Razr Maxx not booting. Black screen, ? in battery symbol - Motorola Droid RAZR

edit: Huuge learning curve in the past 6+ hours
Hello guys.
My Razr Maxx (german) is trying to die on me, it seems...
i.imgur.com/DUBXzsT.jpg
Shows this for like 10 seconds and then screen goes off. If I press the either volume button, the [?] instantly appears (it's on).
No idea what this[?] means. Googled quite a bit, did not find anything.
Now... the device's been dropped from the 3rd floor Nothing cracked, the only noticeable problem was that sometimes my signal would get low while in a call. The device is rooted. I was running Liquid Smooth; latest SafeStrap. Haven't had any issues of that kind before. My battery life was good.
One morning, I just woke up to this...
Nothing happens when I press the power button. This battery icon appears when I press the volume buttons.
I've left the device alone for a while as I was quite busy. The battery was flat as the screen did not turn on when I pressed the buttons. I connected it to the charger, the red Moto logo appeared and then the battery icon after a few moments...
I've tried charging it overnight. My charging cables are fine too.. I am able to reboot the phone holding all three buttons, red Motorola logo and then the battery [?] symbol again...
When I unplug it from the charger the [?] doesn't come up, battery is flat already, when I plug it back in starts up, logo, etc.
Tried holding the volume buttons during the red logo, still goes to [?]
Diagnosis?
Help!!!
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BREAKTHROUGH =)
I got to almost the same screen
2.bp.blogspot.com/-lwnfZuetibQ/UVrfTOQSr-I/AAAAAAAABXU/imIr_djozHE/s1600/a.jpg
holding volume down and tapping volume up while the phone was starting. (? not sure how cannot go to this screen again)
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
0A.77
eMMC Info: Size 16G
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down
Device is LOCKED. Status Code: 0
Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
_
Ok, I also got to the
Boot Mode Selection Menu
_
Sooo.... Currently, I've got the phone cracked open in my kitchen using knifes and heat to melt the annoying plastic panel covering the battery connection where I needed to connect the wires of the charger
Big problem though! Cannot find the fastroot files anywhere!!
Do any of you guys maybe have them saved locally? All links point to droid-developers.org which is dead.

battery dead. nothing else!
dibt359 said:
edit: Huuge learning curve in the past 6+ hours
Hello guys.
My Razr Maxx (german) is trying to die on me, it seems...
i.imgur.com/DUBXzsT.jpg
Shows this for like 10 seconds and then screen goes off. If I press the either volume button, the [?] instantly appears (it's on).
No idea what this[?] means. Googled quite a bit, did not find anything.
Now... the device's been dropped from the 3rd floor Nothing cracked, the only noticeable problem was that sometimes my signal would get low while in a call. The device is rooted. I was running Liquid Smooth; latest SafeStrap. Haven't had any issues of that kind before. My battery life was good.
One morning, I just woke up to this...
Nothing happens when I press the power button. This battery icon appears when I press the volume buttons.
I've left the device alone for a while as I was quite busy. The battery was flat as the screen did not turn on when I pressed the buttons. I connected it to the charger, the red Moto logo appeared and then the battery icon after a few moments...
I've tried charging it overnight. My charging cables are fine too.. I am able to reboot the phone holding all three buttons, red Motorola logo and then the battery [?] symbol again...
When I unplug it from the charger the [?] doesn't come up, battery is flat already, when I plug it back in starts up, logo, etc.
Tried holding the volume buttons during the red logo, still goes to [?]
Diagnosis?
Help!!!
_
BREAKTHROUGH =)
I got to almost the same screen
2.bp.blogspot.com/-lwnfZuetibQ/UVrfTOQSr-I/AAAAAAAABXU/imIr_djozHE/s1600/a.jpg
holding volume down and tapping volume up while the phone was starting. (? not sure how cannot go to this screen again)
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
0A.77
eMMC Info: Size 16G
To return to normal mode - first press power key to power down
Device is LOCKED. Status Code: 0
Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
_
Ok, I also got to the
Boot Mode Selection Menu
_
Sooo.... Currently, I've got the phone cracked open in my kitchen using knifes and heat to melt the annoying plastic panel covering the battery connection where I needed to connect the wires of the charger
Big problem though! Cannot find the fastroot files anywhere!!
Do any of you guys maybe have them saved locally? All links point to droid-developers.org which is dead.
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sorry I just saw this.. this is nothing but battery death... the flex cable that comes out of the battery would have been damaged. the phone wont turn ON but will show a Battery with ? when connected to USB or power. I dropped my phone and I faceed this issues. opened my phone, found the flex cable teared off, bought a new battery and its all good.

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