Hey everyone, all of a sudden, the power/sleep button on my gear fit seems to not work at all....
has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions?
gonna try and run the battery down and then attach it to the charger, but afraid that it will no longer turn back on if I do that
its been about a months since I bought it so I won't be able to return it unless I buy a new one and do a dishonest switcharoo
Everything about the watch appears to be working properly except for the fact that the power sleep
no damage or anything
any suggestions?
logicbomb.de said:
Hey everyone, all of a sudden, the power/sleep button on my gear fit seems to not work at all....
has anyone else experienced this or have any suggestions?
gonna try and run the battery down and then attach it to the charger, but afraid that it will no longer turn back on if I do that
its been about a months since I bought it so I won't be able to return it unless I buy a new one and do a dishonest switcharoo
Everything about the watch appears to be working properly except for the fact that the power sleep
no damage or anything
any suggestions?
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That happened to me a month or so ago. Just hold down the power button for twenty seconds or more. Eventually it will totally power off. All worked when I powered it back up. Hope it works for you.
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That happened to me a month or so ago. Just hold down the power button for twenty seconds or more. Eventually it will totally power off. All worked when I powered it back up. Hope it works for you.
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Hey that worked!
you're a life saver lol
i'm sure I would have tried that eventually but thanks again for your quick help!
Glad it worked for you too. It took me forever to try holding the button down for so long. Live and learn.
L.
Same thing happened mine. I had to send it to repair and they replaced it
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just happened to me
only responded by Bluetooth operation and touch screen, but not work by button, try several times but failed even I reset the gear fit, also I can't charge it. failed only 1 month from I bought it, finally I hold down the button for long time and it show rebooting! after rebooting everything is back.
and then I found this thread
Thanks for advice. It just happened to me too. I didn't expect to find a fix this fast. And I didn try to turn it off. It worked for me with 10 seconds of holding down the button. It restarted and then everything went back to normal.
dmcgeogs said:
Same thing happened mine. I had to send it to repair and they replaced it
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Would you be able to remember how much it cost to send in and what that was dependent on. The button on mine seems to be permanently pressed in and I'm trying to figure out what to do next. Please and thank you.
If your button seems to be permanently pressed holding it down for 20 25 seconds should help it recover. It also resets your phone.
Reviving an old thread but my button stopped working after a few days in Disney with the family. It had started randomly rebooting while there and then on the last day.. couldn't even hit the power button on the flight home (was fully recessed in) It was 1 day..no joke..1 day after the 1 year warranty expired.
I tried heating it in a hot pack and that would pop the button out but only for a single press then it stuck in. iFixit showed a hole in step 4 (you'll have to google for the article since there is no linking allowed) well.. given the warranty was up and its pretty useless without a power button... i poked the hole with a pin and while i'm sure I broke the vacuum seal and waterproof-ness at least it working. Since its a tiny tiny hole and with that plastic cover back on it i'm betting it'll last at least a while longer.. i'll just be a bit more careful about water exposure.
Good luck to anyone else with this problem
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Hi I have been having this tablet for almost a month now. I have been experiencing when I press the power button to wake the device up, the screen won't turn on to the unlock screen. Its random but it happens to me at least 4-5 times a week. Any of you have the same issue? Is this a known issue cause I'm seriously thinking of returning this device and get an ipad instead.
I have only had my tab for a couple of weeks now, but I have had this happen to me once so far. Was slightly concerning, as I thought it had died for a moment.
EDIT: running version 3.2
Happend to me when I was still on 3.1. Update to 3.2 solved it.
my tablet came with 3.2. i have just written an email to sony. will let you guys know how it goes
happened to me three/four times in total and I had it since the launch. I used reset pin hole to fix.
Hi. I have the same problem. It can happen for 10 times a day. It's really annoying, and I don't know what to do.
Tried hard reset, but problem still remains, even when using only pre-installed programs.
Please help
Yep, I have had mine for about 2 months, never had an issue, went to go turn it on yesterday..... nothing.... so i figured the battery was dead, plugged it in.... nothing.... let it charge all night..... nothing.... tried to reset.... nothing... the light by the power button comes on when plugged in... orange charging, green ready, flashes orange when i reset it, but when i hit the power button, nothing, and the screen doesnt come on. I have had it with Sony and their piece of **** equipement, everything they have came out with since the PS3 has been junk!
I have had my tablet since it launched and this has only happened to me once. Using the reset pinhole fixed it right away. I would exchange it if this happens frequently.
After two months, this just happened to me for the first time about an hour ago... Odd. Pin hole reset fixed it.
Yeap sony suggested me to do the same it's been going ok so far. Another small issue happens to me is that it sometimes hiccup from sleep I had to press the power button twice to turn the screen on
I went to store and just ask for replacement. Now, with the new device it seems everything to be fine
The help guide is very useless yet useful for the Tab S because it says "You must access this page from your tablet." <-- It's broken, so how are we supposed to do that Sony?
But you can find a version of the help guide through loads of 404 errors, and it says prod the reset button with a paperclip (not a needle, a paperclip) and the power button will flash. Then boot up the tab like normal.
This worked for me, which is good because I thought the screen broke as I dropped my alarm clock on it. No physical damage so if I wanted to, the warranty would've covered it
I finally got my tablet back from Sony.... they said they found nothing wrong with it, but it works now, so far no issues. (this is after 2 days of me trying to get it to turn on, and about 3 hours at the store with the repair tech trying to get it to work, hence why they sent it in, and magically Sony found nothing wrong)
Try turning the screen brightness down to 98-99% and not 100% I found that worked for me
Hi guys,
I have just received my transformer prime, I opened the box and tried to boot It but with no luck, it only vibrates.
I though initially that was a low battery issue, but now I have charged it fully (green light), and I'm still unable to boot it...
I have tried to boot it holding the power button for more than 30 seconds, and tried several times the normal way but with no luck.
Any advice?... is this a DOA?
Sigh.....this again. Just let it charge, it's fine.
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Sigh.....this again. Just let it charge, it's fine.
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How much time?... I mean, the LED changed from orange to green... That means its fully charged right?
right now is reaching out almost 3 hours plugged into the wall...
BTW, the screen does not shows anything... some people mentioned a red battery icon, or something like that, but my screen is dead....
Could be your charger derping, there's more people with this issue.
Put it in a plastic bag and huck it in the freezer for a bit,
the thermal protection could be stuck.
David blaine street magic. Better yet, steve jobs apple magic
LOL. hold down the power button for more than 5 seconds and voila! You guys are too funny.
I have tried every possible convination of seconds while holding the power button... 5, 10, 20, 30, 1 min... POWER + VOLUME DOWN, but is just vibrating... does not shows _anything_ on the screen...
Not sure if the reset hole+papperclip is going to help, but I have been trying to find how it works but with no luck, I guess is a combination of button + pushing the reset, but not sure how...
Your screen could be defective. Or the ribbon might not be connected to the board.
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I have the same issue, just surprised that I can not use the product while it is plugged.
When i try to turn it on while it's plugged, it flashed and vibrated once showing battery bar and then died....now it just won't turn on!! AHHHHHHh!
Does this happen to other people. I heard you suppose to charge it for 6 hr before first use...but why can i not turn it on while plugged. Now All i see is the a red or orange LED light on the power button. Does it mean it is short circuited?
Can Someone confirm that this is normal.
I didn't bother charging straight away, with modern batteries there really isn't any need as far as I'm concerned. Of course people will tell you different but that's my opinion.
I had no issue with first boot, literally touched the power button for a second and on it came. Sounds like yours is no good.
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Turned on!! Thank god!!!
Haranzo said:
Turned on!! Thank god!!!
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huzzah, I'm happy for you.
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Sounds busted to me OP. When I got mine I was going to let it charge fully before turning it on but as soon as I plugged it in it started booting. So I ran through setup while charging and just let it sit after that until fully charged...
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Sokonomi said:
Could be your charger derping, there's more people with this issue.
Put it in a plastic bag and huck it in the freezer for a bit,
the thermal protection could be stuck.
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Hi,
I researched a little bit more about the charger issues and to discard that, I left it charging today with another charger (I have two other Transformer 1). But I'm not holding my breath on that, the LED status is green, so I dont think is going to take more charging that what it currently have.
Thank you.
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Your screen could be defective. Or the ribbon might not be connected to the board.
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Hi,
Any way to check this withouth voiding the warranty?...
coolbomb said:
How much time?... I mean, the LED changed from orange to green... That means its fully charged right?
right now is reaching out almost 3 hours plugged into the wall...
BTW, the screen does not shows anything... some people mentioned a red battery icon, or something like that, but my screen is dead....
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Hey man, that sounds a lot like what happened to mine. I was able to turn it on and set it up but then I fully charged it and rebooted..it never came back. The LED was green, I tried all the button combos etc...wouldn't even be recognized by my PC.
I've RMA'd it, you may need to do the same thing, sorry man...
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Hey man, that sounds a lot like what happened to mine. I was able to turn it on and set it up but then I fully charged it and rebooted..it never came back. The LED was green, I tried all the button combos etc...wouldn't even be recognized by my PC.
I've RMA'd it, you may need to do the same thing, sorry man...
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Hey, thank for the reply...
I'm going to try to plug it to the PC and see if I can get something from it.
I was also thinking about trying to drain the battery (as some other have done when the update came), but I dont see any decent way to do it...
The screen does not shows anything (so no battery drain in there), I dont see any other decent way to drain the battery but to burn my finger pressing the power button causing the the thing to vibrate and somehow drain the battery little by little... But I dont know how much is going to take to achieve it ... I'll probably lose my finger first.
Make sure you try holding the power button down for a long time. I had a similar reoccurring issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427461
Try holding it down, there will be a buzz but don't stop holding it down until you see the boot logo. It can take holding it down a while. I kept thinking it was broken, but was just letting up too soon after the buzz.
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Make sure you try holding the power button down for a long time. I had a similar reoccurring issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427461
Try holding it down, there will be a buzz but don't stop holding it down until you see the boot logo. It can take holding it down a while. I kept thinking it was broken, but was just letting up too soon after the buzz.
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I holded the power button, for about 2 min, and still I got nothing, I think this is going to end up as a return/refund
I'm so sad
Doesn't sound promising
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I holded the power button, for about 2 min, and still I got nothing, I think this is going to end up as a return/refund
I'm so sad
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Sorry man, after the huge wait we all had and the expectation, I have seen too many of these for comfort. I am no Apple lover, but somehow I can't imagine this kind of thing happening with iPads. Sure the occasional one in a thousand, but this is at least the 5th or 6th DOA I have read about. Seems that QC takes a back seat when demand is high: What? Those won't turn on? Throw them in a box, we need to get as many as we can out to Best Buy, they oversold the pre-orders. Let the poor guy RMA it!"
I was seriously afraid mine would be one of these, especially after they shipped it ground instead of the overnight I paid for. I guess I was a LITTLE more lucky, but no cigar either. I got one with no GPS functionality at all. Cannot even SEE, nevermind lock on any satellites both pre and post 8.3.33 update. Sigh. A "Premium Tablet" with horrible build and QC"
I hope you get a working replacement quickly. The guy who had an amber LED I knew would boot. Yours sounds like its running with no display like a few others I have seen. On guy had it drop 2 feet from on top of a pile of towels to a carpeted floor and his went into the same state. I think perhaps the video ribbon cable is easy to dislodge. Who knows... Get a new one, and give them hell to get it to you fast.
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Just got my prime in the mail yesterday from best buy and I had the same problem. Wouldn't turn on right away so I charged it the full 8 hours and it still won't turn on at all...regardless of how long I hold down the power button. It only ever vibrates.
Called Asus tech support and he had me hold the power button for 8 seconds, let off power button, then hold down again until it turned on...but it never did. They want me to send the tablet in for repairs. That could take weeks. Best Buy won't do anything as they are backordered.
Many others have had this problem on androidforums.com. Asus really needs to address this
I know I've read it once before somewhere on the Internet. Well it happened to me.
My first EVO was returned because the light leak finally got to me. I too was part of the group who had the big sticker on the box. Other than that the phone was perfect.
The second EVO was pretty much perfect. I had 1 system reboot a day or so into owning it. Figured it was nothing. Less than a week in, I went to charge the phone and the phone restarted. Didn't know what to think. Unplugged it and played with it a little. Plugged it in again and it restarted again. Now I was perplexed. Once it restarted, I unplugged it and plugged it in to see what would happen. It just shut down. No shutdown animation. Just went black. No charging light or anything came on. Won't power up and won't accept a charge from any charger. Now I have a new replacement but I figured I'd share my experience.
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Had to this happen to me. Left the phone alone for 20 mins, even turned on a fan to cool the phone. Starting charging.
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Wasn't so lucky. Left it over night and still nothing.
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Had the same thing happen to me...all you have to do is hold down the power button for 10 seconds and wait for the buttons on the bottom to flash and then the phone should restart.
What's the "sticker on the box" issue?
Happened to me too...started up google latitude on the phone then all the sudden it went black and no calls went through, even though it rang. I was able to turn it on 30 min later, but after I held the power button down for like half a minute.
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Had the same thing happen to me...all you have to do is hold down the power button for 10 seconds and wait for the buttons on the bottom to flash and then the phone should restart.
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Negative. Tried that too. Was tempted to throw it in the freezer too. Someone who had a similar issue said the phone came alive after that.
The phone was completely non responsive.
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What's the "sticker on the box" issue?
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I think some members mentioned that there were different batches. May be a coincidence but some of the phones that were reporting problems came with the larger sticker seal on the phones cardboard box.
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i picked up my phone from best buy on 5/24 like 2 or 3 days into owning it i had my phone reboot randomly 1x. after the reboot it looked fine. 10 min after that it was non responsive and getting hot on the back. nothing i could do would reset it. not even holding the power button down. the row of buttons would flash but no reboot. i then put it on the charger no charge light came on and nothing whatsoever happened. i figured i had a phone that was DOA. after 20 or 30 minutes i pulled the phone off the charger it booted up and i have not had a problem to this day. My phone is not rooted and i am not doing anything crazy with it at this point. i Do have what appears to be a larger sticker on my box. Another problem i had before this was people said my voice faded in and out during calls. i tried everything. finally blowing long and hard into the microphone hole seems to have resolved the issue. just putting my experiences out there. hopefully this was an isolated incident and i will have no further issues. but i will not hold my breath.
All:
Tonight my 4GLTE was plugged into it's charging cord and was at about 95% battery. I received a phone call, picked up the phone and pushed "answer". When I did the phone turned off and it won't turn back on. I've tried the "on & down volume" many times and nothing will happen. When I plug the power cord in the charging light isn't coming on.
I have had no problems with the phone. I'm on the Tranquility ROM and everything has been perfect. When I went through the S-off process back in Dec. the phone "bricked", it acted exactly like the phone is now, will not turn on, no lights come on, nothing. The great people at Dirty Racun walked me step by step through their procedure to unbrick the phone and it started up and has been perfect from Dec. til tonight.
I'm baffled and wish like hell this phone had a battery I could pull. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
thanks,
DC
I take it the capacitive lights don't light up when you hold the power button down for several seconds?
Leave it plugged in overnight and try to power it on in the morning.
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All:
Tonight my 4GLTE was plugged into it's charging cord and was at about 95% battery. I received a phone call, picked up the phone and pushed "answer". When I did the phone turned off and it won't turn back on. I've tried the "on & down volume" many times and nothing will happen. When I plug the power cord in the charging light isn't coming on.
I have had no problems with the phone. I'm on the Tranquility ROM and everything has been perfect. When I went through the S-off process back in Dec. the phone "bricked", it acted exactly like the phone is now, will not turn on, no lights come on, nothing. The great people at Dirty Racun walked me step by step through their procedure to unbrick the phone and it started up and has been perfect from Dec. til tonight.
I'm baffled and wish like hell this phone had a battery I could pull. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
thanks,
DC
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I know is very frustating cause It's happened to me as well.
I did some searching and found some tips. Nothing solid.
Leave the phone charging even though the led doesn't turn one. Sometimes for me it will revive after a while being plugged.
Other is to hold the power button for a very long time. 1-2 minutes and hope it reboots.
chemjb said:
I know is very frustating cause It's happened to me as well.
I did some searching and found some tips. Nothing solid.
Leave the phone charging even though the led doesn't turn one. Sometimes for me it will revive after a while being plugged.
Other is to hold the power button for a very long time. 1-2 minutes and hope it reboots.
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Curious, but were you S-off, and if so, did you use Dirty Racun?
Also, did you have any luck resurrecting your phone?
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I also had my evo lte just die. I'm in the process of mailing it out to HTC. I was completely stock no root. It just never powered back on after it charged over night
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FinZ28 said:
I take it the capacitive lights don't light up when you hold the power button down for several seconds?
Leave it plugged in overnight and try to power it on in the morning.
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Nothing lights up, that's why I described it as being dead. I'm not a novice with these phones as far as rooting and installing ROMs etc. One item I left out last night is that in the last few weeks I've had to "move" the micro usb connector around to get the charge light to come on. It would always light up and charge but had probably gotten worse, not better. Also I have my Evo4G (which I just activated so I have a phone) and with this charge cord I also have to move it around to get it to activate the charging light. I'm going to buy a fresh micro usb cord this morning in the hope that the new cord will make a difference.
I'm really not optimistic that a new cord will change anything. I declined to buy the insurance for the phone when I got it in Dec. I;ve had bad experiences with Sprint and their cost to repair the Evo4G even with the insurance. I think I'm going to install Unix on my netbook again and try the procedure that Dirty Racun walked me through when the phone "bricked" last Dec. They brought it back to life for me although this time I'm afraid it has something to do with the usb port causing the phone to shut off and die. As I said last night, the phone was charged to 95% when the call came in and I picked the phone up and it suddenly went black.
I love this phone and having to go back to the Evo4G is a real step backwards, plus I've got lots of data on the internal SD card of the LTE that I need. I'm in pulling my hair out mode now....thanks for the suggestions, if anyone thinks of anything else please let me know.
DC
Went through this a few days ago. Battery was at 40% and i was playing CSR Racing from the market. Anyways, my phone got super hot so i ended the game and went back to my home screen....few seconds later screen went off and phone was unresponsive. Nothing i did could make it turn on again tried for a few hours. My sister has a evo lte as well so i took apart our phones and switched her battery in place of mine and voila it booted up. Didn't expect the battery to just go out like that.
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Went through this a few days ago. Battery was at 40% and i was playing CSR Racing from the market. Anyways, my phone got super hot so i ended the game and went back to my home screen....few seconds later screen went off and phone was unresponsive. Nothing i did could make it turn on again tried for a few hours. My sister has a evo lte as well so i took apart our phones and switched her battery in place of mine and voila it booted up. Didn't expect the battery to just go out like that.
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That's interesting, my battery has been excellent. I do remember a few weeks ago it getting really hot while charging but it's been fine ever since. I've got the phone apart now. I needed to replace the glass screen and bought, what I thought, were replacement parts for the lcd-glass screen. I've just found out from a video that the lcd and glass screen come together as one part. I don't know if I can take the broken one off and install the new glass screen or if I have to buy the lcd and glass. I'm ticked off because the ebay seller claimed this is all I needed to replace a cracked screen OR an unresponsive LCD touchscreen. I'm glad I didn't pay much for the glass.
Thanks for the info about replacing the battery.
DC
Update: I talked with a Sprint rep at a corporate store yesterday and he told me to bring the LTE in and he was certain HTC would fix/replace it under the 12 month warranty as long as there was no physical damage "not turning on could be blamed for". I told him damage didn't cause it to suddenly go black while plugged in at 95% charge when a call came in.
I'll have to replace my screen before taking it in although the truth is my screen had a crack in it for 2 months before this happened and had nothing to do with the phone bricking itself suddenly.
Any updates?
My wife's phone had this happen at a ridiculously inconvenient time.
Here's what to try:
1. Pseudo-Battery-Pull: Hold power button for 15 seconds, this will force the phone to shut down (if it works). Try powering back up. If nothing, then:
2. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power for 2 MINUTES, and then release. That should reset the battery charge logic. (Note: this will only work at all if the phone is truly powered off) If that doesn't work:
3. Disassemble the phone, disconnect the battery. Wait 20 seconds and then reconnect the battery, and reassemble the phone.
Step 3 worked for me. Hope this helps somebody!
Thanks,
Josh
joshdv said:
My wife's phone had this happen at a ridiculously inconvenient time.
Here's what to try:
1. Pseudo-Battery-Pull: Hold power button for 15 seconds, this will force the phone to shut down (if it works). Try powering back up. If nothing, then:
2. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power for 2 MINUTES, and then release. That should reset the battery charge logic. (Note: this will only work at all if the phone is truly powered off) If that doesn't work:
3. Disassemble the phone, disconnect the battery. Wait 20 seconds and then reconnect the battery, and reassemble the phone.
Step 3 worked for me. Hope this helps somebody!
Thanks,
Josh
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Thanks alot for the suggestions, I'll give them a try when I buy a new screen/lcd etc. and install it. Going back to my once loved Evo4G is such a step backwards I can't explain it.
Wondering if I need to send my DNA in for a jtag hard brick. I was using my phone last night through some speakers while charging it. Phone worked fine for at least 3 hours. When I was done I powered on my screen to turn off the music then powered off the screen again. After that the phone wouldn't boot.
Phone has done this to me in the past, usually just had to hold power button for a bit and lights would flash and all would be good. Nothing this time around with volume buttons and power held multiple times. Seems strange it would brick while I was just listening to music. another note is I did lose 4g capabilities about a week ago. I hadn't gotten around to wiping to see if that fixed it.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks!
Edit: My phone is rooted and was running cyanogen mod 10.2 stable release
haleyrt said:
Wondering if I need to send my DNA in for a jtag hard brick. I was using my phone last night through some speakers while charging it. Phone worked fine for at least 3 hours. When I was done I powered on my screen to turn off the music then powered off the screen again. After that the phone wouldn't boot.
Phone has done this to me in the past, usually just had to hold power button for a bit and lights would flash and all would be good. Nothing this time around with volume buttons and power held multiple times. Seems strange it would brick while I was just listening to music. another note is I did lose 4g capabilities about a week ago. I hadn't gotten around to wiping to see if that fixed it.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks!
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Have you left your phone charging for a complete 24hours then powering it on. I've seen where that works.
Also you could also just get a replacement
thayl0 said:
Have you left your phone charging for a complete 24hours then powering it on. I've seen where that works.
Also you could also just get a replacement
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That will be my next step, the phone was fully charged before right before it did this. I suppose I did forget to mention that my phone is rooted and has cyanogen mod 10.2 running on it.
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That will be my next step, the phone was fully charged before right before it did this. I suppose I did forget to mention that my phone is rooted and has cyanogen mod 10.2 running on it.
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You still can get a replacement. If the phone doesn't cut on then your provider will give u a new one.