S10 hard bricked (yes, actually) - Samsung Galaxy S10 Questions & Answers

UPDATE - Turns out the motherboard was dead. Apparently it's a problem that's been going around S10s lately
Left my S10 on the table over the night. Woke up this morning and nothing's responding. After 5 years of developer experience, I believe this device is hard bricked.
Tried force restarting
Recovery mode (bixby+power+volume up) doesn't work at all
Power button, and any other combination of power button, volume buttons, and bixby buttons does not work at all. No sign of life
Plugged it into computer and I see no devices in device manager, even with correct drivers
ADB and fastboot search does not find anything
Tried charging it with all sorts of chargers, with no sign of life
Because of this, I believe my device to be completely bricked (in which case, the only option is warranty and replace). I think it's a motherboard issue - not a battery issue, as it doesn't work even when plugged in. Am I missing something here?
What scares me is that I literally did nothing to it, and all of a sudden it bricks. I can't even flash stock firmware as my computer won't recognize it.

Try holding volume down and bixby button and then plug in the usb to a computer.
Oh no, you brick, you buy!!!!

Player04 said:
Try holding volume down and bixby button and then plug in the usb to a computer.
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matthewclso said:
Power button, and any other combination of power button, volume buttons, and bixby buttons does not work at all. No sign of life
Plugged it into computer and I see no devices in device manager, even with correct drivers
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Tried that already.
Player04 said:
Oh no, you brick, you buy!!!!
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As for the warranty, Samsung does replace all devices as long as the fault was not on the user. Per Samsung's warranty policy, all devices are covered for one year for issues such as this.

matthewclso said:
Tried that already.
As for the warranty, Samsung does replace all devices as long as the fault was not on the user. Per Samsung's warranty policy, all devices are covered for one year for issues such as this.
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If i may ask, which version of the S10 is this.

Player04 said:
Try holding volume down and bixby button and then plug in the usb to a computer.
Oh no, you brick, you buy!!!!
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Bricked phone, can I get it replaced?

I was reflashing my phone, while in download mode, the power went off, and now my phone won't turn on or anything. I think my phone is bricked.
I bought the phone a week and a half ago. Will AT&T accept my phone for a replacement if I say it just stopped working? I have the $4.99/month Wireless Insurance, but won't they deny it when they find out I've been messing with it? What should I do?
Thanks!
Before you take it back, make sure it isn't bricked. Remove the battery, replace it, hold both the volume buttons, plug in the usb and see if it takes you to download mode
Sent from my Samsung SGH-i897
Kaik541 said:
Before you take it back, make sure it isn't bricked. Remove the battery, replace it, hold both the volume buttons, plug in the usb and see if it takes you to download mode
Sent from my Samsung SGH-i897
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It's bricked. Replaced battery, won't turn on no matter what I do to it.
There's a small scratch on the screen, and the micro USB charging port cover is messed up a bit from something sticky getting in there.
What should I tell AT&T? What's the likeliness of them declining my claim? Can they tell that it's been tampered with even though it's bricked?
Wrong forum. But I would use my insurance instead and tell them it just quit on me...
Try plugging into the computer, remove the battery reinsert the battery. Then hold volume up and power till red text comes on the screen from there switch to holding both volume buttons down and power then when the red text flashes to black release power and continue to hold both volume buttons. That should get you back to the downloading digger bot.
Tehwall said:
It's bricked. Replaced battery, won't turn on no matter what I do to it.
There's a small scratch on the screen, and the micro USB charging port cover is messed up a bit from something sticky getting in there.
What should I tell AT&T? What's the likeliness of them declining my claim? Can they tell that it's been tampered with even though it's bricked?
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They won't give you a hard time on the software side - to them off is off - they can't tell if you bricked it - they will send it somewhere and have it flashed.
BUT - if there is something sticky in the USB port then they do have grounds to deny your claim - for all they know you poured juice in there.
Good luck.
Get it into download mode and flash it again with odin. Likely not bricked.
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alphadog00 said:
They won't give you a hard time on the software side - to them off is off - they can't tell if you bricked it - they will send it somewhere and have it flashed.
BUT - if there is something sticky in the USB port then they do have grounds to deny your claim - for all they know you poured juice in there.
Good luck.
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If there is something sticky there it means he put something sticky there lol.
And also, follow thedamn directions people are giving you man. Your phone isntbricked, I dont even know of anyone who has bricked their phone yet..
Mattwp103 said:
Try plugging into the computer, remove the battery reinsert the battery. Then hold volume up and power till red text comes on the screen from there switch to holding both volume buttons down and power then when the red text flashes to black release power and continue to hold both volume buttons. That should get you back to the downloading digger bot.
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votum said:
If there is something sticky there it means he put something sticky there lol.
And also, follow thedamn directions people are giving you man. Your phone isntbricked, I dont even know of anyone who has bricked their phone yet..
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I tried everything suggested, nothing happens. The power went out, while flashing new firmware, now the phone won't turn on no matter what I do. I already tried peoples suggestions.
Tehwall said:
I tried everything suggested, nothing happens. The power went out, while flashing new firmware, now the phone won't turn on no matter what I do. I already tried peoples suggestions.
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The AT&T screen doesn't come up?
Guys we have been told a gazillion times about this...what does this have to do with Development?! Jesus....
Which firmware were you using at the time and which one were you flashing?
also make sure the battery is charged
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The AT&T screen doesn't come up?
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Nothing does, I tried every combo, SIM card in and out, replacing battery, USB plugged in and out, download mode, regular power button, recovery mode, what the guy suggested above; everything.
Not a single thing shows up on the screen.
You glanced over my question.
The version of firmware you were using before the flash and during the failed flash can be very pertinent to the key combination you need to get into download mode =P
Zilch25 said:
You glanced over my question.
The version of firmware you were using before the flash and during the failed flash can be very pertinent to the key combination you need to get into download mode =P
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I had the stock firmware, installed the JM5 firmware, reinstalled the JM5 firmware, while doing so, they power went off.
Just pressing Volume Down + Power got me into Download Mode everytime.
Edit: And yes, the battery was charged, it was at about 67% when I was flashing the firmware. How can I charge the battery for the heck of it when the phone is dead? Normally when you plug in the USB cable there's a charging animation on the screen. Nothing comes up at all, can a dead phone charge a battery, or does the software need to send the power to the battery?
Honestly I've had flashes fail at varying points during the flash and I've gotten the black screen before, ALWAYS I've been able to get it to work by following these steps:
Pull out everything, SIM, SD, Battery, USB, EVERYTHING
Close Odin (If it's open)
Reopen Odin
Insert battery, hold vol down (If this doesn't work hold both volume buttons NO POWER)
While holding the button(s) plug in USB
Don't touch the power at any point, if this fails and you want to try the other key combo, start the process over completely.
Zilch25 said:
Honestly I've had flashes fail at varying points during the flash and I've gotten the black screen before, ALWAYS I've been able to get it to work by following these steps:
Pull out everything, SIM, SD, Battery, USB, EVERYTHING
Close Odin (If it's open)
Reopen Odin
Insert battery, hold vol down (If this doesn't work hold both volume buttons NO POWER)
While holding the button(s) plug in USB
Don't touch the power at any point, if this fails and you want to try the other key combo, start the process over completely.
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This man speaks the truth, listen to him.
If your insurance covers damage then destroy the phone and call att and tell them its been destroyed.
if not then it is possible that the power outage could have caused your phone to zap.
Flashing or not if you spilled stuff into the usb port your screwed. Week and a half and you scratched the screen and did that? I have tried to scratch mine with no succes. I say ditch that phone and get a GO phone. And have a mod delete this pointless thread already!!!!

[Q] HTC One Switched off and Won't turn on

Hi all,
I have purchased a HTC One while in US a month ago from AT&T. I am now in India and the device worked perfectly fine until two weeks ago, it switched off automatically.
I tried a lot of combinations mentioned in the forums and also contacted the customer service (both in US and India) and they requested me to try holding the Power and both Volume buttons at the same time for 2 minutes. I did this for 10 minutes and it won't work.
When I connect the phone to Wall socket charger, the LED won't lit up. When connected to my laptop, the windows O/S makes the connected sound but nothing happens.
I really appreciate any help in this matter. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Krishna Menon.
bkmenon said:
Hi all,
I have purchased a HTC One while in US a month ago from AT&T. I am now in India and the device worked perfectly fine until two weeks ago, it switched off automatically.
I tried a lot of combinations mentioned in the forums and also contacted the customer service (both in US and India) and they requested me to try holding the Power and both Volume buttons at the same time for 2 minutes. I did this for 10 minutes and it won't work.
When I connect the phone to Wall socket charger, the LED won't lit up. When connected to my laptop, the windows O/S makes the connected sound but nothing happens.
I really appreciate any help in this matter. Thanks in advance.
Kind regards,
Krishna Menon.
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Press and hold the power+volume down buttons. Once the home and back button lights start flashing, keep the power+volume down buttons pressed and plug it into your pc.. It'll connect and install necessary drivers and your phone lights will stop flashing, and it will eventually boot up in hboot.
It may take a few tries
Ps: Always use the thanks button
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n1234d said:
Press and hold the power+volume down buttons. Once the home and back button lights start flashing, keep the power+volume down buttons pressed and plug it into your pc.. It'll connect and install necessary drivers and your phone lights will stop flashing, and it will eventually boot up in hboot.
It may take a few tries
Ps: Always use the thanks button
Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk
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Nothing happens when I press and hold the power+volume down buttons. I held it for 10 minutes. When I connect the phone to computer, it was detected as qhsusb_dload. When I searched about this issue on net, many posts say the phone is bricked and can't do anything about it.
Anyone help me how to unbrick my phone? Appreciate the help.
Thanks & regards,
Krishna Menon.
bkmenon said:
Nothing happens when I press and hold the power+volume down buttons. I held it for 10 minutes. When I connect the phone to computer, it was detected as qhsusb_dload. When I searched about this issue on net, many posts say the phone is bricked and can't do anything about it.
Anyone help me how to unbrick my phone? Appreciate the help.
Thanks & regards,
Krishna Menon.
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Take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481211
nkk71 said:
Take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481211
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Hi nkk71,
I tried this method without any success. When I contacted the HTC global support, the support person did mention this method. I tried holding the power + volume up + volume down buttons continuously for 15 minutes and nothing happened (my fingers hurt afterwards, #on a lighter note)
bkmenon said:
Hi nkk71,
I tried this method without any success. When I contacted the HTC global support, the support person did mention this method. I tried holding the power + volume up + volume down buttons continuously for 15 minutes and nothing happened (my fingers hurt afterwards, #on a lighter note)
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Unfortunately "qhsusb" is usually a hard brick and needs a motherboard replacement
for one (or two?) people, the phone miraculously came back on for no apparent reason (if memory serves, for one guys it came back when the alarm rang the next morning), but other than that it's usually considered a hard brick, and needs hardware fix.
nkk71 said:
Unfortunately "qhsusb" is usually a hard brick and needs a motherboard replacement
for one (or two?) people, the phone miraculously came back on for no apparent reason (if memory serves, for one guys it came back when the alarm rang the next morning), but other than that it's usually considered a hard brick, and needs hardware fix.
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Thanks nkk71 for this quick response. It's very unfortunate that my phone requires mother board replacement.
I loved the phone a lot. Now, I have to shell around 15K I believe.
bkmenon said:
Thanks nkk71 for this quick response. It's very unfortunate that my phone requires mother board replacement.
I loved the phone a lot. Now, I have to shell around 15K I believe.
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No warranty? Sorry mate
you could leave it in the charger for a full day, and see if it comes back to life, and power it completely off while charging, not just the screen off.
nkk71 said:
No warranty? Sorry mate
you could leave it in the charger for a full day, and see if it comes back to life, and power it completely off while charging, not just the screen off.
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I bought this from one of my US friends and now in India and I wasn't able to properly contact him. Lesson Learned for life. Not to purchase without proper documents.
I have put the phone charged for straight four days without removing in the wall socket. Nothing.
nkk71 said:
No warranty? Sorry mate
you could leave it in the charger for a full day, and see if it comes back to life, and power it completely off while charging, not just the screen off.
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So I've been reading around, and came across QPST, and some guys have unbricked a hard brick using this tool. Is it possible to somehow make it work for the One?
n1234d said:
So I've been reading around, and came across QPST, and some guys have unbricked a hard brick using this tool. Is it possible to somehow make it work for the One?
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Don't know what QPST is but i do remember there was a tool a while back for other phones to fix the Qualcom_HUSB mode, but I don't think it was ever updated for the One.
nkk71 said:
Don't know what QPST is but i do remember there was a tool a while back for other phones to fix the Qualcom_HUSB mode, but I don't think it was ever updated for the One.
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Found these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31964712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136738
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
n1234d said:
Found these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31964712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136738
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
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I'll take a closer look later, but if it was available/working for the HTC One, then i'm sure someone would have mentioned it by now.
n1234d said:
Found these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31964712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2136738
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289
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I followed the steps mentioned in one of the posts on QPST; but as my phone was not detected, the COM port was stated as Not Available in the QPST configuration s/w. Don't know what else to do.
I thought I would add to this thread an obvious step that sometimes gets forgotten.
I assume you attempted to charge your device in multiple sources: wall outlet, computer, etc.
I suggest you try some more, ideally varying cables and power adapters.
I experienced too many times - and even once with the one - the same exact brick you're describing and most of the times, the only solution was the above: find a combination to charge the device when its battery is completely depleted as in this situation they're more picky as to the source of power
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Completely bricked Xperia Z

I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
ende124 said:
I was just playing around trying to move apps onto my new micro sd card. I rebooted several times. But suddenly when I rebooted one more time, the screen turned black. It was supposed to reboot into recovery (CWM). So I tried to turn it on again. Nothing happened. I also tried to press power button + vol up. Nothing happened. No light when charging either. I really really really need some help
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Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
St.Jimmy90 said:
Does your phone vibrate when you press power + vol up? Can you get it into flashmode?
If your pc recognizes the phone as qhsusb_dload or something like qloader it's hard bricked and there's nothing left you can do..
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Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
ende124 said:
Nothing happens, its not vibrating, its not charging, and nothing happens when I plug it into my computer. I am a little bit experienced, so I know what to do if I atleast could get it into flashmode
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Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
St.Jimmy90 said:
Does the led flash red if you hold down power and vol up while you plug it into your pc?
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No flashing LED, no vibrating, nothing.
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
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St.Jimmy90 said:
I'm afraid to say this but it seems your phone is hard bricked... Try to do a rubber band across it so that the power button and vol up buttons get pressed all the time and plug it into your wallcharger. If that doesn't help bring it to your local sony service centre and let them repair it although they will very likely charge of a service fee.
Good luck mate!
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Thank you, I will try that. It is really weird, the last thing I did was pressing the restart in recovery button.
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
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I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
ende124 said:
I've used that tool several times when I softbricked my phone or didnt have a backup xD
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You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
waji97 said:
You should leave it for charging for a while and then check, maybe the battery is dead.
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Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
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So does it work now?
ende124 said:
Its weird how it ws completely fully charged wen it passed away...
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It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
waji97 said:
It is very possible, frequent restarts eat away alot of battery, and you never know maybe it was on while you saw a black screen thinking it was off.
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I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
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Then its probably very hard bricked. You should take it to Sony and let them figure it out.
ende124 said:
I'm just saying, I've put my phone into the charger trying to charge it and turn it on. The LED won't turn on when I put my phone into the charger. I also tried the hard reboot keys power + vol up.
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Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
St.Jimmy90 said:
Did you also try the rubber band method? Putting a rubber band across the phone so that power and vol up buttons are pressed while it is on the charger for several hours?
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If you see a flashing blue light, when it is not plugged in, it's because the bootload was entered improperly and is in safe mode. The only way you can fix it, is to do a system wipe via Sony Companion and reinstall stock ROM. It's an Xperias way of bootlooping into a safe mode when it's locked.
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waji97 said:
I bricked my phone while trying to unlock bootloader (didnt wait for the command prompt to complete the process) and later my pc was recognizing it as qhsusb_dload. But my volume buttons were working and I used the Sony update service to restore it.
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Too bad Sony doesn't implement an ADB OTI. Otherwise you could flash ROMs even with factory lock and never brick it.
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
axis888x said:
i am experiencing the same problem right now. hadn't touched the tablet in a couple weeks, i seem to remember turning it off because it was really low on battery and the charger wasn't near. now it is just a black rectangle.. LED never responds, charging doesn't do anything, doesn't show up on ADB or flashtool.
seems like it is some problem with the firmware or hardware since all the android devices i've owned have always charged (with the LED on) regardless of the condition of the software (hell my one x that busted open and the screen doesn't work still charges and hooks up to the computer)
i would love to get this fixed because sony tech support pretty much bent me over today.
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Did you try external battery terminal dismount?
what is "external battery terminal dismount"?

Power Button & Volume buttons - broken.

So a couple days ago, my power button and volume button and even the camera button stopped working. I thought I'd bricked my phone! But once I got home, I put the charger in and the screen came on. I've been using Sony's "double tap to wake" option to use the phone.
BUT THEN, god damn battery runs out completely, I charged it and now because the power button isn't working, I can't turn the phone on.
Tried adb reboot, tried holding volume buttons, tried hard reset button under USB and microsd flap, nothing. Screen comes on when it's charging, the phone works perfectly (apart from buttons ofc)
Flashtool recognises the device when I plug it in, but I don't see any option to reboot the device since it's connected with debugging off.
Code:
01/035/2015 22:35:37 - INFO - Device disconnected
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
I haven't dropped the phone, it can't be water damage either since I'm paranoid and keep it away from water even though it's waterproof.
Help? Don't know whether to take it to Sony because I unlocked my bootloader :crying:
i360* said:
So a couple days ago, my power button and volume button and even the camera button stopped working. I thought I'd bricked my phone! But once I got home, I put the charger in and the screen came on. I've been using Sony's "double tap to wake" option to use the phone.
BUT THEN, god damn battery runs out completely, I charged it and now because the power button isn't working, I can't turn the phone on.
Tried adb reboot, tried holding volume buttons, tried hard reset button under USB and microsd flap, nothing. Screen comes on when it's charging, the phone works perfectly (apart from buttons ofc)
Flashtool recognises the device when I plug it in, but I don't see any option to reboot the device since it's connected with debugging off.
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01/035/2015 22:35:37 - INFO - Device disconnected
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - Device connected with USB debugging off
01/035/2015 22:35:56 - INFO - For 2011 devices line, be sure you are not in MTP mode
I haven't dropped the phone, it can't be water damage either since I'm paranoid and keep it away from water even though it's waterproof.
Help? Don't know whether to take it to Sony because I unlocked my bootloader :crying:
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Are you able to reflash your phone's firmware?
degraaff said:
Are you able to reflash your phone's firmware?
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I'd have to boot the phone into flashmode and that requires power button and volume button...
Try to turn on Ultra stamina Mode and then turn that same mode Off.
Phone will reboot, after the reboot tell me how are your buttons.
I had the same problem this morning, never had it before. Then i thought, 99.9% of phone's problems are software related and solve themselves by a reboot or factory reset (i sell chinese smartphones for living..) and tried to reboot the phone. Power button for 8-10 secs did nothing (as expected, as buttons not working). Finally, i remembered that ultra stamina mode asks to reboot the phone. Did it and Voilá! phone is cool now
I'm still worried, but lets hope it doesnt happen again.
fufax said:
Try to turn on Ultra stamina Mode and then turn that same mode Off.
Phone will reboot, after the reboot tell me how are your buttons.
I had the same problem this morning, never had it before. Then i thought, 99.9% of phone's problems are software related and solve themselves by a reboot or factory reset (i sell chinese smartphones for living..) and tried to reboot the phone. Power button for 8-10 secs did nothing (as expected, as buttons not working). Finally, i remembered that ultra stamina mode asks to reboot the phone. Did it and Voilá! phone is cool now
I'm still worried, but lets hope it doesnt happen again.
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How can I turn on ultra stamina mode when my phone is switched off right now! I can't turn it on with power button
Hi!
Did you try this one??
adb shell input keyevent 26
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But i am not sure can you run it with debug mode off, try!
Peter_31 said:
Hi!
Did you try this one??
But i am not sure can you run it with debug mode off, try!
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error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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I am glad to hear that.
It is adb command emulating power button .
Is power button and volume buttons working now?
Peter_31 said:
I am glad to hear that.
It is adb command emulating power button .
Is power button and volume buttons working now?
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I knew about the command, but I don't understand how it worked without debugging?
No buttons are working, but I am surviving using an app as a substitute and the "double tap to wake" option
I think it can be some minimal adb envirtoment because USB debugging is present when Andorid is fully power up. But thats only my theory
I think your problem can be hardware related, so you should contact Sony/Your Operator for warranty repair. In my opinion unlocking bootloader does not void your warranty in this case , Sony only noticed about you may..so is worth to try .
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Voiding the warranty
If you unlock the boot loader, you may void the warranty of your device and/or any warranty from your operator. See your device’s warranty statement for details. Additionally, due to the modified device software, Sony’s repair network will likely have to replace key components before it can properly test, repair and verify your device using our repair tools and software. Consequently, if Sony performs a warranty repair, Sony will likely charge you a significant service fee for the additional costs caused by your modification of the software.]
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Peter_31 said:
I think it can be some minimal adb envirtoment because USB debugging is present when Andorid is fully power up. But thats only my theory
I think your problem can be hardware related, so you should contact Sony/Your Operator for warranty repair. In my opinion unlocking bootloader does not void your warranty in this case , Sony only noticed about you may..so is worth to try .
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Yep I did spot that, but as a (broke) student I can't risk sending my phone for repair and then getting a big bill from Sony.
I will take it to a third-party repair shop in the near future.
I think they (Sony) should inform you before charging for repair and wait for agreement from your side. Call them and ask about it.
Best Regards.
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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Hello I am having the same problem but I do not know how to enter this command so that it will turn on my phone. Could you please show me how? I have flash tool installed and it is telling me the same status as your phone. Thanks
i360* said:
Yep I did spot that, but as a (broke) student I can't risk sending my phone for repair and then getting a big bill from Sony.
I will take it to a third-party repair shop in the near future.
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you didn't backup your TA I guess?
btw I confirm they will need your approval before proceed with the repair out of warranty and charge you the costs, so I would try taking it to sony then if they want too much money just ask it back (you may be asked to pay just the shipping costs if they are going to send the phone somewhere for checks)
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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Hello, I have the same problem, But I don't know how to use the Flashtool, Could you please tell me the steps to do it .
I think this is hardware related issue, so you should be able to go back to Sony.
fufax said:
Try to turn on Ultra stamina Mode and then turn that same mode Off.
Phone will reboot, after the reboot tell me how are your buttons.
I had the same problem this morning, never had it before. Then i thought, 99.9% of phone's problems are software related and solve themselves by a reboot or factory reset (i sell chinese smartphones for living..) and tried to reboot the phone. Power button for 8-10 secs did nothing (as expected, as buttons not working). Finally, i remembered that ultra stamina mode asks to reboot the phone. Did it and Voilá! phone is cool now
I'm still worried, but lets hope it doesnt happen again.
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Found this post when googling the problem, and since my phone hadn't died yet I was able to use this method. Worked perfectly! (for now...) Thanks!
I had exactly the same problem. Also phone wasn't charging in the magnetic dock.
A factory reset worked for me but I'm worried, once it happened...
How did it work?
i360* said:
error: device not found :'(
edit; holy ****, how the **** did that work.
HAVE MY BABIES
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hi,
I am facing the same problem. I installed SDK and ran the command but I keep getting no device is found.
How did you get it to recognize the device?
Sir, you are a genius

[Q] Unlocking bootloader hard bricked my moto x

So....
I think I hard bricked my 1st gen moto x. I was in the process of unlocking the bootloader using motorolla's guide and everything was going fine. i had the "unlock..." (or "unlocked..." i forget what it actually said) showing on my screen and just out of habit, i hit the power button as i put the phone down.
now, nothing.
nothing at all. no recovery mode, no nothing. does anyone have any suggestions? i've tried holding down power and vol down for 5 min. i've tried pushing random buttons. i've tried praying to the motorolla gods.
Is your phone the developer edition?
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gullbert said:
So....
I think I hard bricked my 1st gen moto x. I was in the process of unlocking the bootloader using motorolla's guide and everything was going fine. i had the "unlock..." (or "unlocked..." i forget what it actually said) showing on my screen and just out of habit, i hit the power button as i put the phone down.
now, nothing.
nothing at all. no recovery mode, no nothing. does anyone have any suggestions? i've tried holding down power and vol down for 5 min. i've tried pushing random buttons. i've tried praying to the motorolla gods.
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Press and hold the volume down button simultaneously with the power button for about 5 seconds then release. Can you get into bootloader mode?
JulesJam said:
Press and hold the volume down button simultaneously with the power button for about 5 seconds then release. Can you get into bootloader mode?
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I've tried that several times. Definitely can't get into bootloader mode.
plugin to charger.... what do you see
sumon511 said:
plugin to charger.... what do you see
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absolutely nothing.
Hold the power button as well as both the volume buttons all together.
Does it do?
gullbert said:
absolutely nothing.
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in that case,are you sure your charger/data cable is ok? also try connecting it to your computer with cable.do you see any device in computer? if its complete dead,then i see no hope
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absolutely nothing.
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This sounds like a hardware failure, maybe a battery failure or a charging port failure. Like someone else suggested, try a different charger and see what happens.
Is it still under warranty?
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This sounds like a hardware failure, maybe a battery failure or a charging port failure. Like someone else suggested, try a different charger and see what happens.
Is it still under warranty?
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His warranty is void unless it's a dev edition
adity said:
His warranty is void unless it's a dev edition
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Depends on the state - in many states in the US, a manufacturer cannot void a warranty if the product failure/defect has nothing to do with why the manufacturer wants to void the warranty.
Since unlocking a bootloader has nothing to do with a battery failure, in those states where the law is as I stated above, Motorola cannot void the warranty. Now the average Joe may not know this and may not know how to sue Motorola if they won't honor the warranty, but if you do know this and do know how to file a small claims case against Motorola, then you would win in those states.
So it is not across the board true that you void your warranty if you unlock your bootloader and don't have a dev ed. It depends on the state and what is wrong with your phone.
Happened once to my Galaxy Nexus, solved with Odin. I don't know if there's such thing for Motorola devices :/
Odin can reconize the phone when powered off, that's why it worked.
i had no fastboot, recovery or battery icon when plugged to charger
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Press and hold the volume down button simultaneously with the power button for about 5 seconds then release. Can you get into bootloader mode?
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I had this exact same thing happen today, but I pressed power because the phone was hung there for a minute when I know it takes 1 second.
Nothing, Its like there is no battery it it. Damnit
Lamarrotems said:
I had this exact same thing happen today, but I pressed power because the phone was hung there for a minute when I know it takes 1 second.
Nothing, Its like there is no battery it it. Damnit
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Keep it plugged in, if it is totally drained, it will not turn on for a while until it gets charged to a safe level. Then after awhile on the charger, try to get into bootloader mode.
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Keep it plugged in, if it is totally drained, it will not turn on for a while until it gets charged to a safe level. Then after awhile on the charger, try to get into bootloader mode.
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Unfortunately I have been charging it for a day now and nothing. I think I need to try that RDS lite fix or moto x flasher tool. Only problem is I don't have a windows computer with admin access, so trying to borrow one.
Lamarrotems said:
Unfortunately I have been charging it for a day now and nothing. I think I need to try that RDS lite fix or moto x flasher tool. Only problem is I don't have a windows computer with admin access, so trying to borrow one.
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Anyone had any experience with RDSLite or MotoFlasher? Haven't been able to get either to work, been trying for a couple hours. Any hlep would be GREATLY Appreciated - I am a poor grad student!
Younex said:
Happened once to my Galaxy Nexus, solved with Odin. I don't know if there's such thing for Motorola devices :/
Odin can reconize the phone when powered off, that's why it worked.
i had no fastboot, recovery or battery icon when plugged to charger
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That is the first to.e hearing Odin being used on a nexus. That is interesting. I always thought odin was for Samsung only.
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That is the first to.e hearing Odin being used on a nexus. That is interesting. I always thought odin was for Samsung only.
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Samsung made at least one of the past nexus devices. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus
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Samsung made at least one of the past nexus devices. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus
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Good point. I have the old gnex. I just always used fastboot. Never read about anyone using Odin the whole time I used it. Always learn something new!
Same thing just happened to me. It was displaying blue "unlock..." then just froze. Absolutely nothing, just a black screen. Can't get into any bootloader or recovery. I really hope this phone is not totally screwed now. Any of you guys have any luck?

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