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I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
See if you can get an OEM cable or a Touchstone.
pr621 said:
I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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Leave it charging for a long time, 24 hrs +, it should charge.
Good luck.
original charger
pr621 said:
I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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You need to find an original charger or maybe a compare able 2amp Carter will work. A standard phone charger or USB port on your computer is not powerful enough to charge it.
Check amazon it shouldn't cost more than $10
I have another tablet charging block that is 5.0v and 2 amps, but when I use that all it does is make the home button flash then stop then flash again. I left it charge on my computer overnight to try and get it to trickle charge. When I woke up the home button wasn't flashing and when I try to turn it on, the red battery comes up for a second then the white plug icon. I guess I'll see about getting an OEM cable, hopefully that works.
UPDATE: I got it into "recovery" mode? It was plugged into my PC so I held power and vol up until my pc recognized it. But it's showing up as palm in the device manager, and no drivers seem to work for it.
UPDATE 2: My sister found her OEM charger and now it seems to be actually charging. Thanks for the help, I'll let you know if this doesn't work.
Yep, usually issues like that are because of not using the OEM Charger.
pr621 said:
I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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Only hope is original charger or Touchstone
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Battery dead, bricking issue
I have had several charging issues with my Touchpad. I am using ClassicNerd Butta OS. IF I am using the Android OS (Butta) and I turn off the Touchpad and then plug it in to charge it will restart the Butta OS. When this happens the Touchpad discharges instead of charging. So, when I come back later the Touchpad is dead and it takes a lot of messing around to get it going again. To prevent this I always turn off the Touchpad when I am using the Butta OS but I don't immediately attach the charging cable. Instead, I wait a bit. Then when I plug in the charging cable I immediately switch to the WebOS operating system. The device seems to charge well using WebOS. When it is done charging I unplug the cable and turn the device off. Next time I restart the Touchpad I let it boot to Butta. Then when it discharges to 80% or so I start the process again as stated. Sticking with these procedures has prevented the no-charge / no-boot issue from reoccurring. I also no longer charge the Touchpad at night. Instead, I charge it in the morning or during the day and only leave it on the charger for an hour or two until it is fully charged. It is my understanding that technique should result in longer battery life and better (longer) charge in the battery.
When my Touchpad battery has gone completely dead it is a real pain to get it to charge up the battery again. When the batter is totally dead the device will not boot into any OS or allow me to even get to the boot loader program. Takes a lot of messing around to get it to start charging again. Though I have been able to, eventually, get it to boot into WebOS and start to charge. But this was not an easy process by any means.
Also, I would agree that you really need to get a stock charger with the cable for your Touchpad. Using a different charger could damage the battery in your Touchpad and/or cause the battery to charge too slowly.
Good luck!
pr621 said:
I cannot get my sisters TP to boot. I guess she let it die completely, so now when I plug it in, all I get is the home button to blink back and forth. If I try to turn it on, I get the red battery with a lighting bolt icon, then a white plug icon, and when I plug it in from there I get the "To reliably charge" message. I don't have the original ac adapter or cable because she lost it. I have already reflashed the A6 firmware. Also, if I leave it plugged it with the home button flashing, after about 20 minutes or so, the flashing stops for a few seconds, then starts for a few seconds, then stops again and so on and so forth. Is there anything else I should try? Or is this thing dead?
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My Hp TouchPad tablet came today and I was told when bidding that it was doing exactly the same thing as mentioned here. I have the OEM charger and cable.. I'll let you know when I can get it straightened out and I hope it is a good one.. Thanks for the info..
While on the OEM charger it booted and I selected webos for the tptb to reflash A6, but soon after it was off charger it went back to the battery icon. battery life low I guess? I selected shutdown. Let it charge over night and see what happens.
Many thanks to many members who are so helpful...
Hey Guys,
yesterday my Touchpad was shut down because the battery was empty. So I charged it over the night. But today morning it isnt starting like the other times. The homebutton is flashing from left to right... Home + Power button dont work. Sometimes if I do the trick "cable in, power and homebutton holding, cable out still holding" came the battery with the question mark for 0,5 seconds... Is it dead?...
Charger is hp original. Cable not.
please help...
this rom : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2174642
dav1do said:
Hey Guys,
yesterday my Touchpad was shut down because the battery was empty. So I charged it over the night. But today morning it isnt starting like the other times. The homebutton is flashing from left to right... Home + Power button dont work. Sometimes if I do the trick "cable in, power and homebutton holding, cable out still holding" came the battery with the question mark for 0,5 seconds... Is it dead?...
Charger is hp original. Cable not.
please help...
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No it's not dead. We're lucky, the tp is hard to kill, thanks to webos .
Charge the tablet to 100%. Use the wall charger. If you have a touchstone, you can use that too.
You might have to leave it charging for 24 + hours.
Once charged, hold power and volume up buttons together till you get the screen with the usb symbol. Once you have that, follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426244
It's a pita, but it works. If you have a problem with novaterm, there's a good workaround on page 12.
Good luck.
Thanks for your answer. How I can know if my tp is fully charged?
And the combination dont work. No reaction.
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dav1do said:
Thanks for your answer. How I can know if my tp is fully charged?
And the combination dont work. No reaction.
Sent from my ST18i using xda app-developers app
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You have to let it charge for a long time. It takes a real long time to recharge after it's gone to empty.
Make sure the charger is alright (sometimes all it needs is a twist to set it right).
If you can, change the cable.
The tp will be charged enough when pressing the power and volume up buttons together brings up the usb symbol (webos recovery). Hold them for over 15 secs.
Good luck.
chicle_11 said:
You have to let it charge for a long time. It takes a real long time to recharge after it's gone to empty.
Make sure the charger is alright (sometimes all it needs is a twist to set it right).
If you can, change the cable.
The tp will be charged enough when pressing the power and volume up buttons together brings up the usb symbol (webos recovery). Hold them for over 15 secs.
Good luck.
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Excatly the same problem. Exactly the same ROM.
Trying your advice.
EDIT: It came back to life by itself.
I apologize for bumping an old thread
I just came into ownership of 2 of these without an OG charger and they are flashing left and right... Any advice?
cadillac6661 said:
I just came into ownership of 2 of these without an OG charger and they are flashing left and right... Any advice?
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The home button flashing left to right means the battery is charging but has insufficient charge to boot.
You need a charger, preferably the original one, but any mains/AC charger that kicks out 2A at the right voltage will do.
Leave the TP charging and eventually it should automatically boot into the default OS - may need 24 hours or more...
Cheers
this is a problem on Xperia Devices (at least the ones with a sealed battery my x10 never had this).
This drain brick happens because the hell i know, but is phone bricked, dark, no light , no vibration, nada, its was a real brick.
how i fixed it? sort of i fixed my Xperia T had to provoke charging but the Z1 doesnt have a red blinking light after charging it for a while... but it does have a magnetic charging port!.
now to the instructions. following what i did to try and revive my phone.
1. try to charge the phone for an hour or so.
2. most like it wont charge but if you connect it to the PC, it will sort of react to it, just try unplugging and plugging the phone till it reacts, you may even leave it to charge there just in case (for about 10 mins if you want i leaved it for 3).
3. get a 2 AMP charger, the original one or a known brand charger like anker (i did it with my anker charger and it worked).
4. get or Use a magnetic cable/dock and connect it simultaniously with the usb cable on the PC. (and no the magnetic cable wasnt enough to jump charge the phone).
5. if the stimulation worked, it should be able to show a really dim red led, that means your phone is still alive
6.let it charge it will turn on alone.
7. smile and cry out of joy because your 500-700 dollar phone still works.
if it worked or you have any modifications on this method leave a comment and hit the THANKS button.
btw i turned on my phone and it had 1% that means it never charged until i jump charged it.
Interesting. For normal charging, will plugging the Z1 to the USB and magnetic ports simultaneously speed up charging as well?
Celestial Fury said:
Interesting. For normal charging, will plugging the Z1 to the USB and magnetic ports simultaneously speed up charging as well?
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no you can't speed up charging. Charging speed is limited to cable quality, AC plug quality and software/hardware restrictions.
the USB on PC and magnetic cable combo for some reason helps to start the phone like you do when you want to recharge an depleted car battery.
It just open the circuit and let the phone charge again.
someone please confirm if this works for more than one person/situation.
Thanks for assistance btw, hopefully it works for all of us.
Nope doesn't work.
I tried it already.
Sorry guys.
Worked for me. Took some time before PCC registered it though.
help me please
Asadroid said:
this is a problem on Xperia Devices (at least the ones with a sealed battery my x10 never had this).
This drain brick happens because the hell i know, but is phone bricked, dark, no light , no vibration, nada, its was a real brick.
how i fixed it? sort of i fixed my Xperia T had to provoke charging but the Z1 doesnt have a red blinking light after charging it for a while... but it does have a magnetic charging port!.
now to the instructions. following what i did to try and revive my phone.
1. try to charge the phone for an hour or so.
2. most like it wont charge but if you connect it to the PC, it will sort of react to it, just try unplugging and plugging the phone till it reacts, you may even leave it to charge there just in case (for about 10 mins if you want i leaved it for 3).
3. get a 2 AMP charger, the original one or a known brand charger like anker (i did it with my anker charger and it worked).
4. get or Use a magnetic cable/dock and connect it simultaniously with the usb cable on the PC. (and no the magnetic cable wasnt enough to jump charge the phone).
5. if the stimulation worked, it should be able to show a really dim red led, that means your phone is still alive
6.let it charge it will turn on alone.
7. smile and cry out of joy because your 500-700 dollar phone still works.
if it worked or you have any modifications on this method leave a comment and hit the THANKS button.
btw i turned on my phone and it had 1% that means it never charged until i jump charged it.
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Hello my friend I have Xperia Z1 and I fall into the Hard Brick Pc didn't recognized my phone but I put myself in the wall charger after a few hours LED red blinking you can post a picture for this solution because I did not understand exactly and thank you
pheel said:
Nope doesn't work.
I tried it already.
Sorry guys.
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did the computer detected the phone but for a brief moment like trying to install the drivers?
Kirkymole said:
Worked for me. Took some time before PCC registered it though.
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@Kirkymole;
can you share what you did exactly and what i can up to the guide?
and im glad that i could help you
momo-infos said:
Hello my friend I have Xperia Z1 and I fall into the Hard Brick Pc didn't recognized my phone but I put myself in the wall charger after a few hours LED red blinking you can post a picture for this solution because I did not understand exactly and thank you
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as i told you on the PM write up how you bricked it exactly and what steps have you done so i can help you correctly.
i will post pictures of the procedure of how i did it when i get a few hours to edit and upload it.
Tried this trick last night. After 2 hours LED stopped blinking and became stable RED (no flashing). This is the first time in 1 month that LED stopped flashing, I was even able to Hold Power+Volume up button and it vibrated 3 times (nothing like that happened in the past). So it was a significant improvement from where I was 2 days ago. However, LED suddenly turned off and when I connected it to charger again it started to blink again. Buttons do not respond again.
Little info from the past:
I bricked my Z1 when I flashed .290 ROM. Left it on charge for 2 days nothing happened, flashtool would not recognize it and kept saying USB debugging off. Then I decided to open back cover and remove the battery so it could reset. That didnt resolve the issue and i just gave up.
Video instruksion would be very helpfull maybe
Asadroid said:
did the computer detected the phone but for a brief moment like trying to install the drivers?
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Yes. But the computer simply recognised it as a normal "unknown" usb device with usb debugging disabled.
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ruinkhan said:
Tried this trick last night. After 2 hours LED stopped blinking and became stable RED (no flashing). This is the first time in 1 month that LED stopped flashing, I was even able to Hold Power+Volume up button and it vibrated 3 times (nothing like that happened in the past). So it was a significant improvement from where I was 2 days ago. However, LED suddenly turned off and when I connected it to charger again it started to blink again. Buttons do not respond again.
Little info from the past:
I bricked my Z1 when I flashed .290 ROM. Left it on charge for 2 days nothing happened, flashtool would not recognize it and kept saying USB debugging off. Then I decided to open back cover and remove the battery so it could reset. That didnt resolve the issue and i just gave up.
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Exact same thing happened to me. "USB debugging off"
All I did was plug in the magnetic connector, then with the PC turned on and Pc companion running I plugged in the USB, it took about 20 minutes to recognise it but once it did, I unplugged it, left it on charge via the magnetic plug for around 5 hours and although the charging symbol never appeared it booted into recovery the normal way (I did that just to see what would happen) then restarted the phone via Cwm and it worked normally from then on.
Kirkymole said:
although the charging symbol never appeared it booted into recovery the normal way .
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BY saying "Charging Symbol never appeared", do you mean LED was not red and turned off?
ruinkhan said:
BY saying "Charging Symbol never appeared", do you mean LED was not red and turned off?
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The symbol that appears on the screen.
I also kind of used this method.
I directly plugged in, in these steps.
1) Plug in magnetic charging dock with 1A charger (Plugged USB into charger)
2) Plug in USB with 2.1A charger (Plugged USB into charger)
Dim-ish red light popped up and the phone began booting.
Plugging into the phone for me wasn't as effective as plugging into the charger as I left it for a while and nothing happened but upon plugging USB into my single dual port charger this method worked to get my phone onto the charging screen, Android L
Had to plug the USB in and out a few times, not too many times, but eventually it booted up to the charging screen.
Be patient is the key I suppose?
For me worked with magnetic and usb 1A charger! Thanks!
My HTC One had a full discharge a couple days ago.When I got home to plug it in, it showed a blinking red LED and the battery charging animation, but didn't charge at all over a full day. I tried rebooting while still plugged in to the wall charger, which took me to the OS. From the OS I could do anything -- text,call, use Chrome, etc -- but the battery symbol had an exclamation point and the LED was still blinking red. As soon as I took it off the charger, it turned off.
I have tried Power + Volume Down, Power + Volume Up + Volume Down, and the bright light methods.
I was able to restore the phone to a previous backup from TWRP while plugged in, but the problem continues.
Any suggestions?
yelmelnobrainer said:
My HTC One had a full discharge a couple days ago.When I got home to plug it in, it showed a blinking red LED and the battery charging animation, but didn't charge at all over a full day. I tried rebooting while still plugged in to the wall charger, which took me to the OS. From the OS I could do anything -- text,call, use Chrome, etc -- but the battery symbol had an exclamation point and the LED was still blinking red. As soon as I took it off the charger, it turned off.
I have tried Power + Volume Down, Power + Volume Up + Volume Down, and the bright light methods.
I was able to restore the phone to a previous backup from TWRP while plugged in, but the problem continues.
Any suggestions?
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Try connecting the phone to your computer's USB port. If it charges there, then your charger is bad. You can check to see if is charging by going to Settings -> Power on the phone. If you are using the cable from your charger to connect to the computer and it isn't charging then try another cable. It that works, it may just be the cable that is bad and the rest of the charger is OK.
majmoz said:
Try connecting the phone to your computer's USB port. If it charges there, then your charger is bad. You can check to see if is charging by going to Settings -> Power on the phone. If you are using the cable from your charger to connect to the computer and it isn't charging then try another cable. It that works, it may just be the cable that is bad and the rest of the charger is OK.
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I have tried multiple cables, including the HTC stock cable and charger. When I plugged the phone into my computer, it did not show the blinking red LED and did not power up. The phone was basically unresponsive. I assume this is from lower amperage from the laptop's USB ports, but could be wrong. The laptop was also plugged into its charger at the time.
yelmelnobrainer said:
I have tried multiple cables, including the HTC stock cable and charger. When I plugged the phone into my computer, it did not show the blinking red LED and did not power up. The phone was basically unresponsive. I assume this is from lower amperage from the laptop's USB ports, but could be wrong. The laptop was also plugged into its charger at the time.
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The battery is severely discharged. Since, it will not charge via the charger or the computer it looks to be a phone hardware issue. You probably need to take it back to your dealer for servicing. Before you do that, give the connection to the laptop one more go except leave it on the for about an hour or two undisturbed. When batteries are severely discharged, it takes a while for it to recharge enough to give any indication of life.
I ended up sending the phone to HTC. I had modified the kernel and OS, but figured it was worth a shot since the phone was dead and it was still under warranty.
They told me it was out of warranty due to liquid damage. I have no idea how it may have been liquid damaged, but oh well. I wasn't going to pay the $200 to replace the motherboard so I asked them to send the phone back to me.
I received the phone last week and plugged it in. I wanted to make sure I could repeat the symptoms and that HTC hadn't further messed up the phone before I took it to a local repair shop. But what happened when I plugged it in? It came to life and began charging as normal. Either a generous HTC tech fixed my phone for free or the phone needed some interior jostling to get circuits back to normal.
Whatever the situation, my phone has been good as new with all the data just as I left it. For a full week, I've had no problems charging.
Hey all. I haven't used my Touchpad in about 4 years. I forgot what version of Android was on it when I last had it. Finally found it in storage. It's missing a charger but I've been using a phone charger and the home button light is doing its thing alternating back and forth. It's only been a few minutes but I've tried to turn it on and nothing is coming on. I don't remember if there's a charging screen or not when it's powered off and charging.
The touchpad itself is in pristine condition again I just haven't turned it on in a few years but want it for leisurely reading ebooks and comics.
Does this sound like a battery issue? I was gonna wait an hour or two to let it charge some more to see if it will come on.
HP Touchpad never dies, just sleeps deeply
MasturB said:
Hey all. I haven't used my Touchpad in about 4 years. I forgot what version of Android was on it when I last had it. Finally found it in storage. It's missing a charger but I've been using a phone charger and the home button light is doing its thing alternating back and forth. It's only been a few minutes but I've tried to turn it on and nothing is coming on. I don't remember if there's a charging screen or not when it's powered off and charging.
The touchpad itself is in pristine condition again I just haven't turned it on in a few years but want it for leisurely reading ebooks and comics.
Does this sound like a battery issue? I was gonna wait an hour or two to let it charge some more to see if it will come on.
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It might be fine but you may need to charge if for 24hrs and fiddle with the buttons if its fussy. Some info about all the below and try to use the origial charger if possible, the voltage it puts out is best for the tablet, read thread about it here.
My HP TouchPad won't turn on is it bricked?
-If your battery has been fully drained, then you may need to leave it charging for a full day
-When the battery is fully drained it can take the TouchPad a longtime to reach even the lowest battery level
-The USB cable does not transfer enough power to effectively charge the tablet
-You must use the wall plug when charging the HP TouchPad
-After charging the HP TouchPad try the following key combinations
key combinations to turn the HP TouchPad off or on when not responding:
-Hold down the Power and Home buttons together for 30sec
-Hold down the Power button and click the Home key 14 times
-hold down, home + power + volume down for 30+ seconds
RolandDeschain79 said:
It might be fine but you may need to charge if for 24hrs and fiddle with the buttons if its fussy. Some info about all the below and try to use the origial charger if possible, the voltage it puts out is best for the tablet, read thread about it here.
My HP TouchPad won't turn on is it bricked?
-If your battery has been fully drained, then you may need to leave it charging for a full day
-When the battery is fully drained it can take the TouchPad a longtime to reach even the lowest battery level
-The USB cable does not transfer enough power to effectively charge the tablet
-You must use the wall plug when charging the HP TouchPad
-After charging the HP TouchPad try the following key combinations
key combinations to turn the HP TouchPad off or on when not responding:
-Hold down the Power and Home buttons together for 30sec
-Hold down the Power button and click the Home key 14 times
-hold down, home + power + volume down for 30+ seconds
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So turns out it was working. Opened Chrome and last time I used it was January 17th 2014.
The battery life has been really good today I've been using it to read ebook PDF files and also listen to music.
Nice work
MasturB said:
So turns out it was working. Opened Chrome and last time I used it was January 17th 2014.
The battery life has been really good today I've been using it to read ebook PDF files and also listen to music.
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Glad to hear your HP TP is back in business :good: Its a great tablet for reading and especially music, probably the best speakers of any first gen tablet:victory: