I have an O2 XDA Mini S which has been working pretty well up until recently when I kept noticing that whenever I got my phone out of my pocket, it had turned off even though it was in a locked state - thus meaning I hadn't inadvertently pressed the power switch.
At first I assumed it was a problem with the battery but I have just noticed that as I dropped my phone onto the desk it turned off. I have just repeated this half a dozen times and every time I drop it onto my desk from around 6" the phone turns off. If I knock the side of the phone with my knuckle it will also turn off.
The battery is fully charged and the contacts all look good and clean. What is the most likely suspect part for me to start twiddling with to try and overcome this problem?
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For about 3 days now my wizard (G3) started switching off randomly, losing time/date settings after being turned off for a longer period. I've been using it happily for a year now, with pretty much no issues whatsoever. The first time it happened, I guess it was too cold, cause I'm wearing it on my shoulder in its default leather case/bag. After powering on the sound was somewhat distorted - everything sounded as if played at a different frequency - faster and a tone or two higher. After a soft-reset the sound was back to normal, but then the other issues started - sometimes it'll lock on boot-screen, sometimes, it will power off again just after powering on and entering the PIN-code, or just silently turn off while hibernating.
Any ideas? Suggestions? Similar experiences?
I haven't updated the ROM since the first update to Molski's (WM5) about a year ago, shortly after buying it, and it's been fine so far, never had the time to deal with another update with the whole plenty of ROMs available. I don't thing it would have anything to do with that.
ALSO: Is there any logging utility or anything that could provide any clues as for the reason why it switches off? (edit)
Any help would be appreciated! Cheers!
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I have a Cingular 8125. It has been working great with the stock ROM for over a year now.
In the last few weeks, it has started to exhibit the same strange behavior that yours has. Sometimes when I wake up in the morning, it will be sitting at the password screen like it rebooted over night. I keep it on the charger all night though!? Also, in the middle of the day it will just shut off. When I try to reboot it, it shuts off again during startup. It usually keeps doing this over and over again. It seems that the only way I can make it reboot is to plug it into a charging cable.
The other day at about 11am, after charging all night, my phone gave me a little beep. When I looked at the screen it said that the battery was dangerously low and I should recharge. Before I had a chance to do anything, it shut off! I pulled the batter out and inspected it. It seemed a little bit bulged in the middle. I am not sure if it is dead but I am pretty sure there is something wrong with it.
Needless to say, a new battery is on the way!
hey guys i need a little help, everything was working fine and then i turned the phone off and then turned the phone back on. All it did was go to the screen smart mobility and then shuts back down. Any clues ?? i just cant turn it on anymore.
i have the same problem
I turn on with a new rom my elfin and now does not turn un
Make sure your battery is fully charged. Try turning it on plugged in. Try using a different battery if you have one - If you don't have another battery and the one you have is old, it may need replacing. Turning on and then shutting off sounds like battery problems to me
I have another HTC Touch with a very similar problem. I think mine is due to minor water damage though (water balloon hit my pocket, unlucky huh?). It's been dead for about 4 months. It "MIGHT" turn on after a few weeks leaving it alone, then reach Smart Mobility screen and then turn off... permanently for a few weeks.
When I normally try to turn it on, I can hear a distinctive high-pitched noise coming out of the back, it'll stay like that until I rip the battery out.
Every few weeks I hope to get it booted long enough to maybe flash a new ROM, or IPL/SPL. I don't know what to do with it. Maybe some boot file or the hard drive corrupted due to the water damage. No light, no response from other batteries, no light via USB cable, just a slight high pitched noise. To this day, it is still dead.
Pushed the power button this morning and no response, thought the battery had run right down, so plugged it in and it booted to the dell screen then froze, removed battery and replaced it, booted no problems at all, still 60% battery left
Once, I think it's because the device has flexed or got jolted at some point and the backplate contacts have come apart briefly. The only way to get it to switch on was to remove the battery and refit it.
I've had this too, but not after a jolt or flex - noticed it after waking up on a morning - Streak had been on bedside table with good charge.
I've had this maybe twice since having the device.
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The only difference is my device did not freeze on boot.
yep - every time i power it down and leave it for a bit, it will only fire up again if I take the back off, pop the battery out and put it back in.
The LEDs come on, but it goes no further unless I do the above. Annoying but I can live with it for now (not sure what the wear and tear issues could be over the life of the device tho?)
did it on 1.6, still does it on O2 2.1
That's what's i was thinking, that stupid backplate! it may have moved 1mm and caused error
I posted a comment once about supergluing the fu%$er, might try myself.
Yep, sadly had the same problem. The worse thing is it did this the first time I turned it on. Done the same thing again this morning after simply switching it off.
Hopefully it won't be annoying or we will learn how to avoid it - backplate seems to cause the problem but I didn't even drop it or mishandle it in anyway - just merely switched it off and on again...
If the backplate is the problem, I can see it becoming a real issue, mine is definitely a looser fit than it was a month ago.
This just happened to me this morning. I went to bed around 2am with 90% charge and woke up 8am off on totally drained. The phone was lying on the carpeted floor with no movement. Powered back up and on with icons all messed up.
had this couple of times day, not the first by a long shot. its the back plate for sure. it flexes just a tiny bit and thats enough to make it shut down. pretty shoddy design
I really don't see how it could be the cover. Second day in a row I went from full charge to dead when I woke. It was on the floor the whole time and never touched. Then I charged it and the screen would not respond. So I hit power and then it would not come on again until I pulled the battery. Now, I'm just going to try powering down every night. If it's dead I just leave it at home for the day.....such a waste.
I've had my Galaxy S5 for just under a month now, and it was working absolutely fine until today. It wasn't exposed to extreme heat or cold, it didn't get wet, the closest that could come being a problem is that the bottom, with the protective cover closed tight, was covered in chalk dust due to some art a friend and I were doing. I noticed around that time that my pin lock was glitching (see below). It continued to do so, and only got worse as the day wore on, until I got home and thought to restart it. After that, the pin wasn't glitching anymore, but my phone began freezing completely, the screen going black and the entire phone shutting off. Usually it didn't restart but occasionally it did. At first it only happened like twice in one hour, but in the last three hours it has progressed to happening literally once a minute. If I turn my phone on, it will immediately shut off if I am not perpetually touching the screen or any button, and even then, there's no guarantee it will stay on. I've tried starting it in safe mode multiple times and, if anything, that only seems to make it worse. My phone will not stay on for more than sixty seconds. The worst thing is that it doesn't even shut off immediately after the screen turns off, as evidenced by the fact that my computer still registers it as an active device for a while after it goes black, and doesn't register that it's off until I unplug it. What is going on, and how do I make it stop?
==> Screenshot of the glitchy pin lock: achievement-tooths( )tumblr( )com/post/119635586546
Are you rooted? Try a factory reset? You could Odin a stock firmware tar or even a full stock tar if necessary and see if that fixes it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/stock-collection-kernels-modems-t2842069
Apparently, it only lasted a day??? I mean, it's been working fine since this morning, so I'll let it be for now. If it happens again, I'll return it and get a new phone. It's not rooted or anything, this was just a weird, completely arbitrary (and apparently temporary) hardware failure.
I've have had the phone for 2 years and it had been working fine until last summer, where I had accidentally left it in my trunks pocket when I went out swimming, It had to be underwater for like 10 minutes or so before I realized it, thankfully, we were on holiday in Turkey at the time so I could leave the phone (without a lid or battery) on the balcony for days to dry. And eventually, it worked! But that came with a few issues.
1. The phone would shut off randomly.
2. Had to charge the phone to power it on.
3. The camera had a few dark spots where water got in.
4. When the phone was powered off it would constantly start beeping, the same beep you hear when I power it on.
5. Speakers are weak.
Nowadays, I am pretty sure all the water is out of the phone, and I am only having these issues now.
1. The camera had dark spots.
2. Speakers are weak.
But yesterday, things were getting weird, when I closed the phone (close the phone, not power it off), and I try to open it again, it would not open and would randomly make a beep sound, then the buttons on the bottom would light up, the only thing I can do to make it normal was removing the battery, when I did that I tried putting the battery back in, and it is back to making those beeping sounds I mentioned on point 4. So I tried charging the phone to power it on, and it still didn't do anything! I found the only way to power the phone on was charging it without the battery then waiting like an hour for the 'charging' sign to come up allowing me to power the phone and insert the battery back in. But it still won't open when the phone is closed (again, closed, not powered off).
What should I do?
Water got in. Deep. And the fact that it was not disassembled and let to dry made it worse. Water could have still been inside. And the fact that you still used it didn't help either. Time for a new device.
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Water got in. Deep. And the fact that it was not disassembled and let to dry made it worse. Water could have still been inside. And the fact that you still used it didn't help either. Time for a new device.
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The thing is, everything works, It's just the hard procedure of powering it on. But yeah, I might as well leave it on forever with certain apps until its time is up. FPBP to you sir.
You could certainly replace the speakers and camera, but I for one have no idea what the heck is happening with the weird sleep issue (yes, closing the phone=putting your pc into sleep or hibernate). I say it could be a power button failure, but if you could order a new frame off of ebay and replace it, see if the issue is still here. And that's not a beep, that's a tune you hear when the phone powers on. Or the vibration? Please clarify.