Hi all!
I just got a MDA Compact II, but damaged, here is my problem:
Without a battery:
On the charger he turns on and shows the initial screen (some picture + IPL SPL GSM OS) 3 secs orange led coms on for a moment and device reboots,
no problem to put in bootloader ( 3 col + IPL SPL)
With a battery and charger:
after reset somtimes shows the same picture for a moment but without IPL SPL GSM OS, and go > off
no problem to put in bootloader ( 3 col + IPL SPL)
With a battery no charger:
off
somthimes screen blinks...
The guy who sold it to me sad that he was trying to change device language... and that happend.
I thing he interrupt a ROM change, and maybe somthing else??
Can it be battery damaged or wrong dll as i reed??
maybe is there a way to make my commputer to turn on a 5v in usb to act like a charger then bootloader>rom update?
Sorry for my english
Regards
Tom
its working now:
The problem was in the phone soft, as i write it i thing was interrupted ROM upgrade and MDA did not see a battery. No way to put in bootloader mode in USB cable on computter. So i take look on a battery: she hawe 6 connections 2 first and 2 last ar the + -. So i take a risk and connect battery from my SPV C500 (4 connect pins) to 4 middle pins on the battery conecton in the phone using the rubber to hold it , and WOW it camed ON. Next bootloader>T-Mobile ROM update...
And my phone is working now on the old battery, and thats intresting - the old battery was 70% charged!!
Maybe it help somone ))
Tom
PS. Sorry for my english
well, realy nice and usefull post. maybe admins may post this solution into FAQ. hope this will help also others, not just charmer owners...
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Hello, please if anyone knows the solution to my problem:
I bought a Tmobile MDA from a person who just flashed it with a Tmobile demo rom v4.21
MDA works normally when on craddle (charger) but when on battery it goes dead after i press power button... So, when I take it off the craddle it works normally on battery (battery is supposed to be brand new) but once turned off, the screen blinks once and MDA is dead.
When I just put it on craddle for a second i can turn it on and it works normally again...even on battery...
He is out of town and will be back on friday. He sais that this is a software problem and will be solved by flashing with XDA developer ROM.
Could that be true? The battery seems to bi OK until I press the power button...
I tried flashing ROM via USB but I get error 011 - execute remote communication program error....
Please help...
Thx in advance
valsimoT
hi. this is very strange to me. The software doesn't cause this problem. my be you look around the connector if the one of the bin is bent or broken. I am not sure but if you think the software problem, go ahead and upgrade the rom.
Thanxs for reply.
but MDA works on battery until it turns off automatically (power save) or if I press power button... When on craddle, power button works normally...
I can make calls and everything on battery but when I turn it off - id goes dead ((
this is my firends phone - tmobile cmpact 2 - its never been cooked, standard wm5 rom and no upgrades or downloads. it suddenyl today entered bootload screen - we took out the battery restarted, then it loads to the tmobile splash screen the cuts off, now it wont even turn on
tried charging it, and the charge light doesnt ocm eon, any ideas??
Thanks
anyone?..........................................
You have to enter bootloader mode (look up the wiki for how to) and then run the official rom upgrade for charmer.
my charmer is also dead
right in the middle of typing in an adress at iGO on my Charmer with WM5 it started rebooting and turned black after the T-Mobile bootscreen. And I could only turn it on by removing the battery, waiting for some minutes and then turning on again, just to see the same thing happening - black after T-Mobile screen.
Now I cannot turn it on at all, cannot reset (neither hard nor soft), cannot get into bootloader nor can I charge it (at least no LED is indicating anything).
Does anybody have an idea? vlodeck?
At the moment I am not at home, so I cann't try the original power supply (so far I used the one in the car).
Thanks in advance!
There are two possible outcomes Jared.
Either your power supply in the car is not enough to lift up Charmer.
Or your battery went totally dead, in which case you would have to buy a new battery.
Good luck.
Thanks for the fast support!
the strange thing is, that it all started with battery at about 80%...
I will check on sunday with the original power supply and a battery from another device. Then I will let you know the outcome.
I can lend you my battery, Jared!
...to see if it is really the battery.
Otherwise I can only recommend the HTC Kaiser ;-)
problem solved for now
thanks frikibaby for the offer...
but vlodeck was right. At home I pluged in the charger and it started charging and I can also turn it on again. So for some reason my car charger does not charge the charmer anymore although the indicator and the battery bar says so ...???
Thanks for the support!!
Before i start sorry about my poor english..
ok, so i was trying to hard reset my k-jam with a very low battery (i think the battery is dead), It was shutted down in the middle of the progress and i needed to install a new rom.
The battery was dead, so i bought a new battery from E-Bay (2800 mAh, i think that before the first use it's need to be fully charged but i didn't charged it very much so it is possible that i killed it )
I was trying to install the wizard love rom but it wrote error 264: connection...
finally i installed the rom Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 and then it was always stuck on the IPL\SPL screen and the OS didn't start...
So i decided to try install other rom.. i was trying to install button rom and when it was on 85% the device was shutted down.. probably the battery was empty.. i connected the device to USB and the orange led wasn't lighted.. after a couple of minutes the device was turned on (i wasn't touching anything) at the bootloader and after another couple of minutes it shutted down again... if i keep the device connected to USB, it's happened again and again - turn on and after couple of minutes shut down.. if i try to shut down the device when it's on, it's shutted down and after 2 seconds the orange led is poke out (light for a second) and the device turned on (at the bootloader) again... i think that probably the device is charging only when is shutted down, and then it's turn on until the battery is empty again, but i don't know if i'm right...
What can i do? is it possible that i killed my new battery?
Thank in advance and i'm sorry again about the english
First of all,get the battery charged with 'wall charger',it won't charge in bootloaders and with usb cable with pc.It'll only charge via usb cable in a working OS.As its below the retention charge,it'll only get charged with wall mains charger.
Which is your device a G3 or G4 phone,post the IPL/SPL.of the phone here.
Cheers!
I have G3, after i tried to install the button rom it's desplay the following IPL\SPL:
IPL: 1.05
SPL: 2.16
probably the battery is not charging because i'm trying to charge it with the USB cable from the bootloaders without a working OS and that's the problem... so i will buy a wall charger and i'll see..
thank you very much!!
OK, i bought a wall charger and i charged the battery..
i've tried re-installing the button rom and it was successfully complete.
but now, when i turn on the device it's desplay the IPL\SPL screen (GSM and OS too) with the beer picture (of the rom) and stay like that.. the OS doesn't start..
Any idea??
I just want to remind that i installed the Xda_MiniS_LaunchROM_v154102 rom before, and it was about the same problem (stuck on the IPL/SPL screen).. and also, when i'm trying to hard-reset it writes "format faild"...
Is my device dead?
Thanks in advance...
I have flash the new rom from t mobile.... after I flash from wm5 to wm6 which complete.... it cant boot anymore... even I have taken out the battery and out it back ..... i press power button no response.... nothing can be seen from the screen.... im afraid it is dead as good....
Take battery out and connect to power. If you see a red light where it lights up to show its charging then the hardware is OK.
Try with battery and see if it charges. NO LED means battery dead.
Need to know if the hardware is COMPLETELY dead or if the battery is the culprit.
If everything is ok and you just need to replace the battery then read this for a safety net while flashing - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=296722
Cheers...
im able to see the red light if i did not put in battery and i have another unit battery which is workable and when i put in also no resposne.
Sounds like battery contacts may be broken or cracked. Might be unfixable. Usually happens after a drop... You could try to re solder the contacts but no guarantees.
the pda was not drop before....
Are you charging with the original charger or USB/3rd party charger?
Did you let the battery go under 10% charge?
If you are charging without the original charger or with the usb cable it may not be getting the correct voltage which may be confusing the internal charging sensor.
This may also happen if you let your battery go below the 10% mark frequently.
There are a few threads about this so I'll let you search for them. Good luck.
I don't believe it would be the internal fuse as the red LED shouldn't turn on if this was blown.
Cheers...
tmkam said:
I have flash the new rom from t mobile.... after I flash from wm5 to wm6 which complete.... it cant boot anymore... even I have taken out the battery and out it back ..... i press power button no response.... nothing can be seen from the screen.... im afraid it is dead as good....
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This happened to me too with a regular, unlocked HTC TyTN (not the MDA Vario II from T-Mobile). Fortunately, after about two days, while I thought the handset is "dead", I tried to turn it on again and it worked, just like that. Weird
[PROBLEM SOLVED]
My prophet died when I run windows media player.
I bought sixe months ago. I upgrade it to Cloudyfa 's Shadow WM6.1.
It works well during the past six months.
Now whether I boot to system or to 3-color screen, it dies after I see the startup screen.
I heard of that the prophet would bricks, if it can't enter 3-color screen. But I also heard of something about golden card.
Gurus, have my prophet bricked forever , or can be rescued by a golden card something.
Thanks for any hint!
PS: my prohet is a G4 machine.
PS: whether I plug it with a USB cable or charge cable, it wouldn't blink any all.
PS: Is it a battery problem?
Sorry for bother.
It is really a battery issue.
After I removed the battery and charged it for about an hour, it return to live, with the date time information lost.
But I wonders why it didn't warn me about the low-battery status!