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I tried to flash an original IPL/SPL to my device, it completed but not my elf wont even turn on.
Please can someone advise me. Thank you.
... oh, and by wont turn on, I mean its completely dead, push the power button and nothing at all happens.
my elf also won't turn on
there just comes the branded boot screen and then everything is dark.
just the orange light is "flashing" wenn a usb cable is connected.
any idea?
@dgcarter: (i never had such problem so i dunno i could be wrong but i think ur device most probably has hardware problems (battery, chip etc) so maybe you could try to use different battery or take it to a service center
@f-dusk: you can try to go to bootloader mode and re-flash ROM or if its bricked try to use unbricker methods. Please donot ask further questions here because most probably almost all of 'em may have been asked and solved. Refer to Guides FAQs in the sticky threads for more information!
@f-dusk: at least you have a light LOL! My phone was totally dead, like trashcan dead, haha.
@@rj*n: I know, its so weird that it would happen, perhaps the hardware is funky, was just coincidence that it failed when I was messing with it. But I just took it though to Lab88, I was surprised to find that I still have 3 months left on the warrenty. And it's so stuffed up that they wouldn't even be able to tell I had all sorts of funky cooked roms on it, lol.
Thanks all, now I just gotta wait for "the call" haha, but I hope they fix it quick, I'm gonna go mad if I have to use my Nokia 6230i for much longer.
glad to be of any help dude... anyways best wishes for your phone lol
Processor is dead...
God bless``
Hi Guys (and possibly even Gals)
I haven't been on in quite some time so forgive me if I'm posting this in the wrong place. I would also like to apologise in advance for the length of this post.
I really hope somebody can help. I used to have a branded Vodafone SE X10i which I debranded for obvious reasons (I'm not bloody waiting for a lifetime for updates because vodafone and there customer service are ****e) and everything was fine and dandy in the world. However I then lost my phone and had to have another issued which of course was branded but that didn't bother me because at the time it had the latest software on it. When SE sent me an email to say that 2.1 was here I was of course over joyed, that is until I found out that vodafone were once again with holding it for "testing" purposes for an apparently undeterminable amount of time. Naturally my "Voda-rage" came back with a vengance and I immediately set out to de-brand my handset once again only to find that with recent updates SE had made to PC suite and SEUS the old method I had discovered no longer worked. I tried a different method involving switching files during the update download (using SEUS) of which there is a tutorial which I have put the link to in my signature. I was unable to get this method to work for me and after 10 attempts gave up and went to "www.fastgsm.com" after reading a comment from someone having similar problems.
Now this is where I have the problem.
I paid for the debranding and they let me download a client that was supposed to flash the phone for me and put the generic uk software onto it. Everything went fine and when the program has finished it told me to unplug my phone and start it up, the only problem is that I can't, the phone will no longer switch on. The screen clearly illuminates slightly but the phone never actually starts. I did this last night and thought that perhaps I just needed to wait a while but after leaving it all night the battery just drained and the phone never started up. The phone also doesn't charge anymore, it charges enough power to try and switch the phone on, pauses to switch the phone on and of course never starts up and just sits there till the battery drains again and the cycle continues. I have e-mailed the site but have not heard anything back and I'm just hoping that somone out there is able to come up with a solution that doesn't include claiming on my insurance again!
Any and all help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated (apart from the dumb ones....only kidding please help LoL)
Kind Regards
John Murchie
Aaaahh you should have read all the threads here first! The old method for debranding using SEUS doesn't work anymore.
You could have used the flash tool (free) method to flash the X10i 2.1 Global firmware or another X10i version, just do a quick search here and you'll find different files to download.
Now it may be too late because you need your battery to be at least 50% charged when you flash a phone, might be worth a try, but remember, the X10 won't charge in flash mode (when you boot holding "Back").
I hope someone else has a solution for the battery problem, if you can get it charged, using flash tool your problem is solved.
Thanks for you input. I did look around here briefly for a solution but after trying to sort it out myself I eventually gave in and just went with the easy option of paying. only cost me £6 as well so it wasn't all that bad! I'm not really sure how I can charge the battery up either as I don't know anyone who has the phone that I could get to charge it or swap batteries. Could try Vodafone but I don't see them being all that helpful really LoL
Kind Regards
John Murchie
When you plug the charger in do you get the charge light ?
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When I plug it into the charger I get a flashing red light and then after a few minutes it becomes a constant green light and then a few minutes later the light goes out and it tried to switch itself on. A few minutes later ( I assumes because the battery gives out) the screens goes dark again and the red light starts flshing and the process starts again!
Veeger said:
only cost me £6 as well so it wasn't all that bad!
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To be fair, it doesn't come much easier than putting the phone in flash mode and running a flash tool. Have you taken your battery out for at least 10 seconds?, if not do so, put it back in and turn the phone on.
Evidentely I'm more dense then most people then, aren't I. I have tried removing my battery for periods of time but unfortunately to no avail. Thanks for you input!
If the battery is so drained that it can't last the few seconds that is needed to boot to the charging mode then I would suggest you go the store and ask if you can charge the battery in their display phone. 10 minutes will do to get you going.
Yes I was thinking that, only problem is the phone shops around here can be rather ****ty to say the least LoL. I'm going to pop into town and give it a go though. Be a shame to have to claim on my insurance!
I have heard back from the site that supplied the program and they asked me to send the log file and then got back to me saying that everything worked fine on there end!
Obviously it didn't or I wouldn't be having this issue >_< LoL
Hey there. I have my Galaxy S II (GT-I9100) for about a month, and since a couple of days ago it has been behaving very weirdly about USB and charging.
First of all, the phone thinks it has USB connected at all times. When I go to the settings menu try to enable mass storage it says USB is already connected, even though it isn't!!!
Sometimes when I start the phone it goes to that USB Kies screen and says "connected", when absolutaly no cables are connected AT ALL!!!
When I turn the cell off, remove the battery and plug it back in, without turning the phone on, the recharging battery icon appears, but blinks with a drained battery icon with a yellow exclamation sign and a thermometer which I sincerely have no idea what that means.
It also takes ages to recognize the power charger or when I really connect the USB cable. And finally, when I take them off, it also takes a while to "perceive" they're off and remove the charging lightning from the battery icons.
PRETTY PLEASE, SOMEONE HELP ME OUT, as I don't have time to take the phone to service, and didn't really want to do that
Thanks!!!
This has also happened to me and loads of other SGS2 users! Although usually it only happens sporadically and not constantly. It seems that it's a bad soldering job or dust/dirt has gathered in the microUSB port. You might be able to fix it, if you're *really* careful.
Quote from another thread;
JaX3RiR said:
Last night my phone wouldn't even start charging, so I decided to take matters into my own hands. With the smallest screwdriver I could find, I carefully 'lifted' the tiny PCB in the USB jack while blowing in at the same time. Sure enough, some sand particles fell out, and I haven't gotten carmode'd in nearly 13 hours now. Previously it would do it once every 15 minutes. So far so good, it seems.
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Thanks for the help... but what is PCB? Is it the connector inside the "hole"?
Tried that and it stopped thinking USB was connected the whole time... on the other hand, it doesn't detect when I connect the USB cable
Lets try keeping 1 thread
Therere are other threads about it.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588&page=2
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Therere are other threads about it.
Read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132588&page=2
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You can't talk on plural when you only point out one thread. And I've read that, but it isn't the same as my phone doesn't go in "car mode".
My phone's problem only resembled a problem JaX3RiR briefly mentioned in the middle of the thread.
I tried googling it before posting anything anywhere, but couldn't find anything useful.
Please don't try to look like a smartass like that and embarrass yourself. If you got nothing to add to the thread, it's best if you sit out of it. It's much more appreciated when helpful people like JaX3RiR post...
Hi,had the same problem,tried reflashing back to original firmware,but still had the same problem,,the only way i could boot the phone was through recovery mode,(reboot)Had to send phone back for possible repair??cut a long story short they sent me a new phone,,They said they couldnt repair the fault,something to do with the usb charging system,,So i would advise anyone with this specific problem,to send phone back,and get a replacement..hope you get it solved
Thanks mate, I sent mine today as well... I hope they act the same with me, as I'm afraid customer service around here always tries to incriminate the user not to use the warranty...
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You can't talk on plural when you only point out one thread. And I've read that, but it isn't the same as my phone doesn't go in "car mode".
My phone's problem only resembled a problem JaX3RiR briefly mentioned in the middle of the thread.
I tried googling it before posting anything anywhere, but couldn't find anything useful.
Please don't try to look like a smartass like that and embarrass yourself. If you got nothing to add to the thread, it's best if you sit out of it. It's much more appreciated when helpful people like JaX3RiR post...
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There is no reason to be angry, I'm just trying to help, and just wanted that we all post in one thread, so it would be easier to track later.
I just posted longest thread. Here is another one if it helps to justify:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151863
I'm pretty sure you have the same problem. Sometimes Vlingo starts, sometimes phone thinks its charging, when trying to boot it shows battery image and won't boot, can boot only recovery and do restart from there.
Get of the high horse when people are trying to help you.
Are you sure you didn't connect USB cable upside down or bended USB port with the cable?
I have no idea what Vlingo is, and obviously I didn't connect the USB cable upside down. I don't think I bended the port with the cable since it still recognizes the cable for charging or booting and going directly into Kies mode, for example.
I am not on any high horse when people try to help me, as you could see my response towards the guys above. Your post wasn't sounding helpful at all, you were just sounding like "hey, you dumass noobie, don't open a new thread for yourself, check the forums first".
By the way, I also took a look at that thread you posted before posting mine, but I have no idea what is "car mode" on my phone...
Sorry if I sounded rough. I thought it is similar issue, so I posted link to longer thread. I had this issue myself.
Peace. Let us know what the service say .
This happened to me one week ago while on holiday....that temp indicator while charging plus the other stuff you mention....
Plus the phone went into flight mode and won't come out....
Got home and did a reset and phone now doesn't recognise sim card...
great phone but I'm a little disappointed
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Hi,had the same problem,tried reflashing back to original firmware,but still had the same problem,,the only way i could boot the phone was through recovery mode,(reboot)Had to send phone back for possible repair??cut a long story short they sent me a new phone,,They said they couldnt repair the fault,something to do with the usb charging system,,So i would advise anyone with this specific problem,to send phone back,and get a replacement..hope you get it solved
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Hello,
Had the same problems aswell, only mine had a bunch of other problems aswell:
When I shut down my mobile it restarts itself and then shows a yellow exclamation mark with an tempgage. Only way to turn on my phone is to connect it with the charger, turn of my phone again, remove the charger and then the phone turned itself on again but without the temp gage.
My phone also thinks its charging when it is not, and when I am actually charging it, its not charging.
Also my PC does not recognize my phone so I am not able to update it.
I have also sent my phone for a repair, I will keep you guys posted.
greets from the netherlands
Yep, mine only got fixed by going into service. It got its mainboard warranty switched.
T- Mobile sent me a replacement phone
They seemed to know the symptoms when I explained what was happening
Same fault for me. Mainboard replaced, works fine now.
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How did you guys get it fixed? Did you have to ship the phone out somewhere? How long did you have to wait to get it back? What was the process?
Thanks.
Mine is going to be repaired in two weeks.
I was the 8th SGS2 since tuesday which came in the repair center.
The repair guy said it is a manifacturing fault.
The phone gets hots, and outside temperature is cold, so it makes moisture in the phone.
This cause the phones power management to get fu up (SGS2 has a small battery inside of it, and that gets fu up). Only fix is replace hardware, but 9 of 10 times Samsung gives the fault to the customer. They say it has water damage and can't be fixed in warrenty...
I'm going to write a huge article about it, and I hope it will get published by a lot of site's soon. Phones he admitted having the problem: SGS1, SGS2 and SGSN.
I charged my GS2 2x by USB and it's discharged faster than by the sector
The USB power isn't enough for charge up the GS2 correctly
Are you guys suffering from rapid battery discharging, i have all of the above symptons but my battery drains within hours...I`ve even bought a brand new battery off ebay that is exacly the same issues... I`d like to send it back to O2 but i`ve rooted and flashed custom firmware...
Hi Everybody,
I believe that I am now in serious trouble with my Motorola Defy. I have tried to look everywhere today to find a similar problem to what I am experiencing, and although I can find all the problems, I can't find anyone which has happened like this. It would be so great if someone could help me. I am so so desperate and in total panic right now. I need this phone to work which I had bought in Germany (where my home base is set up) but I am currently working in Estonia where salary really does not allow me to just go out and buy a new one - not even a cheap 20€ phone.
I originally bought the phone about 1 1/2 years ago with Android 2.1. After about 6 months I did the official update to Android 2.2. This is where a few things started to go wrong. Google maps would crash the phone so that I would have to take the battery out to restart it. The camera didn't work properly, and not at all with the flash, and the phone would quite often restart itself. I could however live with all this and just accepted it as I didn't want to do anything to make it worse - I trust myself 100% with computers and there isn't much that I can't do with them. But with phones, that's where I have to put my hands up as I really don't trust myself to do anything because of the fear of bricking one.
Anyway, today as I was using the phone after taking a few pictures the phone had frozen, so as always I took the battery out and turned it on again, when it loaded up and as soon after I put my pin and unlock number in, it restart itself, So I again I put my pin and unlock number in, and it restarted itself. After this I couldn't even put my pin number in.
I then did went into Bootloader to do a wipe and restore, This however, after taking two hours and just watching the yellow dots move along, was clear to me that this also wasn't working. After coming home from work I then copied the instructions found I think in the Beginners Defy Guide on this site for using RSD Lite and an SBF File. This then failed and in Bootloader it also then said Corrupt.
So I then started to watch a video on youtube for a complete guide from unbricking to installing CM10 (something I wanted to do the whole time and never trusted myself). Meanwhile, whilst everything was downloading, although the phone still had about 60% battery, I thought I would plug it in just to charge it for a bit, this however also did not work but I left it in just in case it was working.
After everything was finished downloading, I unplugged the phone from the wall and now it won't even turn on,, neither in Bootloader, or the screen. It does NOTHING! :crying::crying:
When I plug it into the computer the little white led light comes on (top left of the phone) and the computer makes the sound that something is plugged in. This is also recognised my RSD Lite, however once a file has been created it cannot be flashed. It's like the phone is there, but it isn't.
I am really desperate to get this working as I really need this phone for work, and like I said just cannot afford to run and buy anything.
I'm very sorry if I have posted this in a wrong area, but I honestly did try to find something. I just don't understand how plugging it in to charge can stop it from not even opening bootloader, It's like it's got a mind of it's own.
Thank you very very much for reading, and I apologise that it's so long,
Best Wishes,
Steve
To get into the bootloader , keep the volume up button pressed and then press the power button. Is this what you tried to do?
And I didn't get the part where you wiped through the bootloader. As far as I know there is no option there. Do you mean the stock recovery?( The yellow dots are there in the stock recovery)
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wahat3 said:
Hi Everybody,
I believe that I am now in serious trouble with my Motorola Defy. I have tried to look everywhere today to find a similar problem to what I am experiencing, and although I can find all the problems, I can't find anyone which has happened like this. It would be so great if someone could help me. I am so so desperate and in total panic right now. I need this phone to work which I had bought in Germany (where my home base is set up) but I am currently working in Estonia where salary really does not allow me to just go out and buy a new one - not even a cheap 20€ phone.
I originally bought the phone about 1 1/2 years ago with Android 2.1. After about 6 months I did the official update to Android 2.2. This is where a few things started to go wrong. Google maps would crash the phone so that I would have to take the battery out to restart it. The camera didn't work properly, and not at all with the flash, and the phone would quite often restart itself. I could however live with all this and just accepted it as I didn't want to do anything to make it worse - I trust myself 100% with computers and there isn't much that I can't do with them. But with phones, that's where I have to put my hands up as I really don't trust myself to do anything because of the fear of bricking one.
Anyway, today as I was using the phone after taking a few pictures the phone had frozen, so as always I took the battery out and turned it on again, when it loaded up and as soon after I put my pin and unlock number in, it restart itself, So I again I put my pin and unlock number in, and it restarted itself. After this I couldn't even put my pin number in.
I then did went into Bootloader to do a wipe and restore, This however, after taking two hours and just watching the yellow dots move along, was clear to me that this also wasn't working. After coming home from work I then copied the instructions found I think in the Beginners Defy Guide on this site for using RSD Lite and an SBF File. This then failed and in Bootloader it also then said Corrupt.
So I then started to watch a video on youtube for a complete guide from unbricking to installing CM10 (something I wanted to do the whole time and never trusted myself). Meanwhile, whilst everything was downloading, although the phone still had about 60% battery, I thought I would plug it in just to charge it for a bit, this however also did not work but I left it in just in case it was working.
After everything was finished downloading, I unplugged the phone from the wall and now it won't even turn on,, neither in Bootloader, or the screen. It does NOTHING! :crying::crying:
When I plug it into the computer the little white led light comes on (top left of the phone) and the computer makes the sound that something is plugged in. This is also recognised my RSD Lite, however once a file has been created it cannot be flashed. It's like the phone is there, but it isn't.
I am really desperate to get this working as I really need this phone for work, and like I said just cannot afford to run and buy anything.
I'm very sorry if I have posted this in a wrong area, but I honestly did try to find something. I just don't understand how plugging it in to charge can stop it from not even opening bootloader, It's like it's got a mind of it's own.
Thank you very very much for reading, and I apologise that it's so long,
Best Wishes,
Steve
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Hi XDA Developers. I'm newbie here so I want to explain my problem as far I it is possible.
Starting from the beginning:
On lonely afternoon I was watching a YouTube (CPU usage approx. 1-5% I think. No multitasking.) and accidentally my smartphone turned off
(It was a matter of milliseconds).
After seeing this, I tried to restart my beloved phone,(In my country it has the best money/performance ratio.)
but nothing happens.
Next step is to read about Recovery Mode/Factory Reset mode, but nothing works.
After that I connected G2 to computer with Windows(R) Operating System. Guided by the Masters of Android Operating System(XDA-Developers of course ), searching for QHSUSB, but unfortunately nothing shows(I was a little upset, because I don't found a similar thread).
So I want to ask you Dear Masters. What next to do?
Many thanks for help.
PS. I used a Desperate ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development/rom-desperate-rom-t3437472 and Lambda Kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development/kernel-lambda-kernel-t3270424
Thread bump.
EDIT: I read about hard brick issue resolve on: https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/lg-g2-unbrickable-fix-real-hard-brick-t2904404, but nothing happens.
Just last week my G2 turned off in the middle of writing an email.
It no longer charges, turns on, or responds in any way. the LED never comes on when I plug it in, and my computer doesn't detect in. it is basically a paperweight.
Did the same thing happen to yours?
I also tried everything I could in the "UNBRICKABLE" thread but I could never get it to turn on in any way. Either shorting the capacitors is much more difficult than I thought., or my phone is forever dead.
One guy in the thread seemed to think he was better than everyone else, and seemed to think he knew how to 'truly' unbrick the LG G2, but he didn't respond to my email, and his account is currently 'disabled' ( aftabalam8c2), and all of his youtube videos are no longer listed... so i guess that's a dead end, maybe you could try him? The thread is filled with other rude people thinking they know better, but none of them really have anything concrete to contribute...
I tried shorting the caps for about 5 hours so far, but I haven't gotten anything to happen, and I've pretty much given up... Perhaps someone with more experience will chime in, but for me, i am back to using my old iPhone 4