what happened...i took out my sd card to switch to my hd2 gingerbread and today i tried to switch back (cause hd2 died) and now the mytouch doesnt turn on or even catch charge
what to do?
yes i was rooted running the most recent iced glacier but ive been running it for weeks no problem...
dis u take it out before, with no issues, or is it the first time u took your sd out while rooted?
mine has done this a couple of times all I had to do was pop battery, wait a few minutes and retry
oh sorry not sd card...i meant sim card i took my sim card out and put it in my hd2 to use it for a day
Lets try some trouble shooting before you call t-mobile for a replacement and Run the risk of getting a **** screen.
Take the battery out and plug it in and then leave it without the battery for a couple minutes aand then plug it back in and then put the battery while its plugged in and hope the charging led comes on.
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I had the same problem. Mine was completely stock and had been out of the box for only a few hours. Due to the fact that I had won the phone rather than bought it I couldn't just exchange it and I didn't want to risk a refurbished one or take the 2+ weeks to ship the phone to get it fixed, so I just went to a store.
T-mobile has a policy where they will do an in store warranty exchange for their myTouch line. If they don't have any exchange kits in stock (which they never do ) then they have to give you a new one.
Try that before insurance or warranty.
your battery may have too low power for it to recharge. Use a 9v to give it a jump start for about 1 min and then plug into phone with the usb charger connected. This should startup the phone.
How to recharge via 9volt? Find out + and - terminals on battery and use regular copper shielded speaker wire to jump start it.
If this re-occurs in future, get a replacement battery.
Hope that helps
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I had the same problem. Mine was completely stock and had been out of the box for only a few hours. Due to the fact that I had won the phone rather than bought it I couldn't just exchange it and I didn't want to risk a refurbished one or take the 2+ weeks to ship the phone to get it fixed, so I just went to a store.
T-mobile has a policy where they will do an in store warranty exchange for their myTouch line. If they don't have any exchange kits in stock (which they never do ) then they have to give you a new one.
Try that before insurance or warranty.
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So you're telling me I don't have to go through the phone and have to wait for them to ship me a new one and send mines in? And I could just go to the store and exchange it?
What if you don't have the box anymore.?
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xdviper said:
So you're telling me I don't have to go through the phone and have to wait for them to ship me a new one and send mines in? And I could just go to the store and exchange it?
What if you don't have the box anymore.?
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I brought my box in with the phone, but they just took a new phone out of a box and gave it to me. You don't need the box because it's not a return, it's an exchange. As long as they can verify your warranty or you have PHP you shouldn't have a problem.
Oh yeah, they'll only do this for a mytouch. Not any other phone.
Just leave the battery out for an hour then try it all again.
ok i took the phone to tmobile, they said they would give me a battery but they didnt have any supposedly but they had some mytouch 4gs they took apart so idk...im still without my mytouch because i want to try the battery if thats the problem because im rooted i dont want to send it in and have them turn it on and see im running a rom
This phone was recently flashed to cricket and then the charging port came all the way out...Is there anything I can do with it anymore or am I better off just selling it?
You wouldn't sell it with a secretly broken charging port, would you?
And if you have asurion, I believe that's not a sprint thing, as T-mo and others use it also.
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You really have 2 options..
1. Take to a cell repair shop. However they will probably want 100 to 150 bucks to fix it.
2. Check Cragislist. You can probably find one there for 150 or less.
Or get an external charger for your battery. Get two batteries so you can have one on the charger, one in the phone.
Recently I have a minor charging problem whereas if the USB plug was wiggled the phone will stop charging for a second (the USB plug is a little faulty...but if inserted well there is no problem). I got approved for RMA...but I was wondering once lg have recieved my phone if they don't spot a problem will I have to pay the full price of the replacement device?
Thanks in advance!
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I guess you'll just have to wait and see.
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Imppy said:
I was wondering once lg have recieved my phone if they don't spot a problem will I have to pay the full price of the replacement device?
Thanks in advance!
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No.. I'd say you will be fine..
The only way they'd charge you is if they never get the old device back..
They will simply refurbish it and send it to the next person..
Just because they don't see the problem does not mean there is not a problem..
They don't have the time and / or manpower to test every phone for hours to see if the problem you reported crops up or not..
My phone is hard bricked. When I try to turn it on there is absolutely no response. The screen does not light up, the phone does not vibrate. Absolutely nothing. I'm pretty positive there is nothing I can do about this. I called sprint and they said take it to the store and if their techs can not do anything about it then they will send me a new phone. Is there anyway the techs could tell my phone has had roms on it or been rooted and therefore not send me a new phone? Also does anyone have any ideas on any solutions? I've tried odin and recovery, nothing is happening at all even when plugged in to USB or wall charger.
From other users experiences on various forums, it is generally seen that if the phone wont turn on then they can't tell if its been superusered, rooted, or had the rom blown to bits, just make sure to remove your sd card first to eliminate most possibilities of them finding out.
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
My phone is hard bricked. When I try to turn it on there is absolutely no response. The screen does not light up, the phone does not vibrate. Absolutely nothing. I'm pretty positive there is nothing I can do about this. I called sprint and they said take it to the store and if their techs can not do anything about it then they will send me a new phone. Is there anyway the techs could tell my phone has had roms on it or been rooted and therefore not send me a new phone? Also does anyone have any ideas on any solutions? I've tried odin and recovery, nothing is happening at all even when plugged in to USB or wall charger.
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how did it happen??? also when u plug it into a pc does anything happen? no qualcomm mode??
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how did it happen???
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A lot of things actually.. First thing was I tried to boot in recovery from the rom and nothing happened so I pulled the battery out and put it back in and let the phone charge all night but it never charged overnight and when I woke up it was so hot I could barely hold it. So I tried to go to download mode and at the time I could so I downloaded the stock files and went to flash it to stock in Odin figuring it was the rom. The phone shut off during the middle of flashing the system.img and after that I somehow managed to get it to recovery and I was wiping the cache to flash the stock rom zip file and then it just shut off and every pixel on the screen slowly started turning like green and then flashed really bright and that's when it officially died.
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how did it happen??? also when u plug it into a pc does anything happen? no qualcomm mode??
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Nothing happens at all when I plug into a pc. What is qualcomm mode?
Something similar happened to me and it ended up being a dead battery because the phone wouldn't charge it. I pulled my battery, charged it on a universal charger and was able to get it into Download mode. That was just my experience though. I hope you get it figured out.
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Something similar happened to me and it ended up being a dead battery because the phone wouldn't charge it. I pulled my battery, charged it on a universal charger and was able to get it into Download mode. That was just my experience though. I hope you get it figured out.
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My friend has an s4 as well and I tried his battery with no luck. Thanks though
Here is what you need to check for, plug it into the pc, go to device manager, under ports, the device should show up, what does it show?
If it says anything like QLOAD or similar (sorry been awhile) you are hard bricked, and a jtag service would be the only way, now if you exchange the device with sprint, it will be ok until some tech reviews it and plugs in his equipment, he may see the same, tmo tried get me to pay way back in my..mytouch days, had another issue with att early on, they didn't ever say anything, it was a hardware issue on that one.
bottom line, look in device manager first.
The Ax says good luck.
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Here is what you need to check for, plug it into the pc, go to device manager, under ports, the device should show up, what does it show?
If it says anything like QLOAD or similar (sorry been awhile) you are hard bricked, and a jtag service would be the only way, now if you exchange the device with sprint, it will be ok until some tech reviews it and plugs in his equipment, he may see the same, tmo tried get me to pay way back in my..mytouch days, had another issue with att early on, they didn't ever say anything, it was a hardware issue on that one.
bottom line, look in device manager first.
The Ax says good luck.
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Thanks for the advice but when I go to device manager nothing shows up for it.
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Here is what you need to check for, plug it into the pc, go to device manager, under ports, the device should show up, what does it show?
If it says anything like QLOAD or similar (sorry been awhile) you are hard bricked, and a jtag service would be the only way, now if you exchange the device with sprint, it will be ok until some tech reviews it and plugs in his equipment, he may see the same, tmo tried get me to pay way back in my..mytouch days, had another issue with att early on, they didn't ever say anything, it was a hardware issue on that one.
bottom line, look in device manager first.
The Ax says good luck.
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QLOAD yea thtas what waz talking about when i said qualcom download mode.. if u get that when pluging it in then yep jtag the only way.. but he saying he gets nothing.. thats not good then.. atleast if u see the QLOAD jtag is an option
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QLOAD yea thtas what waz talking about when i said qualcom download mode.. if u get that when pluging it in then yep jtag the only way.. but he saying he gets nothing.. thats not good then.. atleast if u see the QLOAD jtag is an option
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Good news. I took it to the sprint store today and the techs took it apart and got nothing. They're getting me a new one for free
I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Good news. I took it to the sprint store today and the techs took it apart and got nothing. They're getting me a new one for free
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Good to hear!
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I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Good news. I took it to the sprint store today and the techs took it apart and got nothing. They're getting me a new one for free
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Ahhhh yes. Have someone else pay for your mistakes. Free phone means Sprints customers are taking in the cost of you breaking your phone. Smh.
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GiantJay said:
Ahhhh yes. Have someone else pay for your mistakes. Free phone means Sprints customers are taking in the cost of you breaking your phone. Smh.
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What kind of proof do you have that by him getting a free replacement, we all have to pay for it?
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What kind of proof do you have that by him getting a free replacement, we all have to pay for it?
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LOL. Who the hell do you think the cost goes to if Sprint gives everyone a new phone that bricks it while flashing ROMs? Sprint is a business and what costs the company money costs the customer money.
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LOL. Who the hell do you think the cost goes to if Sprint gives everyone a new phone that bricks it while flashing ROMs? Sprint is a business and what costs the company money costs the customer money.
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It's not that simple though. I'm sure a Sprint allocates a specific amount of funds every year for equipment replacement. I'm sure those getting replacements for bricking their phones makes up a very small percentage of the replacements they send out every year.
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It's not that simple though. I'm sure a Sprint allocates a specific amount of funds every year for equipment replacement. I'm sure those getting replacements for bricking their phones makes up a very small percentage of the replacements they send out every year.
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And what do you think would happen if a large portion of Sprints customers started bricking their phone's? Completely locked bootloaders, prices of everything including monthly plans, insurance and phones going up? I know when I had the S3 I saw several bricks a week from people messing with things that they shouldn't and by not following instructions. So in the end whether you realize it or not you and I pay for it. And going into Sprint and acting innocent like you have no idea what happened to your phone is fraud. Plain and simple.
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And what do you think would happen if a large portion of Sprints customers started bricking their phone's? Completely locked bootloaders, prices of everything including monthly plans, insurance and phones going up? I know when I had the S3 I saw several bricks a week from people messing with things that they shouldn't and by not following instructions. So in the end whether you realize it or not you and I pay for it. And going into Sprint and acting innocent like you have no idea what happened to your phone is fraud. Plain and simple.
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Cool beans.
At any rate I was planning on doing the insurance claim and paying the 150$ deductible but they said they'd get a new one for me.
I_FLY_Z3R0 said:
Cool beans.
At any rate I was planning on doing the insurance claim and paying the 150$ deductible but they said they'd get a new one for me.
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I have no problem if somebody is honest about what they did and Sprint replaces the phone with no deductible. It is fraud to lie and act innocent and get a new phone.
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I have no problem if somebody is honest about what they did and Sprint replaces the phone with no deductible. It is fraud to lie and act innocent and get a new phone.
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I understand that. I have had insurance on 4 lines for 3 years and have used it once. I was more than happy to use the insurance but they offered to give me a new phone so I'm not turning that down. Sprint has earned plenty of money from me
Hey everyone, so today I was installing a rom on my friend's s3, and it turns out Verizon phones had a locked bootloader, so we managed to brick it. I've been trying to fix it for hours.
I finally found a way to fix it by using an external SD, so I was trying to format my external sd from my s4, in order to use for the bricked s3. I used an app called aparted.
Apparantly, aparted seemed to have deleted my phones partitions, not just the external sd card. Because now I cannot turn on my phone. It is completely unresposive. No odin, no cmw, no lights. I have managed to brick 2 phones in one day. I don't know what to do. Is this fixable with a jtag service? Are there any places that are trustworthy?
Thanks, and please give me some advice...
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Best buy MAY be able to fix it... Although I think u probably will need JTAG ?
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Hmm
I think I'm just gonna go for the JTAG. I went to a repair store where I live and he said the motherboard was broken.. I think he just had no idea what to do with it, since the charging light didn't go on.
I have seen some ebay sellers with good ratings, that say they provide JTAG service, for around 30 dollars.
These are cheaper than the 60 dollars from mobiletech. What do you guys recommend? Which one has less chance of scamming / more chance of unbricking?
thanks a lot!
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I think I'm just gonna go for the JTAG. I went to a repair store where I live and he said the motherboard was broken.. I think he just had no idea what to do with it, since the charging light didn't go on.
I have seen some ebay sellers with good ratings, that say they provide JTAG service, for around 30 dollars.
These are cheaper than the 60 dollars from mobiletech. What do you guys recommend? Which one has less chance of scamming / more chance of unbricking?
thanks a lot!
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Mobiletechvideos has a good reputation. If they can't fix it they don't charge you
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^ This. They have fixed previous phones for me and they are a very reliable business.
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Mobiletech is the way to go for sure.
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