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I realize this has probably been posted and resolved but I cannot find any solutions yet. So here's the deal:
My fiancee dropped ger G1 into the toilet abot 2 months back or so. I was cleaning and stumbled across it and figured I would check and see if it had dried out okay or not. It is a non rooted black G1 running android 1.6. I tried a coupke of things and figured out I can turn it on now but it goes directly to the bootloader screen. I have ran the DREAIMG.nbh for rc29 and it will update it okay no problems. The issue is that after a soft boot(? Is that the right phrase?) By pushing menu power and call that it boots up...and goes right back into bootloader and tried to run the rc29 update again.
Has anyone else stumbled across this problem and if so how did you solve it? It boots into the factory recovery fine also and will run update.zip files but then once again boots directly to bootloader.
I am trying different things and tweaking here and there because I have a pretty strong feeling this isn't impossible. I'm just overlooking something I'm sure. If this issue has been resolved can someone post the link to the thread or even pm me and give me ideas here. I'm trying to root it since it seems the operating system is shot as is.
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Geoi1006 said:
I realize this has probably been posted and resolved but I cannot find any solutions yet. So here's the deal:
My fiancee dropped ger G1 into the toilet abot 2 months back or so. I was cleaning and stumbled across it and figured I would check and see if it had dried out okay or not. It is a non rooted black G1 running android 1.6. I tried a coupke of things and figured out I can turn it on now but it goes directly to the bootloader screen. I have ran the DREAIMG.nbh for rc29 and it will update it okay no problems. The issue is that after a soft boot(? Is that the right phrase?) By pushing menu power and call that it boots up...and goes right back into bootloader and tried to run the rc29 update again.
Has anyone else stumbled across this problem and if so how did you solve it? It boots into the factory recovery fine also and will run update.zip files but then once again boots directly to bootloader.
I am trying different things and tweaking here and there because I have a pretty strong feeling this isn't impossible. I'm just overlooking something I'm sure. If this issue has been resolved can someone post the link to the thread or even pm me and give me ideas here. I'm trying to root it since it seems the operating system is shot as is.
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the reason it goes into the bootloader is most likely that there is still moisture under the keys .. my friend had the same situation .. the keys were constantly making contact and thus went wherever the keys led .. for instance: a stuck home key would get you into recovery .. a stuck back key gets into bootloader .. it takes quite a lot of effort and patience but if you can completely dry out the insides you should get it functioning again
Also, im pretty sure the G1 goes into the bootloader if there is a hardware failure(like the radio is not responding).
And how the hell did your fiance drop her G1 into the toilet? She better be hot because she sure as hell doesnt seem smart.
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Also, im pretty sure the G1 goes into the bootloader if there is a hardware failure(like the radio is not responding).
And how the hell did your fiance drop her G1 into the toilet? She better be hot because she sure as hell doesnt seem smart.
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Happens to a lot of people...Kind of a rude statement for you to make about his fiance. On another note, OP, did you try burying the G1 in a bowl of rice (uncooked of course) and leaving it for a few days and then trying again. That has never failed me.
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Happens to a lot of people...Kind of a rude statement for you to make about his fiance. On another note, OP, did you try burying the G1 in a bowl of rice (uncooked of course) and leaving it for a few days and then trying again. That has never failed me.
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+1.... the rice trick usually works as long as you haven't messed around with it too much while it is wet.
make sure you remove the battery, sdcard and sim card so the rice can absorb more water too
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+1.... the rice trick usually works as long as you haven't messed around with it too much while it is wet.
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Yup, I had a friend that dropped a G1 into a toilet months ago. He took everything apart you can take apart ie battery cover, battery, sim, SD card etc.. and he put it in a bowl of rice for 3 days. It's worked fine ever since..
you could get isopropanol ;D thats pure alcohol, then put the lower side of the g1 into a cup of that and let it dry for ~1 day. if that doesnt work i dont know how to go further ;D
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+1.... the rice trick usually works as long as you haven't messed around with it too much while it is wet.
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Double ditto on the rice. Instead of a bowl, though, I recommend a ziplock plastic bag. That way no additional moisture is getting the attention from the rice.
We did this with my wife's old phone, worked like a goddamn charm. I was amazed.
+5 on the rice idea. did that a long time ago with my brothers G1. He jumped into a lake after a discgolf disc. more worried about losing a $20 disc than a $300 phone. (We both pre-ordered the phone and i think thats how much it was.)
To be honest, there really is no point. The fact that its been like 2 months means most of them moisture should be gone. The reason the phone is going into the bootloader is because of a hardware failure. When the phone boots(the G1 screen) it runs hardware diagnostics. If there is a failure(which there is probably due to toilet water corrosion) it will go into the bootloader.
Anyway, forget the g1. She is your fiance ffs. Buy her something nice, like a MT Slide, or a Nexus
Let this be a lesson to all of you that get your phones wet. immediately after they get wet, remove the batteries, and submerge the phone in alcohol. Then put the phone in a ziploc bag with LOTS of silica gel packets. Leave in bag for 2 days.
Another story related on a french G1 forum :
A guy helped his sister to move. Exhausted, he went to the balcony to smoke and take a deep breath. While he was taking his cigarettes out of his pants, he realized he had also hung his G1, which fell from the 4th floor.
Sick of what occured, he went down to get his G1 back. Hopefully and even supernaturally, the screen was intact. Even more, when he tried to turn it on, he saw the G1 screen. It booted normally, and everything was working perfectly !!
Surprising, isn't it ?
That's why the HTC Dream (G1) is Magic (MT3G) !!
Lol I am getting her the mt slide next week lol. And in regards to "she doesn't sound very smart"... My fiancee works in assisted living and doesn't have much downtime. If you really need details(and why would you?) It fell out of her scrub pocket where you'd think it'd be safe at. S*** happens lol no need to say what was said.
My friend who has helped me rescue my phone a couple of times in my early rooting days recommended the rice bowl idea. Furthermore the phone doesn't boot into the G1 screen then to bootloader. Its going straight to bootloader. If its a radio problem is it possible to go thru and rename the current G1 radio to update.zip and flash it in recovery? Then the danger spl(which I have all saved on my pc from my rooting my G1). Thoughts? Ideas?
And thanks for the help guys btw
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The rice trick won't help you anymore as there should be no moisture left after all that time. If you can disassemble it, clean it's guts with alcohol to get rid of shorts and it should probably be fine
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Lol I am getting her the mt slide next week lol. And in regards to "she doesn't sound very smart"... My fiancee works in assisted living and doesn't have much downtime. If you really need details(and why would you?) It fell out of her scrub pocket where you'd think it'd be safe at. S*** happens lol no need to say what was said.
My friend who has helped me rescue my phone a couple of times in my early rooting days recommended the rice bowl idea. Furthermore the phone doesn't boot into the G1 screen then to bootloader. Its going straight to bootloader. If its a radio problem is it possible to go thru and rename the current G1 radio to update.zip and flash it in recovery? Then the danger spl(which I have all saved on my pc from my rooting my G1). Thoughts? Ideas?
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Hey dude, sorry about the "she doesn't sound very smart." I was just trying to make a joke but I now realize that it was pretty rude. No need to explain. Also, when i said that, I didn't consider the fact that girls need to sit down to pee.
Now if a dude did that, that would be stupid.
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Now if a dude did that, that would be stupid.
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LOL. Now you trying to say that girls are stupid?
It is better for you to just say sorry and don't reply again.
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Also, im pretty sure the G1 goes into the bootloader if there is a hardware failure(like the radio is not responding).
And how the hell did your fiance drop her G1 into the toilet? She better be hot because she sure as hell doesnt seem smart.
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heh i know this smoking hot blonde that dropped her blackberry in the toilet your logic is true cause she is not that smart.
She ended up getting a droid so there must be something ticking up there.
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heh i know this smoking hot blonde that dropped her blackberry in the toilet your logic is true cause she is not that smart.
She ended up getting a droid so there must be something ticking up there.
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Either that or she buys everything advertisements tell her to
I know an amazing looking girl whos boyfriend dropped her iPhone in the bath after he left it sitting on the side.
Don't always assume that men are smarter than women.
I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this also. Sometimes my milestones touch screen start goin all crazy an pushing buttons an sliding pages an pretty much making a huge mess.This has happened before, an it went normal after 4 to 5 hours later, an now its happening again. I did some research sayin somethin about the touch screen an its reaction to humidity an stuff, but i wasnt sure. So im hoping someone here knows what is up an can tell me what i have to do.
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I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing this also. Sometimes my milestones touch screen start goin all crazy an pushing buttons an sliding pages an pretty much making a huge mess.This has happened before, an it went normal after 4 to 5 hours later, an now its happening again. I did some research sayin somethin about the touch screen an its reaction to humidity an stuff, but i wasnt sure. So im hoping someone here knows what is up an can tell me what i have to do.
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Did you have your phone plugged in to a USB charger at the time? Was it the stock charger?
no, it doesnt happen jus when its chargin, it happens randomly, an no its not a stock charger, but i dont see what that would have to do with the screen goin crazy pushing everythin
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no, it doesnt happen jus when its chargin, it happens randomly, an no its not a stock charger, but i dont see what that would have to do with the screen goin crazy pushing everythin
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Well, I would suggest that you try reverting back to using the stock charger for a few days and see if that helps. Using other chargers (esp from ebay) can cause similar effects on the Milestone/Droid due to voltage variances.
ill give it a try, an let you know what happens, thing is i bought the phone alone with no stock charger, so im gonna have to check on ebay for a stock one, but thanks again
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ill give it a try, an let you know what happens, thing is i bought the phone alone with no stock charger, so im gonna have to check on ebay for a stock one, but thanks again
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Well, try buying a stock one from an authorized Motorola dealer. Every since I purchased one on ebay, I always make sure my Moto chargers come in a sealed, hard plastic, package in attempt to improve authenticity (However, I'm not sure how much that buys me).
Good luck.
I get this same issue.
Unplugged or not, on various roms from stock to motofrenzy.
sometimes the screen will just become really crazy.
If i open a webpage and just hold my finger on the screen in one place it will zoom in scroll up and down, all sorts.
I verified what was happening by downloading Multitouch visualiser 2 from the Market.
A reboot always fixes the problem
Its kinda frustrating, because i know that Moto just direct you to the place of purchase and i was not the original purchaser, so i have no chance of a warranty repair.
yeah ive tried everything, its driving me up the wall, its been like this for the last 30 hours,an i cant even use the phone, this is the worst it been, it usually goes away after 5 to 6 hours , but now its jus gone crazy, an ive restarted an removed the battery countless of times
but burko, are you using a sock wall charger or a ebay or differant brand wall charger.thanks
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Well, try buying a stock one from an authorized Motorola dealer. Every since I purchased one on ebay, I always make sure my Moto chargers come in a sealed, hard plastic, package in attempt to improve authenticity (However, I'm not sure how much that buys me).
Good luck.
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could you tell me how much the out put of volts an amps the motorola milestone wall charger is, thanks
I actually use a BlackBerry charger, as i assumed Micro-Usb would be the same for all manufactures, but as above, it does start the screen going mad, as soon as i unplug it, it stops!
Ill see if i can make it go mad without being plugged in!
Good shout Knowthenazz!
That happened with me, when the temperature degree outside is very high, I live in region the degree reach to 48degree, my phone screen goes crazy, so I think your charger make your phone very hot, so the sensitivity of your screen begin not work properly. I'm note sure, just want to share my idea.
Thanks,
well its been about 4-5 days already, an my phones touch screen still goin crazy, i thought maybe id go back, like the other times, but this time seems permanent an its extremely depressing thinkin about it cus i jus got it like a week and a half ago off a guy.ive tried countless of chargers, even my bros motorola backflip charger, an nothin. so im gonna assume its permanently gone. i would switch the digitizer but thats gonna cost money an might jus lose the entire phone, so im jus gonna throw it back on ebay an go back to my htc hero an jus wait for the milestone 2 to come out. but if anyone does find a solution please post it here. thx everyone R.I.P. MILESTONE
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could you tell me how much the out put of volts an amps the motorola milestone wall charger is, thanks
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All chargers using the micro USB spec should be the exact same voltage (and different current ratings depending on the charger, although different current values shouldn't affect your screen at all). I suspect that the voltages are very close, if not generally the same, but, the voltage may slightly fluctuate (or ripple) over time, which I believe may be causing the issue. The better quality the charger, the more constant the voltage.
If I were you I'd purchase an authentic Motorola Micro USB charger, and call it a day.
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I actually use a BlackBerry charger, as i assumed Micro-Usb would be the same for all manufactures, but as above, it does start the screen going mad, as soon as i unplug it, it stops!
Ill see if i can make it go mad without being plugged in!
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Glad I could help!
Not sure if this is true, but, I heard that most Motorola chargers work on Blackberry units, but, the converse isn't always the case.
well its been about a week and a half an the crazy screen thing finally stopped, i used my friends motorola backflip charger, an seems like evrything is back to normal, but now the "back" button does not work, an it really is a verry important button, so im jus hopin time will fix that button too
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well its been about a week and a half an the crazy screen thing finally stopped, i used my friends motorola backflip charger, an seems like evrything is back to normal, but now the "back" button does not work, an it really is a verry important button, so im jus hopin time will fix that button too
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Glad things are returning back to normal for you with regards to the screen.
Not sure what's going on with your back button though. Hope it works itself out for you.
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Glad things are returning back to normal for you with regards to the screen.
Not sure what's going on with your back button though. Hope it works itself out for you.
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thanks for your help knowthenazz an everyone else =]
Go to a service center asap!
Dude, use your warranty. Take it to a service center.
Mine happened the same, and I decided to send it back to motorola and just got it back yesterday.
They replaced the glass screen and the frame which surrounds the glass.
It seems they removed that plastic from behind the screen on the slider, or also replaced the slider module.
I'd guess it might be a known issue for motorola, because my phone had scratches on the glass, plus a small crack on the screen ( yeah, I know, it's gorilla glass, but I'm an orc with mobiles ), the metal frame was all dented, and they replaced it anyway, when they could just said "this is misuse, it's failing because you drop it several times, go buy another one"
I already had this issue a few months before, it got better and I decided to keep on, and then it started again and got unusable, so don't get excited about it getting better, because probably will eventually start failing again.
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Dude, use your warranty. Take it to a service center.
Mine happened the same, and I decided to send it back to motorola and just got it back yesterday.
They replaced the glass screen and the frame which surrounds the glass.
It seems they removed that plastic from behind the screen on the slider, or also replaced the slider module.
I'd guess it might be a known issue for motorola, because my phone had scratches on the glass, plus a small crack on the screen ( yeah, I know, it's gorilla glass, but I'm an orc with mobiles ), the metal frame was all dented, and they replaced it anyway, when they could just said "this is misuse, it's failing because you drop it several times, go buy another one"
I already had this issue a few months before, it got better and I decided to keep on, and then it started again and got unusable, so don't get excited about it getting better, because probably will eventually start failing again.
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thing is i bought it off anothere guy, an he was a phone dealer an it was given to him as a gift from motorola, an like it had no papers or charger or service carrier, jus the phone alone straight form hong kong. an yeah couple hours later my screen went crazy again, so its on ebay atm lol, but thanks anyways
It happened with me too. Somebody told me that was cause by sweat. So i took it to service center.
started happening to me yesterday, anyone know a fix yet?
Hi everybody,
I was (am?) running CM 10.1 for a couple days just to see how it was, and it was nice. I was going to make it my daily driver until I got a call while the phone was in my pocket and suddenly, the ringing stopped. I took the phone out of my pocket and tried to unlock it. No cigar. It must have powered off. Pressed and held. Nothing. Bootloader? Nope. Try under the halogen work lamp. Nope. No charging light, no splash screen, nothing. Just a brick.
How is it possible for the phone to just brick itself like that? I remember setting the max clocking speed at 1.5ghz and the governor to "conservative" but that's really it. Plus I had rebooted a couple of times between then and now. I ddon't have many apps, let alone many that have root access. So what's up?
Please help me. I give my battery 15 maybe 24 hours before it dies and I can't boot.
Oh yeah. I don't have S-off, I got my version of CM from get.cm, no custom kernel, or any mod of any sort. The phone was not actively doing anything, except for sitting in my pocket. I held the power button and the power + volume for a good 20-30 seconds.
EDIT: Is my only option to play dumb and ask for warranty? D': I don't want to do that because the rep who traded in my GS2 noticed that it was rooted. I'll probably get denied.
Seriously, anybody? What are my options? What caused this? Is it my fault?
I wish I had some insight on why that happened to you or how to fix it. What I can say is that I was thinking about flashing my first AOSP rom in the near future but was iffy on it. Now I'm super iffy.
I suppose there is a possibility that it was not software related. Maybe the phone is just a clunker? Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than myself can comment.
try posting this in the CM 10.1 forums and you will get a result. sorry.
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I suppose there is a possibility that it was not software related. Maybe the phone is just a clunker?
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That's a possibility, and what I'm thinking too. Surely someone would have noticed if their phones blew up when they received a call right? The phone wasn't doing anything I hadn't done before (i.e. receiving calls).
You think Sprint will replace it? It's pretty much mint other than the software.
And there is no HTC One Cyanogenmod forum yet.
EDIT: So is it safe for me to go to the store and tell them it crapped out on me? Will they be able to tell that I rooted it?
Have you tried using the HTC charger that came with the phone and letting it charge for for an hour? If the phone got completely discharged it may take up to 10 minutes just to lite up/
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Have you tried using the HTC charger that came with the phone and letting it charge for for an hour? If the phone got completely discharged it may take up to 10 minutes just to lite up/
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First off, Lithium ion batteries do not completely discharge, ever. If they do, they are ruined. Your phone will turn off before it lets the battery drain.
Second, I had at least 80% charge left when it bricked this morning. But what the heck, might as well.
EDIT: Wow. I googled hard bricks and pretty much every case is some kind of update or flash gone wrong. Nobody was just walking around when their phone bricked. This is weird. Considering how rare hard bricks are and the fact that the only apps with root access I had were Ti, File Manager, Spirit and Nova, I'm inclined to believe this is a hardware issue. But I can't be sure.
Bumping. I only have a little while before my charge runs out.
Hmmm, do you know, or have an idea what the battery life was when the incident occurred?
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EDIT: Oh I see...
I unplugged it about 3 maybe 4 hours before it bricked. It had maybe an hour of screen time then. I'm assuming I had around 80% when it bricked. I have no idea how much power the device is currently consuming. But if it's truly bricked, prolly not much, so it'll last for a while.
If it isn't truly bricked, then probably not that long...
Guys, I'm desperate. I'll try absolutely anything.
All right, it seems like I'm done. This device is toast. Even though it seems like I didn't make any mistakes. I know that almost for sure because my phone was ringing when it bricked at 12:36 P.M. today.
Based on what I've said, does anybody think I am COMPLETELY to blame for this? I don't want my conscience to eat me alive when I take this is for warranty and play dumb. I truly believe this has nothing to do with rooting/custom ROM. I really believe this is a defective phone. Am I wrong?
Did u try the bright light trick
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Try the bright light trick...
You can't even get into the boatloader? Or does anything show up when you plug it into the computer?
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Hi everybody,
I was (am?) running CM 10.1 for a couple days just to see how it was, and it was nice. I was going to make it my daily driver until I got a call while the phone was in my pocket and suddenly, the ringing stopped. I took the phone out of my pocket and tried to unlock it. No cigar. It must have powered off. Pressed and held. Nothing. Bootloader? Nope. Try under the halogen work lamp. Nope. No charging light, no splash screen, nothing. Just a brick.
How is it possible for the phone to just brick itself like that? I remember setting the max clocking speed at 1.5ghz and the governor to "conservative" but that's really it. Plus I had rebooted a couple of times between then and now. I ddon't have many apps, let alone many that have root access. So what's up?
Please help me. I give my battery 15 maybe 24 hours before it dies and I can't boot.
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i knew there was something going on here, between cm10.1 and the sprint htc one ? sure makes me wonder, i've been on my replacement for nearly 2 weeks now running stock rooted with s-off. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310750
Ok I just read your thread and was wondering. did you get your 150 back?
Either you and I are incredibly unlucky or the m7spr cm 10.1 is suicidal.
Just a question. in general, what setting were you using? Anything similar to mine? I had also set notification light to "long". how about you?
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Ok I just read your thread and was wondering. did you get your 150 back?
Either you and I are incredibly unlucky or the m7spr cm 10.1 is suicidal.
Just a question. in general, what setting were you using? Anything similar to mine? I had also set notification light to "long". how about you?
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I was told I would be refunded on my next bill so i'm waiting it out to see before I send back the bricked one. no i was stock-cm and what I mean by that is i installed cm10.1 added my apps, set up my home screens and used it like that until it died. i changed nor tweaked any of the settings from cm defaults
The same thing happened to my room mates HTC One yesteray. I first installed CM, and it was getting extremely hot, so I decided to try rootbox, similar issue, and the device was discharging far too fast. He turned the phone off to wait for me to get home so I could try to fix it. I got home, and there was no sign of life, it was charged fully before he turned it off. It wouldn't turn on at all. I had him take it to sprint and do warranty, they said they needed to open it(LAWL). He went back an hour later, they couldn't open it of course. They handed him a new phone.
Have you tried plugging it into a pc to see if it recognizes anything in device manager? Checked adb devices and fastboot devices?
I have. And nothing. No charge no power no recognizing
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I flashed Android N Preview as a secondary ROM using MultiROM, everything worked perfectly, no issues what so ever.
After a day when I was listening to music using Spotify the phone suddenly switched of abruptly with battery over 90%
Since then I couldn't able to switch on the phone again.
No bootloader, no Recovery, Its not booting at all. No response from the phone.
I think it is dead.
Changed the Battery to new one.
Not worked. No sign of anything.
When I plugged in the charger the LED light is on, but I don't think its charging phone is not warm while it is plugged in.
In fact it felt like so chill.
So, I don't know how to recover my phone.
BTW, the phone's bootloader unlocked, rooted stock ROM as the primary one.
Any help would be highly appreciated.
Thanks guys.
Did you try to press the power button for 15-20 seconds? That's a weird problem.
The same happened to me.,and my phone is stock and locked. Its bricked. Nothing we tried helped
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how do you change the battery on a nexus 6?
kidhudi said:
how do you change the battery on a nexus 6?
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the back plastic sheet is held on with adhesive, I would apply heat first then work it open with a tool like isesamo or maybe a thin credit card or guitar pick. underneath there are 20 torx iirc can't remember size and another plastic shell with many holes in it. this cover, the wireless charging coil, and battery are adhered together i think and there are two small rubber covers for the power button (top) and battery (bottom). remember to disconnect your ribbon cables and treat them carefully.
the real problem imo lies in reassembly. i have repaired many and never feel they are the same as they came from the factory mostly because the back cover doesn’t re-adhere well. invest in some quality 3m adhesive, even a pre cut if you can manage.
Yeah done everything I have in my power nothing works.
Asked service center to check they said the phone is dead.
To get it repaired it will cost 3500 for me, they said.
Damn it.
Don't know what to do.
Now they said that the motherboard is dead, I need to change it inorder to get it work again.
Is it possible like this kind of problem occurs?
I was in Android N listening to Spotify
Putting a pre release OS on a phone, especially using a hack like multi rom, was indeed a recipe for disaster..
I'm certain that your partitions somehow got corrupted, and that results in a un bootable phone
Hopefully, someone reading this thread, who is thinking about doing something suicidal like that will learn from your mistake, but your phone is toast, unless you can get it J-Tagged, which might not even be available for your N6
I've heard the term j-tag a lot before. What does that mean
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I've heard the term j-tag a lot before. What does that mean
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http://www.brickedmyphone.com/products/jtag-unbrick-service/
http://easy-jtag.com/
My phone is officially dead. Service center said that the motherboard is weak and is impossible to repair and only fix is to replace the whole motherboard to a newer one. That would cost me a lot like i could get a new for it and they even suggested me to exchange this phone to a newer one.
And now i got Nexus 6P and I love it so much.
But God i really miss my Nexus 6.
Thanks for the help and suggestion here.
Long live xda.
I couldn't resist to unlock bootloader. Flash multirom and stock root and xposed.
That's the heaven, i can't live without.
I have done it all after i opened the 6P from its box. Lol.
May be i am fastest one to do it.
Thanks xda and friends from it.
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i lost my job today, got drunk and dropped my phone in the toilet accidentally. picked it up all was fine, a few hours later the flashlight came on and i can not turn it off. restarted, reset and erased everything, its still on. please help me. it's also my birthday. i'm a ****ing idiot
also it stays on even if i power it down.
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Sounds broken, keep electronics out the crapper
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ok i get that. can anyone provide anything useful that could help me? there has to be a way to turn the flash off. i'm cool with taking the phone apart if necs.
also, these phones are supposed to be waterproof, at least the video from youtube claims.
alright so maybe i should have started this thread differently, seems like always people want to judge you when you tell them you were drunk and dropped your phone. please just try to frickin help me.
i cannot access quick settings flashlight. no widget available either. i download flashlight apps and they say "another program is using this function" or something. so somehow my phone is convinced the flashlight should be on permanently. it literally works fine otherwise. i would really appreciate input on what i could TRY to do to fix it. if it's broken, then it's broken. my fault and we'll all move on. however it seems to me like if i can find a way to access stock flashlight functions, it would probably turn off. unbeknownst to me, that doesn't seem possible atm.
thanks for any help.
Even though the N6 is supposed to be water-resistant, there may be a short circuit caused by water. Switch off, put it in a stocking or sock (porous but preventing the ports being clogged) and put it in a bowl of dry rice in a warm cupboard for 24 hours. If it's still broken after that then it was probably the impact rather than the water that caused the problem.
Have ya tried to force stop the flashlight app?
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Send the device to Motorola. The rice trick doesn't always work, and at this point wouldn't make a bit of difference anyway. Turning on the screen after dunking the Nexus caused the battery to surge, and it likely fried the connector that leads to the camera, causing the short circuit that leaves the flash on. This requires replacing the motherboard, unless you got extremely lucky and the short is in the camera module itself.
Sounds like one baaad day. I've been there myself but not recently. The bright side is you'll laugh about it some day
If you're willing to sacrifice the flashlight and possibly camera in order to use the rest of the phone without crazy battery drain, I imagine you could disconnect the flash unit internally somehow
dahawthorne said:
Even though the N6 is supposed to be water-resistant, there may be a short circuit caused by water. Switch off, put it in a stocking or sock (porous but preventing the ports being clogged) and put it in a bowl of dry rice in a warm cupboard for 24 hours. If it's still broken after that then it was probably the impact rather than the water that caused the problem.
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the N6 is not water resistant. no one officially ever said it was.
Best bet is to send it to Motorola if not possible open it up and clean everything with 90% isopropyl alcohol
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Well, I'm not going to get into an argument about whether it was officially stated that it was water-resistant, but a quick search for "Nexus 6 water" throws up a series of "yes it is" including a Motorola screenshot showing "yes".
http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...-water-resistance-tested-immersion-water.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_aTg1VU6k
http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...206t-nexus-6-water-resistant-proof-126633.jpg
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-Hidden-Features-Android-Lollipop-5-1-Phablet
"Another detail Google neglected to list in its full specification for the phone is its reported water resistance. However, the Motorola website confirms the flagship phone is resistant to water.
However, the smartphone manufacturer does not list an IP rating for the Nexus 6."
Of no importance - not worth starting WW3 over it...
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Well, I'm not going to get into an argument about whether it was officially stated that it was water-resistant, but a quick search for "Nexus 6 water" throws up a series of "yes it is" including a Motorola screenshot showing "yes".
http://www.androidheadlines.com/201...-water-resistance-tested-immersion-water.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LO_aTg1VU6k
http://forums.androidcentral.com/at...206t-nexus-6-water-resistant-proof-126633.jpg
http://www.express.co.uk/life-style...-Hidden-Features-Android-Lollipop-5-1-Phablet
"Another detail Google neglected to list in its full specification for the phone is its reported water resistance. However, the Motorola website confirms the flagship phone is resistant to water.
However, the smartphone manufacturer does not list an IP rating for the Nexus 6."
Of no importance - not worth starting WW3 over it...
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The 5.96 inch phablet will be water resistant, just like its relative, the Moto X. There are limitations to this feature, especially since water resistance is not even listed on the official Nexus landing page. It is listed on the Motorola official Nexus 6 page though… There’s no IP rating given, because it’s unlikely this model can be submerged in water, but rather splash proof.
This means you can use the handset during a light rain without fearing damage, but you probably won’t be able to use it if you drop it into a pool. The handset comes with dual front facing speakers, with stereo sound, a 13 megapixel back camera with OIS and automatic HDR+. If you’re tempted by the phone, it costs $650 off contract.
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"There’s no IP rating given, because it’s unlikely this model can be submerged in water, but rather splash proof"
theres no IP rating given" means its technically not water resistant.
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when the n6 was released, some idiot put out a YouTube vid showing his n6 underwater, and charging. so, other people went ahead and tried it. it turned out that lots of other oeople ended up destroting their nexus 6's. theres a reason that theres no water resistance rating on the n6..
Agreed, but as I said it's of little importance. I mentioned it only in passing, not making a big deal of it...
Anyone who deliberately puts a $800 phone in water just to see if it's waterproof is an imbecile who deserves all he gets (and I mean "he" - a woman wouldn't be so stupid).
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Agreed, but as I said it's of little importance. I mentioned it only in passing, not making a big deal of it...
Anyone who deliberately puts a $800 phone in water just to see if it's waterproof is an imbecile who deserves all he gets (and I mean "he" - a woman wouldn't be so stupid).
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a agree, most likely a woman wouldnt do it :angel:
thanks guys. i literally cannot find the flashlight app, and when i remove everything in quick settings except the flashlight shortcut, it does not show up. like it's weird...i could have shorted it and all that, but why is the app completely missing? like i said earlier, i think if i could FIND the app and force stop it, i may could solve the problem. that just screams software issue to me. thanks for any continued help.
and yeah, i don't really care if the n6 is water resistant or not. this thing stayed submerged for literally a couple of seconds. the flashlight did not immediately turn on, it was several hours later after a reboot. so hell this could just be a really odd coincidence and the whole dropping it in the water thing has nothing to do with what is happening. i have no idea. as i said a while back, maybe i should have eliminated that part of this story when i posted and just said "my flashlight stays on, even after a factory reset, and i can not find the "flashlight" app itself so don't know how to turn it off."
honestly i've been far drunker before and whipped out the phone while pissing and never once dropped it. we don't have to evaluate my state of mind but this was seriously a case of just everything going wrong in a single day. again, i just want to resolve this whole thing and hope you guys can potentially provide more helpful answers.
edit: send it to motorola and say what? i bought it i think in september so it's probably still under warranty. but i got it for like $300 on ebay and honestly i'm not sure if the guy was an authorized seller or not.
ALSO i am rooted, i assume the factory reset did not unroot me because it says i need to update the SU binary. i used nexus root toolkit. could i just plug it in and revert it back to stock with the NRT?
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thanks guys. i literally cannot find the flashlight app, and when i remove everything in quick settings except the flashlight shortcut, it does not show up. like it's weird...i could have shorted it and all that, but why is the app completely missing? like i said earlier, i think if i could FIND the app and force stop it, i may could solve the problem. that just screams software issue to me. thanks for any continued help.
and yeah, i don't really care if the n6 is water resistant or not. this thing stayed submerged for literally a couple of seconds. the flashlight did not immediately turn on, it was several hours later after a reboot. so hell this could just be a really odd coincidence and the whole dropping it in the water thing has nothing to do with what is happening.
honestly i've been far drunker before and whipped out the phone while pissing and never once dropped it. we don't have to evaluate my state of mind but this was seriously a case of just everything going wrong in a day.
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you can turn it on and off with ok google. ok google turn on the flashlight, and ok google turn off the flashlight.
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you can turn it on and off with ok google. ok google turn on the flashlight, and ok google turn off the flashlight.
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great idea...i just tried it and it says "unfortunately google has stopped working" when i "ok google" any other command, it works just fine. i tried this many times and it always force closed the google app. this flashlight app is playing with my head now.
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edit: send it to motorola and say what? i bought it i think in september so it's probably still under warranty. but i got it for like $300 on ebay and honestly i'm not sure if the guy was an authorized seller or not.
ALSO i am rooted, i assume the factory reset did not unroot me because it says i need to update the SU binary. i used nexus root toolkit. could i just plug it in and revert it back to stock with the NRT?
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You'd have to pay for the repair, since you are not the original purchaser. Motorola's warranty is non-transferable. Thus, it doesn't matter whether you're rooted or not. However, if the warranty DID apply, the fact you were rooted would make no difference. This is a Nexus device, and in general the manufacturers are very forgiving on that detail.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNLOCKED-Mo...t-Blue-4G-LTE-Cell-Phone-XT1103-/281482386847
this is who i bought it from, but again i only paid $299 at the time. it doesn't say authorized seller so i emailed him and asked. still if i look up the N6 warranty it just says "This Limited Warranty extends only to the first consumer purchaser of the Product, and is not transferable" and all that is true in my case. i bought it brand new, only owner. so maybe it wouldn't matter if it was an authorized seller?
of course it states also that any liquid damage would void the warranty. are their liquid sensors on the N6 like there are on other phones, and where are they if so and can i check to see if they were triggered? lastly it says of course root voids the warranty, but before i did root i thought the NRT could easily return me to stock without anyone knowing i ever did root/unlock it. please let me know if all of things are possible. i will contact motorola here shortly by phone and just make sure i can send it in at all, obviously not mentioning the water/root thing.
http://motorola-global-portal.custh...GLOBAL WARRANTY-MOBILE PHONES-AUGUST 2011.pdf