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i-mate problem !!!

hi
i have i-mate ( XDA II ) work only on charger , battry is ok , i tested it on other devices
it work for not more than 1 min and restart again to the startup screen that apper after reset the device to its original state.
i tried flash it and flashing finish ok , upgrading main , extended rom and radio stack but the same problem exist
anyone know what is that please !!!!

Are you sure you are sliding the little red slide/switch inside the battery compartment back into place when you change the battery? This slide switches between backup battery and main battery. It sounds to me like you are running for about 1 min. on the backup battery, then it drains and your device resets.
Is the red switch correctly moved toward the battery?
If so, try jiggling that switch to see if maybe it is not making good contact.
HTH!

thanks for replay
the sw is ok coz if i set it to unlock possion mobile not power on and the red light on
but if i put the battry and lock the key it work in the charger not more than 1 min at all and restart again .
i upgraded its sw and it finish without any problem but still the same
please help

If your imate is not new, try to clean the battery contacts with soft tissue and may be some alcohol, may be there is some grease. Also check for the
status of contact pins.
Also, as u tried the battery with other imate, what about urs with the other battery???

this happened to me
if you got it wet or damp
my xda2 got wet and this happened to me i found if i left it to dry out i took the xda2 apart used a soft tooth brush on the motherboard put it back together and hey presto it worked and didnt hard reset

Dead magician...? Red light!

Hi all,
Need som urgent help. The backcover of my device is not fitting well any longer. Guess I´ve bumped it to many times...
As a result (Iguess) I cant turn on or even charge my magician!
The only thing that is happening when I try to charge is that a red light is turned on. What does this mean?
Any solution of how to get it work again?
Is it possible to buy a new back-cover? Live in Sweden.
Thankful for some ideas!
Regards Emil

Most probably the notch on the battery cover that hits the microswitch lever has broken. You will find the microswitch on the lower-right corner of the device when facing down. Put something soft but strong enough (ie. foam) to keep the microswitch in the ON postion then mount the battery cover and temporarily fix it with tape. Be sure to keep your device plugged in via USB or charger in order not to totally discharge the backup battery. If the backup battery gets depleated, then it's like doing a hard reset.
You can buy parts from ebay but I've always bought from Brando and is very reliable dealer (shop.brando.com.hk). Delivery is quite fast too.

Hi Zerimar and thanks for your answer!
Unfortunately that didn´t do the trick. Still the same red light when trying to charge. And I can´t turn it on! I am pretty sure that the battery is flat out by now but even so I would think it would load and then after a while, I would be able to turn it on.
Am really frustrated abt this!
Any more ideas maybe?!?
Regards Emil

u'd better send it to service...

BoomerCE said:
u'd better send it to service...
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Well, that´s what I´m trying to get around... Thats why I´m hanging around here

If have have my device charged via USB or charger, the LED becomes as soon as I remove the battery cover. If I hit the microswitch lever then the LED turns green and start to boot up. If main battery is removed the LED stays red even though hitting the microswitch's lever.
It looks like it's not charging your main battery or your battery is already defective. If your device is over a year old and you're still using the same battery, then its time to change it. Bulges in a battery is a sign that it needs replacement.
Before sending your device for repair, why not look for someone you know who also has a Magician or equivalent device and quickly borrow his/her battery?

I had red LED when plugging into a main charger - and then the phone reset.

Red LED + loop booting-poweroff = dead battery
If the LED is RED when you charge your device for hours
If the device tries to boot sometimes, but powers off by itself some minutes after (it means, at least, that your device CAN boot! )
Your battery may be dead, I bought a new one for 10Euros on ebay...
Those batteries are perfectly compatible with HTC Prophet or HTC Beetles (Ipaq 6515) and maybe other devices... easy to find!

Phone Does Not POWER ON

My Neo all of a sudden went blank since saturday.It so happened..
I wanted to make a call, I removed my NEO from POCKET and It just showed the GREEN LED BLINKKING the POWER button dint responded at all..
I had to reset the NEO and now its not showing any thing
Does not respond to the wall charger nor any LED only thing happen is the phone gets heated on Charging(as usual as it did earlier)
Does any one know the trick of stripping the wall charger and than short the pins ...
Which is the 1st Pin from bottom or from top..
Or ANY OTHER ADVICE PLS HELP ME!!
Where could be the problem as this problem had occured earlier also i remember it was 07/07/07 and I was in office and same the neo went BLANK.
Lucky was I in the evening I went home plugged in the wall charger and it came to life in around 21~30minutes
Hope my NEO is back to life soon !!
Is it really nothing to worry about or shall I start looking for a new phone

Hi...
This same thing happened to my Neo a couple of days back...
here is the trick .. charge it till you see the green led light meaning it charged 100%
THEN keep the battery pack seperate from the phone.
meaning dismental it for a whole day (24 hrs) in a dry place ....
after a day the NEo will work....
my sure did...

rekcah said:
Hi...
This same thing happened to my Neo a couple of days back...
here is the trick .. charge it till you see the green led light meaning it charged 100%
THEN keep the battery pack seperate from the phone.
meaning dismental it for a whole day (24 hrs) in a dry place ....
after a day the NEo will work....
my sure did...
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I had kept it to charge for the entire night yesterday,thatz around 7~6hrs
the LED does not turn GREEN at all..
I will try to remove the BATT for whole night today..
Any other trick meanwhile,
Also does any one know why does this happen firstly.
Is it because the processor just goes to DEEP SLEEP below 50MHz or there is a problem with IPL or some other stuipid thing
Mine is a G4.and had last installed the PDAViet Touch Flo v5

Any one els who can advice me on this.
Any one had the same error earlier!!

Well you might as well try with other battery. If the old one is not charging it might be dead... Have you tried measuring it?

Had Any One Faced Such A Problem!!
chavdar said:
Well you might as well try with other battery. If the old one is not charging it might be dead... Have you tried measuring it?
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I had given it in repairs..
they informed me that even after installing the BATT prophet shows no sign..
I just dont understand what is the problem has any one els faced such a problem

Rip-prophet??
I just had a word with a service guy where I had given it for repairs!!
He informed me the problem has got notihng to do with the software aspect.
He confirmed its a hardware [email protected]@
Can any one recommed me where can I get the phone repaired in India>>Mumbai..
I Think I will buy a CHEAP nokia now as I dont have enough money to spend again on a expensive phone like this one!!
I feel that the processor has gone in a deep sleep any ways to retrive it to 195Mhz...
Or is it the problem with the IPL/SPL
pls HELP and pray for My PROPHET for its LONG LIFE

Its been almost 15days now and still my neo is not working..
The repaires guy told me that may be something is gone wrong mainly because I had dropped the phone from my hand some 5~10days back before it went DEAD.
Can u guys tell me how manny of u have LOST their PDA phone s after it failed to repair..with the reason for the failure like short circuit or just like mine!!
Can any one help me with the service manual for prophet
I dont know how true is this ...
What if i m not able to get it repaired at all here in Mumbai>>INDIA..
Any one can help me with the board of neo or some solution in repairs..
I feel that the PDA manufacturers must atleast make the phones RIGID or shock proof just like nokia..so it can take some jerk!!and we dont have to LOOSE our valuable phones..
I m afraid but I dont think I shall ever buy a PDA phone again...mainly because its too much expensive for their limited LIFE SPAN just like in my case..

Hey Mate,
When I first got my prophet, it did the same thing, no lights, nothing. I had the battery replaced with an NON-OFFICIAL prophet battery (i.e, A cheap unbranded one), and it went - it's running perfectly now too with WM6

owenw said:
Hey Mate,
When I first got my prophet, it did the same thing, no lights, nothing. I had the battery replaced with an NON-OFFICIAL prophet battery (i.e, A cheap unbranded one), and it went - it's running perfectly now too with WM6
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Hey buddy thx
I shall surely try with a new batt..
fing crossed.

Any progress on this???

i ja sam zakucao svog.. .
pozdrav iz "susjednog" zg-a futogu...

anyone figuired this out? my phone is dead too, i lost my charger a few days ago and i've been charging it with my laptop, until a few days where it ran out of juice, when i plugged it back in, it never turned out, im tried leavign it plugged in for 24 hrs, tried other adapters, kept the battery out..etc
nothingg!! Helpppp

[Q] Dead HD2 with no reason !

Hello there
I have a T-mobile HD2, with Energy Rom, and AmeriCanAndroid SD Rom
they have been working perfectly for about 2 months....
yesterday, I was having a call, using the android, when the call ended I couldn't hang up and the phone froze... I waited for about 10 minutes and nothing different with the phone, just freezing! I took the battery off and reinserted it, and here i am, with a stone dead phone, not hard or soft resetting, not charging, and yes, the battery is charged.....
The phone is not booting at all, not vibrating, just as if it has no battery !
what should i do !?
PLEASE HELP ME !!!
and thanks for reading...

See if you can enter bootloader (vol down and power on) if you can then extract a stock ruu and place the leoimg.nbh on the root of your SD card using a card reader or other method, then enter bootloader and follow instructions to factory reset your phone
Hope this helped
Sent from my HD2 using XDA app

thanks for answering but I can't turn the phone on in any way, even in boot loader !!!!
that's why I am crying, I don't know if the phone is bricked, but I didn't do anything to brick it !

Check the battery pins.

thanks man...
but it's not the pins or the battery, because i tried something different, i plugged the charger in and left it, then later I put my battery in a different hd2, and it was 100%, in other words, it's charging but no led is lighting up on the phone when doing so....
the charging circuit on the phone is intact, but the phone is not getting electricity as I see it now...
any new suggestions please?!

labibismaiel said:
thanks man...
but it's not the pins or the battery, because i tried something different, i plugged the charger in and left it, then later I put my battery in a different hd2, and it was 100%, in other words, it's charging but no led is lighting up on the phone when doing so....
the charging circuit on the phone is intact, but the phone is not getting electricity as I see it now...
any new suggestions please?!
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the actual pins that are coming out of the phone and touch the battery. The battery might be fine but if the pins it touches on the phone are bent it won't turn on.

I don't think this will work if your battery is working in someone else's phone but, whenever I had that problem, after checking then pins were straight, I'd stick the battery under my armpit for 5 minutes, then back in the phone, then back on charge. Either way, good luck.
@Orangekid - I've checked the status of my phone with HTC and it says "under repair"...fingers crossed...

jetsetwilly said:
I don't think this will work if your battery is working in someone else's phone but, whenever I had that problem, after checking then pins were straight, I'd stick the battery under my armpit for 5 minutes, then back in the phone, then back on charge. Either way, good luck.
@Orangekid - I've checked the status of my phone with HTC and it says "under repair"...fingers crossed...
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that's good, if they're not covering RMA they usually call you first and give an insane quote

labibismaiel said:
Hello there
I have a T-mobile HD2, with Energy Rom, and AmeriCanAndroid SD Rom
they have been working perfectly for about 2 months....
yesterday, I was having a call, using the android, when the call ended I couldn't hang up and the phone froze... I waited for about 10 minutes and nothing different with the phone, just freezing! I took the battery off and reinserted it, and here i am, with a stone dead phone, not hard or soft resetting, not charging, and yes, the battery is charged.....
The phone is not booting at all, not vibrating, just as if it has no battery !
what should i do !?
PLEASE HELP ME !!!
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I have The Same Problem Happend To Me
The same way I don't know why did u try to bent the battery pins and did
it work for u

Had 2 same thing happened..I sent I for an exchange.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA App

[SOLVED] battery out... oxidation ?

Hi everybody,
it's the hollidays, sun, free time, and swimming pool. unfortunately this last item seems to be not apreciated by my Milestone.
Indeed, some water from the swimming pool entered in my phone.
I think there s a problem now with my battery, cause I cant go on android OS.
everything is ok to go to boot or custom recovery, but ot block after this step.
I have an icon with a big ? in my battery (instead of the %age of charge)
Do you think my battery is dead ? (I managed to charge it with a direct wall charger)
does it explain that I can t start Android ? (is there a check of the battry status at the start or something like that)
Last thing there s a little rectangular sticker on the batttery and now , it's a little bit red (I don't remember it was like thatbefore, I suppose it was white and it's an oxidation indicator)
I don't know what to do... do i have to buy another one , or is there another solution (waiting 24 or 48 hours for example)
Thanks for your help

mattheoh said:
Hi everybody,
it's the hollidays, sun, free time, and swimming pool. unfortunately this last item seems to be not apreciated by my Milestone.
Indeed, some water from the swimming pool entered in my phone.
I think there s a problem now with my battery, cause I cant go on android OS.
everything is ok to go to boot or custom recovery, but ot block after this step.
I have an icon with a big ? in my battery (instead of the %age of charge)
Do you think my battery is dead ? (I managed to charge it with a direct wall charger)
does it explain that I can t start Android ? (is there a check of the battry status at the start or something like that)
Last thing there s a little rectangular sticker on the batttery and now , it's a little bit red (I don't remember it was like thatbefore, I suppose it was white and it's an oxidation indicator)
I don't know what to do... do i have to buy another one , or is there another solution (waiting 24 or 48 hours for example)
Thanks for your help
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Red means water got in.
And yes, it could have messed up your battery's circuitry. I'd try borrowing a different battery, maybe you're lucky and nothing happened to the phone.

Lean946 said:
Red means water got in.
And yes, it could have messed up your battery's circuitry. I'd try borrowing a different battery, maybe you're lucky and nothing happened to the phone.
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Thanks for the answer.
I triedwith another battery (new one)
in fact , I think theres a problem with the phone, cause I can switch on it, but my battery is not recognized... it 's written 1% battery (always) and I can't charge it plugged on the phone. it charges only with a direct charger...
I think I got a real problem on the phone
I tried to clean the contacts, but nothing changes.
Edit : the situation changed. I put my phone and the battery 24 hours in the rice (to dry it). and resinstall it entirely (flash sbf, CM 10.1)
Now the battery charges and works normally. But I can't find any cell network...
radio component out ? Do i have a way to check it to be sure ?

this helped me to get my signal back....it's months ago, but maybe usefull for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182050

lulli1 said:
this helped me to get my signal back....it's months ago, but maybe usefull for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182050
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Thanks Lully, unfortunately, I follow the tips, but it doesn't work. I had already tried with MS2 Toolbox which has MS2 Tool baseband. (I think it's the english version of the apps in this post)
I m going to flash m phone a last time... But I m a bit scared , it seems hardware. The only thing I d like to know, it's how to be sure aboit that ! ;-S
Edit, seems for sure it's hardware 'cause with a 2.3.6 rom without any modifications, can't find any cell network. I m going to put my phone 1 week more in some rice !

Hello,
My Milestone 2 is back , fully operational (on CM 10.2 now ) ! I think this phone is indestructible !
I just wait for a few days, and when I start it again, the network was back.
Just some advices when someone puts some water on his phone :
- switch it off immediately
- clean it as you can with a towel or something like that
- put it in a box full of rices (battery out, and sd card and sim off) - the rice has the property to fix H2O moleculs , and so will dry the components.
- wait for 48 hours, and pray ! ^^
maybe you ll be lucky as me it it's not damaged too seriously.

so thats the way, to make a risecooker out of an us phone! congratulations!!!