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[Q] Red light always on

The notification light has come on on my defy and is ,stuck on red, it got a little damp in some rain, but its got wetter h previously, all the ports have been closed. Any ideas?

It will go off by itself same happen here.
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How long did it take for your light to go out? My defy has been showing a dull red glow now for just over a week, and that's regardless of weather our not the phone is on or off, when the phone is powered down the dull red glow is still there.
the only way to stop it is to remove the battery.

Odd. Didn't.notice prob a week.or so. Sorry to hear bout it. Try.leaving the batt off for a few.ours
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Same thing there
Hi, I got the same problem after a day at the pool with it.. some water but very few entered in, i think its the steam.. how about your phone now ? is it working well ?
Regards

gplock said:
It will go off by itself same happen here.
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8 months on and the red light is still constantly on, all be it a very dim glow even when the phne is off, it comes on as soon as a battery is inserted. All from dropping the phone into a muddy puddle, with all covers on/sealed.
appart form that all is working well.

2Pints said:
8 months on and the red light is still constantly on, all be it a very dim glow even when the phne is off, it comes on as soon as a battery is inserted. All from dropping the phone into a muddy puddle, with all covers on/sealed.
appart form that all is working well.
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I`m have the same problem and don`t get solution yet HELP

The light came up again as well n hasn't left. Could B worse.. so sad.
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Questions go in the Q&A section

May be your proximity sensor is gone
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^ how do I check that. ? Please n thank u.
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When you do a call, is your screen getting locked and you cant unlock the screen till the call ends
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Nope. None of that.
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MT4G Dead?

Phone vibrates 5 times and has a green LED light that stays on. I was running Dark Unicorn v2 before this. It was on Safe Mode. I rebooted into recovery, and now the phone vibrates 5 times and a green light appears. VOL DOWN + POWER does not do anything besides that green-light five-vibration thingy.
Any ideas?

From what I read before, it's not dead. It put itself on some kind of mode. I don't remember where I read about this but let me do a quick search. In the mean time, have you tried adb?
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siloner said:
From what I read before, it's not dead. It put itself on some kind of mode. I don't remember where I read about this but let me do a quick search. In the mean time, have you tried adb?
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I've been reading a lot about it. There was something called safe mode. From what I've read, it seems to be a problem with my volume button (perhaps the phone believe the volume up button is being pressed).
I cannot use ADB as the computer does not detect the phone/SD.

Does your volume up button feel like it's going out? Also try a battery pull then Vol down + power
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siloner said:
Does your volume up button feel like it's going out? Also try a battery pull then Vol down + power
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "going out", but from the outside there doesn't seem to be anything physically wrong with it. I also never had any problems with it while I was using the phone normally.
The battery pull and VOL DOWN + POWER gives me five vibrations, and then a permanent green LED. I can't get the phone exchanged because I'm in India, and my warranty has already expired.

Well sorry but I'm out of ideas man. I'll keep searching for an answer and if I find something I'll let you know. Hopefully someone else sees this and has a solution
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Your emmc chip has died this happened to me a while back that's all it has nothing to do with the buttons. I had mine for only a month and it happened to me so you will need another phone its nothing you can do with that device now
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tvotony said:
Your emmc chip has died this happened to me a while back that's all it has nothing to do with the buttons. I had mine for only a month and it happened to me so you will need another phone its nothing you can do with that device now
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Thank you for the information. Guess there's really nothing I can do to save my phone then...
Well, at least I will be out of the T-Mobile contract in February. Then I can get a new phone, and use a temporary crappy one until then.

DKMikey said:
Thank you for the information. Guess there's really nothing I can do to save my phone then...
Well, at least I will be out of the T-Mobile contract in February. Then I can get a new phone, and use a temporary crappy one until then.
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If you have insurance they will replace it I used to have this phone back when I was a tester for team royal back in the glory day of this device
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This happened to me and I kept trying to boot into clockworkmod recovery. No matter what I did, it wanted to either do as you stated above or it would immediately try to load off the sd card my pd15img. I simply turned off the phone, pulled the sd card out, and when the phone went to the hboot screen with a volume up and power, or volume down, I then put the sd card back in and selected recovery. I don't know if this is what's wrong with yours, but I definitely had that 5 vibration flashing light issue.
V/R
Tony
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tony6083 said:
This happened to me and I kept trying to boot into clockworkmod recovery. No matter what I did, it wanted to either do as you stated above or it would immediately try to load off the sd card my pd15img. I simply turned off the phone, pulled the sd card out, and when the phone went to the hboot screen with a volume up and power, or volume down, I then put the sd card back in and selected recovery. I don't know if this is what's wrong with yours, but I definitely had that 5 vibration flashing light issue.
V/R
Tony
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If you can get to the hboot screen you should load the pd15img. It would hopefully start you over un rooted
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What does the phone do when its plugged in? I only ask because mine was doing this same thing and it turns out it was a problem with my battery. I got a new one from Ebay for about 5 bucks but I also convinced T-Mobile that it was my phone and got it replaced. I had Insurance on it of course.

DKMikey said:
Phone vibrates 5 times and has a green LED light that stays on. I was running Dark Unicorn v2 before this. It was on Safe Mode. I rebooted into recovery, and now the phone vibrates 5 times and a green light appears. VOL DOWN + POWER does not do anything besides that green-light five-vibration thingy.
Any ideas?
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I had that happen once also, I did the following and it booted up.
1) take battery out for at least 15min, (I don't know why, but it worked)
2) then do the volume-down+ power it should come right back up.
3) If I remember right, the battery that was in the unit giving me problems, was less than 20%, that very well could have been the real issue. Find a way to charge the battery then pull it.

TheAxman said:
I had that happen once also, I did the following and it booted up.
1) take battery out for at least 15min, (I don't know why, but it worked)
2) then do the volume-down+ power it should come right back up.
3) If I remember right, the battery that was in the unit giving me problems, was less than 20%, that very well could have been the real issue. Find a way to charge the battery then pull it.
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1 + 2 tried, but didn't work.
Maybe I will try it with a new battery. Thanks for the information guys!
Edit: I do not have insurance (1 year is done)

The PD15IMG I had on my card was the original stock Ginger bread I think and I would had to have re-rooted.
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fried eMMC on MyTouch 4G
I'm also having this issue, got confirmed that my MT4G is dead, but I got it revived using this method here, it is not intended for MT4G, but i got it working...I temporarily using it, while waiting for fix (if there is any) and finding mainboard for my device.

chleoj said:
I'm also having this issue, got confirmed that my MT4G is dead, but I got it revived using this method here, it is not intended for MT4G, but i got it working...I temporarily using it, while waiting for fix (if there is any) and finding mainboard for my device.
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Problem is, my phone doesn't even go into recovery...or hboot.

Any solutions yet? I've been reading this and have done everything here.
I've bought myself a new replacement battery off eBay. Charged it over night and still nothing. Powering up the phone, it vibrates. After powering up the phone and left it on for 5 min, I waited to see if it'll recognize my phone through the computer so I can check if it's the phone or the lcd, but still nothing. Any suggestion will be really grateful! And I have no insurance. Bought it used over Craigslist.
Sorry, I'm not trying to jack anyone's thread. Just didn't want to start a new one with almost the same problem.

I think your volume button is stuck was reading somewhere that someone fixed it by taking his volume button apart and it was stuck pressing up I think and that's y it was doing that not sure if this would help u at all but you might wanna try that
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29650107
Read that post it shows that the volume up button is stuck. The vibrations happens to me to if I power my phone down and then hold the up button and try and power on so I think that's the cause of all this
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[Q] Screen Lines Problem

this phone never drop before but this lines just appear out of nowhere on the screen and it multiplies in the next day and so on...
is it a hardware problem or is it i installed something that my screen will be like this...
Please help...
Thank you...

Is this only when you turn your phone on? If not, then try to flash a new splash screen and boot animation
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N_otori0us_ said:
Is this only when you turn your phone on? If not, then try to flash a new splash screen and boot animation
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Thank you for the reply...
I searched about the splash screen and about the boot animation...
based from what I understand it will only change the welcome screen?
because in my home screen is also like this with lines..
correct me if im wrong thank you

Dude that's your device I guess. Did you press hard on that area? It happened to a laptop of mines before.
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N_otori0us_ said:
Is this only when you turn your phone on? If not, then try to flash a new splash screen and boot animation
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Dude that's your device I guess. Did you press hard on that area? It happened to a laptop of mines before.
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I dont remember that i press it too hard... But why they keep on adding each day...

On my laptop on got frustrated and pressed really good on it and the lines showed up. And it yeah they multiplied. I'm outta ideas to fix it. Maybe get into recovery and see if the lines are still there.
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This might be caused by either connecting Ur phone to a faulty charger or a faulty laptop(power surge). It happened to me once. By then I was using a Nokia e75. And I was charging it at a friend's place.it was connected to his laptop which was using a charger which had a low voltage than what the pc needed, whenever the laptop was disconnected from the power source it just goes off, reason being the charger is unable to charge the battery. So the electricity went off and came back and before I realized, there was that line on the screen. It was just a line at first but continued to spread. So I guess u have to change the screen or LCD .
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Hard bricked Nexus 7 Screen not working,

Device : Nexus 7
Running : Android 4.1.2 Rooted
Problem : I was trying to unroot it and flash a 4.2.2 ROM to the device and i ended up bricking it somehow. I looked around a lot on here and youtube. I found one solution i had not tried which was to get into recovery mod. But the device was stuck on the boot loaded. So i hard shut it down, and pressed the key combination to load the boot loader. And, the screen wasn't loading. I heard the little chimes my computer makes when ever a USB device is active, so i heard the thing load into the boot loader. But its not showing on the screen!
Please help i really shouldn't have done this. But i am literally about to cry.
I tried using Wugfresh's Nexus toolkit to flash the ROM, and it would stop on sending system.
I dont know if i did something wrong, if the kernel was messed up, if the kit wasnt right, please as the video said there is 4 million members here. someone has to know what to do...
-Sean

That is not the bootloader. You need to have your device disconnected from your pc. Then go to your bootloader.
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graydiggy said:
That is not the bootloader. You need to have your device disconnected from your pc. Then go to your bootloader.
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Okay. I disconnected it and started the tree button combination.
Annnnd Nothing is happening.
Should i try plugging it into the wall outlet?

Volume up and power. Its not a 3 button combo.
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graydiggy said:
Volume up and power. Its not a 3 button combo.
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I feel kind of stupid.
Nope. Not working. And its not the battery. its plugged into the wall.
Just a noob guess, Is it possible the device isnt even using the display? Like its so messed up that its per say not even realizing it has a screen?

Try volume down and power. It is possible that the screens flex cable came loose. Pop the back off and check. You should be getting some visual queue. If all else fails hold the power button for awhile. Like around 15 to 20 seconds. I have had to do that a few times. That should fix it.
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graydiggy said:
Try volume down and power. It is possible that the screens flex cable came loose. Pop the back off and check. You should be getting some visual queue. If all else fails hold the power button for awhile. Like around 15 to 20 seconds. I have had to do that a few times. That should fix it.
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OKay. Whats the best tool i should use to get it open?
Also thank you so much for your help.

You can use a fingernail really. The best thing is a plastic spuger. A guitar pic works nicely. Just start at the bottom and work your way around.
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Have you dropped the device at all or sat on it? If you are getting no visual queues, either you have a loos flex cable, or the lcd is cracked or just non functional all together. The best way to check that is to shine a flashlight at an angle into your screen. Look for any odd lines that have a slight or significant curve to them.
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You can use a fingernail really. The best thing is a plastic spuger. A guitar pic works nicely. Just start at the bottom and work your way around.
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Have you dropped the device at all or sat on it? If you are getting no visual queues, either you have a loos flex cable, or the lcd is cracked. The best way to check that is to shine a flashlight at an angle into your screen. Look for any odd lines that have a slight or significant curve to them.
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Assuming i found the right cable which was under a copper shielding that was running up from the metal frame under the battery. It was yellow.
It was tucked all the way in.
I didnt see any cracks or lines. I did sit on my pillow was under it.

That could possibly break the device. I just recently broke mine the other day in similar circumstances. The cable is right by the battery on the right. Should be almost centered by the batt.
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graydiggy said:
That could possibly break the device. I just recently broke mine the other day in similar circumstances. The cable is right by the battery on the right. Should be almost centered by the batt.
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Oh. But it was working the other day. Does it just do that?
and Yes i got the right cable. So what can i do now? It was rooted so i cant send it back, Is there anything i could do?

You technically could send it back... They can't confirm it is rooted unless you unlock the bootloader and the little lock thing shows up on the splash screen. And since your screen doesn't work, they can't see it unless they test the device after replacing the screen assuming they don't replace the whole unit. But I don't know their procedures. Most companies just replace the whole thing. The screen shouldn't just go out. Not saying it doesn't happen, but it shouldn't.
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You technically could send it back... They can't confirm it is rooted unless you unlock the bootloader and the little lock thing shows up on the splash screen. And since your screen doesn't work, they can't see it unless they test the device after replacing the screen assuming they don't replace the whole unit. But I don't know their procedures. Most companies just replace the whole thing. The screen shouldn't just go out. Not saying it doesn't happen, but it shouldn't.
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Alright. Ill call Google in the morning. I actually was following a guide i saw on a google forums thing where it said to flash the ROM if its not updating as it should. Which is what was happening.

Seanwoodfin99 said:
Alright. Ill call Google in the morning. I actually was following a guide i saw on a google forums thing where it said to flash the ROM if its not updating as it should. Which is what was happening.
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Well good luck. Never thought one could fully brick a Nexus 7. From my understanding, it is damn near impossible. Tell them that you were updating to 4.2.2 and it won't boot up at all now. That should avoid them replacing the screen and checking everything ultimately getting you a whole new device. I know you said it's not the battery, but try charging it overnight and the try to boot it up. I have seen so many people think they bricked, but discovered later on down the line 'up to 6 months later' that their battery was just dead.
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graydiggy said:
Well good luck. Never thought one could fully brick a Nexus 7. From my understanding, it is damn near impossible. Tell them that you were updating to 4.2.2 and it won't boot up at all now. That should avoid them replacing the screen and checking everything ultimately getting you a whole new device. I know you said it's not the battery, but try charging it overnight and the try to boot it up. I have seen so many people think they bricked, but discovered later on down the line 'up to 6 months later' that their battery was just dead.
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Yep its charging now.
Ill call in the AM if its not going. I got a case number and everything and i have Asus's number.
But seriously thanks for all the help youve given me.

phone water damage

so my brother dropped his phone is water, we did the rice trick. about 5 days later we went to see it and it turned on. but it wont get pass the Samsung
Galaxy S4.
so i used odin to try and like restore the original os.
everything worked fine but the same thing happen.
i tried going into recovery mode but it wont load recovery .
now i'm just letting it sit there on the Samsung screen maybe its gonna take a while to start up idk.
So my question is what can i do to fix this. maybe you guys know something that can to make get passed this screen. or at least go into recovery because i think its not loading because i couldn't wipe the data and cache eta..... i think that why it wont boot up.
or maybe the phone is just messed up forever.

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so my brother dropped his phone is water, we did the rice trick. about 5 days later we went to see it and it turned on. but it wont get pass the Samsung
Galaxy S4.
so i used odin to try and like restore the original os.
everything worked fine but the same thing happen.
i tried going into recovery mode but it wont load recovery .
now i'm just letting it sit there on the Samsung screen maybe its gonna take a while to start up idk.
So my question is what can i do to fix this. maybe you guys know something that can to make get passed this screen. or at least go into recovery because i think its not loading because i couldn't wipe the data and cache eta..... i think that why it wont boot up.
or maybe the phone is just messed up forever.
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How are you trying to go into recovery?
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How are you trying to go into recovery?
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By Taking out the battery putting it back in and then holding the volume up button and the power button. It goes to the samsung galaxy s4 screen to say that the right booting recovery but then it just stays there doesn't do anything.
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Your suppose to hold volume up and power button and home button at the same time. When the small blue writing appears in the upper left corner let go of the power button only. Then when it enters recovery let the other two go.
Try that method.
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Your suppose to hold volume up and power button and home button at the same time. When the small blue writing appears in the upper left corner let go of the power button only. Then when it enters recovery let the other two go.
Try that method.
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Funny how people really believe that the home button needs to be pressed.

Well if you know better help the guy out. We are all here to help each other out not quote stupid comments. If I recall on xda rules if you have nothing good to say then keep it to yourself.
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Well if you know better help the guy out. We are all here to help each other out not quote stupid comments. If I recall on xda rules if you have nothing good to say then keep it to yourself.
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Well I tried what you said still didnt work... idk maybe ill just take it apart and see if theres still water inside
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bry2872 said:
Well I tried what you said still didnt work... idk maybe ill just take it apart and see if theres still water inside
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If you dont mind waiting instead of taking it apart place phone in rice for about 24 to 48 hours. Rice sucks moisture out of the phone. If thst dont help then you can consider taking apart.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
If you dont mind waiting instead of taking it apart place phone in rice for about 24 to 48 hours. Rice sucks moisture out of the phone. If thst dont help then you can consider taking apart.
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I put in rice already. But I'll put in rice agian when I get home. If it still dosent work then ill just take it apart.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
Well if you know better help the guy out. We are all here to help each other out not quote stupid comments. If I recall on xda rules if you have nothing good to say then keep it to yourself.
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You posted incorrect info. Its hold pwrand volume til it turns on, release pwr, keep holding volume until the blue words appear.
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