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Herald will not power on

I have a Herald I have been using for about a year and a half now. I been having troubles with the phone charging the battery the last week or so. That problem seems to have fixed itself but yesterday the phone turned off for some unknown reason and now it will not turn back on. I have tried just about anything I can think of. It is like it is dead. No keys respond, the battery has good connection and is in good shape, and plugging in the power cord does nothing.
Has anyone else had this problem? If so any fixes? I am guessing the phone is dead, never to come back again. If so that just gives me an excuse to buy a new phone so it wouldn't be all bad.

Have you tried putting the phone into bootloader. Hold the camera button while pressing the reset button. I bricked my phone once and it appeared to be off and it wouldn't turn on or display anything. It worked when I put it into bootloader. But unless this happened while trying to flash, I don't think that's the problem.

my wing has the same prob...when that happens to me, i plug it to power till i see the orange or green light(no difference)then hit soft reset.....works usually but if not, hit up the bootloader

HD2 suddenly dead this morning

Hi there,
when I woke up this morning, I hit the power button to switch on the display, in order to see, if there are any emails. However, my HD2 would not switch on. Panically, I connected it to the power cable - no light on top. Aaah... What happened? Yesterday, in the evening, everything was totally fine, everything worked, no problems so far.
Then I took out the battery, put it back in and then the HD2 started up again. Thank God! The battery was still at 80% - so, I am still wondering, what happened to my phone tonight.
Do you have any idea? Did you have a similiar problem?

My blackberry had same issue like your. I replaced the battery, and problem solved. If it's happen to your hd2 again or more times, try to replace battery.

Is it possible you dropped or knocked the phone when you put it to sleep
the night before and dislodged the battery ?

it's probably just a "sudden phone death" problem like it has been first pointed out several months ago in this forum... relocating the battery to force a reboot usually works

Something within Sense or WinMo likely crashed whilst the phone is in standby and it wont recover without a battery pull or pressing the reset button (red one under the battery case).
Updating to another ROM/Radio can remove these problems.

HTC Wildfire gone crazy!?

Ok, this is the wierdest thing i've ever seen. My Wildfire gone crazy these days. I have a red wildfire. It made me some problems before, when it was on the official firmware (2.1) like when someone was calling me i couldn't answer because the screen wouldn't react at my actions. I have decided to root and load a custom rom and so i did. After i've rooted it with unrevoked i've loaded Wildpuzzlerom. Today at 6PM i put my phone at charging (the phone was turned off). Ten minutes ago, at 10:30 my phone was still showind the orange led. WTF? I disconnected my phone but the orange led was still there. I had to remove the battery, insert it and turn the phone on. Now it's working fine and the battery shows 100% percent. What has gone wrong?
Sorry for my bad english.

1: Not being able to receive calls sometime seems to be a normal issue. This has happened to most people, even on Stock ROM's. There's a thread somewhere on this. No solution yet, I guess.
2: The phone not being able to charge when switched off (Or rather, bot being able to turn on / freeze) is a Clockworkmod bug. It is a known bug, and, there is nothing to be worried about. If your phone does power off due to low battery, and , you need to charge, then, after charging, Press Vol Down + Power to switch on your phone. You will not need to go through the Battery removal process.

3xeno said:
1: Not being able to receive calls sometime seems to be a normal issue. This has happened to most people, even on Stock ROM's. There's a thread somewhere on this. No solution yet, I guess.
2: The phone not being able to charge when switched off (Or rather, bot being able to turn on / freeze) is a Clockworkmod bug. It is a known bug, and, there is nothing to be worried about. If your phone does power off due to low battery, and , you need to charge, then, after charging, Press Vol Down + Power to switch on your phone. You will not need to go through the Battery removal process.
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Correct key sequence is power button + vol down button + trackball button (reboot function)
Sent from my HTC Wildfire
Running Gingerbread 2.3.3
Cyanogenmod 7

Nexus 4 wont turn on

Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.

Leave it plugged in for fifteen minutes without touching it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Try holding volume up + power to see if you can get into recovery then reboot from there.
Also, give some more details about your setup...
Rooted/Stock/What Rom/Kernel?

Yea I left it alone for a bit and then I held the power button while holding down both volume rockers and somehow it turned on. I dont know why this happened but I'm just glad it turned back on, it gave me a good scare though. I just hope it doesnt happen again

Mine is completely stock, I havent done anything with it yet

And may I ask what was your battery percentage level like after the short charge? Maybe the phone drained it all just being turned off... There were some cases of this here...

i wanted to add that i had a similar problem with my phone not turning back on. However, I managed to fix what was wrong by just plugging in the usb cable. I know you've tried it, but just in case someone else stumbles upon this thread (like me!) and has a problem turning on their nexus, I wanted to share my experience.
I haven't done anything to my phone other than add my old apps to my Nexus since I received it 1.5 weeks ago. It's stock. I've never dropped it or gotten water on it or anything. I charged it overnight last night and stuck it in my purse on the way to work. I think I briefly saw a working screen after I unplugged it this morning. However, the first time I tried to access my phone today was after I got to work. It wouldn't turn on, though that pinkish light at the bottom was still blinking. I tried calling it and the Nexus wouldn't ring even though the call went through a few rings and then onto voicemail. I tried holding down the power button for a while and also holding the power button with the volume keys to see if that would work, and it did not. Finally I borrowed a usb cable to plug it in, hoping the jolt of power would wake it up. That worked. It gave me the charging symbol for a little bit and then gave me the startup/loading screen with the glowing x made of arrows. I checked my battery and it was at full charge. Well, it was at 85%, which is odd since I plugged it in for about 9 hours last night to charge and there has only been 3 hours of non-use since I unplugged it. Also, if it was really turned off during those 3 hours it shouldn't have ate up any battery. Anyway, I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents in case anyone else has this problem. My brother, who gave me the Nexus, told me that he only has 2 weeks to return it if there's something wrong with it or I don't like it. Needless to say this gave me a scare, since the 2 weeks is almost up.

Money2g said:
Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.
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Yes this happened to me the other night. I was making a phone call and accidentally hit the power button. I then tried to turn the screen back on in order to hang up the phone and it would work. I tried holding the button for 15 seconds, tried pressing the volume up/down keys, and still nothing. I then put it back in my pocket for a minute or so and tried again. When I did that the screen came back on and the call was still active. Very strange, and I hope it doesnt happen again....

Money2g said:
Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.
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Same thing is happening to me right now.
Running stock. Not rooted. Phone charge was around 70% and I was on twitter and the app force closed. So I decided to restart my phone then went to turn it back on and it wont respond. Tried holding down the power button for 20 sec. Volume up and power, volume down and all 3 at the same time. Still nothing. Leaving it on the charger for awhile and the screen is blank no battery logo or anything.
Not quite sure what to do now?

That's scary

shotlimesalt said:
Same thing is happening to me right now.
Running stock. Not rooted. Phone charge was around 70% and I was on twitter and the app force closed. So I decided to restart my phone then went to turn it back on and it wont respond. Tried holding down the power button for 20 sec. Volume up and power, volume down and all 3 at the same time. Still nothing. Leaving it on the charger for awhile and the screen is blank no battery logo or anything.
Not quite sure what to do now?
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Plug it in with the original charger, leave it alone for a couple of hours, try again.
Sent from my Nexus 4

I get the same. I use Dophin Browser . After that i reboot my Nexus 4.
I try to hold Power Button for 1 minutes or more. But nothing change. I
I try hold Power + Volum Down - or Volum + but get same result.
I plug in Adater and wait for it. I will check it 2 hour later.
My Nexus 4 use Stock Rom, Rooted. and this first i get this problem. Please advise me on this case. Thank
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I'm having similar problems. Lots of random rebooting and refusals to turn back on sometimes, even though the LED at the bottom is flashing so i know the phone is still powered up. Also, sometimes when i have it plugged into a computer through usb it will get extremely hot and completely shut down, not turning back on for a long time. I called the google play store and someone is going to get back to me. I love my nexus 4 so i hope i can get this fixed or a replacement.

Nexus 4 crashed and would not power on
shinobi-wan said:
I'm having similar problems. Lots of random rebooting and refusals to turn back on sometimes, even though the LED at the bottom is flashing so i know the phone is still powered up. Also, sometimes when i have it plugged into a computer through usb it will get extremely hot and completely shut down, not turning back on for a long time. I called the google play store and someone is going to get back to me. I love my nexus 4 so i hope i can get this fixed or a replacement.
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I had this issue too a couple of times playing Pandora through my car's Bluetooth. That was when the Nexus 4 had 4.2.1. I have not had this issue with Pandora since the upgrade to 4.2.2.
However, I just now had this issue with Movie Studio app and exporting a video I edited. It turned off its screen like normal screen timeout but then would not come back on.
I had to Volume Up + Power button for a few seconds and then release to get it to reboot.

This same thing is happening to me. Haven't found a specific cause...

Just got the same issue
Today got mine not turning on.
Managed to turn it on by holding volume up and power button together for about 30 seconds while phone was on a stock charger. After that I saw blinking orange led. When I resolved buttons there was a battery pictogram. After pressing and holding power button I finally got turning on vibration and Google logo.
The only things a made after the charging were making few photos of my cat (from the lock screen) viewing them in gallery. Then I locked the screen and put the phone on a shelf. In a hour I was not able to turn it on.
My phone has stock rom and only few third party apps installed.
I got muy Nexus 4 on 21-Dec-2012. 4 days ago I flashed to Android 4.2.2 which phone dowloaded itself. After flashing phone was rebooted.
What I noticed is that it shows 70% battery. But It was fully charged few hours ago.
30% in 2 hours! In my opinion some service/app drained these 30% by using 100% of processing power that caused overheating and/or hanging.

I too have just had this problem. And I've had it previously when making calls, the screen simply won't respond at all, its quite annoying.
This morning my alarm went off and the screen wouldn't turn on, it went on for so long I almost threw the phone across the room. I eventually held the power button and volume down/up button and then the led blinked orange a few times and the phone reset, now it seems fine.
Its a very annoying problem, and could be very serious depending on what you are doing, might have to phone the play store and tell them.

Money2g said:
Hey everyone, Im having a problem thats making me worry. I was using my phone today and for some reason the phone wont turn on after I turned it off. I havent dropped the phone at all and it hasnt been abused in any way. The last thing I was doing before I turned it off was trying to send feedback for the Yahoo Mail app because it wouldnt sync automatically, but even that was unsuccessful because it wouldnt send. So I thought I should just reboot it but afterwards its not turning on at all.
I tried holding the power button for at least 20 seconds and still nothing is happening, and I tried plugging in the power cord to see if that would help but it hasnt. Has anyone gone through a similar issue? Please Help
Thanks.
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This has happened to me twice now. First time was a month ago and the second time was this morning. Phone was at 100% just woke up checked my messages turned off phone 10 min later it will not turn on. Un plugged cord re plugged cord nothing finally pressed up/down vol and power for about a minute (long minute) and the phone rebooted. YIKES!
Every thing seems normal now but I hate that scare and the fact that it has happened to me twice. Full Stock, not rooted.

zz_zz_ said:
Today got mine not turning on.
Managed to turn it on by holding volume up and power button together for about 30 seconds while phone was on a stock charger. After that I saw blinking orange led. When I resolved buttons there was a battery pictogram. After pressing and holding power button I finally got turning on vibration and Google logo.
The only things a made after the charging were making few photos of my cat (from the lock screen) viewing them in gallery. Then I locked the screen and put the phone on a shelf. In a hour I was not able to turn it on.
My phone has stock rom and only few third party apps installed.
I got muy Nexus 4 on 21-Dec-2012. 4 days ago I flashed to Android 4.2.2 which phone dowloaded itself. After flashing phone was rebooted.
What I noticed is that it shows 70% battery. But It was fully charged few hours ago.
30% in 2 hours! In my opinion some service/app drained these 30% by using 100% of processing power that caused overheating and/or hanging.
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Happened second time.
I was able to turn it on again by following the same steps. But this time I got some strange issue: after resolving vol+ and power buttons I saw battery pictogram with some frame with a blue background; when phone finally booted up this frame and blue background were visible through the my desktop background an screen itself was much lighter with pure colors. Only after about 5 soft resets screen seems to became nice again. Each reboot caused blue frame to become less visible. I'm confused and worried.
Also during all these reboots this frame with blue background was visible even in behind "Google" and "X" logos during booting up.
Another strange thing is that on screenshots I made this frame is not visible.

That would have to do with LCD or software..
As the battery & Google are just pictures that change. If you understand what in saying lol ?
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Auto shut down and full freeze while charging

Hi,I am from Russia and this night i put my phone to charge for a night. And at morning i ve seen its turned off - I cant unlock it, charge it, nothing to do, phone like a brick and didnt response for any actions. Only after I pressed lock button for a 10 seconds and my phone is getting on. So, i searched this trouble and found same issue on our Russia 4pda forum. There are a lot of people faced with this problem, please tell me if you faced with this issue. I have this phone for a 2 days. First night it charged well, for a second - shutted down
PS. Phone didnt response for:
- Normal press for lock button to unlock phone
- Fingerprint touch to unlock
- Led indicator didnt work even if phone was on charging by cable ( no red or green light)
- Repeated plugging charging cable doesnt has any effect (usually phone starts charging)
- And only long press for lock button (10-15 seconds in my case) returned phone from this dead state

I am also facing same problem. The phone switches off while charging. Any solution for this????

pligosv said:
Hi,I am from Russia and this night i put my phone to charge for a night. And at morning i ve seen its turned off - I cant unlock it, charge it, nothing to do, phone like a brick and didnt response for any actions. Only after I pressed lock button for a 10 seconds and my phone is getting on. So, i searched this trouble and found same issue on our Russia 4pda forum. There are a lot of people faced with this problem, please tell me if you faced with this issue. I have this phone for a 2 days. First night it charged well, for a second - shutted down
PS. Phone didnt response for:
- Normal press for lock button to unlock phone
- Fingerprint touch to unlock
- Led indicator didnt work even if phone was on charging by cable ( no red or green light)
- Repeated plugging charging cable doesnt has any effect (usually phone starts charging)
- And only long press for lock button (10-15 seconds in my case) returned phone from this dead state
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Have u unlocked bootloader or something

I've been experiencing this, couple of days before I tried to wipe cache and it stopped from happening until today. Done another wipe cache and hoping it doesn't happen again. This is annoying. All along you think your phone is just on standby, but it isn't. It's actually turned off and had to hold the power button for like 10 secs just to power it on. I hope Asus fix this. I cannot find a lot of posts regarding this problem.
BTW: I'm running all stock, not rooted with bootloader still locked. The phone has been with me since Aug 9.

Tried doing a factory reset which seems to resolve the problem. However, after the latest update (.334), the auto shut down problem came back.

Check the battery temperature using any sensor monitoring app...
Maybe it gets high or wrong values are reported by the temp. sensor...

Same thing happens to my phone even in no charging condition

I have the same thing. Worth Pixel Experience Android 9. Nothing helps. How to be?

Try get into safe mode and see if the problem still persist. If it does, this is system problem on Asus side.