Hi all, tried searching for some help but couldn't find anything of any use, plenty of similar things only but not quite the same.
Basically, my phone had been in use today, as normal, nothing different, nothing new installed. I put it down on the table while I did some work around the house, an hour late I picked it up and it was off. It had around 70% power when I last looked at it, Not only had it turned off, it was so hot I couldn't hold it for more than a moment. After letting it cool down, I tried to turn it on and nothing at all happened. I decided to plug it in and leave it to charge a bit, but when I came back to it again half an hour later it was still dead and hot as hell again.
I have tried three different chargers and even a new battery that I bought in town just this morning, thinking the battery was the problem. Still exactly the same thing happening with new battery, wont charge, phone heating up within minutes to the point where I cant hold it. Heat seems to be building up underneath the memory card slot.
I did manage to boot it up briefly whilst it was plugged in before it got too hot but had to turn it off again to cool it down. It seemed to boot just fine on that occasion. Also managed to get it into recovery and did a cache wipe as well as a full factory wipe but no difference. Again I managed to boot it after the wipe, seemed to start up as you would expect a first boot to do, asking me to set up the phone, but again it was no gaining charge and was heating up very fast so had to turn it off again.
Any ideas what the hell has gone wrong with me phone?
I have a repair pack from Samsung on route as its only four months old, so they will do a warranty repair or a swap, but while I'm waiting, thought it best to ask here if anyone has any ideas.
Sorry for such a long post, if I need to post anything more specific feel free to ask.
Thanks in advance
I experienced such before...
Phone heats up a lot and shuts off when charging. I send the phone in for repair, the service center identify it as faulty motherboard and got a replacement handset...
It is just bad quality components in Galaxy S4. Go and change your phone at service center.
Thanks for that, I had a feeling it was motherboard, processor or USB board, Was kind of hoping I was wrong and there was something I could do at home to fix it but oh well...
Does it matter that I have the new German 4.3 firmware on a UK handset with multi-csc? Knox flag is still 0x0 if that matters to warranty lol. I cant flash anything stock if I cant turn the thing on lol.
Why is the S4 such a poor quality phone for a flagship, seems to be so many faults with the phone and battery. I've had both the cracked screen issue as well as this crash for no reason. My S2 on the other hand is still going strong and working perfectly despite being dropped a few times and having had no new parts or battery replaced. Its covered in marks and dents from prolonged use and still keeps going. Had that since launch. Back to using it while waiting for the four month old S4 to be fixed.
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Strange new development, the original battery doest do anything any more. Nothing happening at all, no charging screen, no heating up, nothing. New battery still not charging and causing phone to heat up. Did manage to boot the phone up again for a few minutes last night and besides heat and not charging, it seemed to work. Making me think its not the motherboard at fault now or surely it wouldn't turn on. No idea what's going on now.
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my s4 is a year and a month old and yesterday i put it to charge before bed like i always do. i heard my phone vibrating and i figured it was a text. after an hour i go to check the phone and it is off. i tried to turn it on and it had no led or any sign of power even while connected to the stock charger. i knew something was wrong when it wouldnt wake after holding the power button and the volume buttons and then removing the battery and replacing the battery. usually when you take out the battery and put it back on it vibrates but i got nothing. today i tried my friends battery on my phone and saw so signs of it getting power. i also tried my battery on his phone and it powered up fine.
i just got off the phone with t-mobile and the warranty has expired since its been over a year since i got this phone. there is nothing they can do since its a hardware issue. is there any possible known way to try and fix it? even if i gotta gut it up to check a connector or something. the rep said maybe something isnt making contact but i havent dropped my phone in a while and has always had the gel rubber around with a hard shell supporting the gel so no physical signs of damage. the top half does get hot when i put it to charge but not the battery so no clue what could have cause this. i dont overclock it or anything special kernel modifications just a stock based rom which i have had for months now.
So yesterday my phone worked great. I work outside for the most part. It rained its ass off. Phone did not get wet that im aware of. no water drops or anything on it. Had it inside my waterproof jacket. This was early morning..10am or so. I get home from work around 7pm. Phone still works. battery is getting very low though. At 8pm phone reboots..which it randomly does sometimes. I set it down, come back to it awhile later and realize it never came back on. Figured the battery was completely drained past 5%. plugged it into stock charger (not stock cable though but a highend cable still). Phone wouldnt boot up or power on or even show any signs of life. Tried other cables, charges, USB ports on computer, even car charger. Nothing. Set it on charge over night. Still not even a LED blink. Set it on car charger all day while at work. Not even a blink. I took it apart (taken many phones apart in my time haha) disconnected battery and plugged it in...nothing. tried power/volume down, power/volume up, all 3 buttons. held all button combos for over a minute. Still nothing at all. I have a new battery on order that I can slap in there and see if the battery is just completely shot but does anyone else have any ideas on what i can do to get it up and running again? Already had to buy a new phone G3! because i HAVe to have one for work. So i want to get this one working again so i have a backup in case this ever happens again.
Thanks for any and all help
Have you tried to enter download mode?
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Have you tried to enter download mode?
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tried to enter download mode, recovery mode, every mode i know of. with no luck.
and forgot to mention. when plugged into computer the computer does not notice anything has been plugged in at all. no sound at all. nothing under device manager
well i got the new battery in. didnt work. still no power at all. anyone else know of something i can try? i know the screen isnt dead because it would still give out sound when turned on or vibrate. but that doesnt happen either. is there some other thing i could test? how would i test the motherboard? power button?
This sounds like exactly what happened to my phone about two weeks ago. Phone was randomly rebooting one morning in strange intervals. Once or twice an hour at first, then more often as the day progressed. By the end of the day the phone wouldn't even turn on anymore. I had thought it was the battery as well but after bringing in to an electronics repair shop, it was diagnosed as a bad motherboard and the guy quoted me $130 to replace it. Considering you can buy the D800 off contract brand new for about $220 off the internet, I declined. I'm still really upset about it. I had already had it replaced by AT&T while it was under warranty. However, now my warranty has expired. I really liked the phone overall but now I'm not so sure I trust LG's hardware.
I'm using my brother's old iphone 4 now and it drives me flippin' crazy. I want to get a new phone as soon as possible but I don't know what to get. I'm so torn on the whole issue. Was thinking about the S6 but I've had bad luck with samsung in the past as well. I'd get a newer iphone but ios is so lame compared to Android. I hope you find a better solution than I did. :crying:
Download mode and rom flash?
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I bought the Xperia X compact thinking that it is going to be a decent phone, i received the phone only last week and it had experienced a 'catastrophic' issue. The phone started overheating at random times, during phone calls, browsing and taking photos; i know that the phone cpu is working and it will cause a slight heating but the heat from the phone was too hot that i can't touch it anymore with bare hands. During the overheating the phone then resets itself and starts bootlooping continuously non stop until it runs out of battery. So plugging in the charger after the battery is completely flat (it hasn't turned on or off for several hours), the phone heats up again to a point where you cannot touch it again while the red LED turns on and off and then the phone starts to loop again. The starting boot screen is also messed up as well, i have no idea what to do with it except returning it.
The phone is stock untouched and has not been dropped, my concern now is if i get a replacement will there be a chance that it will do the same heating issue again. I know at the moment the full sized X is having an overheating issue as well when the camera is turned on, could this be related.
Any suggestions on what i can do or has anyone experienced this issue
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I bought the Xperia X compact thinking that it is going to be a decent phone, i received the phone only last week and it had experienced a 'catastrophic' issue. The phone started overheating at random times, during phone calls, browsing and taking photos; i know that the phone cpu is working and it will cause a slight heating but the heat from the phone was too hot that i can't touch it anymore with bare hands. During the overheating the phone then resets itself and starts bootlooping continuously non stop until it runs out of battery. So plugging in the charger after the battery is completely flat (it hasn't turned on or off for several hours), the phone heats up again to a point where you cannot touch it again while the red LED turns on and off and then the phone starts to loop again. The starting boot screen is also messed up as well, i have no idea what to do with it except returning it.
The phone is stock untouched and has not been dropped, my concern now is if i get a replacement will there be a chance that it will do the same heating issue again. I know at the moment the full sized X is having an overheating issue as well when the camera is turned on, could this be related.
Any suggestions on what i can do or has anyone experienced this issue
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Never had an issue or heard of one at all with the X Compact thus far. In fact most people comment on how it doesn't get as hot as the Z5 Compact due to the different chip. I have used mine to watch full length films at times and haven't noticed any heat issues at all. While I don't use my camera often I have used it to record small videos in the 5 to 10 minute range and didn't notice any change with temperature in the phone. Sounds like you got a dud and if it's getting that hot it could be a defective battery. I would just return it for another one.
zero_ap said:
I bought the Xperia X compact thinking that it is going to be a decent phone, i received the phone only last week and it had experienced a 'catastrophic' issue. The phone started overheating at random times, during phone calls, browsing and taking photos; i know that the phone cpu is working and it will cause a slight heating but the heat from the phone was too hot that i can't touch it anymore with bare hands. During the overheating the phone then resets itself and starts bootlooping continuously non stop until it runs out of battery. So plugging in the charger after the battery is completely flat (it hasn't turned on or off for several hours), the phone heats up again to a point where you cannot touch it again while the red LED turns on and off and then the phone starts to loop again. The starting boot screen is also messed up as well, i have no idea what to do with it except returning it.
The phone is stock untouched and has not been dropped, my concern now is if i get a replacement will there be a chance that it will do the same heating issue again. I know at the moment the full sized X is having an overheating issue as well when the camera is turned on, could this be related.
Any suggestions on what i can do or has anyone experienced this issue
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never heard of it either, this phone runs VERY cool (25-37 degrees Celsius max) depending on load and surroundings ofc. i never noticed any real temp differences in my hand while browsing, watching video, using the cam or making calls either. never rebooted itself no matter how much I pushed it either.
sure sounds like a faulty battery, those can be quite dangerous if you cant even touch it I would turn it off, put it in the sink overnight and return the phone asap.
edit: I can see from the pic it even affects the screen, as I have never seen it reported before seems like one of those 1 in a billion battery you sometimes hear about in any electronic device today that uses lithium batteries from ecigs to laptops. again be careful when a battery acts like that, don't provoke it anymore, get a replacement and I am sure you wont have any trouble.
Yeah, I'm trying to return it, i bought it through a local online store. The support team of the store has one of those basic checklist over the phone/emails (turn off/on, factory reset, remove google acc) and then once the checklist does not resolve the issue it gets escalated then i can send it back.
The problem was that they were insistent that it can be solved by factory reset, i had to keep reinstating that the phone just shows the logo for not even 1 seconds and it turns off again; I can't even get to recovery or bootloader menu. On top of that I cannot charge it at all either; when the charger is plugged in the phone tries to display the battery percent charge but it just shows green lines like the picture and then turns off again. Very frustrating. In the end they accepted the return and quoted 3-4 weeks before they can confirm if anything is wrong with it. Its very disappointing and just unlucky of me if this issue is 1 in a million.
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never heard of it either, this phone runs VERY cool (25-37 degrees Celsius max) depending on load and surroundings ofc. i never noticed any real temp differences in my hand while browsing, watching video, using the cam or making calls either. never rebooted itself no matter how much I pushed it either.
sure sounds like a faulty battery, those can be quite dangerous if you cant even touch it I would turn it off, put it in the sink overnight and return the phone asap.
edit: I can see from the pic it even affects the screen, as I have never seen it reported before seems like one of those 1 in a billion battery you sometimes hear about in any electronic device today that uses lithium batteries from ecigs to laptops. again be careful when a battery acts like that, don't provoke it anymore, get a replacement and I am sure you wont have any trouble.
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Yeah, I'm trying to return it, i bought it through a local online store. The support team of the store has one of those basic checklist over the phone/emails (turn off/on, factory reset, remove google acc) and then once the checklist does not resolve the issue it gets escalated then i can send it back.
The problem was that they were insistent that it can be solved by factory reset, i had to keep reinstating that the phone just shows the logo for not even 1 seconds and it turns off again; I can't even get to recovery or bootloader menu. On top of that I cannot charge it at all either; when the charger is plugged in the phone tries to display the battery percent charge but it just shows green lines like the picture and then turns off again. Very frustrating. In the end they accepted the return and quoted 3-4 weeks before they can confirm if anything is wrong with it. Its very disappointing and just unlucky of me if this issue is 1 in a million.
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yeah I gotta say you are unlucky man
the phone is quite cool for a 28nm processor device, I only had one time overheating restart after playing telltale batman game for about 30 minutes and that game is a seriously heavy game so that was something normal...
I have a few of these from various regions and they all run perfectly, I would send it in for sure or exchange it
If you're in Europe you have two weeks to return it for receiving your money back (web / purchase on distance) . I would send it back for them for refund or a working XC. This is not your problem, but theirs. Return it today. After two weeks they get the chance to repair and leave you without phone.
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Yeah, I'm trying to return it, i bought it through a local online store. The support team of the store has one of those basic checklist over the phone/emails (turn off/on, factory reset, remove google acc) and then once the checklist does not resolve the issue it gets escalated then i can send it back.
The problem was that they were insistent that it can be solved by factory reset, i had to keep reinstating that the phone just shows the logo for not even 1 seconds and it turns off again; I can't even get to recovery or bootloader menu. On top of that I cannot charge it at all either; when the charger is plugged in the phone tries to display the battery percent charge but it just shows green lines like the picture and then turns off again. Very frustrating. In the end they accepted the return and quoted 3-4 weeks before they can confirm if anything is wrong with it. Its very disappointing and just unlucky of me if this issue is 1 in a million.
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Oh how annoying and unlucky No factory reset or anything can fix that problem. Sorry for being a little late but have you tried going to a Sony store? I dunno but they *should* be rather interested in resolving your problem directly as a bad battery is rather serious.
Also if you live in Europe the above is true, they are obligated to give you a refund or new phone within 14 days.
It's not supposed to be hot in any way. I tried stress testing the processor and rapid charging mine and the battery sensor reading never got over 36C which can barely be felt. Also it never throttled back or affected stability.
@Kianush, I seriously doubt that overheating caused the restart after playing a telltale game. It's more likely a coincidence of things/bug in the game. Also its clear that it is the battery that is at fault here, it's impossible for the sd650 to get so hot that you can not touch the phone and burns the board and/or screen.
The store finally got back to me, parts of the motherboard had burnt up from possible overvoltage of the battery. I am trying to get the refund for the device at the moment. Just unlucky i guess.
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Oh how annoying and unlucky No factory reset or anything can fix that problem. Sorry for being a little late but have you tried going to a Sony store? I dunno but they *should* be rather interested in resolving your problem directly as a bad battery is rather serious.
Also if you live in Europe the above is true, they are obligated to give you a refund or new phone within 14 days.
It's not supposed to be hot in any way. I tried stress testing the processor and rapid charging mine and the battery sensor reading never got over 36C which can barely be felt. Also it never throttled back or affected stability.
@Kianush, I seriously doubt that overheating caused the restart after playing a telltale game. It's more likely a coincidence of things/bug in the game. Also its clear that it is the battery that is at fault here, it's impossible for the sd650 to get so hot that you can not touch the phone and burns the board and/or screen.
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Everyone, please help me. I don't know what else to do. I am desperate here!!!
So, I've had my Galaxy Note 4 since the day they came out (October 24th, 2014), and I baby my phone.
Anyway, I've never dropped it, got it wet - nothing.
Last week, out of nowhere (I don't recall downloading anything out of the ordinary), my phone started getting extremely sluggish. I wiped the cache partition, but that didn't solve my issues.
Then, the phone was shutting down (abruptly, not powering down) out of nowhere. So, I pulled the battery, and did so many other recommended things.
Now, I cannot turn on my phone without first pulling the battery. Every so often, the phone shuts down (abruptly) and I have to pull the battery to start it up again.
I've changed batteries to back to my original battery, but that didn't help.
Then, every so often a screen comes on with the Android character saying, "Downloading. Do Not Turn Off Target !!"
Please help me!!! What can I do? What should I do?
I love this phone and it's gonna be a long time before the Galaxy Note 8 comes out!
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Everyone, please help me. I don't know what else to do. I am desperate here!!!
So, I've had my Galaxy Note 4 since the day they came out (October 24th, 2014), and I baby my phone.
Anyway, I've never dropped it, got it wet - nothing.
Last week, out of nowhere (I don't recall downloading anything out of the ordinary), my phone started getting extremely sluggish. I wiped the cache partition, but that didn't solve my issues.
Then, the phone was shutting down (abruptly, not powering down) out of nowhere. So, I pulled the battery, and did so many other recommended things.
Now, I cannot turn on my phone without first pulling the battery. Every so often, the phone shuts down (abruptly) and I have to pull the battery to start it up again.
I've changed batteries to back to my original battery, but that didn't help.
Then, every so often a screen comes on with the Android character saying, "Downloading. Do Not Turn Off Target !!"
Please help me!!! What can I do? What should I do?
I love this phone and it's gonna be a long time before the Galaxy Note 8 comes out!
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Could be a faulty battery because the symptoms sounds similar to mine.
What happened to me was :
Phone would shut down randomly and would only switch on when plugged and charging.
Phone would shut down randomly and would only switch on after pulling out the battery.
Phone would randomly reboot.
Phone would discharge at a very quick pace. 20% for 5-20 minutes of usage.
Phone would only switch on when plugged into a power source but would bootloop when unplugged, even at 100%.
I managed to remedy the situation by buying a new battery. Although you did mentioned that you replaced it with the original battery, I suspect that there might be some sort of batch issue or something when it comes to the Note 4 battery. This current battery that I'm using is the third battery I bought for my Note 4 (because Samsung did not honour their warranty) and the only one that did not came from a Samsung authorised dealer and so far the issues seems to be gone. My phone stopped shutting down randomly and now I'm able to get 4 hour SOT with 12 hours of battery. Not that I'm suggesting you to get a fake battery but it's worth a try to see that it's not a motherboard issue.
My first two battery that came from Samsung and an authorised dealer both had issues within one year respectively and if you bring it to Samsung they will claim it's a motherboard issue and will charge you a few hundreds for a replacement so a new battery is worth a try.
So, I replaced my OEM battery with an Anker battery over a year ago. When this issue started, I put the OEM battery back in. The same issues occurred and the battery drained faster, so I put the Anker one back in.
Did adding a new battery fix your issues? It seems like you might have had the same issues as me.
Did that boot screen with the big Android guy come up on your phone as well?
Did you do a factory reset upon loading the new battery in?
I really love this phone, as you do, and I really want it to work and last!
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So, I replaced my OEM battery with an Anker battery over a year ago. When this issue started, I put the OEM battery back in. The same issues occurred and the battery drained faster, so I put the Anker one back in.
Did adding a new battery fix your issues? It seems like you might have had the same issues as me.
Did that boot screen with the big Android guy come up on your phone as well?
Did you do a factory reset upon loading the new battery in?
I really love this phone, as you do, and I really want it to work and last!
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Hi there,
I had exact the same problems. I think it is your flashmemory that is causing the problem. When the phone suddenly reboots into downloadmode you normally will see an error message in red saying "emmc read failure". This is your flashmemory. I ordered a new motherboard via alieexpress and replaced it myself, which is not difficult. You can find tutorial on youtube.
My phone is working perfect now.
Dankees said:
Everyone, please help me. I don't know what else to do. I am desperate here!!!
So, I've had my Galaxy Note 4 since the day they came out (October 24th, 2014), and I baby my phone.
Anyway, I've never dropped it, got it wet - nothing.
Last week, out of nowhere (I don't recall downloading anything out of the ordinary), my phone started getting extremely sluggish. I wiped the cache partition, but that didn't solve my issues.
Then, the phone was shutting down (abruptly, not powering down) out of nowhere. So, I pulled the battery, and did so many other recommended things.
Now, I cannot turn on my phone without first pulling the battery. Every so often, the phone shuts down (abruptly) and I have to pull the battery to start it up again.
I've changed batteries to back to my original battery, but that didn't help.
Then, every so often a screen comes on with the Android character saying, "Downloading. Do Not Turn Off Target !!"
Please help me!!! What can I do? What should I do?
I love this phone and it's gonna be a long time before the Galaxy Note 8 comes out!
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Same issue here, started over a week ago, I have tried so many things, no results, you can't do anything, just gotta change the motherboard.
Same issues for me also. I replaced the battery,with no positive effect. The only thing to help is installing the app wake lock. Phone now works, but this does not solve the poor ram handling.
Hello guys,
This just happened.
I left my phone charging, and when it hit 100%, I disconnected it from the charger and then I was going to put it in airplane mode, so I could go to bed. When I pushed the status bar down, the phone froze, 5 seconds later the screen went black and it wont turn on now.
When I plug the phone on my PC, there's a sound notification from windows, just like when you plug whatever USB device, but the phone is absolutely dead.
Holding the power button doesn't help. It just got out from warranty last month.... Full stock phone.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
50/50 chance a new battery might fix your problem. But if your not gonna do it yourself might be time to throw in the towel.
Similar event happened with me, phone died abruptly service center people told me that pcb has died and needs to be replaced, will cost more than 300$ for a new pcb. This phone has got really poor quality hardware component can die any time. Never gonna buy huawei built phone in future
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50/50 chance a new battery might fix your problem. But if your not gonna do it yourself might be time to throw in the towel.
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I haven't had any problems with the battery whatsoever, it was fine since day one, a little but totally normal wear. The phone charged fine everytime also.
I stopped by in a service shop, they don't mess with nexus devices and they don't know anyone who does (Nexus never came to my country, so it's a rare device to see, iPhones, Galaxies and Moto G are kings here)..
Anyway, I tried everything I could. Hair dryer, downloading build with QFIL, holding the power and volume for more than 20 minutes, leaving the charger on for 24h and everything else I found online and the phone didn't even tried to recover, so I pulled the trigger on a OnePlus 5T. I hope this one lasts me for 5 years, like I was planning with the N6P.