the battery down all the way. There's a thread or two about that issue. I think the solution was to pull the battery, plug in the charger then put the battery back in while phone is connected to charger. Then you might have to wait up to 30 minutes for the light to turn on and for it to start charging.
And yeah, if you can boot into hboot you should be able to get the phone back with RUU or if the ROM is fine then flash Amon Ra recovery in fastboot.
It didn't allow anything to be done in hboot. It won't even turn on now, i have him my battery to try and still doesn't turn on.
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Well read through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1434532
and see if you can at least get it charged up again. Then go from there.
Both me and my wife have had the OTA for at least a week and we have not had any issues with the OTA.
Also, I must say, this is the first time I have heard of the OTA causing bricking of the unit.
If you can't get it charged, try the writing hack to get it involved. Basically you just take a regular usb cable and snip the connector off. From there you take the ground and the power, and then you put the ground and power to the battery in the respective places. Worked for a bad Atrix flash that killed my battery.
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I hadn't heard of it bricking it till I saw it first hand... As far as charging, it's a non issue since I have my friend my fully charged battery to try and wouldn't turn on. (Note that this is happened only after it stayed on the HTC screen for about 30 minutes, so it may have overheated or something during that time?)
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It bricked my stock Rezound. Could not have happened on a worse day to. I had to do a factory reset to get it to come back. Real PIA
Chris
drtnsnw said:
It bricked my stock Rezound. Could not have happened on a worse day to. I had to do a factory reset to get it to come back. Real PIA
Chris
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That's not a brick. That's a pain in the ass.
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That's not a brick. That's a pain in the ass.
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+1
a brick is just what it is.. a brick.
which means the phone is done. you can't use it again.
durthquake said:
It went to the HTC screen and stayed there, when tried to go-to recovery it wouldn't work, eventually screen went black and wouldn't turn on, or even charge!
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If it can get to the HTC screen, it isn't bricked. Put your battery in his phone and see if it can get to HBOOT.
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I hadn't heard of it bricking it till I saw it first hand... As far as charging, it's a non issue since I have my friend my fully charged battery to try and wouldn't turn on. (Note that this is happened only after it stayed on the HTC screen for about 30 minutes, so it may have overheated or something during that time?)
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I don't think you can write off the battery/charging issue. It takes some time for people who have let their battery fully drain to get the phone to charge it again although they were able charge on an external charger iirc. Anyway, point is it may be the phone not the battery that needs to "wake up" (for lack of a better term) again.
So definitely go through that dead battery charging thread and try everything in there to get the phone to charge the battery again. Then you'll know the phone is functioning as it should, atm it may not be.
I don't understand how the the OTA forced itself since all of Scotts ROMs are debloated. Everyone that rooted and debloated running stock, said that the update failed in recovery, I know I witnessed it on mine. Being on an ICS build, one would think that the update wouldn't even be downloaded.
yeah it is strange. Even if I force check for update on my Rez the update doesn't come. Are you sure your friend is telling you the whole story?
con247 said:
yeah it is strange. Even if I force check for update on my Rez the update doesn't come. Are you sure your friend is telling you the whole story?
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I am said friend.
Durthquake sits in the cube next to me. He watched the whole event transpire.
Here's what happened and what was tried and the resolution,
Rezound reboots to the HTC screen. Won't show the think brilliantly words. Just stayed on HTC.
So I did a battery pull and rebooted phone and same thing. Just HTC.
Now I reboot to recovery, get hboot and try to do a wipe. It blinks like its going to try to go to recovery then turns off.
Do another battery pull boot maneuver and it does the same thing.
As we are at work I did have to work so I leave it on the stock wall charger for about an hour and try to turn on again. HTC screen so I leave it to see what happens, maybe I didn't wait long enough.
Like 35 minutes later screen goes black.
Now it won't power on, won't go to hboot, basically a brick. So I pull my battery give it to durthquake who gives me his rezound battery. His phone turns on, mine doesn't.
Now I try pulling sim, sdcard, and putting my battery back in. Still nada. Phone be properly bricked.
Bring it home put sim, sdcard, and battery back in and put on HTC wall charger overnight. In the am nothing. Still a pretty beats brick.
Go to vzw and the try charging turning on etc. Nada. They say since the ota they've had about 5 of these in.
The resolution is vzw sending me a new rezound and I buying a new phone so I can give the resound to my gf.
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[Q] Battery issue?

Okay so I'm running cm7 and it was great till yesterday. Started having the known wifi issue. Okay I know devs are on it. But last night I didn't plug it in. The battery completely died. So now when I plug it in it just try's to keep booting but has to restart after 2 seconds into the initial nook copyright screen. It apparently is not holding any charge or just completely runs out of juice just trying to boot and must start. Anyone else see this yet?
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Okay so I'm running cm7 and it was great till yesterday. Started having the known wifi issue. Okay I know devs are on it. But last night I didn't plug it in. The battery completely died. So now when I plug it in it just try's to keep booting but has to restart after 2 seconds into the initial nook copyright screen. It apparently is not holding any charge or just completely runs out of juice just trying to boot and must start. Anyone else see this yet?
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Yes, that question has come up a lot lately. Just leave it in the charger and don't touch it for at least thirty minutes.
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Tried it already
Been at it all day. No matter how much time I still keep getting the same result. I tested the charger too and I've eliminated it as the culprit.
Have you been messing with it? You have to leave it completely alone. Don't touch it, try to turn it on, or anything. Just leave it alone until it finally boots up. Maybe go watch a movie or something. It happened to me a week or so ago.
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No luck
I appreciate the advice but everytime I think it's gonna start getting better it doesn't. The box appears so I think ok this is a step in the right direction but then the boots following dont ever go that far again. It's been over an hour completely untouched.
Oh well
It's been a while now still the same. I'm hoping all the boots and stops can just kill this thing so I can take it to a bn store for a replacement. Anyone get a replacement yet? Can they just swap it at the store or do they have to send the ***** out?
Still nothing
Left it plugged in all night while I slept. No luck.
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Left it plugged in all night while I slept. No luck.
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Wow, if it didn't start up overnight, I'd say it's gone. Hopefully you can take it back.
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Got a replacement
Got a new/refurb this morning. Staff was very nice and didnt give any pushback Luckily it's running 1.4.0. Plus I got another charger for free.

[Q] (Q) Possibly bricked my i717

My phone boots up for 5 seconds to the samsung screen and then it shuts off. I can not get into recovery. I tried going into download mode,but when it enters download mode approx 5 sec and then it shuts off not enough time for odin to run. My battery is fully charge. What should I do?:crying:
Does it vibrate and restart as well?
Could possibly be the power button is stuck. Happens sometimes.
And since it Powers up ... It is not bricked.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
Does it vibrate and restart as well?
Could possibly be the power button is stuck. Happens sometimes.
And since it Powers up ... It is not bricked.
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it vibrates but does not reboot after the first boot
Stuck power button. . . or flashed an incomplete Rom from a bad download. . .just guessing because you didn't say what you did that led up to this.
How about a little insight on events leading up to the issue.
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Bubbajoe40356 said:
How about a little insight on events leading up to the issue.
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Last night i flashed Xylon 2.5 unOfficial Rom for quincyatt from ManelScott4Life off his site and then i flashed the recent 4Ace kernel and it was working perfectly for I used it for a couple hour before going to sleep. As I was listening to music on the way to school. It shut off and until now i need to take battery out n put back in order for it to boot for 5 seconds n shuts off again
Odd....But I still would not rule out a stuck button.
If you have a good backup that you can restore, you might could try a wipe and reflash of that backup.
The real test will be if you can boot into your recovery and it stays there. If it does not, then the problem leans toward a button issue again.
And of course, the battery could also be causing trouble. We have had failed batteries act the same as you describe. If you have a spare, try it. If not, plug the device into AC power and attempt the boot into recovery.
Either way, if the phone stays in recovery, you have a battery issue, or corrupted rom...g
What he said^^^
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Odd....But I still would not rule out a stuck button.
If you have a good backup that you can restore, you might could try a wipe and reflash of that backup.
The real test will be if you can boot into your recovery and it stays there. If it does not, then the problem leans toward a button issue again.
And of course, the battery could also be causing trouble. We have had failed batteries act the same as you describe. If you have a spare, try it. If not, plug the device into AC power and attempt the boot into recovery.
Either way, if the phone stays in recovery, you have a battery issue, or corrupted rom...g
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very much appreciated guys it was a button problem
Yea!
What do we win?
Glad you got it fixed up.
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Same Problem
I have a question. I have the same exact problem as the OP. However in my case I dont know what happened to the phone as someone just gave it to me since it didnt work and I have a Note they figured I could use it for parts. That aside At first i tried everything and no go. But today i was able to put it into download mode and like 5 seconds into it it shuts off. My main question is how do you know if the button is stuck 1. 2. How do you fix that?
Edit: well i opened my phone up and cleaned out the button and rubber thing and it did the trick! You guys are my heroes!!!:thumbup:
Glad we could help
Great you got it fixed. Enjoy.
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I have a question. I have the same exact problem as the OP. However in my case I dont know what happened to the phone as someone just gave it to me since it didnt work and I have a Note they figured I could use it for parts. That aside At first i tried everything and no go. But today i was able to put it into download mode and like 5 seconds into it it shuts off. My main question is how do you know if the button is stuck 1. 2. How do you fix that?
Edit: well i opened my phone up and cleaned out the button and rubber thing and it did the trick! You guys are my heroes!!!:thumbup:
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How did you clean out your button? I have the EXACT same symptoms, but my rubber buttons in the case, and white power button appears to be clean. I can hear the button itself make contact. I can't get to recovery mode, but I can hit download mode for 5 seconds.
leaving the casing of the phone removed, I have the same exact symptoms so it Has to be the button itself... *shrug
the button gets stuck even when you still hear/feel it clicking. open the phone and blast it with duster. Press and depress the button rapidly many times till it frees internally
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[Q] Phone won't turn on (black screen) but it vibrates once every 34 seconds

I'm completely at a loss here. I was running a 4.3 rom for the past week or two with no issues. Pulled my phone out of my pocket 30 min ago, hit the power button and the screen wouldn't light up. I tried it again and still no go. I tried swiping to unlock, even with the black screen and i felt it vibrate.
Ever since then my phone is non responsive. I can't get it to boot, can't hard reset it, nothing. The vibrates stop when I'm holding down power and down volume but that's about it. I timed the constant vibrates and they happen every 34 seconds according to the Win8 clock (which i've heard in inaccurate).
I'm gonna let the battery drain and hope that it will boot back up after it dies...but until then, any ideas?
Try plugging it into your computer and see what comes up. Which 4.3 ROM were you on?
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FinZ28 said:
Try plugging it into your computer and see what comes up. Which 4.3 ROM were you on?
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That's the first thing I tried. I get nothing when i plug it into my comp. Nothing pops up in device manager. The comp doesn't detect it at all.
And I was running the 8/23 release of carbon 4.3 and I didn't have one problem with it until this happened :\
EDIT: The phone's battery finally ran out. It stopped vibrating and after a bit i plugged it in. After a few min it just starting doing it again.
I disassembled the phone and removed the battery for awhile hoping it would somehow help. Didn't do anything. It showed the flashing charge light (like when it's really low) for maybe a minute then it stop lighting up at all. Sometimes if i leave it unplugged for a bit and plug it back in it will flash the light again. That's about all I'm getting out of it now.
I'm thinking something failed internally. It happened while it was on and I was using it so there's no possibility that it was from a flash or anything like that.
Took my phone to the sprint store. The tech wasn't sure either but he thought it might be the screen that died. The vibrating could be the phone trying to boot then realizing there's no screen. They took it apart to check for moisture/damage and said I'm good to go for the $50 replacement.
So my new Evo will be here Tuesday.
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Took my phone to the sprint store. The tech wasn't sure either but he thought it might be the screen that died. The vibrating could be the phone trying to boot then realizing there's no screen. They took it apart to check for moisture/damage and said I'm good to go for the $50 replacement.
So my new Evo will be here Tuesday.
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did you resolved it i'm having same had same issue as you mine is htc sensation but think is the same thing ive replacet the digitizer some day ago and it was working very good untill it start to vibrate and than died, now it flashes an orange light when i try to charge and after a while stops but i cant power it on nothing hapens when i press power button
Did you resolve the issue?
Did you ever resolve this issue? My Evo LTE started doing the exact same thing this evening and all of the Sprint stores are closed until tomorrow. I figure it's something internal that died and I can't see what it's trying to do... I guess you just got the replacement and didn't ever get it resolved with that particular phone?
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I'm completely at a loss here. I was running a 4.3 rom for the past week or two with no issues. Pulled my phone out of my pocket 30 min ago, hit the power button and the screen wouldn't light up. I tried it again and still no go. I tried swiping to unlock, even with the black screen and i felt it vibrate.
Ever since then my phone is non responsive. I can't get it to boot, can't hard reset it, nothing. The vibrates stop when I'm holding down power and down volume but that's about it. I timed the constant vibrates and they happen every 34 seconds according to the Win8 clock (which i've heard in inaccurate).
I'm gonna let the battery drain and hope that it will boot back up after it dies...but until then, any ideas?
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