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N1 won't power on, blinking orange/green

Hello,
I've just got a hold of Nexus one phone that won't start at all. I found indicator blinking from orange to green repeatedly if:
1. Battery is placed and power button pressed.
2. Phone on charger without battery.
3. Phone on charger and battery in (w/o pressing the power button).
I've tried manipulating battery/charging cable but in any way it wont start. Seeking on the web I found outdated topics that it can be either defective phone, either overheated (I doubt this one is - it doesn't getting warm at all while charging) or battery is dead.
However it is hard for me to find HTC battery that will fit on N1 (HD2 won't).
Please advice what can be the problem? Which model's battery will fit Nexus One?
Thanks.

Bricked
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It can't be bricked, help
My N1 is doing this. Anyone know what I can do? I need to fix it. I had Cyanogen 7 on it and it was rock solid till this morning. Thoughts advice? I've googled and searched for possible remedies.
Thank you!

Try a different battery. I picked up a battery from eBay that caused my phone to do this, even after fully charging. I swapped the battery and it worked just fine again.
I have ordered about five of these. Three worked fine, and the seller refunded the other two.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Battery-HTC-Des...006315?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27b7995eab

Probably not bricked, try this...
Plug the phone in the computer or outlet and remove the battery. Then press the power and hold the volume button and trackball all at the same time, kinda like ctrl+alt+del. Then put the battery back in the phone. Press the power button again and maybe.....MAYBE the phone may boot up.
GL

I was pretty sure the flashing light means a hardware failure.

GldRush98 said:
I was pretty sure the flashing light means a hardware failure.
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It could be, but and I would be inclined to agree if this very thing didn't happen to me when I was flashing a kernel a few weeks ago.

OEM batterys can still be had for the N1. I'd pay a premium for one any day rather than risk ending up with some cheap, unusable rubbish. There are some sites listed in the Accessorys forum.

[Q] Incredible S Won't turn on at all anymore.

Got the phone just over a year ago so it's just out of warranty.
The phone recently started turning off, forcing me to remove the battery in order to restart it. This occurred when I turned the screen off (power button) and left it off for more than about 20 seconds. This was obviously a massive pain in the ass, so I decided to s-off, root, then put custom firmware on it.
So I plugged it into the computer and was just downloading all the required bits, and I got a phone call. I picked up, talked for a bit, then when I hung up I instinctively turned the phone screen off. I then left it for about half an hour until the downloads were done (HTC Sync downloading at 40 kbps >.<) and then went to turn it back on. Of course it had offed itself.
So I went to pull the battery out and do the usual -- to no avail. I tried outing the battery, plugging it in, then putting the battery back in (as read from a random Google result) and nothing.
TL;DR:
Here's the status:
Phone began doing the seemingly standard random turn-offs that require a battery loop.
After a week or so of this, the phone stopped coming back on.
And it will not give any sign of life (No vibrates, no lights when plugged in, no PC response)
Phone has never been dropped / watered
Tried different leads / USB - power adapters
Battery was at about 80-90% at the time of offing forever.
Tried with SIM Card in and out
Tried with MicroSD card in and out
Is this **** bricked? I wanted to wait for the Edge to come out before I upgraded; I don't want to end up with a Sensation or something.
Any fixes?

andrew207 said:
Got the phone just over a year ago so it's just out of warranty.
The phone recently started turning off, forcing me to remove the battery in order to restart it. This occurred when I turned the screen off (power button) and left it off for more than about 20 seconds. This was obviously a massive pain in the ass, so I decided to s-off, root, then put custom firmware on it.
So I plugged it into the computer and was just downloading all the required bits, and I got a phone call. I picked up, talked for a bit, then when I hung up I instinctively turned the phone screen off. I then left it for about half an hour until the downloads were done (HTC Sync downloading at 40 kbps >.<) and then went to turn it back on. Of course it had offed itself.
So I went to pull the battery out and do the usual -- to no avail. I tried outing the battery, plugging it in, then putting the battery back in (as read from a random Google result) and nothing.
TL;DR:
Here's the status:
Phone began doing the seemingly standard random turn-offs that require a battery loop.
After a week or so of this, the phone stopped coming back on.
And it will not give any sign of life (No vibrates, no lights when plugged in, no PC response)
Phone has never been dropped / watered
Tried different leads / USB - power adapters
Battery was at about 80-90% at the time of offing forever.
Tried with SIM Card in and out
Tried with MicroSD card in and out
Is this **** bricked? I wanted to wait for the Edge to come out before I upgraded; I don't want to end up with a Sensation or something.
Any fixes?
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Sounds like your phone just died.
Another explanation is you have something loose, you should open it and check .
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using xda premium

I'll take it in the an Optus shop today and start yelling abuse, maybe that will get it fixed. Worked on my old Legend. If that doesn't work, I'll open it up and have a look.

Yelling didn't work, they just tried out the phone on all their chargers and it failed.
So I'll open it now.

OK here's a picture of the USB charger bit. I can't post external links, so I'll attach it.
It looks okay... is this what I should try replacing? The USB thingy?
BTW, I unplugged everything then plugged it all back in, so nothing's loose.

Hey Andrew, I sent you a PM.

Struggling with the same problem...
Just made a call from my phone. After the call the phone seemed to be stuck on the call screen. I didn't think anything of it and left the phone alone. When i tried to use the phone again, there was no screen and the phone was not responding. I tried to re-start the phone by pulling out the battery but it won't switch on. You people seem to have the same problem. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

Just a suggestion, but have you tried removing the battery and powering on with the charger connected?
I guess this would help resolve whether it's a battery/charger issue.
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DeGozaru said:
Just a suggestion, but have you tried removing the battery and powering on with the charger connected?
I guess this would help resolve whether it's a battery/charger issue.
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium
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I have a similair issue i was flashing a rom and my phone decided to turn off or was restarted by the rom update utility and never came back on now i tried it connected to a regular power charger and usb to my laptop and it wont recognize anything. battery was fully charged when i was flashing the rom can the incredible s power on with no battery? and if mine can't and wont be recognized by pc is it toast?

[Q] Dealing with a Nexus One with broken power button

My brother has a Nexus One and just yesterday the power button of the device decided to stop working. The problem is that being a total dumb ass, he decided to turn off the device so he could take the sim card and put it in an other phone. So even though I could just install an app on his phone and call it a day, now I'm stuck with a turned off Nexus that I can't get to power on.
I tried the battery removing and re-inserting trick several times to no avail. I plug it to a usb slot on my pc (I also tried with a charger), and when a green light appears, I remove the battery and insert it back but nothing happens. I tried different timings (as fast as possible, wait for the green light to shut down, wait for the blinking orange/green to come out) but still the phone remains dead. So what on earth am I doing wrong? Also on my Xperia Play the charging light is orange, is the light on Nexus different or does it simply refuses to charge the battery?
Is there a different way to power on the device? If not (and since I absolutely SUCK at soldering) can I just replace the faulty part with this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HTC-Nexus...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a6d7d3d29
From what I saw in some videos, the above part is easily accessible simply by removing the battery tray. But still I would prefer avoiding opening up the device since knowing my brother he will probably bust the phone in a couple of months anyway.

Not a single reply? Come on fellas, was my question so difficult?

I had multiple nexus ones that had this problem and never found a way to power them on. The last time it happened I warranty claimed it and sold it since I didn't want to deal with this problem once I was out of warranty.
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Your battery is charged, so the light is green.
First plug in the charger, then put in the battery.
Yes, you can replace the flex cable, power button is on it.
All simple answers, if you searched - you should definitely know them. It would have saved you a week of waiting for me to write it.

For me the battery trick only works after the charging light has changed to green and has been green for at least a couple of hours. For me it only works withe th charger plugged into a wall socket never worked when using a multi plug. Also if it doesnt work first go then i have to wait another couple of hours. Oh and the method that works for me is, pull th battery just slightly, green light goes out the quickly slip battery back in.
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I had mine go out on me a few months ago and after a month of pins and needles and keeping a usb battery on hand for those "in case of" moment I just bought a new flex cable. Took all of 30 mins following a guide on youtube and it works great now. It all depends on how long you plan on keeping the nexus one. For me, I had 4 to 5 months until my upgrade, so it seemed worth it. Seeing as there is no news on the GN coming to tmob anytime soon, I might have to hang on a little longer.
Other than that, take the back off and fiddle around with it. Only help I can offer.

Dead AHD Issues

I'll start off by saying that I sell phones for a living, so I probably see a higher concentration of problems per phone. I'm a pretty big fan of the AHD and highly recommend it since I own one. Last week was just weird though.
Is anyone having an issue with their device just randomly powering off and not coming back on? Last week I had 5. Count it 5 AHDs come in the store that randomly powered off while being used with a charge and would not turn on. Most would show a green light when charging, but it would come and go. I used the power + volume button method to fix all but 2 of them. Absolutely stumped as to what's going on.
Any input guys?

You're saying it was plugged in and charging when the problem occurred? It may be that you are using the wrong charger. The charger that comes with the phone is rated for 5.1V output so you have to use that or plug it into a computer USB port. I had a weird issue that sounds similar to your problem when I inadvertently plugged my Atrix HD into a Samsung charger.

No no, I meant that the phone was charged, and that it didn't die because the battery went dead. They all claimed they were using factory chargers, and I know for a fact that one I couldn't revive was using a factory charger.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876036&highlight=green+light
maybe?

AzraelsVoice said:
I'll start off by saying that I sell phones for a living, so I probably see a higher concentration of problems per phone. I'm a pretty big fan of the AHD and highly recommend it since I own one. Last week was just weird though.
Is anyone having an issue with their device just randomly powering off and not coming back on? Last week I had 5. Count it 5 AHDs come in the store that randomly powered off while being used with a charge and would not turn on. Most would show a green light when charging, but it would come and go. I used the power + volume button method to fix all but 2 of them. Absolutely stumped as to what's going on.
Any input guys?
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Mine had the same problem, but it started after I tried taking the battery out and ripped the connector on it. The battery wasn't the issue though, I tried two other batteries and had the same problem.. Sometimes it wouldn't turn on at all and just show the green led. I flashed the stock ics sbf hoping for something and It kept doing it daily for about a week but it slowly started doing it less and less. Now it just doesn't happen at all anymore. Very strange.

[Q] HTC Vivid won't charge or turn on

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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krekol said:
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