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Nexus 4 won't boot. Red LED Flashing

I was playing around with my Nexus 4. It fell in a glass of water. I took it out within 2 seconds. Phone booted up and worked fine except Camera and the earpiece. Those started to work fine after around 5 hrs automatically. I flashed Stock Android 4.2.2 via Fastboot after everything was working fine. It failed while flashing bootloader and then the phone went completely blank. I did 30 mins of work and google search and I was trying all sorts of combinations and the phone booted by luck. After then it went in Blank many times showing *white* LED. I was always able to take it out of that by some combinations. Now the phone got stuck in bootloop. I switched off the phone and plugged it for charging. It charged upto 100%. My mom took my phone and locked in the cupboard (due to exams) I got it today (after 2 days) and when I try to boot then it just shows *Red* LED for some time and then goes off. If I plug it to a wall charger then the Red LED lasts merely a second.
Please help me guys.

iHarkunwar said:
I was playing around with my Nexus 4. It fell in a glass of water. I took it out within 2 seconds. Phone booted up and worked fine except Camera and the earpiece. Those started to work fine after around 5 hrs automatically. I flashed Stock Android 4.2.2 via Fastboot after everything was working fine. It failed while flashing bootloader and then the phone went completely blank. I did 30 mins of work and google search and I was trying all sorts of combinations and the phone booted by luck. After then it went in Blank many times showing *white* LED. I was always able to take it out of that by some combinations. Now the phone got stuck in bootloop. I switched off the phone and plugged it for charging. It charged upto 100%. My mom took my phone and locked in the cupboard (due to exams) I got it today (after 2 days) and when I try to boot then it just shows *Red* LED for some time and then goes off. If I plug it to a wall charger then the Red LED lasts merely a second.
Please help me guys.
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Take out the battery and reinsert it,i have seen people complaining of red blinking led issue,but in their case,the phone shut down due to 0 battery,and when try to turn on by connecting wall charger,the issue showed up.If there's a possibility that the phone got completely discharged in cupboard(due to low or no signal),then that might be ur issue as well.

ashishv said:
Take out the battery and reinsert it,i have seen people complaining of red blinking led issue,but in their case,the phone shut down due to 0 battery,and when try to turn on by connecting wall charger,the issue showed up.If there's a possibility that the phone got completely discharged in cupboard(due to low or no signal),then that might be ur issue as well.
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The phone was powered off in the cupboard

ashishv said:
Take out the battery and reinsert it,i have seen people complaining of red blinking led issue,but in their case,the phone shut down due to 0 battery,and when try to turn on by connecting wall charger,the issue showed up.If there's a possibility that the phone got completely discharged in cupboard(due to low or no signal),then that might be ur issue as well.
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I am afraid taking out the battery. What if voided the phone ?

If the phone has been water damaged, warranty won't help you anyway so you haven't got anything to lose! Just a reminder, if you drop your phone in water, turn it off (take out the battery if possible) and put it in a bowl of rice for 12-48 hours to help dry it out, do not turn it on before then!

iHarkunwar said:
I am afraid taking out the battery. What if voided the phone ?
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You are already voided due to water damage.....

BigDig said:
You are already voided due to water damage.....
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And btw no international warranty for this phone.

But it is already worked completely fine after around 5 days. I also instantly blew a hard dryer on it and it go to work. It shows no signs of Water Damage

ashishv said:
And btw no international warranty for this phone.
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I can ship it back to US. I bought it from Indian site which ships phone to US if any problems come and will deal with RMA.

iHarkunwar said:
I can ship it back to US. I bought it from Indian site which ships phone to US if any problems come and will deal with RMA.
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Which site?I used ppobox.

ashishv said:
Which site?I used ppobox.
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TheAmericanBazaar
Also when it fell in water it had the cover on and the screen protector over too.

Was going to sell and buy HTC One and Google trolled me

iHarkunwar said:
I am afraid taking out the battery. What if voided the phone ?
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The phone isn't really hard to take apart, I posted a video on YouTube a while back showing how to take apart the phone and replace the screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aiut8RXhc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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speedygonzo said:
The phone isn't really hard to take apart, I posted a video on YouTube a while back showing how to take apart the phone and replace the screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1aiut8RXhc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Will try then

I have a complete set of screw drivers. None worked on the Nexus 4 :/

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Dropped phone in toilet. 2 seconds max. Didnt have luxery of a torque screw or pop open capabilities threw the N4 in bag of rice. 4 days later. it turns on and the screen looks fine, but auto shut down right when main screen loads. Checked for water damage on the inside: void stickers were pink, but phone seemed fine and no sign of water damage, until I took out the battery. it looked a bit damaged. I replaced it today and I am still getting the same issue. Right when I am taken past the Cyanogenmod loading screen, the main page loads and says "shutting off" or "powering down" whatever it says. The battery seems to always be between 16-18% also. Anyone ran into a situation like this or have any suggestions? please!!!! thanks!

[Q] Red light of death hardware fix in new batches?

Hello,
Please dont burn me since this topic has a lot of threads already. I live outside the USA and will be visiting US for a few weeks and am planning on getting the nexus 4. After reading through dozens of threads, the general conclusion seems to be that its a hardware problem which can be temporarily fixed by unscrewing the back plate and whatnot.
My question is that is this problem present only in the first few batches of nexus 4 devices? Do you think google must have fixed it by now and cranking out fixed hardware this time?
If so anyone who has recently bought the nexus can confirm? Or is there any link which confirms this?
I only ask because I dont want to be stuck with a dead phone sixteen thousand miles away :/
Thank you!

Life is a gamble. Having said that, chances are a million to one that your brand new n4 will have the battery problem.
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jamesc760 said:
Life is a gamble. Having said that, chances are a million to one that your brand new n4 will have the battery problem.
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Do you think nexus support will comment on this if I call them up in US once I land?

I recently bought a N4 in the USA, not my usual place of residence. It no longer works - the dreaded red light of death. I have no idea how it happened, but that I let the battery run very low and when I plugged it in to charge it froze and then never turned on again.
I've tried various things, but the screen never displays anything, there's no vibration, etc. I've charged it for a long time and to no avail. Strangely, when I plug it into my computer I immediately get a warning about "Unsafe device removal"
I'm either going to pay to get it fixed, or RMA it when I make it to the USA next.

There's a way to fix. You have to remove the back cover and unscrew the two screws that is holding the battery pins. Once you have taken off the screws you have to lift the pins off just a little bit. Don't take the battery off. Then place the pins back and rescrew them in. That should work.
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Just so you know, I have one of the first batch Nexii, have had mine since mid-November, and have never had this issue. They don't all have the problem.

I just freaking experienced this. I reading something, while sitting near my charger, and I forgot to plug my phone in. Then the phone died, so I pluged it in, and there it was, the infamous red light :/ I scared the sh*t out of me. But after unpluging and holding all 3 buttons at once for a few sec, it booted.
I am so freaking lucky
I was on the latest PA rom
Ps. I bought my phone in January, so its from the 3rd batch (ordered in december in germany)
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[Q][SOLVED] Hard Brick or Short Circuit?

Today morning while going to my college i noticed that the phone seemed switched off. It was working fine and had just kept it in the pocket for a second.Upon removing it the mobile seemed switched off. I tried turning it on, but had no respite. even when kept for charging it doesn't show the "charging animation". Any suggestions?
P.S: Going to the service center will be my last resort if nothing works. :crying:
Was on a Remix 2.5 with Hells kernel if that helps(im sure it has nothing to do with this).

MrJellybean said:
Today morning while going to my college i noticed that the phone seemed switched off. It was working fine and had just kept it in the pocket for a second.Upon removing it the mobile seemed switched off. I tried turning it on, but had no respite. even when kept for charging it doesn't show the "charging animation". Any suggestions?
P.S: Going to the service center will be my last resort if nothing works. :crying:
Was on a Remix 2.5 with Hells kernel if that helps(im sure it has nothing to do with this).
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This happens mostly when Water has seeped into your device! I would suggest to keep it inside a box of rice for a day or two... If doesn't work then their are guides to recover from hard brick

agosain7 said:
This happens mostly when Water has seeped into your device! I would suggest to keep it inside a box of rice for a day or two... If doesn't work then their are guides to recover from hard brick
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Well that had happened 2 months ago. Yes, i had kept it in a box full of rice for 4 days. It was working well. It's just that it has happened today ALL OF A SUDDEN :/

MrJellybean said:
Well that had happened 2 months ago. Yes, i had kept it in a box full of rice for 4 days. It was working well. It's just that it has happened today ALL OF A SUDDEN :/
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Keep it in a box of rice again for 2-3 days andit shall work fine again.
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It could also be a motherboard failure. My cousin's galaxy nexus also had a motherboard failure, you can even get it repaired, the only option is to get it replaced...

xXx~~~SHLOK~~~xXx said:
It could also be a motherboard failure. My cousin's galaxy nexus also had a motherboard failure, you can even get it repaired, the only option is to get it replaced...
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Lol. That's what I feared it to be but wait..it started working all of a sudden. Automatic revival!!

S4 I9505 Sudden dead after 6 months of usage

After using my Galaxy S4(I9505) for 6 months it just died yesterday. I was checking facebook and that sort of things and I noticed my phone was lagging, way more than usual lag. Also it frozen in apps in which it never does, so I thought I just had to reboot it. For some reason i forgot to reboot it. And the next time I took it out of my pocked it didn't react to anything.
Symptoms:
- No reaction to the power button.
- No reaction to orther buttons.
- Nothing on the display.
- No LED
- No reaction when connecting to the charger.
Removing the battery and sim-card did nothing. Even after 15hours on the charger it did nothing.
So i just brought it to the service center. The guy from the service center told me that this was the 4th time this week he got an S4 with exactly this issue and also that he hadn't seen this issue before this week. So I thought that maybe its something that happens to some S4's after 6 months.
Just to clear some things up:
The phone was on a stock 4.3 rom.
There was no physical damage, I always used a hardcover and screen protectors. Also no water damage
I used it from the 13th of may till yesterday 13 september, kinda weird.
According to the guy at the service center this will be fixed within warranty.

Emieltes said:
After using my Galaxy S4(I9505) for 6 months it just died yesterday. I was checking facebook and that sort of things and I noticed my phone was lagging, way more than usual lag. Also it frozen in apps in which it never does, so I thought I just had to reboot it. For some reason i forgot to reboot it. And the next time I took it out of my pocked it didn't react to anything.
Symptoms:
- No reaction to the power button.
- No reaction to orther buttons.
- Nothing on the display.
- No LED
- No reaction when connecting to the charger.
Removing the battery and sim-card did nothing. Even after 15hours on the charger it did nothing.
So i just brought it to the service center. The guy from the service center told me that this was the 4th time this week he got an S4 with exactly this issue and also that he hadn't seen this issue before this week. So I thought that maybe its something that happens to some S4's after 6 months.
Just to clear some things up:
The phone was on a stock 4.3 rom.
There was no physical damage, I always used a hardcover and screen protectors. Also no water damage
I used it from the 13th of may till yesterday 13 september, kinda weird.
According to the guy at the service center this will be fixed within warranty.
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Heard this first time. I hope it's not affected to all galaxy s4 Devices.
Mine is already 4 months old.

Bordo_Bereli51 said:
Heard this first time. I hope it's not affected to all galaxy s4 Devices.
Mine is already 4 months old.
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Mine did something very similar after 3 months today. Put it on the charger last night, woke up this morning nothing. After 12+hours of having the battery out it woke up once but wouldn't boot. I'm going to full wipe and flash stock before taking it in.

jbergler said:
Mine did something very similar after 3 months today. Put it on the charger last night, woke up this morning nothing. After 12+hours of having the battery out it woke up once but wouldn't boot. I'm going to full wipe and flash stock before taking it in.
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Your phone has something different. I couldn't even flash firmware on it it was not responding to anything.

is your battery swollen from the middle, because if the device is not responding its because of a dead battery, change it and give us feedback, because there haven't been any complaints about the Samsung Galaxy S4 sudden death even on emmc brick bug check its sane for me...
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Of course you would have sane chip, that app isn't for the S4 dude.
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I got my phone back from the service center some days ago. It was a defect in the IC power supervisor. They replaced it and now my phone is working again

S8 overheated after shuting down

I decided on packing up my s8 and use it later.
I charged it up to a 100(shutdown) at 4:30 used it for a bit and then shut it down kept it back in the box.
Around 7:00 i took it out to extract the sim card but when i took the phone out it was so hot that I couldnt hold it so i put it next to the AC.
My question why it overheated and if I have harmed the battery how do I check the harm done?
Unrooted s8 g950fd

What else harm has ovverheating done to my phone?

Return it asap.

drew272011 said:
Return it asap.
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Why?

Am115h said:
Why?
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Cause a phone that is powered off should not get warm, let alone get so hot you can't touch it. You have a serious hardware defect that is likely very dangerous. Perhaps you've heard of the Note 7?

Words right out of my mouth , You can't touch it ???? Something is Really wrong

You sure it didn't get turned on by accident, overheated then shut off?

There's always that possibility the power button got pressed while it was in the box. Cuz there was no air flow in the box, the heat got trapped in.
Still sounds unlikely so to be on the safe side return the device and get it swapped for one that isn't faulty.
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