Is my phone bricked? - Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So basically no problems with my Xperia so far, there was a time it wouldn't charge properly but after 30 minutes in a wall socket it charged again.
Today my battery got empty and I thought it wasn't a problem, just connect it to a wall socket but unfortunately it wouldn't do anything, even after an hour. I tried plugging it in my computer to see if it would detect my phone, no connection sounds or notifications. I tried volume up + power button, still no sign of life.
I'm starting to believe the phone just hard bricked? Never had any problems so far so not sure what to do next.
Leaving on holiday soon so I can't afford to lose my phone at this moment.
Any suggestions?
PS: I didn't flash it or anything, just stock rom

Which firmware are you on?
Did you tried another charger and cable?
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gm007 said:
Which firmware are you on?
Did you tried another charger and cable?
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I didn't since I don't own another one. I haven't had any problems with the charger or cable so far
Not sure on the firmware, still the same that came with the phone I assume, haven't done the upgrade to 4.2.2

I had a similar problem, the problem was the cable!with a new cable everything was fine
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[Q] Help Atrix HD won't charge

I just flashed CyanogenMod 10.2 and it won't charge anymore I know the charger works because I can connect it to any other device it'll charge.
if its the pacman build i had this same problem..
the battery was actually draining down while connected to the pc.
maybe try a different rom..
PROBAM Rom have many of those bugs taken care of which you can try
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The phone is dead now anything I can do?
Is your phone bootloader unlocked?
Have you tried charging it with phone off?
The only thing I can think of trying is going to fastboot and and go back to stock but i think you need at least 40% of battery
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Are you using the original charger that came with the phone? If not, try using that one or a more powerful unit.
OK so the fun is dead there is only a green light on I can't boot into anything and I'm using the charger that comes with the Nexus 7
Rafa2745 said:
OK so the fun is dead there is only a green light on I can't boot into anything and I'm using the charger that comes with the Nexus 7
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Only thing I can suggest is using the original charger that came with the phone. I recall reading posts from other users that could get their phone to charge by using the usb cable and charger that came with their phone.
If its dead and will not respond to a cable (original Motorola cable plugged into wall) , you may have to invest in a Factory Cable and let it charge in the bootloader so you can RSD a stock ROM.
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Dead Device

Good day everyone,
Looking for a little assistance here. I have the ONE (m7ul) running the official CM nightlies last flash i did was Saturday October 19.
Everything was fine and i was charging the device and using winamp for some tunes. The device shut off on it's own and will not power on anymore. The led light will not even come on when charging on the wall charger or via usb.
I did talk to HTC and they had me hold the power button down while holding the volume rocker down for 3 complete minutes to no avail. which makes me think it is a hardware issue so sending it in for repair is most likely what will happen but does anyone know if it being rooted and running CM will matter? being that it is a hardware issue and not software..
any help would be appreciated.
Leebert225 said:
Good day everyone,
Looking for a little assistance here. I have the ONE (m7ul) running the official CM nightlies last flash i did was Saturday October 19.
Everything was fine and i was charging the device and using winamp for some tunes. The device shut off on it's own and will not power on anymore. The led light will not even come on when charging on the wall charger or via usb.
I did talk to HTC and they had me hold the power button down while holding the volume rocker down for 3 complete minutes to no avail. which makes me think it is a hardware issue so sending it in for repair is most likely what will happen but does anyone know if it being rooted and running CM will matter? being that it is a hardware issue and not software..
any help would be appreciated.
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What do you see when you connect it using usb?
Let it charge for a while and wait for the led to maybe turn on
danielr18 said:
What do you see when you connect it using usb?
Let it charge for a while and wait for the led to maybe turn on
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Ya i tried that as well, it was on the wall charger for over 15 hours last night and still no led light. I did not leave it plugged into the usb for very long though, just to test it.
Do you think leaving it on usb for awhile might make a difference?
Thanks for your response too.
Leebert225 said:
Ya i tried that as well, it was on the wall charger for over 15 hours last night and still no led light. I did not leave it plugged into the usb for very long though, just to test it.
Do you think leaving it on usb for awhile might make a difference?
Thanks for your response too.
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Connect it by usb and see if the phone is being detected in device manager
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danielr18 said:
Connect it by usb and see if the phone is being detected in device manager
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Just tried and the pc does not see it in the device manager
Leebert225 said:
Just tried and the pc does not see it in the device manager
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You'll have to send it. If they can't turn it on, they won't see the root
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danielr18 said:
You'll have to send it. If they can't turn it on, they won't see the root
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Ya i figured so, and HTC said it would be wiped and original software would be installed so here is to hoping im not out a bunch of $$$!
Thanks for your time, i do appreciate it.

[Q] Won't Boot/Charge/Respond!

I have had the Xperia T (LT30P) for only about 3 months now.
The phone crashed and shut down so I tried to turn it on again. There was no response, no led flashing or anything.
I tried charging for several hours. During charging the LED comes on red for a while, then goes off for less time. The red LED comes back on again. I think this may be a loop to do with kernal?
When attempting to power on the handset at this point, if it is not plugged in I get 3 flashes from the red LED, sometimes. Either that or NOTHING happens.
When attempting to power on, and it is plugged in. There is no response at all.
I have tried the Hard reset and soft reset but there is no response, no vibrate and no luck.
My PC will not recognise it being plugged in, neither will EMMA (the flashtool) nor PC Companion. This means that I can not reinstall kernals or firmware or anything!
I sent it off to be repaired but I have the EU version so the UK repair centre just sent it back to me un-repaired.
Any help with this will be much appreciated!
Let it charge for at least 24 hours, then try to turn it on our hard-reset. If that doesn't work it probably has to be repaired.
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Mad Marty said:
Let it charge for at least 24 hours, then try to turn it on our hard-reset. If that doesn't work it probably has to be repaired.
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I already tried that. I also tried getting it repaired but could not unless it is sent out of the country which is a huge pain in the....
Thank you though.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=46651548
It might work but may void your waranty so proceed with caution
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[Q] Unable to charge

My HTC One stopped charging.
I am unsure what is wrong, but it will not charge from the wall, USB, and Power bank.
What is bizarre is that USB OTG is still functioning properly. I was able to back everything up using OTG before it ran out of battery.
Any help or suggestion would be appreciated.
Edit: So it turns out, it will charge when it is turned off, but very very slowly.
when i charge it while its off, the charging LED cycles from red to orange and then it turns off (which triggers the charging animation).
Do you have twrp 2.7 installed? If so flash 2.6.3.3
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nateboi81 said:
Do you have twrp 2.7 installed? If so flash 2.6.3.3
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I'm still on 2.6.3.3
Thanks for the suggestion tho.
What Rom are you using. Are you using a custom kernal? I'm assuming you are using the stock charger that came with it?
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nateboi81 said:
What Rom are you using. Are you using a custom kernal? I'm assuming you are using the stock charger that came with it?
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I'm currently on MaximusHD, with its supplied kernel.
I've tried all sorts of charger, and none of them will charge it while its on.
The odd thing is, i haven't changed any settings. So I don't think its related to me messing around with ROMs and such.
This is odd... fastboot from the bootloader is working fine.
On my mac side, 'fastboot devices' is seeing my htc one and is replying with the correct S/N. while still in the bootloader my htc one is being displayed as 'Android 1.0' under 'system information'.
I honestly don't know what is happening, and I am currently in the middle of my exam week, so I'll be digging a little bit deeper after I'm done with my exams.
I haven't found anyone with a similar symptom as me on xda yet... so if anyone's got any suggestions, please chip in.
Thanks.
Sounds a bit odd. You said you tried different chargers. Did you try a different cable as well. You may have to try another Rom just to rule it out. Might be hardware related...
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nateboi81 said:
Sounds a bit odd. You said you tried different chargers. Did you try a different cable as well. You may have to try another Rom just to rule it out. Might be hardware related...
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Yep, different cable as well.
Seems unrelated to the rom tho. As it will not charge in bootloader and or recovery.
I'm going to try to flash a different ROM when i'm done with my exams.
Also, would you think it would be safe for me to try and achieve s-off with only fastboot working? As i would need to remove the 'tempered' sign from the bootloader before bringing my phone to repair.
I don't know if this will be useful...
But here's the readout from fastboot getvar.
Yes absolutely s off your phone to remove it. Rumrunner or Firewater should work on that. Personally I'm not sure if changing roms would make a difference but probably worth trying
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nateboi81 said:
Yes absolutely s off your phone to remove it. Rumrunner or Firewater should work on that. Personally I'm not sure if changing roms would make a difference but probably worth trying
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Would Rumrunner or firewater still work? I currently cant establish any adb connection... but fastboot is working tho.
Edit: I looked into firewater, which seems to be 100% adb dependent. So I guess firewater wont work.
I'm not sure about rumrunner tho... it seems to indicate that it'll check for an adb connection... but im not sure if it utilizes adb.
I recently had the same problem running Android Revolution 62, i didnt plug in my phone overnight and it completely ran dead and wouldnt take a charge at all, all i basically had to do was plug it in to the wall charger for like 10 minutes and hold the volume up and power button for a few seconds and BOOM! the little battery icon popped up on the screen and i was all set.
One thing im wondering about though is do you have to somehow reset your battery stats after this happens ??
Tewessarino said:
I recently had the same problem running Android Revolution 62, i didnt plug in my phone overnight and it completely ran dead and wouldnt take a charge at all, all i basically had to do was plug it in to the wall charger for like 10 minutes and hold the volume up and power button for a few seconds and BOOM! the little battery icon popped up on the screen and i was all set.
One thing im wondering about though is do you have to somehow reset your battery stats after this happens ??
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Hey, thanks for the input.
My phone started having this issue on sunday. And i'm still able to use the device. The Issue i'm experiencing is that it will not charge while powered on, even in safe mode, bootloader, and or recovery. It just flat out won't charge. to make matters worse, fastboot is working fine in the bootloader, the pc is recognizing it. But as soon as i boot up, my PC and mac will not even recognize it. nothing is showing. The only time that its being recognized by the computer is when its in fastboot mode and for a few seconds while booting up, it'll be recognized as MTP device.
Have you checked that the drivers are installed in device manager. If fastboot works it's likely a driver issue
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nateboi81 said:
Have you checked that the drivers are installed in device manager. If fastboot works it's likely a driver issue
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To be honest with you, i'm not sure if the driver is working (mac user). But even if the driver is installed incorrectly, wouldn't windows device manager thing still pick it up as a generic device? and from my understanding, the phone should still charge even without the correct driver.
Not for charging I was talking more about getting adb working to s off your phone. I think you should probably send your phone back
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nateboi81 said:
Not for charging I was talking more about getting adb working to s off your phone. I think you should probably send your phone back
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Well, the thing is, non of my computers are recognizing it via ADB (Macbook, Hackintosh, and Windows), so that pretty much rules out the driver issue. I am planning on sending it back, but I really should get rid of the UNLOCK and TEMPERED sign in hboot...
On another note, if i do bring it in for repairs, what approach should i take? Bring it in without any charge left and tell them it won't charge? or bring it in powered on, and use some other excuse (dead pixels, and or the purple tint) to get repaired?
Also, i've noticed that when I'm charging it while its off, the whole phone would heat up quite a bit (similar to medium/ heavy usage temperature| my estimate would be 40-45 celsius). And it charges really slowly, I would say around 10-20% per hour, while it would make sense to charge slowly, the charger(s) are also heating up quite a bit as well, almost like they're supplying 800-900mA of current.
I've just loaded the stock rom, and sadly, charging and adb is still not working.
any solutions to this? i am having same problem. its barely charging in adb, fastboot, or whether its on . somehow phone isn't charging at all.

Galaxy S I9000 only charges with USB cable

I am hoping that someone out there can help me. My sgs i9000 does not charge when using the mains charger. It charges when plugged into a laptop is in the USB cable okay though. I have bought, both a new battery and a new charger, but the problem persists. Has anyone had or heard of this problem? Better still, does anyone have a solution?
I thank you all in advance.
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Take ur phone to service centre
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Yeah, your USB port inside the phone is damaged, go to a service center with it to replace the damaged slot
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idCyber said:
Yeah, your USB port inside the phone is damaged, go to a service center with it to replace the damaged slot
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Thanked you by accident when I went to quote you there
It probably isn't his USB port on the phone if it's charging fine from a laptop with USB cable.
I'd be checking that the charger definitely works by charging another device with it, if you have one. The voltage pins on the phones socket are the same whether you're charging with a charger or plugging into a computers USB, so if one way wasn't working then nothing should be working.
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knuckles1978 said:
Thanked you by accident when I went to quote you there
It probably isn't his USB port on the phone if it's charging fine from a laptop with USB cable.
I'd be checking that the charger definitely works by charging another device with it, if you have one. The voltage pins on the phones socket are the same whether you're charging with a charger or plugging into a computers USB, so if one way wasn't working then nothing should be working.
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Thank you.
The charger charges my wifes phone with no problems. The battery charges in her phone using the mains charger too, so not a battery related problem either.
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Drhedphuk said:
Thank you.
The charger charges my wifes phone with no problems. The battery charges in her phone using the mains charger too, so not a battery related problem either.
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Could just be the plug on the charger possibly, I've had that happen before. There are two little sprung prongs on one side of it. I've had well used chargers before that I've had to get a pair of pliers and pull them out a little..
The fact that it works on your wife's phone doesn't mean it can't be the plug on your charger. Could just be that your USB port is a tiny bit more worn than hers. Doesn't mean that your port is totally screwed.
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I have tried three different chargers and none of them charge my phone. I'm very interested in your comment about the USB port being slightly more worn.
I am constantly flashing different Roms etc across using ums/ mtp so that does make sense. Also the USB cable that I use to charge my laptop is an old Nokia cable and the USB connector (phone end) is a little tighter.
Thanks.
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My phone became a bit wet in the rains (started working after keeping it in rice) and since then even I am facing a similar issue... My auto rotate doesn't go off even after disabling it and my phone only charges even when its connected to the pc... Unable to use it for any sort of data transfer between the phone and the pc... Doesn't get into download mode without using the battery method and odin too doest recognize it... @Drhedphuk if you had some progress please do post here too...
sbnaul said:
My phone became a bit wet in the rains (started working after keeping it in rice) and since then even I am facing a similar issue... My auto rotate doesn't go off even after disabling it and my phone only charges even when its connected to the pc... Unable to use it for any sort of data transfer between the phone and the pc... Doesn't get into download mode without using the battery method and odin too doest recognize it... @Drhedphuk if you had some progress please do post here too...
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Hi @sbnaul Unfortunately I haven't had much progress at all. My device connects with Odin & PC etc with no problem, it is just the charging issue using the mains charger. I have discovered that if I push in and hold the usb connector of the mains charger it will charge. Obviously though, none of us have the time to sit there and hold the phone for its charging process. If I have any further progress I will post here. Good Luck with your own problem, that must be a headache.

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