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XDA MINI S BRICK PHONE

Well i officially have a BRICK PHONE . I tried to downgrade the ROM and now my phone will not even power up. Its not even coming up. Even with a wall charger the phone will not boot up. ITs just a brick now. Does anyone knowif there is any hope or should just use it as a door stopper.

WOW 49 views and no replies. Some one please help. Should i send it to HTC since my warranty is voided. If i should anyone know a HTC support center in the US.

Yes, there is one HTC support center located in Houston.
You can send them email
[email protected]
or call them
1-888-356-2375
(They answer as Tmobile customer care, but are actually a division of HTC).
HTC America
5950 Corporate Dr
Houston, TX 77036
888 482-8725
Hope this helps and wish you luck.

gambino said:
Well i officially have a BRICK PHONE . I tried to downgrade the ROM and now my phone will not even power up. Its not even coming up. Even with a wall charger the phone will not boot up. ITs just a brick now. Does anyone knowif there is any hope or should just use it as a door stopper.
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I've had an experience when flashing my phone where during the flashing process the battery gets sufficiently depleted that it won't turn on after the flash completes. During the flash process, the battery does not charge, and the reading and writing to flash consumes more power than normal operation.
When the Wizard battery gets depleted, it will not take a charge without some serious effort. I would plug it in to the charger and leave it for at least half an hour. Then, with the power adapter still connected, attempt several resets using the soft reset button. There was a time when I had to do this several dozen times before it "took" and was revived.
You can confirm whether it's a battery problem by trying another battery. Perhaps you can stop by your carrier's retail store and ask to try a battery. If it powers up, then tell them your battery went bad (not unusual) and they may replace it for free.

Thanks for the advise, i ll try that. I knew i could get some help from this forum thanks again guys.

went to the tmobile store tried a new battery it still wont come on. I guess have to call HTC on monday. Might have fried te phone.

Called HTC support and they do not support the xda mini s. Anybody have a suggestions or any third party vendors who can help fix this phone. Please advise.

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gambino said:
WOW 49 views and no replies. Some one please help. Should i send it to HTC since my warranty is voided. If i should anyone know a HTC support center in the US.
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Maybe if you weren't so sarky people might want to help...some more info might be good. What bootloader from / to and why? Does a computer recognise and install it, what happens when you run a rom update etc etc.
If you have destroyed the bootloader you will need to use JTAG to reflash it and this is not something you can do at home with your own PC so you may have to pay a service centre to correct it.
Richard

I was not trying to be sarky about it. I just need help. I downgraded the ROM from the 2.21 version to 1.X version. After the downgraded the phone booted up and it got stuck at the initail ROM screen. I tried reseting it a couple of time and it kept coming up and it gets stuck from on the ROM boot up screen. So i took the battery out and after i put it back in its not even coming up. There is absolutely no power. Im willing to send it any service center i just need info on where to send it to . HTCUSAINC says they do not support 02 devices. Thanks for at least responding to my thread.

gambino said:
I was not trying to be sarky about it. I just need help. I downgraded the ROM from the 2.21 version to 1.X version. After the downgraded the phone booted up and it got stuck at the initail ROM screen. I tried reseting it a couple of time and it kept coming up and it gets stuck from on the ROM boot up screen. So i took the battery out and after i put it back in its not even coming up. There is absolutely no power. Im willing to send it any service center i just need info on where to send it to . HTCUSAINC says they do not support 02 devices. Thanks for at least responding to my thread.
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HTC USA probably say that because they are contractually obliged to.
fluffcat1 said:
If you have destroyed the bootloader you will need to use JTAG to reflash it and this is not something you can do at home with your own PC so you may have to pay a service centre to correct it.
Richard
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OK, who are i-mate's service agent in the US? Ring them. Explain you know how they don't service the XDA mini s, but it's a JAMin or whatever, and you're over from the UK where you work etc so can't send it back to o2 immediatley, a rom upgrade has gone wrong and you've corrupted the bootloader, you have downloaded the rom files and will strip the phone to the circuitboard if they would be so kind as to flash your rom file on it via JTAG if you made a donation to the charity of their choice etc etc.
So make it out that they have to do little work other than plug the JTAG onto the board and click 'ok' and you may get away with it.
If they do go for it, strip the phone, send the extracted rom files on CDr, thank your lucky stars and don't do it again. If they don't go for it, try the next HTC device service agent you can find until someone does.
Although people have JTAG equipment outside HTC the contact points are not labelled / listed in the service manual so you need them or their authorised agents to be able to do this.
Richard

Thanks for the advice you have been a great help im going to look for a Imate service center in the US. thanks again . Has anyone ever had any work done by the pocketpctechs.com please advise

gambino said:
Thanks for the advice you have been a great help im going to look for a Imate service center in the US. thanks again . Has anyone ever had any work done by the pocketpctechs.com please advise
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I don't know if PPCTechs have JTAG capability for wizard. Ring them and ask. If they say '"huh? all our boxes have tags on them sir" or similar walk away...
You need someone that not only has a JTAG flash kit but also knows where the testpoints are on the wizard board. I don't sadly :-(
And I really would offer to strip the board down before sending - that's an hours' labour in some places!....
Richard

Thanks you are being such a great help.Wow its getting even closer to a brick phone huh.Well im still looking i have no idea where to find a repair center for this o2 xda mini s.Ill try club imate like u said in earlier.thanks again. i owe u one

gambino said:
Thanks you are being such a great help.Wow its getting even closer to a brick phone huh.Well im still looking i have no idea where to find a repair center for this o2 xda mini s.Ill try club imate like u said in earlier.thanks again. i owe u one
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Unless you have a specific reason not to send the device back to o2 why not ring the UK XDA helpline for a quote? They do out-of-warranty repairs. +44 808 100 3427
If you are the original purchaser the warranty should still be valid - just don't mention you tried to flash it, says it stopped working.
Shipping insured to the UK should be no more than $25.
Richard.

I might just have to do that . It was a gift , but i know want the person to know that i tried to flash the phone. But at this point ill rather send it back to O2, than go thru all this stuff. Thank you soo much for ur inputs.

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gambino said:
WOW 49 views and no replies. Some one please help. Should i send it to HTC since my warranty is voided. If i should anyone know a HTC support center in the US.
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Maybe if you weren't so sarky people might want to help...some more info might be good. What bootloader from / to and why? Does a computer recognise and install it, what happens when you run a rom update etc etc.
If you have destroyed the bootloader you will need to use JTAG to reflash it and this is not something you can do at home with your own PC so you may have to pay a service centre to correct it.
Richard
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Hello Richard!
Could you please tell me more about JTAG? What does JTAG stand for and what JTAG can do. Its unlucky that now i have a dead O2 MiniS like Gambino because of doing the same thing he did (downgrade ROM). Will my phone become alive if i change the Flash ROM Chip?
BR

yes its unfortunate . I was trying to downgrade the rom. Whats exactly happened to yours. Has anyone else haad this problem and if you did were u able to revive it.

gambino said:
yes its unfortunate . I was trying to downgrade the rom. Whats exactly happened to yours. Has anyone else haad this problem and if you did were u able to revive it.
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I did use the newromupdateutility_wizard_noid.exe with custom ROM (Button's) to flash my O2 Mini S (it was with German ROM 2.21 and i wanted to downgrade ROM in order to unlock CID and reflash with English ROM). The process went Ok and when the phone restarted i got
IPL 1.0. xx
SPL 2.21.xx
OS 1.54xx
and a boot screen with a glass of beer !!!!
Then the phone hang up, i think because of incompatible SPL and OS
I took out the battery trying to get into bootloader and reflash with another ROM but the phone did not power on. Now its totally a DEAD BRICK.

yup thats the same thing that happened to me. Anybody else have any input if this ever happened to them

Please help I THINK I bricked my phone!

I was trying to get a new hero rom and it required a different radio so I flashed it and while it was installing it brang me into a screen with a white box and a yellow arrow pointing down to the phone..Its been there for over 20 minutes, I tried to take out the battery and putting it back in it still goes back to that screen!! What should I do!?

Encatsu said:
I was trying to get a new hero rom and it required a different radio so I flashed it and while it was installing it brang me into a screen with a white box and a yellow arrow pointing down to the phone..Its been there for over 20 minutes, I tried to take out the battery and putting it back in it still goes back to that screen!! What should I do!?
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Yeah if it's stuck on the screen.. you're skrewed.

What do you mean?! I dont wanna lose my phone it cost so much damn money and I cant get another one for so long! Theres no way to fix this ;[!?

there are only 2 radios for the g1 at this time. one of them starts with a one, and the other is the 2.22.19.26I that is required to run the new spl. if there is a link to this rom, and it is the dream forum i would like too see it. if it is not in the dream forums then you should've known better than to flash something to your phone that was not made for it or tested for it. Twisted bricked one of his phones flashing a hero radio.
I hope you still have insurance

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...hero-roms-radios-in-update-zip-format/#entry0

Someone please help!!!!!!!!
Is my phone really broken? Like ill never ever be able to use it again? Is there any way to fix this? Someone told me to press Alt-L because the box with arrows pointing at the screen is the recovery mode screen but when I press Alt-L nothing happens

Those are combined radio and ROMs for the Hero, not Hero ported to the Dream. At the top in big red letters it says:
DO NOT FLASH THESE ON ANYTHING EXCEPT A HERO!
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So you flashed a radio not written for your device. Yes, it's a brick, you deserve a brick for completely ignoring the warnings...
I would say take it back to tmo, but as it's not a full brick, but a radio brick, they will know it's not an over the air update that caused it.

What do I tell t-mobile? I bought my phone on ebay..I dont even know if it has insurance or anything and I do not use a data-plan im using a t-mobile prepaid sim.. theres noway for me to fix this?

call HTC and talk to them, they will fix it on your dime. Basically you call them, they will tell you there is a "$29 or less triage fee", and give you an RMA number. Basically what they are saying is, without your approval, the charge to look at it will be less than $29. That includes shipping back to you. I would think a reflash would be a fairly cheap procedure. I have used HTC for repairs before and they really went over and above for me.

Encatsu said:
What do I tell t-mobile? I bought my phone on ebay..I dont even know if it has insurance or anything and I do not use a data-plan im using a t-mobile prepaid sim.. theres noway for me to fix this?
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Oh, you're not a tmo customer....then they won't replace it for you. Only if you bought it from them. Enjoy your brick.

Theres nothing that I can do to fix a radio brick!?

here is the contact info for HTC-Tmobile repairs
1-888-356-2375 [email protected]
this is getting a bit old, NO, there is no fix for what you did other than sending it in for repair. Nobody but HTC has the ability to fix your type of brick as of right now.

Ok..can you tell me what I should tell them? My phone is rooted, doesnt that mean they wont accept it?

Worst thing you can do is tell them the phone is rooted. If you've got a data plan and everything with T-Mobile, tell them that you installed an OTA update and that this problem happened.
Last time I had a brick, that's what I told HTC. They fixed it for free, all I had to pay for was the shipping.

I do not have a data plan though..thats the thing im used t-mobile prepaid, so your saying not to tell them that my phone is rooted? Wont they know though?

No, they can't tell. If you don't have a data plan with them, they won't help you. That's what they did to me since I just have a regular plan.
This is when you go to HTC. Find their support number on their website, and call them. They'll give you the address to send it to, and they'll repair it for 1-2 weeks. They pay for return shipping.
Also, tell them that there was an OTA update, you pressed "ok", and after that the phone would not reboot. DO NOT tell them anything related to you rooting it, flashing, etc.

Ok thanks... so since I dont have a data plan they wont help me fix it? I sent them an email anyways

No, but you can give them a call and see what they say.
I just know from experience that they've turned people down as well as myself in the past.

Encatsu said:
Theres nothing that I can do to fix a radio brick!?
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That's why they call it a brick

i bought a phone off a craigslist that wouldnt get signal and they replaced it with no problem just tell them youve nad it over two weeks

[Q] any solution for this brick?

my captivate cannot turn on at all
NO galaxy s, NO atnt screen, NOTHING
dead like without battery (but i am sure the battery is half full cos i tried it on another phone)
computer won't recognize it when usb plugged
cannot charge at all, no charging screen
SO NO download mode, NO recovery mode
tried all those remove sim, remove sd, remove battery, turn on odin first, connect to pc, having 3 buttons (actually all possible combinations) press, power button release, everything i could found on forum...
the only thing i didn't try yet is the 301k resistor
have a fd making that for me, will try that soon
but i doubt it will work since the situation looks very bad
so my question is...
has anyone with the EXACT symptoms, able to unbrick at last?
if u r those who able to unbrick becos ur captivate was still able to turn on
please don't reply, i really really appreciate ur help
but sorry urs wasn't really "brick"
and those solutions aren't what i looking for
if you want to know what i did...
all i did was trying to flash to Cognition v2.3b6 from a stock 2.1 following the wiki
i watched it formatting, copying files, ... , and then it try to reboot
but instead of successful reboot it stay dead forever

great...
tested even with the 301k resistor now
no luck

Yeah sorry man. Looks like you got a bad phone. Time to call att

i wish, but i didn't buy it from atnt
no receipt no shxx
and i am in canada

You know you still have the manufacturer's warranty. One year. Call Samsung and they will refurb it for ya. I got mine in Canada too. No receipt required as long as you have the original barcode on your box.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

i got the exactly issue and symptom, anyone got a solution yet ?

The main q is: how did you brick it
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y2kstephen said:
great...
tested even with the 301k resistor now
no luck
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You're not holding onto the resistor with bare hands right?

I just get the same problem.
waiting for the solution too.

Have you tried a new battery?
This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.

your Phone most likely not bricked.
I Actually had this same problem. I really thought my phone was bricked. I would pull the battery and put it back in and nothing but a black screen. I ended up having to go into download mode from another computer. If you do this install drivers first and try to go into download by pushing both volume up and down at the same time then plug in usb cable to computer with odin opened up.

kppanic said:
You know you still have the manufacturer's warranty. One year. Call Samsung and they will refurb it for ya. I got mine in Canada too. No receipt required as long as you have the original barcode on your box.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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too bad i throw my box away too...
never expected this will happen

imparator said:
The main q is: how did you brick it
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did u read my post???
if you want to know what i did...
all i did was trying to flash to Cognition v2.3b6 from a stock 2.1 following the wiki
i watched it formatting, copying files, ... , and then it try to reboot
but instead of successful reboot it stay dead forever
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norcal einstein said:
You're not holding onto the resistor with bare hands right?
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the 301k resistor tested on my gf "still" working captivate
it works

I end up took it to some cell repair shop to fix it
they said they had to replace a chip inside
and it cost me cad$150
anyway now it's fixed
but i think i am going to sell it since i don't have much faith in it anymore
i can't keep a phone that i can't flash it just becos it might never boot again
to those who have the same problem
GOOD LUCK

Doesn't it really work with the JIG?
If it doesn't work, I would not try.
If I just give the phone back to the ATT to fix it or change another one, how much should I pay?
thanks.

zehuali said:
Doesn't it really work with the JIG?
If it doesn't work, I would not try.
If I just give the phone back to the ATT to fix it or change another one, how much should I pay?
thanks.
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in my case the JIG doesn't work
but i do suggest you try it
if the JIG doesn't work for you, then it's really brick i guess

Thank you, I will try it.

我干脆说中文好了，据说关机之后，拔掉电池，然后连接usb，按挖煤键，此时再插入电池，你就能看到挖煤了界面了。。。可以试试。。。good luck。。。

LG G4 H811 T- Mobile Bootloop issue

Hello every one
I am new on this forum. Recently I am using my phone and open Bluetooth mistakenly and then my phone automatically restarted and then freeze and LG logo I took out the battery and put in then its start working and suddenly after sometime that happen again and I did the same process and did the factory reset and after factory reset the same problem happen.. Now its not working completely just freeze at lg logo and restart (Bootloop). Can anyone help me how to fix it. I find some solution on google that we have to stop 2 cores then this will work. Any one know how to do it? Right now I don't have money to buy another phone also.. I bought this phone in used Condition don't have any warranty. Phone Model LG G4 H811 T-Mobile.
Thanks in Advance.

lgg4h811 said:
Hello every one
I am new on this forum. Recently I am using my phone and open Bluetooth mistakenly and then my phone automatically restarted and then freeze and LG logo I took out the battery and put in then its start working and suddenly after sometime that happen again and I did the same process and did the factory reset and after factory reset the same problem happen.. Now its not working completely just freeze at lg logo and restart (Bootloop). Can anyone help me how to fix it. I find some solution on google that we have to stop 2 cores then this will work. Any one know how to do it? Right now I don't have money to buy another phone also.. I bought this phone in used Condition don't have any warranty. Phone Model LG G4 H811 T-Mobile.
Thanks in Advance.
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why dont you try to see if LG would fix it. theres no tot or kdz to disablle big cores..
or maybe search on baked motherboards it may work. maybe for a while..

raptorddd said:
why dont you try to see if LG would fix it. theres no tot or kdz to disablle big cores..
or maybe search on baked motherboards it may work. maybe for a while..
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I am living in Pakistan, but don't know where I find LG office and would they help me because I bought it from local shop which selling only used phone and their is no warranty for the mobile. :crying:

lgg4h811 said:
I am living in Pakistan, but don't know where I find LG office and would they help me because I bought it from local shop which selling only used phone and their is no warranty for the mobile. :crying:
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if its tmobile you need LG of america. only way is to bake or heat the motherboard or buy a new one.

I read many threads in this forum.. Just find this that if I use this procedure (in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/howto-flash-models-tot-file-avoid-tot-t3282938 ) to edit the tot file and make to useful for my phone model. Will this work for me or not.. Please someone help me.
I am using MM.

Disabling cores on defective LG G4
lgg4h811 said:
I read many threads in this forum.. Just find this that if I use this procedure (in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/howto-flash-models-tot-file-avoid-tot-t3282938 ) to edit the tot file and make to useful for my phone model. Will this work for me or not.. Please someone help me.
I am using MM.
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Even if this works, and it has been known to work, it will result in greatly diminished performance on the part of the phone. You'll probably want to get a different phone after recovering the data.

robertpdx said:
Even if this works, and it has been known to work, it will result in greatly diminished performance on the part of the phone. You'll probably want to get a different phone after recovering the data.
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Any good tutorial to do this will be appreciated. Actually I did baked my mobile motherboard but its still in bootloop. Help my Phone

lgg4h811 said:
I read many threads in this forum.. Just find this that if I use this procedure (in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/general/howto-flash-models-tot-file-avoid-tot-t3282938 ) to edit the tot file and make to useful for my phone model. Will this work for me or not.. Please someone help me.
I am using MM.
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someone edited with hexx and equal hard bricked.. dont know if he did something wrong. but he reported it bricked phone.

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someone edited with hexx and equal hard bricked.. dont know if he did something wrong. but he reported it bricked phone.
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Raptorddd is their any other way that will help me to disable big cores? Any tutorials? I really want to use this phone :/

lgg4h811 said:
Raptorddd is their any other way that will help me to disable big cores? Any tutorials? I really want to use this phone :/
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no that i know only h815.. i dont understand why rest of G4 cant.
only way. i think its freez it.. then disable ..main core.. ust a suggestion.. maybe itll work maybe not.. by freez i meant use freezer method and disable big cores.

raptorddd said:
no that i know only h815.. i dont understand why rest of G4 cant.
only way. i think its freez it.. then disable ..main core.. ust a suggestion.. maybe itll work maybe not.. by freez i meant use freezer method and disable big cores.
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Well tell me the freezer method Now I will try this.
Now I try daily bake my phone motherboard but not enable to on the phone from bootloop maybe freezing method will work

lgg4h811 said:
Well tell me the freezer method Now I will try this.
Now I try daily bake my phone motherboard but not enable to on the phone from bootloop maybe freezing method will work
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g4/help/how-to-recover-data-boot-loop-defect-t3297766

lgg4h811 said:
Hello every one
I am new on this forum. Recently I am using my phone and open Bluetooth mistakenly and then my phone automatically restarted and then freeze and LG logo I took out the battery and put in then its start working and suddenly after sometime that happen again and I did the same process and did the factory reset and after factory reset the same problem happen.. Now its not working completely just freeze at lg logo and restart (Bootloop). Can anyone help me how to fix it. I find some solution on google that we have to stop 2 cores then this will work. Any one know how to do it? Right now I don't have money to buy another phone also.. I bought this phone in used Condition don't have any warranty. Phone Model LG G4 H811 T-Mobile.
Thanks in Advance.
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Depending where you bought it LG will repair it with proof of purchase.
I bought mine from ebay and purposely made it bootloop so LG cud replace motherboard.
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Hello, a few years ago I successfully rooted Mt LG G4 H811 (T-Mobile) and everything was fine, except for a strange issue of not being able to boot into TWRP except by performing a button assisted hard reset. Then one day, as the old thing was grumbling through its routine, the signing remained. I then pulled the battery and permanently ceased it to function at all. Until this very night, more than two years later. I decided for gits & shiggles to plug in the charger and lo! Out started to take a change. Sorta. I knew it wouldn't fully boot, do I did the ol pill the battery truck and boot to recovery manually. I made it to the factory reset screen and moved the cutie the the "yes" position, but the power button would not engage the reboot. I tried several times with no luck. In fact, its lying here beside me, mocking me with that "Select yes to delete" line.
Any ideas whatsoever??

Xiaomi Redmi 4x 0% won't charge

Hi.
Well this is a longer story. I try to tell the thumbnails.
The phone got (ocean) wet but didn't show problems for about a week or two then it stopped charging "normally" meaning charging got very slow and drained fast. Figured it was the little usb panel on the bottom. I ordered new one but putting it back together a screw stuck between the battery and the metal backplate. Pretty lame huh? I disassembled it fast so I thought sigh no problem. (the battery was on fire after i got it out and threw it on the ground in anger)
So I bought a new - not original - battery too. All ran fine again like it was before.
Then suddenly The phone turned off and looked like it was a bootloop.
Here's the interesting part because I don't remember if I already unlocked and put custom recovery / image on the phone before or only at this ponint. Mark this point.
After this, the phone only turned on while on the HP laptop's usb port with the little thunderbolt on it. Must have some tremendous juice or something. The phone shows 0% drained, not charging.
I switched cables, the usb part and battery again but still the same with both batteries, cables etc. Factory reset naturally.
My question is basically if this can happen because of a faulty/bad version/whatnot bootloader (I think i use TWRP) or this is a motherboard failure then? I don't have a HP laptop and have to search for one in case you say it does worth a try.
Thanks

Get it to service center asap

ojas.sinha said:
Get it to service center asap
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did you read the whole post? it's unlocked, modified, was taken apart, parts exchanged.
if there was a warranty on it, that'd been the first thing i'd done. naturally.
thanks anyway

gabor.czinege said:
did you read the whole post? it's unlocked, modified, was taken apart, parts exchanged.
if there was a warranty on it, that'd been the first thing i'd done. naturally.
thanks anyway
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I am saying this because I think it may be a hardware problem. Did you try the test method?

ojas.sinha said:
I am saying this because I think it may be a hardware problem. Did you try the test method?
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start with test point method and flash a full, and official stock rom? yes.