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Hi all kind bros and sis,
Please help me out as I think I've really bricked my less than 2 months brand new Optimus 2X..
You see.. I rooted my P990 using unlock root and chanced upon CM7 and thought of giving it a try. I installed clockworkmod and downloaded the stable release of 7.1 for Optimus 2x.. following the instruction to do a Nandroid backup and proceeded with the Mod..
Not knowing that I need to wipe everything including data.. I just selected the Dalvik cache wipe and proceed with the mod. The process went for more than 15mins and I saw some graphics (the android figure going round and round) but it just stuck there... the screen went blank and when I touched those home or back buttons.. they will lighted but nothing happens. I can't power it off also. So I manually took out the battery and put it back before powering up again. The android picture appeared again briefly for about 1 min and just hanged there. I took out the battery again and this time it was dead.. no matter what I press : vol + and power buttons together; home+Vol+ + power down; Vol- + power down.. all those do not revive the phone.
I tried taking out the external SD card and try powering up. The LG logo appeared and got stuck there.
I searched on Google and found the smartflashtool. I tried that and managed to install the NVidia boot recovery driver and stuff correct. Hold the vol+ button and power key before plugging in but the smarttool did not find the com port or communication driver whatever so I couldn't flash it back to stock.
I'm very desperate and stuck now... did I just accidentally burned the board or something? What bad luck I have
If that's the case, will I still be able to bring the phone back to LG service centre and get it repaired?
Please help me.. any kind souls out there. I really liked the phone and hoped to bring it back. else it's such a shortlived phone... really breaks my heart to see this..
Thanks in advance...
humblepie88 said:
Hi all kind bros and sis,
Please help me out as I think I've really bricked my less than 2 months brand new Optimus 2X..
You see.. I rooted my P990 using unlock root and chanced upon CM7 and thought of giving it a try. I installed clockworkmod and downloaded the stable release of 7.1 for Optimus 2x.. following the instruction to do a Nandroid backup and proceeded with the Mod..
Not knowing that I need to wipe everything including data.. I just selected the Dalvik cache wipe and proceed with the mod. The process went for more than 15mins and I saw some graphics (the android figure going round and round) but it just stuck there... the screen went blank and when I touched those home or back buttons.. they will lighted but nothing happens. I can't power it off also. So I manually took out the battery and put it back before powering up again. The android picture appeared again briefly for about 1 min and just hanged there. I took out the battery again and this time it was dead.. no matter what I press : vol + and power buttons together; home+Vol+ + power down; Vol- + power down.. all those do not revive the phone.
I tried taking out the external SD card and try powering up. The LG logo appeared and got stuck there.
I searched on Google and found the smartflashtool. I tried that and managed to install the NVidia boot recovery driver and stuff correct. Hold the vol+ button and power key before plugging in but the smarttool did not find the com port or communication driver whatever so I couldn't flash it back to stock.
I'm very desperate and stuck now... did I just accidentally burned the board or something? What bad luck I have
If that's the case, will I still be able to bring the phone back to LG service centre and get it repaired?
Please help me.. any kind souls out there. I really liked the phone and hoped to bring it back. else it's such a shortlived phone... really breaks my heart to see this..
Thanks in advance...
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Try using SmartFlashTool, download the LG stock ROM (can be found here in XDA forum, i'll help you find the link), flash the .bin and .fls files.
humblepie88 said:
Please help me out as I think I've really bricked my less than 2 months brand new Optimus 2X..
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"Hold the vol+ button and power key before plugging in but the smarttool did not find the com port..."
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Turn off the phone. Hold Vol-DOWN while plugging it in. Start Smartflash and see the com-ports magically appear.
Follow trymhansen's instructions. He helped me before with my softbricked phone.
I hope you get your O2X back to life! Keep us posted
Best of luck to you!
PS. I also believe you should pull out the battery after turning off the phone in Trym's instructions. Trym correct me if I'm wrong please.
Hi All,
Thanks for your kind replies. I did follow your instruction. Take out the battery (I removed the ext SDcard as well), press and hold -vol and plug in the phone via USB. Afterwhich start up smartflash tool.. still nothing happens and no com ports are found.. The version of smartflashtool that I used is Dec 2010. Do I need to get the latest one and also the LG united drivers installed?
I also tried starting smartflash tool before the sequence.. still the same. BTW.. my OS is Win 7. Is it supported?
Really at my end's wit. Hope I can bring my phone back to life soon and I'm not really bricking it. I heard Samsung phones are not that easy to brick and can get to the recovery mode pretty easily. is it true?
Please help me.. thanks
Hi bros,
Attached are my screenshots from the device manager and smartflash tool... both seems not able to find the phone and allocate a com port. I've tried installing the latest LG mobile driver 3.6 but no help as well
Have you followed instructions as described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008070 ?
Also, try to attach your phone directly to computer, using usb ports from computer mainboard. I have experienced problems when attaching it via extension usb cord or attaching it to computer case ports. (I hope that you can understand what I have mean to say with usb )
Hi Memhis,
Yes.. I followed exactly the instructions from the thread and I've plugged into a USB port directly to the computer which is one of the ports in front.. not via any extension or USB hub.. still it did not detect.
I'll try to use another computer which is running Win XP and try again. I've downloaded those 3 files from that thread you recommended try using those instead.. hope it can be detected this time else I think I'll have to send to LG service for repair tomorrow.
I've been jailbreaking and modding my Iphone a lot and everytime whenever there's a near brick situation.. I'm able to fix it but not this time with an Android or LG perhaps... I hope I don't have to go to the extend of using ADB low level to push some files which I saw in one of the thread that one of the guys did that.. but I doubt I can since my windows can't even detect the phone!!
Maybe this will be my first and last LG phone if I ever get it repaired...
humblepie88 said:
Hi Memhis,
Yes.. I followed exactly the instructions from the thread and I've plugged into a USB port directly to the computer which is one of the ports in front.. not via any extension or USB hub.. still it did not detect.
I'll try to use another computer which is running Win XP and try again. I've downloaded those 3 files from that thread you recommended try using those instead.. hope it can be detected this time else I think I'll have to send to LG service for repair tomorrow.
I've been jailbreaking and modding my Iphone a lot and everytime whenever there's a near brick situation.. I'm able to fix it but not this time with an Android or LG perhaps... I hope I don't have to go to the extend of using ADB low level to push some files which I saw in one of the thread that one of the guys did that.. but I doubt I can since my windows can't even detect the phone!!
Maybe this will be my first and last LG phone if I ever get it repaired...
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launch smartflashtool first, extract the .fls and .bin files, hold down volume at the same time plug in the usb port to your comp. you must see a s/w updating logo in your phone's screen and smartflash should detect your phone. then click start!
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Hi mrgian,
I just tried to revive my phone by using the same method on a different laptop running on Win XP.. plugged directly to a side USB port but still no luck. There's no s/w updating logo appearing on my phone and smartflashtool also failed to detect my phone. I've found another thread opened by another user and my situation is exactly the same as his :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161583
But lucky for him is that he's able to get it working after changing to another PC but I've tried 3 different machines and no luck so far...
I'll try to use the NVflash as a last resort and see if I've any luck with NVflash at all.. If it failed again.. I think I've no choice but to send it to the repair centre for servicing then..
humblepie88 said:
Hi mrgian,
I just tried to revive my phone by using the same method on a different laptop running on Win XP.. plugged directly to a side USB port but still no luck. There's no s/w updating logo appearing on my phone and smartflashtool also failed to detect my phone. I've found another thread opened by another user and my situation is exactly the same as his :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161583
But lucky for him is that he's able to get it working after changing to another PC but I've tried 3 different machines and no luck so far...
I'll try to use the NVflash as a last resort and see if I've any luck with NVflash at all.. If it failed again.. I think I've no choice but to send it to the repair centre for servicing then..
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does the laptop have lg drivers installed?
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mrgian said:
does the laptop have lg drivers installed?
Sent using a phone.
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Yes.. I've installed the latest LG united mobile driver version 3.6. Any wrong with that version... Really don't know where / what is missing or my phone is really fried after just one mod attempt?
I've also tried NVflash and it's stuck at the "bootloader initialization" screen....
Nothing appeared on the phone... not even LG logo. Can't believe LG phones are so fragile and unmodifiable
humblepie88 said:
Yes.. I've installed the latest LG united mobile driver version 3.6. Any wrong with that version... Really don't know where / what is missing or my phone is really fried after just one mod attempt?
I've also tried NVflash and it's stuck at the "bootloader initialization" screen....
Nothing appeared on the phone... not even LG logo. Can't believe LG phones are so fragile and unmodifiable
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can you entet CWM? Press volume down til s/w will appear.
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try to charge the battery first...power off your device and charge it...maybe leave it charging for about 1hr even if you dont see anything on the screen( i believe after plugin the charger you will see the charging logo but it will disapear after a few seconds)...after 1 hr unplug and try to check if it will boot to clockwork recovery...if yes then just do complete data wipe...also try installing the ext3 back.zip, it will help delete system files(sometimes CWR is not deleting this)...hope this help
chupi_24 said:
try to charge the battery first...power off your device and charge it...maybe leave it charging for about 1hr even if you dont see anything on the screen( i believe after plugin the charger you will see the charging logo but it will disapear after a few seconds)...after 1 hr unplug and try to check if it will boot to clockwork recovery...if yes then just do complete data wipe...also try installing the ext3 back.zip, it will help delete system files(sometimes CWR is not deleting this)...hope this help
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you got a point there.
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humblepie88 said:
Yes.. I followed exactly the instructions from the thread and I've plugged into a USB port directly to the computer which is one of the ports in front.. not via any extension or USB hub.. still it did not detect.
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When you say an USB port in the front do you mean an USB in the back? Because the ones in front are the case ones, the ones in the back are the good ones, i.e. the ones that are directly attached to the mobo.
LarsPT said:
When you say an USB port in the front do you mean an USB in the back? Because the ones in front are the case ones, the ones in the back are the good ones, i.e. the ones that are directly attached to the mobo.
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I've tried the recovery via 2 diff laptops and plugging in directly to one of the side USB ports but to no avail as well.. I think I've plugged in the phone correctly but there's no reaction at all/
mrgian said:
can you entet CWM? Press volume down til s/w will appear.
Sent using a phone.
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How to enter CWM? I can't even power up the phone and no reaction at all when plugged into USB via smartflash.. the screen remains black. It's liked the whole phone is burned or something... but strange thing is that it can detect APX and asked to install drivers... but after successfully installing the Nvidia boot recovery driver.. the com ports does not get discovered.. What is wrong?
chupi_24 said:
try to charge the battery first...power off your device and charge it...maybe leave it charging for about 1hr even if you dont see anything on the screen( i believe after plugin the charger you will see the charging logo but it will disapear after a few seconds)...after 1 hr unplug and try to check if it will boot to clockwork recovery...if yes then just do complete data wipe...also try installing the ext3 back.zip, it will help delete system files(sometimes CWR is not deleting this)...hope this help
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I plugged in the phone with battery but there was no charge logo or whatever.. the screen remains blank.. I'll try to leave it charging and see what happens. But I've remembered there was still about 80% power when this disaster happened and I've taken out the battery since.. so the charge should have remain? Btw.. where can I get this ext3 back.zip and how to use it? thanks
my phone just off by itself and then when i try to reboot it, it just vibrates and show nothing i can only go into download mode, i have tried flashing a official samsung rom for the phone its still same, it wont boot just that it vibrates when i try to on it
galaxy16 said:
my phone just off by itself and then when i try to reboot it, it just vibrates and show nothing i can only go into download mode, i have tried flashing a official samsung rom for the phone its still same, it wont boot just that it vibrates when i try to on it
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what did you do before the phone bricked?
skifekete said:
what did you do before the phone bricked?
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i didnt flash any custom rom, root my phone, was just charging it overnight when i wake up it was off already and i cant on it anymore it just vibrates
galaxy16 said:
my phone just off by itself and then when i try to reboot it, it just vibrates and show nothing i can only go into download mode, i have tried flashing a official samsung rom for the phone its still same, it wont boot just that it vibrates when i try to on it
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You do not have that Samsung logo when you try to power on phone? Do factory reset if you can, in recovery.
shut_down said:
You do not have that Samsung logo when you try to power on phone? Do factory reset if you can, in recovery.
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nope nothing show out. cant get into recovery too it just vibrates.
galaxy16 said:
nope nothing show out. cant get into recovery too it just vibrates.
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Tell us what exacly did you do before this. You instaled something that is not for our phone with Odin?
shut_down said:
Tell us what exacly did you do before this. You instaled something that is not for our phone with Odin?
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no, i charge my phone and went to sleep then when i woke up, my phone was switched off. i tried to on it but it only vibrate. so i downloaded a GB firmware for our phone and flashed it. but the same thing happen. i cant go into recovery too it just vibrates
galaxy16 said:
no, i charge my phone and went to sleep then when i woke up, my phone was switched off. i tried to on it but it only vibrate. so i downloaded a GB firmware for our phone and flashed it. but the same thing happen. i cant go into recovery too it just vibrates
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And you can go to download mode? Did you had JB and then instaled GB?
shut_down said:
And you can go to download mode? Did you had JB and then instaled GB?
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no i was on GB only never update to JB
galaxy16 said:
no i was on GB only never update to JB
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Wait, you told you flashed FW with Odin. So you could go to Download mode. Now you can't?
shut_down said:
Wait, you told you flashed FW with Odin. So you could go to Download mode. Now you can't?
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all the time it can go to download mode only so i tried to flash a GB firmware to it, the firmware is for our phone. after success flash the phone is still same. only can go download mode
galaxy16 said:
all the time it can go to download mode only so i tried to flash a GB firmware to it, the firmware is for our phone. after success flash the phone is still same. only can go download mode
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So you can go to download mode, but can't turn on the phone or go to recovery coz you only get the vibration, which suggest (ofc, lol) the phone won't even properly boot?
Everytime my battery is near zero and the phone shuts itself down and near total death, that's what happens. It just vibrates but nothing happen. IMHO, I don't think that you're facing bootloop or anything.
In your case, you said that you charged it and by the time you wakes up it's a goner. I would recommend trying a new battery for now. Your current one might be dead as in broken or something. Trying a new battery won't hurt.
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redemption024 said:
So you can go to download mode, but can't turn on the phone or go to recovery coz you only get the vibration, which suggest (ofc, lol) the phone won't even properly boot?
Everytime my battery is near zero and the phone shuts itself down and near total death, that's what happens. It just vibrates but nothing happen. IMHO, I don't think that you're facing bootloop or anything.
In your case, you said that you charged it and by the time you wakes up it's a goner. I would recommend trying a new battery for now. Your current one might be dead as in broken or something. Trying a new battery won't hurt.
Sent from my GT-I9070 using xda premium
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I have the same problem, but a little different. I've thinked that was battery problem as you, i've bought a new battery, but nothing is changed. I was running JetMod. When my phone has low battery and than shut down i try to recharge it but doesn't work anything! if i try to turn it on it only vibrates (with black screen, nothing happened). The only thing that can i do is go to download mode, but for a few time becouse after 10 sec it shut down, so i think that it has not been charged.. I observe, when it was alive, when i try to charged it, that not many time he started recharging, i don't know why.. i've tried different plugs or with computer but it works only when it wants to..
lamnyster said:
I have the same problem, but a little different. I've thinked that was battery problem as you, i've bought a new battery, but nothing is changed. I was running JetMod. When my phone has low battery and than shut down i try to recharge it but doesn't work anything! if i try to turn it on it only vibrates (with black screen, nothing happened). The only thing that can i do is go to download mode, but for a few time becouse after 10 sec it shut down, so i think that it has not been charged.. I observe, when it was alive, when i try to charged it, that not many time he started recharging, i don't know why.. i've tried different plugs or with computer but it works only when it wants to..
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Maybe it's time to meet Uncle Sammy?
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redemption024 said:
Maybe it's time to meet Uncle Sammy?
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Soru for my english, i'm italian! Do you have and solution?
lamnyster said:
Soru for my english, i'm italian! Do you have and solution?
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If nothing helps, take it to the service.
frzek said:
If nothing helps, take it to the service.
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ok, thank you.
I had same issue when i changed governor: cable plugged but battery don't charge ( i think )
Going to sleep, wake up and founded phone discharged.( when power up i had black screen and little vibration )
Remove battery, wait, insert battery, plug power cable, and wait if you see the battery logo charging.
Then Boot your phone.
If this not work ask to Samsung assistance
redemption024 said:
Maybe it's time to meet Uncle Sammy?
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Silenxer said:
I had same issue when i changed governor: cable plugged but battery don't charge ( i think )
Going to sleep, wake up and founded phone discharged.( when power up i had black screen and little vibration )
Remove battery, wait, insert battery, plug power cable, and wait if you see the battery logo charging.
Then Boot your phone.
If this not work ask to Samsung assistance
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OMG i don't know why but it works! Thank you!!
So what's the problem? Why didn't charge before and know does?
lamnyster said:
OMG i don't know why but it works! Thank you!!
So what's the problem? Why didn't charge before and know does?
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I don't know why, but i think is governor ( i use no frill cpu ), i tried some days ago to replicate the issue, changed governor to pegasusq , after some hours i plugged the power cable, but phone don't charge.( the power icon show me the battery in charge but % don't moving ).
Rolled to ondemand and interactive governer and problem go away.
I had only a good luck finding the solution.
This with cocore kernel 4.4 with 5 i haven't try... but is a very good kernel.
Hello,
I faced a problem about 2 weeks ago till now.
It is When try to charging my HTC ONE, when the battery is about 90%, 90% to 100% gone very fast and the LED shows green. But when unplugged and plugged the charger again, percentage of battery dropped to about 90% - 91% and it charged fast to 100% again.
When I let its remain on green status and plugged, after about 10 minute, my device charged fully (I tested it again: first unplugged the charger then re-plugged. Battery status dropped to 99% and after 30 sec it shows fully charged)
What is the exact problem?
Thanks
You could try to calibrate it with app from play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ignisoft.battery.calibration
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komsboy_more said:
Hello,
I faced a problem about 2 weeks ago till now.
It is When try to charging my HTC ONE, when the battery is about 90%, 90% to 100% gone very fast and the LED shows green. But when unplugged and plugged the charger again, percentage of battery dropped to about 90% - 91% and it charged fast to 100% again.
When I let its remain on green status and plugged, after about 10 minute, my device charged fully (I tested it again: first unplugged the charger then re-plugged. Battery status dropped to 99% and after 30 sec it shows fully charged)
What is the exact problem?
Thanks
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i've the exact same problem, did you find a fix?
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
i've the exact same problem, did you find a fix?
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No dude ....
I calibrate with 2 suggested apps but no chance! As I'm S-OFF I want to try flash with a RUU then upgrade to latest stock ROM and test this as I have free time to work on...
If I find a solution , sure let you know. (also you )
komsboy_more said:
No dude ....
I calibrate with 2 suggested apps but no chance! As I'm S-OFF I want to try flash with a RUU then upgrade to latest stock ROM and test this as I have free time to work on...
If I find a solution , sure let you know. (also you )
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ok thanks, keep me updated
muhammad.uzi1994 said:
ok thanks, keep me updated
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Is there any solution found?
oksagi said:
Is there any solution found?
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Not yet !
I flashed my phone with RUU and re-upgrade to latest 4.3, but no chance !
I calibrated with a app and waiting to discharge and re-charge it again to check.
komsboy_more said:
Not yet !
I flashed my phone with RUU and re-upgrade to latest 4.3, but no chance !
I calibrated with a app and waiting to discharge and re-charge it again to check.
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Can you charge your phone with USB connected to PC? can you use it with MTP protocol to explore the folders on PC?
oksagi said:
Can you charge your phone with USB connected to PC? can you use it with MTP protocol to explore the folders on PC?
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Yep, but as you know charging with USB that is plugged to computer need more time.
Also can explorer mass storage with windows when my phone is plugged via USB.
komsboy_more said:
Yep, but as you know charging with USB that is plugged to computer need more time.
Also can explorer mass storage with windows when my phone is plugged via USB.
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The reason i'm asking is, I have an issue almost 2 weeks, i cannot connect my phone to PC, neither charge it form PC.
and now i have to issue to charge to the top.
oksagi said:
The reason i'm asking is, I have an issue almost 2 weeks, i cannot connect my phone to PC, neither charge it form PC.
and now i have to issue to charge to the top.
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Are you using a pc suite manager application like "MOBOROBO" ? If yes, try uninstall, reboot, download latest version and re-install it.
Also you can try do it on HTC driver.
komsboy_more said:
Are you using a pc suite manager application like "MOBOROBO" ? If yes, try uninstall, reboot, download latest version and re-install it.
Also you can try do it on HTC driver.
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already tried
oksagi said:
already tried
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So test it on another PC or Laptop...did you ?
komsboy_more said:
So test it on another PC or Laptop...did you ?
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sure,
this is not issue related PC it's something with the device.
maybe the usb port is damaged ;(
oksagi said:
sure,
this is not issue related PC it's something with the device.
maybe the usb port is damaged ;(
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or ...maybe the cable !
komsboy_more said:
or ...maybe the cable !
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Already tried 3 cables
oksagi said:
Already tried 3 cables
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So I think you should go to check the device by HTC CARE Center
I wiped my cashe partition and after that I see the 99% till 96% again for example.
Also slightly lower discharing.
Instructions for the international unbranded version of the HTC One:
If he still has the same inconvenience after trying it several times, we also suggest him to perform a wipe cache partition. This process gets rid of all the temporary, unnecessary and junk data that slows down your phone and eventually causes to freeze or crash. It can also cause malfunction on the devices hardware such as the camera, internal memory or as it is in this situation the symbol described.
To do so please follow the steps bellow:
- Disable fast boot (Settings > Power > Fast Boot)
- Power off the device
- Press and Hold Volume Down while your device is off
- Briefly tap the Power button until Hboot appears (The white screen with three Android characters).
- Tap Volume Down to highlight recovery
- Tap the Power button
- When you see a screen with a red triangle and an exclamation point hold Volume Up
- Tap Power this will bring up the hidden recovery menu
- Tap Volume Down to highlight "Wipe cache Partition"
- Tap power to begin this process
- Once reboot system now appears tap Power.
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Source: https://community.sprint.com/baw/message/603527#603527
Hi Guys,
I have used my T-mobile Note 4 for years since it came out. I have replace the batteries once, but like a month ago when there was an update my phone keep restarting and turning off. I then had to get another phone because of that I still cant get it to restart even after I bought a new battery, updated the firmware. can some one guide me the right way to do this right. I think I am not doing the flashing the right way.. with oldin, and the correct firmware. after I do that I get this installing updates andriod show and it stops and reboots again. please help. thanks
- this phone was never locked before
- Replaced the battery once
- one day when there were a bunch of apps that needed update with probably 35% battery I let it update and after that it kept rebooting
- So installed the twrp recovery.tar.md5 from here that didnt help
- So then from sammobile I downloaded the latest firmware and installed it, that didnt help too
So the question is can I just wipe the whole phone and start fresh? -
manishp101 said:
Hi Guys,
I have used my T-mobile Note 4 for years since it came out. I have replace the batteries once, but like a month ago when there was an update my phone keep restarting and turning off. I then had to get another phone because of that I still cant get it to restart even after I bought a new battery, updated the firmware. can some one guide me the right way to do this right. I think I am not doing the flashing the right way.. with oldin, and the correct firmware. after I do that I get this installing updates andriod show and it stops and reboots again. please help. thanks
- this phone was never locked before
- Replaced the battery once
- one day when there were a bunch of apps that needed update with probably 35% battery I let it update and after that it kept rebooting
- So installed the twrp recovery.tar.md5 from here that didnt help
- So then from sammobile I downloaded the latest firmware and installed it, that didnt help too
So the question is can I just wipe the whole phone and start fresh? -
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Can anyone help please???
manishp101 said:
Can anyone help please???
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Follow these instructions and hopefully it will work.
Charge your battery full before begin
1,Download latest stock firmware
2,open odin options and check on "nand eraseall"
3,choose AP upload firmware and flash firmware.
4,after firmware flashed go to stock recovery and do factory reset.
5,reboot and wait 15 to 20 minutes.
Done.
manishp101 said:
Can anyone help please???
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mine was doing the same, i got a new original battery and got fixed. ever since i update my firmware with no issues
manishp101 said:
Hi Guys,
I have used my T-mobile Note 4 for years since it came out. I have replace the batteries once, but like a month ago when there was an update my phone keep restarting and turning off. I then had to get another phone because of that I still cant get it to restart even after I bought a new battery, updated the firmware. can some one guide me the right way to do this right. I think I am not doing the flashing the right way.. with oldin, and the correct firmware. after I do that I get this installing updates andriod show and it stops and reboots again. please help. thanks
- this phone was never locked before
- Replaced the battery once
- one day when there were a bunch of apps that needed update with probably 35% battery I let it update and after that it kept rebooting
- So installed the twrp recovery.tar.md5 from here that didnt help
- So then from sammobile I downloaded the latest firmware and installed it, that didnt help too
So the question is can I just wipe the whole phone and start fresh? -
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download and install this using odin
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651442761499080
if that didn't fix Im afraid you have to do the factory reset using TWRP factory reset or android recovery reset
JotaSka said:
mine was doing the same, i got a new original battery and got fixed. ever since i update my firmware with no issues
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I did buy a battery from Battery Plus but that didn't help...Also the battery that was there was not too old and a good brand battery. I may have to try other options
zfk110 said:
download and install this using odin
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651442761499080
if that didn't fix Im afraid you have to do the factory reset using TWRP factory reset or android recovery reset
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Thank you!.... I will have to try this. I am not not worried about anything on the phone as long as I can get it working again that will be good enough. I will let you know what happens. thanks again for the response.
Trex888 said:
Follow these instructions and hopefully it will work.
Charge your battery full before begin
1,Download latest stock firmware
2,open odin options and check on "nand eraseall"
3,choose AP upload firmware and flash firmware.
4,after firmware flashed go to stock recovery and do factory reset.
5,reboot and wait 15 to 20 minutes.
Done.
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Thank you for your response, unfortunately this didn't work for me I did install the latest firmware , but the phone doesn't go to the stock recovery mode for some reason and keeps rebooting. it does say Recovery booting... but it shuts off. so I have no way to do that even if I keep pressing the volume up, power and the home buttons pressed then release the home and power and keep pressing the volume button.
manishp101 said:
Thank you for your response, unfortunately this didn't work for me I did install the latest firmware , but the phone doesn't go to the stock recovery mode for some reason and keeps rebooting. it does say Recovery booting... but it shuts off. so I have no way to do that even if I keep pressing the volume up, power and the home buttons pressed then release the home and power and keep pressing the volume button.
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Try to flash plilz recovery and do factory reset and reboot see if it works.
Uncheck auto reboot in odin and
choose AP then flash philz recovety
https://mega.nz/#!CREnTQ6A!JsOb3RuC5BPfUcIAgLjvjK8zzkRVkdvNYEe8WRffJ-c
Trex888 said:
Try to flash plilz recovery and do factory reset and reboot see if it works.
Uncheck auto reboot in odin and
choose AP then flash philz recovety
https://mega.nz/#!CREnTQ6A!JsOb3RuC5BPfUcIAgLjvjK8zzkRVkdvNYEe8WRffJ-c
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So I tried this yesterday evening,
- I did install the latest firmware which was suggest in by one of the comments above :
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651442761499080
- then flashed it with philz recovery and did the factory reset and rebooted it but no luck.
- when restart the phone, its shows the Samsung note 4 logo then shuts off.
im afraid to say that your note 4 might bebroken now. If you go to the note 4 reddit, this has happened to many people and has something to do with the solder degrading after a few years iirc. Best thing you can do is buy a motherboard replacement for around 60 on eBay if nothing else works. I have replaced 3 note 4 motherboards for people i know that this has happened to.
manishp101 said:
So I tried this yesterday evening,
- I did install the latest firmware which was suggest in by one of the comments above :
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651442761499080
- then flashed it with philz recovery and did the factory reset and rebooted it but no luck.
- when restart the phone, its shows the Samsung note 4 logo then shuts off.
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- Ran into another issue where I am getting this 'Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.'
- For some reason the Oldin froze and I had no way to stop the download process.
- I tried using Kies to install the recovery but cannot, I did look for SM-N910T ...but nothing.
udownwitopp said:
im afraid to say that your note 4 might bebroken now. If you go to the note 4 reddit, this has happened to many people and has something to do with the solder degrading after a few years iirc. Best thing you can do is buy a motherboard replacement for around 60 on eBay if nothing else works. I have replaced 3 note 4 motherboards for people i know that this has happened to.
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^^^This. I just had to replace our two Note 4 after years of service over the last two months. Same symptoms as yours. It is most assuredly hardware related.
Even "better", from the two replacements sent by TMo, one failed within the week. The replacement just abruptly shut off and doesn't turn back on unless the battery is removed for 20 min. or so.
However, once it turns on it freezes. Try to boot to recovery, it freezes before even loading it up. One time the screen display even corrupted on me.
So, tldr, it is time for a replacement MoBo. Good luck!
manishp101 said:
So I tried this yesterday evening,
- I did install the latest firmware which was suggest in by one of the comments above :
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651442761499080
- then flashed it with philz recovery and did the factory reset and rebooted it but no luck.
- when restart the phone, its shows the Samsung note 4 logo then shuts off.
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You have a bad battery, replace with this one dont buy off the eBay they are fake
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072KJRJ45/ref=psdc_7073959011_t4_B06XV8JSKK
The new battery may initially help, but it sounds suspiciously like the mmc is beginning to fail. Wakelock app set to option 4. Only thing that worked for me.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.wl
Good luck, my friend!
Could be a failing emmc
Soapy! said:
Could be a failing emmc
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Is there a Forum I can follow to fix this? If you know let me know I will also check and see which one I can check. thank you
manishp101 said:
Is there a Forum I can follow to fix this? If you know let me know I will also check and see which one I can check. thank you
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Try to go back to 4.4.4 by flashing t2 firmware see if that fixes it ,while i was on anyother build everything would either lag or freeze, internet,play store, toggles nothing worked even after factory install firmware and factory restore i went to 4.4.4 and no issues 48 hrs later .
bigbabo said:
Try to go back to 4.4.4 by flashing t2 firmware see if that fixes it ,while i was on anyother build everything would either lag or freeze, internet,play store, toggles nothing worked even after factory install firmware and factory restore i went to 4.4.4 and no issues 48 hrs later .
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Why is it that the When I restart the phone show the Samsung Galaxy note 4 powered by Android screen and then when it has to go to the next screen the Samsung (pink) only the S partially shows, freezes and then the blue light comes on and the light now stays on, screen go blank and stays that way even if I do a restart by pressing the volume down + power,
manishp101 said:
Why is it that the When I restart the phone show the Samsung Galaxy note 4 powered by Android screen and then when it has to go to the next screen the Samsung (pink) only the S partially shows, freezes and then the blue light comes on and the light now stays on, screen go blank and stays that way even if I do a restart by pressing the volume down + power,
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Your emmc is gone bad , pull battery put it back in dont power it on put it in freezer for 45 min than try to turn it on if it does you still have chance of fixing it somewhat if not than sorry to say but u need either new phone or replace the emmc
I was flashed X Perf. to XZs and won't work. flash mode too cannot work, only blinking green light, like a boot into flashmode and connect to pc, over and over. and nothing. pc don't see any device, like i did not booted into flashmode.
fastboot working, unlocked after bootloader, can flash, but wont flash custom rom, says size too large, before is flash properly already file.
i can erase all, can format all, twrp won't work properly. but can flash custom rom. when i flash rom, device gonna reboot over and over. and won't boot on.
i think maybe problem is in root memory of the phone, where is basic informations for next systems and data's. maybe if can someone backup all of that data's, and share, we can ressurrect our x per. who have same problem...
i don't know. if sombody knows how to ressurrect anwer there, or any help.
thanks for all
just curious, why did you flash an XP rom in the first place?
lucifero13 said:
just curious, why did you flash an XP rom in the first place?
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Sorry, I do not understand you perfectly?
you have an Xperia XZ, right? so you should flash a compatible ROM for XZ.
Why did you flash an X Performance ROM on your XZ phone?
lucifero13 said:
you have an Xperia XZ, right? so you should flash a compatible ROM for XZ.
Why did you flash an X Performance ROM on your XZ phone?
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i was flash, stock xz's rom, to x performance, and thats it
any solution ???
And u have bricked phone
1. I honestly wana flash XZ rom on XZs to try! since both are very similar devices!
2. wrong kernel means! device is STUCK on black screen! / sony makes beasts, / not easily to hard brick
3. PRESS POWER + VOLUME UP keys together and hold for 15+ secons untill xzs JERKS thrice! , release both button atonce,
4. now device is FORCE SHUTDOWN out from any bad flashing!
5. try connecting it in to flashmode now! , it should work! ,
6. if you ever able to boot in XZ or X, (android 6.01) build, try extracting drmkeys from xzs , you will be doing something WONDER !!!
7. if everything fails, the rubber band trick works! , tie across (horizontally) the xzs in a way that volume downkey is always pressed by rubber band. keep it overnight. the battery will drainout to zero and device will sleep. then connect to wallcharger, charge it overnight untill u see red blinking led and finally red led then NO led. at this point try connecting your device in flash mode
NEVER BOOT AGAIN! once you are out from this kernel! whenever device shuts down, immediatel connect it in flashmode
YasuHamed said:
1. I honestly wana flash XZ rom on XZs to try! since both are very similar devices!
2. wrong kernel means! device is STUCK on black screen! / sony makes beasts, / not easily to hard brick
3. PRESS POWER + VOLUME UP keys together and hold for 15+ secons untill xzs JERKS thrice! , release both button atonce,
4. now device is FORCE SHUTDOWN out from any bad flashing!
5. try connecting it in to flashmode now! , it should work! ,
6. if you ever able to boot in XZ or X, (android 6.01) build, try extracting drmkeys from xzs , you will be doing something WONDER !!!
7. if everything fails, the rubber band trick works! , tie across (horizontally) the xzs in a way that volume downkey is always pressed by rubber band. keep it overnight. the battery will drainout to zero and device will sleep. then connect to wallcharger, charge it overnight untill u see red blinking led and finally red led then NO led. at this point try connecting your device in flash mode
NEVER BOOT AGAIN! once you are out from this kernel! whenever device shuts down, immediatel connect it in flashmode
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it wont connect in download mode, i dont know why. partitions was changed and for that i have conflict.
G-UN1T said:
it wont connect in download mode, i dont know why. partitions was changed and for that i have conflict.
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what happens?
windows cant recognise usb device error?
please change cable and port~!
other day i flashed different kernel version over different /system (but both were for x) and device stopped bieng recognised by windows! so i changed the usb cable and port, it worked!
does your xzs jerks? on the keycombintion I told you so ?
YasuHamed said:
what happens?
windows cant recognise usb device error?
please change cable and port~!
other day i flashed different kernel version over different /system (but both were for x) and device stopped bieng recognised by windows! so i changed the usb cable and port, it worked!
does your xzs jerks? on the keycombintion I told you so ?
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pc do not have any connection from phone, like a never boot phone in usb. only blinks diod on phone (green) and thats it
only in test mode, if can be reverted. like that no
G-UN1T said:
pc do not have any connection from phone, like a never boot phone in usb. only blinks diod on phone (green) and thats it
only in test mode, if can be reverted. like that no
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and you tried the 3jerk trick of holding keys (volume up + powerkey) (15secs)
how about draining battery ?
YasuHamed said:
and you tried the 3jerk trick of holding keys (volume up + powerkey) (15secs)
how about draining battery ?
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vo. up and pow. is only for hard reset, or hard turn off
if i drain battery i think i can only charge on shocking, no on charger
G-UN1T said:
vo. up and pow. is only for hard reset, or hard turn off
if i drain battery i think i can only charge on shocking, no on charger
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open the sim tray, is there factory reset button like z5 had ?
YasuHamed said:
open the sim tray, is there factory reset button like z5 had ?
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nope
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nope
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G-UN1T said:
nope
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so what u did with your brick set.
actually i got ota update on sov33 xperia x performance to oreo then i tried f8131 oreo on sov33 and selecting boot delivery and modem in exclude window and flashing was going well just at the end says system.sin got error with flashing completed and now i m also in same situation. my set is vibrating if i try to switch on but the black screen and when trying to flash sov33 firmware same the green light blinks and not booting into flash mode
stunning said:
so what u did with your brick set.
actually i got ota update on sov33 xperia x performance to oreo then i tried f8131 oreo on sov33 and selecting boot delivery and modem in exclude window and flashing was going well just at the end says system.sin got error with flashing completed and now i m also in same situation. my set is vibrating if i try to switch on but the black screen and when trying to flash sov33 firmware same the green light blinks and not booting into flash mode
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I can tell you a nice news, you're done with SONY. I think u can only revert ur phone if u change mother board, or maybe in test mode, i was not tried, im sold my bricked phone...
If u don't do it anything, collect money and buy some other brand... I moved on S8+. Big difference bettwen SONY, and Samsung is not great eithter, they appeared in circles under touch glass, but does not bother... "Difference is big"
P.S. Never try to flash/convert phone of different model number, to another. Advice, if buying new phone, look for international version.. no Japan, or China, or Korea models. Only Inter... Like (f8131, 8132[dual-sim], SM-G955F/FD... etc) and u will ged always newest firmware, and community, if u dont have latest, than flash... (flash other region which have latest already), but now u will not brick phone. Good luck
you are 100 percent right.
by the way i flashed many sony phone converting it to international but this x performance gave me a headache now. i took it to the software repairer and according to him the boot loader file is missing and cannot be found on internet so far. so the set is bricked right now and left it like it to the repairer shop and expecting may be any solution. but i guess nothing going to change any thing
will check how much i m getting if i sell it like in this condition