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I already posted this in Q&A, but I thought it would get noticed more in this section.
Ok I believe my phone is "Hard Bricked", because it doesn't power up at all. The Green led light will show if i take the battery out and plug it into the computer. This happened as was trying to start the process to unlock my bootloader. I was using RSDlite, loading the "zomgunlock" sbf file, put my phone into rsd mode plugged it in, pressed start and next thing i know it turned off and won't turn back on. Can someone help me?
ninjajtm said:
I already posted this in Q&A, but I thought it would get noticed more in this section.
Ok I believe my phone is "Hard Bricked", because it doesn't power up at all. The Green led light will show if i take the battery out and plug it into the computer. This happened as was trying to start the process to unlock my bootloader. I was using RSDlite, loading the "zomgunlock" sbf file, put my phone into rsd mode plugged it in, pressed start and next thing i know it turned off and won't turn back on. Can someone help me?
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What version are you on? And can you boot in rsd?
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its version before 4.1.83, but i know i can't get to RSD or to get something showing on the screen
Was it low on charge?
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No its not from a low charge, it was on already 80%
Oh, does your phone get recognized when plugged into a cp?
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no it doesn't seem to be recognized, i tried doing the combos green led light on (volume up + power , etc.)
But the phone stays off?
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It stays off unless I take the battery out of the phone and hook it to the computer, that is when I get the green light indicator
Hi,
I am a NOOB but was reading another post that had a similar problem. Not sure how to make a link to it.
The issue the other fellow had was that when he plugged in to the USB port it was actually draining his battery rather than charging it.
There are specific drivers on the Moto website that you need for the computer to charge the phone.
The short way around it is to charge at the wall.
The title of the post I am referencing is "[SOLVED] Atrix will not power on, green light flashes, plugged in and.... nothing!" initially posted 24th Feb 2011 last post was today.
If your issue is more complicated than this then I apologise for wasting your time.
Worst case no further harm done.
I'm pretty sure my battery is pretty good atm but I'll try anything to get my atrix working again
That happened to me when I was trying to flash the unlock bootloader for mine. I'm using the Atrix on Orange running on U4_4.2.0. Completely bricked with the same green light but nothing happening. Told Orange and got a new one luckyly, next day!
Yea well im on my second from at&t bcuz of a hardware problem, unless I'm able to get a third one. .i ned to find out how to fix this, and the battery charger method didn't work for me
Sydpark said:
Hi,
I am a NOOB but was reading another post that had a similar problem. Not sure how to make a link to it.
The issue the other fellow had was that when he plugged in to the USB port it was actually draining his battery rather than charging it.
There are specific drivers on the Moto website that you need for the computer to charge the phone.
The short way around it is to charge at the wall.
The title of the post I am referencing is "[SOLVED] Atrix will not power on, green light flashes, plugged in and.... nothing!" initially posted 24th Feb 2011 last post was today.
If your issue is more complicated than this then I apologise for wasting your time.
Worst case no further harm done.
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USB port on a computer won't drain a connected device. Problem there was he was trying to charge a drained battery on USB 2.0 which doesn't supply enough power to charge properly. The solution to his problem was to charge with the proper Motorola AC wall charger.
Yea I know but I tried the fixes anyway since there was no harm
If it's an AT&T phone take it to a repair center and they will replace it if its less than 1 year old. You don't even need the crappy insurance.
I thought it's only me
I have same problem, googled it 2 days ago - noboday else reported it
same problem - flashed the unlock-able boot-loader - phone turn off, and died...
I progressed a bit more - after replacing battery with a fully charged one, just to find out it's not a battery issue - I prepared the "special cable" - pin 4 connected to VCC.
now - my phone does recognize my phone, as "APX". after providing drivers found in google - it now recognized as "NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices".
it doesn't really help, as RSDlite is still not recognizing it, and using NVflash - i get only errors...
I know - i didn't really helped to solve the problem, as I'm "stuck" with it too, just wanted to share my effort...
Tomer
henrys01 said:
If it's an AT&T phone take it to a repair center and they will replace it if its less than 1 year old. You don't even need the crappy insurance.
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Even though this is my second phone?
ninjajtm said:
Even though this is my second phone?
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The phone has a 1 year manufactures warranty.
o ok, thanks for letting me know
i have unlocked my atrix fine, then failed to flash gingerbread, and so tried to flash back to the original tmobile 2.2.2, but during the sbf flash through terminal, it just stopped dead, then after a while rebooted the phone, and now it does nothing. except the green charge light comes on when plugged in via usb. the power button appears to do nothing, so i cant boot back into fastboot or RSD. help pleeease XD
*EDIT* i have just rebooted with fastboot after many tries to boot failed 4, which is ok i can deal with that, but also "battery to low to flash"
is the phone charging when the green light is on, even when it cant boot? if so thats fine and i'll delete the thread. many thanks
ishamm said:
i have unlocked my atrix fine, then failed to flash gingerbread, and so tried to flash back to the original tmobile 2.2.2, but during the sbf flash through terminal, it just stopped dead, then after a while rebooted the phone, and now it does nothing. except the green charge light comes on when plugged in via usb. the power button appears to do nothing, so i cant boot back into fastboot or RSD. help pleeease XD
*EDIT* i have just rebooted with fastboot after many tries to boot failed 4, which is ok i can deal with that, but also "battery to low to flash"
is the phone charging when the green light is on, even when it cant boot? if so thats fine and i'll delete the thread. many thanks
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First Rule, always charge your battery to the full before flashing.
Second Rule, always read the instructions carefully beforehand. Most importantly the warnings.
Third Rule, always follow the steps exactly as described.
Fourth Rule, if u face any hiccups or problems please describe in detail. Which version of Atrix, which country, how were u flashing, how did u unlock, what steps did u follow.
tbh i didnt realise that the phone couldnt charge while in fast boot, never even crossed my mind to check. im ok getting the phone out of RSD etc, and am aware of all the warnings, i suppose the real issue here is that when i plug the phone in, it boots up to the fail to boot/RSD screen, and wont charge. is there any way i can force it not to try to boot? thanks
Unfortunately, this sounds like the classic bricking situation. However, more details are required to be sure. To start:
What GB file did you use to upgrade from froyo?
What exactly is your error message?
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Buy an external battery charger so you can charge your battery. You can still flash ROMs when you have a fully charge battery using RSD Lite.
i tried to upgrade to GB with an orange sbf, since it seems from other forums tmobile people had had success with it. for whatever reason mine failed at the end, leaving me with RSD mode, then when i tried to flash back to the tmobile sbf from the Original sbf thread, the process just stopped part way through (it had worked fine before, with the same method) and again left me with RSD, but with low charge this time. is there no way around this without buying a charging station? i'd like to save money if possible, and with shipping the phone would be out of action for days, not ideal, though of course if its between that and an argument with tmobile about unlocking/waranty, i'll spend the £20 XD thanks
ishamm said:
i tried to upgrade to GB with an orange sbf, since it seems from other forums tmobile people had had success with it. for whatever reason mine failed at the end, leaving me with RSD mode, then when i tried to flash back to the tmobile sbf from the Original sbf thread, the process just stopped part way through (it had worked fine before, with the same method) and again left me with RSD, but with low charge this time. is there no way around this without buying a charging station? i'd like to save money if possible, and with shipping the phone would be out of action for days, not ideal, though of course if its between that and an argument with tmobile about unlocking/waranty, i'll spend the £20 XD thanks
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If you have a spare USB cable you can use it to charge the battery. Search on YouTube for how to charge any phone without a charger
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do you mean charging with a stripped down usb cable? would that not cause the phone to still boot up? the videos i have seen before clamp the wires between the battery and phone terminals, i would of thought this would make the phone boot as it is, without charging since i only have RSD mode? if im wrong, thatd be great, but if not ive found a battery only charger for £0.99 XD
ishamm said:
do you mean charging with a stripped down usb cable? would that not cause the phone to still boot up? the videos i have seen before clamp the wires between the battery and phone terminals, i would of thought this would make the phone boot as it is, without charging since i only have RSD mode? if im wrong, thatd be great, but if not ive found a battery only charger for £0.99 XD
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from what i remember someone posting who was in your situation, they did this and it gave their battery a charge. it's worth a try right?
I flashed my Defy with a custom ROM months ago and never had a problem. I left my phone for a few days and it's completely drained of its battery. I try to charge it using my USB cable connected to my PC, but the Defy doesn't show the animation where the battery is shown being charged; just the white LED and a black screen. When I hit the power button, it shows "bootloader 09.10, battery low cannot program". I know I flashed my phone correctly and have no idea why this screen is being shown. I didn't try to charge via wall outlet, I'm currently on vacation and only brought the USB cable with me. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: My phone is a regular MB525, flashed with with a custom Gingerbread that was posted in this very forum. On my PC the model reads MB526...
Once battery is fully drained occassionally Defy takes time to even boot up. So leave it in that state (Connected to USB ) for couple of hours and try again.
Tried and didn't work, I'm hoping plugging into the AC charger will fix this...though that won't be happening for another week..
Have you the possibility to try the battery in another defy or to use another battery?
Not until about a week..
Don't worry, your Defy will get charged when connected to wall plug.
Mine was the same situation as it won't charge on total empty battery over USB port.
But it charging normally as soon as I plug it to wall charger.
just make sure you don't flash it with any SBF!
OP! i had exact same problem and it snowballed into something huge. It started same as you did, my fone ran out of juice as I was in my office and I couldn't get USB port to charge it, all I had was white LED and black screen in my office. So, at home i plugged it into wall charger for 5 or more hours and I still couldn't see the battery that shows its charging, I tried a different wall charger and still same results.
Then my phone begin to atleast fired up in wall charger but got stuck in Moto M logo. I could only access bootloader and not the Boot recovery for some reason. I been stuck here since, my battery was fully charged externally and yet nothing, I even tried every combo (SIM in, SIM out, SD Card in, SD Card Out) etc but I couldn't get into boot recovery so I could just hard reset my Defy. I could only access the bootloader.
At that point I flashed by Defy with 2.1 SBF's like 7 of them with same results, no matter what SBF file I successfully flashed with I could for the life of me get into boot recovery.
Now, i am just sick and tired and hate Defy because its effed up. I am taking it to the shop i purchased it from tomorrow.
i guess im having almost the same problem.
my defy doesnt boot, only shows the white LED.
it is recognised by the RSD, but nothing happens.
cant boot, doesnt show anything on the screen.
what should I do?
macgyver is not working either
I had a similar issue and I used the macgyver trick and flashed a new sbf. The rom you are using possibly doesn't support charging in the off state.
Sent from my CM9 Defy
as a total android/motorola user
and i appear to be having the same issue, bootloader only!!
Could i ask what and where is the official unmodified rom for this phone.
Thank you.
Cornz
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Meant to put "beginner" or "newbi" or "noob"...
I am somewhat pleased to report that a mains powered charger seems to be charging the phone...
Did the mains powered battery charger solved your problem?
I have to fix my girlfriend phone that seems to have the same issue.
Could you post the model or a link to the model of battery charger you have used?
effepas said:
Did the mains powered battery charger solved your problem?
I have to fix my girlfriend phone that seems to have the same issue.
Could you post the model or a link to the model of battery charger you have used?
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It was a standard mains charger.......Cheapo from the market...
cornz said:
It was a standard mains charger.......Cheapo from the market...
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Thank you for your help.
Unfortunately that solution didn't fix the battery problem... and also the McGyver method didn't work.
I'm afraid that my girlfriend will need a new battery.
She was using an aged MIUI rom (more or less six months old). After the battery replacement should I have to flash the stock Froyo CEE rom via RSD or do you think that the will works again?
Did u fixed the problem ? How ?
I`m in same posture...
I'm still in the same situation. The battery is on stuck at 5%, even if I change the one I own with another one. I can't flash via RSD and I don't know how to fix this problem.
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effepas said:
I'm still in the same situation. The battery is on stuck at 5%, even if I change the one I own with another one. I can't flash via RSD and I don't know how to fix this problem.
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Are you SURE the macgyver hack was done right? Did you use a usb port of a powered usb hub????
Sorry to ask but getting the wires to hold in place was difficult and if the usb port cant provide enough power then the macgyver hack wont work IME....
cornz said:
Are you SURE the macgyver hack was done right? Did you use a usb port of a powered usb hub????
Sorry to ask but getting the wires to hold in place was difficult and if the usb port cant provide enough power then the macgyver hack wont work IME....
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Sorry for the delay, buddy, I tried a different times and I asked also to another friend to try, as double control, but it didn't work.
Actually I send the phone to the assistance center... and I'm keeping my finger crossed.
effepas said:
Sorry for the delay, buddy, I tried a different times and I asked also to another friend to try, as double control, but it didn't work.
Actually I send the phone to the assistance center... and I'm keeping my finger crossed.
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Damn, that's a shame...Hopefully its just a corrupt rom, the new boot loader is brick-proof I believe.
I rooted mine after upgrading and its a cracking little android phone...Actually, it doesn't get used as a phone, but a portable computer/gps.
Hey guys, Im trying to fix this mt4g for a friend.. It wont boot, I cant get into hboot or recovery, all it does is flash the LED. I have read post saying its because I was unsuccessful at loading bootloader, however it doesn't vibrate like the others are saying. I left the battery out for a couple hours along with sd and sim, also tried charging through the night... I cannot figure this one out, also, the computer will not recognize any new hardware or drivers. Is this phone bricked beyond repair?
I put the battery on my battery charger and let the battery charge outside of the phone now when I put the battery in the phone and plug it in to the computer, the red LED comes on and stays on, along with a red glow on the trackpad... Anyone know what to do?
Blinking LED is either the battery is charging to at least one percent, or you didn't press the right button combo to boot into bootloader. Power + Volume Down is bootloader, Volume up will give you three vibrates and a flashing LED, where you will have to pull your battery.
Thanks, I cant get the phone to do anything... I plug it in with the battery in, without pushing any buttons and the LED comes on and the IR trackpad light comes on... It wont respond to anything, no drivers popup.. Is there anyway to recover a bricked mt4g? Im new to it, as I have an Evo and have never had anything like this occur with all the evos i've flashed and rooted... If someone knows anyway to fix this feel free to give input..
Thanks everyone!
ya .. mine is doing the samething.
I just try to turn it on and I get one vibrate ... nothing else
I hit down and power and I get one vibrate .. nothing else
I hit up and power I get 3 fast vibrates and a flashing orange led ... I try to plug the USB here and I get 3 fast beeps on the comp
I hit up and down vol and power I get 5 fast vibrates with a solid green led and noting else... usb again beeps 3 times on the comp
neither will recognize the usb and I have reinstalled the drivers .. and of course none will work with adb either.
I think we are screwed really ... but maybe someone knows something i dont on this here. Thanks for any help.
if you fix your phone. let me know
dragon_usa said:
if you fix your phone. let me know
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ya .. no luck so far ..I have tried a lot .. different drivers .. HTC sync .. etc.
I have tried different button pushes .. usb ports .. wont work in adb .. nothing is doing anything.
all I hear thru my speakers when I plug it in is that damn the fast 3 beeps .. ike a "hell no go F yourself you arent connecting it"
and there isnt a lot of info online bout this .. other than some others have the same LED blinking and stuff .. I still dont know what the different LED modes mean.
so IM screwed .. BUT I am getting an LG G2X as an alternate exchange thru T-Mobile warranty though. goodbye mytouch 4G Hello to G2X AND Galaxy S II(bought) .. fun times!
I found a thread somewhere, not sure where but it said that if you cant get anything and the infra-red on the touch sensor is lit the phone is completely bricked!
Its not bricked. Somethign is wacky with the phone, mine has done it and thats why im trying to find out what the hell is going on. My phone acts like its completely dead. This post migt end up being really long.
Ok, i notices this, i used my phone as a wifi hot spot. Turned it off. Left my phone alone, i then put it on charge and went to sleep. Woke up looked at the battery, no color other than the lighting bolt. Unplugged it then went off. Pluged charger back in and orange led flashes. Tried to get into recovery nothing. Tried to power it on, nothing, tried the volume down and power, three vibrations. Ok then i decided to take out the battery in and out, didnt work, tried leaving the battery out for a few minutes, then put it back in, same. Took out memory card, sim card. Then plugged in the charger. Let it sit for awhile then it works. I notice if you dont use the orginal charger that may also be the problem. I dont have my orginal but i used a walmart charger and seems like a super charger and some how charged my battery enough to be booted up, i daily use a charger that i found with the same connection x-( , that could be the problem. I dunno what makes this happen but it happened to me at least three times. I kinda figure the battery or the emmc chip is involved, could be the hotspot, could be anything, but we dont have enough evidence to figure it out, ill try to post what my battery usage on here. I use cm7 and it only happens when i use it. I tried all other roms but no repeats. That was my story.
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Strapt said:
ya .. mine is doing the samething.
I just try to turn it on and I get one vibrate ... nothing else
I hit down and power and I get one vibrate .. nothing else
I hit up and power I get 3 fast vibrates and a flashing orange led ... I try to plug the USB here and I get 3 fast beeps on the comp
I hit up and down vol and power I get 5 fast vibrates with a solid green led and noting else... usb again beeps 3 times on the comp
neither will recognize the usb and I have reinstalled the drivers .. and of course none will work with adb either.
I think we are screwed really ... but maybe someone knows something i dont on this here. Thanks for any help.
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I have done all these as well, and still unable to get past the black screen, or acheive bootloader as well. I have even left the battery out for a couple of hours, and still no different. Going to try recharging the battery once more, and some other things.
As for adb it is of no help as of now. I keep getting an error saying no device found. Has anyone found a way past this yet, to try rebooting through adb?
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After trying to replace files on the sdcard I was not able to get past this issue. Also spoke with tech support, and was not able to get anywhere with their help. After speaking with them, I have come to conclusion the is bricked. I still cannot figure out what caused the phone to do this I broke down and sending it out to be replaced. Thankfully I have the insurance so I don't have to pay anything for the replacement.
Apparently its not bricked cause I'm still using mine. Try a different charger probly a stronger one like walmarts. I think the battery has a fart and is messed up for a little when it doesn't have a good charge
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tnt8902 said:
Apparently its not bricked cause I'm still using mine. Try a different charger probly a stronger one like walmarts. I think the battery has a fart and is messed up for a little when it doesn't have a good charge
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I have done this, fully charged it twice, and no change for me. I am glad it worked out for you.
Its not bricked.
Download the stock rom, and put that .zip in the root of your SD card. Put it in, press Power + Volume DOWN and wait for the bootloader. Once it boots, it should recognize the .zip and ask if you want to update it, run the update and your phone will be at stock again. Then root again, install Clockwork, and hopefully you backed up your ROM. This won't effect S-OFF, but you will have to run VisionARY again to get root permissions to run clockwork.
Hope this Helps.
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I am too having this problem
just blink orange
can't access bootloader or any else....
I too had this problem not too long ago. My power button wouldn't work though... I just connected via USB to my computer with the battery out, put it back in while connected and it turned on. Maybe I'm just lucky but give it a try
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I tried to go back to stock while on gingerbread boot loaders were installed. got just a black screen no button combos work jig doesnt work is there any way to fix it without taking it apart and doing the unbrickable mod?
There's no power when trying to plug it in to the charger?
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When plugged in to charger it gets warm like it should when it charges but that's all. No lights or anything.
connexion2005
-PM this guy, he's the only one who can really help you right now. I believe your bootloader got messed up.