I bought my xda in working condition a few days ago from somebody I know. It's a month old, and worked fine for a day. I left it on while I went out and when I got back it was off. I assumed the batteries were dead and placed it in the charger.
When I got back, it was still dead. It wouldn't turn on. I have not tried to flash or tamper with my device in any way...
Here's what i've discovered so far:
- Soft and hard resets do nothing.
- When in the cradle, the charge lights do not come on.
- Bootlogger works, so the screen is alright and there is power to the device.
- I don't quite understand the stylus in the sim card issue, and how it damages the device. Since it's been broken, I have put the stylus in and pressed down the switch (I was told to and even the woman in the O2 shop did it when i took it in! lol). But as far as I can tell the reason you're not meant to is because you can break the switch - however the phone will only go into bootlogger mode with the switch depressed (the sim card door closed) so I assume that means I haven't broken the switch in any way. Also, I didn't touch the switch before this trouble started.
- I can connect with my device via activesync and browse the windows folder, etc.
So as far as I can tell - it isn't the sim card slot switch, it isn't the screen, it isn't the cradle, it isn't the battery, and there is no problem as far as connecting with my computer.
But my device still won't turn on when I press the on/off switch and hard and soft resets have no effect.
Please help me/give me suggestions/tell me if it's truly french connectioned so i can go batter the guy I got it from for my money.
This phone cost me 2 months wages and I waited forever and drove 600 miles to get it. And it stopped working after a day. It's proper depressing lol.
Oh alos, if the phone is fc'd, will the factory be able to repair it for me if I pay (i'm not sure I have the receipt for guarantee). If anyone knows, thanks.
Thanks a lot in advance;
Mat.
i don't understand how you can browse the windows folder via active sync if you cannot turn it on.
have you tried a different sim card. ie was your 'friend' using it on o2 or something different.
the switch beside the sim card slot is a detector ie if the door is open - no power if the door is closed - power. possibly if the switch is broken - no power.
as to a factory repair - pass. it depends on the damage.
ian
cheers - but the switch doesn't seem to be broken - because i can boot into bootlogger mode with the door shut, but not with it open. which suggests to me that the switch is alive and well. i've no idea what's wrong with it. gonna have to be a factory repair unless flashing the rom from bootlogger mode might help... that's the only thing i can see might be wrong with it.
There's no sim card in it, i haven't bought one for it yet. I don't know what network he used it on, but the phone came from europe.
I can browse the folder via activesync on my pc - when i go into the connect mode on bootlogger.
MaT.
mr_mat_cool said:
There's no sim card in it, i haven't bought one for it yet. I don't know what network he used it on, but the phone came from europe.MaT.
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this is the answer to your problem, no sim card no power, if the 'phone is unblocked then any will do if not try any anyway, you never know.
ian
phone always worked before without a sim card. i'll try it though, thanks.
mat.
no mate, still not working with a sim card - the phone is unlocked..
:-( thanks anyway;
mat.
What is being displayed on the screen during your resets soft or hard (details please)?
You say the bootloader is working, Right! So do us a favor and check your GSM and report what it says.
To get to the GSM settings "while in bootloader mode" just press the Calender button.
Looking forward to your reply,
sorry, i'm slightly technically challenged, but i'm getting there.
if i take the device from its cradle and perform a soft reset, the green and red hang up/answer lights come on together for a few seconds and then go off. nothing else happens and i cannot turn on the device. if i try to, nothing happens at all.
If I perform a hard reset, aboslutely nothing at all happens except that I have to put the device back into its cradle and take it out again if i want to do a soft reset. If i do a soft reset straight after a hard reset, it does nothing (the lights don't even come on).
if i load bootloader, it says "GSM ERROR" where it says "GSM OK". I assume this is because I have no sim card in my device.
Well, i'm finding out things as I write -it seems to behave differently every time. I put it in bootloader mode to find out my gsm settings, and placed it in the cradle whilst it was loading... and it said "GSM OK". I soft resetted, the lights came on for a couple seconds and i'm back to where i started.
Confused!! Thanks for all your help though
mat.
note: for some reason, after taking the device from its cradle or placing it in, after a period of about a minute, the device chimes. i've no idea why or what it's trying to tell me. (the red and green hang up/call lights also come on for a second when this happens)
alright, update...
if i go into bootloader mode, and at the screen where it says "wait" i put the device into the cradle, and take it straight out again, the device says "GSM OK" (maybe it confuses it.)
Otherwise, the device says "GSM ERROR".
Mat
i managed to get onto the flash menu, and copy "BOOT TO SD", and then i went into bootloader mode and downloaded it from the sd card and it said succesful, cold reset to complete...
my device is now in the cradle, the buttons are doing nothing when pressed and the call.hangup lights are permanently on.
if i press the calendar button, a menu comes up saying...
UTLITIES
===GSM OFF===
DEBUG/CALI.
GSM TURN ON
GSM TURN OFF
GSM RESET
GSM 900
GSM 1900
GSM 900 / 1800
GSM RECAL
GSM NORMAL
this is really confusing me. i think i need to take this thing to O2.
yes? no?
thanks again;
Mat.
"GSM Error" seems to indicate there's something trashed with your radio stack. I had this same problem this week with a failed update to the T-Mobile 6.24 radio stack. Even with no SIM card inserted, you should still get "GSM OK". The only time I saw "GSM ERROR" was while the radio stack was hosed.
Try this: First, take out your SIM card, and in the menu you describe above, choose TURN GSM OFF. Then, reflash the ROM via the SD/bootloader method (look for the thread in the ROM Updates forum for help). I recommend the 4.00.05 ROM (Windows Mobile 2003 from 02). Once that's done, you need to get it to boot into the OS. With a corrupt radio stack, this can take 15-20 minutes or more. Do a soft reset, then let it sit for at least 30 minutes or so, and see if it boots into the OS.
Once you are in the OS, you should be able to connect via activesync, and re-flash your radio stack. I don't know what carrier you're on, but I'd suggest getting the latest radio stack update for your carrier's network, and not using a radio stack for another network.
It's a long shot, but I think if you can successfully re-flash your radio stack, you might be back in business.
Good luck!
JoshB
you are god mate :wink: .
First thing i'm gonna try is squaling like a girl for somebody else (O2 or an independant company) to fix it for me. Failing that, i'll try your method and anything else anybody suggests... Failing that i'll tell people it's some kind of space age weapon and hold up a bank for the money for a new one :lol:
here's what technical support said:
"It doesn't sound like anything I've come across before in the past. What I would suggest is for you to call the XDA warranty line anyway on the off chance that they can give you some advice."
Thanks a lot;
Mat.
NEWSFLASH! Took my phone from the cradle, put it back in and the orange charger light came on... This is weird as i've done nothing to it. It seems to be recovering bit by bit as if it got wet and is drying out or something... but it didn't get wet. I hope this helps somebody, someone else must be having the same problem. I read about one other guy who's phone has gone tits up, and even though his problem is different from mine, it seemed to be caused by the same thing - just leaving the phone on until the batteries died.
Mat.
aaaannnndd it's gone again. no charging light. it's weird, like my phone just decided it didn't wanna work for me any more and stopped.
i'll take it to get it repaired, see what they say. if not, it'll make a nice paperweight or maybe i can flog it to some blind kid
Mat.
Recently my xda I began to restart itself without being used. When I put it in standby mode (power button) and after a while turn it back on, not always but at least 3-4 times a day it restarts itself.
Does someone know why is this happening and if there is a way to stop this.
P.S. - I don't know if this comes from the ROM because it has happened with different versions of ROMs.[/b]
The problem with the restarts is usually caused by the SIM card cover. Sometimes if you press it it will reset. There is a contact point underneath the rubber cover and it sometimes makes contact and resets the device.
You can try pressing it to see it the device restarts and you found your culprid. You may take the sim out and reinset it to see if the contact resets or you may have to have the unit sent in for repair/replacement with your phone provider!
Hello guys,
I have a problem here that has been bugging me for months
my phone (p8lite ALE21) fell in water for a couple of seconds but after the incident everything appeared to work except when my phone is Idle or I lock the screen and not using it after about 10 secs the phone shuts down for no reason and I have to keep on pressing on the power button for a few seconds to restart, but If I lock it while charging or playing music (anything that doesn't let the phone become idle) it doesn't turn off and works fine.
Confused if it's hardware or software issue but I searched a lot about it tried million different things nothing worked
One thing to notice that my SD card slot doesn't read anymore SD cards ( the cards work fine with other phones )
don't know if it's part of the problem or I have to change my battery?
any suggestions please I would like to hear it
P.S. I don't want to change the battery nor the SD card slot unless I'm sure it's the problem
Thanks
Zarkondo said:
Hello guys,
I have a problem here that has been bugging me for months
my phone (p8lite ALE21) fell in water for a couple of seconds but after the incident everything appeared to work except when my phone is Idle or I lock the screen and not using it after about 10 secs the phone shuts down for no reason and I have to keep on pressing on the power button for a few seconds to restart, but If I lock it while charging or playing music (anything that doesn't let the phone become idle) it doesn't turn off and works fine.
Confused if it's hardware or software issue but I searched a lot about it tried million different things nothing worked
One thing to notice that my SD card slot doesn't read anymore SD cards ( the cards work fine with other phones )
don't know if it's part of the problem or I have to change my battery?
any suggestions please I would like to hear it
P.S. I don't want to change the battery nor the SD card slot unless I'm sure it's the problem
Thanks
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From the info you provided, I believe it is a hardware issue, a faulty circuit, since the phone is unable to remain on until some interrupt is provided, I recommend that you show it to some Phone repair center.
Augustoandro said:
From the info you provided, I believe it is a hardware issue, a faulty circuit, since the phone is unable to remain on until some interrupt is provided, I recommend that you show it to some Phone repair center.
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Thank you sir.
Hello guys. I am doing this thread to find some help or at least some explanation for my problem.
I will start from 0, I got a N910T model last 2 weeks since my old N910H model screen got broken.
The issue appeared randomly. First is that when I put my phone to sleep (standby) by a minute or two and when I tried to unlock it it freezes, It totally freezes without posibility to unlock and after a moment the phone turns off, or at least tries to reboot but screen always stays black, I just remove the battery and it turn on again, but after setting my password and locking the phone again it freezes again and do the same thing, I was having my phone rooted but with stock ROM using BeastMode kernel and before today my device was working awesome. After having that I just tried to go to the TWRP and delete cache, thinking that was the problem, but when I select reboot to system the screen stayed black, no Tmobile sound, no led, nothing. And then I decided to flash it through odin, but everytime the device starting installing updates it finish it but then the screen got black with no life signal. without success I decide to install a custom recovery to let the boot start and then it works, but now everytime I lock the phone again it got the same problem PLUS after a minute staying like that it boot me to download mode... while I was reading it it shows a like saying: mmc_read_fail... now i have it with wakelock powermanager app and its working fine when I lock it, but when i disable it, it throws the same problem, plus I cant reboot the phone while is on, everytime I press the reboot key it just freezes and turns black... I need help.
There's no permanent software fix for the emmc issue, it's a hardware failure. It's best if you just look for a replacement device.
EMMC Failure is fatal....
Like seriosbrad said before, the EMMC failure/error is an hardware issue. Only way to solve this problems is to replace the mainboard. I also had an EMMC error once. I had to replace my mainboard. But it's not as difficult as it sounds.. You will need only one very small screwdriver, a thin plate (to stick in the gap between screen and frame) and a new Mainboard of course
But there is no other solution, sorry....
megaequs said:
Like seriosbrad said before, the EMMC failure/error is an hardware issue. Only way to solve this problems is to replace the mainboard. I also had an EMMC error once. I had to replace my mainboard. But it's not as difficult as it sounds.. You will need only one very small screwdriver, a thin plate (to stick in the gap between screen and frame) and a new Mainboard of course
But there is no other solution, sorry....
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Well, Thanks for help. My phone stills turning on like normal and its vital life support is Wake Lock PowerManager app, I do have my exynos mainboard but I still want to test the power of qualcomm til it last drop. Thanks for support .
Hello,
1 week ago i had bought a mi a3 and noticed some serious problems.
1. problem nº1, 3-4 times a day the phone reboots (without touching it) and asks for sim code
2. sometimes when I try to click the power button the phone won't turn on, i have to wait like 3-10 minutes or click the power button for 10 sec to force a reboot. It doesn't seem to turn off but is in a deep sleep
I've already did a hard reset but nothing changed.
Supposedly this problem was solved with some update but it continues to happen.
Does someone knows how solve it?
Greetings. Have you checked that it is not the damaged sim or the micro sd?
I had reboots cause wasted micro sd.
Greetings.
Tabatj said:
Greetings. Have you checked that it is not the damaged sim or the micro sd?
I had reboots cause wasted micro sd.
Greetings.
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it's not the SIM, and I have no sd card in my phone
Tried flashing another rom the random reboots disappeared but 2. problem (sometimes when I try to click the power button the phone won't turn on, i have to wait like 3-10 minutes or click the power button for 10 sec to force a reboot. It doesn't seem to turn off but is in a deep sleep) continues to happen, but now I only have to wait 5-10 seconds, now its usable, however it is inconvenient sometimes.
Does someone knows how solve it?
If phone randomly reboots without anything u need to fix your battery IC.. goto repair shop and tell to reball the IC they will understand.. hopefully gets fixed