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Unable to mount USB to PC.

So, after messing around with AC Sideload Wonder Machine installing a bunch of apps, something happened and now I can't mount my Captivate to my computer. When I plug the USB into the PC, it momentarily shows "Charging" on BattStatt, but then it goes away immediately and the phone does not show an option to mount nor does it charge the phone.
I have the USB settings set to Mass Storage and USB debugging off. I've tried a different computer and nothing. USB drivers have been installed.
For some reason, it charges the phone if I plug it into the wall.
Did I damage the cable? Did I corrupt some system files? Any advice? Thanks in advance.
Edit: Not rooted, stock android 2.1. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the USB drivers. Doesn't help.

Did you try enabling usb debugging again?
Sent from my Captivate

curti.nogg said:
Did you try enabling usb debugging again?
Sent from my Captivate
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Yeah, that doesn't do anything either.

D'oh, just went through this too. Been a while I guess since I'd done it. You have to open the notification bar and select the "copy files for USB" option.
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try using another cable, if it doesn't work, look into possibly master reset. If not that, try one click downloader reset.

bedwa said:
try using another cable, if it doesn't work, look into possibly master reset. If not that, try one click downloader reset.
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I just tried another cable on another PC and it sort of works if I jiggle it a bit - I'm able to maintain a connection and transfer files, and it charges as well. I'm starting to think the USB port on the my phone may be defective.

My usb port was a little bent on my phone, after one of my sons tried to disconnect the cable sideways rather than straight. I just adjusted the outer parts very carefully with small pliers, and also bent the inner contact slightly. After that I had no more problems with charging, just be careful! Maybe that could help you, mrpibb?

Also make sure your USB slider door is fully open. It will "click" when fully open or closed.

axis01 said:
Also make sure your USB slider door is fully open. It will "click" when fully open or closed.
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Yeah, it's fully opened. Using the cable that came with the phone, it never works. Using a different cable, it sometimes works. The weird thing is that it charges fine via AC adapter when its plugged into the wall.

mrpibb said:
Yeah, it's fully opened. Using the cable that came with the phone, it never works. Using a different cable, it sometimes works. The weird thing is that it charges fine via AC adapter when its plugged into the wall.
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Spitballing here but it might not be the cable but the adapter on the phone.
Pins 1 and 5 (power) might be ok but either pin 2 or 3 (data) could be defective on the phone.

cappysw10 said:
Spitballing here but it might not be the cable but the adapter on the phone.
Pins 1 and 5 (power) might be ok but either pin 2 or 3 (data) could be defective on the phone.
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That's my fear as well. I'm screwed?

Wont start! :(

I got a Tab yesterday without any cables. There was a little amout of battery left so i Rooted it and bought the "Euro Tap Bootstrab", i tried it, boot CWM, took a backup and then i turn it off. No battery left.
I got a USB cable today. Plugged it in my pc and tab, but I honestly cant see if charging or not. Sometime comes a large battery icon, but when pressing button it goes black
Cant hard reset.
Please help

Prozel said:
I got a Tab yesterday without any cables. There was a little amout of battery left so i Rooted it and bought the "Euro Tap Bootstrab", i tried it, boot CWM, took a backup and then i turn it off. No battery left.
I got a USB cable today. Plugged it in my pc and tab, but I honestly cant see if charging or not. Sometime comes a large battery icon, but when pressing button it goes black
Cant hard reset.
Please help
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A PC will charge it very slowly. You need to plug it into a wall charger. You probably didn't brick it. See if you can get a USB wall charger from somewhere. Usually Blackberry chargers have a USB port that you can plug the cable into.

Using my HTC usb charger, thanks! So I just have to wait now?

Prozel said:
Using my HTC usb charger, thanks! So I just have to wait now?
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Yeah, pretty much. I don't think backing up your Tab would have bricked it, even if the battery died mid-backup since you're reading from memory (internal), not modifying it.

Ehm, to be precise, I pressed "Reboot System", a samsung logo popped out, I waited a long time and it didnt change so i turned it off. Dont hope it's bricked

Just what!? I've charged it for about an hour and have litterly tried everything, this suck big time! It just wont start

Prozel said:
Using my HTC usb charger, thanks! So I just have to wait now?
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I've charged it for about an hour
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Just plugging it in HTC charger gives you almost nothing! Original Samsung charger has a "trick" inside - it has pins 2 and 3 of its USB output connector shortened, and on top of that it has also 2 resistors between these pins and +5 and GND pins. When you plug the cable in common charger the tab does not "understand" that now it must take full power from the charger and does not charge the battery actually (it should take appr 1 A current from the original charger for 4 hours to be fully charged). You should get an original charger, or get a special adapter connected between your HTC charger and tab's cable (I have seen some at Amazon.de), or to make an adapter yourself.
PS. There is a strong recommendation: never do any programing, flashing, backup or restore with battery discharged below 80%, better to do it with charger connected.

Thanks, good to know, however the orginal is lost.. so can i still use the HTC but it will take longer or?

Prozel said:
Thanks, good to know, however the orginal is lost.. so can i still use the HTC but it will take longer or?
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I am afraid the tab will "think" that there is no charger at all. Connecting it to USB port of PC may give a result after several hours (very-very slow charging). Why don't you think over getting (or making) an adapter?!

Will defo get one, but then I would have wait till monday
Don't think i can make one

Prozel said:
Don't think i can make one
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Actually I have made this adapter in 20 minutes (but I am formerly an electronic engineer, though).
Well, then try to connect it to PC for the whole night (do not forget to keep PC running ), maybe it works out...
First try to run it, if it hangs, try CWM/restore, if it is bricked - re-flash it.
Good luck!

Thanks alot, really! Will report back tomorrow. Again tanks

Just to be clear, when it's charged, does the battery icon have to be there all the time? It does disappear after some while when it's connected

Battery icon disappears in several seconds when the tab is switched off. Short pressing on power on button shows it again for some while. Moving dots under icon show charging in progress.
When the tab is fully charged it makes a short sound.
When the tab "understands" that it is connected to a charger, it also makes a short sound.
PS. After recovering the unit I recommend to install Battery Watch from the Market - it has a widget and you will always know the state of battery etc. And you can see a graph showing a battery behavior. And this application is on top of that shouting - "Charging started!", "Charging complete!", which is funny...

Guess mine doesn't charge?
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Sorry for delay - no, it does not charge... the reason was explained.

Yeah i see now. Thanks for taking you time. Defo appreciated

Just for reference, do NOT turn your GTab on while charging from a pc. It won't charge at all. Keep it turned off, and then wait for like 9 hours (it takes about 50 minutes to increase the charge to 10% from my laptop).
And when you flash, always have a full charge. ;-)
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Hehe, yeah I just couldn't wait
Gonna pick up a HDMI dock tomorrow, until I've connected it to a laptop to see if it will charge.

So i got a proper charger, but does it charge?

Z1s bricked, blinking red when connected to charger or pc...fixable?

This Z1s was working fine
I used TWRP to recover a backup from another Z1s I had. I am not sure if it was a good backup.
When TWRP completed, I rebooted, and the phone failed reboot, and now will not turn on. Battery was under around 50-60% I think.
1) FLASHING RED light every second when connected to charger or PC.
2) Not recognized by Flashtool or Sony Companion.
3) Red button doesn't do anything
4) Cannot get this to do anything but flash red when connected to charger or PC/
Anyone know any ideas? Will the TEST POINT fix work for this Z1s c6916 ? There doesn't seen to be any mention of people bricking or fixing C6916 Z1s phones? THere doesn't see to be any repair files for the C6916 for unbricking .
Ideas?
Thanks

Tried another cable/charger?
I once had the concidence it was drained fully and the cable broken at the same time. Took me a while to figure that one out...

Maybe you have a look at this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574764
EDIT: I've posted my flashing story..:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56196049&postcount=471
Blinking red LED means mormaly Battery is dead.
I had this problem yesterday on 80% Battery...
I think, Batery Stats or smilar is corupted
Disconnect your device from your computer and try to shut down your Z1 by pressing power button and vol+ (Alternative you can try the reset button near SIM) Maybe it needs some tries
Charging on AC via wall plug may be necessary.
Reconnect in fastboot mode. Flash via fastboot a working boot.img incl. TWRP.
Reboot to recovery and restore a backup from your device. Don't try to reboot system. This will bring you back to yor blinking red LED... But the best way is to flash new Firmware via Flashtool in Flashmode.
Don't use backups from other devices. To recover containing apps and data you can try Nandroid Manager from Playstore . But sometimes restoring app data dont work (Different AndroidIDs...) You can also use Nandroid Manager to browse your backups and extract somthing. NM supports TWRP and CWM backups.

Thanks for reply but nothing is working.
I can get the phone to do a soft reset and get 3 vibrations, but phone will not go into flashmode (volume down plus POWER).
In other words, phone will not respond to FLASHTOOL or PC companion. routine. Tried multiple cables. Connected to a few different working wall chargers.
When connected to a PC, the phone will now do a connect , reconnect loop. switching from solid red, to no light, and back and forth., every minute or so.

me too
this happened to me when i was too impatient and now the battery is dead and i cant charge it
anyone know how to fix it? i dont really want to take it to sony or change a battery

Volume down then plug into USB

MasterHuanDuan said:
this happened to me when i was too impatient and now the battery is dead and i cant charge it
anyone know how to fix it? i dont really want to take it to sony or change a battery
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Did you try leaving it overnight on a charger? Did you try using PC Companion to restore the device to stock?

ok i solved it by charging it with 4 AAA batteries and a cut micro usb cable.
btw i couldn't connect to pc at all because the battery was dead, no bootloader or flash mode until i charged it with batteries

cut micro usb cable?
MasterHuanDuan said:
ok i solved it by charging it with 4 AAA batteries and a cut micro usb cable.
btw i couldn't connect to pc at all because the battery was dead, no bootloader or flash mode until i charged it with batteries
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Hi there I'm scouring the forums for somebody in a similar position to myself....
firstly, thanks in advance if you are able to even inch me in the right direction!
What is meant by a cut micro USB cable?
It seems very odd that charging via a charger that uses triple-A batteries as a source would make a difference, what made you think to try this and what actual difference would it make?
My Issue:
I stupidly hit backup from sdcard0 in CWM after having wiped the internal memory.... So this I guess is like backing up from a blank image? However I could be wrong on this point.
Now I get:
-No flashmode or fastboot is accessible....
-The phone turns on (sometimes with a vibrate, sometimes without), shows Sony splash screen then stays on a blank black backlit screen.
-The device gets much hotter than it does during normal operation, the battery seems to run out quickly after it is unplugged.
-The hard reset (inside of the sim card slot) resets the device with the 3 short vibrates as it always has
-If placed on charge the device wont stay in an 'off' state, always boots
-When connected to windows 7 x64, the device is recognized as "C6903" and has sony_adb drivers installed against it, (MTP is disabled in devices, I have also disabled auto-install devices in group policy because this was causing mayhem, PC Companion is also not running). Flashtool by Androxyde returns me an error saying device drivers must be installed, of course I have run through the driver installer and installed the correct Z1 drivers on the PC. It also informs me that I need to make sure the device isnt in MTP mode, which is why I've disabled and uninstalled the MTP driver under devices.
-I was briefly able to get adb to recognize the device on the command line but it was accompanied by saying "Unauthorized"
I've tried to include as much detail as possible to help my cause, and your post seemed to be fairly close to mine in terms of relevancy.
I've done a lot of trawling, and learned a lot on the way, certainly about android devices for future use! I certainly wouldn't have all the knowledge I have now unless I'd screwed up in the first place!
If any can lend any help that would be much appreciated!
Kind Regards
John

JJrmc said:
Hi there I'm scouring the forums for somebody in a similar position to myself....
firstly, thanks in advance if you are able to even inch me in the right direction!
What is meant by a cut micro USB cable?
It seems very odd that charging via a charger that uses triple-A batteries as a source would make a difference, what made you think to try this and what actual difference would it make?
My Issue:
I stupidly hit backup from sdcard0 in CWM after having wiped the internal memory.... So this I guess is like backing up from a blank image? However I could be wrong on this point.
Now I get:
-No flashmode or fastboot is accessible....
-The phone turns on (sometimes with a vibrate, sometimes without), shows Sony splash screen then stays on a blank black backlit screen.
-The device gets much hotter than it does during normal operation, the battery seems to run out quickly after it is unplugged.
-The hard reset (inside of the sim card slot) resets the device with the 3 short vibrates as it always has
-If placed on charge the device wont stay in an 'off' state, always boots
-When connected to windows 7 x64, the device is recognized as "C6903" and has sony_adb drivers installed against it, (MTP is disabled in devices, I have also disabled auto-install devices in group policy because this was causing mayhem, PC Companion is also not running). Flashtool by Androxyde returns me an error saying device drivers must be installed, of course I have run through the driver installer and installed the correct Z1 drivers on the PC. It also informs me that I need to make sure the device isnt in MTP mode, which is why I've disabled and uninstalled the MTP driver under devices.
-I was briefly able to get adb to recognize the device on the command line but it was accompanied by saying "Unauthorized"
I've tried to include as much detail as possible to help my cause, and your post seemed to be fairly close to mine in terms of relevancy.
I've done a lot of trawling, and learned a lot on the way, certainly about android devices for future use! I certainly wouldn't have all the knowledge I have now unless I'd screwed up in the first place!
If any can lend any help that would be much appreciated!
Kind Regards
John
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Ahhh...the situation of non system mode........Normally I always have this when I wipe system then turn off the phone and plug into the charger. Flashing ROM will solve this instantly...But for your case, I think the bootloader has some serious corruption (due to eMMC or the phone it self)

First, I dont really know much about all the details, this is what i think. sorry for the late reply btw
So i think theres this thing with phone chargers, my guess is that it connects with the phone's system to see how much its charged.
when the battery is around 100 or 99% full, the charger would stop charging and wait till it dropped to 98 or 97%. (i guessed the numbers)
batteries doesnt do all this complicated stuff, and if you leave it connected for too long it will damage your batteries.
In my case i waited for around 30 minutes using 4AAA batteries,
which means its supplying the phone 1.5v time 4 =6volts, a voltage higher than the standard sony charger,
i dont think it'll damage the batteries if you only connect them for a short time.
there are lots of ways to connect batteries to phones, google it.
actually im not sure how to do it myself because i actually used an interesting electronic part removed from a device
but its kinda hard to describe what it is, tell me if you want to know
after your phone is charged for some time you should be able to connect it to pc again
if it doesnt, charge it some more until you think your phone is gonna explode
once you connect to your pc you flash the boot.img file from your desired rom, most of the time it gives you a working recovery
twrp, no matter where it came from, it never worked with me, just saying
you should charge your phone in recovery afterwards, you dont need to do anything, just leave it plugged to a wall or pc while in recoevery
hope it works!
fun trivia: if you keep swiping down while in the cwm based recovery it will give you a rainbow mode. check it out

MasterHuanDuan said:
First, I dont really know much about all the details, this is what i think. sorry for the late reply btw
So i think theres this thing with phone chargers, my guess is that it connects with the phone's system to see how much its charged.
when the battery is around 100 or 99% full, the charger would stop charging and wait till it dropped to 98 or 97%. (i guessed the numbers)
batteries doesnt do all this complicated stuff, and if you leave it connected for too long it will damage your batteries.
In my case i waited for around 30 minutes using 4AAA batteries,
which means its supplying the phone 1.5v time 4 =6volts, a voltage higher than the standard sony charger,
i dont think it'll damage the batteries if you only connect them for a short time.
there are lots of ways to connect batteries to phones, google it.
actually im not sure how to do it myself because i actually used an interesting electronic part removed from a device
but its kinda hard to describe what it is, tell me if you want to know
after your phone is charged for some time you should be able to connect it to pc again
if it doesnt, charge it some more until you think your phone is gonna explode
once you connect to your pc you flash the boot.img file from your desired rom, most of the time it gives you a working recovery
twrp, no matter where it came from, it never worked with me, just saying
you should charge your phone in recovery afterwards, you dont need to do anything, just leave it plugged to a wall or pc while in recoevery
hope it works!
fun trivia: if you keep swiping down while in the cwm based recovery it will give you a rainbow mode. check it out
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I just want to say that i am really impressed with your idea about charging the phone with 4 AAA batteries. last year this day, 26 december, i bricked my phone while flashing that troubled version of 4.3 and went to service to get repaired it. and it took 4 months to change the phone for a new one. If i brick my device some day, i am writing your idea down to make the phone work again.

I used this
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usb issue and root without odin?

Hello, I currently have a note 4 marshmallow 6.0.1 but a few weeks ago before marshmallow got released the phone started charging really slow, it takes about 8 hours to fully charge, tried 3 different batteries, tried 3 different chargers and the issue persist. I tried to connect it to my computer to root it but it shows as unrecognized device, same goes for download mode (tried other computers too with the same result)
I thought it was the usb port so I ordered through ebay and replaced the usb board, it's still doing the same thing, takes about 8 hours to charge, is the fast charge capacitor/chip/controller on the daughter board or is it on the main board?
does anyone know if there is any other way to root the phone without odin as it's showing unrecognized on my pc?

Samsung devices are notorious for charging ports going bad.
Your charging port probably needs replaced fella. And as far as I know Odin is the only way to install TWRP since Towelroot has been patched back in the day.

@renickdp I have a note 4 as well.
I flashed Marshmallow and then a Note 5 port. Now I am having the same issues as you.
Extreme slow charging
(I use the app Ampere)
It's charging at a rate of 220mA
When normally it'll charge at 1020mA or 1700mA
It says I'm connected as a USB Charger, not AC (Which is wall)
Like you, I've tried 3 different power bricks, 4 different cables and 3 different batteries.
The thing that I find ultra werid is that this happened after flashing Marshmallow. I don't think it happened immediately for me but I honestly can't remember.
I am buying a new MicroUSB port and if it works after replacing it I'll tell you if not then this bug obviously has something to do with Marshmallow.

It happened for me about 2-3 days before marshmallow, already replaced the usb board and still the same issue, I'm starting to think is a device issue with the main board because even in download mode the computer shows unrecognized device
does anyone know if the power gets controlled by the usb board or the main board? I was looking at this picture and I was thinking the power management chip is what controls the fast charging and usb device identifier?
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Edit: Tested with the ampere app, started at 620mA then a few seconds later started dropping down to 200mA

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It happened for me about 2-3 days before marshmallow, already replaced the usb board and still the same issue, I'm starting to think is a device issue with the main board because even in download mode the computer shows unrecognized device
does anyone know if the power gets controlled by the usb board or the main board? I was looking at this picture and I was thinking the power management chip is what controls the fast charging and usb device identifier?
Edit: Tested with the ampere app, started at 620mA then a few seconds later started dropping down to 200mA
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I don't know. But I have the same issue. I haven't yet replaced my usb board/port but Oh. I'm getting 250mA and below. At the max I'll get 350mA. What model do you have? What ROM / Firmware? (when the issue started)

Andrew S.S. said:
I don't know. But I have the same issue. I haven't yet replaced my usb board/port but Oh. I'm getting 250mA and below. At the max I'll get 350mA. What model do you have? What ROM / Firmware? (when the issue started)
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I'm on stock it happened like 3 days before the OTA 6.0.1 that tmobile released, I updated OTA issue persists, model is the release one, not the newer T3
just received another usb board, will post back as soon I install it

I replaced the USB Port. Now the LCD screen is Broken! (I accidentally dropped it)
Soo.. I don't know if it works or not I'm going to end up getting a new phone most likely.
(I can't boot it into download mode. Not as of rn at least I haven't tried all that much but yea)
@renickdp
I'm sorry I couldn't be more help. It is an absolute pain rn.

I replaced the usb board again, same issue, on device manager on my pc I get a unable to get device descriptor, so I guess what controls the device usb must be defective on the main board

I will probably replace it but I need to do a backup I know I can backup the apk using different apps but, does anyone know any backup method that does not require root or a usb port and backups the app data?

renickdp said:
I will probably replace it but I need to do a backup I know I can backup the apk using different apps but, does anyone know any backup method that does not require root or a usb port and backups the app data?
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Were you able to fix the issue?
I have the same issue with my Note 5. USB won't work for anything (Gear VR. OTG, Fast Charge) except slow charge. I changed the charging port and same issue. Can figure out what the issue is. Cant even flash firmware thru Odin as USB is not recognized.

used a brand new fast charge cable today that went hot and killed my USB going to check the cable for x'd cables latter on
( not happy )
swapped logic board to another frame to rule out daughter-board , so it must be a chip on the logic board I need to swap over , thankfully donor board around
no longer Trust these cables
https://www.ebay.com.hk/itm/292884816403?ul_noapp=true

Unusual Dead Battery Problems/Behaviour

Hello, longtime reader, first-time poster.
I am trying to revive an HP TouchPad that is behaving strangely. Let me first start with the background of this tablet.
Background:
I believe that this TouchPad was bought in the fire sale. From the information I can gather, it was barely used. The only major hardware problem with this tablet is that the micro USB port is partially broken. To charge the tablet, I have to bend the cable toward the back of the tablet.
The Problem:
I can charge the tablet from my computer, anything else does not work (I assume it is because of the amperage). When I plug it into my computer, the home button immediately lights up. However, the left side of the home button stays on longer than the right side (the left side lights up for about 4 seconds and then alternates to the right but quickly goes back to the left). I this normal? I have also noticed that even after I unplug the TouchPad, the light still stays on for some time. When it is left charging on my computer for some time, it flashes the battery with ? symbol. I have also seen it go through a loop where it flashes the home button, then shows a low battery icon, and then quickly shows the battery with ? symbol.
I have read that you need to perform the tp debrick to fix the battery with ? symbol. However, when I plug it in and hold the correct buttons (for longer than 30 seconds), tp debrick v005 says something like QDSL mode not found (I forgot what it said exactly). I think that this is due to the faulty micro USB port, as when I plug it into my computer (which is running Windows 10) and hold the same buttons, Windows says that I plugged in an unknown device and that the device is not responding. When other people plug in their TouchPads that are in the same state, Windows gives them a name that is similar to QDLS or something like that. I am thinking of getting a broken TouchPad off of eBay and transferring its USB board to my TouchPad. There is an iFixit guide on how to do that. If all goes well, I think I will be able to perform the tp debrick.
So, I would appreciate it if anyone had any suggestions for me. If you need more information about the tablet, just ask. Thanks.

Well, I bought the broken TouchPad. If anyone has any tips for opening a TouchPad without breaking the clips, I would appreciate it.

M.A. HP Touchpad said:
Well, I bought the broken TouchPad. If anyone has any tips for opening a TouchPad without breaking the clips, I would appreciate it.
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Reply to your first post:
When the Home button LED blink side to side , it means the battery is very low, the Tablet is working properly and not brick.
A charger of 5.3 volts 2.0 amps, must be use. Nothing else, no usb on computer or any other charger.
The battery will not take a charge using any other type of charger and will not boot.
It could take a couple of days for a depleted battery to be fully charge or boot up.
My recommendation is to use the correct charger before trying to fix the usb board.
It is very easy to change any of the internal components, is all screws. When removing the screen make sure to use plastic material to prevent damage to the edges. Use two or three plastic openers to slowly open it from different parts. Some clips could break, but it can be snap back again even with few remaining clips.
This is a guide that explains the symbols and what to do:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hp-touchpad-novacom-repair-android.3960435/
Have fun and good luck!

HP_TOUCHPAD said:
Reply to your first post:
When the Home button LED blink side to side , it means the battery is very low, the Tablet is working properly and not brick.
A charger of 5.3 volts 2.0 amps, must be use. Nothing else, no usb on computer or any other charger.
The battery will not take a charge using any other type of charger and will not boot.
It could take a couple of days for a depleted battery to be fully charge or boot up.
My recommendation is to use the correct charger before trying to fix the usb board.
It is very easy to change any of the internal components, is all screws. When removing the screen make sure to use plastic material to prevent damage to the edges. Use two or three plastic openers to slowly open it from different parts. Some clips could break, but it can be snap back again even with few remaining clips.
This is a guide that explains the symbols and what to do:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hp-touchpad-novacom-repair-android.3960435/
Have fun and good luck!
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Thank you, HP_TOUCHPAD. I will leave my TouchPad on the original charger untill the broken TouchPad arrives, which will be next Wednesday or Tuseday. How ever, I do not under stand how charging it on the original charger will give it any power. If I plug it into my computer, the home light imdediatley lights up. If I plug it in to the original charger, it does not.

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If I plug it into my computer, the home light imdediatley lights up. If I plug it in to the original charger, it does not.
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Is the original charger USB cable the same that it came with the Tablet?
As you know the USB cable can be detach from the charger.
Are you using the same USB cable from the original charger when connecting to PC?
The LED light should blink either way, when connecting to PC or original charger.
Try connecting another device to the original charger and see if it works.

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Is the original charger USB cable the same that it came with the Tablet?
As you know the USB cable can be detach from the charger.
Are you using the same USB cable from the original charger when connecting to PC?
The LED light should blink either way, when connecting to PC or original charger.
Try connecting another device to the original charger and see if it works.
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The original cable broke, so I am not using it. I tested the original wall charger before I plugged the TouchPad in, so I know it works.

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The original cable broke, so I am not using it. I tested the original wall charger before I plugged the TouchPad in, so I know it works.
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Not all USB cables are the same, make sure the cable works properly for charging.
If the Touchpad is getting power when connected to PC but not from the original charger, then something is wrong with the charger or cable, not the Tablet.

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Not all USB cables are the same, make sure the cable works properly for charging.
If the Touchpad is getting power when connected to PC but not from the original charger, then something is wrong with the charger or cable, not the Tablet.
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I have tested both the cable and the charger, and both work properly. I have noticed that the charger is a little warm but the TouchPad is not. It has been on the original charger for around 2 days now.

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I have tested both the cable and the charger, and both work properly. I have noticed that the charger is a little warm but the TouchPad is not. It has been on the original charger for around 2 days now.
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For all lithium batteries to take charge when depleted, it must be in a warm environment. It will need to be above 85 Fahrenheit, is all a chemical reaction. Also try this, without the USB cable connected to the Tablet:
Press and hold at the same time Power + Volume Down ( key closer to Home ) and Home for about 1 minute or until the Table boots or the LED blink, then connect to charger. Look at this guide picture:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hp-touchpad-debrick-linux-live-cd.4189245/
Sometimes the Tablet will freeze and a force reset is need it to make it charge. It will not take charge when is in a frozen state.

HP_TOUCHPAD said:
For all lithium batteries to take charge when depleted, it must be in a warm environment. It will need to be above 85 Fahrenheit, is all a chemical reaction. Also try this, without the USB cable connected to the Tablet:
Press and hold at the same time Power + Volume Down ( key closer to Home ) and Home for about 1 minute or until the Table boots or the LED blink, then connect to charger. Look at this guide picture:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hp-touchpad-debrick-linux-live-cd.4189245/
Sometimes the Tablet will freeze and a force reset is need it to make it charge. It will not take charge when is in a frozen state.
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Sorry, I did not have enough time to try your suggestions. However, the broken TouchPad came but it's screen isn't damaged like in the listing pictures. When I plug it into the original charger, the home button lights up. I will let it stay on the charger for the night.

Listing Picture:​
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I have left the tablet on the charger overnight. It is still flashing the home button light. I tried turning it on this morning but it didn't turn on. Both the charger and tablet are somewhat warm. How long should I wait for it to turn on?

Good news! The TouchPad I bought from eBay booted to the battery with ?. However, since this has a functioning USB port, I was able to perform tp debrick v005 on it. It successfully boots to WebOS and Cyamogenmod! Thanks for all the help! This isn't the original tablet I was hoping to revive, but at least I have a working one! Also, what is the latest version of Android that has everything working on the TouchPad? I want to upgrade it from its current Android version.

I need help. When I try to transfer the Android files to the HP TouchPad using TPtoolbox, Windows says that there is an F drive that I have to format before I use it. In the tutorials, a drive labeled HP TOUCHPAD or something like that shows in Windows, and you can put the Android files inside of the ttinstall folder. Should I format the drive and if so, what format?

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I need help. When I try to transfer the Android files to the HP TouchPad using TPtoolbox, Windows says that there is an F drive that I have to format before I use it. In the tutorials, a drive labeled HP TOUCHPAD or something like that shows in Windows, and you can put the Android files inside of the ttinstall folder. Should I format the drive and if so, what format?
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The TPtoolbox can only be use to flash an specific ROM, and that was 10 years ago.
Follow this guide that allows to flash all Android ROM ever made for the tablet:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...all-android-roms-with-swap-partition.3901773/
The Automatic Wipe All will make the Tablet 100% Android with swap and install TWRP which is use to flash all the ROMs:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/caibu8meh2qbd/Automatic_Wipe_All_and_Create_Android_with_Swap
Download the zip file and flash it with the recovery that is on the tablet now, do not use the TPtoolbox to flash.

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The TPtoolbox can only be use to flash an specific ROM, and that was 10 years ago.
Follow this guide that allows to flash all Android ROM ever made for the tablet:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...all-android-roms-with-swap-partition.3901773/
The Automatic Wipe All will make the Tablet 100% Android with swap and install TWRP which is use to flash all the ROMs:
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/caibu8meh2qbd/Automatic_Wipe_All_and_Create_Android_with_Swap
Download the zip file and flash it with the recovery that is on the tablet now, do not use the TPtoolbox to flash.
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HP_TOUCHPAD, how can I get the TWRP files onto the TouchPad if I can not access its drive from my computer? Even if I use the WebOS drive mode, I still cannot get in. Also, disk manager says that the TouchPad has a RAW file system.

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HP_TOUCHPAD, how can I get the TWRP files onto the TouchPad if I can not access its drive from my computer? Even if I use the WebOS drive mode, I still cannot get in. Also, disk manager says that the TouchPad has a RAW file system.
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Look at this guide, it has everything that you need and can do the job with just one click.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/hp-touchpad-novacom-repair-android.3960435/
The Novacom driver is use to load any uImage into the Tablet's memory, uImages are like Apps that provide ways to fix or boot the tablet, like a recovery TWRP can be loaded into memory to flash any files.

How do I use the Novacom Repair tool to install Android?

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How do I use the Novacom Repair tool to install Android?
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The guide provides all the details even videos:
I can not explain the same here what I already have done in the guide.
The Novacom Repair is a Linux OS with all the required drivers and files to fix any issues with the Tablet. There is nothing a user can do to brick the Tablet, everything is very easy to fix with just one click.
Flash the Wipe_All from the guide and it will do everything, even install TWRP which is the App that allows to flash any Android ROM.
After the Tablet has been setup using Wipe_All, it will boot into TWRP.
Then use this guide to Flash any Android version you want with all the optimization files and options.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...-swap-partition.3901773/page-43#post-85909547

I would like to keep WebOS as well, is that possible?