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[Q] Phone completely dead. Any ideas?

Today my phone suddenly died on me and refuses to boot up. I came home from work and the phone was working fine. Made a few phone calls, checked a few apps etc. Battery was about 70%.
I left the phone aside and when I picked it up at bed time, it had shut down. Now it doesn't boot at all. I thought maybe the battery had suddenly died down and put it to charge but it isn't turning on at all. Can't even get to the LG logo. Anyone have any clue what to do?
I thought I was one of the lucky few to get a handset which didn't reboot
Edit: Thought I should mention that I was running stock ROM, rooted, with CWM recovery installed

Can you bring up recovery mode? Did you try NVFlash?
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Remove and replace the battery first and then try charging trough your usb cable and pc. Let it charge for a few minutes and try to boot.
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mparack said:
Today my phone suddenly died on me and refuses to boot up. I came home from work and the phone was working fine. Made a few phone calls, checked a few apps etc. Battery was about 70%.
I left the phone aside and when I picked it up at bed time, it had shut down. Now it doesn't boot at all. I thought maybe the battery had suddenly died down and put it to charge but it isn't turning on at all. Can't even get to the LG logo. Anyone have any clue what to do?
I thought I was one of the lucky few to get a handset which didn't reboot
Edit: Thought I should mention that I was running stock ROM, rooted, with CWM recovery installed
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had the same problem.
nvflash fixed it, once the problem was solved I kept getting reboots 20x a day so I nvflashed again and flashed CM7 and havent had a reboot/ BSOD since. I also thought I was one of the lucky ones that didn't reboot at first btw

Thanks guys. Wouldn't power up at all in normal or recovery so couldn't nvflash it. Tried usb, charging etc etc.
However after countless battery pulls just started up again and working perfectly since. I've powered up my trusty htc magic as a backup meanwhile. No idea what went wrong at all.
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by recovery you ment CWM or Upgrade mode? (that is remove battery, hold volume down button and plug in usb while holding it)

mikee2185 said:
by recovery you ment CWM or Upgrade mode? (that is remove battery, hold volume down button and plug in usb while holding it)
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Not tried upgrade mode just the volume+power. Maybe something to keep in mind for next time.

ok, i just wanted to make sure that upgrade mode works even if the phone is completely ****ed up

Dead Battery issue (minor freak out)

I just wanted to recap my experience for the benefit of others. I am running the latest rum runner ROM with CWM 5.0.x.x. I have not updated my CWM yet because I do not have an external sd card right now, and don't want to upgrade until I do, since 5.5.x.x mounts external sd, not internal.
So yesterday I let my phone completely die before I got home for the night. I plugged it in, and it booted straight into recovery as soon as I booted. If I chose reboot option in recovery, it would just reboot back into recovery again. If I unplugged my phone and chose reboot option, it would just shut the phone off. Plug charger back in, and phone would turn itself on and back into recovery. After letting it sit on the charger in recovery (which does not show a charging light btw) for about 30 minutes, it was still doing the same thing. After about another 30 minutes on the charger, I tried it one more time before I was going to start thinking of other options. I guess it built up enough of a charge to boot without being plugged in, and since it was not plugged in, it booted normally.
I just wanted to share my experience in case this happens to anyone else. Just leave the phone on the charger sitting in recovery mode. Even though there is not light on, the phone is still charging.

I'm glad someone posted this. The very samething happened to me and I was freaking out too. I knew the phone wasn't bricked bc it would always boot back into recovery but it just wouldn't boot into the rom. I too left on the charger for about an hour until it finally booted back up. I'm not running a custom rom but I am rooted.

That is an issue with the 5.5 rec. It's causing devices which are off and plugged in to boot to rec.
Just let it charge for a few minutes to make sure it has some juice, then pull the battery and unplug it. Then turn it on, wait ten seconds to get past the initial bootup, and then plug back in. Also I think you can avoid it all by using fastboot in settings/power.
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I guess it is an issue in the 5.0 recovery too. I guess the best thing to do is to just shut your phone off once it hits a couple of percent

I am also using CWM 5.0. I haven't upgraded to 5.5 yet.

I upgraded using ROM manger and let my phones battery die and now it will not charge. So now that my battery will not charge my phone will not turn back on. I have tried every thing I can think of and nothing is working. Anyone have any ideas?
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Neodous said:
I upgraded using ROM manger and let my phones battery die and now it will not charge. So now that my battery will not charge my phone will not turn back on. I have tried every thing I can think of and nothing is working. Anyone have any ideas?
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Did you read what the OP had posted??
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I did read that but I was not getting into recovery. But now I did get the phone to boot into hboot. Tired to flash the old cwr but it tells me that the battery is to low and it fails. So do you know if the phone will charge in hboot?
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I seem to have fixed the issue by using adb and booting into hboot and letting the phone charge enough to turn it on. After which I reflashed the 1st CWR that I had on the phone and now everything seem to be just fine.

[Q] Can't Boot Phone

So I've been running HoliRaider v1 and it's been working beautifully however last night my phone died, and when it dies it boots into recovery. This is usually fine however the phone will not charge in recovery but instantly boots into it if i plug it in. Basically, it's stuck there because it only charges (as shown by the orange light indicator) for a second before entering recovery. Then, it just stays there. I'm not sure if I should even restore at this point, as that wouldn't exactly work with 0 battery. If anyone has any idea what to do please let me know.

Looks like you either need to charge the battery using a stock phone from either a friend or go to the att store and see if they will let you charge your battery on their floor unit for a few
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at this point getting the battery charged is priority. this is probably your best bet without having to buy some kind of charger or new battery
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Looks like you either need to charge the battery using a stock phone from either a friend or go to the att store and see if they will let you charge your battery on their floor unit for a few
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I had this happen when I first got the phone. Should you eventually get it to boot (I did after taking out the battery, putting it back in, and then trying to turn it on while plugging it in, it took many attempts), let it charge to 100%, then flash thecubed's ClockworkMod which supports chargemode when powered off. You should be fine after that.

you can flash the recovery in fastboot if the phone stays on long enough.
formicae said:
I had this happen when I first got the phone. Should you eventually get it to boot (I did after taking out the battery, putting it back in, and then trying to turn it on while plugging it in, it took many attempts), let it charge to 100%, then flash thecubed's ClockworkMod which supports chargemode when powered off. You should be fine after that.
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rft3ch said:
you can flash the recovery in fastboot if the phone stays on long enough.
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Personally I wouldn't flash anything with a battery that may conk-out mid-write.

[Q]I Can not keep my device to stay powered up.

Hello,
First off, I have googled over the last 3 days for a fix, I have also searched these forums so forgive me if I have overlooked something.
I got a ReFurbished Droid 3 as a replacement for my old device(HTC Trophy) from Verizon Tech Support. I can not keep this device powered up! I have factory reset from within Privacy, and also from recovery. The device does this at random times and within 3 minutes of me pushing the power button. Sometimes during bootup(Where the Red Moto logo is) it will shutdown. Sometimes during the boot animation. Finally, if I somehow get the lucky chance of making it into the launcher, I usually get 30 seconds or 2 minutes. I tried to verify that the battery is working by downloading and installing a Battery app to check the voltage and see if the battery is bad, and there is no significant drain happening when not charging. Also, in the fastboot menu, Battery Status says "OK". So I have narrowed this down to being a PHONE issue and NOT a battery issue.
The device is on the 5.7.906 or w/e the newest firmware is. The phone does not feel hot. Also, in the recovery menu, I could probably leave the phone on that screen forever or until the battery would drain without the first reboot.
So the questions:
1. Is there a fix for this?
I fear that the replacement Droid 3 that is being sent to me is going to do the same, seeing as to how I got a replacement Trophy and it was doing the same as my old Trophy(Loved this phone). So this is going to be the 3rd device that Verizon has sent me and I really need a phone for work.
2. If I can install a custom ROM, would that help at all?
If this is a software issue, I would imagine grabbing any of the roms would fix this phone.
3. I know this is a known issue, but are there clues to maybe point towards a fix that needs to be done?
Maybe if I knew what the problem was(e.x. line 32 of build.prop says 'y' instead of 'x') and no one knew how to fix that, I could try to figure a way out to fix it.
Thanks for the help,
-Peperm1nt

if it's hardware, send it back
I would try the one click 906 sbf, but battery needs to be charged
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1686911
does it go into charging mode when turned off then connected to wall charger
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yes, it goes to the charging screen when it is plugged up while powered off and shows 100%. I'll give the SBF a shot. A different device is being sent out and should be here Monday. Thanks.

ok, good that charge screen works
one thing you could do, is see how long battery lasts, in android recovery or AP Fastboot
should be hours, not really sure, though

Well, I was going to try and SBF but I don't wanna chance it now.. I did a Fastboot test and the device still randomly shuts down. Couldn't make it past 2 minutes. Guess I'll wait on the other phone.

my guess is battery is bad, bad connection, or hardware failure
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yeh thats what im assuming as well. another battery should be here mon or tues.

Verizon Tech Support
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isn't that an oxymoron?

For real lol, this will be the third device in 2 weeks.

Well, i got the battery issue resolved. Now I'm not getting data on the thing for some reason.. any ideas? Set to CDMA and data is enabled. Lol problem after problem with Verizon.
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and that phone' esn is active on your account, and not another phone
you can make calls
tried *228
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Phone won't turn back on.

I just hit the restart button and it won't turn back on. Took out the battery/s-pen/sd card/sim for a while and nothing. Not rooted or have been. Can't access any type of recovery or download mode. When ever i try to charge the phone there is no notification that the battery is charging. It died on me around 90ish percent.
Any idea whats wrong?

Largan said:
I just hit the restart button and it won't turn back on. Took out the battery/s-pen/sd card/sim for a while and nothing. Not rooted or have been. Can't access any type of recovery or download mode. When ever i try to charge the phone there is no notification that the battery is charging. It died on me around 90ish percent.
Any idea whats wrong?
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Have you tried booting without the SD card installed?

agent929 said:
Have you tried booting without the SD card installed?
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Yes. removed everything except for the battery and still to no avail.

Largan said:
I just hit the restart button and it won't turn back on. Took out the battery/s-pen/sd card/sim for a while and nothing. Not rooted or have been. Can't access any type of recovery or download mode. When ever i try to charge the phone there is no notification that the battery is charging. It died on me around 90ish percent.
Any idea whats wrong?
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Sounds crazy. But in my experience when that happens. Sometimes it can be a bad battery (go to a place and test a new battery) If it powers on, try making sure the device charges. If it does not, then it is definitely dead. Worth a shot thats for sure. Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I as well had a bad brand new in the box Note 3. And let me tell you I have had my fair share of phones. It was the first time in my life I had a DOA on a cell phone. Basically I had touch issues. And would start freezing and flipping out without me doing anything. I hope it gets resolved for you.
PS - Wanted to add if you got your device within 14 days. Demand they replace it with your carrier. If for some stupid reason they do not budge. You do have a warranty. And Samsung should be able to check the device out if it was a DOA. IE If they open it up and see not foul play (Water Damage, physical damage etc) You should be ok.
Best of luck.

I have no idea what happened to my phone. After pulling the battery and trying constantly for over an hour. It just turned on. I hope I never have to deal with that again. My two week return period is coming up soon. Thanks for the help guys. Cheers.
Edit: nevermind it just shut back off and doing it again. Taking it back to at&t.

Largan said:
I have no idea what happened to my phone. After pulling the battery and trying constantly for over an hour. It just turned on. I hope I never have to deal with that again. My two week return period is coming up soon. Thanks for the help guys. Cheers.
Edit: nevermind it just shut back off and doing it again. Taking it back to at&t.
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Mine did this just now. Reproduced by using Samsung link to transfer movies from my pc to the sd card on my note 3. Odd to say the least
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inmotion said:
Mine did this just now. Reproduced by using Samsung link to transfer movies from my pc to the sd card on my note 3. Odd to say the least Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N900A using xda app-developers app
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Just got back from att. They replaced the phone no problem. Was within my two week return. Hopefully I do not encounter this problem again . Next time i will have to send it to Samsung for repair. That will take a month on its own.