Nexus 4 bricked :( - Nexus 4 General

Well, last night my NS4 was bricked... Running Rasbean + trinity 109 I was performing an antutu benchmark and the device just powered off. Could not get it back on and only shows the red led. Tried everything that was available on the net (fastboot, flash stock images, 312321 button combinations etc.). I'm going to set up an RMA and already spoke to a Google rep. Since I ordered through a friend in the UK the RMA must ship there. Won't be a problem. Time to relock the bootloader and send that brick away

Congrats.
Btw. most people fixed it with just leaving it charging for a while and then rebooting.

Testraindrop said:
Congrats.
Btw. most people fixed it with just leaving it charging for a while and then rebooting.
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yeah I know. Had it in the charger the whole night with no succes. Now it's charging after I flashed the stock images etc. Maybe when I wake up tommorow we have better news, but I doubt it!

lowtje said:
yeah I know. Had it in the charger the whole night with no succes. Now it's charging after I flashed the stock images etc. Maybe when I wake up tommorow we have better news, but I doubt it!
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Damn, thats a shame.
Wasn't a solution available a few weeks ago, when someone posted a video of releasing the battery a bit and the red light disappeared and the phone started working again.

U can try to open the phone up and disconnect the battery then reconnect it. This is how some people got theirs to work again.
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Disconnect the battery terminal
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How were you able to flash the stock images? Was fastboot working and I just misunderstood your original post? Thanks!

DowntownJeffBrown said:
U can try to open the phone up and disconnect the battery then reconnect it. This is how some people got theirs to work again.
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Was trying to do that, but the back is more difficult to open as stated in a few posts. Trust me, I went to a music store to get guitar picks and the special screwdrivers I'm just not taking a rist damaging the phone trying to yank of the back (although I was trying the whole day!)

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How were you able to flash the stock images? Was fastboot working and I just misunderstood your original post? Thanks!
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Fastboot was working. I had to hold down volume - and put in my usb cable.

I've read about this in blurts here and there.. What exactly sets off this "red light of death" ?

lowtje said:
Time to relock the bootloader and send that brick away
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If the bootloader is operational, can it really be considered a brick?

Crisisx1 said:
Disconnect the battery terminal
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Was trying to, but I reconsidered after reading some more. There are not many users risking to open the back. And one guy did it, and fixed his problem, but it came back after a week or so.

Visa Declined said:
If the bootloader is operational, can it really be considered a brick?
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If it won't boot after trying almost everything I guess so! I can only flash things with fastboot. Booting won't work..

if fastboot works, it should be fine... system/data/boot/recovery are all flashable. fastboot boot recovery.img and reflash rasbean? after you flash stock images it just hangs at the google screen? i doubt it's bricked

lowtje said:
If it won't boot after trying almost everything I guess so! I can only flash things with fastboot. Booting won't work..
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It's not bricked...
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This exact same thing happened to me. I was on CodefireX with franco.Kernel and I was running an Antutu benchmark and it just powered off to a red blinking LED.
I too tried everything but I couldn't get it into recovery or fastboot.
I ended up just sending it back to T-Mobile (one year warranty) without locking the bootloader again for a replacement.
I'll never run a benchmark again.
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There is clips u have to pry open after u take the screws out. I've taken mine off its actually not that hard if u know where the clips are located.
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I just got my n4 and after reading this, I'm scared to root it :/
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DowntownJeffBrown said:
There is clips u have to pry open after u take the screws out. I've taken mine off its actually not that hard if u know where the clips are located.
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I know, the problem is that I just can't get between the layers. I use a very "sharp" guitar pick. I managed to get one side half loose (at sim side) but I just can't open the other side..

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Captivated Brick Question

So I think my phone may be dead. I decided to Odin 1-click to Eclair from Cognition beta 1. My phone started, made it to rfs and then froze. The phone will not boot, recognize usb, charge, anything.
Does Eclair one click flash primary and secondary bootloaders? I know without them ordering a jig is useless. I have an upgrade and I can get a new phone but I would much rather fix my captivate. Any help guys?
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I have odin'd back to stock from Cog 5 without problem but if you used the odin with the three button fix, you are screwed. the 3 button fix odin will mix bootloaders since it only loads one froyo/eclair bootloader.
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I have odin'd back to stock from Cog 5 without problem but if you used the odin with the three button fix, you are screwed. the 3 button fix odin will mix bootloaders since it only loads one froyo/eclair bootloader.
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Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Guess its time to pick out my new phone.
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Coldskiesfullofblue said:
Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Guess its time to pick out my new phone.
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If you want it repaired, find connexion2005 on here. He will do Jtag service for about $50. his web address is http://www.mobiletechvideos.com
worth it if you ask me.
PM sent...I can definitely repair the phone.
dang bad luck, hope you get it repaired
I will consider sending it in. However, I have a new toy!!
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connexion2005 said:
PM sent...I can definitely repair the phone.
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Gtalk me [email protected]
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Alright, I finally have time to sit at the computer.
The phone was running Cognition 5Beta1.
I did not use ODIN 1-click. I used ODIN3 v1.0, placed pit.pit in the pit, placed PDA in the PDA, Connected the phone and held the vol bumper. Phone booted into download and connected as COM4. (JF7 software) I clicked start, the phone made it all the way to RFS, the green bar made it approx 20% across and then the bump, the progress bar froze and would not continue any further. Now phone will not respond to any button. However, the battery was warm when I left it on the charger all night.
Doesn't the phone need the primary bootloader for charging?
I made the $1 JIG and failed. I do not have steady hands though. I'm pretty sure the phone needs JTAG but just wanted to sit and type everything out to make sure. I figured if sbl.bin completed that I would have a bootloader.
To answer my own question, my phone now has mismatched bootloaders and needs JTAG. Looks like it will be sent off soon.
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Coldskiesfullofblue said:
To answer my own question, my phone now has mismatched bootloaders and needs JTAG. Looks like it will be sent off soon.
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Yeah That happened to me. Had GB loaders and went back to stock using JF6 secure. However I checked for an OTA update and there was one. So being the experimental type I downloaded it and while it was installing it failed halfway and complete Brick.....I realized soon afterwards my mistake. A few days and $50 later MobileTech sent me back a stock fixed device. Well worth it.
Last night I tried to use ODIN 3 1.3 to go back to stock out of a bootloop and since I have a new model captivate it doesn't play nice with 1.3. Got the infamous blackout. Thought I bricked again but soon after the phone-PC image appeared and I knew there was hope.
Used the JIG and ODIN3 1.8
to flash stock and reflashed my ROM.
Looking for an alternative to Continuum. seems to get laggy after a week or so. With an SGS 2 on the way I may go back to Froyo on this one or COG beta 5
Coldskiesfullofblue said:
To answer my own question, my phone now has mismatched bootloaders and needs JTAG. Looks like it will be sent off soon.
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Are you sure? Read AdamOutler's thread on the one click unbrick. Its possible you trashed a different file that is causing the black screen.
...10char...
Very nice talking to you and thanks for following up on your thread as many people do not...
mrhaley30705 said:
Are you sure? Read AdamOutler's thread on the one click unbrick. Its possible you trashed a different file that is causing the black screen.
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I tried the one click unbrick. Adam is doing some awesome work there. It will help a lot of people. Unfortunately, I was not one of them.
I looked at the flashing order and traced to where my flash failed. I only flashed one bootloader. A gingerbread/eclair mix doesn't boot, Haha.
It was also a pleasure talking to you as well. I've also decided one thing, I'm ditching this Atrix when my Captivate is fixed. It's a really awesome phone but I can't stand not having an AMOLED. Looks like I'll be waiting on the Galaxy S II to make it over.
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It may sound silly, but i encountered the same problem today.
Disconnected my usb when working with odin and got permanently bricked.
Phone did not turn on, no indicator of charging, freaked out..
All i did was kept my mobile for charging for 20 mins even though it did not display that battery bar, disconnected from power supply, took out sim, ext sd, and removed the battery for 1 min and put it back and tried out the two button download mode, and done, my phone went into download mode, and then recovered everything back..
I know it sounds silly, but maybe of some help...
pparavas said:
It may sound silly, but i encountered the same problem today.
Disconnected my usb when working with odin and got permanently bricked.
Phone did not turn on, no indicator of charging, freaked out..
All i did was kept my mobile for charging for 20 mins even though it did not display that battery bar, disconnected from power supply, took out sim, ext sd, and removed the battery for 1 min and put it back and tried out the two button download mode, and done, my phone went into download mode, and then recovered everything back..
I know it sounds silly, but maybe of some help...
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You're lucky!! That's all I have to say.
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What to do

Hey guys my vivid is looking like is dead. It has power because I can feel it vibrating but the screen is blank. It is cracked the glass so I am hoping replacing it will fix it or is it a deeper problem?
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clago87 said:
Hey guys my vivid is looking like is dead. It has power because I can feel it vibrating but the screen is blank. It is cracked the glass so I am hoping replacing it will fix it or is it a deeper problem?
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Hopefully replacing it will fix it. If you happened to set up a VNCviewer on your phone you could check by accessing the screen from the computer, but I'm guessing that is unlikely.
Or get a mhl adapter and hook it to ur tv and see if that works .
So yes when I got home I was able to get boot loader on and I tried factory reset so it wasn't my screen I am guessing but when trying to get into recovery or trying to reboot its only on the HTC screen. This came out of nowhere so know I am a Little lost. What could of happened?
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clago87 said:
So yes when I got home I was able to get boot loader on and I tried factory reset so it wasn't my screen I am guessing but when trying to get into recovery or trying to reboot its only on the HTC screen. This came out of nowhere so know I am a Little lost. What could of happened?
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if your bootloader is still locked run the stock ruu file and it will put you on a stock Rom and fix any errors
clago87 said:
So yes when I got home I was able to get boot loader on and I tried factory reset so it wasn't my screen I am guessing but when trying to get into recovery or trying to reboot its only on the HTC screen. This came out of nowhere so know I am a Little lost. What could of happened?
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Bigtjmc said:
if your bootloader is still locked run the stock ruu file and it will put you on a stock Rom and fix any errors
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And if its unlocked...just relock it then run a ruu...*hint* you can relock a bootloader using the vivid toolkit which is stickies in th vivid dev section
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Alright will do when I get back home. My battery seems to be low though. Any tricks to get it to charge. I don't think its charging and yes I am unlocked with the toolkit so I will try relocking I guess see if it does the trick. Really at a loss as t what happen. Last thing I remember was talking g a picture of the sunset at the beach and then to having a dead phone
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big scare you guys the phone powered up and turned on by itself now. I am guessing it has something to do with the screen so I am not going to mess with it until I exchange it. Hopefully this week thanks for the help
Seems like I spoke to soon its happening again. I am getting a power light but no boot up. The home keys will vibrate but the screen stays blank. I am know wondering whether it's the screen or the battery or maybe both..... One thing I do see when I am able to boot up to bootloader is that its telling me the battery has low voltage. Could that mean there is not enough voltage going to the phone from the battery.

Reboots and no radio

Ok so my usb port broke off so I was using a razr well my daughter broke that by throwing it... so with no phone I grabbed my D4 I pulled the battery charged it to like 3% put the battery back in and powered it up... I made a Frankenstein cable that will charge it via the inductive charging pins... came back a few hours later to see it was charged... so there's the back story... now my issue it will not recognize the sim card says no service no sim card... so I switch back to stock (i was on avatar) same on stock no service no sim... but the stock reboots like every 2-20 mins never the same time frame... avatar it'll go all day with out a reboot... I get my new phone in 2 days but I go back to work tomorrow and need a phone... I have fr the stock ROM, put the sim in a different phone it does work... Put a different sim in mine it did not.... On avatar I Swapped sims, fr full wipe and reflash ROM fixed permissions... I am really at a lose here... I thank you kindly for any in put..
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I figured it out there is black screws and gold one...I guess the first time I took it apart I got it Twiztid... which it doesn't matter now... phones here... anyone need a screen
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dbreezy187 said:
I figured it out there is black screws and gold one...I guess the first time I took it apart I got it Twiztid... which it doesn't matter now... phones here... anyone need a screen
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you're asking if anybody wants to buy your old one?
je2854 said:
you're asking if anybody wants to buy your old one?
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If one needs it... pay the shipping maybe throw me a few bucks not trying to sell anything just help someone out... I know what its like had a dead RAZR and could not find a digitizer anywhere...
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dbreezy187 said:
If one needs it... pay the shipping maybe throw me a few bucks not trying to sell anything just help someone out... I know what its like had a dead RAZR and could not find a digitizer anywhere...
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You might want to send myfishbear a PM. I know he mentioned on another forum he is looking for another D4 to dev on since he gave his to a friend.
kwyrt said:
You might want to send myfishbear a PM. I know he mentioned on another forum he is looking for another D4 to dev on since he gave his to a friend.
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Will do... but the logic board does not have a USB port attached ...
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Clockwork Mod Recovery for N900a?

Is there a Clockwork Mod Recovery out for the N900a yet?
Dude, dont we wish!!!!! Ive been checking on here daily myself.... Cant wait!! I get my note 3 wednesday and I'm hoping for a bootloader miracle!!!!
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i honestly just dont see a need to flash roms anymore. android has just has gotten that good. i can see some people needing root which we have. but flashing roms is long gone for atleast me. just tired of it i guess.
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wttisme said:
1 word: Nandroid
I went through 3 different Note 3s because of various quality control issues and the ability to make a nandroid would have been amazing since I had to setup everything 4 times after rooting 2 different phones. Other than that, I don't really care too much about custom roms, unless they offer some benefit in addition to the Xposed framework modules and debloating I did.
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What type of issues?
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Yea what issues and what do you need to nandroid that an app or kies couldn't save?
TouchWiz is crap, Id flash a Hello Kitty ROM if someone would dev one....
Cyanogen is always ahead of Sammy (and everyone else) when it comes to new tech, for freeeeee!
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wttisme said:
The first N3 kept an Edge data signal most of the time and would never lock onto and LTE signal for more than 10 seconds. The second one, and about 6 others I looked at in the store, had issues with the home button getting stuck under the glass. It was just during regular use, not trying to force it. If I tapped on the button off-center, it would get stuck under the glass, and constantly make the task manager pop up. The manager tried to call my bluff until she repeated the same when using the phone normally, instead of holding it horizontally and letting the weight of the phone release the button each time. I felt like it was back in the Hot Wheels days of searching for Treasure Hunts. I got one that doesn't seem to have any issues so far, aside from my E-mail FC, but I'll figure that out.
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Good to know. I'm not too fond of the home button swimming around. I'm having mic issues. I have to hold it to my mouth for the phone to register.
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Bottom line is there is no custom recovery and from what I understand there won't be unless the boot loader gets unlocked.
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Tenacious--M said:
Is there a Clockwork Mod Recovery out for the N900a yet?
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You can get n900a-cwm-recovery.tar from: http://d-h.st/mVG
However, bootloader of N900A is locked. You cannot flash it with Odin.
What we expect is Unlock bootloader.

HTC one M7 charging issues

Okay so I usually charge my phone over night the other day I wake up check the phone and it wasn't charging. It keeps giving me the cannot charge in usb host mode. I know this has been posted a hundred times but I have read through the forums and tried every fix. Nothing works. Battery drains in a couple of hours with no use. My question is should I try to change the battery or the usb port? Has anyone had success with this? Or should I just sell it and get something else? Thanks for reading. Phone is not rooted completely stock. It does charge only when turned off, intermittently and only to about 98%.
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Update phone is now stuck in boot loop and freezes when i try to get into recovery. only thing i did was try to start the phone in safe mode and now bricked anyone have an idea of what it will cost to have it repaired? I also threw it at the wall earlier and only ended up with a small dent. Maybe ill just get a nexus.
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Trom224 said:
Update phone is now stuck in boot loop and freezes when i try to get into recovery. only thing i did was try to start the phone in safe mode and now bricked anyone have an idea of what it will cost to have it repaired? I also threw it at the wall earlier and only ended up with a small dent. Maybe ill just get a nexus.
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If you just throwing it away send it to me
But seriously you can unlock the bootloader and flash a custom recovery and do a factory reset / format data
then flash a rom it may come back to life.
Have you tried a factory reset from Stock recovery ?
boot to the bootloader choose recovery
then push volume up and tap the power button
it should show stock recovery and do the factory reset in their
Thanks for the reply but I have tried to factory reset. I can get to the stock boatloader screen but no matter what I choose from the menu it just freezes and I have to hold the power button to get it to turn off. I also get no response when connecting to computer. I talked to HTC service and they want the imei number which I can't get. I don't want to throw it out it was the best phone I've had but it sucks to have a $350 brick sitting on my table while I use my backup.
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Trom224 said:
Thanks for the reply but I have tried to factory reset. I can get to the stock boatloader screen but no matter what I choose from the menu it just freezes and I have to hold the power button to get it to turn off. I also get no response when connecting to computer. I talked to HTC service and they want the imei number which I can't get. I don't want to throw it out it was the best phone I've had but it sucks to have a $350 brick sitting on my table while I use my backup.
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why can't you get the imei ?
just type fastboot getvar all from a command prompt in the fastboot folder
Maybe I'm not that advanced or I don't totally understand but it's not recognized at all if I connect to my computer. No sound and the computer doesn't see it. Only charges for a second then bootloop. Not sure what else to do?
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Trom224 said:
Maybe I'm not that advanced or I don't totally understand but it's not recognized at all if I connect to my computer. No sound and the computer doesn't see it. Only charges for a second then bootloop. Not sure what else to do?
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so your not able to put the phone in bootloader ?
volume down + power
in bootloader hook to the PC tap power one time you should be in fastboot USB ... the PC should make a sound and you will be in fastboot mode.
from your fastboot folder on the PC type fastboot devices you should see your phones serial number. then fastboot getvar all will display all your phones info
I can get to the bootloader screen but when I try to make any selection it just freezes computer doesn't make any sound when connecting. I've read a lot and can't seem to find any info. everyone who has a similar problem is rooted and has a bad flash or something where I'm completely stock. I'm starting to think it might be a mother board issue. Thanks I appreciate anyone trying to help.
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Trom224 said:
I can get to the bootloader screen but when I try to make any selection it just freezes computer doesn't make any sound when connecting. I've read a lot and can't seem to find any info. everyone who has a similar problem is rooted and has a bad flash or something where I'm completely stock. I'm starting to think it might be a mother board issue. Thanks I appreciate anyone trying to help.
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Yeah I suppose that's possible, but your the first I have seen.
Have you tried holding the power and volume down for over 2 min? the phone will reboot like 3 times but it resets something in the nand
I have tried that a couple of times and the holding a bright light on the sensors and leaving it on the charger for days. The funny thing is at first it would charge when turned off now whenever I plug it in it turns itself on and keeps looping.
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Trom224 said:
I have tried that a couple of times and the holding a bright light on the sensors and leaving it on the charger for days. The funny thing is at first it would charge when turned off now whenever I plug it in it turns itself on and keeps looping.
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That's all I can think of ... maybe @nkk71 or @alray or @Danny201281 have other ideas
Trom224 said:
I have tried that a couple of times and the holding a bright light on the sensors and leaving it on the charger for days. The funny thing is at first it would charge when turned off now whenever I plug it in it turns itself on and keeps looping.
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That's all I can think of ... maybe @nkk71 or @alray or @Danny201281 have other ideas
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Well if Hard resetting doesn't help and you can't issue fastboot commands I don't see what can be done.
I think it's probably hardware related though. A similar case recently where the phone would only charge briefly while turned off, fortunately the device was still functional, after flashing everything possible, finally ended up making it s-off and returning it to stock to send for warranty.
Maybe your fastboot problem is driver related but considering your bootloader is freezing I'd say it's a problem with the phone rather than drivers
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probably hardware defect. You can have a brand new M7 from ebay for about 350$ so I don't think it worth the 350$ to get it repaired, just buy another one and keep that one for parts.
Trom224 said:
the other day I wake up check the phone and it wasn't charging
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Trom224 said:
I know this has been posted a hundred times but I have read through the forums and tried every fix. Nothing works.
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yeah, i tend to agree it's a hardware problem; if you've already tried the other fixes (including cleaning the phone's usb port, and trying a different charger & cable), then either your usb port is borked, possibly the battery, even maybe the internal connections.
sorry mate
Thanks I'm probably just going to buy another phone it's just a kick in the butt. You guys are really great for taking the time to try and help. One question should I get a nexus5 or another m7 I have T-Mobile but buy phones from craigslist or eBay I don't like getting the newest phone they loose value way too fast.
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