Hello guys,
I received an OTA update this morning, about 8mb. After downloading and installing it, my phone doesn't boots anymore, even in recovery mode. When I press the power button, the opening screen (the Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000 thing) shows up, and the phone shuts down again in a few seconds, before any other thing happens. In recovery mode, the android with a loading bar shows up for a few seconds before everything goes dark again. When I plug the charger, the battery icon shows around 70% battery. Anyone has an idea of what's going on?
Are you able to enter download mode?
No, I can't. I think it's a battery problem, it discharged completely in a few hours even with the phone off. Already ordered a new one, I'm really hope it solves the problem.
wilianmolinari said:
No, I can't. I think it's a battery problem, it discharged completely in a few hours even with the phone off. Already ordered a new one, I'm really hope it solves the problem.
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Dont you have warranty?
As the title says, my HTC Vivid won't turn on, charge or anything. The orange light that says it's charging doesn't turn on, buttons don't vibrate or anything. It shouldn't be bricked because I haven't done anything to brick it. I was using Xbox Smartglass on it, I locked the phone and went back to my game, about 15 minutes later I tried to unlock it and it did nothing. The battery shouldn't have been dead because I charged it the night before. Any suggestions or help please?
Switch to twrp from CWM...
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rignfool said:
Switch to twrp from CWM...
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I haven't done any modding to it, and I have no clue what twrp and CWM are, sorry. I'm new here.
Got a friend with a vivid?
Try their battery...
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rignfool said:
Got a friend with a vivid?
Try their battery...
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LOL The reason I got a Vivid is because he gave it to me. Sadly, I was hoping there would be a technical solution instead of trying a new battery. I've got one ordered though. :/
Some have bad batteries.
Mine started doing the same thing. For a while I thought the battery life on Vivid was horrible compared to the Aria I had at the time. Then it progressed and one day finally quit completely and would not take a charge from any charger I had. So, being a techhead I decided to probe the battery with a multimeter and it showed very little voltage, so low I guess the charger wouldn't even recognize or try to charge it.
So what I did was take a battery charger I had for a walkie talkie radio and touched the leads to the battery for 3-5 seconds or so, put battery back in phone and it would then charge. I did this a few times until I could get to ATT store and the guy ordered a new one through warranty. Haven't had a problem with the Vivid since.
Same Problem
Last night I pulled my battery at 21% after shutting the phone off to clear the memory. I put the battery back in and put it on the charger, I tried to turn the phone on and nothing. It is not showing that it is charging. I have four batteries for this phone and none of them will turn on the phone. I am at a loss here. The phone was working fine until i shut it down and removed the battery. Any ideas on what is causing this or any way to force it to turn on.
krekol said:
Last night I pulled my battery at 21% after shutting the phone off to clear the memory. I put the battery back in and put it on the charger, I tried to turn the phone on and nothing. It is not showing that it is charging. I have four batteries for this phone and none of them will turn on the phone. I am at a loss here. The phone was working fine until i shut it down and removed the battery. Any ideas on what is causing this or any way to force it to turn on.
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That sounds like a royal pain.
Could it be the changer or its USB cable? Work some contact cleaner into the power button?
I'm having this same issue. I'm not sure if it's the battery, since the phone boots to bootloader just fine. But the battery won't charge when the phone is off (red light comes on for a second, then quits) and I can't get past the HTC screen booting to ROM or recovery. Where is a good place to buy a battery?
Even if the power button was bad the phone should still charge a battery. I have a charger that will charge the batteries without the phone so I know the batteries are charged. I have several different chargers and none of them will show the phone charging. I even tried connecting it to my computer. The phone is dead, I guess I am going to have to crack it open and see if anything has come loose inside. I really like this phone and am going to hate loosing it. I paid a lot for this phone. That shinny penny I paid to get this phone was my favorite.
Have you tried plugging the phone USB into a desktop and using that to try rebooting the phone into bootloader or recovery?
Hasoon2000's Vivid All-In-One Toolkit in the dev section can do that pretty simply. i used an earlier version of that to unlock the phone a year and a half ago.
i don't remember if the phone has to have debugging turned on for the desktop to feed it commands.
Even if this works i dunno whatall it'll prove.
i like this phone too a lot, and am sorry yours seem to be having hardware problems.
stuffed_tiger said:
I'm having this same issue. I'm not sure if it's the battery, since the phone boots to bootloader just fine. But the battery won't charge when the phone is off (red light comes on for a second, then quits) and I can't get past the HTC screen booting to ROM or recovery. Where is a good place to buy a battery?
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That sounds like you lost your boot image... try flashing a new one that you know works... and if it won't charge with power off... sounds like you have CWM installed... switch to twrp...
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lowfatmilk said:
Have you tried plugging the phone USB into a desktop and using that to try rebooting the phone into bootloader or recovery?
Hasoon2000's Vivid All-In-One Toolkit in the dev section can do that pretty simply. i used an earlier version of that to unlock the phone a year and a half ago.
i don't remember if the phone has to have debugging turned on for the desktop to feed it commands.
Even if this works i dunno whatall it'll prove.
i like this phone too a lot, and am sorry yours seem to be having hardware problems.
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The phone does not turn on at all so getting to the bootloader is impossible. It does nothing. Does not even charge a battery. .
krekol said:
The phone does not turn on at all so getting to the bootloader is impossible. It does nothing. Does not even charge a battery. .
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That's the definition of a bricked phone, was what i meant. No screen, no led, no button function, no sign of life, and from no explicable cause.
Android phones don't have real on-off switches that directly disconnects the phone from power. Its failure to manifest signs of life doesn't absolutely indicate irreversible hardware failure. There's a bit of a chance it's firmware.
Aside from the power button, Android phones can be controlled thru the USB port.
I took your advise and plugged the phone into the computer and left it over night. This morning I rebooted the computer and the phone screen lit up. I got all excited and tried to use adb to reboot into bootloader, Of course the phone was not found. I took the phone off the cord and the screen shut off. I pushed the power button and the screen lit up. Let go of the power button and the screen goes off. I tried another usb cord and now the screen no longer lites up. Maybe there is hope for this phone.
If the screen lights up like that... there is power to it...
Sounds like you have dirt in your power button... or the button isn't making contact...
Time to disassemble and check the power button...
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This morning I rebooted the computer and the phone screen lit up. I got all excited and tried to use adb to reboot into bootloader, Of course the phone was not found. I took the phone off the cord and the screen shut off. I pushed the power button and the screen lit up. Let go of the power button and the screen goes off. I tried another usb cord and now the screen no longer lites up. Maybe there is hope for this phone.
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Yeah, that part where the phone was seen by the desktop, and then not, can have something to do with the Windows drivers. Most of the folks on these forums know what's with this stuff better than me; i usually have to tell windows to stop the hardware, disconnect and reconnect the phone USB and start the connection up again, every time before i do one set of commands, like put the phone into bootloader and download a kernel image into it.
There's a Vivid unbricking project over in the dev subforum, you must've seen that. Whether or not you get your phone working again, i hope it'll be a productive journey for you.
i was perfectly happy just messing with apps until i bricked my tablet; that got me into all this device unlocking and rom burning and fun stuff. It's too bad the Vivid isn't simpler to hack.
my phone cant boot to desktop after i flash the kanel
my phone cant boot to desktop after i flash the kanel please can you help me
9 times out of 10, if the phone will not turn on at all it is the battery. For some reason, the Vivid will occasionally stop seeing the battery. I have fixed this on mine when that happened by using an external charger. That worked because my battery was actually OK, the Vivid just wouldn't charge it or even see it. Once it was charged it was fine. If your battery really is dead (sounds like it might be the case), get a new battery. There is a 2000 mHr battery on Amazon that is not too much worse than the original (when new).
I had the same issue once, it turns out that I fixed it using a external charger
Hello, i have one question
Now I came from my job and I use my phone about few minutes and then the phone turns off. Can someone tell me what can be problem?
Cant go in recovery or download mode?
Are you rooted? If yes, which root method did you use? Custom ROM installed? Any apps installed that are not from Google play? Are you sure the battery is good? Do you see/hear anything when trying to power on? Any and all details would help.
darksideno1 said:
Hello, i have one question
Now I came from my job and I use my phone about few minutes and then the phone turns off. Can someone tell me what can be problem?
Cant go in recovery or download mode?
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This sounds rather stupid, but some users have reported that turning off the feature "Allow apps to scan WiFi in background" solves the problem. I honestly have no idea what that has to do with it but give that a try. If not you can just do a factory reset from the menu.
@edessa : no, i am not rooted. all is official. All apps are from Google Play and I use the same like on my previous phone (Galaxy S2). About battery - today I go in shop and I will try to see if is problem in battery. Strongly hope that the problem is in the battery.
I dont see or hear anything when I try to power on. There is only black screen, without samsung logo or vibration on power on.
I would get a new battery. Sounds like your battery is dead. In some Android devices, not sure about the N3 if you let the battery completely die then even if you connect it to a charger it will not power up. If it cannot power up then it cannot charge either. The phone has to actually start in order to charge the battery as the charger is a smart charger.
I tried with new batteries and phone still not turn on. And now I send it to repair
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I would get a new battery. Sounds like your battery is dead. In some Android devices, not sure about the N3 if you let the battery completely die then even if you connect it to a charger it will not power up. If it cannot power up then it cannot charge either. The phone has to actually start in order to charge the battery as the charger is a smart charger.
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You phone can run without a battery just using the USB cord. Sending it in for repair is probably the best option at this point
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I had a few play store updates today, phone was fine afterword and I didn't use any apps that I don't normally do.
Went to charge the phone using the moto turbo charger and noticed phone was off. Unplugged it and turned it on and it just keeps turning off very quickly, no shut down sequence. I let it sit off for a while and turned it on and it stayed on for a bit but then turned off again. Got home and charged it up using the charger the phone came with, turn on and was able to get into something real quick but then off again.
I don't even remember which apps updated to try and undo the updates and phone may not even stay on long enough. Any ideas on how I can try and undo the updates with the phone constantly turning off? I would like to be able to upload a few things real quick before wiping and loosing everything. I have gone into stock recovery and tried wiping cache many times but doesn't see to help.
Unlocked bootloader, rooted and completely stock rom and recovery.
Raistlin1 said:
I had a few play store updates today, phone was fine afterword and I didn't use any apps that I don't normally do.
Went to charge the phone using the moto turbo charger and noticed phone was off. Unplugged it and turned it on and it just keeps turning off very quickly, no shut down sequence. I let it sit off for a while and turned it on and it stayed on for a bit but then turned off again. Got home and charged it up using the charger the phone came with, turn on and was able to get into something real quick but then off again.
I don't even remember which apps updated to try and undo the updates and phone may not even stay on long enough. Any ideas on how I can try and undo the updates with the phone constantly turning off? I would like to be able to upload a few things real quick before wiping and loosing everything. I have gone into stock recovery and tried wiping cache many times but doesn't see to help.
Unlocked bootloader, rooted and completely stock rom and recovery.
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Reboot in Safe Mode. Here is a doc from Republic Wireless on how to do it and some tips that may help you find out what app is causing this:
https://community.republicwireless.com/docs/DOC-1968
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Reboot in Safe Mode. Here is a doc from Republic Wireless on how to do it and some tips that may help you find out what app is causing this:
https://community.republicwireless.com/docs/DOC-1968
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Thanks, that worked perfectly. Downloaded all the files I wanted to and phone has been on for a long time while in safe mode. So it has to be an app that was updated today, now just to figure it out.
My phone is absolutely stock. After using it sometime the phone would switch off randomly. But you could turn it on. Today the phone turned off like usual and wouldn't turn back on.
It vibrates 3 times randomly and when I press the power button but there is nothing on the scree. Any advise?
i guess there is something wrong with battery?
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i guess there is something wrong with battery?
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I don't think it is the problem with the battery. Because when I was able to turn on the phone the battery was fully charged. But it keeps turning off by itself.