Hi!
My Galaxy S2 suddenly died today and I have not been able to turn it on.
This has happened before, but it worked after switching battery, this time it didn't.
I have tried many things that people have suggested on Google, but I am not even able to get into recovery/download mode.
The phone was running NeatROM 4.4.4.
What did you do ?
Nightshadow931 said:
What did you do ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What I tried?
Removing battery, USB jig, USB power only, download mode, vol up + home + power, etc.
No, i ask what did you do to make it die?
Nightshadow931 said:
No, i ask what did you do to make it die?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I checked my phone and saw that I received a message, put it in my pocket, took it up - wouldn't respond.
Could still use some help, thanks.
Try putting a new battery in that you are sure has some charge already in it .
Try booting into recovery/download mode .
If it doesn't still turn on it may be that your screen has died or mainboard is dead . Both of which require taking it for repairs as it is kinda like swap the part hit and miss kinda repairing. Still I guess if screen goes bad you should feel some vibration .
Plus it would be nice to know that your phone didn't go off of low battery . Since it can rule out very unlikely scenario that power button has failed or phone died of low battery and charger is refusing to charge the phone .
Related
Hi I just recently bought an HTC HD2 and I got it used. I checked out the phone pretty well and it worked fine when I purchased it. I got home and the battery was dying and eventually died before I got a chance to charge it. So I left it on the charger, the LED light came on and was flashing as if it was charging so I went out for a bit. Once I came back I noticed the LED wasn't on anymore so I tried to start up the phone and the phone wouldn't turn on. I took out the battery and put it back in still nothing. I've even tried using a different battery and still have the same results. I talked to T-mobile and they said to try going into boot mode by powering up holding both volume keys and the power button and I cant get it to start up at all. Anyone have any ideas as to what could be wrong?
knowgood said:
Hi I just recently bought an HTC HD2 and I got it used. I checked out the phone pretty well and it worked fine when I purchased it. I got home and the battery was dying and eventually died before I got a chance to charge it. So I left it on the charger, the LED light came on and was flashing as if it was charging so I went out for a bit. Once I came back I noticed the LED wasn't on anymore so I tried to start up the phone and the phone wouldn't turn on. I took out the battery and put it back in still nothing. I've even tried using a different battery and still have the same results. I talked to T-mobile and they said to try going into boot mode by powering up holding both volume keys and the power button and I cant get it to start up at all. Anyone have any ideas as to what could be wrong?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When battery is charging the LED does not flash. Normally it just lights in orange. Are you sure that the second battery you used was well charged? Take a tester and measure the voltage on the battery pads - it must show some 3.8 volts. You may check also if your battery is charging on some other phone to confirm that it is healthy before to decide that phone is dead.
warranty...
DN41
DN41 said:
warranty...
DN41
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
deffinately, dont even bother messing with it, get it changed.
knowgood said:
I talked to T-mobile and they said to try going into boot mode by powering up holding both volume keys and the power button
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
just shows what tmo customer support know, , , thats a hard reset they've described, not entering bootloader.
Ok so on my lunch break I went to the t-mobile store and told them my problem, for some reason they were able to get my phone to somewhat charge and start up. So its for sure the battery. I have no idea why the secondary battery I used had no effect on the phone. After work I'm going to go find a new battery and hopefully this will solve the problem. I'll keep you guys posted.
winner!
.....
Hi guys,
three days ago I installed Darkyrom HD on my mates Galaxy S2, everything went smooth. But 10 minutes ago he called and said that the phone woudn't turn on!
He says he can't get response out of it. No recovery or hard reset with nor without battery in.
Don't hope it's perma bricked and it seems weird that it suddenly wont turn on.
Any ideas/help?
Thanks a lot.
At the same time press volume up + home button + power on to enter CWM.
Is his battery charged?
Prozel said:
Hi guys,
three days ago I installed Darkyrom HD on my mates Galaxy S2, everything went smooth. But 10 minutes ago he called and said that the phone woudn't turn on!
He says he can't get response out of it. No recovery or hard reset with nor without battery in.
Don't hope it's perma bricked and it seems weird that it suddenly wont turn on.
Any ideas/help?
Thanks a lot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Does it get a response if holding down the power button for 8-10 sec? This will essentially reboot the phone regardless of what state it is in. If your buddy's been hit with the "sleep of death", this will boot the phone. Though I think this is a low probability if he tried pulling battery and putting it back.
Does it get a response if plugging it into the AC adapter? On the off chance the battery is completely dead. I'd like to think he tried this, though.
Has he tried another battery? Could be the battery lost the ability to hold a charge. Not common, but not unheard of either.
Doesn't seem to help. But I've told to let it charge the night and try again.
Any particular this happens? Seems random that it suddenly wont turn on.
Prozel said:
Doesn't seem to help. But I've told to let it charge the night and try again.
Any particular this happens? Seems random that it suddenly wont turn on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any particular reason? Sure. Most often, because the user installs something or flashes something they are not supposed to, to their phone. Or dropped it in water.
ctomgee said:
Any particular reason? Sure. Most often, because the user installs something or flashes something they are not supposed to, to their phone. Or dropped it in water.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is what I did:
- Flashede an insecure kernel
- Rootede and installed busybox
- Downloaded Darky's OTA
- Downloaded og installed his kernel (SuperCore)
- Bootede in CWM and installed his ROM
Prozel said:
This is what I did:
- Flashede an insecure kernel
- Rootede and installed busybox
- Downloaded Darky's OTA
- Downloaded og installed his kernel (SuperCore)
- Bootede in CWM and installed his ROM
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I wasn't trying to say YOU installed or flashed something. Maybe he did. Can I assume the phone was working when you gave it back to him? And that it was working fine for the three days after? Or was the phone in YOUR possession until he called you today?
I haven't had phone since i installed it. But I honestly don't think i he flashed anything.
He went out to jog - phone worked (listening to music)
He came home and placed the phone on the table - Phone worked
He did some exercises and when he came back - phone all black, can't get any response
Prozel said:
I haven't had phone since i installed it. But I honestly don't think i he flashed anything.
He went out to jog - phone worked (listening to music)
He came home and placed the phone on the table - Phone worked
He did some exercises and when he came back - phone all black, can't get any response
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You said he tried a battery pull? And no response after replacing battery?
Sure his battery is just not dead, bit odd if it had been working and suddenly this happens.
Most cases an app or something can cause the phone to restart, or freezes, usually a hard reset solves this by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds.
Or entering recovery mode, or download mode just to ensure they are working.
Make sure he can charge the battery.
If all fails you may need to try a jig.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using Tapatalk
No response afer he pulled the battery.
Prozel said:
No response afer he pulled the battery.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm. Try a different battery. If that doesn't work, warranty time.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
We are trying to get another battery. In the meantime I've ordered a USB Jig that hopefully will turn the beast on!
Prozel said:
We are trying to get another battery. In the meantime I've ordered a USB Jig that hopefully will turn the beast on!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If not you will need to reflash to stock rom as warranty void with root or custom rom ..
JTag may be your next step .
jje
try to get into download mode (vol. down, home and standby button) then you can flash a firmware
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Judaas said:
try to get into download mode (vol. down, home and standby button) then you can flash a firmware
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
READ the post please before answering .
We are trying to get another battery. In the meantime I've ordered a USB Jig that hopefully will turn the beast on!
jje
It wasn't the battery. But we've found someone that can repair it for 25 pounds + shipping. So if the USB jig doesn't work, it's going to them!
i upgrade from gingerbread to ics a week back with odin there wasn't any serious problem except for some java errors msgs,occasional rebooting and battery disconnected alerts. The frequency with which all this error occur reduced to some manageable level which was okay with me. Two days ago i tried charging the phone it, displays the battery charging icon but the white dot that moves at the bottom stops at the 2nd white spot and the phone acts like i just re plugged it, i have tried booting into recovery or odin mode with the three button combination all to no avail.
Dude, try to use commas, please.
Poroto said:
Dude, try to use commas, please.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
apologies i missed the punctuation class any suggestion ?
Try Holding Power + Volume Down + Home Button.. TELL ME IF ANYTHING HAPPENS...
Peace
Hit Thanks & It will Disappear
Sent from S II Running Fully Modified Official ICS 4.0.4
Next Device: Upcoming Nexus
Omaxe said:
Try Holding Power + Volume Down + Home Button.. TELL ME IF ANYTHING HAPPENS...
Peace
Hit Thanks & It will Disappear
Sent from S II Running Fully Modified Official ICS 4.0.4
Next Device: Upcoming Nexus
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have tried this still no sign life.
ono_tuoyo said:
I have tried this still no sign life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try pulling out battery and wait 10mins, also check if u have enough battery left before u start odin again.
It's very strange if u can't use recovery or odin mode cuz the phone shouldn't boot in the first place.
I got the same problem my usb port is kinda broken, so i charge the phone with SGNote externel charger, but then my phone will act strange, It connects with charger and then disconnects when its unplugged.
ono_tuoyo said:
apologies i missed the punctuation class any suggestion ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This may help.
Very funny i meant in regards to my fone problem.
ono_tuoyo said:
Very funny i meant in regards to my fone problem.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Remove battery for 10 mins, then replace and leave to charge, even if nothing comes on screen etc just leave it plugged in and charging for a few hours or obvernight.
After that try booting up into download or recovery if still nothing happens try a USB jig. If that doesnt work your device is pretty much screwed and you will have to send away for JTAG flash or mobo replacement.
Btw, this has pretty much already been covered a million times in the other "my phone wont turn on" threads.
TheATHEiST said:
Remove battery for 10 mins, then replace and leave to charge, even if nothing comes on screen etc just leave it plugged in and charging for a few hours or obvernight.
After that try booting up into download or recovery if still nothing happens try a USB jig. If that doesnt work your device is pretty much screwed and you will have to send away for JTAG flash or mobo replacement.
Btw, this has pretty much already been covered a million times in the other "my phone wont turn on" threads.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will try this thanks.
May be many S2 devices have this problem. And I had too. It 's often hardware related problem. After reparing it 's ok. But firstly, try to clean charging port, if it does not resolve, bring it to service care.
joedalton_tpu said:
May be many S2 devices have this problem. And I had too. It 's often hardware related problem. After reparing it 's ok. But firstly, try to clean charging port, if it does not resolve, bring it to service care.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
it seems service center is my only option i have tried all the suggested solutions above no change.thanks
Hi all
My phone was shutting off instantly without any reason for couple of days and then I would turn it on. My battery was also acting weird. Sometimes when I turn it on it was showing 30% battery while before it was at 70%. Today, it turned off and wouldn't turn on. I tried Vol Up/Down+HOME+Power button and Home+Power button but it wouldn't turn on or go into recovery/download mode. When I put it on charge, charge symbol shows for a second and then it would turn off and then again on and off and continues forever.
Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
keithross39 said:
Either your battery is not accepting charge or is not getting any charge.
If you know someone else with an S2, ask to borrow their battery to find out whether your phone will boot.
I've a suspicion that you're going to have to replace either the battery or the USB charger port.....or maybe even both.
But the first thing to find out is if the phone boots with a 'known good' battery.
my wife says I'm a phone geek....
I'd have to agree......
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot buddy for your reply.
An hour ago I put the phone on charge for about 15 minutes and the battery charging symbol stabilized. Then I pressed Power button and phone booted and was working fine. Then just to check, I shut off and it won't start again and came back to the same old problem. I would definitely battery from same phone and will let you know about the updates.
Regards,
Its a very weird problem. I have put the battery of my brother's SGS2 in my phone and the problem is same. Then when I put my battery in my brother's mobile then that mobile shows the same problem. After switching batteries many time, my brother's SGS2 with its own battery would show the same problem. In other words that mobile was dead also. Then I plugged out the battery from the other mobile and left it out for some time and plugged in again and mobile was ok.
After that I didn't risk to switch batteries again. I have the feeling that problem is not at hardware end. For some reasons my mobile's software is corrupting batteries. I remember to have re-calibrated the battery couple of days ago with software named "battery recalibrate". I am lost at what the problem might be and what to do anymore.
Pls help.
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
andrewwright said:
Flash firmware with Odin that will rule out software problems. Flash say lsw and see if its the same.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
ImranG2 said:
But I am unable to go in recovery/download mode and can't boot the device. How can I install firmware with odin.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thought you got it to boot?
andrewwright said:
Thought you got it to boot?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Any idea/suggestion to boot the device.
Jig to force it to download mode
Just for the record. I discovered the solution to be ridiculously simple. Battery pins connection was loose and by just putting a foiled tissue paper at below corner of battery to strengthen connection of pins, all was back to normal. Ahh! it was such a relief.
Happy days glad you sorted it:thumbup:
hi, i need help i was charging my galaxy s2 while playing a game(dream league soccer) and when my phone turned off. I thought its going to turn back on but it didnt it could never go past the samsung logo and it was always doing the same so i freaked out i pulled the battery off and put it back on but it kept doing the same thing. Now its turned off completley and it shows no sings of life whenever i want to charge it just over heats and it does not show the battery icon. I was running 4.1.2 jelly bean. I tried to go on recovery mode but no succses. Please help.:crying:
ermalst said:
hi, i need help i was charging my galaxy s2 while playing a game(dream league soccer) and when my phone turned off. I thought its going to turn back on but it didnt it could never go past the samsung logo and it was always doing the same so i freaked out i pulled the battery off and put it back on but it kept doing the same thing. Now its turned off completley and it shows no sings of life whenever i want to charge it just over heats and it does not show the battery icon. I was running 4.1.2 jelly bean. I tried to go on recovery mode but no succses. Please help.:crying:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dont panic, Just see if u can put it into 'Download Mode' (vol down + pwr + home button combo) .
If it sees dwnld mode then u can 'Odin' flash a Stock rom and see
^^^
Yeah. Like a phone in that condition is going to boot into download mode magically You've been here long enough & seen enough of these to know there's only one fix for 99.9999% of them (& this one is not one of the 0.0001%).
OP - one/more components on motherboard dead = replace motherboard - Samsung service centre for new board (expensive option), source 2nd hand board yourself online (Google search) & either swap yourself or pay local mobile repair shop to do the swap (cheaper option).
Anything else anyone tells you is just giving you false hope where there isn't any (and I really wish people wouldn't do that on here; why not just be honest with people from the getgo ?).
ermalst said:
hi, i need help i was charging my galaxy s2 while playing a game(dream league soccer) and when my phone turned off. I thought its going to turn back on but it didnt it could never go past the samsung logo and it was always doing the same so i freaked out i pulled the battery off and put it back on but it kept doing the same thing. Now its turned off completley and it shows no sings of life whenever i want to charge it just over heats and it does not show the battery icon. I was running 4.1.2 jelly bean. I tried to go on recovery mode but no succses. Please help.:crying:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
post above correct. but some things you can try.
1). Remove battery. hold combination for download mode (volume down + home button + power button). when you hold, slide battery back in place. you need some fine motors or someone to help. keep holding the keys. see if it goes to download.
2). Use Jig. No hurt trying
hope help