[Q] Droid 3 bricked? not dead, backlight wont work. - Motorola Droid 3

First some history. Got this phone as a cheap replacement for my droid x2 on ebay. Started out with 5.6.890, successful root and flash to steel droid v5.5, ran fine for around 5 days. Dropped my phone, and got it slightly wet. I pulled the bat, let it dry out and 10 min later it seemed to be fine. 3 days after that incident it started acting buggy. First its brightness turned itself "off", being that there was zero illumination (think the old gameboy colors with no backlights, couldn't be used at night, needed a reading light, etc.), but if i shined a light on the screen i could see all my apps, texts, and make and receive calls. This continued after multiple reboots, bat pulls, but somehow solved itself after around half an hour. it worked fine for another 3 days, but now it turned itself off and went back to its weird no illumination situation. when i shine a light on the screen, it shows the M logo with the dual core writing underneath, then that fades away into total blackness until it comes back. It has a fully charged battery from a friends D3, and it wont connect to my computer, wont respond to any buttons, and even stays in this "bootloop" (but really it seems less functional than a bootloop which ive had to deal with before) with no battery just plugged into the wall charger. Any ideas for a fix? im probably getting a new phone for Christmas, but i have some important things i need to deal with before that. i also have around $50 im willing to put into making this thing work, as it has work and travel info i need asap. ANY help would be appreciated! thanks in advance.

with phone off
does m+power boot to ap fastboot?
if so you could try flashing sbf
if not think your sol, even if you do get sbf flashed, phone may not work
but that's your best bet
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With your one paragraph question, missed travel data part
Could try booting to android recovery and wipe cache
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/2025-found-a-bunch-if-fastboot-menus-sbf-flash-mode-recovery-and-more/
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sd_shadow said:
with phone off
does m+power boot to ap fastboot?
if so you could try flashing sbf
if not think your sol, even if you do get sbf flashed, phone may not work
but that's your best bet
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With your one paragraph question, missed travel data part
Could try booting to android recovery and wipe cache
Sorry about the extra long question... another problem that prevents this from working is the phone won't turn/stay off. as soon as i put the battery in it goes into its loop, before i push any buttons. thanks anyways but it seems like i might just be screwed
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then just press and hold m button before replacing battery
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or both volume buttons
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was data on internal memory card, or saved in an app's data?

I had to give my friend his battery back so ill try that tomorrow, hopefully it works

ok too bad your friend couldn't charge your battery

well i somehow managed to get it to work! still seems sketchy and unreliable, but i got the info i needed off of it so if it dies ill live. thanks for your help.

your welcome
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[Q] Clock and date get reset at every battery removal

As stated in the title I am getting this boring bug everytime I (switch off the device and then) remove the battery.
I am with RocketROM v11 right now, however I don't think it's a ROM issue.
What do you think about it?
I am not on RocketRom so i am not sure but try ticking automatic date and time and automatic time zone
does the phone have a sim inside?
if yes it should not matter.. as soon as it connects to the carriers network.. it should get the updated time
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rajsekhar.300 said:
I am not on RocketRom so i am not sure but try ticking automatic date and time and automatic time zone
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I dont want to be hacked
nokiamodeln91 said:
I dont want to be hacked
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Haha
I actually never bothered about wether it was set on manual or automatic, but I tried both and it didn't solve the problem.
It looks more like cheap mobiles that can't keep current time and date when removing the battery for a second.
actually I was watching the anatomy of note and I saw a small battery installed in it. like the one we have on mboards of pc.
so it's a wild guess that who ever have that problem mite have a faulty 2nd battery.
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or may be its just used for clocking
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Yes. Inside the phone is the clock backup battery. The same is true of computers. This battery is probably damaged.

[Q] Battery problems out of nowhere

Hey guys,
I sold my Ace to a guy from a city next to me, and on the first day he said that the battery was worn out, that he wasn't getting juice for even 2 hours.
I looked up for a light ROM, and I found the Stocklite (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703094&highlight=stocklite).
Sent him the procedures (wipe, flash, reboot) and then he said it didn't solve the problem, and sent me these screenshots that are attached. He said they were taken after a full night charge.
Question is, what could be causing the battery to drain so fast, since it was fine with me (8h~12h) with AOKP JB on the day before?
From the screenshots, it seems that it's sleeping well, and it actually does look like the battery is worn out.
It seems that he is using a lot of 3G. Using 3G in areas of low network coverage or places where signal is weak can lead to massive battery drain.
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Also make sure that he hasnt overclocked the processor.
Thanks for the tips!
I can't tell the guy not to use 3G. And I think it's not overclocked, since he used it after a fresh install of Stocklite ROM. But do you think that those 2 reasons could decrease the battery life to 2 hours?
Felipe Ambrosio said:
Thanks for the tips!
I can't tell the guy not to use 3G. And I think it's not overclocked, since he used it after a fresh install of Stocklite ROM. But do you think that those 2 reasons could decrease the battery life to 2 hours?
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Personal experience. Things like auto-sync might be activated. Also make sure he is sending you an actual screenshot. Loads of 'em are available on the internet. Take the phone from him if still complains. Let the battery discharge completely, then charge it. Use it for a day and show him the battery graph.
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And look at the second screenie. He installed bucketloads of apps. Some app containing a malware might be eating battery. Tell him to install an antivirus like Avast.
tj_droid said:
Personal experience. Things like auto-sync might be activated. Also make sure he is sending you an actual screenshot. Loads of 'em are available on the internet. Take the phone from him if still complains. Let the battery discharge completely, then charge it. Use it for a day and show him the battery graph.
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And look at the second screenie. He installed bucketloads of apps. Some app containing a malware might be eating battery. Tell him to install an antivirus like Avast.
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Thanks man!
About auto-sync, I don't think that's the problem. See how the idle is consuming nearly no juice? About the screenshot being trustable, well, there is not much I can do, the guy is 400km from me, I have to believe him. About a possible malware, he said he got the package in his town and turned the phone on right away, which means that he used it just like I did before I packed it. Could be some kind of damage to the battery on the way to his town. Or, could be a lie. Couldn't tell. Fact is, a battery does not wear out from one day to the other.
EDIT: He suggested me to flash a stock ROM. Ok, he's able to work for it, I guess he's not faking after all. And this could do the trick. Now I have to learn how to flash a stock ROM through Odin, since I have never done it before
EDIT: He's now saying that the battery looks a little swollen. Which means that it's really time to change. Could be some damage due to the shipping. I doubt that, though.
Tell that guy to send you a picture of the swollen battery
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There are lot of apps available on Google Play which contain malwares. Google doesnt scan the apps. He installed a lot of apps (can be seen in the second screenshot). Some fake app might be causing the trouble. There can be many reasons.
i faced similiar problem...
make sure battery is 100% charged...
do battery calibration

Galaxy Mini 2 Battery problem

Hi,
I have got Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 NFC with CWM 6.0.3.2 and Stock 2.3.6 ROM. 1 week ago my phone started shutting down when battery is lower than 60%. It shuts down, but I can turn it on, but after 10 minutes it shuts down again. Does anyone have got this problem too? Must I buy new battery?
Make backup of your current rom and make factory reset (it may be problem of some app maybe)
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xfim said:
Make backup of your current rom and make factory reset (it may be problem of some app maybe)
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Edit: check voltage of battery (when charging and discharging, every 10% or so)
I did factory reset just now, I will wait if it's fixed.
Does it work?
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I think yes, I have 41% battery now and still no shutdown. Thank you
Glad you didnt waste money on new battery then

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Report CM11 bugs you have encountered below
Chrome/Firefox blank page FIXED
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If I leave my tf701 plugged in overnight, I get multiple random reboots throughout the night. Seeing as how it's on my bedside table, the brightness of the boot screen woke me multiple times last night. I'll try to recreate the issue to see if it only happens when left on the charger.
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Hello.
Doesn't work TransCover case auto turn on/off.
Some games(Reaper, Hero Siege) not works
Stealth Bastard starts lagging if i'm not touching display for 2 secons, but when i touch it lags disappear
P.S. Sorry for bad english. And thank you for your work!
ya i noticed the performance is not optimized yet, but i believe @pershoot will optimize it
ahaynes42 said:
If I leave my tf701 plugged in overnight, I get multiple random reboots throughout the night. Seeing as how it's on my bedside table, the brightness of the boot screen woke me multiple times last night. I'll try to recreate the issue to see if it only happens when left on the charger.
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i had some reboot as well, it was during a intense download i think
AngryDinosaur said:
i had some reboot as well, it was during a intense download i think
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i cannot reproduce. downloaded a gig file. didn't break a sweat. sleep/wake.
jentelmen said:
Hello.
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Doesn't work TransCover case auto turn on/off.
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i dont have one. post a log and ill see what i can do.
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Some games(Reaper, Hero Siege) not works
Stealth Bastard starts lagging if i'm not touching display for 2 secons, but when i touch it lags disappear
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make sure those games support kitkat on a tablet. please speak with the authors.
ahaynes42 said:
If I leave my tf701 plugged in overnight, I get multiple random reboots throughout the night. Seeing as how it's on my bedside table, the brightness of the boot screen woke me multiple times last night. I'll try to recreate the issue to see if it only happens when left on the charger.
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i cannot reproduce. my tab itself has been up for quite a while.
pershoot said:
i cannot reproduce. downloaded a gig file. didn't break a sweat. sleep/wake.
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i cant reproduce either, its one of those rare and wonky thing on android :laugh:
jentelmen said:
Hello.
Doesn't work TransCover case auto turn on/off.
Some games(Reaper, Hero Siege) not works
Stealth Bastard starts lagging if i'm not touching display for 2 secons, but when i touch it lags disappear
P.S. Sorry for bad english. And thank you for your work!
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my 13 dollars flip cover i got from ebay works with the auto on and off.
and most gameloft games are working for me, like dungeoun hunter 4 or modern combat. they are intense games as well
ahaynes42 said:
If I leave my tf701 plugged in overnight, I get multiple random reboots throughout the night. Seeing as how it's on my bedside table, the brightness of the boot screen woke me multiple times last night. I'll try to recreate the issue to see if it only happens when left on the charger.
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i suggest a re flash, with factory reset, dalvik cache and cache wipe, and format system in mounts and storage.
Is there anything we're waiting for to get "official" status from Cyanogenmod? Is there anything I can help with? I'm not a proficient dev, but I'm not above tedious work.
I was also wondering what is involved in the process of getting "official" status from CM. I am also willing to help if there's anything I can do. My build has been running quite nice lately. Would love to the TF701T on get.cm
michaave said:
Is there anything we're waiting for to get "official" status from Cyanogenmod? Is there anything I can help with? I'm not a proficient dev, but I'm not above tedious work.
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ahaynes42 said:
I was also wondering what is involved in the process of getting "official" status from CM. I am also willing to help if there's anything I can do. My build has been running quite nice lately. Would love to the TF701T on get.cm
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It is coming I've just got the info !!
Rikodu said:
It is coming I've just got the info !!
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Great! Will it be listed as TF701, or K00C?
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I just saw the new build. Will try it out tonight.
2/15 Build
Any problems I was seeing with earlier builds tend to be non-existent now. This is a very solid build! Which leads me to believe that seeing TF701T on the official CM servers isn't too far off. Nice work pershoot!
looked real solid and stable. tried a second time. no restored backups this time. total meltdown. will try again. dead trigger 2 not supported by device?
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ill try to get some logs
Seem stable ATM. No Dead Trigger 2. Said not compatible. Now does not show in play store. NFSMW no sound or sound makes repeating noise
Very fast and stable though.
http://www.pasteall.org/49544
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That's when the meltdown occurs I guess
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Blood sword THD works AFAIK. with sound
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Note 4 would not boot. [not a ?]

Saturday, GF and I were about to head out to xmas party after a long drive. Battery in my stock, rooted note 4 was under 20 and we only had a few minutes before it was time to head out the door.
Turned it off, charged it. It was at about 80% when I unplugged it and turned it back on. It would get to the Tmobile splash/boot screen and just sit there. I started clearing caches one by one and eventually did a factory reset. Still, wouldn't boot. Finally completely cleared the OS and it just did it's no os boot loop.
I've rooted a modded the samsung vibrant, the nexus 4 and the note 3. Many many times on each actually. Never have had a problem. I have ZERO idea why the phone wouldn't turn on. Stock, didn't do the update, rooted. Reboots after rooting, everything worked ok. Then, just BAM, done. any logs that may have been helpful are all gone.
Kinda disappointing as at the xmas party everyone else had a note 4 and I was soooooo frustrated ( and couldn't show it ) =(
Hoping I can get this stock rom will install. I figure if I can get it back to locking up at the tmo screen, I'll go into a store tomorrow and say "uh... what is wrong with this thing?"
lol. tmo store noobs.
19 F%$&ing hours.
NINETEEN MORE HOURS before I can even turn the flipping phone on because everyone freaking internet host crazy throttles your download speed if you don't pay them
WTF
I am really, really, really, REALLY pissed off right now.
bugmenot... user name and password. sam mobile... ha... ha.. f-n... HA
Lol. Good luck.
Starting 5 threads and whining about Sammobile's speeds will not make the download faster, or solve your problem. As I've said, its being uploaded to a different server.
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@NJDubois
Here dude.
You only had to cry for a few hours.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473395234
devynbf said:
Starting 5 threads and whining about Sammobile's speeds will not make the download faster, or solve your problem. As I've said, its being uploaded to a different server.
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@NJDubois
Here dude.
You only had to cry for a few hours.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95832962473395234
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You are right. I am sorry.
Lol " you only had to cry for a few hours" xD
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