I was flashing a new rom. And after it said 100% on the phone it turned black and never lit up again. I waited i didnt pull out the usb. 15 min later i checked it again still black. i pulled the usb out. hit the power button and nothing happend. i did a hard reset and still the phone wount power on. The phone's charging led light wount even come on when i plug it up. So i assume i have bricked me phone ?
I have HSPL3
miri19v
froyostone 3.1v
is there any way to bring it back to life or do i toss it in the trash?
thanks for the help
i have also tried to go into boot loader and NIL!
from your use of the word 'trash' can i assume you have a tmous hd2? if so, what did you flash? was it a non tmous stock rom (meaning a bad radio)?
(oh, first job tho, check for bent battery pins)
the pins are fine. yeah i was actually flashing a stock tmou rom.
got the full filename for the rom you downloaded please? (just checking you havent downloaded a t mobile rom that isnt tmous)
the reason im pushing that line of enquiry is that the symptoms you describe are consistent with either
wrong radio (from the wrong stock rom)
bent battery pin
over discharged battery
to test the over discharged battery you can take it out, plug usb in with wall charger, then put battery in. this lets it charge without trying to turn on the phone. the light may not come one for some time, so leave it a good hour or two.
Hey Sam,
I'm having this issue too. I am relatively positive it's from an over-discharged battery. The phone conked out a few nights ago, and later when trying to charge it I got nothing - until yanking the battery for a bit, plugging in the charger, then popping in the battery. Now, every time the battery drains I have to do this.
Is the battery "damaged" now, or do you have any suggestions to fix the prob? I see this posted a bit but no one has any solutions that I've found.
Thanks!
Ryan
well i know the principals of these batteries, but not really the mechanics, so yes id guess the battery is defective, (but it could be the phones internal battery control circuits too, again just guessing) but no i dont know if there is a cure, other than try another battery, and if it cures it, ok, but if not then it would be a warranty issue.
are you using android? cos from what ive read it discharges quickly under android or something? (never used it so cant tell)
Hey Folks,
I have a Samsung Galaxy SII (SGH-i777) that I used a couple of years ago. It was my first Android phone and I loved it very much (until corporate made me an iSheep).
The phone was retired to a shoe box for the last 1+ years and I recently dug it up so I could get it set up for my little bro who somehow recently fell on his phone with it in his pocket and shattered the screen (don't ask... I don't get it either).
Anyways long story short -- the phone sat idle for a long time, when I pulled it out it wouldn't boot up at all. Assumed that the battery had discharged so I plugged it in to see if it would start up. The battery logo would intermittently flash on the screen and show a drained battery logo but even letting the phone sit for a day did not provide me any results.
Fast forward 3-6 months. Today I replaced the charging board thinking that there was some issue with the USB connector on the phone that was preventing it from getting power. Once that was done I discovered that I was able to get the phone to boot into Odin mode. Great! No boot, no recovery, but download mode seemed to be better than nothing.
I have tried, in vain, to flash stock firmware to this phone via Odin, and even though all indicators point to it being successful, once I finish the Samsung logo comes up on the screen, goes off and that's it. I can see the 4 LEDs on the buttons at the bottom of the phone flash every 5 seconds as well as a faint flicker on the screen staggered between the LED flashes.
Looking for any further suggestions as to what I may be able to try. I have searched various sources on XDA and other sources but I haven't quite found anything that matches my exact symptoms.
Furthermore, I can't be sure what Kernel/ROM I was last running on this phone. Maybe Siyah kernel, maybe CM 10,1 with Flux kernel. Idk.
Any input is appreciated!
Seems I should mention this other detail --
With the battery in, I cannot get into download mode -- it just states 'Low Battery!! Can't Download!!" This is presumably due to the fact that the battery is completely discharged -- maybe incapable of holding a charge but perhaps this is indicative of a more serious hardware failure.
I'd guess the battery is completely shot.
I bought a replacement battery from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111014533334?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
No problems with it.
bleggy said:
I'd guess the battery is completely shot.
I bought a replacement battery from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/111014533334?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
No problems with it.
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Very likely --
Since you got me to shift focus here, a quick search is telling me that it won't boot without a battery due to a feedback circuit. This would explain the ability to go into download mode but the lack of boot / flashing LEDs I guess.
Can someone confirm?
If the phone was working normally when it was put away, I would expect it to be working normally when it was pulled it back out. Your story is a little confusing, but did you ever try booting the phone with a fully charged battery? In the circumstances you describe, that would be the first logical trouble shooting step. And if you haven't tried that, then it is still the next logical trouble shooting step. Also, you can't assume that the original battery that you left in the phone is still able to hold a charge. It still may be good, but you can't assume that for testing purposes. Incidentally, the battery should have been pulled from the phone before it was put away.
I do not get any indication that the original battery is actually charging. Charging icon just flashes on the screen briefly in between LED and screen flashes (again, presumably due to the battery being completely dead/incapable of holding a charge since I left it in the phone this entire time).
I guess I'll go ahead and buy another battery and see what happens.
It is my understanding then that this phone will not boot on the charger without battery due to a feedback circuit. Correct?
kleinschmizzy said:
I do not get any indication that the original battery is actually charging. Charging icon just flashes on the screen briefly in between LED and screen flashes (again, presumably due to the battery being completely dead/incapable of holding a charge since I left it in the phone this entire time).
I guess I'll go ahead and buy another battery and see what happens.
It is my understanding then that this phone will not boot on the charger without battery due to a feedback circuit. Correct?
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Even if the battery is good, but fully discharged, it may not charge in the phone. You would have to have an external charger. Phones are not consistent, and many phones probably would charge a fully discharged battery, but I have seen a number of people report that a fully discharged battery would cause the exact same behavior as you report. If it were mine, I wouldn't throw the battery away yet.
If you know anyone with an I777, you could borrow their fully charged battery for a few minutes just to see if your phone will boot.
You are correct that the phone will not boot on the charger when the battery is out, although you should be able to successfully flash firmware through Odin with the battery out, and the computer supplying the power, but still, as far as I know, it will not boot after the flash without a working battery.
The battery was indeed at fault. Ordered a new one on Amazon, popped it in and voila -- we're up and running.
Thanks for the input guys! Much appreciated!
Hello,
I have an unrooted Z2. With around 30% battery left, I put it in the charging dock on my desktop yesterday evening. After 1 or 2 hours, I noticed that the phone is completely dead - no LEDs are blinking, no vibration, nothing. I tried pressing the power button alone, in combination with VolumeDown, VolumeUp, CameraButton, for more than 30 seconds each. I tried pressing down the tiny red button next to the SIM slot for awhile. Nothing. Phone is dead like a brick.
The only result I'm getting is when I plug it into my computer (ubuntu 14.10) - the LED bar on top is showing a constant red color in this case. Doing the button presses outlined above in this situation is also pointless.
I'm installing flashtool for Linux right now, the connection is pretty slow and it will take awhile. I hope to find out more afterwards. I'm a newbie when it comes to flashing sony phones, only found out now about flashtool. Any advice/tip on how to proceed, or if it even makes sense to dig into this, is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Hello,
are you perfectly sure your dock was connected properly and it hasn't discharged your phone? Maybe there was something wrong with it.
I had similar situation while I was low on battery and I was creating backup in recovery. Then I fell asleep and I have found my phone completely 'dead'. I connected it to the wall charger and nothing. No led, no nothing. I have even connected it to my pc and also nothing happened. Then I connected my Z2 to the wall charger and I left it like that. And after few hours, out of the blue, just turned itself on, just like my old Nokia n95.
I'm sorry it's not quite solution you looked for, but give it a try. Essential is to charge it via wall charger.
Good luck!
Do what @amon87 says OP. Charge it on a wall charger for a minimum of 3-4 hours; If that doesn't work, can you specify whether you were using a legitimate Sony dock or a third party dock? If it was third party, it could possibly have caused a hardware problem with your device via the magnetic charge pins (not extremely likely but not unheard of). Worst case scenario, send it back to Sony in the next few days. The warranty will cover it if you haven't caused water damage or anything like that.
Thanks for your replies! I also hoped for a sudden discharge, so I removed the device from the dock, plugged the USB in directly, and left it overnight - still nothing. Also, I have the original Sony dock, and have never exposed the device to any water.
Found out the model number in the meantime, it's D5303, if it's of any help. Flashtool does not see the device, unfortunately. I just found out that Sony describes an option to restore your device through the official PC companion app - I'll give that a try when I'm home, and will report back tomorrow.
Otherwise I guess my only option is the warranty.
There's also an option to quickly plug in and out charging wire to kick-start the battery. Unfortunatelly i have no further ideas to help you out.
Don't give your hopes up, try again. There's been a thread of a guy whose Z2 turned itself off and it seemed dead, but after a day or two it just turned on.
So, of course it's also not detected by Sony's "Bridge for Mac" app. Plugging it in and out brought also no results.
As the device is still covered by warranty, and I have yet not tampered with it, I've sent it in for repair! My pocket feels so empty now, i wonder how life is going to be without a phone. Apparently they need 5 - 10 working days.
Thanks for your kind support, guys!
Sorry to hear that. Hope it will get fixed!
Hello XDA.
Update.
Changed battery. Nothing changed.
Tried the suggestions posted Here no change.
Before I started this process, I was able to turn the phone on, hear the startup sounds, and charge it, no problem.
Yesterday I changed my cracked LCD (and digitizer) with one of these witrigs .com/oem-lcd-with-digitizer-for-sony-xperia-z2 (I'm not allowed to post links)
Followed the instructions provided by witrigs.
However, after having put it together again, when I try to turn it on all I get is 3 red blinks. (This would indicate low / empty battery, right?)
So I connected it to the charger (tried both wallsocket, and USB from two different computer, and different cables.) and all it gives me is a red light.
Normally, this would mean that it's charging, as far as I know, but it stays like that for hours, without any changes. So I was puzzled by this, googled to no avail.
I can not get it in flashmode, nor fastboot mode. However, here is the interesting part. When I disconnect the battery from the back and connect the phone to a charger (or USB from PC) the screen lights up, and shows me the charging animation.
In addition to this, when the battery is disconnected, I can get it into fastboot (Blue led, if I've read correct, I can not get into this with the battery connected.)
With this information, and my lack of real knowledge about how this technology works, I assumed the battery was broken, so to test that a bit further, I checked it with a multimeter.
It's currently showing 4.2v. I don't have another battery I can try with as of now, nor do I have other readings from other batteries. Maybe some of you do.
Anyway, have any of you encountered anything like this before? and or have any suggestions as to what I can / should test or try next? - I'm running out of ideas. (I will buy a new battery when I have money, but it probably will not be here in 5-8 weeks, due to when I get money and shippingtime.)
Thanks in advance for your time, and I'm terribly sorry if this has been talked about before. I searched, but maybe my searching skills are bad, as I could not find anything like this.
Edit: For the sake of trying wild things, I tried to un-brick it using flashtool and a custom FTF. Exact same condition.
-- Zaek
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Solution (?)
I have the same problem and I'm going to try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/hardware-fix-xperia-z-charging-booting-t2760911
Better late than never...
Zaek2 said:
Hello XDA.
Update.
Changed battery. Nothing changed.
Tried the suggestions posted Here no change.
Before I started this process, I was able to turn the phone on, hear the startup sounds, and charge it, no problem.
Yesterday I changed my cracked LCD (and digitizer) with one of these witrigs .com/oem-lcd-with-digitizer-for-sony-xperia-z2 (I'm not allowed to post links)
Followed the instructions provided by witrigs.
However, after having put it together again, when I try to turn it on all I get is 3 red blinks. (This would indicate low / empty battery, right?)
So I connected it to the charger (tried both wallsocket, and USB from two different computer, and different cables.) and all it gives me is a red light.
Normally, this would mean that it's charging, as far as I know, but it stays like that for hours, without any changes. So I was puzzled by this, googled to no avail.
I can not get it in flashmode, nor fastboot mode. However, here is the interesting part. When I disconnect the battery from the back and connect the phone to a charger (or USB from PC) the screen lights up, and shows me the charging animation.
In addition to this, when the battery is disconnected, I can get it into fastboot (Blue led, if I've read correct, I can not get into this with the battery connected.)
With this information, and my lack of real knowledge about how this technology works, I assumed the battery was broken, so to test that a bit further, I checked it with a multimeter.
It's currently showing 4.2v. I don't have another battery I can try with as of now, nor do I have other readings from other batteries. Maybe some of you do.
Anyway, have any of you encountered anything like this before? and or have any suggestions as to what I can / should test or try next? - I'm running out of ideas. (I will buy a new battery when I have money, but it probably will not be here in 5-8 weeks, due to when I get money and shippingtime.)
Thanks in advance for your time, and I'm terribly sorry if this has been talked about before. I searched, but maybe my searching skills are bad, as I could not find anything like this.
Edit: For the sake of trying wild things, I tried to un-brick it using flashtool and a custom FTF. Exact same condition.
-- Zaek
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Same problem help us guys
What THE?
Your situation is exactly mine :crying:.
Always dreamed of this phone model, bought a cheap one with broken glass, it was working fine, I tried with a controller and was working.
Bought a high quality screen replacement that wasn't so cheap (quality seems pretty good actually).
Opened the phone using a hair dryer, it was easier than I thought and actually easier than any phone I ever opened.
Changed screen, and SAME PROBLEM AS YOU, 3 red lights, no boot. I also tried everything you tried, it shows up the battery charging icon without the battery.
ps: There got to be something pretty wrong with this, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.
Keep Cool
guily6669 said:
What THE?
Your situation is exactly mine :crying:.
Always dreamed of this phone model, bought a cheap one with broken glass, it was working fine, I tried with a controller and was working.
Bought a high quality screen replacement that wasn't so cheap (quality seems pretty good actually).
Opened the phone using a hair dryer, it was easier than I thought and actually easier than any phone I ever opened.
Changed screen, and SAME PROBLEM AS YOU, 3 red lights, no boot. I also tried everything you tried, it shows up the battery charging icon without the battery.
ps: There got to be something pretty wrong with this, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP.
Keep Cool
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I also am in the exact same situation. I was very carefull when I changed the display and I took my time for it (two hours!)
I used a hairdryer to make the glue soft. Maybe this overheated the battery? That is the only thing I can Think of.
Anyone else with the same problem?
Anyone else with some tips?
update: ordered a new battery. If I overheated it, it will probably work again.
Does any one now if there is some intelligence that checks if the battery has problems / damage / too high of a temperature?
Try flashing kitkat ftf without the battery. I think this is a firmware failsafe thing due to difference between display panel and display firmware on the device. Battery even when damaged should not prevent boot if the device is connected to a power source.
This is just a wild guess, too. Try flashing older ftfs that may be free of these failsafes.
5ageman said:
Try flashing kitkat ftf without the battery. I think this is a firmware failsafe thing due to difference between display panel and display firmware on the device. Battery even when damaged should not prevent boot if the device is connected to a power source.
This is just a wild guess, too. Try flashing older ftfs that may be free of these failsafes.
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Thanks for the good tip! Sounds like that could be something too.
I tried/will try it in this order :
1) original loader, load the phone for 2 days (no success)
2) wait three days without loader ( I read about others that were about to send their phones away and then they started working again)
3) change the battery with a new one (its on its way)
4) your idea, flash the phone
I was thinking about overheating sensors in the battery. Maybe it "says" to the phone "I will not charge myself. I am damaged" (because of the high temperature when using the hair dryer).
Maybe the battery has to forget that it once was too hot?
I also thought about that the phone does not want the battery because the battery reported the high temperature to the phone (and probably an unique ID).
Maybe the phone stores somewhere that that battery is a battery with problems and thus has a "ban list" somewhere?
Any way, thank you for the tip! As a final solution, I will do that.
If that does not work, I will probably look for another phone
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5ageman said:
Try flashing kitkat ftf without the battery. I think this is a firmware failsafe thing due to difference between display panel and display firmware on the device. Battery even when damaged should not prevent boot if the device is connected to a power source.
This is just a wild guess, too. Try flashing older ftfs that may be free of these failsafes.
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I was thinking more about the things you wrote....
What about if it is a failsafe that is written in the firmware. So that it does not matter what battery you put into it afterwards. That is just is a "WTF! HALT! BSOD " and that this is permanent untill you flash it (because you Clean the flash then).
I will follow your device right away. You gave me hope again
Update 19:26 GMT+1 : I can unlock the bootloader, I can boot in flash mode and fastboot mode, but only without battery.
With battery in it nothing works. Only the red light.
The only thing I can get on my screen is the battery logo, and only if the battery is not in it.
As soon as the battery is in it, nothing works.
I think the Z2 cannot boot without a battery?
update : 20:24 GMT+1 : I read that someone could not charge the phone i normal mode, but it worked in fastboot mode.
So i now booted the phone in fastboot (without battery) and then plugged in the battery while in fastboot mode. The system does not hang itself, so maybe it is charging? Maybe it is not...
I will reboot in an hour and see if I can notice any difference...
demesmaeker2 said:
Thanks for the good tip! Sounds like that could be something too.
I tried/will try it in this order :
1) original loader, load the phone for 2 days (no success)
2) wait three days without loader ( I read about others that were about to send their phones away and then they started working again)
3) change the battery with a new one (its on its way)
4) your idea, flash the phone
I was thinking about overheating sensors in the battery. Maybe it "says" to the phone "I will not charge myself. I am damaged" (because of the high temperature when using the hair dryer).
Maybe the battery has to forget that it once was too hot?
I also thought about that the phone does not want the battery because the battery reported the high temperature to the phone (and probably an unique ID).
Maybe the phone stores somewhere that that battery is a battery with problems and thus has a "ban list" somewhere?
Any way, thank you for the tip! As a final solution, I will do that.
If that does not work, I will probably look for another phone
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I was thinking more about the things you wrote....
What about if it is a failsafe that is written in the firmware. So that it does not matter what battery you put into it afterwards. That is just is a "WTF! HALT! BSOD " and that this is permanent untill you flash it (because you Clean the flash then).
I will follow your device right away. You gave me hope again
Update 19:26 GMT+1 : I can unlock the bootloader, I can boot in flash mode and fastboot mode, but only without battery.
With battery in it nothing works. Only the red light.
The only thing I can get on my screen is the battery logo, and only if the battery is not in it.
As soon as the battery is in it, nothing works.
I think the Z2 cannot boot without a battery?
update : 20:24 GMT+1 : I read that someone could not charge the phone i normal mode, but it worked in fastboot mode.
So i now booted the phone in fastboot (without battery) and then plugged in the battery while in fastboot mode. The system does not hang itself, so maybe it is charging? Maybe it is not...
I will reboot in an hour and see if I can notice any difference...
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I sure hope you'll fix your Z2, this is indeed a weird issue. I can only add that I have repaired Z, Z1c and Z2 devices with heat gun and hair driers with battery inside and never had any issues with batteries, not even weakened capacity. Of course in your case it only remains to exchange the battery for a new one. If that fails then IDK, logic board is next, but that is just not economic anymore. Hope you sort this out, GL
5ageman said:
I sure hope you'll fix your Z2, this is indeed a weird issue. I can only add that I have repaired Z, Z1c and Z2 devices with heat gun and hair driers with battery inside and never had any issues with batteries, not even weakened capacity. Of course in your case it only remains to exchange the battery for a new one. If that fails then IDK, logic board is next, but that is just not economic anymore. Hope you sort this out, GL
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It looks like it is another problem, maybe the logic board
I took out the battery again and measured it using a multimeter. It says 4.3 volts.
On the battery, it says 4.35 volts, so I assume the battery is fully loaded.
I am running out of tricks
demesmaeker2 said:
It looks like it is another problem, maybe the logic board
I took out the battery again and measured it using a multimeter. It says 4.3 volts.
On the battery, it says 4.35 volts, so I assume the battery is fully loaded.
I am running out of tricks
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And now I changed the battery. Same problem.
Long story short: Some z2 owners around the world have changed the broken LCD screen and now they get the "red light of death" (I googled "changed lcd / digitizer" "red light" and found a few with the same problem. Not just Z2, but also Z and Z3
Its not the battery. Its not the screen (without battery ,you get the battery logo on the screen when you try to turn it on, so the LCD screen works).
The facts :
- 3 flashes when you try to turn on the phone without charging cable + battery in it
- i can lock and unlock the bootloader without problems
- nothing happens when you try to turn on the phone with charging cable in it. (The red light stays on)
- with the charging cable in the phone, you get the red charging light, but thats all.
- holding in on/off + volume up with the battery does give 3 vibrates, but nothing more
- without battery I can flash and fastboot. Without errors. Even the Sony tool can flash the phone.
- if I give fastboot commands I get three dots as an answer and then nothing more. It just hangs there
- a new battery does not solve the problem
- magnetic charger does not solve the problem
- original sony cable + sony charger does not solve the problem
- dock-loader from sony does not solve the problem
- flashing the phone with the oldest firmware and the newest does not solve the problem
- the battery is fully loaded and the voltage does not drop if I measure it during a "power on"
I guess I am out of luck It feels crappy to but a new phone. Not that I cannot afford it, but it feels like such a waste of money.
Another thing is that I really like my dedicated camera button, so I am kinda stuck to the brand too
If any one has any tips, or things I can try, please tell me!
After some more googling, I discovered that there is a japanese version of the Z2. It is called "Docomo SO-03F". This seems to be real Sony (so not a clone). This phone has its own firmware too! Maybe this is the problem? That people with the same problem are installing a Docomo screen in stead of a real Z2 screen?
Does any one know if this could be true? That the hardware is too different?
Just found out about an older post about this phone, but it does not specify about the hardware that much.
[email protected] u have the same problem!i disconected the baterry and i able to flash without baterry ...now then i conected cablu usb don't work i can't flash again.....you fix the problem?
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[email protected] u have the same problem!i disconected the baterry and i able to flash without baterry ...now then i conected cablu usb don't work i can't flash again.....you fix the problem?
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No... I hate to say it, but no... :crying: :crying: :crying:
If you take out the battery again. Then you can flash again (holding the volume button down). But as soon as you put the battery back in, it is the same problem. It is so strange.
First I was concinved that it had to do with the battery, because if you take out the battery, and put the cable in the charger (not the computer!), then you get the battery logo on the screen. Do you have that too?
hello i flash 3X and is working! now i take out the battery but when put de charger led red is on....and when i try to flash on usb pc dont'reconize
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now when put de charger don't apper logo ... I was thinking to buy battery but after I read that you bought and you just do the battery and let it go .... I sell it for parts despite the fact that the first phone that really liked ..
intcpr said:
hello i flash 3X and is working! now i take out the battery but when put de charger led red is on....and when i try to flash on usb pc dont'reconize
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now when put de charger don't apper logo ... I was thinking to buy battery but after I read that you bought and you just do the battery and let it go .... I sell it for parts despite the fact that the first phone that really liked ..
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What firmware did you flash? I flashed android 4.x (two different versions). Then I also got no battery logo.
I think the logo is included in the firmware.
When I flashed android 5 again, then the battery logo came back again. Of course, ONLY when the battery was not in the phone. Else I only get the red light.
Android5.1.1 but now when try to flash no reaction when plug the usb cable. Is dead
intcpr said:
Android5.1.1 but now when try to flash no reaction when plug the usb cable. Is dead
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Try this :
1) take out battery
2) start flashtool (download the latest)
3) hold down powerbutton and then plug the cable in the computer
4) Does it say device connected then? Then you can probably flash it using Flashtool
I assume that you have all the correct drivers (ADB drivers) installed and that you flashed before using Flashtool
Greetz,
Demesmaeker
Don't working ia dead but led red is on
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you buy a new baterry?
Yes. that made no difference
I think this is a firmware compatibility problem. The screen is not compatible with the phone and thus creating a kernel panic on startup. But,Im just guessing. I am sure I did not destroy anything in the phone when changing the screen. I was extremely careful.
Did you also buy it from China. Does it have the Sony Logo on it? (mine does).
There are also version with the sony logo on it, but there is some black stuff over it, that you have to scrape off. Mine was not like that.
I recently picked up this galaxy s6 edge from a friend that upgraded to a new phone. It won't turn on, neither to android recovery, nor to download mode nor the android. I charged it via wireless charging overnight and i tried for around an hour with a usb cable. What do i do?
same issue i am facing, i tried original charger, wireless charger and fast chargers from many different brands. but all failed. The device only gets warm/hot while charging and nothing happens. neither download mode nor recovery mode works. I am kind pf stuck without any solution, my device was used very rarely and its like an brand new device. Doesn't know what to do, if you find any solution then please let me know too. thanks in advance
Same problem. If I press power button very long, blue light comes on. Then it's stuck and stays like this until battery is flat. Battery charging is not possible: device heats up (tried USB and Qi), but battery doesn't take any charge.
So I opened the S6 and checked the battery directly. I can charge it directly with a lab power supply and when I plug it in and press power button, the blue notification light comes on again until battery is empty again. I can also see that only ICs get hot, but not the battery when plugging in USB.
So, it's definitely some hardware fault. I suspect power IC that is not able to power up the screen. But I don't know. I will investigate further but it looks difficult. However, I have seen many YouTube videos with same symptoms, but problem was always different than mine :/
Hi guys,
This thread is 2 months old, any of you managed to fix the problem?
I am having very similar problem. My phone was on a shelf for about a year and a half. Before now it was working perfectly. Now I can't charge it via USB or power adapter. When trying to power it up or get into download or recovery mode, nothing happens. Computer does not see it. Tried different cables, USB ports, power adapters..nothing.
The only thing that is happening to the phone is the battery logo appears when trying to charge it, though the green bar does not go over battery, only the empty grey battery with lightning icon in the middle. Also the screen does not go dark after a few seconds as it should and the red/blue LED does not turn on.
Is this the signal from the phone, that the battery is to deeply dischareged and cannot be charged again? I am googling all over the web and can't find anybody talking about what phone does in case of to low voltage on battery.
PS back does not seem to be bloated, USB port was working perfectly last time used
Please try to help, you are my last stop before opening the phone and start probing the poop out of motherboard to see what gave.
EDIT: something interesting happened just about an hour after my post. The battery suddenly started showing % of charge and the green bar started running, computer recognized the phone.. as everything should be.
My FIX: leave the phone pluged in and charging for about 3days and it will start working again.
My semi professional explenation of fix and problem: the phone has a ''backup or reserve'' battery. It is actually main battery but the last I think I read somewhere it is 20% of capacity, is reserved for phone exclusively for the clock and all other electronics that need power when switched off. Now these 20% probably were discharged due to laying around for almost 2 years.
It took me 3 days of charging to fill up these ''20%'' I guess. Probably because Lithium batteries are charged VERY slow at very start and end. This is safty procedure for ALL Li batteries.
If any expert can confirm my conclusion please do so, to help other people.
To answer partialy to my question: The phone tells you battery is ''deep'' discharged when you only see the charge icon without the green bar.
In the mean time I was writing this edit I came up to 4% battery and turned it on!
BR Friend