So i've been making multiple posts on here regarding the fact that i have been unable to receive text messages for the past week on my native messaging app and the only way i can get them is thru google voice. Well i was never able to fix that and last night i plugged my phone into the charger and went to sleep, everything working fine.. I guess at 7am my girlfriend turned my alarm off on my phone and it was working fine, then around 8:15am i woke up to find my EVO off.. So at first i figured well i must not have put the charger all the way in and it died, so i put it back onto the charger and realized the light was not coming on at all and the EVO wasn't turning on, I tried another charger and my car charger and none of them get the LED light on the front to turn on like it normally does when charging, and i cannot get my EVO to turn on at all now, i get nothing. What do you guys think could have happened? It's just dead, the charger doesn't work or even turn the LED light orange, and i can't get it to turn on at all, just nothing. Any Ideas? I've been dreading having to get an insurance phone because of the fact it cannot be rooted and i run MIUI on my phone, so i was just living with the google voice text issue, but i had to go ahead and file my claim this morning because my phone wont even come on now.. The thing that scares me is that if HTC is able to get my phone to turn on, they're going to find out that i rooted it and it's running MIUI? Once they ship my insurance phone and i send my rooted phone back in, is there anything they can do?
Probably a dead battery
Edit: As in, will no longer work, not just depleted of charge. When you get the replacement switch out batteries, and see if it works.
They will not do anything to your account. Sprint now works on rooted phones, as long as it's not a software issue. Besides it's not like you are going to be able to root the replacement anyway.
What would cause the battery to just die and not charge ? and wouldn't the charger still get the orange LED light to come on ?
bcarter2000 said:
Besides it's not like you are going to be able to root the replacement anyway.
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Looking at this thing running the stock OS makes me sad. Still such a nice phone, though.
When you made your insurance claim you should have said it was lost. $100 for a new phone and they won't see your rooted one.
jplowamn said:
When you made your insurance claim you should have said it was lost. $100 for a new phone and they won't see your rooted one.
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They really don't care if it's rooted; the only reason they want the phones back is so that they can try and refurb them.
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hey all, like most people here, i've been flashing my phones like crazy for the past couple days to trying out all the new roms it's been fine for the last couple days and sundenlly it just stop working this morning. It wouldn't turn on or anything, when i plug the usb in, window gives me an error as it cannot connect to the phone. I try the charger and it wouldn't charge(the charging light on the phone wouldn't turn on). I just got my phone replace last week due to theft. So is my phone bricked? I've flashed my phone alot and each time i wipe everything, could that be the problem? if i take it back to sprint store you think they would send me a new one? thanks.
Take it in and find out...
Just curious... what rom were you running when that happened?
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hey all, like most people here, i've been flashing my phones like crazy for the past couple days to trying out all the new roms it's been fine for the last couple days and sundenlly it just stop working this morning. It wouldn't turn on or anything, when i plug the usb in, window gives me an error as it cannot connect to the phone. I try the charger and it wouldn't charge(the charging light on the phone wouldn't turn on). I just got my phone replace last week due to theft. So is my phone bricked? I've flashed my phone alot and each time i wipe everything, could that be the problem? if i take it back to sprint store you think they would send me a new one? thanks.
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Pull out the battery, remove charger.
Put the battery back in and dont press anything. Plug it into the wall and see after ~60 seconds you get a charge light.
I just got my phone replaced with the exact problem. Took it to sprint and they ordered me a new one under the HTC warranty, no problem. I didnt say anything about flashing just that it stopped charging and would not turn on anymore.
natelw said:
I just got my phone replaced with the exact problem. Took it to sprint and they ordered me a new one under the HTC warranty, no problem. I didnt say anything about flashing just that it stopped charging and would not turn on anymore.
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Just remember that if they get the phone to boot after you turn it in and they find out its rooted/ROM'd that they can fine you the entire price of the phone. Not trying to scare you but it has happened to people. However, it does seem there have been quite a few complaints about USB "issues".
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Just remember that if they get the phone to boot after you turn it in and they find out its rooted/ROM'd that they can fine you the entire price of the phone. Not trying to scare you but it has happened to people. However, it does seem there have been quite a few complaints about USB "issues".
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I too have had the usb charging issue. Try moving the usb cable around in the phone and see if it contacts. Mine does by lifting up on it. I called Sprint to see what they can do and they said that it is caused by the user. I laughed at them and said some not so nice words then hung up on them. Then took it to a Sprint store and they ordered a new one for me without any questions.
as a side note I am glad they are replaceing it cause now the speaker is blown and the paint is peeling from the power button.
Also, FYI, my kid's hero's charger died on him (the one out of the box). We thought his phone was broken because it would not charge or be recognized by the USB. Then we tried out my charger and, boom, all good.
Worth a shot....
alright guys, thx everyone for the reply, status update: I try everything that was mention here, pull bat and putting it back(several times), moving charging cables, letting the charger sit 60sec, none of it work. I know my phone wasn't out of batteries cuz when i went to sleep it was about 86% left, so i thought my bat blew out on me after a week of usage. so i just left my phone in my pocket and after a while it started getting hot, i was like wtf, and took out the bat immediately. i leave the bat out for about 30min, put that sucker in again, and voila, it power up, everything was back to normal...anyone know wth's going on? of course i'm very happy my phone is working again
I had a fully rooted evo, themed, etc. So I am a noob to the Epic but not android or working with app's etc. I did a search of the forum and I did not see anything that related to the exact issue I am having.
All of a sudden, about an hour ago, my phone just started telling me my battery is at 0%, I did a battery pull and it put me at like 80% (which makes sense, I charged it all night). I have it plugged into my work computer at the moment to give it some "juice" but even that is not allowing my phone to turn on for more than the boot screen loading up to homescreen, then immediately powering off.
I have not downloaded anything new on my phone, I have not attempted to root this phone, nothing special at all.
A couple of times when it HAS come to the homescreen those few seconds, there is a strange dark grey rectangle on my screen and it says "relaunch me" with an emoticon above it (in the box but above the words).
I think that may be a widget alert for my digital time widget but I can't say for sure.
So out of this long-winded explanation I'm basically trying to figure out wth made my battery just give out? And even charging it is not helping.
No I have not dropped it nor dropped anything on it either.
I would try another battery. Maybe it's a bad battery. Go to sprint and ask them to try another battery. I don't know why your battery would do that. Good luck
I had this issue!
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I had a fully rooted evo, themed, etc. So I am a noob to the Epic but not android or working with app's etc. I did a search of the forum and I did not see anything that related to the exact issue I am having.
All of a sudden, about an hour ago, my phone just started telling me my battery is at 0%, I did a battery pull and it put me at like 80% (which makes sense, I charged it all night). I have it plugged into my work computer at the moment to give it some "juice" but even that is not allowing my phone to turn on for more than the boot screen loading up to homescreen, then immediately powering off.
I have not downloaded anything new on my phone, I have not attempted to root this phone, nothing special at all.
A couple of times when it HAS come to the homescreen those few seconds, there is a strange dark grey rectangle on my screen and it says "relaunch me" with an emoticon above it (in the box but above the words).
I think that may be a widget alert for my digital time widget but I can't say for sure.
So out of this long-winded explanation I'm basically trying to figure out wth made my battery just give out? And even charging it is not helping.
No I have not dropped it nor dropped anything on it either.
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I had this same problem, I went to sprint and they swapped out battery, charger, and cable and all is well now! been working fine ever since....
I believe I caused the issue through odining a bunch of times and unplugging and replugging! but my phone would give me a yellow exclamation mark! and say something like can't charge battery!
Looks like I'm going to have to take it to the Sprint store. I just tried another Samsung cable for my sisters epic 4g to make sure and it's doing same thing. Thank you for the responses.
*fingers crossed*
If you are still by your sister, try her battery. That will eliminate another possible item (you might also try your battery in her Epic)
George
I had similar issues and had to get a replacement (under warranty). I think it was one of the copper battery connectors coming lose (on the phone side) it was sticking out noticeably compared to the other one. It eventually wouldn't turn on at all, plugged in or not. I'd back up what you can and go visit Mr. Sprint.
My Epic has the same problem... it would just turn off. Now the screen won't turn back on after timing out while charging, i have to unplug it then hit the power button multiple times.
Hey guys.
Had a weird thing happen with my G2. It seemed to have rebooted on its own, then it was OK for a few hours. However now I'm looking at a G2 that won't even turn on.
I did the whole nine yards, switched batteries, manually charged the battery, used a different charged battery, made sure the USB cable is plugged in with my charger.
The part that bothers me though is that even if I plug the charger cable in, no light comes on indicating it's charging. I did use those Chicotech batteries and I did notice that whenever I pulled the battery out, the battery contacts on the phone side looked a little bent. However, I haven't touched the battery in several days, and the phone was working just fine.
If it's an issue with the contacts (which I suspect it is), I'll probably have to do a warranty replacement. I purchased that "extended" warranty plan, so I should be good, only problem is I don't know if I want to turn my phone in. Will they care that I rooted the thing? I'll probably switch out the miniSDHC card that's in there, but since I can't unroot the phone (because the damn thing won't turn on) I just want to make sure nobody will be asking me questions.
exchange it , they wont know
Alright guys after having a problem with my first Atrix, it was unfixable, but it was okay because I got myself a replacement.
So I got home and plugged it into the Wall Charger for an hour and it charged to 100%.
After that I plugged it into my computer, I was surprised that the phone just shut itself straight off. I ignored it and turned it back on. I then noticed that the phone could not sync to my computer no matter what I did. It doesn't even charge, like my first one. It does however show a solid green led. My first Motorola synced right away when I plugged it into my computer.
Are these phones really this defective? I'm probably going for another phone if I can't fix this one. Any help guys? Nothing was installed on the phone except my blur account. I have Moto Media Link and Helper installed on my Windows.
Do you have the latest and greatest USB drivers installed for the Atrix?
I believe this may be your problem!
I got them here.
http://www.motorola.com/Support/US-...tware_and_Drivers/USB-and-PC-Charging-Drivers
I did not download the PC Charging Drivers though.
Edit: How is it possible that I get two defectives in a row?
I always talk **** about my iPhone and now I take it all back. Haha. Seems like whenever something goes wrong with my iPhone I can always just hard reset it or restore it and it's good as new. This phone seems unfixable even after factory resets and battery removal trick.
The phone is now showing the same symptoms as my old phone and it's just an matter of time before the battery runs out and the phone is left nonchargeable. The battery is stuck at 90% for some reason and won't go down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1149451
I hate that AT&T doesn't carry any better phones than the Atrix at Bestbuy.
Update 2: Got a second replacement in the same day. Working as intended. For now.
So yesterday my phone worked great. I work outside for the most part. It rained its ass off. Phone did not get wet that im aware of. no water drops or anything on it. Had it inside my waterproof jacket. This was early morning..10am or so. I get home from work around 7pm. Phone still works. battery is getting very low though. At 8pm phone reboots..which it randomly does sometimes. I set it down, come back to it awhile later and realize it never came back on. Figured the battery was completely drained past 5%. plugged it into stock charger (not stock cable though but a highend cable still). Phone wouldnt boot up or power on or even show any signs of life. Tried other cables, charges, USB ports on computer, even car charger. Nothing. Set it on charge over night. Still not even a LED blink. Set it on car charger all day while at work. Not even a blink. I took it apart (taken many phones apart in my time haha) disconnected battery and plugged it in...nothing. tried power/volume down, power/volume up, all 3 buttons. held all button combos for over a minute. Still nothing at all. I have a new battery on order that I can slap in there and see if the battery is just completely shot but does anyone else have any ideas on what i can do to get it up and running again? Already had to buy a new phone G3! because i HAVe to have one for work. So i want to get this one working again so i have a backup in case this ever happens again.
Thanks for any and all help
Have you tried to enter download mode?
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Have you tried to enter download mode?
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tried to enter download mode, recovery mode, every mode i know of. with no luck.
and forgot to mention. when plugged into computer the computer does not notice anything has been plugged in at all. no sound at all. nothing under device manager
well i got the new battery in. didnt work. still no power at all. anyone else know of something i can try? i know the screen isnt dead because it would still give out sound when turned on or vibrate. but that doesnt happen either. is there some other thing i could test? how would i test the motherboard? power button?
This sounds like exactly what happened to my phone about two weeks ago. Phone was randomly rebooting one morning in strange intervals. Once or twice an hour at first, then more often as the day progressed. By the end of the day the phone wouldn't even turn on anymore. I had thought it was the battery as well but after bringing in to an electronics repair shop, it was diagnosed as a bad motherboard and the guy quoted me $130 to replace it. Considering you can buy the D800 off contract brand new for about $220 off the internet, I declined. I'm still really upset about it. I had already had it replaced by AT&T while it was under warranty. However, now my warranty has expired. I really liked the phone overall but now I'm not so sure I trust LG's hardware.
I'm using my brother's old iphone 4 now and it drives me flippin' crazy. I want to get a new phone as soon as possible but I don't know what to get. I'm so torn on the whole issue. Was thinking about the S6 but I've had bad luck with samsung in the past as well. I'd get a newer iphone but ios is so lame compared to Android. I hope you find a better solution than I did. :crying:
Download mode and rom flash?
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