Hi!
About 2 years ago, I was using Chrome on my Nexus 6 and the network icon became a black square. The phone froze, and after few seconds, it turned off. That was the last time I see my beloved N6 on.
Tried to charge it overnight, with low current (powered by a PC), turn it on with volDown; nothing.
I went to a phone service; they have never seen a N6 before (I live in a ****ty country), but they were enthusiastic to dissect one. They said that will try to charge the battery externally; a thing that eventually worked with N5s. I said that the battery was almost full when died, but they reply that sometimes blablabla. They asked me for about usd 200 to open it and see what could be. I said thanks, but that was too much. Back to a generic android phone until got the chance to own a Pixel XL.
The N6 was in a drawer until today. With the help of some YT videos, I open it and change the battery (got a generic EZ30). Sadly, nothing changed; still not having signals of life. No charging, no power; completly unresponsive. I must confess that isn't impossible that the volume cable was semi damaged in the process (I had to tape the intersection were it used to be a connector, but I think that all pins are in contact).
Any suggestions?
Thanks!!
Luigi
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My brother has a Nexus One and just yesterday the power button of the device decided to stop working. The problem is that being a total dumb ass, he decided to turn off the device so he could take the sim card and put it in an other phone. So even though I could just install an app on his phone and call it a day, now I'm stuck with a turned off Nexus that I can't get to power on.
I tried the battery removing and re-inserting trick several times to no avail. I plug it to a usb slot on my pc (I also tried with a charger), and when a green light appears, I remove the battery and insert it back but nothing happens. I tried different timings (as fast as possible, wait for the green light to shut down, wait for the blinking orange/green to come out) but still the phone remains dead. So what on earth am I doing wrong? Also on my Xperia Play the charging light is orange, is the light on Nexus different or does it simply refuses to charge the battery?
Is there a different way to power on the device? If not (and since I absolutely SUCK at soldering) can I just replace the faulty part with this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HTC-Nexus...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a6d7d3d29
From what I saw in some videos, the above part is easily accessible simply by removing the battery tray. But still I would prefer avoiding opening up the device since knowing my brother he will probably bust the phone in a couple of months anyway.
Not a single reply? Come on fellas, was my question so difficult?
I had multiple nexus ones that had this problem and never found a way to power them on. The last time it happened I warranty claimed it and sold it since I didn't want to deal with this problem once I was out of warranty.
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Your battery is charged, so the light is green.
First plug in the charger, then put in the battery.
Yes, you can replace the flex cable, power button is on it.
All simple answers, if you searched - you should definitely know them. It would have saved you a week of waiting for me to write it.
For me the battery trick only works after the charging light has changed to green and has been green for at least a couple of hours. For me it only works withe th charger plugged into a wall socket never worked when using a multi plug. Also if it doesnt work first go then i have to wait another couple of hours. Oh and the method that works for me is, pull th battery just slightly, green light goes out the quickly slip battery back in.
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I had mine go out on me a few months ago and after a month of pins and needles and keeping a usb battery on hand for those "in case of" moment I just bought a new flex cable. Took all of 30 mins following a guide on youtube and it works great now. It all depends on how long you plan on keeping the nexus one. For me, I had 4 to 5 months until my upgrade, so it seemed worth it. Seeing as there is no news on the GN coming to tmob anytime soon, I might have to hang on a little longer.
Other than that, take the back off and fiddle around with it. Only help I can offer.
I got my Nexus 7 at I/O this year and I've been happily using it for nearly a month now. I don't know if my device differs in any way from one you can get form google play other than the white back.
Last night I was plugged into my wall charger at around 14% battery and playing SongPop with my girlfriend when my screen just shut off. It was like when you hold the power button on a laptop and BOOM, everything is black. It wouldn't turn back on so I unplugged it and plugged it back in. Got a charging screen so I let it set for a bit.
I came back maybe 15 minutes later and I was at 9% battery, which was odd given I plugged into the wall at 14%. I played with the phone for maybe 30s after boot and it happened again, I saw some weird artifacts on the black screen as it quickly shut off and the speakers played an awful crackly screeching noise. Plugged it in again, came back a bit later, still at 9% and played with the device again, same issue only after a little more time.
I'm currently at work with my N7 plugged into my Galaxy Tab 10.1 charger and charging it from 0 to 16% currently. The device is on but I haven't been touching it (and I don't plan to until it's at 100%).
Has anyone else had this issue?
I cant tell if it's some way I'm touching the device that's causing it to shut down hard, some issue with the battery or charging that is causing a rapid battery drop or even a short in the way I'm holding it when it's plugged into the charger?
I don't really want to deal with ASUS warranty returns already, though I have been unable to find anyone else with the same issue through google, so I turn to you for advice and similar stories.
Mine did the same thing the second day I had it. Now it won't boot. I'm waiting for Google to send me a new one.
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Mine did something similar last night. It was at about 6% battery charge and all of a sudden the screen just went black. I went and plugged it in, but it wouldn't power on completely (the screen was on but there was nothing there). I started seeing really thin, small green lines running down the screen. I turned it off and on a couple of times, and finally it booted up. I left it plugged in for awhile, and I just took it out at work to use a bit and everything seems perfectly fine. I wonder if there are some firmware issues with the power management or something. I was all set to put in a return with Google, but it appears to be okay. I'll keep a close eye on it for the next couple of days (I've only had it for a week).
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Mine did something similar last night. It was at about 6% battery charge and all of a sudden the screen just went black. I went and plugged it in, but it wouldn't power on completely (the screen was on but there was nothing there). I started seeing really thin, small green lines running down the screen. I turned it off and on a couple of times, and finally it booted up. I left it plugged in for awhile, and I just took it out at work to use a bit and everything seems perfectly fine. I wonder if there are some firmware issues with the power management or something. I was all set to put in a return with Google, but it appears to be okay. I'll keep a close eye on it for the next couple of days (I've only had it for a week).
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After leaving mine off and charging at work to 100% it seems to be working fine. I used it all last night with no issues. I haven't tried wiggling around the usb cable yet in the port to see if that caused any issues.
Firmware issues sounds about right, some sort of low battery safety feature or something? Who knows. I'll update this thread if I continue to experience problems. I'm already past my ability to return to Google so I'm in no rush to warranty to Asus and lose a development tablet.
Since I'm currently forced to use my nexus one as a temporary replacement, I've had to deal with the battery trick issue again.
(N1 = (broken power button, repaired once under warranty, broke again, back in 2011 or so)
I DON'T GET IT. Back when it was my main phone, the BATTERY TRICK worked fine, took a few times max. Now I have collated all the info I can find on how to do it (some of which is actually conflicting) and it WILL NOT WORK, except if I do it at my girlfriends house and it has been charging for about an hour, which MAKES NO SENSE.
IT IS NOT:
1.) The charger (various brands/both USB and wall socket)
2.) The battery (authentic HTC battery, think its actually the same one that came with it)
3.) It doesn't work whether its fully charged (GREEN LIGHT) or charging up (ORANGE LIGHT)
4.) It doesnt work when I do it 20 times in a row with the "correct" timing (battery back in JUST as the light turns off), and not when I do it 20 times in the way which this video does it (waits for one orange flash before reinsertion)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O5a...feature=relmfu [I find this vid confusing anyway since it powers on when the battery is out?? At least it looks that way).
5.) Have tried removing sim and sd card, charging it for days, just EVERYTHING I can think of.
Sorry just venting as this just boggles my mind and now I don't have a smartphone that works for the next couple of days.
Anyone have any input on this age old issue? What's weirdest is that it used to work fine for me around 2012. And no, not buying the goddamn flex for 30 dollars, I have enough issues getting my One X+ diagnosed (been waiting 3-4 weeks on some incompetent repair shop).
Hi people. It's my first post here, so if I'm doing something wrong, I would gladly hear any words, that could improve that situation.
Anyway - my Droid 3 died today. At least, it behave in kinda strange pattern. Yesterday's night it drained battery to 1% (fully normal way of discharging, nothing suspicious),so I decided to gave it about 30 minutes of extra charging time. Then I used phone for rest of the day (again to 1%), so when my phone turned off I was like "ok, time for proper charging".
However - no charging comes. Screen is still black, no signs of charging have been observed. Everytime, when I used this phone (around 2 years) - pluging a wall charger ALWAYS give white light from diode (for around a sec), then screen shows "dual core tech" and animation of charging started. Now - no such things. Different battery (unused of over a year) doesn't show any signs of possitive behaviour (might be charged too short, tbh), fastboot mode (power off, music down key, power on for 5-6 sec, relase power, release music) doesn't show up. Also - either battery doesn't force white diode near usb/hdmi slots to glow,when wall charger is put.
Only thing I have is white diode glow for 3-4 secs, when I'm pluging my phone into USB PC cable. No extra signs from PC itself, no extra action from myself (including different key wariations).
Could it be that phone simply died? It has been watered around 7 months ago, after screwing it down into pieces and putting pieces together (no extra cleaning or stg like this) became to work again, until now.
I haven't been mixing anything with kernel or core since few months (I'm using 2.3.6 with polish language as a swap from...spanish I think). Any extra data about stuff might be hard to get, since phone is "dead" (or dead).
I'll try now to leave it with old, wattered battery (or should I rather swap it for unused one?) to see, how things will work (if they do).
I've checked few other topics here - one was typed with so mysterious "english" that I couldn't get anything useful out of it, the rest contains mostly things connected with some software. I'm simply hoping that phone coulnd't just bricked itself on his own with no particular reason. Or, mine new app (newest, Google Play's version of ColorNote) is behind this?
Thanks for all kinds of help, I'm hoping that I've put here all info You wanna know. Oh, by the way - I'm the third owner of the phone - first was from USA, then Polish guy, then me. I'm using it almost 2 years now, had to change LCD screeen tape in summer 2013, phone has been wattered in summer 2014 (after some ressurection work, it worked normally, but water testers are red now).
@sd_shadow maybe, you can help him(?
buczek0711 said:
Hi people. It's my first post here, so if I'm doing something wrong, I would gladly hear any words, that could improve that situation....
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This is a XT862?
I suspect bad charging port, or bad charger.
Old battery likely needs to be charged or failed from water damage.
Have you connected to PC?
tried more than one charger?
I recommend getting a fastboot cable or spare battery charger, but if you are outside USA, may not convenient.
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Hello - I signed up specifically to post this after several hours of lurking. Nice to meet you all.
I have owned an Asus rog 2 tencent edition 512GB for somewhere around 3 years, purchased second hand from ebay.
The phone has worked flawlessly, replaced the screen/digitizer once. Moderate usage, I never game on it really.
Just last night I was using it at about 3% battery, it froze for around 5 seconds and then went black. No sound, no lights flashing, and no vibrations. Maybe worth mentioning I am terrible for charging it, maybe to around 30% then I use it til dead. Rarely full charge.
Left overnight, plugged into multiple different chargers/cables without any effect. Any and all volume/power button combinations have no effect.
When i connect via the fast charge port to my laptop, the device manager recognizes it as "QUSB_BULK_CID:0404_SN:7B331019" (no drivers installed/found) even though the phone shows no visible signs of life. Could this perhaps be EDL mode?
The phone contains a years worth of work so I absolutely cannot afford to reset it.
I am hoping its a battery fault. I have located the Qualcomm PM8150B IC chip on aliexpress, and am currently waiting on delivery of a new battery.
Sorry if my technical language is a little off the mark, this is all very fresh for me.
Appreciate any tips, guidance or help - thankyou very much, from a very stressed out stonemason.