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Help! I think i bricked my phone!

It started fashing and straight away the battery fell out and then the phone wont go in to download mode or switch on. what should i do? I just bought it too... will the usb jig work?
Thanks
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what happens when charger in connected ? any sign of life ??
leave battery out for 5 mins, (make sure it has some charge)
do the 3 button combo THEN insert the battery, still holding the 3 button combo.
let me know the results

How/why would the battery fall out? If its a new phone just return it and start out fresh. Alternatively, the jig should work.
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Thanks il try asap. Im also gna buy a new battery just in case. Il let u know
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ehtoeh said:
How/why would the battery fall out? If its a new phone just return it and start out fresh. Alternatively, the jig should work.
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Cover wasnt on and cat jumped on sofa battery drops out quite easy
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Is there any sign that the phone is charging??

if the phone is in charge you see like a battery fill with color as it charge .. red if it ampty do you see it?
sorry for my English ...
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Hmm

Looks like I bricked my epic... ain't that a *****.
Hard bricked too, done all the normal ****, let it sit, push buttons... non-responsive.
And before anyone says it. THERE IS NO MAGIC BUTTON..

You take out sd card?
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Did you Odin with another cable?
Lol.

qbking77 said:
You take out sd card?
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yea it sat overnight, no battery no sdcard... this morning, still no response..

Did u swear at it?
Helps with mine sometimes...
Grapes

lemme guess odin? I was pretty bricked once. I took the sd card out. Plugged it to my computer (not wall) and held one for like 30-40 seconds and then pressed power and it magically booted into download mode. Just try that or the other way around. Worked for me. Good luck!

What were you doing with it when it got bricked?

Did u plug into computer while battery is out? Then try going into download mode?
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Shoulon said:
Did u plug into computer while battery is out? Then try going into download mode?
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yes.. and ill try it powda..
i was odin working on eg22plus, went to odin back to eg22 stock and it just immediately failed after md5 check, and wouldnt come back on... didnt even show to try to write anything.

Do you have a car dock or media dock. I was in a similar predicament once and all of the above failed to bring it back. Then I was on the way to the Sprint store to swap out when I put my Epic in the car dock (force of habit) and it magically booted to the screen with the pictures of the pc and phone. I was able to pull the battery and boot to download mode from there.
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That sucks dude.
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That sucks man, I hope this doesn't spur some sort of idea that "if I have to buy a new phone anyway I may as well get an evo 3d..." or anything like that ;-)
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Kif420 said:
Did u swear at it?
Helps with mine sometimes...
Grapes
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Lol that's how I fixed my ps3's on button
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Did you push the power button repeatedly when battery was out to drain any leftover juice in the phone or is that just a myth?
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dude as soon as we get GB source that **** will be fixed

murso74 said:
dude as soon as we get GB source that **** will be fixed
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Was that to me? I was just suggesting last ditch effort stuff for Chris to try since his phone was bricked. I would even try the pinhole by the camera under the battery cover. Nothing can hurt to try once you have tried all of the other tricks to get your phone back up.
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One time my cousin's HTC aria wasn't working, he slammed it onto the table and it powered on. All it takes is a little...education. Show who the boss is!

Overstew said:
One time my cousin's HTC aria wasn't working, he slammed it onto the table and it powered on. All it takes is a little...education. Show who the boss is!
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Lol...that was going to be my last resort suggestion. Try giving it a good smash against something when all else has failed..you may get lucky
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JohnCorleone said:
Did you push the power button repeatedly when battery was out to drain any leftover juice in the phone or is that just a myth?
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that worked for me. it got unplugged while i was using odin, and it wouldn't power on. so i popped the battery and purged the power then booted in download mode and tried the odin again

dmauin717 said:
that worked for me. it got unplugged while i was using odin, and it wouldn't power on. so i popped the battery and purged the power then booted in download mode and tried the odin again
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Ok, thanks for confirming that. Its good to add to the list of things to try before all hope is lost. Thanks.
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Strange problem I recently developed on my vibrant. Suggestions?

Ok so these last couple of days I've been having the strangest problem with my vibrant. The battery litterally sucks it self on the charger. For example, today at 3 in the morning I woke up to find my phone charging at 71% I was like ok good. Woke up at 7 and the phone was completly dead! It looses power on the charger. At first i thought it was the battery so i switched it. And whattya know. Still the same problem. Then i thought it was the usb port since ya know samsungs port sucks ass so j get a new charger and nothing. Let me remind you tthat this is a recent problem. Any body know a fix to this?
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Rom?
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Jasonhunterx said:
Rom?
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Bionix V 1.3.1, Bali kernel.
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which bali kernal? im rockin bali 1.8.8 and no problems

im getting amazing battery life with this setup

Yea 1.8.8. Im getting serious battery drain! Ill loose about 7% in like 5minutes while plugged in the friggin charger.
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Test your charger. Try usb charge from pc. With a different cable to be sure something is not crossed inside.
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caliga4221 said:
Test your charger. Try usher charge from pc. With a different cable to be sure something is not crossed inside.
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The battery should not drain like that period not even cm is that bad
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My point is nothing to do with rom or phone but rather the charger or cable my be damage and causing short that drains the battery. Hence the suggestion to try other cables and charge methods to eliminate the possibility of this being the culprit.
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Bought a new charger before I posted. Still draining!
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Does it also fail to charge if the phone is turned off? If it charges while off then perhaps its a software issue after all. If not then the charge/usb port might be bad. How are you charging the battery between posting?
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caliga4221 said:
Does it also fail to charge if the phone is turned off? If it charges while off then perhaps its a software issue after all. If not then the charge/usb port might be bad. How are you charging the battery between posting?
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It shows its charging. But it'll go from like 11% to 0% in like 10 mins. And yea it charges with the screen off.
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Have you tried to backup and re-flash your phone? Have you tried a battery calibration by wiping the battery stats? My advice *having never encountered that issue* would be to save all your data, make a list of the apps you use regularly and re-flash the phone then manually re-download each app and do not restore anything. if all goes well and it charges like normal then your set and can if you wish restore your old data and/or apps 1 per day till you notice the problem, return if it does.

I did just that. Reflashed a new rom and less drain but its definatly.
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My next advice would be to try stock 2.2 for a day or so and see if it has issues. then if its ok try a new stable version of cm7 or miui * different build than previously used* and see if the problem returns.

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My next advice would be to try stock 2.2 for a day or so and see if it has issues. then if its ok try a new stable version of cm7 or miui * different build than previously used* and see if the problem returns.
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Ive been thinking of cm7 but the battery life is driving me away. I was able to charge it till like 40% then i unplugged it by accident and I plugged it back in and BOOM battery drain. Its at 0% and will not rise.
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If the phone gets hotter than 120° then it wil stop charging and actually dicharge. Make sure your not overcloking or ajything.

My advice on which rom if your not set would be to use trigger. I moved to trigger a long time ago after one of my bionix flashes didnt work quite right and have not looked back yet. I am currently on project v with trigger theme which is a little more like stock but with tweaks than a fully custom rom.

Ok so I got it to charge too 100% overnight and I unplugged it and it went down too 37% instantly. -__- just started working today and this isn't cool. I also left it by a fan so it wasn't hot at all.
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Alex530 said:
Ok so I got it to charge too 100% overnight and I unplugged it and it went down too 37% instantly. -__- just started working today and this isn't cool. I also left it by a fan so it wasn't hot at all.
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In that case I would be sure to flash back to stock clean and then go to a different rom, I suggest Trigger 3.2 very stable in my experience, and charge to 100% and do a battery calibration. Trigger comes with an app to calibrate the battery and be sure its fully charged.

Charging battery led ?

Hey. I was wondering if there was some kind of cm7 add on I could flash and have some kind of led light turn on while my phone is charging. I have a funky charger and would like to know if my phone is charging without having to turn on the screen I'm on neutrino 2.6 ee ..-sigh- I wish I new how to code. xD
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Theirs an app in the Google Play market that allows for this, as well change the led color. I tried this on my Atrix and it works well.
Not sure why the led isn't already showing that it's charging for you. But try out this app it's called Light Flow Lite - LED Control.
Hope this helps. If not maybe someone else can help you out =).

Light flow..on playstore
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I just downloaded it. Next time I put my phone on the charger ill report back on it. Thanks! And yeah. It is kinda strange that it isn't a native feature. I think it is on stock gingerbread
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Didn't work for me :/ I turned on all the settings that had to do with charging.
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Didn't work for me :/ I turned on all the settings that had to do with charging.
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Well its working for me, especially after rebooting. Try rebooting your phone after applying the setting.
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I have noticed that mine changes when you get an SMS while charging, but then when you have checked the message the charge led doesn't come back on. But that is on jokersax cm9 not 7.
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Here you go this is supposed to do what you asked and a bit extra. Found it buried in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551152
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Of worked for me after I set the settings then after I posted saying it works in the neutrino forum it didn't lol
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[Q] Alarm When Phone is Off

Ok i keep it straight..
Its my first Android device (The S4.)
Switching from my nokia c7 i've had this issue of alarm not going off when phone's off..
Actually i faced this problem that day when i had only 4% battery left (obviously it wasnt going to last that night)
So i turned off the phone and thought the ALARM would wake me up the next day..( as my nokia always did )
But to my surprise it didnt...
I did search for some solution on xda but no luck..
But then i saw the link of alarm working WITH PHONE OFF on the Rival HTC ONE..(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406083)
So i was wondering whether the devs would be able to make some app..(Or refer me if theres any as i couldnt find one..)
Thanks for your precious time..
Regards.
Me
EDIT : So i was going though some more stuff on this matter and found something relevent..
Like there is a real time clock running on pc (that keeps time even when its off)..
Maybe HTC does use that to make its ONE power on ..
I think some files in the kernel can be edited for some progress on our s4 ( I am completely a noob and have no idea about kernels n all , i just read it somwhere)..
Maybe some real pro can help us out here, by studying htc one's files.. and try to make it work on some other 'SmartPhones'.

+1 to that plenty of time phone nearly dead and would love to do this if possible
Ha\/0c said:
Ok i keep it straight..
Its my first Android device (The S4.)
ove hing from my nokia c7 i've had this issue of alarm not going off when phone's off..
Actually i faced this problem that day when i had only 4% battery left (obviously it wasnt going to last that night)
So i turned off the phone and thought the ALARM would wake me up the next day..( as my nokia always did )
But to my surprise it didnt...
I did search for some solution on xda but no luck..
But then i saw the link of alarm working WITH PHONE OFF on the Rival HTC ONE..(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2406083)
So i was wondering whether the devs would be able to make some app..(Or refer me if theres any as i couldnt find one..)
Thanks for your precious time..
Regards.
Me
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I guess no one's interested..

Ha\/0c said:
I guess no one's interested..
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The problem is that some 'smartphones" never really turn off.
My Blackberry Storm was one of those and my guess is that the previous phone you had didn't either.
If the phone is in deep sleep mode, then it can wake up.
If on the other hand, it's off, and I mean really off, there is nothing you can do.
The current crop of Android phones turn off; not go into a deep sleep.

Then how can HTC one do it..
I mean it may go to deep sleep..
But can't our s4 go to deep sleep..?
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I am! Have not test it... I always love that feature on my Sony Ericssons And nokias. IPhone never had it. Would love to have the function here on the s4. But again I have not try it. I will tomorrow
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Ha\/0c said:
Then how can HTC one do it..
I mean it may go to deep sleep..
But can't our s4 go to deep sleep..?
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When your screen is off your phone is in deep sleep. At least should be i dont know how they did it but when you turn off android phone its off. No alarm. Maybe they have modified fly mode and altered frequencies for cpu gpu etc to be just enough to ring alarm with almost zero power consumption. But again its not off. I miss that too. Its like where to **** is my charger or hope my alarm rings
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With screen off battery goes down by more than 8-10%
I don't think that's deep sleep.. (in deep sleep battery shouldn't drain more than 2-3%..)
Yup if HTC can do that y cant Samsung.. Or other devs..
Thanks for the reply..
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Zoddex said:
I am! Have not test it... I always love that feature on my Sony Ericssons And nokias. IPhone never had it. Would love to have the function here on the s4. But again I have not try it. I will tomorrow
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Thanks for showing some concern..
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Can't be done or it would have been already (because it's such a desirable function).

MistahBungle said:
Can't be done or it would have been already (because it's such a desirable function).
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Read the first post dude..
HTC one has done it..
Thats y I referred it nd started this thread..
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It's not a matter of firmware/software (which you clearly don't understand), it's a hardware thing. The hardware isn't capable of it.

MistahBungle said:
It's not a matter of firmware/software (which you clearly don't understand), it's a hardware thing. The hardware isn't capable of it.
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You probably didn't read some of the replies on that thread..
It doesn't work on AOSP or other roms but only on SENSE rom..
So it is A MATTER of firmware./software..
So I think it can be achieved..
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Ha\/0c said:
With screen off battery goes down by more than 8-10%
I don't think that's deep sleep.. (in deep sleep battery shouldn't drain more than 2-3%..)
Yup if HTC can do that y cant Samsung.. Or other devs..
Thanks for the reply..
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Check your apps. I have 4% over night data off. Once i broke power button on lg p990 so few days i had to live with no deep sleep to be able to turn screen on with volume buttons and man, drain was over 15%/hour.
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xtrustkillx said:
Check your apps. I have 4% over night data off. Once i broke power button on lg p990 so few days i had to live with no deep sleep to be able to turn screen on with volume buttons and man, drain was over 15%/hour.
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Dude only 4%,Thats great for you..
Do you use any battery app.. Or its by default..?
I've removed one phone lock app which did save me about 7% drain but still cant get it below 8%..for ( 8-9 hours of sleep )
But i'd still love this alarm feature..

Just test it and no, it does not work.
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Zoddex said:
Just test it and no, it does not work.
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But it does on the HTC one..
Thats y I think there is some hope for our phone as well..
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Ha\/0c said:
But it does on the HTC one..
Thats y I think there is some hope for our phone as well..
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Yes. Software-based. The question is that if a 3rd party app have access to the system to create an "auto on" or if is something that needs to be manage on the OS itself. Maybe with root access?
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Zoddex said:
Yes. Software-based. The question is that if a 3rd party app have access to the system to create an "auto on" or if is something that needs to be manage on the OS itself. Maybe with root access?
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Maybe some tweaks in the kernel..
I read somewhere that HTC uses some real time alarm clock.. ( I ain't confirm about it though)
Haven't got any developer interested in it yet..
Lets see..
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