Reboot and RED LED. I know red means bad and i dont have any idea whats wrong.
The whole problem is described in the title.
Some details:
I switched my battery with my friend who has a prophet also. Problem remains the same. When i connect USB or wall charger device switches off and RED LED appears.
My battery charges on the other devices (friends prophet).
Is my dev bricked? Whats wrong ?
Im using ShadoW 1.0 (clean edition) ROM (WM6).
I know that the ROM in my dev is working because when i charge batter in other device and put it into mine - dev boots up and works normally.
(tryed also in boot loader mode - switches also off )
Question: what happens if you try to charge the device while it is off (completely off)?
There may be a problem with the USB driver in which case the device should still charge normally when it is off.
If that is the case try another ROM, or at least a hard reset.
Hard reset already. cant connect to any laptop with usb because every laptop will make the device switch off, even when i boot in RGB mode (boot loader) - thus cant change the rom :/
Hi. I've the same problem.
My prophet walking strangely.
1. When I plugged into a PC he does not want turns on. When he turns on, it for some time.
2. When it is in charge, the red light 3s, then sometimes it goes boot loader mode, once it does nothing else
3. Without battery it is the same.
same problem
any solution for your problem???
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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!!
Today in evening my cell phone switched off after the battery died.
I put in the USB charger and once it started to charge I instantly at that moment switched it on, it showed the blue startup screen and vibrated and shut off again (I presume it was not charged enough at that moment to be switched on), I again instantly switched it on as it was charging, it showed the blue screen again, gave a long vibrate and shut off. Since than I have not been able to switch it on at all. It dosent even vibrate or show the blue startup screen at all.
The red led on top is on as it is in charging mode, but it has been like that for past 6 hours, after few hours the red led turns off automatically so I had to unplug and plug it again to turn the charging on again.
I have been pressing the power on button but nothing happens, I even tried doing the hard reset but nothing happens. Except the red charging light it has been dead for past 6-8 hours even after I have been charging it for that long.
What should I do?
And the bad thing is I live in US and got this phone from UK, so I dont think I have any warranty as www.expansys.com mentioned it earlier that this is UK based phone and their is no warranty in US.
I'm not sure you can just brick the hp by charging it. Try the following:
1. Remove the battery and plug in the charger. The ipaq works without battery only on external power.If yours doesnt, then the battery isn;t causing the problem.
2. Remove all sim and micro sd cards if you have put any. Leave the ipaq only as it is out of the box.
3. If it doesnt turn on either way, you have to try to restore the rom.
How to do that? Easy.
a) turn the device off. put in the battery and plug in the charger. Then press the record buton (on the right, just under tha jog wheel or whatever it's called)
and while holding it, pres the power on. It should turn on and over the blue screen ypu see "clean boot" Just leave it, take a deep breath and wait. DO NOT TOUCH IT until it boots windows and asks you to tap the screen. IF nothing happens you have anther option - go to the HP site and find the rom update - it's 53mb and it's a little tricky to find. Then turn the device off and run the rom update utility from PC. If this doesn't work, then i sugest you contact HP support online chat and ask for help (Not likely to get any).
READ THIS:
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service...277571&prodTypeId=215348&prodSeriesId=3544506
Just do some research. Google it. Go to the hp site and try to find someone with the same problem.Don't just sit there. You have INTERNATIONAL WARANTY. In the worst scenario you can send the davice to HP in the UK and get replacement unit. If you haven't dropped, spilled on with water or charged with higher voltage(which i think you can't do in the US, as you have 110v circuits.) you can call HP support in your country, bring it there and just ask for replacement.
Don't try to flash it with roms provided on the site - it's not for first time users. Read, research and ask, before destroying your device.
axlastro said:
I'm not sure you can just brick the hp by charging it. Try the following:
1. Remove the battery and plug in the charger. The ipaq works without battery only on external power.If yours doesnt, then the battery isn;t causing the problem.
2. Remove all sim and micro sd cards if you have put any. Leave the ipaq only as it is out of the box.
3. If it doesnt turn on either way, you have to try to restore the rom.
How to do that? Easy.
a) turn the device off. put in the battery and plug in the charger. Then press the record buton (on the right, just under tha jog wheel or whatever it's called)
and while holding it, pres the power on. It should turn on and over the blue screen ypu see "clean boot" Just leave it, take a deep breath and wait. DO NOT TOUCH IT until it boots windows and asks you to tap the screen. IF nothing happens you have anther option - go to the HP site and find the rom update - it's 53mb and it's a little tricky to find. Then turn the device off and run the rom update utility from PC. If this doesn't work, then i sugest you contact HP support online chat and ask for help.
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When I tried step 1, all LED lights just started blinking, I tried powering it on but nothing happened.
Tried restoring ROM by pressing the buttons you mentioned but nothing happened. No power no clean boot, just switched off.
I downloaded the Rom from HP website and strange thing is to download it I selected the option on HP Website 'Detect my device' and they did detected my Ipaq 614C, but after running the file it goes to the screen 'Please wait shile the device state is verified' and than it fails to recognise my device!
Even when I know everything is firmly attached.
What is the PC you're using. Can you try to plug the usb cable in another slot.Did your ipaq work at the beginning.
Do you have Active Sync 4.5 installed? XP or Vista. XP is recommended. Is the update 53Mb (not the 1 mb one). When having hardware problems, the trick is to alter the variables - use different connectors, cables etc, different settings and so on. This ipaq is cheap for a reason - there are lots of faulty units, but that's why waranty is for - if you have a document for the purchase, you have international waranty. That's it. Before going to HP service center, try all possible options mentioned here again on a different PC with all the software needed - Active Sync 4.5 and usb drivers that may be included in the CD that comes with the ipaq. If the HP website recognises the devie it's almost sure you don't have a brick, as it probably verifies the EBOOT - the most vital part of your device's memory. Try upgrading a few times no matter the error. Restart the pc and so on. My advice - ask for online support or just call HP support. Be insistive but polite. If they say "go to the service center or something like that" just continue asking. Write down your case ID. Use online chat help on the HP site, even though your device is not listed, choose IPAQ 500 or 214 and just enter the SN and PN (on the back, under the battery) and Tell them your device model.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=426418&highlight=614c
Probably WAY too late but I've just acquired a sickly 614C which I've nursed to health.....
There seems to be some bizarre issue with the charger in the 614c so that if the battery level falls too low, it requires a mains-connected USB charger rather than just the USB port on a pc/laptop.
If your 614c is the same as mine, the red LED will be pulsing very slightly when connected to the USB port but a solid red when connected to a mains USB charger.
Once the LED turns amber, it can then be connected to the USB port for further charging. It looks like it just needs an extra boost when the battery is completely flat.
HTH!
hi
i had the same problem when i left my phone uncharged for over a week. after reading about the same issues some of us encountered i came up with a simple idea that worked. i just connected the charger to the phone and long pressed the reset button (over a minute) till the red blink dissapeared and slowly the amber one took its place then i left it to charge.
My name is carlos and im new in the forum.
This is my problem. I have an HTC Imagio. I tryied to update it but i fail because my phone wont turn on again. I dont know what can i do because I new in the htc world and I dont know how can I start.
Please heeeeeeelpppppp meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Please provide some more details: Does it power on at all? Is it stuck on a certain screen? Please describe what's going on.
Look, the phone doesnt turn on, it cant enter to the soft-reset or the hard-reset. When I pluged to the computer, I can heard an a disconected sound (like, when you disconect a usb). The computer recognize it as an a Damage Dispositive. I didnt try charge the battery in a universal charger yet, but thats it all the info that I can give you.
I hope you can have an a solution
So, have you tried to charge the phone yet?
When you plug it in, either to the wall charger or to a computer through a USB cable, does the little red light come on?
With the battery charged and turning the phone on, does it do ANYTHING?
If it truly will not do ANYTHING, you most likely DO have a dead phone - but this is not a common occurance.
when I had trying to charge the phone on the wall, the red light wont come on.
I think that I would like to try with a universal charger. Do you have any other method to fix my problem??
What did u flash? A Hspl or an rom/radio image? If u charge the batery with universal charger, and u pres volume down an power does the device enter in a tricolor screen?
Unbrick
Unbrick a phone just can be made with JTAG tools...
See jtagbox.com/riff-jtag-box-owners-unbrick-your-phone/shops-unbrick-bricked-phone-riff-box-owners-list
SolidCarlos said:
when I had trying to charge the phone on the wall, the red light wont come on.
I think that I would like to try with a universal charger. Do you have any other method to fix my problem??
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Have you tried soft reset (red button next to the battery) and volume down? This should have take you directly to the ROM installation boot screen... or whatever they call it these days. If that does happen you can plug it into the computer and install the MR1 or MR2 update..
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I have a Mytouch 4g (I got it in this condition from somebody else, so i dont know the history).. phone seems be in mint condition and from what i can tell it never got disassembled.
Phone seems to be completely dead, when i power on, nothing comes up, no boot splash etc.. but something odd happened when i plug it in to my computer.. it started blinking orange light and i noticed that my computer detected a USB mass storage device and such. still the phone wont boot for any combination of buttons. the orange blinking light stops few seconds after i remove the cable. Battery seems to have gotten charged by this phone. My computer shows a new "removable drive".. but my SD card that i put in it cannot be accessed.
anything i can try? any ideas? i do see that when its plugged in, if i hold power button down, it will stop blinking and then starts blinking again.
cganesh75 said:
I have a Mytouch 4g (I got it in this condition from somebody else, so i dont know the history).. phone seems be in mint condition and from what i can tell it never got disassembled.
Phone seems to be completely dead, when i power on, nothing comes up, no boot splash etc.. but something odd happened when i plug it in to my computer.. it started blinking orange light and i noticed that my computer detected a USB mass storage device and such. still the phone wont boot for any combination of buttons. the orange blinking light stops few seconds after i remove the cable. Battery seems to have gotten charged by this phone. My computer shows a new "removable drive".. but my SD card that i put in it cannot be accessed.
anything i can try? any ideas? i do see that when its plugged in, if i hold power button down, it will stop blinking and then starts blinking again.
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You're battery is completely drained. If you have an HTC charger plug it in and let it sit. After awhile the blinking orange light will turn in to a steady orange light to indicate that it is charging. It has nothing to do with bricking, you just have a dead battery
bas3balman said:
You're battery is completely drained. If you have an HTC charger plug it in and let it sit. After awhile the blinking orange light will turn in to a steady orange light to indicate that it is charging. It has nothing to do with bricking, you just have a dead battery
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negative on that. i put a fully charged battery from my other MT4G into this one. when its not plugged in, i dont get any blinking light. when i have it plugged in, its constantly blinking.
also, everytime i connect it the computer, it does detect the USB . i get the connection sound through the PC speaker
I have Pdanet installed.. I tried with my other mt4g, powered it off, connected to the computer.. USB is detected and the PDANet detects the phone being attached (even though the phone is off), orange light stays solid
when i connect the MT4G (bricked).. USB gets detected, Pdanet never detects a phone being attached.. orange light keeps blinking
is it possible that the phone is not detecting the battery? or the battery status?
Hi! I would like to ask if this is normal. I noticed that whenever the phone is OFF, and I connect it either thru a regular USB Port, or a Wall Outlet, the phone automatically Powers On & Boots. I have just flashed 4.4.2 Firmware, and I am also using MaxFour v14 Kernel & PhilzTouch CWM Recovery. Mine is a GT-I9500. It's not like the regular thing that when I charge my phone and it is off, the screen will light up a little, and shows a battery image and how much is already charged in there. And if I turn it off while charging, it will just Power-On and Boot again automatically.
Hope you can give me an advise on this.
Many Thanks!