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It was just a matter of time for me to brick me new phone. It took me 8 days this time but it can be fixed fairly easy.
If you've got a red flashing led (flashing ca. once per second) while charging and flashing three times after pressing the power button, you can try the following.
I had an error like that and fixed it.
After leaving the phone at the charger for about half an hour it turned on at random but was stuck at the Sony Ericsson bootscreen. I think it has something to do with wiping battery stats, so be careful with this option in XRecovery.
This is how I got it working again:
First of all ensure your battery is not damaged. Try it in a different phone or try a different battery.
If it works, ensure your usb-port is working.
Afterwards do the following:
1. Boot up a windows computer
2. Download and install Sony Ericsson Update Service (SEUS) - you will find it easily with the search machine of your choice
3. Get some adhesive tape, press the back button and tape it down (be sure it is pressed all the time)
4. Connect the phone to your Computer, you should see the flashing LED again, don't panic
5. Start SEUS and chose the X10
6. Wait(!)
7. Get a cup of coffee and wait again
8. The LED will turn green at some time, windows will recognize the device. Complete the update of system software (even if it says your phone is up to date)
9. You will have to reboot the phone. Your LED will be flashing red again. Don't panic, your almost done. Leave the phone charging for another hour or two. It should be booting by itself.
After this steps my phone was working fine again. No dead battery, no dead usb-port as mentioned in other forums or other threads.
Just try it, if you flashed a custom rom you have got nothing to lose.
USB port disabled - factory wipe
dawn2k said:
First of all ensure your battery is not damaged. Try it in a different phone or try
After this steps my phone was working fine again. No dead battery, no dead usb-port as mentioned in other forums or other threads.
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Thank you for this thread. I've seen many similar issues and was just hit with this RED LED of death - 3 blinks then nothing...
Messing with chargemon and charger in /system/bin/ - has certainly not been good, but I'm not convinced it was the entire problem, at least in my case I was running a version of Wolfbreak CM 6.5 v5 and let the battery get below 5% charge.
I should have turned it off, waited until I could charge again but I didn't! When I tried to recharge, the phone initially was giving green led's so it might have been possible to salvage easily.. I made a terrible mistake of going to xRecovery and waiting until the battery was so dead, there was really no way of recovering from this state and totally drained out the battery.
So I purchased a new BST-41 battery for AU $25. Maybe that was expensive for a clone, others are available for $4 on ebay but hey, have a look at this thread regarding Original VS. Fake BST-41 Battery - quite interesting!
This got my X10 working again... BUT I am unable to get into SEUS, Flashtool or make the charger work. The USB port appears to have been disabled and am unsure about the best way to reset to an operational state.
Will update this thread when I have found more
EDIT 1: It's all in the above post...
5. Start SEUS and chose the X10
6. Wait(!)
7. Get a cup of coffee and wait again
8. The LED will turn green at some time, windows will recognize the device.
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With the exception of maybe having to mess around with this a bit, it will eventually work. I didn't tape the button down because you need to release it but I've just seen green flashes.. I'm very close to getting this phone working again with SEUS and the back key..
EDIT 2: xRecovery > Factory Reset > Full wipe - you will be warned of loosing all user data - The moment you wipe the user data, the phone will recognise the charger and turn to a green LED. From this point let it reboot, it will go silly and you may even get a WLOD - White LED of death.
If you have got USB to connect, follow the standard method of using SEUS to restore a factory ROM and take it from there. TRY to remember not to let the battery go below 5% without a charger and invest in some spare battery's from eBay - cheap after all
Connect via WiFi is only possible with LT15 (Arc) - SO-01c (Arc) - Neo (MT15) - Play (R800) - USB must be enabled for a connection to happen to the PC and this is where I'm still stuck..
EDIT 3: Turns out the problem is - USB Port needs to be re-soldered, it is broken contact and is intermittently connecting to the USB port.
This is what happened to my phone too. I ended up sending it away for repair because the USB port was broken. The phone would say it was charging but it actually wasnt. Im still waiting to get my phone back.
I thought it wasn't possible to brick an xperia x10, forgive me if I'm ring?
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shakeyabooti said:
I thought it wasn't possible to brick an xperia x10, forgive me if I'm ring?
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It wasn't bricked, it was faulty connection in the USB port not allowing their phone accept a charge. The red LED is from an uncharged battery.
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Thanks OP, this worked perfectly. I'm glad I risked it with an amazing deal on craigslist. Kudos.
shakeyabooti said:
I thought it wasn't possible to brick an xperia x10, forgive me if I'm ring?
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Only if you have access to the bootloader.
Ok.. i think i bricked my x10.
My x10 always gave me problem at startup. I had to remove battery wait 5sec. Then again try booting. After few attempts it would boot. So i decided to reinstall 2.1. Downloaded seus. Installation till 90%. And unknown error window.
Service Center won't take it as its from different country.
When i try to boot it. It blinks green led and that's it.
Any suggestions?
vu2ikl said:
Ok.. i think i bricked my x10.
My x10 always gave me problem at startup. I had to remove battery wait 5sec. Then again try booting. After few attempts it would boot. So i decided to reinstall 2.1. Downloaded seus. Installation till 90%. And unknown error window.
Service Center won't take it as its from different country.
When i try to boot it. It blinks green led and that's it.
Any suggestions?
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Can you get in flashmode?
If so then try and flash with FlashTool
@arkedk thanks for the quick reply.
I m total noob. Can u please point me to the "how to" flash x10?
EDIT: i found this thread which discuss the flash at length.. will try and get back.
red led flashing three times
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Can you get in flashmode?
If so then try and flash with FlashTool
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yes. i could successfully flash the phone with 2.1.B.0.1 version just now. without error. but now i when i try to start the phone, it doesn't. instead, i get the red led flashing three times.
i put it for charging. the green led lights up showing it has started charging. but after roughly 15-20 seconds the green led fades off.
1. flashing was successful which means usb is not broken right?
2. have i bricked my phone?
3. How can i get my lovely x10 back to life?
Have you flashed with SEUS or flashtool?
Try reflashing the rom as a first step.
If flashing with flashtool, does the sw detect your phone? Could you post the output to the screen as flashtool tries to flash? That would help!
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acmbc said:
Have you flashed with SEUS or flashtool?
Try reflashing the rom as a first step.
If flashing with flashtool, does the sw detect your phone? Could you post the output to the screen as flashtool tries to flash? That would help!
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I used the flashtool, as SEUS was the only culprit who made my x10 to hibernate (i am still trying to wake it up )
sorry, i donno how to attach photo.. here is the link where i have uploaded that.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5771350239/
vu2ikl said:
I used the flashtool, as SEUS was the only culprit who made my x10 to hibernate (i am still trying to wake it up )
sorry, i donno how to attach photo.. here is the link where i have uploaded that.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/5771350239/
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Looks like you had a successful flash. How much battery did you have when you flashed?
If the battery had drained dry flashtool wouldn't have finished flashing, would it though?
Can you have you tried to reflash?
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arkedk said:
Looks like you had a successful flash. How much battery did you have when you flashed?
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battery was very very low. but the phone is connected to laptop while flashing..wouldn't that be enough?
@acmbc: should i reflash?
when i kept x10 for charging, the green charging led lights up for 10-15 seconds and then goes off.. still kept it charging for couple of hours. and then tried rebooting. this time green led flashed. phone vibrated but nothing.
ok..i gotta confess. i tried the crazy solution mentioned on talk.sonyericsson which asked to keep battery in freezer for an hour and then try charging it. i did that. and when i put x10 for charging. for 20 seconds the green light was on.. but then it went berserk.. vibrating continuously. at once i took out the battery. and now i am scared as it is repeating this cycle when i charge it. green light->off->vibrate continuously.
vu2ikl said:
battery was very very low. but the phone is connected to laptop while flashing..wouldn't that be enough?
@acmbc: should i reflash?
when i kept x10 for charging, the green charging led lights up for 10-15 seconds and then goes off.. still kept it charging for couple of hours. and then tried rebooting. this time green led flashed. phone vibrated but nothing.
ok..i gotta confess. i tried the crazy solution mentioned on talk.sonyericsson which asked to keep battery in freezer for an hour and then try charging it. i did that. and when i put x10 for charging. for 20 seconds the green light was on.. but then it went berserk.. vibrating continuously. at once i took out the battery. and now i am scared as it is repeating this cycle when i charge it. green light->off->vibrate continuously.
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There's your problem. You must never flash with low battery. always flash with at least 50% or more. And no you're not getting power from the computer in flashmode only the battery is supplying that power.
If the flash was successful you could try and hook the phone up to the charger (wall charger) and let it sit there for a while. This might get it back to life.
how do i charge my half bricked phone
arkedk said:
There's your problem. You must never flash with low battery. always flash with at least 50% or more. And no you're not getting power from the computer in flashmode only the battery is supplying that power.
If the flash was successful you could try and hook the phone up to the charger (wall charger) and let it sit there for a while. This might get it back to life.
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ok.. thanks. i thought phone would get the power from computer.
but now i have one more question in front of me.
How do i charge my phone.
coz. when i connect x10 to wall charger it shows green light for some time and then starts vibrating untill i get the battery out.
if i connect x10 to the computer which i am doing now, it is flashing red light every 5 seconds.
vu2ikl said:
ok.. thanks. i thought phone would get the power from computer.
but now i have one more question in front of me.
How do i charge my phone.
coz. when i connect x10 to wall charger it shows green light for some time and then starts vibrating untill i get the battery out.
if i connect x10 to the computer which i am doing now, it is flashing red light every 5 seconds.
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Looks like you had an unsuccessful flash then. If you got any other means of getting the battery charged then try that and see if you can flash it again.
If not, I'm afraid you'll have to take it to the service center.
I read the post from the op..
If the battery gets severely drained it may look like the phone is dead.
Just plug it in and sometime up to a hour later it will power up.
I need help. I messed up my Droid 2 restoring a backup and the battery died during SBF. So I did the Macgiver trick where you connect an old stripped usb wire to the battery so that the phone can be tricked into booting up and being flashed. Since then I've had a question mark in my battery icon. It wont read that battery or the battery that I've just purchased and I get the "Invalid Battery" message and the battery wont charge in the phone. Both batteries are official Motorola. I can't send the phone back as its not under warranty. So I have a few questions.
Is the some sort of workaround/ fix for this? Motorola put software on the Droid 2 since Froyo that reads whether or not a battery is official Motorola product. Can the battery software be hacked/ deleted so that I can use my battery as normal?
Wow, we have this same exact situation like a month ago, and since then my fiancee still uses her broken phone . We did the Macgyver trick also and we got the battery with the question mark. We even bought a new battery and it still shows it, tried reflashing with a fully charged battery and nothing changed. We also tried clearing battery stats none of it is working. If anyone knows anything about this problem please let us know. If you get an answer that cures your phone please please please let us know about it. I actually posted your question on Yahoo! Answers since it was the same exact problem that we had and if anyone answers we will post the reply on here.
Thanks a lot and good luck!
I've got the exact same problem. All I did was purchase one of those external chargers so that one battery is always charged. It is annoying, yes, but its not too bad. I'm also looking forward to see if there is a solution, but I doubt it. We probably all fried the contacts on the phone, but we'll see.
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hey, yeah we did the same thing, we bought the second battery yesterday but i have a question, did you try flashing it again with the new battery in? I was wondering if it would work but i want to see if it will before clearing one more time my fiancee's cellphone since theres a fish game that may be lost if we do that.
Thanks a lot.
Brandon
I've SBF'd multiple times since then, and the question mark is still there. I don't think theres a way around it, unfortunately. Personally, it's not really a big deal, but it may be for you.
I just really hate it because I have no clue when my battery dies.
Never had the issue, but one thing comes to mind..why not root, install clockwork recovery and then clear the battery cache?
jediman said:
Never had the issue, but one thing comes to mind..why not root, install clockwork recovery and then clear the battery cache?
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They said they already tried that.
What exactly is this Macgiver trick? If you have a link, or some info on how it's I might be able to shed some light on this for you guys
The D2 battery is 3.7 volts; USB is 5. You probably blew out the A/D channel used to measure battery level.
Smartzkid said:
The D2 battery is 3.7 volts; USB is 5. You probably blew out the A/D channel used to measure battery level.
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Ah, I see so they're hooking up the USB straight to the phone...found it after a little searching...
But i'm curious, wouldn't that only happen if the wires ended up touching the other two terminals, and not just the outer (+) and (-) ones?
Will getting a new oem battery work?
No, replacing the battery will not work if you messed up when connecting the spliced USB charger + and - to the wrong terminals in the phone.
I have exactly same problem. I sliced the usb cable to revive my Droid X when the battery died during sbfing. Now my phone survived but Im stuck with question mark on battery icon. I flashed reflahsed and flashed again but no luck. wiped batt stat but no luck. Tried new OEM battery, no luck.. Put the batt in the freezer for 10min but no luck. I ran out of all the possible solution.
Now I just got the external stand along batt charger from ebay with 2 extra batts. I just carry extra battery since I dont know when the phone will go dead..
I would love to find out if someone can fix this issue. I still got 6 mo to go before I can upgrade.
I HAVE A SOLUTION (worked for me):
When doing the "Macgyver Hack", I jammed the USB wires into the battery. This pushed the metal spring terminals out. After that, the battery terminal springs don't all touch the connectors in the phone.
Take a needle, and carefully pull the battery's metal springs toward each other.
This worked for me.
Also, try this:
Remove battery and unplug phone. Plug phone in (without battery), then turn on (some phones will turn on without a battery). After the logo comes up, insert the battery. This made my phone recognize the battery and get into the OS.
Once the battery is recognized and you can boot to the OS, root the phone and get the battery calibration app (and use it).
I have a Motorola Defy, and used the Macgyver hack, then had the question mark problem for days before figuring this out.
jodaboda, Thank you a ton for that. I've been searching and trying out things to fix this and this is the closest I've come.
Although the Droid 2 doesn't boot up without a battery, I've had to the Macgyver Hack to get it to boot. The battery calibration app reads 100% charged when I am using the Macgyver Hack and is showing that the battery is charging. I'll tell you if it works once my battery is charged and I calibrate.
I wasn't able to get it to work. I think there is potential but my phone eventually died and it wasn't able to fix it. That app can measure the volts correctly tho, which means we should be able to get the battery working again somehow.
jodaboda said:
I HAVE A SOLUTION (worked for me):
When doing the "Macgyver Hack", I jammed the USB wires into the battery. This pushed the metal spring terminals out. After that, the battery terminal springs don't all touch the connectors in the phone.
Take a needle, and carefully pull the battery's metal springs toward each other.
This worked for me.
Also, try this:
Remove battery and unplug phone. Plug phone in (without battery), then turn on (some phones will turn on without a battery). After the logo comes up, insert the battery. This made my phone recognize the battery and get into the OS.
Once the battery is recognized and you can boot to the OS, root the phone and get the battery calibration app (and use it).
I have a Motorola Defy, and used the Macgyver hack, then had the question mark problem for days before figuring this out.
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I don't have a nan back up from recovery but have read on another thread that you can also fix this by doing a restore of a back up through the recovery from a time before you have had the battery ? issue.. several people have also mentioned that it worked for them.. in my case I don't have a back up before this issue so I cannot confirm.
my phone died noooo
bumping in case anyone has a solution?
please. pretty please.
tried methods above, phone wont boot unless plugged in... i don't care i can't tell what % its at, but i do care it wont boot off battery power.
Tried 2 Ways with no Luck.
1. Power button + volume button down Long press less than a min. ?
2. Plug in for a day or more. ?
Gotto try jadaboda's tip.
Theheroitsme said:
Tried 2 Ways with no Luck.
1. Power button + volume button down Long press less than a min. ?
2. Plug in for a day or more. ?
Gotto try jadaboda's tip.
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try a fastboot cable or a spare battery charger
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Hi,
at the moment I am on holiday in Spain and my Defy [Green Lens CM9 Build 0613 (I think)] has broken, my battery died and i plugged it in to recharge but I got no LED, I know the charger works as it works for my mums phone and it has worked in the past for my Defy, i have plugged it in to macbook and got white LED after 1 minute but it doesn't charge, phone doesn't turn on either, my power button is really stiff (ebay purchase) and I cannot get it to turn on, do i need a battery ficx for CM9 if so, where to get it. Will I need to boot McGuyver to get into CWM and flash it? or is my Defy bricked? I'm only 13 so I don't really want to buy a new phone as I got it for my Birhtday only 4 months ago (my dad will be annoyed) so will anyone help, I'm an experienced 'computerer' and I could flash an SBF if I have to but that will be really annoying.
Thanks,
Will
willster273 said:
Hi,
at the moment I am on holiday in Spain and my Defy [Green Lens CM9 Build 0613 (I think)] has broken, my battery died and i plugged it in to recharge but I got no LED, I know the charger works as it works for my mums phone and it has worked in the past for my Defy, i have plugged it in to macbook and got white LED after 1 minute but it doesn't charge, phone doesn't turn on either, my power button is really stiff (ebay purchase) and I cannot get it to turn on, do i need a battery ficx for CM9 if so, where to get it. Will I need to boot McGuyver to get into CWM and flash it? or is my Defy bricked? I'm only 13 so I don't really want to buy a new phone as I got it for my Birhtday only 4 months ago (my dad will be annoyed) so will anyone help, I'm an experienced 'computerer' and I could flash an SBF if I have to but that will be really annoying.
Thanks,
Will
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Do you ever see anything on the screen? You won't have to flash any battery fixes or anything ever if you have a green lense
Nice to see some other youth on XDA
MainCourse said:
Do you ever see anything on the screen? You won't have to flash any battery fixes or anything ever if you have a green lense
Nice to see some other youth on XDA
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No, the screen just stays black , I'm gonna see if it powers on when I get home on Sunday
willster273 said:
Hi,
at the moment I am on holiday in Spain and my Defy [Green Lens CM9 Build 0613 (I think)] has broken, my battery died and i plugged it in to recharge but I got no LED, I know the charger works as it works for my mums phone and it has worked in the past for my Defy, i have plugged it in to macbook and got white LED after 1 minute but it doesn't charge, phone doesn't turn on either, my power button is really stiff (ebay purchase) and I cannot get it to turn on, do i need a battery ficx for CM9 if so, where to get it. Will I need to boot McGuyver to get into CWM and flash it? or is my Defy bricked? I'm only 13 so I don't really want to buy a new phone as I got it for my Birhtday only 4 months ago (my dad will be annoyed) so will anyone help, I'm an experienced 'computerer' and I could flash an SBF if I have to but that will be really annoying.
Thanks,
Will
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hi ye your gona have to SBF im afraid
regards joedroid
jmar8124 said:
hi ye your gona have to SBF im afraid
regards joedroid
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Thanks for the reply,
But I cannot get my phone to power on at all, I thought to flash SBF I had to get into the RSD mode (whatever its called) by holding up vol and power, but it doesn't turn on. Also if I can manage it, do you know what the best SBF to flash would be (green lens DEFY, originally from T-Mobile (soft unlocked))
Thanks
Will
Right, so I have got home from my Holiday and when I got in I plugged my phone in to the charger, it did not power on, but the LED flashed white constantly with 1-2 second delays between each flash . Does anyone know what this means, do you think my phone will be saveable, should I just plug it in to RSD lite and see if it detects it, not doing anything tomorrow so I can work on it all day to rescue it.
Cheers,
Will
Made a recap Here.
Hope it helps.
For an sbf, chose a deblur (less setup time to go to a custom rom).
my motorola defy is dead
i cant charge my motorola defy after it got stuck in betrween the boot............my defy is compltly off please help me
Plug your phone onto charger & press
Vol. up and then power button
Can you tell me what happens ?
MB525 red lense
HELP!!!!
I'm in the sa me situation . Anti news????
I had my defy look like a complete brick: Neither the screen nor LED would come on. The thing looked as bricked as it can. But I started it with power button + vol up, (no indication from the device what so ever that it came on). hooked it up to the computer and RSDlite was able to find it. then I was able to flash a different SBF.
hope it helps.
So, do you mean to ignore the blank screen???
bricked dyfy plus
bone101 said:
Plug your phone onto charger & press
Vol. up and then power button
Can you tell me what happens ?
MB525 red lense
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It says "battery low, cannot program"...
I seriously need help as I cant afford to spend a penny on my phone...
Use the mcgyver hack. Search for it on Google.
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Hi everybody,
it's the hollidays, sun, free time, and swimming pool. unfortunately this last item seems to be not apreciated by my Milestone.
Indeed, some water from the swimming pool entered in my phone.
I think there s a problem now with my battery, cause I cant go on android OS.
everything is ok to go to boot or custom recovery, but ot block after this step.
I have an icon with a big ? in my battery (instead of the %age of charge)
Do you think my battery is dead ? (I managed to charge it with a direct wall charger)
does it explain that I can t start Android ? (is there a check of the battry status at the start or something like that)
Last thing there s a little rectangular sticker on the batttery and now , it's a little bit red (I don't remember it was like thatbefore, I suppose it was white and it's an oxidation indicator)
I don't know what to do... do i have to buy another one , or is there another solution (waiting 24 or 48 hours for example)
Thanks for your help
mattheoh said:
Hi everybody,
it's the hollidays, sun, free time, and swimming pool. unfortunately this last item seems to be not apreciated by my Milestone.
Indeed, some water from the swimming pool entered in my phone.
I think there s a problem now with my battery, cause I cant go on android OS.
everything is ok to go to boot or custom recovery, but ot block after this step.
I have an icon with a big ? in my battery (instead of the %age of charge)
Do you think my battery is dead ? (I managed to charge it with a direct wall charger)
does it explain that I can t start Android ? (is there a check of the battry status at the start or something like that)
Last thing there s a little rectangular sticker on the batttery and now , it's a little bit red (I don't remember it was like thatbefore, I suppose it was white and it's an oxidation indicator)
I don't know what to do... do i have to buy another one , or is there another solution (waiting 24 or 48 hours for example)
Thanks for your help
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Red means water got in.
And yes, it could have messed up your battery's circuitry. I'd try borrowing a different battery, maybe you're lucky and nothing happened to the phone.
Lean946 said:
Red means water got in.
And yes, it could have messed up your battery's circuitry. I'd try borrowing a different battery, maybe you're lucky and nothing happened to the phone.
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Thanks for the answer.
I triedwith another battery (new one)
in fact , I think theres a problem with the phone, cause I can switch on it, but my battery is not recognized... it 's written 1% battery (always) and I can't charge it plugged on the phone. it charges only with a direct charger...
I think I got a real problem on the phone
I tried to clean the contacts, but nothing changes.
Edit : the situation changed. I put my phone and the battery 24 hours in the rice (to dry it). and resinstall it entirely (flash sbf, CM 10.1)
Now the battery charges and works normally. But I can't find any cell network...
radio component out ? Do i have a way to check it to be sure ?
this helped me to get my signal back....it's months ago, but maybe usefull for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182050
lulli1 said:
this helped me to get my signal back....it's months ago, but maybe usefull for you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1182050
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Thanks Lully, unfortunately, I follow the tips, but it doesn't work. I had already tried with MS2 Toolbox which has MS2 Tool baseband. (I think it's the english version of the apps in this post)
I m going to flash m phone a last time... But I m a bit scared , it seems hardware. The only thing I d like to know, it's how to be sure aboit that ! ;-S
Edit, seems for sure it's hardware 'cause with a 2.3.6 rom without any modifications, can't find any cell network. I m going to put my phone 1 week more in some rice !
Hello,
My Milestone 2 is back , fully operational (on CM 10.2 now ) ! I think this phone is indestructible !
I just wait for a few days, and when I start it again, the network was back.
Just some advices when someone puts some water on his phone :
- switch it off immediately
- clean it as you can with a towel or something like that
- put it in a box full of rices (battery out, and sd card and sim off) - the rice has the property to fix H2O moleculs , and so will dry the components.
- wait for 48 hours, and pray ! ^^
maybe you ll be lucky as me it it's not damaged too seriously.
so thats the way, to make a risecooker out of an us phone! congratulations!!!
Hello everyone,
I was going for a swim in the pool three days ago and have forgotten to put my Nexus 4 in my duffel bag. The phone was submerge along with my swimming short for over 30 seconds :crying:. I dried off the phone, opened it up to removed the battery, and dried it off with a hair blow dryer for five minutes continuously. Then I put my phone in a bowl of rice. Its been two days hoping that the moisture is gone, I plugged it to a wall charger and have gotten the "blinking red light of death". Next, I removed the battery and charge the phone with out it, giving me a boot loader screen with the green android and the Google logo. But putting the battery back and turning it on only giving me that annoying blinking red light. I hope all the phone component is still good. So at this stage can you guys tell me if the battery is dead and would purchasing a new battery resolve this issue? Any input to resolve this red blinking light would be helpful, thank you for reading.
This worked for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/final-fix-nexus-4-red-light-death-t2250454
tommyga said:
This worked for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/final-fix-nexus-4-red-light-death-t2250454
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I have charge twice and installed the battery back and still get the blinking red light. As you have done this before, how did you go about doing it? Was the battery suppose to be "hot" when its being charge? Did you soldered the charging cable "hot and neutral" to the battery positive (+) negative (-) as shown in step 7?
dante510 said:
I have charge twice and installed the battery back and still get the blinking red light. As you have done this before, how did you go about doing it? Was the battery suppose to be "hot" when its being charge? Did you soldered the charging cable "hot and neutral" to the battery positive (+) negative (-) as shown in step 7?
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I'm not sure the battery was hot during the process #7..
I took some old phone charger, cut the two wires apart (the positive and negative), and just made them touch the relevant spots on the battery (no soldering was made).
Did you wait more than 15 minutes during this charging?
tommyga said:
I'm not sure the battery was hot during the process #7..
I took some old phone charger, cut the two wires apart (the positive and negative), and just made them touch the relevant spots on the battery (no soldering was made).
Did you wait more than 15 minutes during this charging?
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Thanks for your reply. I also used an old lg charge with the right amount of Voltage ouput. I think it was 5 Volt or something and just split the cable, made it touch the relevant spots and used it electrical tape to secure the the charging charging cable making sure that the wire made contact with the positive and negative spot. Im not sure which cable was positive or negative, so I had to swap cable around and recharge every 15 minutes trial. I know my connection looks messy but thats the best i could do to make sure the make contact at the charging point on the battery. Is this how you do it? lol
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Basically it seems fine.
There are two more things I recommend trying:
1. Try charging it for 30 minutes.
2. When plugging the battery back, just plug it, and don't screw the two screws of the battery.
Try these two things - and keep updating if the red light still shows
tommyga said:
Basically it seems fine.
There are two more things I recommend trying:
1. Try charging it for 30 minutes.
2. When plugging the battery back, just plug it, and don't screw the two screws of the battery.
Try these two things - and keep updating if the red light still shows
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I have tried charging twice with 30 minutes cycle on each attempt, and have installed the battery back to the phone without the screw of the battery. I tried turning the phone on by holding down the power button for 10 seconds, but there was no Google logo splash screen. The same thing happen on my second attempt, no Google or boot-loader screen. I plugged in the wall charger and let it sit for over two hour and still cant turn it on, only the blinking red light. Removing the battery, charging directly from the cable, and holding the power volume button down at the same time gave me a boot-loader screen and Google logo but the phone immediately shut off. Any ideas what else I could try? Could you tell me about where my phone is damage base on the picture from my earlier post?
If you see Google's logo, your phone can run fine. The problem is probably the dead battery. Consider replacing it with a new one.
sky0165 said:
If you see Google's logo, your phone can run fine. The problem is probably the dead battery. Consider replacing it with a new one.
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Thanks i just order a new one yesterday, just thought I give it a shot instead of buying a new phone. Lets hope its as you say. Thanks for your input.
Ordered a new battery, and it booted up fine. The important thing is that the blinking red light of death is gone so far.. thank goodness! Looks like the battery shorted out when my phone was submerge in the water. There is one small yellow streak line on the bottom right of the screen now but I can live with that. Glad nothing else is damage Thank you for all of your help! Cheers!