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My Device is done. please help.

i have to have the worst luck in the world..
got my nexus one today. condition is MINT. seller also included the receipt from HTC proving that it got replaced.
popped in my sim, everything worked fine. turned it off to swap batteries and thats when the hell started.
im not able to get past the nexus logo. NOTHING. it would turn on, than go to the screen, vibrate, than repeat multiple times. phone has never been rooted.
i did EVERYTHING. i did the volume down plus power and than i cleared wiped the memory, same result.
than i tried downloading 2.2.1, renaming it to update.zip, put it on my zip, but that doesnt work. the phone can't tell theres a update.
like **** man. i than went here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One/Guides_&_Tutorials
read that i needed FRG33 and rename it to PASSIMG.ZIP. when the phone turns on, it gives me the message if i want to update, i get excited. i click yes, everything says ok, than i reboot and bam, still endless reboot. tried to do the passimg again but this time i get a fail on radio V2 or something like that.
WTF is going on. i didnt do anything. ANYBODY HELP?

maybe the battery you swapped in is bad?

same result with both batteries :/
i hate my effing luck.

Make sure your batteries are fully charged, seriously.

great, now when i click recovery, it doesnt even go to the android guy with the exclamation mark, it just gets stuck at the logo. all im able to do is get to hboot. WTF.
i mean the battery has half a charge. just checked with my desire. i even tried with it plugged in in the wall. nothing.

my aim is screwupboy444. your welcome to help me there or even laugh at me for being a bone head and getting in this situation.

Do you have a different SD card you can use?
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yeah, i was using both the desire 8gb and the nexus one 4gb. both were reading fine in the desire. i read that if it gets to the nexus one logo then my phone isn't bricked, but im starting to think otherwise. nothing works.
ive been searching for the past hour half. everyone seemed to have fixed there by doing the passimg method or wiping data. but unfortunately none of that is working. i tried placing the froyo "update.zip" and running it but when i clicked recovery, it went into the boot cycle again.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614850
thinking about doing that but i have a feeling it doesnt apply to me. that and i don't understand any of the process. i dont think my phone will even be read by my comp.

did the passimg for the third time. went past the logo and actually to the set up screen. than it rebooted again. and now its stuck on the nexus one logo again.

could it actually be that? i left the battery charging in the desire for about 40 minutes, than took it out and put it in the nexus one and actually got to the set up screen for the first time.
but my question is, if thats the solution, does that mean my phone is gonna trip out everytime its less than 60 percent battery power?

this is what i get when i put the 2.2.1 update on my sd card and go into recovery mode
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most of the threads where people got this fixed required them unlocking the bootloader and doing something. im the second owner of the phone but would like to avoid rooting but if its required in this situation, i will. i just need a dummies guide to do it..

No, there's threads for recalibrating the battery, if needed.
Keep it fully charged, and see if it will run for a reasonable period... That way, we can see if it really is the battery...
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Don't worry about the exclamation and Android for now, and see if the phone will boot and run with a fully charged battery...
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frick, i know thats what i should do. it just blows that i got this today and theres already a chance that its trashed...

danger-rat said:
Don't worry about the exclamation and Android for now, and see if the phone will boot and run with a fully charged battery...
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thanks for all the help man. you dont think i need to unlock the bootloader right...? im just more curious on why the desire can work with either party no matter the charge. damn.

Wait until your battery is about 75% or more would be better, then try the passimg again...
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not sure if its good news or not but (i apologize for my lack of patient before hand haha), i took out the battery the desire was charging again and put it in the nexus one. it got to the set up screen all three times before it resets again. i tried plugging it in the wall charger but it still resets at that area.
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the battery level was at 74% when i tried it.

75% is not a hard number, and I'd let it charge as much as possible. I'd also quit switching batteries, and just stick with one until you isolate the problem...
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danger-rat said:
75% is not a hard number, and I'd let it charge as much as possible. I'd also quit switching batteries, and just stick with one until you isolate the problem...
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oh iam. im charging the nexus one battery in the desire because once i turn on the nexus one, it gets frozen there, and than i cant turn it off.

I am Stuck in a strange bootloader

Ok well I think I have a problem that I haven't seen anywhere else.
My Droid 2 is stuck in bootloader.
err: A5,70,39,00,27
Am I totally f%$#ed
Ok in all honesty I took on this project from someone else. All I know is its stuck in bootloader when I got it. Right now it wont even charge it keeps saying that the battery is low and my computer wont even detect it. So I really dont know im going to let it go all night and see what happens.
Is this normal for charging in bootloader? It reboots every 30 seconds back into bootloader

It will not charge in bootloader. There is a way to McGiver your USB so you can charge it. Once charged SBF if you can't download bootloader, flash it and SBF.
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Buy q cheap battery charger on eBay.

If you need web sites let me know.
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Stalte said:
Ok well I think I have a problem that I haven't seen anywhere else.
My Droid 2 is stuck in bootloader.
err: A5,70,39,00,27
Am I totally f%$#ed
Ok in all honesty I took on this project from someone else. All I know is its stuck in bootloader when I got it. Right now it wont even charge it keeps saying that the battery is low and my computer wont even detect it. So I really dont know im going to let it go all night and see what happens.
Is this normal for charging in bootloader? It reboots every 30 seconds back into bootloader
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I Had the same problem......Charge the battery using someones phone. ( pull your battery, put in in another phone, charge fully!!!! , put back in your phone) Then Flash With the 2.3.20 Full system SBF. NOT THE 2.2.20 SBF

Get a battery wall charger is like $10 eBay
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[Q] Doesn't boot past Motorola logo. Help, anyone?

Hi, yesterday I installed CM7 on my android, all went well, very awesome.
Soon the LED Light messed up when I would plug the phone in via usb.
The LED had colors that were like mixed and all.
Searched on Google, and found nothing... So I then did the whole process over (wiped data...) And near the last step I wiped data instead of wiping cache.
It was like 5 in the am and I got sleepy so when I restarted the phone(Of course it would take a while), I went to lie down, then fell asleep. Woke up and my phone was still at the Motorola Logo screen. I also seen that I forgot to put it on the charger before went to sleep.
Long story short, My phone won't get past the logo screen, I would try to go back to 2.2 sbf but when I get into the bootloader screen the battery low cannot program.. error comes up.
Yeah, I explained practically everything..
What can I do to get it back to normal, so I can get CM7 back?
I only got to enjoy 20 minutes of the rom...
My phone: Motorola Bravo
Service: AT&T

You need to charge your battery some how? Does it charge at all
Do you know someone with phone?
If not ask for a battery replacement from at&t store and hope it has enough charge
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rdannar said:
You need to charge your battery some how? Does it charge at all
Do you know someone with phone?
If not ask for a battery replacement from at&t store and hope it has enough charge
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My thought on charging was when the phone is off and you charge it, it goes to the charging screen, then eventually the display turns off.
Instead of that, it just stays at the Motorola Logo screen..
I've also had it on the charger for about 4 hours now. Still remaining at the logo screen, BUT it has also gotten warm..Maybe that means its charging? (right??)
2. Since I've moved, nope. Don't know anyone that has this phone and is near me.
3. Battery Replacement. It's 1am here so, I guess I'll just keep it on the charge till the morningmorning..
I could do the bootloader sbf back to froyo thing but since the phone's battery is dead to the max, I get the error, meaning I can't do that option.
I'll call my local AT&T store to see if I could get a battery replacement if I can't get it to turn on to at least the Recovery or bootloader.
Pain.. pain in my brain.

try to get it plugged in w/ no logo, to ensure it's off off... if not you might have to let it sit off the charger till it's dead enough that it doesn't try to boot...
i think it's trying to boot, but boot looping and not aquiring enough of a charge,
do you have it on a wall charger? make sure it's like 800 mah or higher, i think the phone comes with a 5.1v 800mah which was weird to me tha tit was 5.1 cause all other phones are 5.0 but anyway maybe you're not getting enough of a current to it to overcome the drain from the bootloop?
Are you able to get into custom recovery? (Do you see the blue LED at any point when the phone begins to try to power on?)

You have soft bricked your phone, so the only way to get it working is to sbf back to 2.2. The problem is, the bootloader doesn't allow you to sbf if your battery is below a certain point. You need to either get that battery charged or get a new one.

If you can't get anything at your store, I will cross-ship/trade you a charged battery (1 year old) for your current one and $3 for shipping? Let me know if you'd be interested in something like that...
I also bought a battery from Amazon (OEMShop or something), and I think it came 40%ish charged... You could try your luck?

Just so you understand the charging, Android uses the OS to monitor the charging. If the phone is bricked it doesn't charge… plain and simple. It sucks if you try to sbf after the battery is drained, but the only thing you can do is get another one. Hope your search for one comes up well.
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dontbejeff said:
Just so you understand the charging, Android uses the OS to monitor the charging. If the phone is bricked it doesn't charge… plain and simple. It sucks if you try to sbf after the battery is drained, but the only thing you can do is get another one. Hope your search for one comes up well.
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Yeah..no.. I'll be getting a replacement phone (same one). Basically in 4 to 6 days..
I'm so happy, my phone kept restarting anyway when using data.. But yeah, thanks though.

Before you send other phone back... sbf with other battery back to stock.
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Yeah..no.. I'll be getting a replacement phone (same one). Basically in 4 to 6 days..
I'm so happy, my phone kept restarting anyway when using data.. But yeah, thanks though.
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rdannar said:
Before you send other phone back... sbf with other battery back to stock.
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Yeah, I thought of that when I got of the phone with them. Thanks for the heads up though!

My replacement phone came in the mail earlier this afternoon! Thanks for all the help you guys. Glad I came here. So excited, just 10% more and it's fully charged.

I think I may get a extra battery just in case for my phone. Great post!

This just happened to me too. I thought what to do...
Spliced one of my old car phone chargers and hooked it to my phone battery... plugged it into my car fir 5 minutes and was charged enough to sbf.
Don't recommend it if you don't know what your doing
Cheers
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rubbachicken said:
try to get it plugged in w/ no logo, to ensure it's off off... if not you might have to let it sit off the charger till it's dead enough that it doesn't try to boot...
i think it's trying to boot, but boot looping and not aquiring enough of a charge,
do you have it on a wall charger? make sure it's like 800 mah or higher, i think the phone comes with a 5.1v 800mah which was weird to me tha tit was 5.1 cause all other phones are 5.0 but anyway maybe you're not getting enough of a current to it to overcome the drain from the bootloop?
Are you able to get into custom recovery? (Do you see the blue LED at any point when the phone begins to try to power on?)
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Volume up... not down... got it

my xoom appears to be dead (?)

Hello, android developer here.
The other day my xoom drained all the way to 0% (this happened overnight while I was asleep). I noticed right away because I use the xoom as my alarm clock. I ended up sleeping in that day (doh!)
Anyways, now the darn thing simply wont turn on. I try to soft reset (vol up + power) but nothing happens. I tried plugging it in via usb thinking I could reboot it with adb, but my computer fails to see the device. So its turned off and simply will not turn on. I've even let it charge for 2 days straight (green charge light on device).
Nothing.
What the heck man?

Dumb question.... How long have you held the power button? My Xoom (maybe others?) won't turn on unless I hold the button for 2-3 seconds.

Ive gone up to 60 seconds of button pressing...when it doesnt work one tends to go to extremes lol
I can't believe this, first time I've ever had a device die like this :-/

Did you charge it before you tried to turn it back on? My Milestone tends not to turn on after it drained below zero for like ten minutes until the battery has at least some basic charge again.

Try turning on right 3~4 minutes later putting on a yiur charger
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Zhenech said:
Did you charge it before you tried to turn it back on? My Milestone tends not to turn on after it drained below zero for like ten minutes until the battery has at least some basic charge again.
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Yeah its been charged for 48 hours now, green light on power indicator as well.
It still wont boot. I tell ya its the strangest thing I've seen in a while...

did you try booting in recovery? vol down ±power

zylith said:
did you try booting in recovery? vol down ±power
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Of course. I've tried every combo imaginable.
F this, I'm getting an ipad.

techs1200 said:
Of course. I've tried every combo imaginable.
F this, I'm getting an ipad.
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If you really want the iPad, here's the perfect excuse.
However, if you want to save your Xoom, you might want to check out the Motorola Factory cable from Team Black Hat (Google it). If there was ever a use for this cable, your situation seems to define it. Your Xoom seems to think it's not charged (drained) or can't take a charge, but it sounds more like the former situation. The Factory/Programming cable obviously makes a different electrical connection and makes the Xoom think it's charged...something like that. Check it out.
Also, at least one person made one out of a usb cable and it saved his bacon. You'll have to do a search for his thread...it was a while back.
Good luck, what ever you do.

You need to make or buy the motorola factory cable. That will get you booting.
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Well I did buy an iPad2 a few days ago, but I will definitely be making one of those cables.
Wow, thanks so much! XDA never disappoints

Remove your SD card then restart... Happens to me all the time..
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davidblaine021 said:
Remove your SD card then restart... Happens to me all the time..
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Yes, I have seen this also. Pull out the SD card and the unit comes back to life.

Flashing red light of Death!

Hey xda'ers my nexus 4 just crapped out with the flashing red light of death. I've read it's just a dead battery and I should let it charge overnight. My situation was I am currently using slim bean 4.3 and was flashing between kernels, went from faux to semaphore to hells core and on hells I ran antutu and after that my phone went into a coma. I had a full battery when flashing so I'm at a loss as to why the flashing indicates a deader than dead battery. Any help appreciated.
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BxingFetus said:
Hey xda'ers my nexus 4 just crapped out with the flashing red light of death. I've read it's just a dead battery and I should let it charge overnight. My situation was I am currently using slim bean 4.3 and was flashing between kernels, went from faux to semaphore to hells core and on hells I ran antutu and after that my phone went into a coma. I had a full battery when flashing so I'm at a loss as to why the flashing indicates a deader than dead battery. Any help appreciated.
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Try this before anything else:
Plug in the factory charger to the wall and to your device for 1 minute. Wait to see if a battery charging symbol appears on screen. If it does then press and hold the power button for at least 15 seconds. If the aforementioned battery icon doesn't appear then plug your device in again but this time for one hour. After one hour of charging disconnect the cable then quickly reconnect it after waiting one second. Press and hold the power button for 15 seconds. The device should power on, if not repeat the last sequence of steps but substitute the one hour of charging with 10hrs of charging (overnight).
I hope it works for you, Report back and give an update!

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Try this before anything else:
Plug in the factory charger to the wall and to your device for 1 minute. Wait to see if a battery charging symbol appears on screen. If it does then press and hold the power button for at least 15 seconds. If the aforementioned battery icon doesn't appear then plug your device in again but this time for one hour. After one hour of charging disconnect the cable then quickly reconnect it after waiting one second. Press and hold the power button for 15 seconds. The device should power on, if not repeat the last sequence of steps but substitute the one hour of charging with 10hrs of charging (overnight).
I hope it works for you, Report back and give an update!
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Thanks dude I'll give it a try. I did see the battery icon with the charge symbol in it for a second when I plugged it in. I'll follow your steps and see where that gets me. And really, can the battery suddenly just drain like that? I mean I had 98% or more. I think I have a haunted phone. Thanks again.
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Edit: ok just tried powering it on and I got to the Google boot screen then death again. I'll let it sit overnight then try again. Thanks for the guidance Sir.

BxingFetus said:
Thanks dude I'll give it a try. I did see the battery icon with the charge symbol in it for a second when I plugged it in. I'll follow your steps and see where that gets me. And really, can the battery suddenly just drain like that? I mean I had 98% or more. I think I have a haunted phone. Thanks again.
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Edit: ok just tried powering it on and I got to the Google boot screen then death again. I'll let it sit overnight then try again. Thanks for the guidance Sir.
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While its very strange and very uncommon, it can happen. It could be the result of something seemingly unrelated too, its hard to say. I've had it happen to me once with another device. Good luck with the charging though! I'm more than happy to help

same here
i flashed slim bean 4.3 and then hell core kernel .i had 90% battery and run antutu .then my phone turned off and a red light blinked ..i put the phone to charge and then press power and volume button and it boot for some secs with 0% battery .then i tried to go to recovery but after the shut down is dead . after that no red light ..
what i can do?

johnagelo said:
i flashed slim bean 4.3 and then hell core kernel .i had 90% battery and run antutu .then my phone turned off and a red light blinked ..i put the phone to charge and then press power and volume button and it boot for some secs with 0% battery .then i tried to go to recovery but after the shut down is dead . after that no red light ..
what i can do?
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Can you go into download mode?

Simonna said:
Can you go into download mode?
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i pressed the three buttons together but nothing..

johnagelo said:
i pressed the three buttons together but nothing..
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If it's boots up with 0% battery I think that you should try to use another battery and to see if it was a battery problem.

johnagelo said:
i flashed slim bean 4.3 and then hell core kernel .i had 90% battery and run antutu .then my phone turned off and a red light blinked ..i put the phone to charge and then press power and volume button and it boot for some secs with 0% battery .then i tried to go to recovery but after the shut down is dead . after that no red light ..
what i can do?
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see my above post, try it and see if it helps. Either way report back. I'm sure we can get this problem resolved.
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Simonna said:
If it's boots up with 0% battery I think that you should try to use another battery and to see if it was a battery problem.
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The Nexus 4 battery isn't removable...

The Nexus 4 battery isn't removable..
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Oops..Yes my bad, so take it to service center and tell them to change your battery.

Well I let it sit overnight charging and the red light still flashing. I can get the phone to Google boot screen then nothing. Screen goes black and back to the flashing. I can't get onto fastboot mode or recovery mode to flash to stock no button combos work. So I guess either I send it back to LG or maybe send it to josh(conexxion2005 on xda) and see if he can help. Thanks guys for all the help guys but I think I'm dead in the water. I do have a tiny T6 torx for my Oakley sunglasses I think will work on the phone I'm tempted to take it apart myself to look at things.
Sent from a slim Cappy

The last thing you can do [and the only which fix this kind of problem] is turn off device, open the back case [2 screws], remove the battery flex cable and put it back.
Now try...before you RMA it.

PsyOr said:
The last thing you can do [and the only which fix this kind of problem] is turn off device, open the back case [2 screws], remove the battery flex cable and put it back.
Now try...before you RMA it.
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I'm gonna try that but now I just realised that my T6 torx isn't small enough to get the screw's out. I'll take it to work and try to mess with it there. Seeing as my device is rooted and various other they'll surely not warranty it. But I'll try not to @#$% it up any further.
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Hallelujah!! My phone lives! I took the thing apart and took of the battery connector and placed it back and wham!! Back in business! Thanks guys for all your help.
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I wouldnt worry about rooting etc with regard to warranty. You can return in to stock in about 5 minutes with fastboot

pepdavies said:
I wouldnt worry about rooting etc with regard to warranty. You can return in to stock in about 5 minutes with fastboot
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Correct, but if I can't enter fastboot mode or recovery doesn't that limit my options to returning to stock?
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Sorry, I wasn't reading properly
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BxingFetus said:
Thanks dude I'll give it a try. I did see the battery icon with the charge symbol in it for a second when I plugged it in. I'll follow your steps and see where that gets me. And really, can the battery suddenly just drain like that? I mean I had 98% or more. I think I have a haunted phone. Thanks again.
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Edit: ok just tried powering it on and I got to the Google boot screen then death again. I'll let it sit overnight then try again. Thanks for the guidance Sir.
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From what I understand, as the battery is well- cheap and crap if you run a benchmark and the system draws a lot of power it can knock itself out due to the voltages or something.

PsyOr said:
The last thing you can do [and the only which fix this kind of problem] is turn off device, open the back case [2 screws], remove the battery flex cable and put it back.
Now try...before you RMA it.
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That just save may day (and phone) :good: