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Now I'm pretty sure this phone is fried. I'm nearly possitive. Here goes
Updated the radio, went to that neat little screen that says " writing radio" then it shows the arrow to the "rom" image. Well.... its stuck there. after about 30 mins, I thought it was safe to say "remove the battery you f_ed up"
Well rebooted the phone and home + power and cam + power does squat. All the phone shows is that rom image.
Is it safe to call t-mo and ask for a new phone? Could I call it a warrenty issue? Do i Just play dumb and home for the best?
Aythadis said:
Now I'm pretty sure this phone is fried. I'm nearly possitive. Here goes
Updated the radio, went to that neat little screen that says " writing radio" then it shows the arrow to the "rom" image. Well.... its stuck there. after about 30 mins, I thought it was safe to say "remove the battery you f_ed up"
Well rebooted the phone and home + power and cam + power does squat. All the phone shows is that rom image.
Is it safe to call t-mo and ask for a new phone? Could I call it a warrenty issue? Do i Just play dumb and home for the best?
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Yeah just go to a tmo store. Say that the phone said there was an update available and you chose to install it, left it alone, went back later and it was stuck on the tmo screen or something. Don't use anywords like "brick" just so they don't get suspicious
Neva eva EVA, pull the battery young one. If you were a doctor trying a new med on a patient on life support and it took a little bit to respond, would you pull the plug. Nope because that patient has family. Well now look at what you did, you got the g1's mamma crying, and his poppi wanting to kill you, and you left the little baby g1s without a father, what is wrong with you. You better watch your back because his brother is a hero and it's not too hard for a hero wanting revenge to become a villian
you MONSTER!!!!!!!
Omg, i laughing my ass off here XD
gridlock32404 said:
Neva eva EVA, pull the battery young one. If you were a doctor trying a new med on a patient on life support and it took a little bit to respond, would you pull the plug. Nope because that patient has family. Well now look at what you did, you got the g1's mamma crying, and his poppi wanting to kill you, and you left the little baby g1s without a father, what is wrong with you. You better watch your back because his brother is a hero and it's not too hard for a hero wanting revenge to become a villian
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lol....................
Me too.
Couldnt get alt x during the home and backspace mode and so I thought a reboot would work..
Went to the tmo store and played stupid and they gave me a new g1.
Pay ATTENTION, if you dont know what something is keep researching it. and never reboot until you are sure.
Good advice, yes, pay attention. now you just have to worry bout the brother hero and poppi, man, your g1 just a illegatimate baby mytouch too, shame on you
Well, T-mo said no on the exchange. Found one with a busted digitizer and swapped some parts and...poof. working g1. New rule of thumb. RTFM...twice. As my late father said, measure twice, cut once. So... back to the drawing board.
Why did they deny the warranty exchnage?
Must not have a mouth piece. I was able to change mine out in the store. I just wouldn't take no for an answer.
What is the best way to convince t-mobile to replace a bricked g1?
M..N said:
What is the best way to convince t-mobile to replace a bricked g1?
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Just tell them you got the OTA update and when you updated it and came back to the phone it was messed up (don't say bricked). Play dumb and just act pissed off that T-Mobile did this to you. Just don't take no for an answer. I dropped my phone and it wouldn't turn on. I went to one store and said I dropped it and they wouldn't replace it in the store that I would have to go thru asus (insurance) cause it was physical damage. I then went to another store and told them the excuse I just told you and they exchanged it in store, so no mailing and waiting time. Had a new phone an hour after I dropped my old one.
hello,
I'm sorry put i don't now where i cand write my problem.
I have a G1 and before the insalltion of the spl-signed.zip my g1 freeze on the logo orange. I don't know what can i do. And when i want to put the backup nandroid, it doesn't work at the line: " mount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /tmp/system" failed: invalid argument.
My G1 is bricked or not ? What can i do ?
Sorry for my english and thanks a lot.
dada95 said:
hello,
I'm sorry put i don't now where i cand write my problem.
I have a G1 and before the insalltion of the spl-signed.zip my g1 freeze on the logo orange. I don't know what can i do. And when i want to put the backup nandroid, it doesn't work at the line: " mount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /tmp/system" failed: invalid argument.
My G1 is bricked or not ? What can i do ?
Sorry for my english and thanks a lot.
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Quit trying to argue with your phone, and maybe it might work.
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Just tell them you got the OTA update and when you updated it and came back to the phone it was messed up (don't say bricked). Play dumb and just act pissed off that T-Mobile did this to you. Just don't take no for an answer. I dropped my phone and it wouldn't turn on. I went to one store and said I dropped it and they wouldn't replace it in the store that I would have to go thru asus (insurance) cause it was physical damage. I then went to another store and told them the excuse I just told you and they exchanged it in store, so no mailing and waiting time. Had a new phone an hour after I dropped my old one.
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Do you have to be a T-Mobile customer?
I have a T-Mobile tester sim card so I'm not paying anything. Will it still work?
Early this morning, I unplugged my G2 from the outlet before leaving to work. The damn thing just shut off and won't turn on again...
I tried the power button, the optical pad button+power, took out the battery and back in multiple times, many times plugged in and not plugged in.
What a POS phone, I mean we get a 1.3gb usable space not the advertised 4gb, it also "corrects" itself with a hidden mirror OS so it's very difficult to root, plus the damn loose hinges and the screen ribbon exposed when the hinges are fully opened, the screen also has a very subtle yellow hue, plus reports of random reboots, market problem where google goggles won't install, live wallpapers crashing and freezing up, and finally the POS just dying on me when I need it for work.
If you have a G2 with no problems (yeah right) then congrats. I'm really considering withdrawing from the extended contract and going with the iFail.
Sorry for the rant, just a little pissed off and the customer service lady was a real *****.
ok
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Yup. Oh BTW. The e39 is also a POS.
You're not alone, man. Between this and the Vibrant headache, I fear my days with T-Mo are numbered. It was a fun decade, but it doesn't look as if they plan to change their course anytime soon.
Unless, of course, they want to start carrying the Desire HD?
We'll see what G2 #2 brings tomorrow. If it's more of the same problems, I will be a disappointed man.
This happened to me too. But I managed to power it back on after fiddling with removing the battery.
Yeah my g2 refused to turn on a couple of times now without taking out the battery and putting it back in.
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Yup. Oh BTW. The e39 is also a POS.
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Sweet observation. You should stay away from both then.
I don't blame you. T-Mobile's customer service has been **** for me too. First they tell me I can exchange it at the store only to have the store tell me no, sorry you have to ship it back. Then they make me pay for shipping, too. As far as the G2 goes, it broke while in my pocket, so no thanks. Maybe they'll rework the hinges soon. Otherwise, I'm just gonna use this crappy ass G1 until the Desire HD comes around.
mines shut off this morning.. first, my on-screen Android Keyboard went missing.. so I shut it off, turned it back on. Then it asked me if I'd give access permission to Google App Engine?? Are they going to start monitoring my apps now?? Just asking? Don't know what that does.. anyways, so after that.. my G2 just sat there til I wen t to go check the time and my phone was off! tried to turn it back on and it wouldn't! So I took the battery out and rebooted. Its on now but this is the second time this week! And not to mention my hinges are starting to become an issue as well! Not cool! They need to bring the Desire HD over so I can replace my G2 with that!
Yeah it happen to my g2 as well. This phone is really not making my android experience any good. tmo need to address these issues ASAP, and i work for them!!! im going to check the "known issues" on the g2 when i get into work 2mrow and see wat is up with this.
i suggest you all who is having these issues to give tmo a call so they have enough calls from customers to generate a ticket with HTC and lvl3 techs to address these issues. Just because tmo is not on these forums and reading about customers issues.
my phone turned off yesterday and also this morning. idk if maybe me trying to snooze the alarm accidently turned it off so im putting my phone in a diff location tonight and checking tomorrow-- if its off tomorrow im calling tmo asap!
My G2 just shut off itself when I was replying to a text. I pulled the battery and reseated it and try turning on but it does not do anything. If I connect it to the charger, the orange charging led just flashes on and off. It's been 20 minutes and I have not been able to turn it back on.
OMG, the desire's symptom comes to G2
Mine as well.
Well my G2 just turned it self off as well today. It was unresponsive to the power button. Took battery out and re-installed and powered back on and has been working ever since but thats just not right.
Edit: Not sure if this is worth anything but this happened shortly after I put the market widget on my home. I've had Beautiful Widget running for a week so don't think that was the problem but not even sure if the market one caused it but thought it might be worth mentioning.
Mine has also soft reboot back to the G2 screen 2 or 3 times now. Dunno what's going on
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I have had this happen twice. In fact, my phone is in that state now. I am going to the TMO store. However, if I decide to return the phone, it isn't for this issue alone. As a side note, I thought this had happened to me with the TMO phone I was playing with in store before I bought mine.
If you take the battery out, wait about 10seconds, and re-install it you will be able to power the phone back up. Anyway, this behavior could be due to either a bad part or a driver problem.
*UPDATE*
Sadly, after talking to the TMO rep at the store, I elected to return the phone rather than exchange. While they wouldn't say how many, they have gotten "several" phones back because of this. My hats off to the Seattle TMO store as they made the return non-hassle and because I was returning it due to a defect, I didn't have to pay the restocking fee.
gjvah said:
Sweet observation. You should stay away from both then.
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Sound advice, especially regarding the e39.
Hey guys,
After another freeze, I was able to actually connect via ADB. The shell was working fine.
Anyways, I did a logcat, and I saw the attached code looping.
http://pastebin.com/DV3uVYJg
It just keeps looping on these audio logs.
Any thoughts?
Anyone else get logcats similar or different than this?
-oldsk00lz
Fuskand said:
This happened to me too. But I managed to power it back on after fiddling with removing the battery.
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2nd that. 10 chars
I had the same issue with my phones screen would just shut off and I would have to pull the battery out just to get it back on. I called tmobile and the answer I get is "that is not a known issue but def we will look into it". So all I did was go back to a tmobile store and trade it out for another one. Hopefully this won't happen again.
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hello so i put my t-mobile g2 down for a while, about 15 minutes, and when i came back to it all i saw was a blank screen. so i removed the battery and put it back in and when i turn it on all i get is a black screen. my phone was already perm rooted with cyanogenmod rom 6.1. i dont know what to do now. i hope someone can help me.
does any one have any input on what to do? i just got my phone like 2 weeks ago
Thank you
As silly as this sounds, did your battery die? Try plugging it into a power source and then turn it on. See what you get.
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Sv3nt3k said:
As silly as this sounds, did your battery die? Try plugging it into a power source and then turn it on. See what you get.
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thanks for the reply. yes ive charged it too. i think somethings wrong with just the screen. i can blindly do random stuff with the phone. i can unlock and lock the phone because i can hear the sounds and ive also played music because i know where on the home screen the icon is. i just cant see anything on the phone for some reason. it was completely random. ive never dropped the phone
Anyone have any ideas?
Call Tmobile get a new one
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Yeah I did call. I'm gonna go to the tmobile store and exchange it but do you think they'll know that I rooted it since it does void the warranty?
indeed15 said:
Yeah I did call. I'm gonna go to the tmobile store and exchange it but do you think they'll know that I rooted it since it does void the warranty?
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Considering the screen won't turn on... No, I think you will be fine. Plus, not very many people at T-mobile even know what root is.
waffleman911 said:
Considering the screen won't turn on... No, I think you will be fine. Plus, not very many people at T-mobile even know what root is.
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yeah true that but what about after they send the phone in? Can they still do something if they find out its rooted even after the tmobile store replaced it?
Does the screen turn on while the phone is booting up?
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indeed15 said:
yeah true that but what about after they send the phone in? Can they still do something if they find out its rooted even after the tmobile store replaced it?
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Well, say they do. I'm sure they have better stuff to do then hunt and back track and find out where that G2 came from just to return it back to you and say "No, you can't have that replacement G2. Now give it back." I just wouldn't worry about it to be honest. But that's just my $0.02
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Well, say they do. I'm sure they have better stuff to do then hunt and back track and find out where that G2 came from just to return it back to you and say "No, you can't have that replacement G2. Now give it back." I just wouldn't worry about it to be honest. But that's just my $0.02
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Lol yeah I went ahead and got it exchanged. Hope this g2 holds up. Thanks for replying
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so i called in to sprint beacuse for like the 5th time ive had txting issues with my phone reverted my phone completly stock before i called in beacuse i know there gonna want a hard reset done and what not.... by the time i got done with him i had a black screen and a status bar i couldnt even drag down they want me to go to the sprint store and now i can get a evo or nexus s after my 4 epic lol prolly gonna stay with the epic for now anyways. when it works its great. good thing for odin and u guys keeping **** up on here. or i have a cant even call it semi bricked just a screwed up phone that cant do **** except tell me time lol
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so i called in to sprint beacuse for like the 5th time ive had txting issues with my phone reverted my phone completly stock before i called in beacuse i know there gonna want a hard reset done and what not.... by the time i got done with him i had a black screen and a status bar i couldnt even drag down they want me to go to the sprint store and now i can get a evo after my 4 epic lol great thing for odin and u guys keeping **** up on here. or i have a cant even call it semi bricked just a screwed up phone that cant do **** except tell me time lol
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yeah, just for future reference, don't do anything Sprint suggests that's more serious than turning your phone on & off and/or maybe pulling the battery. most of their staff know far less about the devices they support than anyone here.
yea well it was bassicly all the same stuff i normaly do to fix my phone anyways just he sent a update to my phone and it didnt take and it was all hell from there shortly after that happend he transfered me to someone else i thought it was funny beacuse i was just gonna go to my computer reflash my phone to the way i had it
(Seriously man, I can't post a link!)
www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=ux-YzGq-vSA
(phew... that was a huge hassle)
That should give you an idea on my somewhat weird and strange problem on my LG G2.
So, I have had my G2 since 2014, has worked surprisingly very well with very very little problems. But just recently I upgraded to Lolipop, was fine for a day or so and this problem suddenly appears. Initially, I was checking my phone and browse the internet, as usual, then I was surprised that my screen moved and jumped like crazy (exactly shown in the video). I was first baffled with this and wondering "what the hell is wrong?". Alright, so I soft reset my phone straight away after that and... Still the same problem. From that time I had been thinking that this could be a serious problem.
The problem started yesterday and is still there even now (with smaller frequency), now I want this to be fixed and I don't know where should I begin. I don't think it's the update that caused this because it was fine for a day or so and no one else got this problem (after updating). I am seeking for your help, anyone?
refil said:
(Seriously man, I can't post a link!)
www[dot]youtube[dot]com/watch?v=ux-YzGq-vSA
(phew... that was a huge hassle)
That should give you an idea on my somewhat weird and strange problem on my LG G2.
So, I have had my G2 since 2014, has worked surprisingly very well with very very little problems. But just recently I upgraded to Lolipop, was fine for a day or so and this problem suddenly appears. Initially, I was checking my phone and browse the internet, as usual, then I was surprised that my screen moved and jumped like crazy (exactly shown in the video). I was first baffled with this and wondering "what the hell is wrong?". Alright, so I soft reset my phone straight away after that and... Still the same problem. From that time I had been thinking that this could be a serious problem.
The problem started yesterday and is still there even now (with smaller frequency), now I want this to be fixed and I don't know where should I begin. I don't think it's the update that caused this because it was fine for a day or so and no one else got this problem (after updating). I am seeking for your help, anyone?
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did not see the video am just suggesting.. could it be that your phone its refurbished
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/warning-to-people-bought-phones-ebay-t2991195
raptorddd said:
did not see the video am just suggesting.. could it be that your phone its refurbished
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/general/warning-to-people-bought-phones-ebay-t2991195
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Sorry, but I don't think so. I have never got this problem before, the phone's touchscreen isn't behaving erratically at all. It also have been updated to KitKat from Jelly bean before and there is no similar problem whatsoever. Works 100% fine. And I can tell you that my phone was new, not refurbished... Well, it may be but if I got the phone from a retailer as 'new' then the chances of my phone being refurbished is very very low. There is still a possibility though, how can I check this without doing difficult works? Thanks
refil said:
Sorry, but I don't think so. I have never got this problem before, the phone's touchscreen isn't behaving erratically at all. It also have been updated to KitKat from Jelly bean before and there is no similar problem whatsoever. Works 100% fine. And I can tell you that my phone was new, not refurbished... Well, it may be but if I got the phone from a retailer as 'new' then the chances of my phone being refurbished is very very low. There is still a possibility though, how can I check this without doing difficult works? Thanks
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In case it is, only seeing model number on motherboard only, pay no attention to other parts...
i just watched video. it seems like your screen maybe damaged or if it has ribbon cable. maybe remove it and clean it or maybe loose.. just as suggestion.. not sure what could be.
raptorddd said:
In case it is, only seeing model number on motherboard only, pay no attention to other parts...
i just watched video. it seems like your screen maybe damaged or if it has ribbon cable. maybe remove it and clean it or maybe loose.. just as suggestion.. not sure what could be.
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Now it's the the third day and it's still there... I am actually thinking that it's to dangerous to open it myself... I think I'm going to bring it to LG service centre. Thanks for helping!
refil said:
Now it's the the third day and it's still there... I am actually thinking that it's to dangerous to open it myself... I think I'm going to bring it to LG service centre. Thanks for helping!
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I had this problem since 1 year ago too. until now the screen is still jumping but at a low rate unless i watch video or play game than it will jump slightly more often. Any update after you bring it to the service centre?
Sorry for the stupidly long update, I have only just given the phone to LG on Wednesday. I'll update this thread when I get the phone back.
Got it fixed early last month. Sorry for the late update.