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Bionic is Not Turning On.

It's not rooted and doesn't have anything on it. Pretty much stock. Sent a text msg this morning and checked my email from it. Came back to it abt 20 minutes later and it won't even turn on. Tried charging it. Won't turn on. Tried swapping with my regular battery (which was fully charged when I put it away. It could be dead by now.). Nothing. Tried removing the battery, waiting, replacing the battery. Nothing. I did briefly get the M Dual Core icon and then all went blank.
Suggestions?

Back to VZW. Sounds like a faulty handset.
Good Luck,
RMD

rduckwor said:
Back to VZW. Sounds like a faulty handset.
Good Luck,
RMD
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I second this.

Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.

BFirebird101 said:
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
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idefiler6 said:
I second this.
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rduckwor said:
Back to VZW. Sounds like a faulty handset.
Good Luck,
RMD
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Thanks, all.. Hauled my cookies 30 minutes over to Verizon. The sales rep assumed I hadn't bothered to charge my phone. When he realized it wasn't the battery, he was extremely helpful and replaced the phone on the spot. He said he'd never seen that before and with a phone less than 1 month old, I shouldn't have those kinds of issues. Kudos to Verizon for a pleasant experience. I've had some bad experiences in the past, but this gentleman was helpful and didn't try to sell me any accessories! ;p (They always try to sell me something when I'm there.)

BFirebird101 said:
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
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This is referencing what one would do if the software had an issue, if it does this will fix it but kinda sounds like hardware. I have returned my Bionic to stock twice its fairly easy, computer does almost everything. Here is this to get you going if you wanna do it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1262540
Just remember, phone has to be in fastboot mode to be detected by RSD Lite and once its detected and the file starts flashing, if it seems like its not making progress while saying otherwise, dont unplug it just wait
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BFirebird101 said:
Without going through the pain of returning it, would you be able to connect it to your computer, and reflash the (is it TRZ?) file through the new RSD Lite through the stock bootloader? Definitely worth a try.
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One would need the ability to turn the phone on in the first place for this to be attempted. That's why no one was mentioning the FXZ.

The phone booted to the dual core M logo, which with myself that happens to be as far as mine would go when i successfully flashed my FXZ. The phone needs to boot to the fastboot screen which can be done on many occasions that the phone can get to the first logo, as long as there is battery left.
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But congrats on the new replacement i just saw that after i posted
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It hasn't happened to me but I have to pull the battery on my wifes Bionic at least once a week and twice in one day. It would just go away suddenly and act like it was dead. I may return it for a replacement.

if anyone has exchanged their Bionic for a replacement because of the BSOD defect, will you please provide feedback in this thread? thanks

hi all:
just bought a bionic off ebay for cheap ($20 + free ship) but it has problems
it was being sold as "battery with water damage but phone is not but wont power on"
he said one night he left it in his drawer and when he woke up it didn't work anymore he tried removing battery and all that.
to my understanding the battery was previously water damaged and he could still use it and then got the wont power on later on.
anyhow to my question
the phone comes today with just the phone, water damaged battery and wall charger.
should I cut the end off the charger and do the wires to the battery and insert battery into phone and plug usb cord from laptop to the phone?
isn't this the correct way for bsod and a non water damaged battery?
is there anyway to test the waterdamaged battery to see if it could still be good?
I have a multimeter

[Q] Bionic won't turn on at all...

I found a similar thread from a while ago, but the scenario was different so I figured a new thread wouldn't be that far out of the question.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
So here's what's happening.
Five days ago I threw [R3]BLURR3D 1.7 on my friend's Bionic coming from 1.1.
Stupid as it is, I didn't do a full wipe/reset (Just wiped cache and dalvik) since I noticed that the other versions as they were coming out were no wipe updates.
Five days running smooth as all holy hell, and then yesterday his phone started skipping while playing music with the screen off. He couldn't turn the screen on so he pulled the battery. When attempting to turn the phone back on it booted up and hung on the boot animation then shut down. Now it wont turn on at all, tried two different batteries.
So my question is this, could this just be a random faulty model or could my stupidity have royally screwed up his phone?
I'm familiar with soft bricks and know that the phone will present text saying your screwed if it's a hard brick, but I've never seen a phone not even boot up due to screwing with ROMS and such.
TL;DR
Only wiped cache and dalvik upgrading to [R3]BLURR3D 1.7 from 1.1 (stupid, I know) and after five days of smooth sailing now my friend's Bioninc wont turn on at all.
Faulty hand set?
Can this be fixed?
Do I owe my friend a new phone?

Creepazoid said:
I found a similar thread from a while ago, but the scenario was different so I figured a new thread wouldn't be that far out of the question.
Any input is greatly appreciated.
So here's what's happening.
Five days ago I threw [R3]BLURR3D 1.7 on my friend's Bionic coming from 1.1.
Stupid as it is, I didn't do a full wipe/reset (Just wiped cache and dalvik) since I noticed that the other versions as they were coming out were no wipe updates.
Five days running smooth as all holy hell, and then yesterday his phone started skipping while playing music with the screen off. He couldn't turn the screen on so he pulled the battery. When attempting to turn the phone back on it booted up and hung on the boot animation then shut down. Now it wont turn on at all, tried two different batteries.
So my question is this, could this just be a random faulty model or could my stupidity have royally screwed up his phone?
I'm familiar with soft bricks and know that the phone will present text saying your screwed if it's a hard brick, but I've never seen a phone not even boot up due to screwing with ROMS and such.
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Only wiped cache and dalvik upgrading to [R3]BLURR3D 1.7 from 1.1 (stupid, I know) and after five days of smooth sailing now my friend's Bioninc wont turn on at all.
Faulty hand set?
Can this be fixed?
Do I owe my friend a new phone?
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Try dhacker29's 1-click restore in development. If that doesn't work, I'd say yes.
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mistawolfe said:
Try dhacker29's 1-click restore in development. If that doesn't work, I'd say yes.
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Thanks for the advice, but the phone wont turn on at all so there's no chance of getting it into fastboot.
Or was that an elaborate and sarcastic way to say I'm screwed haha.

Creepazoid said:
Thanks for the advice, but the phone wont turn on at all so there's no chance of getting it into fastboot.
Or was that an elaborate and sarcastic way to say I'm screwed haha.
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I wasn't being sarcastic, however this is me now saying you're probably screwed.
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Have you tryed plugging it into a charger is the battery charged. Have held the volume down button while powering the phone on?

Haha, alright, well thanks again for the heads up on the one-click, definitely going to come in handy in the future.
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beidave said:
Have you tryed plugging it into a charger is the battery charged. Have held the volume down button while powering the phone on?
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He said he's tried a few different batteries.
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So what was the verdict? Mine just did the same thing. However, I Have followed all of the directions everytime i've flashed and never had an issue til right now.

If you can't get the phone on at all, no fastboot or anything. No hardware buttons do anything, nothing comes up on the screen with anything you try....
That's a hard brick.
= requires a new phone
No way to fix it.

Couple more things. I mean this is almost identical to what mine did, the ONLY difference is I was browsing rootz using Dolphin HD. And I'm on
R3blurr3d V2.0 PBX
Ice Cream Sandwich Exp3ri3nce
Forever Root and .893 update
Misc Tweaks
I flashed everything yesterday ran fine last night and all day today. Now yesterday I bought a extended battery, but I flashed everything, charged all night, and used it all day with it installed.
well, I was just about to post and noticed something else here. The top of the phone near the earpiece, Sim card, etc., is warm. I would say warm like your battery would be during moderate use, and that is with it plugged in to ac power for about a half hour.

When I messed up my flash and my phone was stuck at the dual-core logo, I followed the steps below.
Pull your battery.
When you put it back in, hold down the power and volume down to access fastboot mode.
From there you can do a one-click restore method.
That is how I solved my problem. I hope it helps you.
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nickbeisher said:
Couple more things. I mean this is almost identical to what mine did, the ONLY difference is I was browsing rootz using Dolphin HD. And I'm on
R3blurr3d V2.0 PBX
Ice Cream Sandwich Exp3ri3nce
Forever Root and .893 update
Misc Tweaks
I flashed everything yesterday ran fine last night and all day today. Now yesterday I bought a extended battery, but I flashed everything, charged all night, and used it all day with it installed.
well, I was just about to post and noticed something else here. The top of the phone near the earpiece, Sim card, etc., is warm. I would say warm like your battery would be during moderate use, and that is with it plugged in to ac power for about a half hour.
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have you triedf pulling the battery and putting it back in. the hold volume key down and power at the same time? if that works then just restore using fxz. if it does not work your phone is bricked

Brick!!
This is my third droid, I had The D1, the X, and now the bionic. By far I like this one much better than the the others. I have rooted all of them, and done the basic app freezing, overclocking, and other basic mods. This is my first go round with the custom rom flashing. I Flashed R3blurr3d, and every new update ( each update a new flash ). I also flashed D3blurr3d, and Liberty, just to check them out. I personally like Reblurr3d. When I flashed I always followed every direction to the letter, and if I was unclear on something rather than ask a stupid question, or ask something that had already been covered. I read and search until I find the answer I need and it is clear to me, sometimes that means searching for hours on end. I do this for the fear of ending up with a "Brick".
Now with everything I have read about any of these phones to "Brick" It is an error on the user's end while flashing or something of that sort, ( not following directions ).
So with everything operating butter smooth, and flashing dozens of times before this. What would cause a "Brick" during everyday use?

My guess is....he didn't know what he was doing. You rooted it for him and left it rooted for a user that knows nothing about root access. He probably did something using root access to fck something up.
When someone asks you to root their phone for them, the answer is always no.
Unless they know what they're doing, never give someone root access.

my first bionic did same thing. it was not rooted yet. just started rebooting it self. got more frequint then just quit the way you talked about. hardware problem.

Yes. That is what it is. It is a hardware issue, after talking to tech support it is a capacitor or something like along those lines, it stores battery power for times when more power is needed, like turning on the phone for instance. And when it randomly boots it is because it runs short on power due to the faulty hardware.
But apparently it is a known issue with Verizon, so if it happens to anyone else they should not have any trouble getting a new phone. I talked to a very nice tech support agent, and I will have a new phone by noon on Saturday.
And also I didn't have anyone root my phone, I do all of it on myself, Im no computer genius, but like I said I take my time and follow directions. And until now I have had no issues, and this had nothing to do with root access, flashing custom rims, or any other tweaking just a bad part Anthe phone. The thread was started by someone else. When I searched the threads, I found this and it was the same exact problem as I had, so that's why I asked what the end result was.
So with all that being said maybe this will be informative to someone else.

Refurb D3 from Asurion

A week or so ago i dropped my phone in my truck and broke the screen. Asurion sent me a new one the next day and it has been nothing but problems. The battery they sent with it wont last more than 2 or 3 hours with the phone sitting on the desk not being touched. I tried my old battery and it had the same results. I made a nandroid of my old phone and restored it on the new one and nothing worked correctly. I did a full system wipe/restore and the phone seemed to be working but it won't detect a network after a reboot unless i restart the phone again. Asurion is sending me another phone tomorrow so hopefully it will work better than this one. With the battery issues, i tried everything from the forums to calibrate it and turn off things to lenghten but nothing worked. I hope the next replacement is a better device. I love my D3 but i can't live with a phone that has no battery life.
Also, when i did the full system restore, my google account did not sync any of my old information. The market would give me an error (even after accepting the ToS) and none of my contact information (from google or verizon backup manager) made it to the new device.
UPDATE:
Asurion sent me a new D3. Hopefully this one won't suffer from the same problems as the last few.

I always thought a nandroid could only be put on the phone it came from. Even thought its the same model phone. As far as the other issues you are having sorry, it sounds like you got a lemon.
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All Asurion phones have a one year warranty through Verizon IIRC. Call them up and ask.
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Agree with MrObvious. I just got a replacement D3 from asurion and I couldn't be happier. I guess it is just luck of the draw with the one they send you.
I had a Droid 2 originally.
-1st replacement they gave me the backlight on the keyboard didn't work
-2nd replacement the audio jack crackled when i moved the headphones and the phone restarted itself any time I turned on the GPS.
-3rd replacement was a D3 (current phone) and it has GREAT battery life. (still 90% after a full day of work). Make them replace it for you, they likely will. Good luck man.

It was a lemon
The first one they sent was a lemon. The new one came with a battery that had a charge of 44%. I put it in when i got home, rooted and restored all of my stuff with titanium backup, used the phone for a few hours (light use, few phone calls, some market use), and turned the alarm on for this morning. When i got up this morning it had been roughly 15 hours since i put the battery in without charging and it was at 21%. I think this one will keep me happy for a while.

Good to hear man, glad that you can now enjoy the phone more fully!

Random reboots.

*no need to comment problem resolved thank you*
kinda pissed im on my third d3. 1st one random reboot problems sent it back got a refurbished one. 2nd one headphone jack stoped working. 3rd one refurbished once again. this 3rd one that i got came with a dead pixle yes annoying but i lived with it also sliding mechinism scratched the gloss yes annoying i lived with it random reboots ok problem. i know i can fix it but i dont feel like spending the time to do it. ive been at it since the original droid custom roms kernels all that fun stuff and i would like to start developing not there yet but im not an idiot. my plan is to call verizon and get a droid 4 but i havent decided if i want to yet the only problems i see with the d4 are no removable battery/locked bootloader/motoblur. locked bootloader could possibly eventually be unlocked who knows. so i can cross out bootloader i can deal. motoblur i can just run the .sh or something to remove the bloat an get a better rom. so cross off motoblur. no removable battery thoughts?
im not asking for help fixing it because i know i can and no its not as easy as an .sbf at this point.
i know my information isnt perfect but i had my original droid for what 3 years? one not 2 of them one, and that thing runs beautifully. unlocked bootloader/removable battery/sturdy heavy. why don't they make em like they used to? moto blur free
so excuse my grammar and such im kinda ranting cause of the time ive spent working on it and im kinda angry but now i need to decide if i should get the droid 4.
minus how to fix my droid 3 cause im going to but im ya LOL scatter brain
thoughts on non removable battery?
your opinions and thoughts are valued.
*no need to comment problem resolved thank you*

If you're getting random reboots you may wanna try rooting and putting a custom bootstrap on there and wiping cache and delvik. Also there are some ROMs w\o Blur and you can choose between it or not. But the Blur isn't too bad at all once you get past the Verizon crap. I run Liberty and it's just Blur and Android, no Verizon crap except for My Verizon.

For the reboots, see if it still does it with no sd card in. I had read that there was a directory that could be causing it.
For the battery, do you carry a backup battery with you now? If not, who cares if you can take it out? My D1 I had multiple backup batteries, and I used them. My D3 I haven't had to use my backup yet, it is big enough to get me through the day, and the D4 has an even bigger one (course there's always the 4G to suck up all that power)
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My Droid 3 only reboots itself, if I leave it in Airplanemode for 8 hours or so. Then it reboots automatically. When not in Airplanemode it never reboots itself.
Maybe this helps?

thanks all its decided. im now getting my 4th refurbished droid 3. hopefully its not a pos again.

Im having the same issue lately. Ill try the suggestions here tonight when I get off work and let you know how it goes.

I'm upgrading from the Droid3, but this is the best built, most reliable phone I've ever owned. You guys must either be extremely hard on yours or extremely unlucky.
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UNLUCKY lol received my 4th refurbished one its perfect btw. i take care of my tech.

jellman said:
UNLUCKY lol received my 4th refurbished one its perfect btw. i take care of my tech.
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I got my Droid 3 about 5 or 6 months ago (if I'm remembering correctly) and I have yet to get a scratch anywhere besides the back of the screen (where the clips slide.) Now thats taking care of your technology, considering I use it all day, every day.

ChaoticWeaponry said:
I got my Droid 3 about 5 or 6 months ago (if I'm remembering correctly) and I have yet to get a scratch anywhere besides the back of the screen (where the clips slide.) Now thats taking care of your technology, considering I use it all day, every day.
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i take care of my tech but, im sure you do the best job in the whole world with yours better than everyone congratulations. i am not hard on my phones.

I used to have random reboots while on Liberty and Mav, none Steel or any CM9A5+, since then I have recovered to both without any reboots, not sure, but assume complete wipes/resets between GB and ICS resolved issue.
CM9A7
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How to recover a hard bricked Nexus 6

I flashed Android N Preview as a secondary ROM using MultiROM, everything worked perfectly, no issues what so ever.
After a day when I was listening to music using Spotify the phone suddenly switched of abruptly with battery over 90%
Since then I couldn't able to switch on the phone again.
No bootloader, no Recovery, Its not booting at all. No response from the phone.
I think it is dead.
Changed the Battery to new one.
Not worked. No sign of anything.
When I plugged in the charger the LED light is on, but I don't think its charging phone is not warm while it is plugged in.
In fact it felt like so chill.
So, I don't know how to recover my phone.
BTW, the phone's bootloader unlocked, rooted stock ROM as the primary one.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks guys.

Did you try to press the power button for 15-20 seconds? That's a weird problem.

The same happened to me.,and my phone is stock and locked. Its bricked. Nothing we tried helped
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how do you change the battery on a nexus 6?

kidhudi said:
how do you change the battery on a nexus 6?
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the back plastic sheet is held on with adhesive, I would apply heat first then work it open with a tool like isesamo or maybe a thin credit card or guitar pick. underneath there are 20 torx iirc can't remember size and another plastic shell with many holes in it. this cover, the wireless charging coil, and battery are adhered together i think and there are two small rubber covers for the power button (top) and battery (bottom). remember to disconnect your ribbon cables and treat them carefully.
the real problem imo lies in reassembly. i have repaired many and never feel they are the same as they came from the factory mostly because the back cover doesn’t re-adhere well. invest in some quality 3m adhesive, even a pre cut if you can manage.

Yeah done everything I have in my power nothing works.
Asked service center to check they said the phone is dead.
To get it repaired it will cost 3500 for me, they said.
Damn it.
Don't know what to do.

Now they said that the motherboard is dead, I need to change it inorder to get it work again.
Is it possible like this kind of problem occurs?
I was in Android N listening to Spotify

Putting a pre release OS on a phone, especially using a hack like multi rom, was indeed a recipe for disaster..
I'm certain that your partitions somehow got corrupted, and that results in a un bootable phone
Hopefully, someone reading this thread, who is thinking about doing something suicidal like that will learn from your mistake, but your phone is toast, unless you can get it J-Tagged, which might not even be available for your N6

I've heard the term j-tag a lot before. What does that mean

mikeprius said:
I've heard the term j-tag a lot before. What does that mean
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http://www.brickedmyphone.com/products/jtag-unbrick-service/
http://easy-jtag.com/

My phone is officially dead. Service center said that the motherboard is weak and is impossible to repair and only fix is to replace the whole motherboard to a newer one. That would cost me a lot like i could get a new for it and they even suggested me to exchange this phone to a newer one.
And now i got Nexus 6P and I love it so much.
But God i really miss my Nexus 6.
Thanks for the help and suggestion here.
Long live xda.
I couldn't resist to unlock bootloader. Flash multirom and stock root and xposed.
That's the heaven, i can't live without.
I have done it all after i opened the 6P from its box. Lol.
May be i am fastest one to do it.
Thanks xda and friends from it.
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