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Hi guys.. tonight I was WiFi tethering my revo to my tablet while it was charging in my car. After 20 minutes, my phone rebooted. It was hot. REALLY hot!
After the reboot, my battery said that it was completely empty (it was 76% full when it rebooted) and shut down. Now it wont even charge when its plugged in, nor will it power up at least to do a reset.
I've tried pulling the battery, I've tried pulling the 4g sim card and powering it up that way, I've tried plugging it in without the battery and powering it up that way. Bottom line is that when you plug it in, it gets no juice now. Have any of you experienced this?
Is my revo officially dead? I'm on a stock rooted ZV7 vanilla build.
If this is a lost cause, I'm thinking that ill be getting the Nexus. Love this community! Sad i cant be a part of it by applying all the goodness that has come from this collective! Thank you for all that you have done to make the revo as great a tool as it was.
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Techluv said:
Hi guys.. tonight I was WiFi tethering my revo to my tablet while it was charging in my car. After 20 minutes, my phone rebooted. It was hot. REALLY hot!
After the reboot, my battery said that it was completely empty (it was 76% full when it rebooted) and shut down. Now it wont even charge when its plugged in, nor will it power up at least to do a reset.
I've tried pulling the battery, I've tried pulling the 4g sim card and powering it up that way, I've tried plugging it in without the battery and powering it up that way. Bottom line is that when you plug it in, it gets no juice now. Have any of you experienced this?
Is my revo officially dead? I'm on a stock rooted ZV7 vanilla build.
If this is a lost cause, I'm thinking that ill be getting the Nexus. Love this community! Sad i cant be a part of it by applying all the goodness that has come from this collective! Thank you for all that you have done to make the revo as great a tool as it was.
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Happened to me, your phone is fine but the battery isn't. Check the white temperature indicator on the battery, if its red then your battery is fried. Temp indicator is by the terminals on the battery. Its supposed to be white with a red criss cross pattern on it. If yours is all red or pink then its done for.
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I had this happen with a phone too and it was ruined...

Techluv said:
Hi guys.. tonight I was WiFi tethering my revo to my tablet while it was charging in my car. After 20 minutes, my phone rebooted. It was hot. REALLY hot!
After the reboot, my battery said that it was completely empty (it was 76% full when it rebooted) and shut down. Now it wont even charge when its plugged in, nor will it power up at least to do a reset.
I've tried pulling the battery, I've tried pulling the 4g sim card and powering it up that way, I've tried plugging it in without the battery and powering it up that way. Bottom line is that when you plug it in, it gets no juice now. Have any of you experienced this?
Is my revo officially dead? I'm on a stock rooted ZV7 vanilla build.
If this is a lost cause, I'm thinking that ill be getting the Nexus. Love this community! Sad i cant be a part of it by applying all the goodness that has come from this collective! Thank you for all that you have done to make the revo as great a tool as it was.
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It was the battery?
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spc_hicks09 said:
It was the battery?
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It may have been...but the phone was affected. Got a new battery, plugged it into the wall charger, and the new battery was fried in 20 minutes.
I posted a separate thread with this question...but is it possible that an app can cause the phone to do this? My first instinct is to say no...but I find myself questioning that.
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Techluv said:
It may have been...but the phone was affected. Got a new battery, plugged it into the wall charger, and the new battery was fried in 20 minutes.
I posted a separate thread with this question...but is it possible that an app can cause the phone to do this? My first instinct is to say no...but I find myself questioning that.
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I don't think any app could possibly do that to a battery. Have you tried looking at the terminals on the phone to see if they're burnt up or anything? The first time it happened it was plugged in to a car charger, then the second time a wall plugin, right?
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spc_hicks09 said:
I don't think any app could possibly do that to a battery. Have you tried looking at the terminals on the phone to see if they're burnt up or anything? The first time it happened it was plugged in to a car charger, then the second time a wall plugin, right?
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Yea, basically... In a nutshell, Verizon overnighted me a new Revo - Got it yesterday and I'm in the process of Rooting it again.. (thank god it came loaded with ZV7, but I would have just used the TOT file I guess)
Upon inspecting the old phone, I saw no evidence of scorching or burns.. The phone just got REEALY HOT.... The tech presumed that because of the heat and circumstances, it could have burned out the CPU. Hence the reason the phone isn't even turning on now.
In any case, I have a replacement, so I'll be staying with this fine community!
I appreciate all that you guys do here for this phone! Thank you for all the assistance!

spc_hicks09 said:
heck the white temperature indicator on the battery, if its red then your battery is fried. Temp indicator is by the terminals on the battery. Its supposed to be white with a red criss cross pattern on it. If yours is all red or pink then its done for.
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I'm pretty sure that's for water damage.. Or is it for the battery in general or just does both?
I've had expedience with phone stores and when you bring a phone in they pop the back off and check the little thing on both the one on the battery and phone and if either one is solid they say its water damaged and deny you anything.
Can I get some clarification?

Same thing just happened to my phone a couple of days ago.
Battery indicator strip as well as the indicator on the phone are both still white with red X's.
My battery was at 8%, so I plugged it into the charger in my car - decided a couple of minutes later to put some music on, and the phone just shut itself off, never to return again ;_;
Easily could have been an overheating issue, as this phone gets hot VERY easily when doing ANYTHING while it is charging.

Are you using a case for your phone? I've got a body glove for mine and it doesn't overheat.

Immediate Help would be greatly appreciated...

Hopefully someone can help me...
Friday the 28th I attempted to charge my phone for the night in a hotel room. When I plugged it in a small puff of smoke came out the charging port. I immediately said Oh $hi+!! I kept it plugged in all night. The next morning and to this date (10-1-12) it won't come on and won't enter any recovery mode (volume up and/or down + home button + power button). When I plug it into a computer the computer won't recognize it either. I have taken out the battery so many times it is ridiculous. The phone is a GT-N7000 that I bought from Amazon back in December 2011. The phone also was not rooted and running ICS. I am hoping not to resort back to my iphone 4. All my contact were not saved on my sim card but rather on the phone.

papaklew said:
Hopefully someone can help me...
Friday the 28th I attempted to charge my phone for the night in a hotel room. When I plugged it in a small puff of smoke came out the charging port. I immediately said Oh $hi+!! I kept it plugged in all night. The next morning and to this date (10-1-12) it won't come on and won't enter any recovery mode (volume up and/or down + home button + power button). When I plug it into a computer the computer won't recognize it either. I have taken out the battery so many times it is ridiculous. The phone is a GT-N7000 that I bought from Amazon back in December 2011. The phone also was not rooted and running ICS. I am hoping not to resort back to my iphone 4. All my contact were not saved on my sim card but rather on the phone.
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Let me get this, smoke come out and you still left your phone charging on AC overnight?
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it is possible that the battery has broken. Try a different battery
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maybe the charging port of the phone got faulty.
In both cases a replacement battery should help identify the problem.
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maybe the the charger dint work and the battery is drained to 0
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papaklew said:
Hopefully someone can help me...
Friday the 28th I attempted to charge my phone for the night in a hotel room. When I plugged it in a small puff of smoke came out the charging port. I immediately said Oh $hi+!! I kept it plugged in all night. The next morning and to this date (10-1-12) it won't come on and won't enter any recovery mode (volume up and/or down + home button + power button). When I plug it into a computer the computer won't recognize it either. I have taken out the battery so many times it is ridiculous. The phone is a GT-N7000 that I bought from Amazon back in December 2011. The phone also was not rooted and running ICS. I am hoping not to resort back to my iphone 4. All my contact were not saved on my sim card but rather on the phone.
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So the smoke came out of the charger or the phone?
It doesn't really matter TBH, ousnds like you've fukked it ...since it is less than a year old can you not return it for repair under warranty?

nokiamodeln91 said:
maybe the the charger dint work and the battery is drained to 0
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I'd vote for that too. Charger is fried and battery is totally flat.

Absolute the charger & battery made in china...:cyclops:

[Q] Am I bricked? TP won't charge.

Hi, thx in advance for help.
I have a 32gb Touchpad running CM9a2 & WebOS 3.0.4, and I can't get it to turn on in any way. :crying:
I've tried a bunch of stuff before I came here, so here's what I've done so far.
Charged TP overnight w HP charger, then:
Held down for 2 mins:
Power, Home
Power, Home, Vol Up
Power, Home, Vol Down
Power, Vol Up
Power, Vol Down
Home, Vol Up
Home, Vol Down
Held Power while repeatedly hitting Home for 1 minute
Held Home while repeatedly hitting Power for 1 minute
Left the TP alone for 3 days, then repeated the above.
Charged the TP through my laptop's USB port, then repeated above. (The logic was, a smaller flow of electricity might juice a drained battery.)
Called HP - I'm out of warranty and this would be $300 to fix! Might as well buy a new tablet for that, not that I can afford to anyways. Moving on...
HP guy did turn me on to WebOS Doctor, which I tried. Here's what I've done so far:
Charged the TP overnight w the HP charger.
Ran WebOS Doctor from powershell (used these instructions: www webos-internals org/wiki/How_To_Recover.
Couldn't get past "Next", and got this error in the powershell:
com.palm.nova.installer.recoverytool.runner.DeviceDiscoveryRunner$DeviceDiscoveryThread run INFO: got devices 0
Tried unplugging and replugging in the TP, no change.
Tried stopping and starting the Novacom service, no change.
Tried holding Power and pressing Center 10x, then holding Power and VolUp, as per 4a from here:
kb.hpwebos com /wps /portal /kb /common /article /44768_en .html (remove spaces).
I don't know what to do next!
Advice greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

Did it die before you had this problem?
Just keep trying to get some power into it...
For mine it usually comes around after I put it on the charger and then press and hold the power and home buttons for a few minutes. But everyone has a different trick that works for them...
In my opinion you would have to try very hard to brick your TouchPad, trust me, I've tried
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One other trick that I didn't see in the OP that I have heard works for some is plugging it in and unplugging it over and over again. But unplug from the wall charger, not the outlet because the DC converter will hold a small charge.
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I have used the touchstone charger on the 2 occasions it has happened to me and this has worked .they cost about £25/30 on Amazon or eBay.
See this article from Reverend Kyle http://www.reverendkyle.com/index.php/articles/146-hp-touchpad-charging-issues-solution
Good luck.

-SGA- said:
Did it die before you had this problem?
Just keep trying to get some power into it...
For mine it usually comes around after I put it on the charger and then press and hold the power and home buttons for a few minutes. But everyone has a different trick that works for them...
In my opinion you would have to try very hard to brick your TouchPad, trust me, I've tried
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One other trick that I didn't see in the OP that I have heard works for some is plugging it in and unplugging it over and over again. But unplug from the wall charger, not the outlet because the DC converter will hold a small charge.
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This is the first time the TP wouldn't charge. In the past, every time I drained the battery, I'd reconnect to the charger, get the lightning bolt, and eventually it'd start up again.
How long do you usually hold the Home and Power buttons? More than 5 minutes?
Never heard of the plugging/unplugging from the wall cycle. How quickly do you cycle? Once per second? Once per minute?
It's reassuring to hear these are tough to brick. Will report back with results when I have some. Thx!
@sstar - That's an amazing and reassuring link. Will definitely be looking into a touchstone. TY!

Happened to many early touchpads including mine.
Had to send it in to fix.
Did read that HP told someone to press one of the buttons 20+ times while holding the other made it wake up and charge.
(I can't remember which button was the one to hold.)
This worked for at least a couple people.

Nine times out of ten this is just a bad charger cable. I had it happen and went the route buying a TS charger only to find out later a $3 cable fixed the problem.
Edit: BTW, I've got a TS charger I'll sell cheap. lol

lewmur said:
Nine times out of ten this is just a bad charger cable. I had it happen and went the route buying a TS charger only to find out later a $3 cable fixed the problem.
Edit: BTW, I've got a TS charger I'll sell cheap. lol
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If your you're UK based I am happy to take it as I don't mind a spare and find it a great piece of kit.

sstar said:
If your you're UK based I am happy to take it as I don't mind a spare and find it a great piece of kit.
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Sorry. USA.

lewmur said:
Sorry. USA.
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No problem, but I would look to keep it as there is no other Tablet that I know of that has an inductive charger. Which is why I am sticking to my HP rather than moving on to a Samsung or anything else that isn't an iPad.

When I bricked my TP I had a boot loop from the initial HP boot. But I just left it on the charger while it looped for a couple days ran webos doctor 3.0.0 and then upgraded to 3.0.5
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lewmur said:
Nine times out of ten this is just a bad charger cable. I had it happen and went the route buying a TS charger only to find out later a $3 cable fixed the problem.
Edit: BTW, I've got a TS charger I'll sell cheap. lol
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I don't think it's the cable itself... I've tried a few and there doesn't seem to be a difference, meanwhile those same cables charge my phone just fine. Will PM about the TS.

My original cable went out aswell.
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I assume you double checked the hp cylinder charger for connection. Those little buggars are bad about wiggling loose. Give it a good twist to unlock it and then firmly close it back up if you haven't already. Since you said hp charger I assume you know that the stock charger is the only one you can really trust. 90% of the others won't work. Also try charging from a powered usb hub if you have one. Not from a pc directly but through a usb hub with an a/c cord. Good luck!
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DaveFree3 said:
I don't think it's the cable itself... I've tried a few and there doesn't seem to be a difference, meanwhile those same cables charge my phone just fine. Will PM about the TS.
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Regular phone charger cables will NOT work on the TP. The TP has a special cable that detects the 2 amp TP charger and only it will work with the TP.

lewmur said:
Regular phone charger cables will NOT work on the TP. The TP has a special cable that detects the 2 amp TP charger and only it will work with the TP.
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Someone clearly hasn't told the HTC phone cable I use together with my HP charger then. Been using it since I got the TP a year ago.

dmarchant said:
Someone clearly hasn't told the HTC phone cable I use together with my HP charger then. Been using it since I got the TP a year ago.
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Pure luck. Most phone cables will NOT work.

lewmur said:
Pure luck. Most phone cables will NOT work.
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Prior to this bricking, I was using a Samsung cable without problem - TP charged fully and quickly at the time.
Do you think an original HP cable will act differently?

DaveFree3 said:
Prior to this bricking, I was using a Samsung cable without problem - TP charged fully and quickly at the time.
Do you think an original HP cable will act differently?
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Only one way to find out. Try it.

I am in the same boat. Been dead for a week now and I've tried everything as well. When plugged into the computer it is recognized but it's called QHSUSB_DLOAD and windows fails to find drivers. The doctor can't see it either. This sucks.

My wife's TP is completely dead (no power) also.
Have left it on the charger for days and it will not turn on.
Made sure the charger was working ok by trying it with my Touchpad - mine charges ok.
Tried my charger anyways - no change.
Put it on the Touchstone for 2 days - no change.
Power & home for 15s, 30s, 60s, 5min - no change.
Combinations of power/home/volume as read in various forum posts - no change.
Plugged into computer - not detected at all.
I'm out of ideas, anyone have anything else?
Thanks.

[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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[Q] Droid bionic sparked and started smoking when i plugged in charger

Hi last night I went to plug in my bionic to same plug as always; same cable that came with the phone; and it sparked, burnt my hand, and smoke was coming from phone. Smelt the smell of burnt electronics. It turned on this morning though should i get it replaced? or what should i do? Thanks in advance.

Onestoptekshop said:
Hi last night I went to plug in my bionic to same plug as always; same cable that came with the phone; and it sparked, burnt my hand, and smoke was coming from phone. Smelt the smell of burnt electronics. It turned on this morning though should i get it replaced? or what should i do? Thanks in advance.
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you say it turned on, does that mean its functioning properly? try replacing the charger, maybe it just shorted out

hugh a said:
you say it turned on, does that mean its functioning properly? try replacing the charger, maybe it just shorted out
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Cant get data to engage at all and hardly any cell signal. It powers on and can use apps they connect to internet like Pandora but cant search Google or receive Google voice calls/text some times make out bound calls cant receive any incoming.
At first they went going to help me out at Verizon. Then i got on with the district manager and they are giving me a note 3 and a nexus 7 both with otter box cases, for note 3 also car dock and extended battery. :victory:
Also here is a image of my burnt fingers from this ordeal.

Onestoptekshop said:
Cant get data to engage at all and hardly any cell signal. It powers on and can use apps they connect to internet like Pandora but cant search Google or receive Google voice calls/text some times make out bound calls cant receive any incoming.
At first they went going to help me out at Verizon. Then i got on with the district manager and they are giving me a note 3 and a nexus 7 both with otter box cases, for note 3 also car dock and extended battery. :victory:
Also here is a image of my burnt fingers from this ordeal.
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good for you,donate the burnt one to someone that can use the parts:good:

hugh a said:
good for you,donate the burnt one to someone that can use the parts:good:
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Thanks; actually i do training for ex-cons teach them I.T. skills, so i'll let one of them fix it and have it.:highfive:

So is the charger working right?

larski156 said:
So is the charger working right?
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Yes charger is fine on other phones it was thee bionic that little pice of plastic with usb connector snapped causing a short

Surprised that 1 amp @ 5V can create that kind of heat that quickly! Danger danger will Robinson

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Surprised that 1 amp @ 5V can create that kind of heat that quickly! Danger danger will Robinson
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I was also but part of it was my hand getting stuck holding it due to prior nerve damage in my hand. I was using a 2.1 amp charger that came with phone.