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Hello,
Just got my phone today, put it on the charger (Wall Changer) for a few hours. The charge light went from orange to green. I was assuming that meant it was fully charged. I take it off the charger turn it on and see the initial main HTC Incredible screen. Stays like that for a few seconds then the screen goes black.
When it does this I cannot turn it back on. I try plugging the charger back in and it does not recognize the charger (No Charge Light).
I remove the battery for a few seconds plug it back in, connect the charger now see an orange charge light.
I leave it pluged in and then in about 20 minutes the light goes green again. Same story as before see initial screen then goes all black
Any idea's
Sucks becuase I have waited for this phone for almost a month. Have had it for half a day and have yet to play with it.

charge it overnight. then try to turn it on. if not, well you got a bad phone.
sent from my friggin phone

took the phone into the Verizon store, they looked at it for like 45 min. Swapped battery with brand new one, tried hard resetting same issue. Turns out the phone was DOA. and they had none in stock, so I'm gonna have to send it back to verizon, gonn a have them just exchange it for a droid x. Store had no Droid X either in stock
hope the next one I get shipped works
Thanks

bub1931 said:
took the phone into the Verizon store, they looked at it for like 45 min. Swapped battery with brand new one, tried hard resetting same issue. Turns out the phone was DOA. and they had none in stock, so I'm gonna have to send it back to verizon, gonn a have them just exchange it for a droid x. Store had no Droid X either in stock
hope the next one I get shipped works
Thanks
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at this point htc is putting out anything and calling it an incredible. the good and durable ones were the ones that were out on release day. now htc is just truing to ship out phones. they are sending out quality crap at this point.
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jdkoreclipse said:
at this point htc is putting out anything and calling it an incredible. the good and durable ones were the ones that were out on release day. now htc is just truing to ship out phones. they are sending out quality crap at this point.
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When did the build quality noticeably go downhill? I received my Incredible the first week of July and the build quantity is better than the stuff I remember HTC putting out when I was a VZW rep last year.
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G1 won't charge and magically fixes itself.

So I had an unusual experience with my G1 and I though I would share it with the forum for feedback or to possibly help someone else out.
I come from the winmo community and recently purchased a Cliq xt. Without a root method and stuck on 1.5 I picked up a cheap used G1 to play with. I was told the phone was a few years old. I rooted the phone and installed CyanogenMod 5.0.8.
I soon noticed my battery was not holding a charge and immediately ordered 2 1400mah batteries off Ebay. I got the batteries, fully charged one and let it completely drain. When I went to plug the phone back in to charge it up it would not charge. The only way the phone would boot up was if it was plugged in (to the usb or wall charger). From what I read I gathered that if I got a unit to charge the batteries out of the phone I would still be able to use the phone. I charged a battery and put it in the phone. Still the phone will not turn on. Oh well my G1 died, I'll just buy one with a broken screen and swap them out.
By the time I found a broken G1 on CL my original G1 sat for 4-5 days with the fully charged battery in it. When I went to start dissecting the phones I noticed my old G1 was on and running. WTF? Battery level was at 18%. I plugged the phone into the wall charger. It indicated it was charging. I turned the phone off and on and fully charged it over night. I have been using the phone for the entire day and the battery life is as good as a G1 gets.
Everything I have read about the not charging/turning on issue indicated that the mother board was bad in the phone. Yet my phone displayed those same symptoms and started working again.
Thoughts?

Yea it happend to me too.
You just need to pull the battery for 5 minutes and put it back in. I think its because the CM6 builds overclock it to 576mhz (higher then rated 528mhz) and that causes issues like this.

not as magical as I thought. Thanks for the reply.

I had this as well and when I removed battery and put back in I noted that the battery level had flipped from in the red to the equivalent of in the green... this was before i even rooted my phone... possible software issue perhaps?

*rip EVO*

Yes my phone shut down on its own. Rebooted it launched car mode right away I went and shut it off and then BLANK.
And now if i can even get it to power on it does for less thn a second before going dark.
I tried both my extended and stock battery. Phone be dead.
Next question can I take it into a sprint store and have it replaced under a defect or am i shelling out cash?

cmsjr123 said:
Yes my phone shut down on its own. Rebooted it launched car mode right away I went and shut it off and then BLANK.
And now if i can even get it to power on it does for less thn a second before going dark.
I tried both my extended and stock battery. Phone be dead.
Next question can I take it into a sprint store and have it replaced under a defect or am i shelling out cash?
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With the battery inserted and the phone off, plug it into the wall outlet. Does the orange/green light turn on?
Try unplugging the charger and remove the battery. Then press and hold the power button (to flush any left over charge).
Insert the battery and power it up. Let us know the results.
Also, did you do anything to your phone? (i.e. SetCPU? Flash a .zip file)
Good luck dude.

I have done all of that.
ALSO NO LIGHT COMES ON WHEN PLUGGED IN with any of my batteries. (STOCK and a 3500mAh battery)
I have put on set cpu using the profile ONDEMAND
I did not flash anything. It was on sitting there next to me and it just shut off. I was not doing anything at the time. When I turned it back on it was in car mode like it sensed the dock. I was like okay well bugs happen. So i swipe down turn it off. And then the car mode indicator stayed on and i was thinking well wtf. Then my screen went black. I then pushed the power button and i swiped to enter into the home screen which was black then a few seconds latter it gave me the loading screen like it was loading sense then *DEAD* ...

cmsjr123 said:
I have done all of that.
ALSO NO LIGHT COMES ON WHEN PLUGGED IN with any of my batteries. (STOCK and a 3500mAh battery)
I have put on set cpu using the profile ONDEMAND
I did not flash anything. It was on sitting there next to me and it just shut off. I was not doing anything at the time. When I turned it back on it was in car mode like it sensed the dock. I was like okay well bugs happen. So i swipe down turn it off. And then the car mode indicator stayed on and i was thinking well wtf. Then my screen went black. I then pushed the power button and i swiped to enter into the home screen which was black then a few seconds latter it gave me the loading screen like it was loading sense then *DEAD* ...
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My gfs did that sounds like ur batts are dead man and the car mode is due to a ****ed up cable just happened to my gf didn't know what was wrong thought it was the damn phone but it was the cord
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ckoadiyn said:
My gfs did that sounds like ur batts are dead man and the car mode is due to a ****ed up cable just happened to my gf didn't know what was wrong thought it was the damn phone but it was the cord
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Also if u don't have a cord put ur battery in a hero or tp2 n charge ur batt that way
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Uhm okay to the last two posts. CORD WAS NOT PLUGGED IN..
MY reserve battery is always fully charged. and my battery tht i had in it was at 62% on a extended 3500 Siedio BATTERY.
Not the cable I have 6 micro cables in the house. Two for other devices some for my dads and step moms phones and the two for my Bluetooth and kindle.
IT isn't the batteries. or the cables..

cmsjr123 said:
Uhm okay to the last two posts. CORD WAS NOT PLUGGED IN..
MY reserve battery is always fully charged. and my battery tht i had in it was at 62% on a extended 3500 Siedio BATTERY.
Not the cable I have 6 micro cables in the house. Two for other devices some for my dads and step moms phones and the two for my Bluetooth and kindle.
IT isn't the batteries. or the cables..
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Sounds like the phone is pretty much toast then. There shouldn't be any harm in taking the phone in and seeing if a warranty exchange will be done. At worst they'll tell you that you gotta pay up, and at best they'll either be able to fix it or offer a replacement free of charge.
If you gotta pay up then you do always have the choice of refusing, in which case you're left in exactly the same situation you are now; a broken phone and no money out of your pocket. I say take it in, see what happens. No guarantees either way but surely it's gotta be worth a shot.

I got a sprint store that does not do repairs but its a corporate sized store.
Then inn victorville I have a store that is a 3rd party store but offers all services except 4g... They are on the same road. So tomorrow I am hitting the sprint one first to see what the deal is.
Anyways I think i might get warranty due to it just failing all of a sudden.
Also do i have to give them my memory card back?

cmsjr123 said:
I got a sprint store that does not do repairs but its a corporate sized store.
Then inn victorville I have a store that is a 3rd party store but offers all services except 4g... They are on the same road. So tomorrow I am hitting the sprint one first to see what the deal is.
Anyways I think i might get warranty due to it just failing all of a sudden.
Also do i have to give them my memory card back?
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No u get to keep everything
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Sweet. It sucks alot due to it failing and my class schedual for college was on my phone >.<
I start tomorrow again.

You never give the SD card back. It's been a while since I've gotten a replacement phone, but I'm fairly sure you get to keep the charger cable and a/c adapter as well.

That is how it should work.

Have them boost your battery on their cadex machine anyway.
I've seen people come in with supposedly fried phones that wouldn't light up for anything. Quick cadex boost and they're out the door with a working phone again.

cmsjr123 said:
I have done all of that.
ALSO NO LIGHT COMES ON WHEN PLUGGED IN with any of my batteries. (STOCK and a 3500mAh battery)
I have put on set cpu using the profile ONDEMAND
I did not flash anything. It was on sitting there next to me and it just shut off. I was not doing anything at the time. When I turned it back on it was in car mode like it sensed the dock. I was like okay well bugs happen. So i swipe down turn it off. And then the car mode indicator stayed on and i was thinking well wtf. Then my screen went black. I then pushed the power button and i swiped to enter into the home screen which was black then a few seconds latter it gave me the loading screen like it was loading sense then *DEAD* ...
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Hopefully you didn't have your phone overclocked and caused it to go haywire. What kind of Kernel did you use? Was it SBC or non-SBC?

Well my EVO came back alive... Idk why but it just did.. I don't understand why it would re act like this.
But I do not over clock. I use on demand and smart ass for battery. I dont over clock but i under clock to 128 for min. I use the freedom aggressive v8 . I have not had a problem with undervolting ever before..
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check the pins on your usb connector for items than can short (foil gum wrappers etc). That could have been what kicked it into car mode too.

Glad that it came back dude
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I am not sure. i switched to the newer 8.5 kernel and started using my stock battery. So I am not sure what fixed it but it eventually came back to life...

[Q] HD2 not turning on

Well sadly my beloved HD2 decided not to turn on yesterday and Im hoping someone has the answer to fixing it.
I have an ICS android rom installed onto it with CWM Recovery so I should be able to charge while the phone is not on but I am not getting a charging light at all, I have tried multiple usb leads and even a out of phone battery charger which says the battery is fully charged but when I turn it on all I get is a slight vibrate and then nothing. I have also tried bending the pins to make sure they are connecting with the battery.
Any Ideas? Thanks

Maximillion195 said:
I have an ICS android rom installed onto it with CWM Recovery so I should be able to charge while the phone is not on
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i suspect you are confusing CWM and cLK. cLK can charge when off, magldr can't. Its nothing to do with CWM.
Assuming you have magldr, and don't have an external charger / spare hd2 / spare battery to test with, if you have a spare usb cable (mini, micro, doesn't matter, any old usb lead) cut end off, (mini end, lol) bare red and black and hold them against + and - on the battery for a minute or so. Fingers are fine, you wont get a shock. Don't touch the center plate on the battery, just the + and - outer pads.
If that doesn't work then its not the battery.

Yes sorry I did mean cLK, I have already used an external charger with the battery and I should be getting a spare tomorrow just to double check it is not the battery and I guess this method is just to charge the battery?
If it is not the battery do you have any idea what else it could be? again the only sign of life in the phone is the small vibration I get if I take out the battery and put it back in and press the on button.
Well I just got the spare battery but nothing new still get the tiny vibrate and the phone does not turn on

Possibility that the lcd went out on you... worst case scenarios is you having to buy a new used phone and selling your current one as parts not work. Hopefully by selling your broken phone... you will get some money to cover for the new used phone
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Surely if the lcd went the phone would still turn on?
Nahh although I love the HD2 it is time for an upgrade probably gonna wait for the HTC One X.
Looks like im stuck with this lame 2g iPhone for now then

Maximillion195 said:
Surely if the lcd went the phone would still turn on?
Nahh although I love the HD2 it is time for an upgrade probably gonna wait for the HTC One X.
Looks like im stuck with this lame 2g iPhone for now then
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Yes its possible.... I had it happened to my hd2... but to make sure I searched and found that it is possible that the LCD went bad and still you can see that it power on. .. but because you cant see where your phone loads up. .. it could be bootlooping. .. but if it power up all the way. .. called it. .. see if it rings
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[Q] Nexus 4 Bricked?

So, my nexus has been good to me since I've owned it (2 years and counting), however recently (about two weeks ago) my nexus randomly died in the morning, while I was using it. At first I thought it was a simple crash as I was running Hells Doctor with TARDIS Mod, yet when I plugged my phone back in, I was greeted by a solid red light!
Fast forward a week I received a battery to serve as a replacement, as I thought it was the red light of death, yet after I finished installing the battery I hurried to go charge my phone back up, only to be greeted by the same solid red light.
Move up about three days, I asked my friend for his Qi Charger, as I then thought the charging port was damaged, left it overnight charging on the Qi Charger only to be greeted by once again the same solid red light in the morning.
Now I'm at present time of posting this, I'm starting to worry that my phone has had a hard brick, so I planned on going into download mode and doing a hard reset, but both my computers were not able to recognize my phone in download mode, nor did I ever get the download screen on the nexus itself.
I'm beginning to lose hope! I've tried all button combinations, tried 'jump starting' my battery, now I'm resorting to this.
Any other ideas? Or is it time to part ways with my beloved nexus?

What if it's a problem with your display connector ?
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nethackker said:
What if it's a problem with your display connector ?
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I've not thought of that, but if it is, then the price would be too steep for me