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[Q] Won't turn on

Hey guys
I have a mate whose SGS i9000T will no longer turn on, it is about 5 months old, battery is fine and just died while the screen was off, was not even being used. The last app used was browser. Can't get into Recovery or download modes and the backlight doesn't even register while the AC is plugged in.
Any suggestions would be great or is this a hardware fault? which too me it sounds like

Theirs two possible reasons for this bud....1, custom firmware incorrectly flashed. 2, hardware. I had the same problem and I had to send mine off to Samsung, if you blame the damage on Kies, say after the update it wouldn't turn on they will fix it for free.
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Cheers for the reply,
The only things applied were a lag fix that was weeks ago though so i doubt that is the problem, sounds like hardware problem then

Marvinfin said:
Cheers for the reply,
The only things applied were a lag fix that was weeks ago though so i doubt that is the problem, sounds like hardware problem then
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No custom kernel or anything? And it just died? Does he tend to drop his phone a lot?
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djice000 said:
No custom kernel or anything? And it just died? Does he tend to drop his phone a lot?
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Nope just a lagfix, and no, it was not even moving when it happen

Marvinfin said:
Nope just a lagfix, and no, it was not even moving when it happen
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In that case I'd put it down to hardware bud! Are you in the UK? as we have dozens of Samsung service centres, just blame it on Kies if I were you, say after the update it wouldn't turn back on, and they'll fix it for nothing bud
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Nah Australia, but thats for the help!

Marvinfin said:
Nah Australia, but thats for the help!
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Oooooo, I'm not sure then buddy sorry dude
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Flickering screen at below 50% of batt

Im hvg this flickering screen symptom right after my phone drop at 50% of battery. It will suddenly shut my phone off if i continue using it. And the worst part is, i cant turn it on until i charge it again. Any ideas?
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same problem happened to me. It is time to buy a new battery.
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jasonhoch said:
same problem happened to me. It is time to buy a new battery.
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Gosh... Its only one n the hlf year of usage.
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You were right jason. My batt is dead and bloated. Gonna change a new one now. Thx again
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was it stock battery?
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baz77 said:
was it stock battery?
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?????

Yup buzz. Stock batt
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Suprisingly still hvg that flickering screen at 2% after changing new batt ( original ).
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yes the screen flickers at <3%.. i have seen it in 3 notes... so i guess it happens

Usually this happen when the battery isn't original.
Its happened to me with fake battery. No problem with stock one.

I think battery issues could be case. Many nowadays including myself
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nokiamodeln91 said:
yes the screen flickers at <3%.. i have seen it in 3 notes... so i guess it happens
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Thnks dude
Glad to hear that its a norm. But never happend to me before till recently. I thought its the hardware issue.
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baz77 said:
I think battery issues could be case. Many nowadays including myself
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Bazz, u meant to say that even on stock batt this thing would happen?
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safuan7822 said:
Bazz, u meant to say that even on stock batt this thing would happen?
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it could happen with any battery if quality is not good or diminished. I think so at least Check your battery, does it look out of shape?
You could try a friends battery, or an alternative rom could also be another issue.
You can also experiment with the power saving features to turn them of.
Uninstall if any, power saving apps/ screenfilter apps.
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i have the same issue. i just wanna say im very disappointed. less than a year of usage and now gone.

safuan7822 said:
Gosh... Its only one n the hlf year of usage.
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My stock batt got bloated and died at 10 1/2 months.

My also battery bloated after 10 mnths
The screen used to flicker at 50%
Also at 35% phone used to shut down
I changed the battery now all is well
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Doesn't the warranty on batteries last for 12 months ? Why not get Samsung to replace it if it fails withing that time frame.
Then again, For the price of one, Is it worth all the aggro of sending it to Samsung, Waiting, Waiting some more, Then having it sent back ?
They do go pretty cheap online, And the Anker 5000mah are worth considering (except the size increase)

azzledazzle said:
Doesn't the warranty on batteries last for 12 months ? Why not get Samsung to replace it if it fails withing that time frame.
Then again, For the price of one, Is it worth all the aggro of sending it to Samsung, Waiting, Waiting some more, Then having it sent back ?
They do go pretty cheap online, And the Anker 5000mah are worth considering (except the size increase)
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As they're classed as consumables I believe warranty on batteries is only 6 months, but I think it would be great if we could somehow make samsung aware of how short the battery life is on these, maybe some sort of petition.
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[Q] Can you fry your phone??

Im just wondering if it possible to fry/brick your phone if you flash your rom and kernel to many times, and if so how many times is to many??
And this has been taken up fpr question before, please redirect me to the right thread since i didnt find anything
//tia inveh

Not really, that is unless you consider the fact there's always a certain (incredibly small) risk of bricking when flashing in general.
If you want to minimize the risk, follow guidelines; make sure cables are intact, and use Linux+Heimdall, that's my advice...
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inveh said:
Im just wondering if it possible to fry/brick your phone if you flash your rom and kernel to many times, and if so how many times is to many??
And this has been taken up fpr question before, please redirect me to the right thread since i didnt find anything
//tia inveh
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Not at all. I install my GS's 3 ROMs and the later works better the before.

pheew , so then i can go on and "torture" my phone with rom flashings =)
ive flashed it about 50-60 times and thats why im asking

inveh said:
Im just wondering if it possible to fry/brick your phone if you flash your rom and kernel to many times, and if so how many times is to many??
And this has been taken up fpr question before, please redirect me to the right thread since i didnt find anything
//tia inveh
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can you fry your phone?
well i wouldnt want to but you can dip it in batter and fry it in oil. season with salt/pepper. battery melts like cheese.

Deep fried silicone tastes fantastic.
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I fried mine by giving internal voltage - 1500mv.
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burakgon said:
I fried mine by giving internal voltage - 1500mv.
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Like burakgon said you can fry it only when you overvolt too much. It's better to stay under 1250mV for int and under 1500mV arm. Flashing has nothing to do with frying device, cause every phone can have about 50k-100k flashes before memory breakes.

then i'll go on as usual and flash awaaaaaaay =)
thanks for all the inputs and thoughts and such
//tia inveeh

midnight911 said:
Like burakgon said you can fry it only when you overvolt too much. It's better to stay under 1250mV for int and under 1500mV arm. Flashing has nothing to do with frying device, cause every phone can have about 50k-100k flashes before memory breakes.
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Damn only 50-100k? At the rate I'm going my device will die at the end of this week I'm a flashaholic..
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Is dual core an obselete spec for phones????

I always love my note but here the prob is not the phone specs. But the apps thats are getting bigger and bigger day by day. Just like PC times. Just because of that now some basic apps that are with me since the start if this phone are slowing down my phone.
I think there should be a basic version of all apps and then the fancy version.
Facebook, viber and other apps are now taking like 80 mb each. Where as they were just about 8 to 10 mbs in ginger bread. I guess its time for me to put this note in my drawer and get a nee device.
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You're still around here? *butt-clench*

What you are stating is a lack of RAM not processing power... And no nowadays there is still not that much wrong with a dual core. Android just isn't properly optimized to use all of its cores at the same time > that doesn't mean that it doesn't use all of its cores when it needs to to be powerful enough. But that means that, for example, when the load is 50% it is better for both cores to run on ~25% then one to be inactive and the other on 50%. Of course the single threaded performance of newer cores (A53 etc.) has increased, but that wasn't question
Phones are just like laptops, only more power constraint...

I know this case. Android closes apps with OOM and Memory Killer (something like that). Some apps could use to stay longer resident in the ram. The dificulty is that, for example, you could leave comfortably 10 tabs open in the browser, but if they use CPU power (even above 0.1%), the os will close the entire app. So no matter how much ram or cpu power you have, the power management will kick in?
We need a new kind of battery technology. Phones that don't need to recharge a whole month.

chasmodo said:
You're still around here? *butt-clench*
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Look whose here.... I told ya custom roms are juat a trend and it will end. Hehehe
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qazibasit said:
Look whose here.... I told ya custom roms are juat a trend and it will end. Hehehe
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I really hope that this is a bad joke.
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Its not a joke, neither its the truth but its a fact.
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qazibasit said:
Its not a joke, neither its the truth but its a fact.
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Nah, it's not. It's just a single person (you) that believes that.
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Maybe ur right
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It might be your data partition filling up. 30% free space seems to be the minimum needed for speedy reads and writes. I used this method to increase the data partition to 6g.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642299
[MOD][GUIDE]Partition your internal memory for better App management (Pit Files)
And now the note is speedy again on stock samsung rom.
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[Q] Soft Brick after Dead Battery

Ok so I had my Note 3 battery completely drain and now am soft bricked and it freezes at ATT logo.
note 3
ATT
rooted on 4.3 JB
titanium backup installed
I have tried everything to no avail. Reflashing, factory reset, everything and am completely lost. I tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559715 , but the microsoft visual stuff would never install??
I have owned iphones for 5 years and recently switched to droid again. I am 7/10 on a technical scale with computers. Any and all help is greatly appreciated as I am stuck with a paper weight for now.

Anyone? Please?

Have you tried flashing stock firmware through ODIN ?
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boksquare said:
Have you tried flashing stock firmware through ODIN ?
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Yes. It reboots into the ATT logo and freezes.

Try having best buy reflash it? Sadly they have the tools so far we don't.
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mrkhigh said:
Try having best buy reflash it? Sadly they have the tools so far we don't.
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Thats not what I was hoping for lol will they give me any problems?

They might if they see it is rooted. Due to liability
But these guys aren't exactly high end technicians with high paying jobs just normal people say please and explain they can't make it worse.
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Kre8iveOn3 said:
Yes. It reboots into the ATT logo and freezes.
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Wow. Tricky one right there. Usually a stock firmware flash would do it. Anything else that you've done to your phone before the battery went dry ?
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