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This has happened once before, but just for a small amount of time to to the heat (I believe). The phone has been off for over and hour and refuses to turn on whether I hold down the volume button, don't hold down the volume button, or push the battery in at the exact time as I'm doing the other one or two. The splash screen flashed for half a second and immediately went back off when I plugged my evo charger, the usb part, into my portable ipod charger, so I believe this means there is still help available! Last time this happened, which was months ago, it seemed as if it just needed to cool down a bit, and my reading on the internet confirmed that the phones shut off when their batteries reach too high of temperatures. So what I did was wrap the phone and the battery, separately, in a large wash cloth and let them sit it the fridge for a little while. No luck, I'm running out of ideas (and I realize a ziplock bag may have been better but who cares). A few days ago I installed cm7gginggerbread7 (wimax) over cm7gingerbread2, but have not had any issues up until now and everything has run perfectly as well as smoothly. Is there any way I can turn my brick into a phone? Perhaps there's a way to adb something even though the phone wont boot (im a noob). I'm just pissed cuz I finally got every little thing exactly the way I wanted it, and now I'm stuck with a paperweight :/ I thank you for all your help, brave knights
It just suddenly shut off and won't turn back on?
And you weren't messing with anything?
If so, sounds like it's a hardware or battery issue.
Can you try a different battery?
Does the charging light come on when you plug it in? It could be a dead battery, and if the charging port is broke, it wont charge.
Otherwise, it seems like a hardware issue. I would take it to sprint, and they should be able to replace it for you.
sitlet said:
Does the charging light come on when you plug it in? It could be a dead battery, and if the charging port is broke, it wont charge.
Otherwise, it seems like a hardware issue. I would take it to sprint, and they should be able to replace it for you.
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But it has teh rootz!!!!!!!!!
Smash that mofo with a hammer and call Asurion!!!!!!
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matt2053 said:
But it has teh rootz!!!!!!!!!
Smash that mofo with a hammer and call Asurion!!!!!!
jk
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If they can't get it to power on then it really doesn't matter if it's rooted or not because they won't be able to find out.
Well I was messin with it a couple days ago, flashed gginggerbread6 w/ wimax over gginggerbread2 after wiping cache and dalvik and of course making a nandroid. I was thinking of smashing it but I've gotten everything they way I want it for the thousandth time. I'm also reluctant to do it because this issue has resolved itself in the past, albeit a tad quicker. For christ's sake, it even fixed itself for half a second this time, just enough to show me the splash screen lol. I'm very gentle with my evo and have never had any problems that weren't easily resolved with a little bit of work. I guess I could smash it until it works, and then if it ends up breaking then I win either way, but I'd really like to get my darling fixed. I know it's nothing compared to the cyanogenmod team, but I've flashed and flashed (almost always to cyanogenmod, what can I say it's perfect) and I have FINALLY got everything set up the way I wanted it, which includes manually going through and changing all the icons to custom pngs lol.
I guess I just don't understand why this would happen all of a sudden like this, I've onlu had it for three or four months, htc can't make that shotty of work can they? The other thing is I have a battery widget so as to make sure my battery does not get to hot, as well as having a setting in setcpu which stops overheating if it should ever occur. I really have a feeling it's something which can be fixed just because it has been magically fixed in the past and it was "fixed" for half a second today. Is there any way to adb into recovery even though the screen is black? Any suggestions help, I have important calls coming in as well as rather important calls to (hopefully) future employers. Of course I also don't want people to think that I am ignoring them, which isn't quite as bad but I still try to be as rude as possible :/
So...any ideas guys Don't wanna sound like I'm fishing for compliments, but you all are by far the best in the field. Keep up the good work (on my phone haha) Thanks so much for the advice you're going to give me on how to fix this up so I don't miss all my friends calls and texts until I get pissed off at. Later trooper
EDIT: Sry got block of text. tl/dr fix my evo that wont turn on asap thx
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Well I was messin with it a couple days ago, flashed gginggerbread6 w/ wimax over gginggerbread2 after wiping cache and dalvik and of course making a nandroid. I was thinking of smashing it but I've gotten everything they way I want it for the thousandth time. I'm also reluctant to do it because this issue has resolved itself in the past, albeit a tad quicker. For christ's sake, it even fixed itself for half a second this time, just enough to show me the splash screen lol. I'm very gentle with my evo and have never had any problems that weren't easily resolved with a little bit of work. I guess I could smash it until it works, and then if it ends up breaking then I win either way, but I'd really like to get my darling fixed. I know it's nothing compared to the cyanogenmod team, but I've flashed and flashed (almost always to cyanogenmod, what can I say it's perfect) and I have FINALLY got everything set up the way I wanted it, which includes manually going through and changing all the icons to custom pngs lol.
I guess I just don't understand why this would happen all of a sudden like this, I've onlu had it for three or four months, htc can't make that shotty of work can they? The other thing is I have a battery widget so as to make sure my battery does not get to hot, as well as having a setting in setcpu which stops overheating if it should ever occur. I really have a feeling it's something which can be fixed just because it has been magically fixed in the past and it was "fixed" for half a second today. Is there any way to adb into recovery even though the screen is black? Any suggestions help, I have important calls coming in as well as rather important calls to (hopefully) future employers. Of course I also don't want people to think that I am ignoring them, which isn't quite as bad but I still try to be as rude as possible :/
So...any ideas guys Don't wanna sound like I'm fishing for compliments, but you all are by far the best in the field. Keep up the good work (on my phone haha) Thanks so much for the advice you're going to give me on how to fix this up so I don't miss all my friends calls and texts until I get pissed off at. Later trooper
EDIT: Sry got block of text. tl/dr fix my evo that wont turn on asap thx
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If this occurred while you were NOT changing anything with the radio partition or recovery partition then it's not a brick issue.
Sounds like you have a hardware issue.
Take it to the store.
If you smash it you will be paying $100 to asurion for a replacement as Sprint changed the TEP again.
Just wondering was your battery completely dead before this happened. I have read some people here and other places have said that if the battery completely dies that it won't charge unless you put it on a actual battery charger made for it. Does the charge light come on when you plug it in? Also, like my friend before me said, take it to Sprint. Ask them if they have a battery you could try. If it doesn't work it will eliminate the battery being the issue. If it won't boot they will replace it. They won't be able to tell if it is rooted because it won't boot. If you were flashing a radio and didn't let it finish or the battery died during the process, you are bricked.
Does the charge light flash when plugged in?
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The light doesnt change
clean off the battery contacts
the same exact thing happened to me. i read in another post that the TP2 battery was a suitable replacement, so i checked the VDC and mA and they were exact and also the contacts were in the right place. (looks exactly like the evo batt just black instead of red in retrospect). It was a good call on the TP2 battery. My evos batt died on me tonight while it was charging. no light while plugged into OEM wall charger, no blinking, nothin, I wasnt even using it, never had a problem before. luckly i was just chargin up my old TP2 to give to my girlfriend. popped in that battery and the evo came right up. popped the evo battery in my TP2 and it appears to be charging. curiously the evo appears to be charging the tp2 batt now aswell. so i dont know what happened... one positive thing is that i know i have 2 batteries now. a negative is that my gf cant have my TP2 untill i get this sorted.
anyone have any insight as to what is goin on? or why this happened? if my charging port has gone bad why is the tp2 batt charging in the evo? and if the evo battery went bad why is it charging in the TP2?
i am using the stock sprint evo rom. not scared to root, just havent yet.
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the same exact thing happened to me. i read in another post that the TP2 battery was a suitable replacement, so i checked the VDC and mA and they were exact and also the contacts were in the right place. (looks exactly like the evo batt just black instead of red in retrospect). It was a good call on the TP2 battery. My evos batt died on me tonight while it was charging. no light while plugged into OEM wall charger, no blinking, nothin, I wasnt even using it, never had a problem before. luckly i was just chargin up my old TP2 to give to my girlfriend. popped in that battery and the evo came right up. popped the evo battery in my TP2 and it appears to be charging. curiously the evo appears to be charging the tp2 batt now aswell. so i dont know what happened... one positive thing is that i know i have 2 batteries now. a negative is that my gf cant have my TP2 untill i get this sorted.
anyone have any insight as to what is goin on? or why this happened? if my charging port has gone bad why is the tp2 batt charging in the evo? and if the evo battery went bad why is it charging in the TP2?
i am using the stock sprint evo rom. not scared to root, just havent yet.
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Take the original battery to sprint. Tell them the story and get a replacement, ask for some free accessory since you've helped them isolate a reliability issue.
LOL
There are two known issues with the Evo to be aware of. The first is the charging bug. If the Evo shuts off due to low battery level there is the possibility that the charging circuit fails to recognize the dead battery as even being there and will not charge. The workaround is to charge the dead battery in another compatible phone or use an external battery charger. This is supposed to be fixed in the next update but we'll see.
The second is the thermal sensor bug. The thermal cut off starts to trigger at lower and lower temps til even freezing the phone won't work. I thought the local service center was joking til I actually saw it reproduced. This is a hardware issue and the only fix is a replacement phone.
The first issue is intermittent but knowledgeable service centers are aware of this and will either charge the dead battery or swap out with a charged one.
The second issue is reproducible but can take some time to do so depending on how far off the sensor is. Again, knowledgeable service centers are aware of this and will want to reproduce it before ordering a replacement.
Not sure what technical thong is happening, but I do know I panicked when it happened to me, bit it turns out if you try to charge EVO from a USB port while its in the recovery mode it will eventually drain and **** off. I forgot I was on recovery mode and came back to what you described. After doing the swap with my GF's EVO and realizing my battery was fine, I remembered how I had left the phone in the first place and Googled it to confirm that will cause the dead EVO scare.
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This has happened to me twice, but since I was on the extended battery from sprint, I would just pop my stock battery in and it powered up fine. Each time I just brought my battery in to sprint and they replaced it. Also, when it happened to me the charging light wasn't turning on or anything.
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OK friends, same thing happening here to me today.
Here's my story: Last night, working fine, running stock turbo rom and netarchy cfs-havs-sbc-4.3.4 kernel for about a month, working great.
Used Kernel manager and flashed to cfs-suv-nohavs-nosbc and it was working great. Figured I didnt need the extra batter life/damage risk anymore. Went to sleep, phone on my bed.
Wake up today, phone is fully unresponsive. Take the battery out, put it back in, unresponsive. nothing whatsoever when holding down power, volume, etc.
When I plug it in, the orange battery led comes on and off.
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OK friends, same thing happening here to me today.
Here's my story: Last night, working fine, running stock turbo rom and netarchy cfs-havs-sbc-4.3.4 kernel for about a month, working great.
Used Kernel manager and flashed to cfs-suv-nohavs-nosbc and it was working great. Figured I didnt need the extra batter life/damage risk anymore. Went to sleep, phone on my bed.
Wake up today, phone is fully unresponsive. Take the battery out, put it back in, unresponsive. nothing whatsoever when holding down power, volume, etc.
When I plug it in, the orange battery led comes on and off.
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Blinking charge light means that the battery v has dropped below the required v to turn on the phone. I see 4-5 Evo's a day like this as well as the charge bug.
I actually got it booting again somehow. Now, it consistently turns on, will boot to the bootloader, but recovery doesnt work and it wont boot into the phone. It does search for pc36 image though... i might try that.
I just sit here and shake my head on a daily basis when I see people talk about problems and inevitably, and I'm not saying this is applicable in this case, but they say in their post they were using ROM or Kernel Manager.....
I've been runnin the unity rom for a couple of months now( i was) with no issues at all, when yesterday morning my phone turned off itself and i haven't been able to bring it back to life. i dont know if i have the bad chip, never cared to check but i regret it now lol... any sugestions would help.... also i have tried turning on w/o sim card with a different battery, also tried to get it to bootloader but it just wont turn on at all.. thanks in advance
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I've been runnin the unity rom for a couple of months now( i was) with no issues at all, when yesterday morning my phone turned off itself and i haven't been able to bring it back to life. i dont know if i have the bad chip, never cared to check but i regret it now lol... any sugestions would help.... also i have tried turning on w/o sim card with a different battery, also tried to get it to bootloader but it just wont turn on at all.. thanks in advance
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Does the computer recognize it?
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If you're talking about no power at all, it doesn't sound like a software issue. It sounds like an electrical issue.
If the screen backlight comes on when you hit the power button, then it could be software or electronic (borked chip, broken circuit board, etc)
Plugging it in, even if it's a dead phone, should still charge the battery if the electrical circuits are good. The LED will come on at orange or green and that should tell you if there is physically electricity running through the circuits.
If you get nothing, something in the phone died. I'm starting to realize the MT4G has a pretty poor build quality.
If the battery is charging and the backlight comes out, maybe a quick vibrate to indicate charging, then you could have some kind of an electrical short in the circuitry somewhere.
Or you just have a bad power button. That's a possibly. But that's odd that it turned itself off. That's what makes me think the power button itself isn't what's wrong.
In all cases it sounds dead. If you can't get to the recovery screen there's not much you can do.
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Does the computer recognize it?
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no the computer does not recognize..thanks
Skipjacks said:
If you're talking about no power at all, it doesn't sound like a software issue. It sounds like an electrical issue.
If the screen backlight comes on when you hit the power button, then it could be software or electronic (borked chip, broken circuit board, etc)
Plugging it in, even if it's a dead phone, should still charge the battery if the electrical circuits are good. The LED will come on at orange or green and that should tell you if there is physically electricity running through the circuits.
If you get nothing, something in the phone died. I'm starting to realize the MT4G has a pretty poor build quality.
If the battery is charging and the backlight comes out, maybe a quick vibrate to indicate charging, then you could have some kind of an electrical short in the circuitry somewhere.
Or you just have a bad power button. That's a possibly. But that's odd that it turned itself off. That's what makes me think the power button itself isn't what's wrong.
In all cases it sounds dead. If you can't get to the recovery screen there's not much you can do.
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no led lights it just died lol... it wont do a thing. im starting to think that it has some kind of short between the battery and the circuit that distributes power through out the phone.. thats my best guess.thanks
You can also check to make sure the battery isn't the problem by removing it and plugging the phone in. Again, the best you'll get is a brief flash of the backlight. But if you don't get that, you can be sure the battery itself isn't the problem.
Or just put a new battery in and see if that works.
This is highly unlikely to be the cause. But it's all about narrowing the possibilities. I've been fiddling with electronics for 20 years now. One thing I'm sure of is that you should never discount the really unlikely source of a problem. It won't usually be the answer, but every once in a while something you'd just never suspect ends up being the culprit.
I had the exact same issue, earlier this year. Your emmc chip gave you the bird. Go into Tmobile store, tell then your phone won't turn on, you tried the normal tricks, but nothing works. Act a little dumb with them,I did that an got a new one under warranty for $5, came in the mail the days later. DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING BOUT YOUR PHONE BEING ROOTED. If you do, your gonna have to pay full price for a new one or though the issuance company a $130(or whatever your deductible is).
Trust me on this, it works. I'm still using the phone they sent to me back in June.
If I helped, give thanks(via the button )
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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I had the exact same issue, earlier this year. Your emmc chip gave you the bird. Go into Tmobile store, tell then your phone won't turn on, you tried the normal tricks, but nothing works. Act a little dumb with them,I did that an got a new one under warranty for $5, came in the mail the days later. DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING BOUT YOUR PHONE BEING ROOTED. If you do, your gonna have to pay full price for a new one or though the issuance company a $130(or whatever your deductible is).
Trust me on this, it works. I'm still using the phone they sent to me back in June.
If I helped, give thanks(via the button )
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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ill try it tomorrow see if it works lol.... hopefully...thanks i was afraid of being the emmc chip.... damn it..
frankgbacoa said:
ill try it tomorrow see if it works lol.... hopefully...thanks i was afraid of being the emmc chip.... damn it..
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I very recently had my Nexus give me the blinking red light of death. It started when I couldn't flash the latest Franco Kernel due to an "Unmatching MD5" error. So, I thought why not update Cyanogenmod 10 to the latest nightly? Lo and behold, it skips the prompt asking if I want to install it and the phone shuts off. The furthest I've gotten right now is getting it to the standard recovery, and that was only for a minute (this was after I hooked the phone up and used the Nexus toolkit to reflash the stock recovory). Now, when I try to flash the stock ROM, I either get "device not found" or that some random error has happened. I'm stuck between either using software methods to fix this, or sending it in for an RMA sooner than I thought I would (it has tons of scratches and dents).
Just as a note, I know about the battery trick, and I'm not up for doing that. I'd sooner RMA it, as I believe after relocking the bootloader it would still be under warranty since it seems to technically have no ROM installed right now.
Will it boot into fastboot?
It will. It won't go beyond that though. I did, at one point, get the default recovery screen where the dead android with a red triangle in it's chest popped up, but I haven't been able to get past that. I have a replacement coming in, but it'd be great to know how to fix this in case the replacement faces the same issue.
Sorry for the late reply, didn't have it set to email me or even had it subscribed.
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It will. It won't go beyond that though. I did, at one point, get the default recovery screen where the dead android with a red triangle in it's chest popped up, but I haven't been able to get past that. I have a replacement coming in, but it'd be great to know how to fix this in case the replacement faces the same issue.
Sorry for the late reply, didn't have it set to email me or even had it subscribed.
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If you can get into Fastboot mode, have you tried flashing the stock images from Google?
Yes. I've, as far as fastboot has told me, successfully flashed the stock kernel, ROM, and recovery, and the bootloader is still in tact so I can lock and unlock that at will. The phone is completely dead now though. Must have been a battery problem, because it won't even show the light now.
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Yes. I've, as far as fastboot has told me, successfully flashed the stock kernel, ROM, and recovery, and the bootloader is still in tact so I can lock and unlock that at will. The phone is completely dead now though. Must have been a battery problem, because it won't even show the light now.
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You need to take it apart and pull the battery connection off. Its the same thing as a battery pull. I had to do it this morning cause I had the red light of death. Booted back up no problem. There's a video on YouTube red light of death fix.
Just saw you know about it. Mine was bought used so I couldn't RMA. But it works easy enough. And I'm a amateur who isn't good at working on small tech stuff and it was easy enough for me.
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You need to take it apart and pull the battery connection off. Its the same thing as a battery pull. I had to do it this morning cause I had the red light of death. Booted back up no problem. There's a video on YouTube red light of death fix.
Just saw you know about it. Mine was bought used so I couldn't RMA. But it works easy enough. And I'm a amateur who isn't good at working on small tech stuff and it was easy enough for me.
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Heh, I was about to direct you to the OP
That *might* fix it, but I believe a full battery replacement is in order. The phone was reaching an excess of 150 degrees before it shut down, it literally burnt my leg and gave me a red spot. All is well though; I managed to pry the SIM card out, wipe all of the partitions, and get it back to factory state before it completely turned over in it's grave. Learned my lesson the first time around; got myself a case to prevent all of those nasty scratches and I'll be ordering XO skins soon.
Hey Peeps, ok so today i bought a Google Nexus 7 (thinking good make tablet and all that), it was 2nd hand, and i see great development for it, unlike the Lenovo one i have.
Now it was 2nd hand, and immaculate, boxed, bought from CEX UK, Tablet comes with 2 year warranty so i have peace of mind, it wouldnt power up in shop, dude said it had been sat in the display for a few weeks left on and battery was dead but its fine, so, im home, to my dismay, Plugged charger in, and nothing, no beeps, no battery indicator or lights, nothing, tried a different charger, same thing, tried usb, no difference, so i tested all the chargers on my phone, theyre fine, so i googled and found so many random silly posts about press this button for 10 secs, do this etc etc, im sure youve all read them before, but i know this can happen to any android tablet, so im still confident of a fix, but ive tried em all, pulling the battery etc and still, nothing.
Now i know the tablet works because the store test all equipment they purchase before accepting the item, so its clear the battery has been left to drain away, and im reading on here that this can be a real pain with the Nexus.
Im stuck, can anyone give me any advice please, ive finally bought a tablet that has good XDA support and Development, i really dont want to take it back and have to swap for a different one.
Any help appreciated, must be a simple fix for this.
Comment here if u have had The Blinking Red Led Of Death and how it happened.
What is blinking red led of death? Well i am glad u asked!
First of all, your phone is dead get over it. Lol
Secondly...
Its when your phone randomly switches off and doesnt power on much like hard brick but red led keeps on blinking and you are left with red led and black screen. You are probably thinking...
-Sheiit.. why dont you just flash the phone with miflash?
Beatch please.
Even if you flash the phone... Nothing changes. It says it was successfull, but doesnt boot up and it doesnt show u anything.
-Well alright... What about ADB/Fastboot?
Haha! No. Same story. Says it was successfull but still doesnt boot.
Maybe you are the one of lucky poeple who will get it booting up. But thats unlikely. (Much positivity much wow)
-Well how do i fix it?
Well in all honesty... U cant.
There are few poeple who had success with charging it for 6+ hours and holding the power button for 2-6 minutes, but it didnt work for me soo...
The only way that i know of 100% fixing this problem is replacing the mother board.
-But it costs like 100€!
Buy a used mi 5s with broken screen or just bootlooped u cheap bastard! Ebay is your friend Atm.
If i find a fix i will post here.
If not. I will sell my mi 5s for parts... Maybe i will get few bucks soo i could kms.
You better start digging a grave for your beloved Mi 5/s because that LED is coming for you.
Nice +rep r8 9/11 would fck it again
try flashing a factory image in edl mode (short test pins on the motherboard)...
that might get you somewhere...
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try flashing a factory image in edl mode (short test pins on the motherboard)...
that might get you somewhere...
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Edl mode works fine
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Its alive?
I think its a faulty screen.
I flashed the phone with mi flash and it booted up but nothing on the screen.
I can hear sounds when doing a screen shot, plugging in to charge, capacitive buttons work or at least they have light on them and blue led is blinking slowly which means i have text messages and missed calls.
Gonna order a screen from alixpress for 135$ with fingerprint and 3D touch and see what happens.
Gonna keep u guys updated.
Mine discharged too much, and had that problem.
I opened it, measured the battery voltage and was 3.2V (100%=4.3V, 0%=3.6V) so somehow the phone couldn't charge it.
I plugged the usb power, then connected the battery, and that did the trick, after half hour it came back to life.
The problem was a faulty charging cable, the phone though it was charging but actually wasn't, that cable didn't carry any current, so the phone just kept going thinking it was charging until it drained the battery to an extreme level
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Mine discharged too much, and had that problem.
I opened it, measured the battery voltage and was 3.2V (100%=4.3V, 0%=3.6V) so somehow the phone couldn't charge it.
I plugged the usb power, then connected the battery, and that did the trick, after half hour it came back to life.
The problem was a faulty charging cable, the phone though it was charging but actually wasn't, that cable didn't carry any current, so the phone just kept going thinking it was charging until it drained the battery to an extreme level
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To late for this solution i already stabbed the lcd multiple times with screwdriver to much... But colors arent showing (when you break the lcd) only some backlight when i press hard on the display.
I dont even know if i should buy a new display. :/
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Comment here if u have had The Blinking Red Led Of Death and how it happened.
What is blinking red led of death? Well i am glad u asked!
First of all, your phone is dead get over it. Lol
Secondly...
Its when your phone randomly switches off and doesnt power on much like hard brick but red led keeps on blinking and you are left with red led and black screen. You are probably thinking...
-Sheiit.. why dont you just flash the phone with miflash?
Beatch please.
Even if you flash the phone... Nothing changes. It says it was successfull, but doesnt boot up and it doesnt show u anything.
-Well alright... What about ADB/Fastboot?
Haha! No. Same story. Says it was successfull but still doesnt boot.
Maybe you are the one of lucky poeple who will get it booting up. But thats unlikely. (Much positivity much wow)
-Well how do i fix it?
Well in all honesty... U cant.
There are few poeple who had success with charging it for 6+ hours and holding the power button for 2-6 minutes, but it didnt work for me soo...
The only way that i know of 100% fixing this problem is replacing the mother board.
-But it costs like 100€!
Buy a used mi 5s with broken screen or just bootlooped u cheap bastard! Ebay is your friend Atm.
If i find a fix i will post here.
If not. I will sell my mi 5s for parts... Maybe i will get few bucks soo i could kms.
You better start digging a grave for your beloved Mi 5/s because that LED is coming for you.
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"First of all, your phone is dead get over it. Lol"
You are a fool. Period.
I cannot stand people like you spreading misinformation.
NO ONE listen to this person. Your phone is NOT dead and there is not any issue with the motherboard.
This happens from over discharging your battery, usually in hot weather. The guy stabbed his screen with a screwdriver like a child, this is not someone you should be taking advice from.
Plug and unplug the phone repeatedly while holding the power button. That will get it charging again.
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Ugh, you really piss me off. I really wish there was some sort of lesson you could be taught for spreading info like this. You'll do it again and again, I know your type because we are literally the exact opposite in this situation.
People like you never change. I've never in my life done what you did here.
nexxusty said:
"First of all, your phone is dead get over it. Lol"
You are a fool. Period.
I cannot stand people like you spreading misinformation.
NO ONE listen to this person. Your phone is NOT dead and there is not any issue with the motherboard.
This happens from over discharging your battery, usually in hot weather. The guy stabbed his screen with a screwdriver like a child, this is not someone you should be taking advice from.
Plug and unplug the phone repeatedly while holding the power button. That will get it charging again.
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Ugh, you really piss me off. I really wish there was some sort of lesson you could be taught for spreading info like this. You'll do it again and again, I know your type because we are literally the exact opposite in this situation.
People like you never change. I've never in my life done what you did here.
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Sir, you are retarded.
Phone was booting up fine according to sounds coming out of my unit, but screen wasn't lighting up.
I stabbed it because i wanted to. You didnt pay for my phone a single cent.
Its not your device. Get over it *****.
Yes, maybe that wasn't very smart decision, but who are you to judge me for my actions towards the phone.
You are the one who is spreading misinformation because i tried literally everything including your fix. It didn't work. Thats why i gave up on my unit.
Maybe for some it will help but it didn't for me.
Screen already had some burn in's and it was chinese knock off display and i already wanted to replace the screen.
Already got that red LED, twice. The first time I just kept it plugged on a charger and nothing happened. When I woke up the next morning, it was at 100%, it had charged during the night.
The second time, I tried the same, nothing happened. I don't remember what I've done, but after several combinations of buttons, wait, change of charger or whatever, it showed 0% with a message saying it couldn't boot with so less battery. I let it charge and it's still perfectly working now.
So no Sir, red Led doesn't mean death, in both cases it happened because I had drained the battery too much.
I don't see how a screwdriver in the screen could help you phone boot, maybe you could explain the logic?
Lyechee said:
Already got that red LED, twice. The first time I just kept it plugged on a charger and nothing happened. When I woke up the next morning, it was at 100%, it had charged during the night.
The second time, I tried the same, nothing happened. I don't remember what I've done, but after several combinations of buttons, wait, change of charger or whatever, it showed 0% with a message saying it couldn't boot with so less battery. I let it charge and it's still perfectly working now.
So no Sir, red Led doesn't mean death, in both cases it happened because I had drained the battery too much.
I don't see how a screwdriver in the screen could help you phone boot, maybe you could explain the logic?
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Maybe there's a hidden reset button behind the display, you can only access it by stabbing a screwdriver through the screen lol
dabyd64 said:
Maybe there's a hidden reset button behind the display, you can only access it by stabbing a screwdriver through the screen lol
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Its for fun.
Screen had alot of burn ins soo it was worth less to me.
I get the MI5 PRO Special edition from my boss, it was 1.5 year ago. Before that I had the MI2 for 3.5/4 years without any single issue.
Yesterday, at work, the MI5 was fully charged when he suddently showed me tons of "xxx as stopped" popups. I thinked it would be a good idea to reboot it then it never turned on again.
Only 1.5 years of usage!!! This phone was at 750+ euros in France, I'm really pissed of about what happened. I'm glad I didn't paid for it.
Today, I'm trying to charge it but I got the RED blinlking led. Yesterday It was not even blinking this damn RED LED.
I give a try to the MIA1 right now (I rushed to the new store in France to buy it before closing). If this one is a crappy one, for sure it will be the last time I buy xiaomi for sure.
I let it charge with another cable to see what will happen.
Yesterday when the red LED didn't blink I've not charged the phone, it was laying on the table. And this morning I tried to turn it on and I've seen the red LED. Strange because if it was an empty battery, why the LED was blinking only this morning? It was on the table all the night without a charger plugged in it. I really hope it is died because I would be even more pissed of if it boot up again.
Update: So far nothing happen. Even EDL mode is not working, and I tried several time ^^ Maybe a day while doing a random try it will work. For now I will let it laying somewhere in my room.
romain337 said:
I get the MI5 PRO Special edition from my boss, it was 1.5 year ago. Before that I had the MI2 for 3.5/4 years without any single issue.
Yesterday, at work, the MI5 was fully charged when he suddently showed me tons of "xxx as stopped" popups. I thinked it would be a good idea to reboot it then it never turned on again.
Only 1.5 years of usage!!! This phone was at 750+ euros in France, I'm really pissed of about what happened. I'm glad I didn't paid for it.
Today, I'm trying to charge it but I got the RED blinlking led. Yesterday It was not even blinking this damn RED LED.
I give a try to the MIA1 right now (I rushed to the new store in France to buy it before closing). If this one is a crappy one, for sure it will be the last time I buy xiaomi for sure.
I let it charge with another cable to see what will happen.
Yesterday when the red LED didn't blink I've not charged the phone, it was laying on the table. And this morning I tried to turn it on and I've seen the red LED. Strange because if it was an empty battery, why the LED was blinking only this morning? It was on the table all the night without a charger plugged in it. I really hope it is died because I would be even more pissed of if it boot up again.
Update: So far nothing happen. Even EDL mode is not working, and I tried several time ^^ Maybe a day while doing a random try it will work. For now I will let it laying somewhere in my room.
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Xd lol, that's why i usually buy cheap phones with flagship specs and good xda community. I mean, i bought LeEco Le Pro 3, it's as good as 1+3t, and much better than the mi5, and it costs only 250ish euro, compared to the overpriced 750+. Also, you can hardly brick this, and easly debrick it
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Xd lol, that's why i usually buy cheap phones with flagship specs and good xda community. I mean, i bought LeEco Le Pro 3, it's as good as 1+3t, and much better than the mi5, and it costs only 250ish euro, compared to the overpriced 750+. Also, you can hardly brick this, and easly debrick it
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I've not buyed the this MI5, it was a present from my boss Otherwise, my budget is maximum 250 euros. That's why I have the MIA1 right now I barrely use the phone to play games, instead I use it for dev and internet/meteo/music most of the time What a shame for this MI5! really glad I didn't pay for it.
nexxusty said:
"First of all, your phone is dead get over it. Lol"
You are a fool. Period.
I cannot stand people like you spreading misinformation.
NO ONE listen to this person. Your phone is NOT dead and there is not any issue with the motherboard.
This happens from over discharging your battery, usually in hot weather. The guy stabbed his screen with a screwdriver like a child, this is not someone you should be taking advice from.
Plug and unplug the phone repeatedly while holding the power button. That will get it charging again.
*edit*
Ugh, you really piss me off. I really wish there was some sort of lesson you could be taught for spreading info like this. You'll do it again and again, I know your type because we are literally the exact opposite in this situation.
People like you never change. I've never in my life done what you did here.
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Oh wow, your method totally helped. My heart sank when I read the OP. Thank god I kept reading down, and also that you debunked it.
D1stRU3T0R said:
Xd lol, that's why i usually buy cheap phones with flagship specs and good xda community. I mean, i bought LeEco Le Pro 3, it's as good as 1+3t, and much better than the mi5, and it costs only 250ish euro, compared to the overpriced 750+. Also, you can hardly brick this, and easly debrick it
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You always find a way to brag about it lol
lly091 said:
Oh wow, your method totally helped. My heart sank when I read the OP. Thank god I kept reading down, and also that you debunked it.
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yeah its a bit too harsh lmao. It needs a rewrite. I still have the phone tho and its working it just needs a screen replacement. Lmfao
All i did to fix this was to open the device, disconnect the battery, plug the charger, turn the phone on and connect the battery
Battery problem
I have my Xiaomi Mi 5 for 2 years... Having this battery pop up the back cover. Decided to DIY battery change and voila... Red LED blinking of death. Try to understand why it acts that way... Seems like the battery connector not on the right place. That is why it blinks. After several adjustment, the connectors fit in its place... It works normal.
So the blinking is caused by the battery doesnt connect to the system. If it connects, it charges...
Hopefully my experience, work on your gadget...