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[Q] Soft bricked, no download mode, jig doesn't do anything.

My phone only displays the phone!computer icon, and I've tried all the button combinations for getting into download mode. I tried using a usb jig and it does nothing at all. The computer doesn't recognize the phone when I plug it in. Is there any way to fix this?
I've been reading as many posts about this as I can, but I've been awake around 30 hours now and I just don't think I can dig around any more. This really sucks

Sorry that you hadn't come across this sooner, but you can use that phone--/!\--pc screen as download mode. Just fire up Odin/Heimdall, hook it up to your computer, and Odin/Heimdall should see it and be ready to flash.

Thanks, but I've tried both and neither of them recognize my phone.

Have you looked through the Captivate Connection Issues thread. That will cover a lot of the steps that might get your phone and pc communicating again.

Faced this recently and i was not able to flash stock from phone ! com screen as the phone was not reconized by PC, Used a jig and the phone was in DL mode.
Do you have a proper jig or a home made one ?

Yes I have tried the methods in the Connection Issues thread, couldn't get any of them to work though.
I have a jig I bought from amazon.

Use that screen as dl mode
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I've tried that but odin or heimdall won't recognize my phone.

drktigger said:
I've tried that but odin or heimdall won't recognize my phone.
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Then I bet you either have a bad cable or you messed up your drivers by using both Odin AND heimdall.
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Hmmm... but I've been able to use both before I bricked my phone.

I think there is something wrong with ur cable and jig its not possible that jig will not force this screen to DL mode. Did u checked the jig with another phone ?

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Hmmm... but I've been able to use both before I bricked my phone.
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Heimdall's drivers breaks Odin on that usb port.
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Well, my usb cable never gave me any trouble before, and I've used it many times to flash roms to my phone.
The jig has never worked though, even when I tried it while my phone was functional. Should I try to make my own jig to see if that works? Is it possible that a jig doesn't work for all phones, or is that pretty unlikely?
I use separate usb ports, one for odin and the other one for heimdall.

drktigger said:
Well, my usb cable never gave me any trouble before, and I've used it many times to flash roms to my phone.
The jig has never worked though, even when I tried it while my phone was functional. Should I try to make my own jig to see if that works? Is it possible that a jig doesn't work for all phones, or is that pretty unlikely?
I use separate usb ports, one for odin and the other one for heimdall.
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You could have a bad jig, worst case scenario your phones usb port could be busted. More likely that the jig has a cheap or faulty resistor. I
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Okay, so I guess my best bet is to just try to build my own jig. I'm thinking I'll try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128

Remember the correct resistance is 301k ohms. Although anything from 287k-309k should work. But considering radio Shack resistors have 5% margin I've had phones not work with 300k. Just a fyi.
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Okay, but I know next to nothing about this stuff, so how would I make a jig that's 301k or 309k ohm as opposed to one that's just 300k ohm. I've never had to buy resisters before so...

Uh probably will need to buy enough to sum up 301k (ei 3 100k + 1 1k) unless your Radio Shack (or other electronic store) has a 300k or 301k single resistor. This is what I used to make my first one. Just don't bother buying the usb head he uses (way to expensive). You can skip the connector and just stick the resistors directly in the phones hub though thats up 2 you.

Okay uhhhhh derp! That sounds simple enough lol just making sure I get it right. Thanks a lot man. I guess I'll be making a trip to radio shack as soon as I can. Hope this works!

I got the jig built and fidgeted around for around 20 minutes, and thought maybe this wasn't going to work. Then I remembered I had an old charging cable I found in an office trash can. I cut out the micro usb part and plugged it into the phone and touched the jig on pins 4 and 5, waited a few, and the download mode screen popped up! I was so close to giving up I couldn't believe my eyes! Thank you so much for your help everyone. I mean holy crap...

[Q] my note not turning on

i am on stock ics 4.0.3 lpa rooted don't know what happend i am playing zynga poker and suddenly my phone switched off now it is not turning on tried everything removing battery, everything it was 27% charged please help guys even i can't get into recovery mode or downloading mode.. there is no evidence of life

try replacing the battery. I have seen a lot of that happen on rooted devices where when the battery hits 0% it will not respond to a charger or anything. I am having the same problem but have not replaced the battery yet

i don't have any other battery

Did you try the hard reset (holding the power button for 10 seconds)? Does the battery picture show up on the screen if you connect the charger?

pjm77 said:
Did you try the hard reset (holding the power button for 10 seconds)? Does the battery picture show up on the screen if you connect the charger?
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no dude nothing is shown it's just completely black on the screen whatever i try it doesn't mater

I've had the same experience last saturday, but for some unknown reason, it magically worked again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28089880
Hey. I just had this issue today. I thought my phone got bricked without doing anything. I was using it then 10 mins later it won't respond when i took it out of my pocket..
I had about 80% battery when it died this morning. I tried to boot it to recovery or download mode but nothing....
I finally tried using my bro-inlaw's battery but still nothing...
I blew my battery contacts and pins... Removed the sim and sdcard then placed battery back.
Tried turning it on normally... It did! My battery was at 59% when it finally turned on..
I'm on PA v0.4 with white gnote unit.
I think it may have been the unit acting up, not the rom.
Any thoughts?
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Hey mate thats a sympton of battery going completely dead, try another battery or try to charge your battery with a external battery charger. Dont worry your note is fine just the battery gone dead.

First of all manage for charged battery, then only picture gets clear.
If it solve your problem then you may need not to do anything.

today i visited sams service centre after checking my fone they said that my note get oveheated and my motherboard blown up.. they said that it will be replaced in 3 days till then i have to wait
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dr.ketan said:
First of all manage for charged battery, then only picture gets clear.
If it solve your problem then you may need not to do anything.
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i have tried another battery but still no luck it doesn't shown up a single sign of life
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If possible Get jig and try to get into download mode.
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dr.ketan said:
If possible Get jig and try to get into download mode.
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now jig is of no use i have sended my fone to sams sc to get it repaired

Doesn't Note (or may be all android phones) turn itself off when temp gets too high ?

Boy124 said:
Doesn't Note (or may be all android phones) turn itself off when temp gets too high ?
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Idk.. maybe you can try and tell us the results.. unfortunately in my case the motherboard got boiled
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recieved my note today from sams sc it is working pretty as it is supposed to now there is no problem with hardware.. just get some new scratches on my camera lense now they are approx 8-10... a bit dissapointed but i noticed a new thing that my serial no. is 0000000 in status under about phone under settings any one can check out that they have the same no. or any other no. there?
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Rooted Warranty

Hey guys,
So the battery went bad on my D4 last week. My phone is rooted, and it will not boot past the DualCore screen. Because it won't boot, there is no way for me to unroot it. Is it safe to send in for a warranty claim since it doesn't boot, or will they try to fix it and then see if it is rooted?

They might not. I busted my usb port once... phone was still rooted and I crazy glued the port closed so the people who reciecve it wouldn't know. Give it a shot it, because if they do find out you would have to pay for another phone anyway.
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Have you tried connecting to a pc using a official Motorola usb cable? Sometimes that works even if the battery won't charge or at least i think i read that somewhere.

maddeath said:
Have you tried connecting to a pc using a official Motorola usb cable? Sometimes that works even if the battery won't charge or at least i think i read that somewhere.
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Its not an official motorola cable, its a motorola factory cable, it bypasses battery and directly powers the device, and you can use it to charge and flash in a low battery situation.
I think you would be okay, because the first thing they usually do is flash it back to stock before checking the hardware. I sent in a phone that was safestrapped/rooted, because it died after overheating, and everything checked out okay.
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[Q] Very Serious problem, i beg your replies. (Can't turn on and charge)

Hi, I am a user of velicty 4g from HK. (My English is really rubbish, sorry)
As shown in the title, my phone is dead suddenly when i was listening to music.
The following conditions are given.
Phone: Velocity 4g
Rom: Borken Rom Sense 4.1 ver.3.6 (Android 4.0.4)
The phone usually go out suddenly(about one-two time per day), it could be restarted by resetting the battery, but this time cannot.
Phone won't charge neither no orange light shown and the button won't vibrate when pressing it.
The monitor is on and give a black screen if I take out sim card and sd card.
The monitor is also on with a black screen if I charge the phone without battery.
Won't get into recovery nor bootloader.
Won't detected by computer when linked with the USB cable
I prefer not to have warrenty because i had it just 2 weeks ago due to the broken monitor glass....(HKD1300! I don't want to pay anymore!)

no one reply? wtf....?

First off... we are not HTC tech support... that's why people post that disclaimer...
Second... have you read the other topics in this thread...
Third... and most important... what recovery are you using...
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rignfool said:
First off... we are not HTC tech support... that's why people post that disclaimer...
Second... have you read the other topics in this thread...
Third... and most important... what recovery are you using...
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sorry for my impolite comment
my current recovery is cwm.

You need to ditch CWM... it doesn't support charging while off... for the vivid
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rignfool said:
You need to ditch CWM... it doesn't support charging while off... for the vivid
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but i can't do any thing when the phone is off....(Can't boot into bootloader)

nganbr said:
but i can't do any thing when the phone is off....(Can't boot into bootloader)
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May need a new battery to get the phone back on so you can boot up and change recovery.

esloan said:
May need a new battery to get the phone back on so you can boot up and change recovery.
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The phone cannot turn on even a new battery is installed...
Do you think it is the problem with motherboard?

Should have read the forum and used twrp cwm causes problems on this phone. Not sure what you can do but if you get it fixed install twrp
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Have you tried a different USB cable or charger? If the phone is not charging and you have tried a different battery (do you have an external charger for the battery) you might be at the end of your luck. Basic logical troubleshooting, start with power (battery, charger, outlet) and expand from there. If you have tried changing the battery but the battery was dead or your charger is faulty you could still have no power. Do you have a friend with the same phone, maybe have them loan you their battery.

Thank you!
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Have you tried a different USB cable or charger? If the phone is not charging and you have tried a different battery (do you have an external charger for the battery) you might be at the end of your luck. Basic logical troubleshooting, start with power (battery, charger, outlet) and expand from there. If you have tried changing the battery but the battery was dead or your charger is faulty you could still have no power. Do you have a friend with the same phone, maybe have them loan you their battery.
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Tried everything....
And finally HTC said the warrenty fee is HKD2060 (I bought this phone with HKD3000). I think i would buy a new one. (i won't buy htc again because it is very hard to buy accessories and the warrenty fee is too harsh for me.)

[Q] Phone will not charge or turn on

Hello guys my HTC One that I got around launch suddenly decided to quit out on me. It had died because I was using it. I charged it for a bit and then it died again so I put it back to charge and no LED light. I've switched out with multiple cables and nothing seems to be working. So I'm going to go on a limb here and say its bricked. Any other words of advice?
Btw it is a T-Mobile phone so what do I do if it is in fact bricked? Will they replace it for me because I would hate to buy another phone because this thing isn't cheap. Thank you guys in advance

Rooted? Which ROM?

Um, sure I guess? Should this be in a different section?

farrisizdaman said:
Um, sure I guess? Should this be in a different section?
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which rom were you using?

Make sure it's fully charged! Then unplug power cord. hold both power and down volume buttons around 30 second or more. That worked for me!
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