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Hero powering on when plugged into outlet to charge

So yeah... like the title says, I'm having trouble charging. Basically I plug the phone in (powered off), and it will turn back on. I turn it off with it still plugged in, and it powers back up. Also, if I turn the phone upside down (screen facing down), the orange/red charging light goes off, but turns back on when it's right-side up again. I'm VERY confused with this... Would this constitute an exchange at the Sprint store?

its haunted. Boo~~~!!!!!!

my hero does the same thing and i dont think there is anything wrong with it

mrinehart93 said:
So yeah... like the title says, I'm having trouble charging. Basically I plug the phone in (powered off), and it will turn back on. I turn it off with it still plugged in, and it powers back up. Also, if I turn the phone upside down (screen facing down), the orange/red charging light goes off, but turns back on when it's right-side up again. I'm VERY confused with this... Would this constitute an exchange at the Sprint store?
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Are you sure you are powering off, or are you putting your phone to sleep? There's a difference.
On mine, if I physically power off the phone (hold the red button down for about a couple of seconds and select Power Off), then the phone will not turn on when I plug in a charger (or sync cable).
However, if I simply push the red button without holding it for two seconds, the screen simply turns off (I put the phone to sleep). When I plug in my charger (or sync cable), the screen will turn on (the phone wakes up).

Just in case you really are powering it off. There is a built in awake interrupt set to monitor power connect. To manually activate it connect , disconnect, connect, ( fast ) the power cord to the phone. It should boot. So if it's doing it then your power application to the charger, is noisy. Get a zero crossing switched power strip and use it's switch to power on the charger.

Mine has always booted back after I plug it in if the battery dies or I power off intentionally for some unknown reason. I didn't realize people intentionally turn their phones off any more.

[Q] volume buttons missing, tablet doesn't start issue

Hello everybody,
does anybody here see a connection between missing volume buttons(physical switches on the camera module 04w2155) and the tablet doesn't start?
As backgrund info.
Tablet is doing only short vibration when trying to power on, or when connecting to charger. When connecting charger led on the back is flashing but i don't get anything on the display or other feedback except the short vibration. I suspect also some damage with the screen, but cannot confirm. Tablet has a repair of the power button.
Thank you

You might be in APX mode, which doesn't activate the display.
Press the battery-disconnect button inside the tiny hole next to sim card slot and then try to power up your tablet.

Thanks for reply/hint.
What reset did is that for around half a minute the red led was lightning continuously, not blinking. After thag blinks again.
After research about apx mode i'm more and more certain this is my situation, it's active now.
If i connect to computer, it does recognize,search for driver and then disconnects within few seconds.
Since i see this more like a software problem could i stabilise the connection to the computer and recover informations/make backup and restore rom?
Thank you!
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We are making progress!
My guess - not to answer your latest question but to the original one, is that your missing volume buttons (physically missing, yes?) very much have something to do with the tablet's current condition. To get to APX mode, the tablet must be started from cold boot with power AND volume pressed at same time (physically pressed). If your missing buttons are registering as being 'pressed' all of the time, it may be difficult to create a boot situation where you can get to your android desktop.
Could you elaborate on the missing buttons?
Please someone else chime in here - I don't even have my tablet.

Thanks for reply.doesn't matter for which question. I put together any information. Issue is getting clearer.
I got the tablet in this condition and attempt repair. Power button was down so i soldered back.
Now the thing is somebody worked before in this area and i suppose the actual powerbutton is one of the volume buttons since the work done before doesnt look professional. I suppose they destroyed the powerbutton and desoldered a volume button to resolder as powerbutton. Which possibly is the case for both volume switches. Now the two vol buttons are nowhere.
The switch has 3 pins,of which the ones at the sides have continuity when the switch is unpressed.
I suppose for boot it could require that the 2 volume switches to be present, that means it could have some continuity check through the switches, and if they are not present it cannot start.
I cannot simulate the 2 buttons because for one switch the soldering pad on the board got burned.
I am going to upload pictures in 5-6 hours when i get home.
If this proves to be somehow true i would order another brand new camera module with all 3 switches, but now i'm unsure if with new board it could start, at least for flashing/recovery.
But having it vibrating and red light flashinv i see a sign it's not yet a "unrecoverable brick"
What do you think?
Thank you
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Here a photo of the damaged board
Any answer on the topic appreciated.
Thanks
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Anybody any idea about this case?
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I think it is definetely a screen damage, maybe a conection cord. Try to clean/replug this cord (cant remember now where it is). This short vibration indicates, that device is begining to boot. Right after vibration Lenovo logo should apear on the screen. If it doesnt - screen is down...
About power board - no connection between power and volume buttons for sure. Power button: + is central, - is other two.

stas.green brings up a good point. If you have opened up the tablet, it is very easy to disconnect the flat ribbon cable that runs the display. When I installed my 3G card the same thing happened to me. Freaked me out but it took 30 seconds to open it back up and correctly seat the cable.

pwstein said:
stas.green brings up a good point. If you have opened up the tablet, it is very easy to disconnect the flat ribbon cable that runs the display. When I installed my 3G card the same thing happened to me. Freaked me out but it took 30 seconds to open it back up and correctly seat the cable.
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stas.green you're right. the problem is with the screen. i powered the tablet and conected to the computer. i could see the memory access the files and make a backup.
i'm going to examine where is the screen problem origin and possibly to fix it. the screen cables i checked, they fit good. any other weak point known to you?
thanks for help

My next suggestion, not to fix the screen, but to get some function back - connect the tablet to a TV via the mini-HDMI port and see if you are booting to a normal desktop. Hopefully 'External Display' is already enabled. At least you would be able to test if the touch and pen functions of your screen and confirm if they still work even though your backlighting may be broken. Shining a flashlight at an angle on the screen may make the desktop visible if the backlighting is the issue.
Good luck!

Power Button Cable Ripped

So I was trying to replace a friends digitizer screen and in the process of doing so I ended up ripping the power button ribbon cable. When I plug the phone in with the battery in the orange light signifying it's charging goes one which I assume is somewhat of a good sign. But I still have the problem of the power button not working. Is there anyway I can turn this phone on with the power button?

steam374 said:
So I was trying to replace a friends digitizer screen and in the process of doing so I ended up ripping the power button ribbon cable. When I plug the phone in with the battery in the orange light signifying it's charging goes one which I assume is somewhat of a good sign. But I still have the problem of the power button not working. Is there anyway I can turn this phone on with the power button?
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"Turn this phone on with the power button"
lol yeah sure just press it
Assuming that was a typo and you cannot turn it on; try to open adb then do "adb reboot"
Also I heard that when plugged in, the phone will boot into recovery if you are using CWM Touch (we have it on the dev section )
Hope I helped.

Is it possible to boot phone with a broken power button?

After replacing the battery in my X11575, the power button seems to be broken now. After taking it to a local repair shop, I was told that some of the components were damaged while the battery was being installed. Though the power button is broken both volume buttons still seem to be functional. With the volume buttons still working, is there any way to turn on the phone while in recovery mode without a power button? Thanks

If you have a computer with fastboot set up this might get it. I'm not certain if this will work, but it is worth a try (works on some Snapdragon devices). Start with the computer booted up and a USB cable plugged into it. Hold vol down on the phone and plug in the USB cable. That might boot it into fastboot. If it works enter this command on the computer and it should reboot normally:
Code:
fastboot reboot

Yoshibrothers said:
After replacing the battery in my X11575, the power button seems to be broken now. After taking it to a local repair shop, I was told that some of the components were damaged while the battery was being installed. Though the power button is broken both volume buttons still seem to be functional. With the volume buttons still working, is there any way to turn on the phone while in recovery mode without a power button? Thanks
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Yes. This happened to me with a Moto X 2nd Gen, with a broken power flex.
First you need to remove the back cover. Use the iFixit guide because it'll tell you where flex cables are located under the cover so you don't snag or break them.
Then you'll see a ZIF connector just under the flash. If you short the 1st and 4th pin, it will turn on. You can use a paperclip, staple, etc. If you can't get it to cut on, just keep trying. Those pins go to switches on the board, so you won't short out anything electrical by messing with it with the power off.
(Only short them for as long as you would push the power button down to turn the phone on. If you hold it for too long it'll boot into the bootloader, which actually would be fine now that I'm thinking about it, since you can reboot to system from there.)
Just make sure it's not plugged in when you are jumping the lines.
I included some pics I just took with a X Pure/Style I just replaced the display on and confirmed it's the same as the X 2nd Gen.
If you have issues, just hit me back.

Problem to power on Leeco Pro Elite after battery is fully discharged

Hello to all,
can someone help please.
my battery discharge completely and my phone turned off, after that I can't to power on. When I use power button I only hear vibe and nothing happens, also same problem is when use combination with volume buttons. When charging phone via adapter and USB cabal via laptop nothing happens - no led charging red light or picture on the screen that battery charging.
I managed with combination power + volume button to go in bootloader mode (on device manager on PC it shows "Android boot loader interface")) but on the the screen of phone nothing.
Also sometimes when use combination of buttons I managed to power up red led for signal that battery charging sometimes but when I plug off cable it still flash, it is on.