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Hi all,
Ive had my View for about 6 weeks now and it has been great. But I put it on the charger the other day after the battery had been drained down. I checked it a few hours later and the amber light is just blinking. It wont turn on or anything? Does this mean I have a new paper weight? Ive tried using different chargers and cable but nothing.
Not sure, but did you try to go into hboot and power down from there? Then stick it on the charger.
If that doesnt work, maybe pull the battery for 30 minutes then put it in and try charging (before starting it up). These are things that worked with my EVO 4G phone when it got locked up. I'm not sure how hard it is to pull the battery in this though.
Can't pull the battery. Try pushing volume down plus power for ten seconds, or until something happens. That is the hard coded method for resetting, since battery pull is not possible.
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Thanks for advice guys. I got it figured out. For some reason my cellphone charger stopped working so I decided too try the htc charger that came with it and voila it charged right up. I have so many other chargers in my house I never took the views charger out of the box until today.
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wasilvers said:
Not sure, but did you try to go into hboot and power down from there? Then stick it on the charger.
If that doesnt work, maybe pull the battery for 30 minutes then put it in and try charging (before starting it up). These are things that worked with my EVO 4G phone when it got locked up. I'm not sure how hard it is to pull the battery in this though.
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First, this does not have a user removable battery. You have a flyer according to your sig, so you should know that lol.
Equalizir said:
Thanks for advice guys. I got it figured out. For some reason my cellphone charger stopped working so I decided too try the htc charger that came with it and voila it charged right up. I have so many other chargers in my house I never took the views charger out of the box until today.
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If you hold down the power button long enough, the tablet will power itself off in the same manner that you can do with your windows based pc.
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First, this does not have a user removable battery. You have a flyer according to your sig, so you should know that lol.
If you hold down the power button long enough, the tablet will power itself off in the same manner that you can do with your windows based pc.
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In a real pinch you could crack it open and disconnect the battery cable. Some have been in that situation before.
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Mine is stuck in black screen...
Can you elaborate on the method to do that?
Thanks,
KB112 said:
In a real pinch you could crack it open and disconnect the battery cable. Some have been in that situation before.
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orb3000 said:
Mine is stuck in black screen...
Can you elaborate on the method to do that?
Thanks,
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search and you shall receive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1573282
Hi,
My vibrant will not turn on when on battery (NOTHING appears on the screen when power button pressed). When plugged in, the charging screen appears and it appears to be charging, but if I press the power button, nothing happens. I have tried holding volume up and down and power button, but this does nothing whether its plugged in and charging or its on battery.
Before this happened it was restarting over and over when I was trying to charge it.
So in conclusion the only screen I can get is the battery charging screen, that is it. This entire time I have been testing the sim card and sd card have been removed.
Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Thanks
More info, did this happen after you flashed something? are you aquainted with Odin1.85, AIO toolbox is a great place to start. If I can help in any way i will.
This happened after normal use, it was actually after the battery died and I tried to charge it with a car charger, and then the phone just kept resetting over and over. It wouldnt get very far in the start up process. But I did not flash it. I am not familiar with any of that but I can give it a try.
Thanks
dwills898 said:
This happened after normal use, it was actually after the battery died and I tried to charge it with a car charger, and then the phone just kept resetting over and over. It wouldnt get very far in the start up process. But I did not flash it. I am not familiar with any of that but I can give it a try.
Thanks
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Have you tried a new battery? Sounds like your battery will not charge. Just for future reference, sometimes a car charger can damage your phone's battery, even completely kill it. When you press the gas pedal your car's battery charge fluctuates and can damage your phone that way, rare but it happens. Not to say that's the case here but it could also be a custom ROM. I was running a custom ROM called lithium volt and if the battery completely died the phone would not boot back up, even when plunged into a charger. Some roms a require certain amount of battery power to boot up.
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clean your micro usb port , use coffee filter n alcohol,clean it gently
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Hey dudes .... I got the thing to go into download mode, what should I do now? I am learning this as I go.
dwills898 said:
Hey dudes .... I got the thing to go into download mode, what should I do now? I am learning this as I go.
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Use odin to flash back to stock. Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
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Ok I used odin and I restored everything and my phone booted up like normal. But then while using the phone, I realize when I press the power button, it does nothing. It doesnt lock the phone, it doesnt shut down the phone, I get no response. So I think my problem before was simply the power button was not working. Has any one had this problem, can I fix it?
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Ok I used odin and I restored everything and my phone booted up like normal. But then while using the phone, I realize when I press the power button, it does nothing. It doesnt lock the phone, it doesnt shut down the phone, I get no response. So I think my problem before was simply the power button was not working. Has any one had this problem, can I fix it?
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That's unfortunate, if you are comfortable soldering then you can just order a replacement button. Mobiletechvideos.com fixes that problem, they fix almost everything else too. Very trusted source so you can be sure to get what you paid for. If you can solder then buy a replacement part on ebay or you can go here http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-i9000-t959-t959v-power-button-repair/ and send your Vibrant t959 to mobile tech.
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Ok thnks for the help. I ordered a new power button and I soldered it in. That was the problem. The power button just failed and needed to be replaced.
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Ok thnks for the help. I ordered a new power button and I soldered it in. That was the problem. The power button just failed and needed to be replaced.
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No problem; you must be pretty good at soldering, nice work.
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sgh-t959
i recently aquired a samsung vibrant sgh-t959. It had issue charging and i determined that it was the micro usb charge port. i messed with it a bit like i did before to get it to charge with no response as before but now when i try to turn the phone on it only shows the loading clocklike bars as if it were just plugged in to charge before it loads the charging bar when its turned off. any ideas on how to simply repair this at all? i know replacing the charge port would be one option but i have no idea on how to. maybe one of the contacts are touching another on the charge port?
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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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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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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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.
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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.
Came with the power chord and phone and a dead battery. I used one of my phone chargers and been charging for 10 min now. how long does it take to charge the phone to turn on from a dead battery.I just get the battery indicator showing it is charging. do I need to buy a specific charger for this phone I could leave it charging any insight would be great thank you
Hold down the power button until it vibrates then it will boot. Shouldn't have bought it without seeing it actually work
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carhigh said:
Hold down the power button until it vibrates then it will boot. Shouldn't have bought it without seeing it actually work
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yeah stupid me thought the button on the bottom of the screen was the power button. I pushed the the buton on the side and it turned on. I know I gambles buying used. I got it to turn on everything is working. so far its user error not hardware error. mess around and look at what I can do with this thing like rooting it. maybe installing a different rom. I don;t know if its possible if anyone knows of any good posts to help me get on my way it would be great. only smart phones I had so far was the motorola droid x and htc evo lte. I don;t know the process of the samsung phones.
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Came with the power chord and phone and a dead battery. I used one of my phone chargers and been charging for 10 min now. how long does it take to charge the phone to turn on from a dead battery.I just get the battery indicator showing it is charging. do I need to buy a specific charger for this phone I could leave it charging any insight would be great thank you
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I dont see why you need a speci chareger... most chargers are created equal. It takes like 5 hrs to fully charge... the phone screen must indicate the charging status.
you could have turned your phone on instantly while it is on charge