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Broken Kaiser or it's a software issue? please help! I can't start my phone

Htc tytn II.
It happened already once before two weeks and today again and i can't start my kaiser. First time i manage to start it somehow i don't even know how and i thought it won't happen again. When i push a start button only green color light appears on it, and nothing on screen. like it didn't start at all.
After that i can't do anything except soft reset which only shut down phone and green light gone then. Or take battery out! so i tryed everything later and now can't even start my phone anyhow!
I flashed rom in past and have some of dutty's rom in there
Please help me and tell me what is wrong with my phone and how to repair this problem?

now i can't even get green light. now is completely dead. I am worried if i send it at service with warranty that they will see i have no official rom (i'm on dutty's)

kaiserivica said:
now i can't even get green light. now is completely dead. I am worried if i send it at service with warranty that they will see i have no official rom (i'm on dutty's)
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Flash it back to stock, all the details are in the wiki, you just have to read. Then you can warranty it.

kaiserivica said:
now i can't even get green light. now is completely dead. I am worried if i send it at service with warranty that they will see i have no official rom (i'm on dutty's)
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If it is dead and won't start how are they going to find out you don't have a stock rom?
It is not like they have a bunch of brilliant guys sitting around HTC miraculously reviving dead phones. They through it in the dead phone pile and use it for parts.

Could be a battery issue (highly unlikely as I havent really heard of this happening ever) but still, its possible. So, if you have a replacement battery try it out. Also, has it been water damaged, have you dropped it multiple times or has something hit it hard? These things could also brick a tilt, something like that happened to my friend when a door slammed his wizard.
I doubt its a software issue, a software issue would still allow it to turn on.

bubbleking2 said:
Could be a battery issue (highly unlikely as I havent really heard of this happening ever) but still, its possible. So, if you have a replacement battery try it out. Also, has it been water damaged, have you dropped it multiple times or has something hit it hard? These things could also brick a tilt, something like that happened to my friend when a door slammed his wizard.
I doubt its a software issue, a software issue would still allow it to turn on.
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now i tryed again in the morning and green light on phone again works. but only it!
So it is now a battery issue then ?!
doesn't help anything else again. didn't had any hard hit in it. i was yesterday at Prodigy music concert so maybe there get some hit but it should not be anything seriously.. For the first time it didn't get any hit.. It was rainy here yesterday and i had it in my pocket, but first time when this happened it wasn't rainy, than it was on hard sunny day and for the first time i thought it was because of sun! Now was quite rainy and wet day...
hm. i have news now here, when i leave it on green light started for a longer period, i get those multiple lines colors on screen i see. it's approx. 10 colors lines... and it stays for a 10 sec. approx. and after that it shuts down itself! And now again i cant even get green color. Disaster!

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Flash it back to stock, all the details are in the wiki, you just have to read. Then you can warranty it.
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how to do that when i can't even start my phone to work!

kaiserivica said:
now i tryed again in the morning and green light on phone again works. but only it!
So it is now a battery issue then ?!
doesn't help anything else again. didn't had any hard hit in it. i was yesterday at Prodigy music concert so maybe there get some hit but it should not be anything seriously.. For the first time it didn't get any hit.. It was rainy here yesterday and i had it in my pocket, but first time when this happened it wasn't rainy, than it was on hard sunny day and for the first time i thought it was because of sun! Now was quite rainy and wet day...
hm. i have news now here, when i leave it on green light started for a longer period, i get those multiple lines colors on screen i see. it's approx. 10 colors lines... and it stays for a 10 sec. approx. and after that it shuts down itself! And now again i cant even get green color. Disaster!
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I suggest trying another battery as was said before. Or it can be also broken screen or something.

Mikulec said:
I suggest trying another battery as was said before. Or it can be also broken screen or something.
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it's not broken screen because first time i somehow manage to start it and it works normal for 2 weeks.. so it must be a battery...
i will try with other battery later from friends kaiser

kaiserivica said:
it's not broken screen because first time i somehow manage to start it and it works normal for 2 weeks.. so it must be a battery...
i will try with other battery later from friends kaiser
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ok, let us know if that worked.

i tried with friends battery and it's not a battery problem. With his battery same problem, and when i put in my battery in his phone it works normal...
looks like I'll need to go to htc service using warranty... i hope it won't be some problem with them because i have dutty's rom

argh... not good!
now i got phone call from servicer who manage to turn on phone. And he saw in there dutty's rom, not official and my warranty now won't worth
now everything what he will do with phone i will need to pay by my own money.
Now he started phone and he says that he will return it to official rom and see will phone work then normal. If not he said he should change whole mother board to fix this problem which is really huge expense. He told me price almost same as new kaiser!!! terrible!

disaster, now i heard with service and the phone is not working well even with official rom now. I don't know what to do! He said he need to change motherboard and the cost for that is like new phone! Terrible. So, to be honest, this rom flashing is total mistake because could easy loose phone just like i do.
i would like to sell it but don't know how now because he don't work properly!

kaiserivica said:
So, to be honest, this rom flashing is total mistake because could easy loose phone just like i do.
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That's the risk you take when flashing a non OEM rom. If the rom your using isn't worth that risk, then don't flash it.
I bet the rom you were using didn't cause the problem either.

kaiserivica said:
disaster, now i heard with service and the phone is not working well even with official rom now. I don't know what to do! He said he need to change motherboard and the cost for that is like new phone! Terrible. So, to be honest, this rom flashing is total mistake because could easy loose phone just like i do.
i would like to sell it but don't know how now because he don't work properly!
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The problem can be or can not be caused by rom flashing. It could be just some hardware fault which has nothing to do with rom flashing.

Mikulec said:
The problem can be or can not be caused by rom flashing. It could be just some hardware fault which has nothing to do with rom flashing.
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i agree. i also don't thing it's because of rom flashing. probably some hardware failure...
but problem is when i can't start phone i can't change official rom offcourse
anyone know how much new motherboard cost and can i get it online somehow? here in croatia is not easy to find this because very few this phones are available... same with parts of this phone

kaiserivica said:
i agree. i also don't thing it's because of rom flashing. probably some hardware failure...
but problem is when i can't start phone i can't change official rom offcourse
anyone know how much new motherboard cost and can i get it online somehow? here in croatia is not easy to find this because very few this phones are available... same with parts of this phone
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dont know, but try to ask this question in kaiser accesories section.

Tell me it's not dead!

Ok so I was trying to unlock a Blue Angel I just got and somehow I think I may have bricked the device. It won't wake up from grey screen. When I plug it into the computer the red light comes on. I can't seem to get to the bootloader screen though. MTTY won't work because I cant get to the bootloader screen and no reset is working. Any ideas whats wrong or some possible solution??? I doubt I'm the first one to have had this problem, but google searching has gotten me NO answers.

OK remove battery for at least an hour from the device, and charge it separately in the cradle, after that try the bootloader MTTY method
also it would be helpful to know what did you do to come to this situation

i can gladly tell you i had the same situation with mine and solved it. as xplode says, after carging the battery seperately and trying over and over again i finally got back to bootloader mode as there was no rom on the device anyway as the flashing process canceled with the vista bug, of which by the time i did not know. the red led is generally not that good of a sign and i understand you are shocked, but it can be solved, so don't be!

[semi off topic]
One Quick Note(should find this in the manual, i think, i lost my manual):
if your BA is showing RED led other than ORANGE or LimeGREEN led WHILE CHARGING. it has a problem regarding the battery not charging or the charger not giving enough output.
or we could always say... it's in the wiki, or faq
[on topic]
Im telling you It's not DEAD! Lol... and tell us if it's OK now. OK?
-SS-
have a good day y'all.

HELP: Untampered with diamond BRICKED?SOD?

Hello to all you fine folks at xda.
I am not entirely new to your site but decided to register so I could post this thread since I am in need of your help.
I have already read hundred of threads on bricked/frozen/sod/... touch diamonds, but my situation seems to be unique.
So I have had my diamond for about 2 years now but haven't been using it for the last 6 months because of a sudden brick.
First of all you should probably know that I never tried to tamper with any soft or hardware of this phone so it may be considered a clean phone .. no romming no tweaking no installing of doubtable software etc..
When it bricked my diamond was in normal use (can't remember exactly what I was doing at the time but I think I was just texting to som1..). It suddenly went to black screen .. turned itself off.
I tried power button.. nothing
I tried red reset button at the back.. nothing
I tried power+vol down+center.. nothing
I tried charging.. nothing (not even circular light around the middle button).
I tried hooking it up to my pc.. nothing(no charging signs, not even a pop up on my pc that i connected a usb device)
I tried leaving the battery out for a while and re-inserting.. nothing
I tried a full charge overnight.. nothing
I tried slamming it into my head.. headache and nothing else..
So because all of the other threads about bricked diamonds seem to be about tampered with diamonds, I am wondering if there is a standard solution or other way that I can get my brick running smoothly again?
Hope I find tons of your answers and tips below!
Best regards and thanks in advance, Sam.

Bricked diamond
Two years is a long time for the battery life to be over. have you tried changing it?

No I haven't do they die that easily nowadays ? my other phones non pda all did much longer with their batteries..? What does a new battery cost me? thanks...

Why don't you go to a repair center or send it in for repair? You obviously didn't do anything that caused the malfunction, so why don't you give it a go.
In Europe you have a standard 24 months warranty on the device; hopefully you're in time.
Good luck

[Q] [Help] Xperia T won't turn on, only vibrates

Hello, before proceding to explain the problem I have to say a few things:
- the phone I'm gonna talk about is not mine YET, it's a faulty Xperia T I want to purchase if I find a 80% clear and cheap solution. This means I cannot try any idea you give me on it, 'cause I don't have it.
- I'm not a total noob in firmware and hardware fixes, but not yet an expert, so I'd appreciate a few explanations in the procedures you comment.
- I'm Spanish, so don't expect perfect texts from my posts
- sorry if a thread exactly like this is already solved, but I couldn't find any clear information about this problem on a Xperia device, so that's why I asked.
Now, the problem:
This Xperia T, as the owner explains, suddenly turned off and never woke up again. When he tries to turn it on it just vibrates, but no image displays. And when he plugs it on a red LED shows up (as if the phone was charging normally), but no more life signs.
Now, these are the fixes I would try:
- reset battery, because the owner is a normal user, and, as the battery is a "non-removable" piece, I don't think he tried to pull it off and on again.
- buy a new battery because this one could be damaged and non-functional.
- jtag is discarded because this happened in a stock rom, with no root, custom recovery, flashing or anything like that.
- get a new (or, at least, functional) motherboard, because this could be sudden death.
So now you could say "if you already know which could be the problem and the solution, then why you ask?". Well, what I'm searching for is opinions, what of those problems I mentioned has the highest likelihood to be the winner, because if you all guys think the most likely problem it could be it's the motherboard, then I won't purchase the phone, because motherboards are terrifically expensive.
So thanks in advance for reading all this

laumapu said:
Hello, before proceding to explain the problem I have to say a few things:
- the phone I'm gonna talk about is not mine YET, it's a faulty Xperia T I want to purchase if I find a 80% clear and cheap solution. This means I cannot try any idea you give me on it, 'cause I don't have it.
- I'm not a total noob in firmware and hardware fixes, but not yet an expert, so I'd appreciate a few explanations in the procedures you comment.
- I'm Spanish, so don't expect perfect texts from my posts
- sorry if a thread exactly like this is already solved, but I couldn't find any clear information about this problem on a Xperia device, so that's why I asked.
Now, the problem:
This Xperia T, as the owner explains, suddenly turned off and never woke up again. When he tries to turn it on it just vibrates, but no image displays. And when he plugs it on a red LED shows up (as if the phone was charging normally), but no more life signs.
Now, these are the fixes I would try:
- reset battery, because the owner is a normal user, and, as the battery is a "non-removable" piece, I don't think he tried to pull it off and on again.
- buy a new battery because this one could be damaged and non-functional.
- jtag is discarded because this happened in a stock rom, with no root, custom recovery, flashing or anything like that.
- get a new (or, at least, functional) motherboard, because this could be sudden death.
So now you could say "if you already know which could be the problem and the solution, then why you ask?". Well, what I'm searching for is opinions, what of those problems I mentioned has the highest likelihood to be the winner, because if you all guys think the most likely problem it could be it's the motherboard, then I won't purchase the phone, because motherboards are terrifically expensive.
So thanks in advance for reading all this
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Does the red LED light stay lit up while charging? Maybe you'd want to google the "rubberband method"; it's for charging the phone when it can't charge on it's own while off.

Antiga Prime said:
Does the red LED light stay lit up while charging? Maybe you'd want to google the "rubberband method"; it's for charging the phone when it can't charge on it's own while off.
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Yes, the red LED keeps lit up. I've searched for that method and I'll try it if I purchase the phone, thank you so much
But what's your opinion about what the problem could be? Or which is the most likely?
EDIT: this is the thread I found about the rubberband trick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170, but is it called soft-bricked even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved?
RE-EDIT: ok, yes, even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved (lol)
RE-RE-EDIT: but still, if it's a hardware issue then all those tricks won't work, because there's physical damage, so that's why I asked for opinion x)

In my opinion, that behaviour is 90% due to a battery that is fried.
A broken battery is not able to supply the power needed for loading the kernel (that's why you don't see Sony logo and you can't recharge).
If you're lucky you can repair that phone with 15 euros for a new original battery.

ok guys, new information:
Apparently, the owner has way more knowledge about hardware repairing than I have, so we started talking about our ideas about all this thing and he said he already tried to reset battery, and he even replace it with a new one, so the fried-battery theory is discarded. Now I (we) think the problem could reside in the power IC, but that leads to a weld repairing, and I don't have the tools to deal with that.
So the thread is almost closed with this new info, but I still accept suggestions/opinions/ideas/whatever you wanna say, even if you enjoy typing the Macarena, at least we'll laugh with that xp

laumapu said:
ok guys, new information:
Apparently, the owner has way more knowledge about hardware repairing than I have, so we started talking about our ideas about all this thing and he said he already tried to reset battery, and he even replace it with a new one, so the fried-battery theory is discarded. Now I (we) think the problem could reside in the power IC, but that leads to a weld repairing, and I don't have the tools to deal with that.
So the thread is almost closed with this new info, but I still accept suggestions/opinions/ideas/whatever you wanna say, even if you enjoy typing the Macarena, at least we'll laugh with that xp
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If I were you, I wouldn't buy that phone.

istux said:
If I were you, I wouldn't buy that phone.
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Now that I know this, buying that phone has lost positions in my what-to-do list, just after the "comb my turtle's hair" thing lol
Thanks for caring

laumapu said:
Yes, the red LED keeps lit up. I've searched for that method and I'll try it if I purchase the phone, thank you so much
But what's your opinion about what the problem could be? Or which is the most likely?
EDIT: this is the thread I found about the rubberband trick http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849170, but is it called soft-bricked even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved?
RE-EDIT: ok, yes, even when no firmware/modding stuff is involved (lol)
RE-RE-EDIT: but still, if it's a hardware issue then all those tricks won't work, because there's physical damage, so that's why I asked for opinion x)
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What I thought it might be was that the battery wasn't charged. It happened to me once, so I kept the power button pressed while connecting it and after a few hours I was able to use flashtool, and keep in mind that sometimes new batteries don't come charged.
But if that's not the case, then that method won't help you.

[Q] can't boot

Hello xda, I just want to ask what did happen to my G1, I'm just using it ordinarily everyday but a few days ago something happen, it cannot boot but only led lights flashing, I can't even reach the recovery or bootloader, is this a hardbrick or something? I'm using a froyo rom I forgot what rom it was and I also using the right radio and SPL combo required for that but I don't know what happen, It just can't boot. Help please.

Is it just blue led? If so then yes its bricked and you need JTAG, if not you may be OK, but as to what happened that's hard to say
May be a battery issue but with LEDs flashing less likely, try to get a PC to recognize, try charging over night and testing with PC again, try booting without SD or sim, try any button combo you can

no not blue
demkantor said:
Is it just blue led? If so then yes its bricked and you need JTAG, if not you may be OK, but as to what happened that's hard to say
May be a battery issue but with LEDs flashing less likely, try to get a PC to recognize, try charging over night and testing with PC again, try booting without SD or sim, try any button combo you can
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hello demkantor, the led light wan not blue it was like a pink? or something like that, I've tried home+power button no use, camera+power button still no use, really can't boot only led flash, that's all, is there any way I could save my G1? please help, thanks

Can you get a PC to recognize it and are you able to get a new battery?

I dunno the problem
demkantor said:
Can you get a PC to recognize it and are you able to get a new battery?
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Hello again dem, since my phone can't boot, my laptop can't recognize it, and I'm confident enough to say that my bat. don't have any problem, I do have a universal charger and my battery are charging using it, one strange thing, I also have a cabled charger for my G1 which has a led light as well, I've tried charging it using that and the led light of my charger are blinking which means it is charging but the led light of my G1 was not blinking, I really don't know what happened to my G1, I hope you could give me some help, any way I tried to search for what JTAG is, but I think I can't do it since I don't have any ideas when regards to the hardware aspect of android, I'm even a noob on software aspect of adroid devices.
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I forgot to say this, sometimes another strange thing happen on my G1, whenever I try some button combo to reach either recovery or bootloader, my buttons and keyboards have lights but my screen is totally blocked out.

Sorry to say but I'm thinking your motherboard is shot. Send me a pm when you get a min. May be able to help you out

demkantor said:
Sorry to say but I'm thinking your motherboard is shot. Send me a pm when you get a min. May be able to help you out
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hello again dem, last night after I charge my phone with a cable charger, a left my G1 for a moment and when I will turn it on supposedly the lower back part of it really get so hot, I don't what happen, and what do you mean when you say
Send me a pm when you get a min.
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But thanks anyway for answering my questions. Hopefully I could recover mg G1

That really makes me think battery. Consider picking up a new one. Cheap on ebay

demkantor said:
That really makes me think battery. Consider picking up a new one. Cheap on ebay
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hi again dem, I don't think its on the battery, call me crazy or anything but still remember N70? I have one, though their battery differs in size yet their gold energy conductor or whatever they call it is just the same. Since the battery of the G1 are easily drained I need to have two battery but since I'm from Philippines I have hard time looking for battery of my G1 that's the reason why I used my N70 battery on it as a backup whenever my G1 runs out of its juice. Before I can successfully use my N70 battery ( I just place a paper or anything on its side and lower portion to make the fit right) but since the problem on my G1 occurred even my N70 battery are useless and unusable because it still don't boot. I know my problem is a weird one but I'm looking for a way to recover it without modifying or replacing its hardware. Don't have money for it. Hope you could help me with this. thanks.
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I never run any problem before using my N70 phone, its maybe because they have the same voltage which 3.7 the thing is their capacity. For you to believe me I attached here the photo of my G1