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phone ran out of battery last night, woke up and tried charging it and the led turns on for about 3 seconds then turns off.
tried leaving it connected for a while. tried using a usb to pc to charge, tried a different charger. nothing works
tried taking battery sim card sd card all out and leave it for a while.
so yea, ive had something similar with my bb bold happen, but i dont know how to fix it for androids.
any help?
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X7og said:
phone ran out of battery last night, woke up and tried charging it and the led turns on for about 3 seconds then turns off.
tried leaving it connected for a while. tried using a usb to pc to charge, tried a different charger. nothing works
tried taking battery sim card sd card all out and leave it for a while.
so yea, ive had something similar with my bb bold happen, but i dont know how to fix it for androids.
any help?
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Define what's happening a bit more clearly. When you plug it in, does anything show up? Have you installed CWM 5.0 or 5.5?
As a last resort, try to find someone with another Vivid to try and jump-start the battery.

i plug it in and the led turns to charge for 3 sec then turns off.
the device does not turn on screen is black and the bottom 4 touch buttons react and vibrate to touch but nothing else works.
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This happens on my vivid when my phone dies. Only the led will turn on for about 3sec then turn off and screen will quickly display what looks like the recovery page then shuts off and led turns on for 3sec. This cycle repeats itself for about 15min before phone will repower.
If my phone is off and I plug in the phone will power on to recovery screen. This happens even if battery is not drained. I've noticed this happen since I unlocked the bootloader and rooted.
Once when my battery died I plugged in and it booted to recovery screen. I decided to leave it while I showered. When I returned to my phne the screen was off. I tried powering on and nothing. I tried to power to h-boot and nothing. I held the volume down and power button down for almost 5min before my phone would reboot.
Not too sure what's going on...I just make a point to not let my phone die...kinda scary.
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jtitan0 said:
This happens on my vivid when my phone dies. Only the led will turn on for about 3sec then turn off and screen will quickly display what looks like the recovery page then shuts off and led turns on for 3sec. This cycle repeats itself for about 15min before phone will repower.
If my phone is off and I plug in the phone will power on to recovery screen. This happens even if battery is not drained. I've noticed this happen since I unlocked the bootloader and rooted.
Once when my battery died I plugged in and it booted to recovery screen. I decided to leave it while I showered. When I returned to my phne the screen was off. I tried powering on and nothing. I tried to power to h-boot and nothing. I held the volume down and power button down for almost 5min before my phone would reboot.
Not too sure what's going on...I just make a point to not let my phone die...kinda scary.
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Wait, recovery or bootloader? If it's going into CWM, then it is perfectly fine, as CWM 5.0 does NOT support chargemode, so once it has enough power, it'll just stay in CWM while still charging.
If you do have CWM and that isn't happening, then your charger is probably faulty. Don't really know what else to say, as I'm only talking from personal experience.

Aus_Azn said:
Wait, recovery or bootloader? If it's going into CWM, then it is perfectly fine, as CWM 5.0 does NOT support chargemode, so once it has enough power, it'll just stay in CWM while still charging.
If you do have CWM and that isn't happening, then your charger is probably faulty. Don't really know what else to say, as I'm only talking from personal experience.
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I do have cwm so I guess its the bootloader. It's the black screen with blue text where you can flash Rom, backup/restore Rom, clear dalvik cache etc...
I'm new to Android, been on iOS since it came out, so I'm still trying to figure out everything and getting familiar with terminology. New to being involved in forums too, so sorry for my ignorance.
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I suppose I need to make a .zip people can flash if they're stuck in 5.0 clockwork so they can charge their phones if they get stuck in clockwork.
Should I ?

jtitan0 said:
I do have cwm so I guess its the bootloader. It's the black screen with blue text where you can flash Rom, backup/restore Rom, clear dalvik cache etc...
I'm new to Android, been on iOS since it came out, so I'm still trying to figure out everything and getting familiar with terminology. New to being involved in forums too, so sorry for my ignorance.
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Black screen, blue text is CWM Recovery.
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Jirv311 said:
Black screen, blue text is CWM Recovery.
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That is what I originally thought. Thanks for clarifying.
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I'm using cwm 5.5.0.4 and would like some clarification.
Is the phone charging while in recovery even though the led charge light is not on. Thanks in advance.
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jayv81 said:
I'm using cwm 5.5.0.4 and would like some clarification.
Is the phone charging while in recovery even though the led charge light is not on. Thanks in advance.
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Good question... CWM 5.5.04 supports chargemode: It won't boot into CWM if it solely needs to charge. I'd presume that it would still charge, but I'm not entirely certain.

i coult not get into recovery at all.
but get this, i spent all morning trying to get this thing to turn on, tried everything.i finally decided to take it to rogers and see if a new battery would fix it up. as i was leaving out the door i just tried to push the power button one last time, the dang thing finally turned on.............i have no idea how the heck this fixed itself but i was glad.
i guess the raider/vivid did ot want to go back to rogers. heh
on a side note when it did turn on it had 1percent battery i ran back insidde and plugged it in right away.
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thread roundup
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1717766
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479060
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531208
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694017
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1769616
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652689
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732268
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754534
EDIT: I have stopped looking for these threads. The more I look, the more I find. If the above threads don't convince you that there is a serious issue with the vivid, then adding more of the same problem will no longer help.
I have added this thread to a growing list of similar threads. Please read the other threads and see if your issues seem familiar.
From what I understand... Don't let your battery run out on this phone. Some Vivids kill batteries.
Solution? None yet.
1. Buy a new battery once a couple of months-ish, until someone figures out why some Vivids are eating batteries. YMMV
*OR*
2. You might invest in a external charger and see if that can bring the "Vivid munched" battery back to life. YMMV
I vote to thread merge the above threads if this proves to be the issue.

[Q] OB won't turn on.

Hello guys. My phone won't turn on, at all. Just black screen. I tried two different batteries, I tried to connect it to pc (I can't see s/w upgrade mode, so I can't reflash it), nothing happening. I was running CyanogenMod7 RC, and I just turned off my phone (holding power button, and selected power off). Please help.

Sorry to hear that but you know it happened the same thing to me. Using it at midnight, turning it off and charging and 10 hours later it couldn't react to anything. I sent it to repair and 3 weeks later LG sent it back : they say that motherboard was dead and they change it.
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Sobralobo said:
Sorry to hear that but you know it happened the same thing to me. Using it at midnight, turning it off and charging and 10 hours later it couldn't react to anything. I sent it to repair and 3 weeks later LG sent it back : they say that motherboard was dead and they change it.
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Really? Damn. My phone was rooted, and I am not sure do I still have warranthy. How much will it cost in the service center to repair it?

Hum... it cost me nothing (since the phone couldn't turn on they couldn't see that the phone was not with stock rom lol) because it was on warranty. But the 3 weeks waiting was toooo long lol.
EDIT : But try again to turn in on, I tried everything during more than a day, to be sure. ;-)
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So is this really motherboard? Cuz I didn't do anything, just turned it off. Damn you LG.

remove battery and try to go in recovery mode(software update mode)
by pressing volume down and connecting the usb cable

theaks30 said:
remove battery and try to go in recovery mode(software update mode)
by pressing volume down and connecting the usb cable
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I already tried; No luck. It just look like a piece of metal, no reaction at all. I tried two different batteries, but as far as I remember P970 can work even without batteries when it's connected to the charger.

Yeah I didn't understand why mine died also. Just charging after turning it off. But this new one seems to not have any problem... for now. What really pissed me off were the 3 weeks waiting for it. I hope you'll don't have to wait that long.
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And yeah BTW I don't know if this matter, but I did partiotion from Recovery Menu, and used swapper before this happened.

Ok, now I know what the problem was. It's all swapper 2 fault. Somehow it managed to destroy boot sector. Oh well, it's also my fault, shoud've do appropriete reading before using this app. And why did I even need SWAP in the first place? Hello service center...

Hardware or software issue?

I've had the Note since February and its rooted but running stock. A couple days ago I took the phone off the charger and the notification of the battery saying it was charges was still showing. I have tried taking out the battery and rebooting but it's still there. Ever sense then my battery life hasn't been the greatest.I haven't tried a master reset though or getting a new battery. Any ideas what it could be? If this is the wrong section mods please move it. Thanks.

phoneman09 said:
I've had the Note since February and its rooted but running stock. A couple days ago I took the phone off the charger and the notification of the battery saying it was charges was still showing. I have tried taking out the battery and rebooting but it's still there. Ever sense then my battery life hasn't been the greatest.I haven't tried a master reset though or getting a new battery. Any ideas what it could be? If this is the wrong section mods please move it. Thanks.
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Sorry but it sounds to me like you need a new battery... You may even run the risk of damaging your phone, if you keep using the same battery...
Ps. thats a gut feeling only... I am not a engineer
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phoneman09 said:
I've had the Note since February and its rooted but running stock. A couple days ago I took the phone off the charger and the notification of the battery saying it was charges was still showing. I have tried taking out the battery and rebooting but it's still there. Ever sense then my battery life hasn't been the greatest.I haven't tried a master reset though or getting a new battery. Any ideas what it could be? If this is the wrong section mods please move it. Thanks.
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Clean your usb port with some alcohol, take out your battrey for 5 minutes, insert your battrey and your note is good to go..Ifproblem comes back again try changing your charger
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Or probably try to wipe battery stats in the cwm recovery.
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phoneman09 said:
I've had the Note since February and its rooted but running stock. A couple days ago I took the phone off the charger and the notification of the battery saying it was charges was still showing. I have tried taking out the battery and rebooting but it's still there. Ever sense then my battery life hasn't been the greatest.I haven't tried a master reset though or getting a new battery. Any ideas what it could be? If this is the wrong section mods please move it. Thanks.
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typical symptom of a infected USB port. clean it as rishab_s said. use lil alcohol , cloth and toothpik.. it should be fine after a few wipes.. unless the pins are physically damaged

nokiamodeln91 said:
typical symptom of a infected USB port. clean it as rishab_s said. use lil alcohol , cloth and toothpik.. it should be fine after a few wipes.. unless the pins are physically damaged
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Alright I will try and clean it this afternoon. I sure hope its something small. I'm fine buying another battery if its that also. So some people have had this happen before? Could it be because I'm using a converter for the wall plug in?
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Or probably try to wipe battery stats in the cwm recovery.
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I will try wiping the stats, that's an option I've never heard of.
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no its because of moisture and dust collected on the usb connectors

Alright I'll try cleaning the port, and maybe changing the charger. I'll see what happens.
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My brother doesn't wanna clean he is afraid of water damage. So I just took out the battery and trying a different charger.
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phoneman09 said:
My brother doesn't wanna clean he is afraid of water damage. So I just took out the battery and trying a different charger.
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Just a little alchol two drops wont do any harm just make sure battrey is out and clean it with a soft cloth and after that wait 5 min then insert the battrey and try using a diff charger thats it
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u can also use a moderatly powerful airblower

nokiamodeln91 said:
u can also use a moderatly powerful airblower
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That's an idea, well the phone no longer is showing the 100% charged indicator. The phone was completely dead and its now showing 50% charged. I am using a new charger now. Do you think it could be the battery?
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so when u plug in the charger its showing charging and when u remove the charger?

It stops charging which is a good sign, I hope! But it stays at 50% so was it really dead to begin with?
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Use the phone till it goes till 5 %and then change again.

So don't charge up to 100% then drain?
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no for now.. drain and charge again

Alright I will do that. What if it dies or the battery decreases in an hour or so like its been doing? Is it the battery then?
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u will be using it for a while right.. keep a watch on the battery... if its reducing too rapidly.. then u will come to know..

Nexus 4 bricked :(

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.

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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.

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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

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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..
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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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Gotta verify processing power for optimum evernote and Facebook performance
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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..

Galaxy Note won't turn on. Weird behaiviour.

Hi,
I have a Galaxy Note GT-N7000. It was working properly until some day it did not turned on.
When the phone is unplugged form the USB port the phone does nothing, no power, no Download mode, nothing. Even thou I fully charged the battery with an external battery charger... You press power button and nothing shows.
When I plug the USB charger the one sign of life I get is the battery charging icon (image attached)... which shows and then goes blank every 10 seconds. That's all I can get from the phone...
I checked other posts and they say it might be a broken USB port, So i disassembled the phone and removed the USB port flex to check if it might be short circuiting the board; but no luck. When I remove the USB port the phone does nothing.
Any ideas? Could it be the phone has a broken USB port and that the phone can't power without usb port?

I think that you have a full brick. Did you flashed a FW before?
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BVB-Fan said:
I think that you have a full brick. Did you flashed a FW before?
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Nope. No flash.
Do you think its a software issue or a hardware one?
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I cant say it to 100% beacuse I am not an expert but it looks like a software defekt, and you wrote that you loaded your battery at an external station so your phone must reboot (cause your battery is full) but it doesnt. I think that your completely system is deleted and if you cant switch to recovery or download mode have you an big problem.
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BVB-Fan said:
I cant say it to 100% beacuse I am not an expert but it looks like a software defekt, and you wrote that you loaded your battery at an external station so your phone must reboot (cause your battery is full) but it doesnt. I think that your completely system is deleted and if you cant switch to recovery or download mode have you an big problem.
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It could be a mmc hardware problem then... Anyways i will check for a jtag here in my country.
Any other ideas??
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MGA2009 said:
It could be a mmc hardware problem then... Anyways i will check for a jtag here in my country.
Any other ideas??
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Your not getting an emmc hardbrick unless you flashed something in a silly fashion at some point more likely recently than not.
Did you try a different battery or not?
From a cursory review the first thing to try is a new battery and or new cable.
I am not sold yet that this is an issue with the main board or the DC in board.

+1 for new battery.
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SpyderTracks said:
+1 for new battery.
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Jackpot. The battery was broken. Switched battery and phone turned on right away.
The battery was not swollen or anything, just not working properly.
Thank you all for the help.

MGA2009 said:
Jackpot. The battery was broken. Switched battery and phone turned on right away.
The battery was not swollen or anything, just not working properly.
Thank you all for the help.
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The batteries have very short life span and very sudden extreme behaviours when they're at the end of their life. Glad you got it sorted.
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