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Is this bricked?

To start i have no experience with "bricked" phones and could only assume to identify one if it just didnt work, so i could be way off here. I met a fellow who owns a Nexus One and he is trying to sell it as it no longer works. He tells me that he was preforming a firmware update, the phone "crashed" so he yanked the battery and since then he is unable to power it up. Im looking for more specifics on this to see exactly what is happening when he tries to power on. Given this info is it likely that his phone is bricked, and if so is there any way to fix it? Im inclined to think no, but would appre iate the opinions of others just like to make sure as he has offered it to me for next to nil. Thanks for any help.
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If he pulled the battery while flashing a radio image update, it is likely bricked.... but a bricked phone should power on to the static X initial boot image, and would stay there indefinitely.
Sounds like something else might be going on (battery dead/malfunctioning?), but I don't think it's officially "bricked" as much as "broken"

If it can't power on, I don't think there's any good in it
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Power buttons have been known to fail on a number of Nexus Ones.... maybe it's a case that the button is broke...
Think if you pull the batt while usb powered and put batt back in it will power on...

Thanks for the speedy replies. Ill wait for further info from the guy to see exactly what is happening and post again if its significant. Thanks again
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brunswick000 said:
To start i have no experience with "bricked" phones and could only assume to identify one if it just didnt work, so i could be way off here. I met a fellow who owns a Nexus One and he is trying to sell it as it no longer works. He tells me that he was preforming a firmware update, the phone "crashed" so he yanked the battery and since then he is unable to power it up. Im looking for more specifics on this to see exactly what is happening when he tries to power on. Given this info is it likely that his phone is bricked, and if so is there any way to fix it? Im inclined to think no, but would appre iate the opinions of others just like to make sure as he has offered it to me for next to nil. Thanks for any help.
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If it doesn't even power on, I would just warranty the phone and get a new one.

prettyboy85712 said:
If it doesn't even power on, I would just warranty the phone and get a new one.
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Our warranties are non-transferable, so don't get yourself stuck in a hardplace.

wesbalmer said:
Our warranties are non-transferable, so don't get yourself stuck in a hardplace.
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I was actually referring to the original owner.

wesbalmer said:
Our warranties are non-transferable, so don't get yourself stuck in a hardplace.
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where did you learn that? that's not what htc told me..

"T" wont register when using 1500 OEM HTC Battery

So i bought a few of these batteries off of ebay and they are OEM HTC 1500maH batteries that come with the EVO. However when i put it in i cant press the letter T. i knwo this is happeneing due to pressure on the screen (its a little bigger than the 1300) but its weird cuz when i put the batteries in my moms incredible the problem doesnt happen. can someone please help me find a fix for this issue. its realllly annoying. and also i know it has nothing to do with the software cuz ive tried flashing multiple roms.

not sure if it has anything to do with it, but do you and your mom both have the same types of screens, or maybe one of you has SLCD, etc.?

I have an HTC Evo 1500 in my inc and T works for me. I'm AMOLED. Let us know what you've got.

I have an 1800 battery off of ebay and its a good bit bigger then the stock battery and everything still works

We all have AMOLED so i cant figure out why there should be a problem with just "my" phone

that's no fun man :/ just curious, what happens if you hold the phone horizontal?

Works perfectly fine. But I don't use landscape very much...
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Have you tried using different keyboards?

yep. tried swype, stock keyboard, the ime mod. none of them work..

Gahh Its Lee said:
I have an 1800 battery off of ebay and its a good bit bigger then the stock battery and everything still works
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No problems with the Seidio 1750mah battery.

ok ive been using the stock battery due to the whole T not registering and i just got a siedio innocase 2 and popped it on my DI and the problem started happening with the 1300+ innocase! but now its even worse, the T, G and V wont register with the case on.. So im thinking about taking my phone into verizon and getting a replacement, but im not sure if they would give me a new phone because they might give me some its a 3rd party product bs and their not responsible for it... anyone have any suggestions on how i could get a replacement? lol

Well you said you noticed it when using an OEM battery... So obviously it's a problem with the phone.
Make sure you show them what happens when you try it on both you and your mom's Incredibles.

yeah im going to take them both in and show them. i should probably restore my stock backup and turn security back on before i take it in yeah?
dpwhitty11 said:
Well you said you noticed it when using an OEM battery... So obviously it's a problem with the phone.
Make sure you show them what happens when you try it on both you and your mom's Incredibles.
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That would probably be smart, yes.

so i brought it in showed them the problem and knowing how verizon reps are (they think wiping the data fixes everything) they just wiped the data, problem was still there and a new phone should be here tuesday. just crossing my fingers the same thing doesnt happen to the new phone.

chingy51o said:
so i brought it in showed them the problem and knowing how verizon reps are (they think wiping the data fixes everything) they just wiped the data, problem was still there and a new phone should be here tuesday. just crossing my fingers the same thing doesnt happen to the new phone.
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I have a question, did they let you keep your current defective phone while they sent a new one?

yeah they did
mikeymop said:
I have a question, did they let you keep your current defective phone while they sent a new one?
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Any news?
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Yeah got the new phone and everything works perfectly now!
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Sent from my Incredible ass phone

Do you still have the old phone, like after you got the new one
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[Q] HTC One, won't turn on..

To preface this, the phone is completely stock and unlocked. I've been using the phone now for about 3 weeks with absolutely zero problems. I plug it in to charge over night, wake up the next morning and it's completely unresponsive.
Won't turn on.
No LED notification light (Green or Amber)
Isn't recognised by my laptop as a disc drive either.
Any ideas, tips or suggestions as to how I can get it working again, short of calling the supplier and getting a replacement?
Thank guys.

With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?

Guich said:
With adb or fastboot you pc will recognize your phone?
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It might do but I have no idea how to do it.

Mine just did the same thing today, it discharged very quickly this morning and now it won't even charge at all. Not sure what to do....

My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.

hansmrtn said:
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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This is a worrying trend.. So there are no other alternatives just request a repair/replacement?

It really is. I've already contacted my brother, whom is pretty high up in att, about the matter. I'd consider myself a veteran of android and I have had no progress on the fix, it seems only to be hardware. In layman terms, yes you'll have to get it replaced.
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hansmrtn said:
My god. This has also happened to me. A few others have also had this problem. Contact HTC and file for a repair/replacement. I did today. Seriously sucks because its a solid phone otherwise.
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How long would the repair take? And would they send you a replacement first, because now I have no phone.....
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I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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hansmrtn said:
I'd say about 2 weeks at most. But no, they'll repair or replace the phone depending on the issue. Likely replace.
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I have the T-Mobile version would I be able to go into a store and request a replacement ?
Only asking because I have never had an issue like this with any of my phones.
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drop ship
When speaking to the HTC rep., try tossing around the phrase "can you drop ship a replacement phone?" Ask for a manager if its existence is denied. Once you find someone with enough power to "drop ship" the replacement phone, they'll take your credit card, then immediately send you the replacement phone and a box to ship back the defective phone. If you don't return the bad device, they'll charge your card.

happened to me twice - try holding power button for like 1min - it should turn on then

I opened a thread about this problem, but seems only some people have this defect.

I've had this problem too, it's currently with HTC (UK) to repair or replace. It arrived on Tuesday, still awaiting to hear back.

If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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gemini002 said:
If I hold down the power button it turns on....it happens when u charge and turn it on while stll plugged into the charger...happened to all 3 of my ones..this is a software thing nothing wrong with phone imo just don't turn phone on after full charge while plugged in
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It seems that my phone isn't dead after all. Holding the power button down does seem to work... It's a strange bug..

I don't get why people turn the phone OFF in the first place? I never turn my phone OFF at all. I sometimes restart the phone but that is it.

[Q] Did my phone brick itself?

I flashed Paranoid Android after wiping ARHD 10.2, everything installed perfectly, phone was working great until I was listening to Pandora and checking Facebook..then my SIM card became unreadable and I had to take it out and put it back in, when I turned my phone back on it had gone from 42 percent battery to 4 percent, then 2, then dead. I charged it for a little while before going out for dinner, I came home and it wouldn't turn on, and it won't charge now whatsoever.
What the ****?

Alright, this will sound silly but place the phone in front of a light so that the sensor picks it up then try to turn it on. Will have to hold the power button for a while but it should turn back on. Or, if it won't, also try booting into your hboot. Reason for this is so you can't accidently turn on your phone in your pocket or something like that. It's been a while since I read this, I could be wrong but this won't hurt your phone so just give it a try
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g33mt4z said:
Alright, this will sound silly but place the phone in front of a light so that the sensor picks it up then try to turn it on. Will have to hold the power button for a while but it should turn back on. Or, if it won't, also try booting into your hboot. Reason for this is so you can't accidently turn on your phone in your pocket or something like that. It's been a while since I read this, I could be wrong but this won't hurt your phone so just give it a try
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Light sensor trick didn't work. The phone won't even charge, let alone turn on.
I can't boot into recovery, nothing.

Have you tried a different charger, cable or wall port or all three?

TarekElsakka said:
Have you tried a different charger, cable or wall port or all three?
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Yes, tried two chargers in two outlets along with USB only charging, none work. Both chargers worked this morning.

That happened to me today. Literally the exact same thing.
My solution:
Step 1. PANIC LIKE A MOTHA F******
Step 2. Contemplate spiking unibody sexiness into pavement because unibody is functionally retarded.
Step 3. Take a deep breath and remember why you love her...
Step 4. Hold down power button for 10 seconds or longer.
Step 5. Plug usb cable that came in your box into your device.
Step 6. Quit whimpering, people can hear you.
Step 7. Plug into PC. Watch for tiny red light at top of phone.
Step 8. Wait about 30 min.
Step 9. ??????
Step 10. PROFIT! !
Sent from my squash patch.

Followed your steps for 30 seconds of holding the power down, plugged in stock USB to phone, plugged into PC. Nothing. Black.
Sent HTC an e-mail, my phone shouldn't over-heat and brick while using Facebook and pandora and that's it. I'm about to swap this **** for a S4 and stop being a HTC fanboy. I'm upset.

Not every unit provided by manufacturer can be perfect. By the end of the day its electronics and something can go bad. If you feel s4 is better than get a s4. HTC One will be happy to leave you. I'm sorry for being rude and sarcastic but it is what it is.
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You shouldn't quickly jump to conclusions in my opinion. Just get a replacement set and see how it goes. If it still has problems then you can go for S4 or whatever device is out there. Of course in the end it's your decision but I'm just saying that you shouldn't cloud your decision just because of one defective set.
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Bump, any other suggestions?

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Did you charge it overnight using the stock HTC charger and cable? That is about all I can thing of. Something in the ROM appears to have drained the battery flat, which is not normally possible.

This is device #4 that has died completely on a 10.1 rom

18th.abn said:
This is device #4 that has died completely on a 10.1 rom
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Makes me wonder if they didn't do something to the safe charging capabilities, although I would think that stuff is in the hardware, not the ROM.

It seems if it was the base that's being used we would have a LOT of devices going down so can't really speculate the cause. I shouldn't have posted above in such a suggestive manner.

I don't imagine the rom would be stopping the phone from charging as the kernel etc is not loaded until after hboot, charging is dealt with well before this sequence in the boot process.
To be fair it sounds like a hardware failure, maybe an overheating issue, possible caused by the rom and many other factors but that's the risk you take flashing experimental 3rd party software to your device. I don't thing you will ever know, your not even getting a uart mode which to me says fried PCB..
Send it in for repair and play dumb

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This is device #4 that has died completely on a 10.1 rom
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Mine had the exact same too, using cm-10.1
Just overheated, drained dead and didnt want to turn on or charge anymore
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This is indicating that for the time being, there is something seriously wrong with 10.1 builds and it's dangerous to flash them...
It's a shame that the cause for the error cannot be found once the device is bricked...

Same with my phone. Using slimbean. Phone died and unfortunately htc said i installed 3rd party software and i need to pay the repairs.
I didnt know how they knew that i had a 3rd party software where my phone cant even charge or turn on
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jadmask3rlm said:
Same with my phone. Using slimbean. Phone died and unfortunately htc said i installed 3rd party software and i need to pay the repairs.
I didnt know how they knew that i had a 3rd party software where my phone cant even charge or turn on
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You should raise that question with them to see if you can find out how they are getting the phone to turn on

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You should raise that question with them to see if you can find out how they are getting the phone to turn on
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I tried to ask them but they said they have somekind of hardware or software that can detect. Anyways im in a no win situation bec i knew all a long that if i flash 3rd party software its a goodbye to warranty
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[Q] HTC Vivid Bricked?

Hello all! i usually don't come over to this side of xda, i'm more of a Samsung guy lol
my friend gave me her nonworking HTC Vivid and told me to try and revive it for her. she said that the screen is broken, but i don't believe that's the case. every so often when i press the power button, the screen lights up (black), and when it's charging (as it is now), the screen is also lighting up (black) and the LED light is orange. any help would be appreciated
also as a side note: does anyone know if you can take out the SIM tray? just curious. thanks all

Okaham said:
Hello all! i usually don't come over to this side of xda, i'm more of a Samsung guy lol
my friend gave me her nonworking HTC Vivid and told me to try and revive it for her. she said that the screen is broken, but i don't believe that's the case. every so often when i press the power button, the screen lights up (black), and when it's charging (as it is now), the screen is also lighting up (black) and the LED light is orange. any help would be appreciated
also as a side note: does anyone know if you can take out the SIM tray? just curious. thanks all
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is the LED light blinking when charging? take out the battery and put it back in. Then hold the power button and vol down and then release the power button and see if you can get into the bootloader

bilibox said:
is the LED light blinking when charging? take out the battery and put it back in. Then hold the power button and vol down and then release the power button and see if you can get into the bootloader
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no, the LED light stays on constant. i've tried both of those methods many times before, no go

OK... Let's try this... Just to give us a better idea...
Pull the battery...
Pull the sim card...
Pull the sdcard...
Replace the battery... Try to turn it on...
Now... Does it vibrate?
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rignfool said:
OK... Let's try this... Just to give us a better idea...
Pull the battery...
Pull the sim card...
Pull the sdcard...
Replace the battery... Try to turn it on...
Now... Does it vibrate?
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neither SIM or SD Card is in the device, pulled battery and tried to turn it on, no vibrate or anything, however the screen alternates between off and black screen

OK... Next round...
Was it stock... Locked bootloader?
Hmm...
Have you tried plugging it into USB and booting it?
Are we sure the battery has a charge... And I'm asking because if you have CWM on there it will not charge while off...
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OK... Next round...
Was it stock... Locked bootloader?
Hmm...
Have you tried plugging it into USB and booting it?
Are we sure the battery has a charge... And I'm asking because if you have CWM on there it will not charge while off...
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the device was completely stock, no root or anything, i tried plugging it in and booting, no go
oh, just tried to do that, the device vibrated however, still a black screen
EDIT: okay i'm almost 100% sure that the device is on now, however i'm still getting a black screen?

Okaham said:
the device was completely stock, no root or anything, i tried plugging it in and booting, no go
oh, just tried to do that, the device vibrated however, still a black screen
EDIT: okay i'm almost 100% sure that the device is on now, however i'm still getting a black screen?
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OK... If we think the device is on... Let's plug into your computer and see if adb can see it...
I am beginning to lean towards a loose connection somewhere...
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rignfool said:
OK... If we think the device is on... Let's plug into your computer and see if adb can see it...
I am beginning to lean towards a loose connection somewhere...
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"adb devices" does not respond with anything, computer can't see the device

Okaham said:
"adb devices" does not respond with anything, computer can't see the device
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OK...
We got one more try here...
Make sure you have the fast boot drivers for the phone...
Make sure you have the right RUU
Pull the battery... Put it back...
Hold vol- and press power...
Count to 30...
Plug the phone in...
Try to run an RUU...
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OK...
We got one more try here...
Make sure you have the fast boot drivers for the phone...
Make sure you have the right RUU
Pull the battery... Put it back...
Hold vol- and press power...
Count to 30...
Plug the phone in...
Try to run an RUU...
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can i get the links to the drivers and RUU? thanks, really appreciate your help

Okaham said:
can i get the links to the drivers and RUU? thanks, really appreciate your help
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Link...no...
But... The fastboot stuff is bundled with HTC Sync... And you can find an RUU on goo.im
As long as HTC didn't make them take it down... I think it might also be available on the HTC website
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rignfool said:
Link...no...
But... The fastboot stuff is bundled with HTC Sync... And you can find an RUU on goo.im
As long as HTC didn't make them take it down... I think it might also be available on the HTC website
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I have a raider that did this very thing
get a stock charger plug it in for a few minutes and you maybe surprised
I didn't believe it either
but it worked I have meet a few people that say the same thing