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A couple of weeks ago i decided to change from Infected Eternity ROM to MeanROM V2.1. My phone worked for those couple of weeks, however one day it was on at 88% battery it was working in the morning but i pulled it out of my pocket that day and the Phone was Off and would not turn back on. I plugged it into the charger and no light came on.
Does this mean my phone is Bricked?
If you didn't drop it in water or damage it imo I'd say no. Try plugging it in with the power off for a few hrs and see if it lights up. Also I read someone posted if you pull the battery and hold the power button for 15 seconds and then put the battery back in they were able to boot there phone back up. Not saying it will work for you but a give it a shot. Also you should rule out the usual. As in try a different charger or battery as well just to make sure your current ones are faulty
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Not sure where I read it, but awhile back there was a post kinda like this and somebody posted something about pressing the camera button while trying to power up. It fixed the problem for like 3 ppl. Sorry for being so vague but I don't recall exactly what he said.
Thanks guys, however none of that worked, i think there is some other issue with my phone, i don't think it got bricked. I haven't heard that a phone that has been working fine for the past couple of days would just shut off and become bricked.
xRemy said:
Thanks guys, however none of that worked, i think there is some other issue with my phone, i don't think it got bricked. I haven't heard that a phone that has been working fine for the past couple of days would just shut off and become bricked.
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fer sure. None of that worked :/
try another battery
xRemy said:
A couple of weeks ago i decided to change from Infected Eternity ROM to MeanROM V2.1. My phone worked for those couple of weeks, however one day it was on at 88% battery it was working in the morning but i pulled it out of my pocket that day and the Phone was Off and would not turn back on. I plugged it into the charger and no light came on.
Does this mean my phone is Bricked?
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try with the command: "fastboot reboot"
I have NO clue what happened. Wife and I were driving to see my in laws, had my phone navigating us to a pit stop at a local restaurant before we touched down at the house. Phone randomly rebooted itself, then went black after the initial HTC screen. The charging light no longer came on, and no matter what I do, I can't get it to restart or respond at all. It's a highly advanced technological marvel of a paperweight, I do say so myself.
It was charging, about 65% full, navigating, no other active programs or processes that I had started recently. Phone was rooted, S-OFF, running MeanROM. Was noticing some issues with lag over the last couple of days, but it would always settle down after I killed a couple apps. No overheating (except if I was navigating with it attached to dashboard, but that's because it's been mid to high 90s for a month or more), no dropped calls. No shock, drop, or water damage. Just an unexpected, and untimely, death.
I bought it from BestBuy on launch day, but didn't get the Black Tie Protection, so I suppose I've got to take it to Sprint and pay my freaking deductible :crying:
Same thing happened to me on mean rom. Nothing would happen even if I pressed the power for a while. I knew my battery was charged. So I connected the charger and no red led. I left the charger connected for about five minutes and it recucitated by itself. Try that and I hope you get lucky like me.
If the above doesn't work. Leave it off the charger for a day or so, then try to reconnect it. I have had this happen with my og evo quite a few times. Sometimes it just doesn't want to recognize at all.
$9.99 on the first day of buying the phone at BB, and I'm on my third EVO! God bless the Black Tie protection program, lol.
geniustheanimal said:
I have NO clue what happened. Wife and I were driving to see my in laws, had my phone navigating us to a pit stop at a local restaurant before we touched down at the house. Phone randomly rebooted itself, then went black after the initial HTC screen. The charging light no longer came on, and no matter what I do, I can't get it to restart or respond at all. It's a highly advanced technological marvel of a paperweight, I do say so myself.
It was charging, about 65% full, navigating, no other active programs or processes that I had started recently. Phone was rooted, S-OFF, running MeanROM. Was noticing some issues with lag over the last couple of days, but it would always settle down after I killed a couple apps. No overheating (except if I was navigating with it attached to dashboard, but that's because it's been mid to high 90s for a month or more), no dropped calls. No shock, drop, or water damage. Just an unexpected, and untimely, death.
I bought it from BestBuy on launch day, but didn't get the Black Tie Protection, so I suppose I've got to take it to Sprint and pay my freaking deductible :crying:
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LaloHigh said:
Same thing happened to me on mean rom. Nothing would happen even if I pressed the power for a while. I knew my battery was charged. So I connected the charger and no red led. I left the charger connected for about five minutes and it recucitated by itself. Try that and I hope you get lucky like me.
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Which version of MeanRom were you guys running?
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Which version of MeanRom were you guys running?
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What type of car charge and how many milliamps was it. Was it plugged in when it died. The reason i ask is i keep reading about these problems, it even happened to me.
Sorry to hear hope it comes alive, mine never did
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Mines died with 77 percent & never came back on. I was running Mean Rom( not saying the rom was the problem) I got it from bestbuy and didn't get blacktie protection . I took it to Sprint & they unscrewed and took it apart . The tech couldnt fix it ,and the manager told me to go back to bestbuy to swap it out . When he walked to the back the tech handed me a new phone and said real loud "sorry we couldn't help you " winked at me and I mouthed thank you and left .
Is this a prevalent problem on MeanRom or has this happened to people on other ROMs or stock? Just asking since the 3 members who had this happen to them were all on that particular ROM.
This is not ROM specific...my phone did this day one I got it on preorder...it scared me...I just left it alone and plugged the charger up hours later then worked...it could be a quirk with these dam internal batteries
I was stock and not rooted
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Dakidd516 said:
This is not ROM specific...my phone did this day one I got it on preorder...it scared me...I just left it alone and plugged the charger up hours later then worked...it could be a quirk with these dam internal batteries
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Were you doing anything in particular on your phone when it happened and has it happened since?
Deveal2014 said:
Mines died with 77 percent & never came back on. I was running Mean Rom( not saying the rom was the problem) I got it from bestbuy and didn't get blacktie protection . I took it to Sprint & they unscrewed and took it apart . The tech couldnt fix it ,and the manager told me to go back to bestbuy to swap it out . When he walked to the back the tech handed me a new phone and said real loud "sorry we couldn't help you " winked at me and I mouthed thank you and left .
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I call BS on that one lol
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Nope just basically calibrating the battery...charged it up and was letting it die
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Seems there are quite a few of these. Just an observation, I would use the opportunity to test whether the phone is "really" dead by seeing whether the unbrick tool at Lazy Panda sees the phone. Not to unbrick it but rather whether it can detect it.
http://unlimited.io/lazypanda-s-off-public-beta/evo-4g-lte-unbricker/ has a method of detecting bricked phones:" Run the following command in the terminal: chmod 755 brickdetect.sh PandaFinder"
Maybe one of their team would be kind enough to work with you on this : http://unlimited.io/jbsupport/
If it is truly a hardware issue, the phone won't be found. Who knows ? Perhaps you'll find a way around this issue.
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Seems there are quite a few of these. Just an observation, I would use the opportunity to test whether the phone is "really" dead by seeing whether the unbrick tool at Lazy Panda sees the phone. Not to unbrick it but rather whether it can detect it.
http://unlimited.io/lazypanda-s-off-public-beta/evo-4g-lte-unbricker/ has a method of detecting bricked phones:" Run the following command in the terminal: chmod 755 brickdetect.sh PandaFinder"
Maybe one of their team would be kind enough to work with you on this : http://unlimited.io/jbsupport/
If it is truly a hardware issue, the phone won't be found. Who knows ? Perhaps you'll find a way around this issue.
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No that will not help. However there are two possible situations that could be fixable that can exist on these phones.
1. The phone goes into download mode due to some random issue, despite there being nothing wrong with the phone. Holding power for 30 seconds should resolve this or alternatively this could be used http://unlimited.io/one-v-qhsusb_dload-fix/ .
2. Extreme sleep. We have encountered this state a few times on similar devices. The remedy for this is to plug the phone into the wall charger walk away and leave it for up to 8 hours, without attempting to power it on. There will be no charge light or any other sign of life from the phone during the time it is on the charger. It may power itself back on, if not, after 8 hours, attept to power it on.
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I call BS on that one lol
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Nope bs this really happened
Had this happen to my phone, pre root. Try this: Hold the volume down button and the power button.
Maybe volume up, but one of the two, and it got my phone working.
So this just happened to mine last night. I am also on Mean ROM, S-OFF, Updated radio and Firmware. Left the phone sitting on the coffee table and came back to use it. Pressed power button to turn the screen on and nothing happened.
I did the following.
Held power button for extended period of time...... Nothing
Plugged into AC charger....Nothing
Tried Volume down + Power...........Nothing
Volume UP+ Power.... Phone started up as normal and seems to be just fine.
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So this just happened to mine last night. I am also on Mean ROM, S-OFF, Updated radio and Firmware. Left the phone sitting on the coffee table and came back to use it. Pressed power button to turn the screen on and nothing happened.
I did the following.
Held power button for extended period of time...... Nothing
Plugged into AC charger....Nothing
Tried Volume down + Power...........Nothing
Volume UP+ Power.... Phone started up as normal and seems to be just fine.
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Mine died a few weeks back, i tried everything, i thought, but i can't remember if i tried vol up and power, good information.
Thanks, i also hot the thx button
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mcvoss said:
Mine died a few weeks back, i tried everything, i thought, but i can't remember if i tried vol up and power, good information.
Thanks, i also hot the thx button
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Didn't I say that?
shadowhawk2020 said:
Didn't I say that?
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I read threads all way good.
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Does anyone's phone power off( seems to only happen in my pocket ) and won't power on until I hook it up to some kind of charger? This is my third replacement, got lucky to be able to s-off but, never had this problem on the other devices. Been running synergy 9-7, and superlte r133.... Stock kernel. No odd ball apps. Any help would be great. Tia...
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I've been having issues with proximity sensor, only seems like phone is down until battery dies, looks dead though, look to the left of htc logo to see if you see a faded red glow. I don't think that any sense roms have issues with sensor though.
I'm gonnas go back to a 1.22 build and see what happens. I think its a defect in the phone itself though.
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I'm gonnas go back to a 1.22 build and see what happens. I think its a defect in the phone itself though.
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What did you find here? My phone is doing the exact same thing. Randomly powers off and will not power back on until I connect to charger. And when it finally boots up battery is at near 100% which means the battery did not die. Didn't see this until after running lazy panda and meanrom but even then, it was fine for a month before this started to happen.
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What did you find here? My phone is doing the exact same thing. Randomly powers off and will not power back on until I connect to charger. And when it finally boots up battery is at near 100% which means the battery did not die. Didn't see this until after running lazy panda and meanrom but even then, it was fine for a month before this started to happen.
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I'm running MR and am S-OFF never had any reboots
My phone will power cycle sometimes when in my pocket and I'm sitting down. It does it because my leg is pressing the lock/power button. I don't have to plug it in to get it to work though. If nothing else holding the power/lock button for 10 or so seconds will power it back on. Have you tried that??
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My phone will power cycle sometimes when in my pocket and I'm sitting down. It does it because my leg is pressing the lock/power button. I don't have to plug it in to get it to work though. If nothing else holding the power/lock button for 10 or so seconds will power it back on. Have you tried that??
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Yes, held power for 60+ seconds and also tried power/volDown for 60+ seconds. The phone won't do anything until it is plugged back in. I just can't figure this out. I did a hard reset and it still does it. I don't have insurance but the phone is obviously less than a year old. How does sprint handle cases like this these days? Is it in store exchange or a shipment to HTC?
hperry said:
Yes, held power for 60+ seconds and also tried power/volDown for 60+ seconds. The phone won't do anything until it is plugged back in. I just can't figure this out. I did a hard reset and it still does it. I don't have insurance but the phone is obviously less than a year old. How does sprint handle cases like this these days? Is it in store exchange or a shipment to HTC?
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It depends. Is the problem reproducible?? That's one of the things techs would try to do when someone hands them their phone. What I would do if someone gave it to me is flash the software with the RUU.
If they can reproduce it after flashing it with the RUU, as long as there is no abuse/liquid/physical damage, they will replace it in the store. The difficulty you face is being able to reproduce the issue in the store....
They should still flash it for you without being able to reproduce the issue. Have you tried different roms??
I would take it in to them and at least start the process. That way there will be a ticket with your issues on it and if it continues that will be good for you.
(BTW, I think you have to lock your bootloader for the RUU to run. And if they can't run it from the android OS tell them to run it from the bootloader or fastboot. (I know some techs know what they're doing but some are just new at it...))
So I have been trying different things recently and this seems to be EXACTLY as the OP described. It only does this when I put the phone in my pocket. I can be using the phone all day in my cube at work with no problem. I can cruise around with the phone in my car and it's fine. But if i stand up and slide the phone into and out of my pocket, it will be powered down with no way to power back up unless charge cable is plugged in for at least ~15 seconds. I've hard reset and tried different ROM...same behavior. I have not tried going back to S-ON (phone is S-OFF via lazy panda). Any thoughts?
Hperry,
I'm sorry to tell you but, I'm 100% certain that this issue is either a broken USB or from a board fracture. I tried ruu's and multiple wipes of main system to refresh the install but, nothing fixed this. What I did do take the device in multiple times to the same tech until he was tired of me coming in. No insurance makes it a $35 exchange. New phone in hand and no more shut downs.
I'm very sorry you experienced this and I hope this helps you.
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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?
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.
BiNiaRiS said:
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?
BiNiaRiS said:
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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So I have a STOCK (no nothing) Verizon Galaxy S4 that is/was up to date as of 6/23/14. I think the last OTA push was a month or so ago.
A few days ago the device rebooted on its own a few times and I had no clue what was going on, but it stabilized for a day or so. Then yesterday it shut off and would not turn back on - the battery level was at least 80%. I removed the battery and reinserted it. I did not press the power button, but the device vibrates and displays the initial boot screen for about 3 seconds before it powers back off. At least I assume it is powered off - the screen goes black and there is no sign of life. The buttons do nothing to stir its slumber. I can remove and reinsert the battery for the same results.
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
Charger plugged in shows no light. However, when plugged in, the top part of the device does becomes warm on the screen and on the back with the cover off. - It actually becomes quite warm so I removed the battery but kept it plugged in just to test and it remained very warm. Unplugged now. Also it appears that inserting the battery does nothing now - maybe it's drained.
I'm pretty certain it's a hardware problem at this point, but I have no clue where to start. Has anyone ever had this issue or come across someone that has? I can take the device apart - does anyone know where and what I should be looking for as far as a loose connection or damaged component goes? Is there an electrical component diagram out there somewhere?
Any help is much appreciated!!
Have you tried getting into download mode at all?! I know you say that it won't go into stock recovery... But if somehow it got bricked then recovery corrupt be borked as well. Least if you can get into download mode you could try a no wipe image....
Also could just be hardware related in such case I don't have experience with that so much..
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Mistertac said:
Have you tried getting into download mode at all?!
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Yes. Same deal - it comes up for about 3 seconds... Must be a hardware issue.
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So I have a STOCK (no nothing) Verizon Galaxy S4 that is/was up to date as of 6/23/14. I think the last OTA push was a month or so ago.
A few days ago the device rebooted on its own a few times and I had no clue what was going on, but it stabilized for a day or so. Then yesterday it shut off and would not turn back on - the battery level was at least 80%. I removed the battery and reinserted it. I did not press the power button, but the device vibrates and displays the initial boot screen for about 3 seconds before it powers back off. At least I assume it is powered off - the screen goes black and there is no sign of life. The buttons do nothing to stir its slumber. I can remove and reinsert the battery for the same results.
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
Charger plugged in shows no light. However, when plugged in, the top part of the device does becomes warm on the screen and on the back with the cover off. - It actually becomes quite warm so I removed the battery but kept it plugged in just to test and it remained very warm. Unplugged now. Also it appears that inserting the battery does nothing now - maybe it's drained.
I'm pretty certain it's a hardware problem at this point, but I have no clue where to start. Has anyone ever had this issue or come across someone that has? I can take the device apart - does anyone know where and what I should be looking for as far as a loose connection or damaged component goes? Is there an electrical component diagram out there somewhere?
Any help is much appreciated!!
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If this is 100% stock phone u are looking at hardware issue of some type...
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If this is 100% stock phone u are looking at hardware issue of some type...
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It is and I agree. Just hoping someone on here might've seen this before and know how to fix it. I may try replacing the charging port hardware to see if that solves it.
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I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
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To boot into recovery you only need to hold the VOL UP+POWER. Once the phone vibrates let go of power but keep holding the up button. I let go once the blue text appears for about 2 seconds.
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To boot into recovery you only need to hold the VOL UP+POWER. Once the phone vibrates let go of power but keep holding the up button. I let go once the blue text appears for about 2 seconds.
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Thanks... but then it turns off after that 3rd second...
If you can't get into download mode only option left is jtag
If you don't have a warranty there are places that will jtag it. I would recommend using someone that has done it before but I would be happy to try if you want to send it to me. I have the equipment but have yet to use it. I had a hard brick and thought I was going to have to try and Jtag mine but the warranty company decided they would go ahead and replace it. Like any place else, there would be no guarantee it will work. Of course if it is a hardware issue, jtag wouldn't work.
Some repair places will test it for free. I took one in for a sound problem and wanted to check out the loud speaker. The loud speaker was fine and they didn't charge me anything.
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If you don't have a warranty there are places that will jtag it. I would recommend using someone that has done it before but I would be happy to try if you want to send it to me. I have the equipment but have yet to use it. I had a hard brick and thought I was going to have to try and Jtag mine but the warranty company decided they would go ahead and replace it. Like any place else, there would be no guarantee it will work. Of course if it is a hardware issue, jtag wouldn't work.
Some repair places will test it for free. I took one in for a sound problem and wanted to check out the loud speaker. The loud speaker was fine and they didn't charge me anything.
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Okay thanks! Yea, I'll see if I can figure out if it's a hardware problem or not. If not, then I may take you up on your offer.