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[Q] Back From the Dead

Yesterday when I got back home from work, I pulled out my phone only to find out it was dead. No light, no nothing. I thought it ran out of battery so I hooked it up to the charger for 5 mins but nothing happened (the led light didn't even turn on). So I decided to pry my phone open and pull out the battery (I hate doing this because the battery cover is fragile) and the phone booted up and acted normal again. I'm just wondering what happened. Should I be worried or something?
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Are u using a cutom rom? It might be cuz of ovrclock ...
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Well i can relate... but with my Xperia X10 (still can't use the Incredible S as my daily phone yet).
The X10 became dead, i hooked it to the charger, did absolutely NOTHING. Figured what gives, it's not charging so i decided to pull the battery and insert it back in while connected to the charger and there ya go, it came back to life.

No, I'm not using a custom rom. No overlocking or mods whatsoever. Just gingerbread updated through OTA then I did a factory wipe after. I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem or something or it's just a software mishap?

This happened to me once with my xperia mini.... I did some research and found that it happens coz of abuse of RAM.....some program is using the RAM continuously so we need to reboot the device and the only way is battery pull....
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OR it could also be that the phone was completely out of charge.
it does happen sometimes when the phone is used till the battery completely drains out.
Once you connect the charger, it can take between 2-10 mins to start up again.
Maybe there is a minimum charge the phone needs to even start or show the charging led...
its good though your phone is back!

[Q] Incredible S Won't turn on at all anymore.

Got the phone just over a year ago so it's just out of warranty.
The phone recently started turning off, forcing me to remove the battery in order to restart it. This occurred when I turned the screen off (power button) and left it off for more than about 20 seconds. This was obviously a massive pain in the ass, so I decided to s-off, root, then put custom firmware on it.
So I plugged it into the computer and was just downloading all the required bits, and I got a phone call. I picked up, talked for a bit, then when I hung up I instinctively turned the phone screen off. I then left it for about half an hour until the downloads were done (HTC Sync downloading at 40 kbps >.<) and then went to turn it back on. Of course it had offed itself.
So I went to pull the battery out and do the usual -- to no avail. I tried outing the battery, plugging it in, then putting the battery back in (as read from a random Google result) and nothing.
TL;DR:
Here's the status:
Phone began doing the seemingly standard random turn-offs that require a battery loop.
After a week or so of this, the phone stopped coming back on.
And it will not give any sign of life (No vibrates, no lights when plugged in, no PC response)
Phone has never been dropped / watered
Tried different leads / USB - power adapters
Battery was at about 80-90% at the time of offing forever.
Tried with SIM Card in and out
Tried with MicroSD card in and out
Is this **** bricked? I wanted to wait for the Edge to come out before I upgraded; I don't want to end up with a Sensation or something.
Any fixes?

andrew207 said:
Got the phone just over a year ago so it's just out of warranty.
The phone recently started turning off, forcing me to remove the battery in order to restart it. This occurred when I turned the screen off (power button) and left it off for more than about 20 seconds. This was obviously a massive pain in the ass, so I decided to s-off, root, then put custom firmware on it.
So I plugged it into the computer and was just downloading all the required bits, and I got a phone call. I picked up, talked for a bit, then when I hung up I instinctively turned the phone screen off. I then left it for about half an hour until the downloads were done (HTC Sync downloading at 40 kbps >.<) and then went to turn it back on. Of course it had offed itself.
So I went to pull the battery out and do the usual -- to no avail. I tried outing the battery, plugging it in, then putting the battery back in (as read from a random Google result) and nothing.
TL;DR:
Here's the status:
Phone began doing the seemingly standard random turn-offs that require a battery loop.
After a week or so of this, the phone stopped coming back on.
And it will not give any sign of life (No vibrates, no lights when plugged in, no PC response)
Phone has never been dropped / watered
Tried different leads / USB - power adapters
Battery was at about 80-90% at the time of offing forever.
Tried with SIM Card in and out
Tried with MicroSD card in and out
Is this **** bricked? I wanted to wait for the Edge to come out before I upgraded; I don't want to end up with a Sensation or something.
Any fixes?
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Sounds like your phone just died.
Another explanation is you have something loose, you should open it and check .
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I'll take it in the an Optus shop today and start yelling abuse, maybe that will get it fixed. Worked on my old Legend. If that doesn't work, I'll open it up and have a look.

Yelling didn't work, they just tried out the phone on all their chargers and it failed.
So I'll open it now.

OK here's a picture of the USB charger bit. I can't post external links, so I'll attach it.
It looks okay... is this what I should try replacing? The USB thingy?
BTW, I unplugged everything then plugged it all back in, so nothing's loose.

Hey Andrew, I sent you a PM.

Struggling with the same problem...
Just made a call from my phone. After the call the phone seemed to be stuck on the call screen. I didn't think anything of it and left the phone alone. When i tried to use the phone again, there was no screen and the phone was not responding. I tried to re-start the phone by pulling out the battery but it won't switch on. You people seem to have the same problem. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks.

Just a suggestion, but have you tried removing the battery and powering on with the charger connected?
I guess this would help resolve whether it's a battery/charger issue.
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DeGozaru said:
Just a suggestion, but have you tried removing the battery and powering on with the charger connected?
I guess this would help resolve whether it's a battery/charger issue.
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I have a similair issue i was flashing a rom and my phone decided to turn off or was restarted by the rom update utility and never came back on now i tried it connected to a regular power charger and usb to my laptop and it wont recognize anything. battery was fully charged when i was flashing the rom can the incredible s power on with no battery? and if mine can't and wont be recognized by pc is it toast?

[Q] Is it brick?!

Well im pretty good with electronic, dis assembly and reassembly... however I may have bit the farm here. I replaced my digitizer for my device and the adhesive I purchased wasnt good enough so it was causing touch screen issues... So I took it all apart again and put it all back together to find OMG it wont turn on? Fully charged battery so I know thats not the issue and everything seems to be put in the right place (as if there is any other way to re-assemble this phone)....
So I did some trouble shooting... I tried switching to an original charger, attempted hard reboot assumed maybe the device was confused... left it on the charger as if god himself removed the remaining battery life all to no avail... However one thing I did notice is that for a while when the device was unplugged and sitting there the LED light would periodically blink red... hmm couldnt find anything on that ... Also when I remove the battery leads and plug it in the LED light illuminates green and stays that way regardless there still is no function to the phone literally a blank screen... I checked the screen and digitizer for damages both on its leads and the devices themselves and found there to be nothing wrong with them...
Im pretty sure I know the answer Im just hoping that Im wrong..

Also heres something Ive noticed as well, that when I plug both the phone in and leave the battery in it gets dangerously hot like battery about to explode hot after about 10 minutes or so

Berrabus said:
Also heres something Ive noticed as well, that when I plug both the phone in and leave the battery in it gets dangerously hot like battery about to explode hot after about 10 minutes or so
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I buy broken Atrix HDs off of eBay all the time so I may be able to help. I've noticed that even though the battery is fully charged, when replacing the digitizer, the phone will think it's dead until it hits 100%. I usually have to hold the power button a Lil longer than normal, and when it turns on it will say 1% bat, remaining. It will charge the remaining battery and instantly jump to 100% when it's full.
Tl;dr: hold power until it turns on, charge to 100%

Markyzz said:
I buy broken Atrix HDs off of eBay all the time so I may be able to help. I've noticed that even though the battery is fully charged, when replacing the digitizer, the phone will think it's dead until it hits 100%. I usually have to hold the power button a Lil longer than normal, and when it turns on it will say 1% bat, remaining. It will charge the remaining battery and instantly jump to 100% when it's full.
Tl;dr: hold power until it turns on, charge to 100%
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Well heres the thing. I already have been using the phone since Ive replaced the digitizer and its functioned relatively properly (aside from the adhesive not holding the digitizer down) the thing that concerns me is when I hook the battery back up to it and plug the phone in it gets dangerously hot like literally to the point where I question weather or not its going to explode also it doesnt show any LED function with the battery connected.

Go through and double check all of your connections. Also, connect it to your computer and see what device manager says.
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darknessrise1234 said:
Go through and double check all of your connections. Also, connect it to your computer and see what device manager says.
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Checked, rechecked and triple checked the connections as you know with the MB886 the connections only go one way and they either are in or not theres no middle-man. Unfortunatly my data-cable is not functioning so I cannot hook it up to the PC at the moment however I assume that if there is no function or charge with it just being plugged into the power cable then likewise would result from a PC connection. Not to mention the unexplained heat... like Im saying its almost to hot to hold kinda heat..

Well, last one I bricked it would be green light anytime it was plugged in and it had a specific register on the device manager.
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darknessrise1234 said:
Well, last one I bricked it would be green light anytime it was plugged in and it had a specific register on the device manager.
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When I plug it into my computer it says USB INPUT DEVICE RECOGNIZED DRIVERS INSTALLED CORRECTLY! To me that all sounds posative! Question is where to from here?

Thats with the battery out... When I hook the battery up it immediatly begins to get warm and recognizes as a Motorola USB Composite Device then starts disconnecting/reconnecting... Also during this process I noticed that the aluminum battery chassis is cracked right where the battery connects to the unit...

Do you have a second battery? If so, test the other battery. Otherwise, I am out of thoughts.
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C6903 No longer charging.

My Z1 has started playing silly games, it no longer charges properly! It will be fine for a while, typically ten minutes or so, then it will pop up a warning message saying the connected power source isn't charging the battery. It will then drain faster than it can charge. Last night for example I put it on charge around 7pm with 67% and took it off at 8am this morning, but it's dropped to 3%. I've tried various chargers and cables, the dock, all 3 of my magnetic cables (how I normally it charge anyway) and tried all the usual methods of reset such as holding the red button under the SIM port down. Nothing works. It started around two weeks ago, since then I have flashed another firmware but the problem persists.
My phone is currently plugged into a 2 amp capable magnetic dock plug with the Sony plug that comes in the box. Just typing this message it's drained the battery 9% while on charge, wifi on and network off, screen brightness down and no other apps open.
I've spoken to Sony and they won't do anything, my rear glass is cracked so they won't even look at it and they seem to think it's water damage! The phone hasn't ever seen water so that's a load of BS from them.
What can I do?
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Use the normal USB charger

gregbradley said:
Use the normal USB charger
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That doesn't work, the problem still persists. That's the first charger I tried when the handset started not taking a charge.
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Looks like you need a new device as it could be when the back cracked the battery got moisture (not direct) infected
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AndroidDan said:
Looks like you need a new device as it could be when the back cracked the battery got moisture (not direct) infected
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Greaaaaaaat. That's the last thing I need :-S I've just tried my girlfriends iPhone charger and it seems to charge it, very slowly. I will have to dig my Blackberry out as a back up and see how the Z1 goes.
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I have the same problem after updating to KitKat. I'm using dock station too, but not the one that came with my phone (I didn't got any with it).
I put my phone to charge, and after 5-10 minutes it starts to show the message. One time I found my phone drained till 0% in the morning. So, I found a simple solution for my phone. Before I put the phone to charge, I turn it off, wait 2-3 seconds then turn it on. I immediately put the phone to the dock in the boot process. That's the only way I can properly charge my phone.
Hope this will help you...

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I have the same problem after updating to KitKat. I'm using dock station too, but not the one that came with my phone (I didn't got any with it).
I put my phone to charge, and after 5-10 minutes it starts to show the message. One time I found my phone drained till 0% in the morning. So, I found a simple solution for my phone. Before I put the phone to charge, I turn it off, wait 2-3 seconds then turn it on. I immediately put the phone to the dock in the boot process. That's the only way I can properly charge my phone.
Hope this will help you...
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Excellent! I will have a go and see if it works for me, Thankyou!
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Two (apparently) dead HD Pluses

A month or so ago, my mother told me her Nook HD+ (on which I had installed CM 10.1.3) would not turn on. I told her to plug in the charger for a few hours and try again. Still no go. I will be visiting her in a couple weeks and will see what I can do.
Today I tried to turned on my wife's HD+ (running CM 10.2.1) which had been off for several weeks. It was almost fully charged that last time it was turned off. It would not come on. I plugged in the charger in and no light came on. After a couple hours I held the power button on and after 10-15 seconds the battery symbol came on for 2 or 3 seconds then disappeared. This time the orange charging came on and stayed on so I assume it is charging. I will give it a few more hours before trying again.
What I'm wondering is: why does the battery seem to drain when the device is off, why won't it boot with the charger plugged in (I assume there must be some minimum battery charge required even when plugged in), is this typical of this device?
Any and all ideas or suggestions appreciated.

lmacmil said:
A month or so ago, my mother told me her Nook HD+ (on which I had installed CM 10.1.3) would not turn on. I told her to plug in the charger for a few hours and try again. Still no go. I will be visiting her in a couple weeks and will see what I can do.
Today I tried to turned on my wife's HD+ (running CM 10.2.1) which had been off for several weeks. It was almost fully charged that last time it was turned off. It would not come on. I plugged in the charger in and no light came on. After a couple hours I held the power button on and after 10-15 seconds the battery symbol came on for 2 or 3 seconds then disappeared. This time the orange charging came on and stayed on so I assume it is charging. I will give it a few more hours before trying again.
What I'm wondering is: why does the battery seem to drain when the device is off, why won't it boot with the charger plugged in (I assume there must be some minimum battery charge required even when plugged in), is this typical of this device?
Any and all ideas or suggestions appreciated.
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When you say off, do you mean completely off or sleeping? If completely off, it should not drain like that. Might be a weak battery.
And yes the power up sequence you described is normal with a dead battery. It must charge a little before turning on.
Tell your mom to try the same thing, holding power button for 15 sec.
If you are going to store it, it is best to have it at about 50% and then turn it completely off.
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Pretty sure my mom just let battery run down. She's 89 so not too attentive to electronic things. I'll make sure it's charged when I see her and try to get it going again.
Also pretty sure (but not 100%) my wife's unit was off-off, not standby-off. At any rate, it booted up after being charged. Updating 19 apps right now. Thanks.
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This may be late, and sound odd, but humor me if it's not resolved yet. Try to boot it with the SD card removed. My ovation went to doing the same thing, then further to showing false battery levels, and the SD card caused it. Inleqrndnthis by trying the SD card in a spanking new ovation, and my "faulty" ovation then booted, while the new one became problematic. Upon replacement of the now deemed faulty SD card, the problem has not returned.

ieatabiscuit said:
This may be late, and sound odd, but humor me if it's not resolved yet. Try to boot it with the SD card removed.
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Thanks. I'll be seeing my mom on Friday. Will try this if I can't get it started.
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Got my mother's Nook started. She just doesn't have enough finger strength to hold the button down for the 15 seconds or so it took to start. I'm going to tell her to leave it on all the time and plug in the charger every night so the battery never runs down to nothing again.
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