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Hi all, im new to here,
i ttried to update my amer with
AthenaUnlocker Olipro , and Athenav1bUnlock Migsoft
neither worked, now phone will not power up,
when i try hard reset by pressing camera button and reset button just get a flash from the red light around the joystick, with only battery in, when just power no battery i get nothing when i try to hard reset, just a solid red light
can it be rescued ??
is so help me please, i wanted to just unlock it so i could install with wm6
thanks all hope someone can help me very very soon
cheers
J
HELP
the phone does nothing when battery is in, when no battery and charger, all i get is a red ring around the joystick, think my ameo thinks its a xbox.
when i try to hard reset with battery in just get the red light around the joystick frash on then off, nothing else,
when with charger in and no battery just stays solid on red
HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Same thing is with me pls help us out to get rid of this problem ....
WBR.
Come on guys
Someone must know how to sort this out??
can it be fixed?
its in warrenty, but not sure if they would be able to tell what i have done
Have you tried just flashing the ROM again?
Can you still enter the bootloader ?
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Athena_Resets
Cant see the phone
hi, i cant re-rflash as when i connect to the pc, it does not see it,
thinking the only way im going to get this sorted out is to return it to t-mobile, just hope it would still be under warrenty, anyway i could cover it,
maybe a magnet stuck to it for a few days might help when they check it over??
thanks
just tried hard reset and bootloader reset again, with batter in, charger in, just charger ect
still no rwesponse
just red ring of dead around joystick, when using charger only
Try this, exactly:
- disconnect any cable;
- remove the battery;
- the SIM;
- wait 10 seconds;
- put the battery back;
- enter bootloader (camera button - pressed down all the way - with comm. manager + reset).
If you don't get the bootloader screen (with various color stripes on the screen), then yes, your Athena's unfortunately bricked.
Nooooooooooooooo
nothing at all mate,
but i guess the battery could be flat,
is there no way to get it to power up,
do you think i could send it away under warrenty?
onkyojonny said:
nothing at all mate,
but i guess the battery could be flat,
is there no way to get it to power up,
do you think i could send it away under warrenty?
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Anyone near you that can lend you a fully charged battery? Alternatively buy a cheap spare battery.
@onkyojonny
Where are you located?
im near ashford in east sussex, and work in london, if someone can sort it out im happy to make a donation ;-)
thanks
Concerning the return, if you're not able to enter even bootloader mode, all that will be left is to return it, but it's indeed true that if they see your SPL's modified, for instance, they might send it back to you with a "sorry" note. :-S
is there noone on this forum that can sort it out??
rather that than send it back,
Bootloader's the absolute minimum that you need to recover from apparent bricking. If you don't, then I don't know of any "software" mean to rescue your Athena, alas.
onkyojonny said:
is there noone on this forum that can sort it out??
rather that than send it back,
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Hi
I just had this happen to me, but for completely different reasons. I left my Athena on charge for an hour when the battery was at 10%. It then showed 60%. I then wanted to check that my spare battery had some charge, so I swapped battery and got into exactly the same situation that you have, red light on charger and nothing on either battery.
After reading this forum I tried procedure of taking everything out inc. SIM and leaving it for a minute, still no joy on the 1st battery. Left it again for a minute and tried the 2nd battery and it came to life instantly and booted. The 2nd battery reports 100% charge.
I would suggest that you buy / borrow a battery and try it. It is highly frustrating that you can't use the Athena mains only & swap batteries, but you can't, I tried. If you order a battery (I got one for £11, it is a Cameron Sino which have a bad reputation but it lasts all day, can't argue with that) you should get it tomorrow in the post.
I will see if now that it is working the OEM battery works. It may be that it has not charged properly.
Hope you get it working again.
onkyojonny said:
is there noone on this forum that can sort it out??
rather that than send it back,
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Follow up, yes it worked when I put the OEM battery back in, still with the SIM out. I have now put the SIM back in and the 2nd battery & all OK. Very unscientifically I would say that taking everything out & using a fresh battery seems to have fixed mine.
yes, one of my (aftermarket) batteries produced the same symptoms just yesterday. it was in a near fully discharged state (< 5%)... so i wanted to put it in the athena and charge it. but athena would not turn on, just the red light. charging did not make a difference.
put the other battery back that was in it previously, it booted instantly, then i put the discharged one in and it still booted and then i was able to charge it up.
note: at other cases i can still boot the athena with such a discharged battery, they have enough juice in them, apparently the problem was something else.
...though i have a desktop charger for the thing.. just didn't feel like trying to dig it up. anyway here is a cheap battery AND desktop charger: http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-Charger...hZ010QQcategoryZ20350QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
the charger should charge your battery up without having to buy a new battery (except the seller gives you one as a bonus) and hope it has enough charge in it. might help someone hopefully
cmonex said:
anyway here is a cheap battery AND desktop charger: http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-Charger...hZ010QQcategoryZ20350QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem
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Not a rip off on postage either - bargain, so just ordered one as a spare.
Thanks for the heads up.
Is there anybody in the community that repairs a unit that is bricked.
HTC Flyer Best Buy wi-fi version. Has revolutionary software on it.
Unit will not turn on.
Yesterday, I saw a video on YouTube about it. Is a method to back to Download mode, but I think the way to do this is not a same for all phones. There's a lot of videos on YouTube about it, and on ebay you can buy the cables or the accessories to do the job.
Hope this info help you.
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Unit will not turn on
This is not a phone. It is the Best Buy tablet version. It won't even turn on.
Needs a good repairman
What did you do to it?
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I wish I knew
I do NOT want to fix this myself. I have tried everything but am new to this and do not want to make things worse than they are. If I press the up and down volume at the same time, it vibrates 5 times then I get a green steady light. If I press just the up volume and hold it. It will vibrate 3 times and I get a flashing yellow or orange light. If I hold the power button for about 15 seconds it turns the light off. You can hear this connect and disconnect from the computer through the speakers. But the display never goes on. Hopefully someone knows how to fix this.
TOMAS3896 said:
I do NOT want to fix this myself. I have tried everything but am new to this and do not want to make things worse than they are. If I press the up and down volume at the same time, it vibrates 5 times then I get a green steady light. If I press just the up volume and hold it. It will vibrate 3 times and I get a flashing yellow or orange light. If I hold the power button for about 15 seconds it turns the light off. You can hear this connect and disconnect from the computer through the speakers. But the display never goes on. Hopefully someone knows how to fix this.
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Try booting into hboot by doing holding down the volume down and power button at the same time for like 10 seconds
So many ways to boot, does not recognize them.
I described above what happens, the vol down and power do not work anymore. The power only for 60 seconds does not work anymore. I personally think the battery is dead, or the unit is in a deep sleep, or the battery charge system is disabled. But it still vibrates 5 times when I hit the vol up and down at the same time, Like I said I have spoken with HTC they do not know, (they can't tell you anything on the phone, because this has revolutionary on it) but they tell me I can get help here. So here I am. They want $290.00 to fix it. I just hope someone here can help.
TOMAS3896 said:
I described above what happens, the vol down and power do not work anymore. The power only for 60 seconds does not work anymore. I personally think the battery is dead, or the unit is in a deep sleep, or the battery charge system is disabled. But it still vibrates 5 times when I hit the vol up and down at the same time, Like I said I have spoken with HTC they do not know, (they can't tell you anything on the phone, because this has revolutionary on it) but they tell me I can get help here. So here I am. They want $290.00 to fix it. I just hope someone here can help.
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Well what exactly happened to it in the first place? Were you flashing a ROM and something went wrong?
Unit turns off
Sure: I was having problems with the unit turning itself off for no reason at all.
Most of the times it would make it through the boot process to the home screen, wait about 30 seconds then shut down. If the unit stayed on for longer than 30 seconds it might last 1 to 5 minutes. Then out of nowhere just shut down. I could turn it on, it might do the same thing, or not even boot completely. Then I would let it charge for hours and try again. With the same results as above. So now I figure the battery is not charging. But like I said it is beyond me. For software it has HTC HC on it with revolutionary. I have reset it to factory software a few times. I hope this helps you figure what's up.
HTC said they heard of some way to turn battery charging back on, but would not give me that information. Do you think that might be the problem?
Thanks so much for the reply's. I sure am confused....
Smells like a hardware problem to me.
TOMAS3896 said:
Sure: I was having problems with the unit turning itself off for no reason at all.
Most of the times it would make it through the boot process to the home screen, wait about 30 seconds then shut down. If the unit stayed on for longer than 30 seconds it might last 1 to 5 minutes. Then out of nowhere just shut down. I could turn it on, it might do the same thing, or not even boot completely. Then I would let it charge for hours and try again. With the same results as above. So now I figure the battery is not charging. But like I said it is beyond me. For software it has HTC HC on it with revolutionary. I have reset it to factory software a few times. I hope this helps you figure what's up.
HTC said they heard of some way to turn battery charging back on, but would not give me that information. Do you think that might be the problem?
Thanks so much for the reply's. I sure am confused....
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Just to be sure, you didn't take the HC update while running GB revolutionary s-off right? Cuz that could be a problem. But really it just sounds like a hardware issue to me. You might just have to get it fixed or get a new one :/
Found problem
Took case off using an online site that shows you how to take apart a flyer.
I wanted to get to the battery so I could "disconnect it" then connect. Hoping that would reset the circuit board and cpu. I did that but had the same issues. I then looked at the battery connector, and I noticed it was crooked. I took it off again and put it on completely straight. The minute I turned the power on it started to work like designed. The battery connection is not well designed. The wires to the connector just make it to the circuit board. So that any wire movement, and a slight drop might and probably would loosen this connection. However my connection was clearly put on slightly crooked. It worked until it needed more connection from the battery connector to the circuit board connector. The battery connector was on an angle so as not to make 100 percent connection. I would say it had about 75 percent connection. This connector has more than a positive and negative wire. There were about 5 wires on this. Probably why this unit still had life to it. It is charging much easier than it did. And it is working good so far. Thank you very much for the reply's, from the people that tried to help.
I was bought a LGOG ATT model from US, it was working with full battery but suddenly in on condition, it goes blank and not able to on again.
when i insert power cable/charger cable it shows only stable red light (it is not flashing).
also i open the phone and removed the battery and then plug it with charger but still it shows stable red light (without battery).
as i m not able to switch on so not able to go in download mode or any thing else.
is it perm bricked???
arunkarnwal1981 said:
I was bought a LGOG ATT model from US, it was working with full battery but suddenly in on condition, it goes blank and not able to on again.
when i insert power cable/charger cable it shows only stable red light (it is not flashing).
also i open the phone and removed the battery and then plug it with charger but still it shows stable red light (without battery).
as i m not able to switch on so not able to go in download mode or any thing else.
is it perm bricked???
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I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
[r.]GimP said:
I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
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thanks for reply. i will sure do this.
[r.]GimP said:
I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
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Thanks a lot for your great suggestion, now my LGOG is again in working order
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[r.]GimP said:
I would do the battery remove again, leave it disconnected for at least 10 minutes. With no battery and no charger connected, press the power button for 10 seconds, then let it rest.
Make absolutely sure that you did not damage the connector for the battery to the motherboard. With no power cord, reconnect battery and try to boot. If a 10 minute battery pull doesn't work, it may indeed be bricked.
The phone can act very strange and then go completely normal forever also, some people have left it plugged in for hours with the red light and it magically began to work again. Best of luck.
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one problem, after starting the phone, i was tried to LGNPST to restore it back ATT stock ICS but it stuck at 85% with error : faile to write partition 525312th sector. and now only able to go in download mode directly???
arunkarnwal1981 said:
one problem, after starting the phone, i was tried to LGNPST to restore it back ATT stock ICS but it stuck at 85% with error : faile to write partition 525312th sector. and now only able to go in download mode directly???
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I haven't used LGNPST but I understand that it does get stuck at 85%, from what I have read.
A lot of others on this forum have experience with flashing, try searching or asking someone. Glad your phone powers on again.
Same Problem
I know this thread is quite old but I didn't want to bother anyone by posting another thread about the exact same problem. Anyways, my phone is behaving in the exact same way as the OP's and I have tried the aforementioned fix to no avail. I know this is a bit of a toss up but does anybody have any other ideas?
Tonight I was coming out of the casino, I didnt win so I cant buy a new phone... Anyway, I noticed my 3g wasnt on, so I decided to power off then on, bc thats what I would normally do to get the 3g to work. So I hold the power button and the power options come up, normally I would hit power off, however, here I decided to press reboot. The phone made its normal power off sounds and then it was off, However, I noticed the led light on the left of the earpiece speaker lite up light blue. So I held the power button and the device never booted back up. I then did a battery pull, 1min later put it back in and still nothing. No recovery mode, download mode, connection to the pc, NOTHING...Does anyone have any advice,
It did not get wet, or dropped, or anything else thats device threatening... Im stumped, Its a I545 flashed to cricket, running 4.2.2 me7 bootstrapped 3.62, running cleanrom 1.6 incase the info will help... THANX IN ADVANCE TO ANY HELP...
please help me
Im really lost for words here. Everything checks out, and the battery is good, I ran a volt test on it, besides I have a second battery and problem is still current. Im trying to find out what besides the battery would cause the s4 not to power up, Circuit board wise, I have it apart and I dont see any problems. I could really use a hand, I have to run to work, be down at 9pm... I hope someone can lend a halping hand... Thanx
I have no insight as to why this happened to you but unfortunately you may just have to use your insurance and get another one, or have a service center check into it. It seems like you're pretty good with troubleshooting this... Not sure what else to say
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So I have a STOCK (no nothing) Verizon Galaxy S4 that is/was up to date as of 6/23/14. I think the last OTA push was a month or so ago.
A few days ago the device rebooted on its own a few times and I had no clue what was going on, but it stabilized for a day or so. Then yesterday it shut off and would not turn back on - the battery level was at least 80%. I removed the battery and reinserted it. I did not press the power button, but the device vibrates and displays the initial boot screen for about 3 seconds before it powers back off. At least I assume it is powered off - the screen goes black and there is no sign of life. The buttons do nothing to stir its slumber. I can remove and reinsert the battery for the same results.
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
Charger plugged in shows no light. However, when plugged in, the top part of the device does becomes warm on the screen and on the back with the cover off. - It actually becomes quite warm so I removed the battery but kept it plugged in just to test and it remained very warm. Unplugged now. Also it appears that inserting the battery does nothing now - maybe it's drained.
I'm pretty certain it's a hardware problem at this point, but I have no clue where to start. Has anyone ever had this issue or come across someone that has? I can take the device apart - does anyone know where and what I should be looking for as far as a loose connection or damaged component goes? Is there an electrical component diagram out there somewhere?
Any help is much appreciated!!
Have you tried getting into download mode at all?! I know you say that it won't go into stock recovery... But if somehow it got bricked then recovery corrupt be borked as well. Least if you can get into download mode you could try a no wipe image....
Also could just be hardware related in such case I don't have experience with that so much..
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Mistertac said:
Have you tried getting into download mode at all?!
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Yes. Same deal - it comes up for about 3 seconds... Must be a hardware issue.
tloth01 said:
So I have a STOCK (no nothing) Verizon Galaxy S4 that is/was up to date as of 6/23/14. I think the last OTA push was a month or so ago.
A few days ago the device rebooted on its own a few times and I had no clue what was going on, but it stabilized for a day or so. Then yesterday it shut off and would not turn back on - the battery level was at least 80%. I removed the battery and reinserted it. I did not press the power button, but the device vibrates and displays the initial boot screen for about 3 seconds before it powers back off. At least I assume it is powered off - the screen goes black and there is no sign of life. The buttons do nothing to stir its slumber. I can remove and reinsert the battery for the same results.
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
Charger plugged in shows no light. However, when plugged in, the top part of the device does becomes warm on the screen and on the back with the cover off. - It actually becomes quite warm so I removed the battery but kept it plugged in just to test and it remained very warm. Unplugged now. Also it appears that inserting the battery does nothing now - maybe it's drained.
I'm pretty certain it's a hardware problem at this point, but I have no clue where to start. Has anyone ever had this issue or come across someone that has? I can take the device apart - does anyone know where and what I should be looking for as far as a loose connection or damaged component goes? Is there an electrical component diagram out there somewhere?
Any help is much appreciated!!
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If this is 100% stock phone u are looking at hardware issue of some type...
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decaturbob said:
If this is 100% stock phone u are looking at hardware issue of some type...
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It is and I agree. Just hoping someone on here might've seen this before and know how to fix it. I may try replacing the charging port hardware to see if that solves it.
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tloth01 said:
I've tried POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP once inserting the battery - the blue text appears at the top but again the device shuts off after about 3 seconds.
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To boot into recovery you only need to hold the VOL UP+POWER. Once the phone vibrates let go of power but keep holding the up button. I let go once the blue text appears for about 2 seconds.
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To boot into recovery you only need to hold the VOL UP+POWER. Once the phone vibrates let go of power but keep holding the up button. I let go once the blue text appears for about 2 seconds.
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Thanks... but then it turns off after that 3rd second...
If you can't get into download mode only option left is jtag
If you don't have a warranty there are places that will jtag it. I would recommend using someone that has done it before but I would be happy to try if you want to send it to me. I have the equipment but have yet to use it. I had a hard brick and thought I was going to have to try and Jtag mine but the warranty company decided they would go ahead and replace it. Like any place else, there would be no guarantee it will work. Of course if it is a hardware issue, jtag wouldn't work.
Some repair places will test it for free. I took one in for a sound problem and wanted to check out the loud speaker. The loud speaker was fine and they didn't charge me anything.
Tulsadiver said:
If you don't have a warranty there are places that will jtag it. I would recommend using someone that has done it before but I would be happy to try if you want to send it to me. I have the equipment but have yet to use it. I had a hard brick and thought I was going to have to try and Jtag mine but the warranty company decided they would go ahead and replace it. Like any place else, there would be no guarantee it will work. Of course if it is a hardware issue, jtag wouldn't work.
Some repair places will test it for free. I took one in for a sound problem and wanted to check out the loud speaker. The loud speaker was fine and they didn't charge me anything.
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Okay thanks! Yea, I'll see if I can figure out if it's a hardware problem or not. If not, then I may take you up on your offer.