So i bricked my droid 3, cant get it to charge, it just boot loops. It wont charge in recovery mode either. Is there any solutions to this, i cant get into clockworkmod recovery of course otherwise this would not be a problem. If anyone could help i'd b so happy. Until then i will be cutting myself with a rusty butter knife in solitude.
What were you doing when you bricked it?
i must have flashed a bad steeldroid 3 rom now just bootloops
I cannot use rsd because my battery is dead, and will not charge.
Well, then you kinda gotta either buy another battery and pray it has a decent charge or a TBH factory cable.
Sent from my DROID3 using xda premium
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I tried to root my phone but it froze during the root stage (using Pete's root tools v1.06). Now its bricked.
Background:
D3, recently upgraded OTA to 5.6.890
Tried resetting by holding power button and x- doesn't turn on at all.
Any suggestions? I'm going to try this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
thanks for the help, this is what i feared. I guess i was just hoping for some fantastic alternative. I read somewhere that a verizon store could charge my battery, not sure though. What is this TBH factory cable you speek of. Any idea where to get one.
well i read into it, and ordered a TBH factory cable, it was a good bit cheaper than another battery. Thanks to anyone who even took the time to glance at this post. I will post again if and how i get this beautiful brick functioning again. Looks like the cable is the ticket though
dannyblast said:
well i read into it, and ordered a TBH factory cable, it was a good bit cheaper than another battery. Thanks to anyone who even took the time to glance at this post. I will post again if and how i get this beautiful brick functioning again. Looks like the cable is the ticket though
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Why not get a battery dock like this one?
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Battery-Dock-Charger-Motorola-Atrix-4G-Droid-X-BH5X-/00/$(KGrHqEOKjUE3B,zI6T8BN1pZr2qgQ~~0_35.JPG
If you have a spare USB cable that you don't care if you never use it again:
Cut it in half, and strip the sheath from the cable on the end that usually plugs into the computer
Cut the white and green wires off (or white and blue)
There should be two remaining wires, red and black, strip them so there is just the actual wire (the metal strands)
Now look at your battery, there will be four notches, in it, one will be marked (+) and one will be marked (-)
Fold the wire inhalf from the red wire so it is a bit thicker, and just twist it a bit so it hugs itself, SLIDE THE RED WIRE INTO THE SLOT MARKED (+)
Fold the wire inhalf from the black wire so it is a bit thicker, and just twist it a bit so it hugs itself, SLIDE THE BLACK WIRE INTO THE SLOT MARKED (-)
Use some tape to make sure the wires don't touch each other and are secured in place, then, plug the USB plug into your computer
the battery will start charging, it will take about 2 hours to fully charge, it is almost impossible to overcharge the battery as they have a built in overcharge protection circuit.
*intermission music*
~ about 2 hours later ~
Congratulations! Your battery is charged! You can now do stuff that you need a charged battery for.
WARNING I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING EVER PERIOD
Who cares about what happens to a cable thoug
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Thanks for the help, after reading about the TBH factory cable I want it whatever the outcome. I am trying the usb to battery trick right now, lets see if i can manage not to f that up. Thanks for all the input. I will post again if i get this usb battery trick completed
does it have to be a phone usb or can it be any old usb, im using an old printer usb. will the battery get warm, beacuse i tried it once for a hour the checked to see and its still dead. trying again double checking my connect and tape jobs.
Well, I'm cleaning off my rusty butter knife and putting it in the drawer. There is no more reason to cut myself, this brick be a phone again. Thanks so much for all the help from everyone. Fix it by using the usb straight battery charge trick, then used rsd to flash the swu recovery files(after many failures, then worked with no change in what i did). Anyway i feel i can breathe again, i'd smoke a bowl with everyone who helped if i could.
Same thing happened to me!
I overnighted this bad boy. http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Multi-P...32KY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1317611805&sr=8-2
Charged the battery enough to RSD the files back. Radioshack didn't have any extra batteries or external chargers nor did Verizon. The assistant manager told me to go on Ebay for a battery. The link above saved my life essentially.
dannyblast said:
does it have to be a phone usb or can it be any old usb, im using an old printer usb.
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Nope, can be any USB cable that has the power wires and a plug that plugs into your computer.
dannyblast said:
will the battery get warm, beacuse i tried it once for a hour the checked to see and its still dead. trying again double checking my connect and tape jobs.
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It depends, if the battery is VERY flat, and you have pretty much nothing else plugged into your computers USB ports it may get warm - or if you put it in the wrong slots on the battery.
The flatter the battery, the more current it will require to charge, especially initially.
The less devices on your computers USB, the less of the current coming from the internal USB hub is used. Each power on a computer is rated for 5v @ 500mAh, but there is generally only one polyfuse for all the USB ports on the computer, meaning if you have 12 USB ports in total on the computer you could probably draw 5v @6Ah from a port - not that I would ever recommend this.
The more current, the more heat.
If you put the wrong wires in the wrong slots, it shouldn't matter, the batteries protection circuit (and the polyfuse in your USB controller) would save most mistakes. Generally, the batteries IC will prevent them from providing more than 1A at the batteries current voltage, and using more than 1A, as well as preventing them from going below a minimum discharge voltage (generally around 3.6-3.7v), and a maximum overcharge voltage (4.2v)
dannyblast said:
Well, I'm cleaning off my rusty butter knife and putting it in the drawer. There is no more reason to cut myself, this brick be a phone again. Thanks so much for all the help from everyone. Fix it by using the usb straight battery charge trick, then used rsd to flash the swu recovery files(after many failures, then worked with no change in what i did). Anyway i feel i can breathe again, i'd smoke a bowl with everyone who helped if i could.
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Glad I could help.
I have good news none of your phones are bricked just follow my instructions...
GET ALL THE FILES NEEDED FROM LINK BELOW!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255198
HOW TO FIX YOUR SOFTBRICKED DROID 3
Files Needed:
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1.RSD LITE 5.4.3 OR LATER
2.XML FILE and all Partitions in image form
to obtain these just download my package below.
Flashable Zip:
You will still be able to update if you flash this file.
Software version: cdma_solana-user 2.3.4 5.5.1_84_D3G-55 110812 release-keysMDM6600BP_N_03.18.29P (Software and Radio versions in bold) aka Release version 5.6.890
http://www.necrotania.com/Download/swu.zip
MD5SUM: 09069555efc6c49b537f49db782a1c94
Verizon/USA and production keys signed. It is not modified in any way. Hopefully it can help unbrick some people/prevent future bricking fears =)
Attached file is the xml from the zip
Moto-fastboot
You will need a different version of fastboot to flash larger files like the system.img. Moto-fastboot allows flashing files over 256 or so MB.
Windows: Moto-fastboot for windows thanks to romracer. Direct Download Link
Linux/Mac: Moto-fastboot for linux in several flavors thanks to eval-.
RSDLite 5.5.0:
http://mophoforum.com/the2dcour/RSDLite5.5.rar RSDLite 5.5.0 Download
It's a new version. I haven't seen a newer version posted though I think up to 5.5.x exists already. DOWNLOAD ALL THESE FILES!
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Step1, Open the zip with the xml and partitions put them in a folder named XT862
Step 2. Turn your phone on, Hold both Volume buttons while turning on press Vol - until you get to AP Fastboot then press Vol +
Step 3.Plug the phone to your computer by usb while in AP fastboot mode
Step 4. Open RSD lite and select the phone, and the file to flash is inside the XT862 folder you just made, Select the XML file, i believe it will be the only file you can select out of that folder in RSD.
Click START and in about 5 mins your phone will be as new on the latest firmware as of the time of this posting.
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yes...you..are....
You cant flash the sbf on rsdlite?
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Stuck in fastboot with low battery?
You dont NEED a new battery or a charger, i know many people use their phones for more than just games and dont have time to order one or go to the verizon store, so i went out on a limb and tried this. I figured, if i can jump a car, i can jump a damn cell phone battery
You'll need:
USB Cable (to cut)
Wall or car charger with USB port
Cut the USB cable
Take RED and BLACK wires (you wont use the other ones)
On your battery you should see a + and -, insert the RED wire into the + on the battery and the BLACK into the -
wait about 20 min, and try fastboot again
This fix is confirmed on Droid 3, but should work for all batteries, even 3 prong ones. (confirmed by youtube)
I would have put this in development but i cant post there because im a newb and dont know anything
blackbelt27 said:
stuck in fastboot with low battery?
You dont need a new battery or a charger, i know many people use their phones for more than just games and dont have time to order one or go to the verizon store, so i went out on a limb and tried this. I figured, if i can jump a car, i can jump a damn cell phone battery
you'll need:
usb cable (to cut)
wall or car charger with usb port
cut the usb cable
take red and black wires (you wont use the other ones)
on your battery you should see a + and -, insert the red wire into the + on the battery and the black into the -
wait about 20 min, and try fastboot again
this fix is confirmed on droid 3, but should work for all batteries, even 3 prong ones. (confirmed by youtube)
i would have put this in development but i cant post there because im a newb and dont know anything
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this definitely works. I have done the same exact thing on my old droid x. You actually dont need to wait. If you place a piece of scotch tape taping your wires onto your batt, then cut a slit in tape above each wire, carefully wedge it in your phone, obviously leaving it plugged in, then go about your business, it works just fine. For the faint of heart, but if your impatient like me works like a charm.
yeah! i couldnt find anything about this problem thats helpful, so i figured, well, not much harm i could do, so i just winged it! and it worked. i think not many has tried it because of all the alarmist posts about li-ion batteries being dangerous.
but now i cant get past step 17 of flashing, it fails at cdrom flashing:/
(obviously completely unrelated to battery)
Hey all,
I got my Droid 4 a month ago and rooted it. It ran out of power while I was outside. When I tried charging it, a battery icon with a question mark comes up. I can't boot to Safestrap, and when I go to Fastboot, it says "Battery Low -- Cannot Program".
The phone doesn't turn on unless I plug it into the wall charger. If I plug it into the USB port on my laptop, the green LED comes on, but it won't turn on. I can boot to Android recovery, and I tried formatting /data and /cache, but that didn't help.
Funny thing: I can keep the phone in Android recovery, leave it plugged in, and it charges up enough to stay on for a while when I unplug it.
Now, I know about the Macgyver trick, and I'd like to give that a shot. iFixit has a fantastic teardown of the Droid 4, but unfortunately, removing the battery would very clearly void my warranty (although I guess having Safestrap voids that already), and I'm worried about doing permanent damage to my device. Are there any solutions besides "beg Verizon for a new phone"? Has anyone tried Macgyvering a Droid 4?
Curious, if you do BP Tools, does it drop you into Safestrap? I know mine does, and then maybe you can change some settings. Also, you could try to make a "Factory Cable". I know I made mine from my old OG Droid dock as it had the 5 wire jumper, and just jumped the 2 wires and it allowed me to flash w/o a charged battery.
I would ensure that the charger is putting out 5.1v and 850mA as my d4 won't charge or power on after the battery dies unless its with the factory charger or one that meets these specs
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
Soulmech said:
Funny thing: I can keep the phone in Android recovery, leave it plugged in, and it charges up enough to stay on for a while when I unplug it.
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Have you tried leaving it plugged in for an extended period of time, say overnight, and see if it'll boot up?
gdeeble said:
Curious, if you do BP Tools, does it drop you into Safestrap? I know mine does, and then maybe you can change some settings. Also, you could try to make a "Factory Cable". I know I made mine from my old OG Droid dock as it had the 5 wire jumper, and just jumped the 2 wires and it allowed me to flash w/o a charged battery.
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Just tried BP Tools. It lets me drop into Safestrap, but Safestrap won't load due to the battery issue.
Hope you don't mind me asking, but what's a factory cable? Is it just a USB cable with the B end cut off, and the black and red wires stripped? My issue with jumping the device/battery is that I'm unable (or supposed to be unable) to remove the battery, so any solution along those lines would have to allow me to keep the battery in place. Otherwise, my warranty is voided.
I know root voids it, but I'd have a better chance of sneaking that by than an obviously-moved battery.
dbreezy187 said:
I would ensure that the charger is putting out 5.1v and 850mA as my d4 won't charge or power on after the battery dies unless its with the factory charger or one that meets these specs
Sent from my DROID4 using XDA
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I'm using the charger that came with the phone. It says 5.1V/850mA on the side.
bdbraaten said:
Have you tried leaving it plugged in for an extended period of time, say overnight, and see if it'll boot up?
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Tried it last night. Left it in recovery for a good 8 hours or so. No dice.
Did you try opening it, then removing the battery? If you pull up too hard with out a removal tool, the glue is strong enough to allow the battery to bend and break internally, causing this error. Might check if another battery works, there are some available online if you search.
nequeelrey said:
Did you try opening it, then removing the battery? If you pull up too hard with out a removal tool, the glue is strong enough to allow the battery to bend and break internally, causing this error. Might check if another battery works, there are some available online if you search.
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Isn't the reason the battery is non-removable because the type of battery chemistry used can explode of that type of damage occurs? Or do they just hate us?
Has anybody ever been turned down for warranty work that is hardware related, even if they are rooted, etc? I've never heard of it happening...
If OP get a dud battery, s/he should just get it replaced by Moto. They shouldn't have to try to replace it themselves.
Try the instructions from this thread and let us know if it works...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23678683&postcount=1
The OP said they tried the BP Tools method but it is disabled due to Safe strap using that as the trigger for its bootstrapped recovery.
Using a factory cable would allow you to boot the phone and either flash the stock firmware or uninstall Safe strap and let you charge the phone while in BP Tools mode.
That is the only safe a certain way to recover the device. Hot wiring the battery with a USB cable cannot be considered safe, but will work if you want to fix it yourself without a factory cable.
Using a factory cable to flash the full XML.zip with RSD Lite is the first thing a technician would do to restore it if it was returned under warranty anyway, after checking for physical damage of course.
I've got a few factory cables laying around and would be more than happy to send you one, let me know. Just cover the postage and you'll be flashing in no time.
So to update: I have an insurance policy with Global Warranty Group, and I filed a claim with them, which got me a new device (instead of a refurb). So, I suppose the issue is moot.
Rick#2 said:
I've got a few factory cables laying around and would be more than happy to send you one, let me know. Just cover the postage and you'll be flashing in no time.
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I would be grateful if you could send me one. I will PM you to figure out details on paying you for postage.
The same thing is happening to me and I have Droid X, any help?
Will BP work after removing safestrap from the advanced menu? If so I think you could use that link to charge from BP.
Sent from my DROID4 using xda premium
usb cable splice works
Just chiming in here to confirm a spliced usb cable will charge an xt894 battery. my situation was pretty much an xt894 with a wiped system (therefore, unable to charge) and not enough battery to fastboot. if I plugged it into a charger or a 5v usb slot from my computer just a green led would show on the front, but no charge. I removed my battery, cut a usb cable in half, and hooked up the wires to the coresponding terminals on the battery (which are clearly marked) and it charged up just fine and I was able to fastboot.
Not the prettiest solution, but it really helped me out when I absolutely needed to charge in order to fastboot, although it will void your warranty if that's important to you.
I currently have a problem where the question mark shows in the battery while charging and I'm unable to boot into OS or safestrap. I'm not at home right now, but I have an extra battery that I'll pop in later to see if that changes anything, or has enough juice to fastboot.
This morning my wife woke up to no battery charge, because I stole her charger in the night. But she has the question mark even though the phone was working fine last night! I wonder, considering I left the USB cord plugged in on the D4 end when I took the charger (to use my cord) could I have screwed something up? She's going to leave it in the OEM charger all day at work, but the quesiton mark worries me.
My question is, if I do the cut cord trick to manually charge the battery at the terminals, does that help recover it so that it can be charged via regular means? Or is it just a way to get the data off the phone? Phone is stock 4.1 with root.
Pl can anyone help me.....
I was on stock ICS and then i flashed Cm 10.1 Android 4.2.1 Unofficial rom which got stuck at boot loop for 5 hours...
Now my whole battery is down The phone is niether booting up nor going to Fastboot....
When i connect my wall charger to phone it goes to Fastboot and something like this appears :-
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) (Flash Failure)
0/OA.72
Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
On pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and inserting the charger it goes to Boot Selection Menu
BUT none of them work
1. On normal powerup it hangs on Motorola logo
2. On recovery it hangs on Motorola logo
3. Rest of the options don't work.........
I tried to charge the battery through "cut a cable" method but it didnt quite work......
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME BY TELLING WHAT CAN I DO?????????
shubhkirti1997 said:
Pl can anyone help me.....
I was on stock ICS and then i flashed Cm 10.1 Android 4.2.1 Unofficial rom which got stuck at boot loop for 5 hours...
Now my whole battery is down The phone is niether booting up nor going to Fastboot....
When i connect my wall charger to phone it goes to Fastboot and something like this appears :-
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) (Flash Failure)
0/OA.72
Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
On pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and inserting the charger it goes to Boot Selection Menu
BUT none of them work
1. On normal powerup it hangs on Motorola logo
2. On recovery it hangs on Motorola logo
3. Rest of the options don't work.........
I tried to charge the battery through "cut a cable" method but it didnt quite work......
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME BY TELLING WHAT CAN I DO?????????
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Hi,
My best guess is that the battery died while you tried to do an FXZ recovery. If that was the case, I think I found a possible fix. Still there are a few other things to be weary of:
Did you:
Try to FXZ to anything other than 246 coming from 246?
Try to upgrade the stock ROM from 905 (GB) to 246 (ICS) without first FXZing to 905?
Try to upgrade to 246 from 905 or anything before 235 by using the 246 FXZ?
Any of those could have bricked your device. Keep in mind not to do those things as you read through this possible fix.
A little disclaimer: This idea is my best guess for how to fix your problem, but I take no responsibility if it breaks something or causes a problem. Please only proceed if you've FXZed your phone before and understand what I'm talking about... If you've been on an ICS Leak after 232 or on the ICS OTA, NEVER flash the 905 FXZ! If you haven't been on the ICS OTA or a Leak after 232 DO NOT flash the 246 FXZ! These instructions will most likely wipe your phone's internal storage/"SD card".
I suggest following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549625 ( It's for the Droid RAZR so I'm not sure it will work, but the phones are very similar, so I'd try it. ) Stop at this point:
After a good charge up to 50% or so download the program called
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I strongly suggest that you let it charge to 100% first. Then, if you were at one point successfully on 235-246, flash the 246 FXZ ( Found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952040 ), if you never flashed anything post-232 flash the 905 FXZ ( Found here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B26Hj6_2TMNTZ256eV9QbWpBSTQ from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771993 ). BE CAREFUL HERE! Let it finish completely.
This should return your phone to stock. Upgrade to 246 if you used the 905 FXZ and you should be all set. I'll leave rooting to you. Also make sure that if you try to flash Hashcode's 4.2.1 JB you do so in Safestrap 3.05 or higher ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391875 ) and do so in ROM-Slot 1 or you'll have issues ( Looks like he had to make a work-around to get it to boot that requires it to be in ROM-Slot 1 ). Do not flash his 4.2.1 ROM without Safestrap.
Let us know how it goes, and remember to thank vel0city for that post if it works ( I'd appreciate a thanks too though, ).
Good luck, I hope this fixes it,
jedi453
I'm not sure the battery will charge while bricked (could be wrong) . When that happens you need one of the factory cables that will power the phone regardless.
Can also get a charge from somebody else with a bionic.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using xda app-developers app
Drunkula said:
I'm not sure the battery will charge while bricked (could be wrong) .
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As far as I can tell you're right Drunkula, normally a special cable would be required to charge the phone, or as you suggest charging the battery separately of the broken phone. The thread I linked to however ( by vel0city, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1549625 ) is a manual work-around to bypass the requirement for a special cable. Although that thread refers to the RAZR, I would imagine the same could be true of the Bionic.
I had the same problem i went to a battery store and bought an external batter charger (a little clip) and everything was great
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Buy a factory cable or factory cable adapter from team black hat. It works just fine. You will be able to fast boot the phone back to stock
Sent from my XT894 running ICS
shubhkirti1997 said:
Pl can anyone help me.....
I was on stock ICS and then i flashed Cm 10.1 Android 4.2.1 Unofficial rom which got stuck at boot loop for 5 hours...
Now my whole battery is down The phone is niether booting up nor going to Fastboot....
When i connect my wall charger to phone it goes to Fastboot and something like this appears :-
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S) (Flash Failure)
0/OA.72
Battery Low
Cannot Program
Connect USB
Data Cable
On pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and inserting the charger it goes to Boot Selection Menu
BUT none of them work
1. On normal powerup it hangs on Motorola logo
2. On recovery it hangs on Motorola logo
3. Rest of the options don't work.........
I tried to charge the battery through "cut a cable" method but it didnt quite work......
CAN ANYONE PLEASE HELP ME BY TELLING WHAT CAN I DO?????????
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heres what you do OP.
find an old USB charging cable. splice it open until you see two wires. spice those wires (red and black i believe)
open your case and put the leads of each wire against the terminals where the battery goes
match RED with the + icon on the battery and the BLACK with the - icon
you need to be patient it takes a few times before you get the leads touching correctly while inserting the battery.
then simply plug it into USB and boot into fastboot. you will see BATTERY OK.
from there you must flash whatever firmware to get the phone back to stock.
i've done what you've done before, trying to flash flash flash and then the battery dies and u cant even boot past moto logo.
seems as though the black fastbook/flash screen eats battery life
this works and its very simple!!! good luck!
Be Careful About Physical Modifications!
paradoxed said:
heres what you do OP.
find an old USB charging cable. splice it open until you see two wires. spice those wires (red and black i believe)
open your case and put the leads of each wire against the terminals where the battery goes
match RED with the + icon on the battery and the BLACK with the - icon
you need to be patient it takes a few times before you get the leads touching correctly while inserting the battery.
then simply plug it into USB and boot into fastboot. you will see BATTERY OK.
from there you must flash whatever firmware to get the phone back to stock.
i've done what you've done before, trying to flash flash flash and then the battery dies and u cant even boot past moto logo.
seems as though the black fastbook/flash screen eats battery life
this works and its very simple!!! good luck!
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I would not recommend this option. While it may work, it's very possible that it may damage your phone. For those that disagree or don't understand why I would say this, my reasoning is that USB provides 5 Volts at usually up to 500 mA standard, while a battery would provide at max 3.7 Volts at a higher current. This is simultaneously giving the phone too high a voltage ( BAD, can cause permanent hardware damage! ) and possibly not providing enough current ( The flash could fail, and you'll be stuck again ). There is also the possibility of shorting ( inadvertently connecting ) two pins/terminals/connections in the phone with the wire from the USB cable.
In short: I strongly suggest not directly connection a USB cable to the phones battery terminals.
I apologize to paradoxed for the blunt response, but the inherent risks outweigh the possible benefits. ( Note to shubhkirti1997: it sounds like your phone is "soft-bricked" which in my understanding means the software is not working correctly ( So it may be possible to fix it without gutting it ), attempting to interface a USB cable with the battery connectors may make it "hard-bricked", as in the Hardware is broken, and no amount of flashing or software modding/fixing will fix a hard-bricked phone.
Good luck shubhkirti1997, but be weary of any possible solution that involves physically modding your phone until you're sure that there are no good alternatives.
jedi453
jedi453 said:
I would not recommend this option. While it may work, it's very possible that it may damage your phone. For those that disagree or don't understand why I would say this, my reasoning is that USB provides 5 Volts at usually up to 500 mA standard, while a battery would provide at max 3.7 Volts at a higher current. This is simultaneously giving the phone too high a voltage ( BAD, can cause permanent hardware damage! ) and possibly not providing enough current ( The flash could fail, and you'll be stuck again ). There is also the possibility of shorting ( inadvertently connecting ) two pins/terminals/connections in the phone with the wire from the USB cable.
In short: I strongly suggest not directly connection a USB cable to the phones battery terminals.
I apologize to paradoxed for the blunt response, but the inherent risks outweigh the possible benefits. ( Note to shubhkirti1997: it sounds like your phone is "soft-bricked" which in my understanding means the software is not working correctly ( So it may be possible to fix it without gutting it ), attempting to interface a USB cable with the battery connectors may make it "hard-bricked", as in the Hardware is broken, and no amount of flashing or software modding/fixing will fix a hard-bricked phone.
Good luck shubhkirti1997, but be weary of any possible solution that involves physically modding your phone until you're sure that there are no good alternatives.
jedi453
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^^^ This. For people who have a good head for electronic devices, this would be an easy task - but for someone not well versed in electronics, this could be disastrous. A single misplacement of the wires when inserting the battery could damage either battery or phone or both permanently.
jedi's advice is sound - charge the battery externally (I bought my BIONIC from CostCo, they provided an extra battery and an external battery charger) using an external battery charger, or borrow a friend's battery, or buy an extended battery (should come with 50% charge, which is around 65-70% capacity of the stock battery).
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And you could always just get the Factory Adapter and never have to worry about a flashing/power issue again...just sayin'.
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And you could always just get the Factory Adapter and never have to worry about a flashing/power issue again...just sayin'.
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Heyas, cz, ltns....
Yeah, it was mentioned in a previous post in the thread to do that. Speaking of which, I need to order the adapter, if they're back in stock
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I really try very hard to respect the rules on XDA and don't make self promotional posts for TBH, but it's hard sometimes not to especially in view of the litany of items you suggested there. You can purchase a $10 Factory Adapter and never be concerned about the issue ever again for any Motorola device regardless if it has a removeable or non removeable battery or no battery at all!
And we will never be out of stock again...trust me!
Lol, I wasn't even thinking about it from the perspective of self promotion. I just knew an earlier post had suggested getting the Factory Cable already.
Until you mentioned it, I had forgotten that you guys had made the adapter too. Going to buy one *right now*.
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Please help on my droid bionic
All, please help !!!!
I bought a droid bionic on ebay (seller didn't mention that the software is corrupted) now tired to install ICS using RSD 5.7, it installed correctly, but the phone boots up and gets stuck on the "Droid" screen. Nothing happens from there. I can go to AP boot and/or recovery but can't do anything about it. Please help !!!! Searched the web for two days but no solution. I loaded the following file with RSD, downloaded from different site and tried atleast 5 times.
VRZ_XT875_6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip
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All, please help !!!!
I bought a droid bionic on ebay (seller didn't mention that the software is corrupted) now tired to install ICS using RSD 5.7, it installed correctly, but the phone boots up and gets stuck on the "Droid" screen. Nothing happens from there. I can go to AP boot and/or recovery but can't do anything about it. Please help !!!! Searched the web for two days but no solution. I loaded the following file with RSD, downloaded from different site and tried atleast 5 times.
VRZ_XT875_6.7.246.XT875.Verizon.en.US_CFC_01.xml.zip
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Try to factory reset the phone, you can do that by booting in recovery mode.
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Got my bionic repaired
ok guyz i after all restored my droid bionic back to its state..........
WHAT I DID
i took a red neck USB charger and charged my battery for about 1 hour it it got booted up
then i flashed ics using RSD lite 5.7
NOW ITS WORKING FINE THANX EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP
I know that this thread is pretty old, but my question lies with my droid bionic being hard brick. What I read from the OP wasn't a hard brick and appeared only to be a soft brick. My issue is that I accidentally flash the wrong firmware into my phone following a post about turning the droid bionic into a global phone that I could use any sim with from any network. it was working properly but had some issues with the data network. back to the topic. I flashed the firmware using rsd but since it was the wrong one my system crash and no longer boots at all, the battery at the time was almost 100% so i know it wasn't because of the battery. I even made sure that I check with a battery charger I bought for like 5 bucks. My question is, is it possible to un hard brick the phone and restore it back to working again? I read around about using the JTag method but couldn't find too much detail about the subject. and each article relating to hard brick phones were specific only to that phone. I've search all over XDA to find out if there are any threads concerning this issue and even posted my own in hopes of finding a solution to this issue.
Hi, as the title of this thread says, my mobile just died i dont know how but i cant do anything, i cant enter in recovery mode, i cant enter into fastboot mode, it wont recognize any command i put. The only thing it does, its that when i plug in the usb cable it turns on the green led and wants to start but when it gets to the "Warning: Bootloader unlocked" advice, it turns off again and starts again. I dont know if this can be fixed, i hope so. Thanks
PS: Sorry about my english XD
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Hi, as the title of this thread says, my mobile just died i dont know how but i cant do anything, i cant enter in recovery mode, i cant enter into fastboot mode, it wont recognize any command i put. The only thing it does, its that when i plug in the usb cable it turns on the green led and wants to start but when it gets to the "Warning: Bootloader unlocked" advice, it turns off again and starts again. I dont know if this can be fixed, i hope so. Thanks
PS: Sorry about my english XD
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Just a guess, but you might have a bad battery. To test that, you can either buy or make a Motorola Factory Cable (google it) or get a new battery. Factory Cables power the phone directly from USB, bypassing the battery -- meaning if it works with the Factory Cable, the problem is with the battery. If it doesn't work with the Factory Cable, you might be screwed and need an actual repair from Motorola.
Also, try powering on the phone holding down all the buttons. That's how you access the boot menu, if you can get to that menu, you should be able to access fastboot and recovery.
And don't charge it with a PC, use the wall plug charger or a car charger. The phone treats a PC connection differently than the rest, even if the phone is off and only being plugged in to be charged -- it'll force boot/power on with a PC USB connection when it's turned off (it does for me). See if it'll take a charge with the wall/car.
My Bravo acts like this when that battery is really, really low and I plug it into a PC to charge when it's low....it also did exactly what your post said a year ago and I had to replace the battery....don't by a cheapo generic battery, I did and I regret it very badly (it has already gone out and doesn't work...the generic battery).
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Just a guess, but you might have a bad battery. To test that, you can either buy or make a Motorola Factory Cable (google it) or get a new battery. Factory Cables power the phone directly from USB, bypassing the battery -- meaning if it works with the Factory Cable, the problem is with the battery. If it doesn't work with the Factory Cable, you might be screwed and need an actual repair from Motorola.
Also, try powering on the phone holding down all the buttons. That's how you access the boot menu, if you can get to that menu, you should be able to access fastboot and recovery.
And don't charge it with a PC, use the wall plug charger or a car charger. The phone treats a PC connection differently than the rest, even if the phone is off and only being plugged in to be charged -- it'll force boot/power on with a PC USB connection when it's turned off (it does for me). See if it'll take a charge with the wall/car.
My Bravo acts like this when that battery is really, really low and I plug it into a PC to charge when it's low....it also did exactly what your post said a year ago and I had to replace the battery....don't by a cheapo generic battery, I did and I regret it very badly (it has already gone out and doesn't work...the generic battery).
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It might be the battery, because my mom dropped it into the water some weeks ago. I'll try factory cable now and see what happens. I tried holding down all the buttons but nothing happens. Just minutes ago I made it into fast boot mode, and now I'm scared of turn it off haha. I'll see what happens and let you know. Thank you for the reply!
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It might be the battery, because my mom dropped it into the water some weeks ago. I'll try factory cable now and see what happens. I tried holding down all the buttons but nothing happens. Just minutes ago I made it into fast boot mode, and now I'm scared of turn it off haha. I'll see what happens and let you know. Thank you for the reply!
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Just leave it in a wall charger for a few hours then. Sounds like you might get lucky.
My Dad has dropped his in the toilet twice now (seriously, twice...figured he'd learn the first time) and on the second time, it had to be powered off, wrapped in a paper towel, and left in rice for 24 hours before it worked again (6 hours on his bed the first time). Rice draws out the moisture and is a cheap easy way to dry the internals of a phone if its soaked....just telling ya for future reference.
Mines been wet, but never soaked. These phones aren't hard at all to take apart and put back together (I repaired my Dad's cracked digitizer a few days ago in under a half hour...never taken one apart before then...the 22 #5 torx that are removed are damn annoying), so you could take it apart, blow dry it (warning: don't say on any one area for more than 5 seconds, you'll risk both unsticking the glue that holds the screen on as well as warping the motherboard), and use some PC cleaner or isopropyl alcohol (99% alcohol) and clean the board up being careful to not get alcohol on the screens -- (warning: alcohol can weaken certain plastics, but it's perfectly fine as a cleaning agent for a silicon based motherboard...alcohol also dries and removes trace amounts of moisture and can clean oxidation spots.
I can see oxidation on the battery terminals making the phone act like this. IRL, I install custom, solar powered, automatic iron gates, and the #1 repair I have to do is cleaning battery terminals. 30 seconds, a terminal post cleaner tool (glorified wire brush), and some WD-40 (acts as a sealant/water repellent) can make a non-functional gate into a working gate. Bad power flow is hell on electronics.
Just look at the EB40 mod guide. It has the exact same steps you'll need to do if you want to attempt cleaning the terminals, well, except for that step where you put in a better battery.
1) Can't charge while it is in normal mode.
2) Can't charge with USB C to C
3) Can only charge using USB A to C, while the phone is turned off. It still splashes the logo and vibrates repeatedly.
The port is not visible to any laptop, so adb and fastboot seem out of the question.
The stock recovery on this device has "apply update from SD card", so I need to figure out how an update.zip should look like.
Razer have a bunch of older stock ROMs on their site.
Can I just take the latest, rename it update.zip, put it on a micro SD and use the stock recovery to fix things?
Just saw the tear down. It's worse than my N10+ port PCB to replace.
However if the battery is getting near its lifespan maybe now is the time as the battery needs to come out anyway to replace the port PCB.
The port PCB price is probably low.
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Just saw the tear down. It's worse than my N10+ port PCB to replace.
However if the battery is getting near its lifespan maybe now is the time as the battery needs to come out anyway to replace the port PCB.
The port PCB price is probably low.
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The other thing I just found is that when I use "apply update from ADB" it used to complain about init.usb.rc, init.usb.configfs.rc. I looked at both files. 0B length with 1969 date on them. What?
There must be some way to flash a recovery from the sd card instead of using the USB port.
The thing is the battery held the whole day after a night charge yesterday, so probably not the battery. I have a feeling some apps I used to "improve" the battery and "fix" the system deleted some bits.
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The other thing I just found is that when I use "apply update from ADB" it used to complained about is init.usb.rc, init.usb.configfs.rc. I looked at both files. 0B length with 1969 date on them. What?
There must be some way to flash a recovery from the sd card instead of using the USB port.
The thing is the battery held the whole day after a night charge yesterday, so probably not the battery. I have a feeling some apps I used to "improve" the battery and "fix" the system deleted some bits.
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If you have a bad usb port PCB I would replace it now.
They can cause a lot of mischief and in other services that you never expect it to.
The battery is cheap so it's easiest to replace it at the same time as you need to pull it anyway.
200 or more full charge cycles, replace.
One more thing. I bought a wireless charger to see if it is 100% the port, and the wireless charger has not made anything easier. It seems not capable of getting any charge in. So at the moment I have only one to charge it, turn it off and use USB A to USB C cable.
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One more thing. I bought a wireless charger to see if it is 100% the port, and the wireless charger has not made anything easier. It seems not capable of getting any charge in. So at the moment I have only one to charge it, turn it off and use USB A to USB C cable.
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Probably a defective charge port PCB... you can try a factory reset or reflashing the stock firmware if really want to test it.
Check for any signs of battery (rear panel or display bulging) swelling; replace battery asap if present! Batteries can fail at any time.
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Probably a defective charge port PCB... you can try a factory reset or reflashing the stock firmware if really want to test it.
Check for any signs of battery (rear panel or display bulging) swelling; replace battery asap if present! Batteries can fail at any time.
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I have now done the factory reset, didn't help. Nothing is bulging. I would like to flash a fresh factory ROM, but I have no access to the port. So, no fastboot and no adb. I can't even install proper drivers in Win10 PRO since the laptop does not recognize the phone, at all.
I am searching now for any solutions with the sd card. People used to do that, updates with *.zip on an sd.
Since it is out of warranty anyway now, I have finally unlocked the bootloader.
I am trying to find out if the ROMs Razer provide on their site are signed or not.
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I have now done the factory reset, didn't help. Nothing is bulging. I would like to flash a fresh factory ROM, but I have no access to the port. So, no fastboot and no adb. I can't even install proper drivers in Win10 PRO since the laptop does not recognize the phone, at all.
I am searching now for any solutions with the sd card. People used to do that, updates with *.zip on an sd.
Since it is out of warranty anyway now, I have finally unlocked the bootloader.
I am trying to find out if the ROMs Razer provide on their site are signed or not.
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The port PCB needs replaced... if you're lucky that's it.
Don't make it harder than it needs too be...
blackhawk said:
The port PCB needs replaced... if you're lucky that's it.
Don't make it harder than it needs too be...
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I don't know if you have had a chance to see the USB port assembly on Ebay? Some prices are close to $120. Add to that labor costs (unless you think I should do the deed myself) or costs for tools and fresh adhesive for the plastic that covers speakers, etc... and it is going cost me more than I paid for it new.
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blackhawk said:
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Ok, thank you for finding this, but it looks like the ribon connector wire only. The PCB besides the port also has the microphone, I think. It appears to be sold as a unit. If the problem is the wire, then sure this would be the part.
In any case, I have managed to get the wireless charger to charge. Depending on how fast the charge will be lost today will tell say something about the battery.
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Ok, thank you for finding this, but it looks like the ribon connector wire only. The PCB besides the port also has the microphone, I think. It appears to be sold as a unit. If the problem is the wire, then sure this would be the part.
In any case, I have managed to get the wireless charger to charge. Depending on how fast the charge will be lost today will tell say something about the battery.
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I'm just saying keep looking. I was surprised at the apparent lack of availability though.
Meh I feel your pain...
Maybe one of the mainstream parts venders or buy a cheap Ebay one with busted display.
My Note 10+'s port PCB goes for $20, that surprised me.
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If you have a bad usb port PCB I would replace it now.
They can cause a lot of mischief and in other services that you never expect it to.
The battery is cheap so it's easiest to replace it at the same time as you need to pull it anyway.
200 or more full charge cycles, replace.
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Unfortunately replacing the USB charge board and port in the phone doesn't always fix it. I have a box of nearly a dozen RP2 main boards I need to dig through to figure out what the actual cause of the charging boot loop
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Unfortunately replacing the USB charge board and port in the phone doesn't always fix it. I have a box of nearly a dozen RP2 main boards I need to dig through to figure out what the actual cause of the charging boot loop
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Have you played with any OS shortcut apps on it?
The Android Setup apk will get screwed up if you access it after the original setup.
Specifically it will alter the port behavior when you connect with it. Very irritating, took me days to finally track it down on my 10+
If you clear it's data in settings it may leave the null mark that's screwing it up. Some 3rd party apps can completely clear that null mark.
Otherwise factory reset.
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Have you played with any OS shortcut apps on it?
The Android Setup apk will get screwed up if you access it after the original setup.
Specifically it will alter the port behavior when you connect with it. Very irritating, took me days to finally track it down on my 10+
If you clear it's data in settings it may leave the null mark that's screwing it up. Some 3rd party apps can completely clear that null mark.
Otherwise factory reset.
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This is a hardware issue, nothing any kind of reset can fix or app clearing. Even if you have the device entirely powered off, plug it in on anything 2Amp or higher, it'll loop
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This is a hardware issue, nothing any kind of reset can fix or app clearing. Even if you have the device entirely powered off, plug it in on anything 2Amp or higher, it'll loop
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That's not how the issue I saw behaved; only happened with the device powered on and it didn't boot loop. Just an annoying pop up message.
If it has a port PCB, try replacing that. If it's just a charge port with no components on it... it's likely either corrupted firmware (reflash) or a mobo failure.
A loose connection or bad contact is also possible.
That's my guess...