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MT4G Dead?

Phone vibrates 5 times and has a green LED light that stays on. I was running Dark Unicorn v2 before this. It was on Safe Mode. I rebooted into recovery, and now the phone vibrates 5 times and a green light appears. VOL DOWN + POWER does not do anything besides that green-light five-vibration thingy.
Any ideas?

From what I read before, it's not dead. It put itself on some kind of mode. I don't remember where I read about this but let me do a quick search. In the mean time, have you tried adb?
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siloner said:
From what I read before, it's not dead. It put itself on some kind of mode. I don't remember where I read about this but let me do a quick search. In the mean time, have you tried adb?
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I've been reading a lot about it. There was something called safe mode. From what I've read, it seems to be a problem with my volume button (perhaps the phone believe the volume up button is being pressed).
I cannot use ADB as the computer does not detect the phone/SD.

Does your volume up button feel like it's going out? Also try a battery pull then Vol down + power
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siloner said:
Does your volume up button feel like it's going out? Also try a battery pull then Vol down + power
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I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "going out", but from the outside there doesn't seem to be anything physically wrong with it. I also never had any problems with it while I was using the phone normally.
The battery pull and VOL DOWN + POWER gives me five vibrations, and then a permanent green LED. I can't get the phone exchanged because I'm in India, and my warranty has already expired.

Well sorry but I'm out of ideas man. I'll keep searching for an answer and if I find something I'll let you know. Hopefully someone else sees this and has a solution
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Your emmc chip has died this happened to me a while back that's all it has nothing to do with the buttons. I had mine for only a month and it happened to me so you will need another phone its nothing you can do with that device now
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tvotony said:
Your emmc chip has died this happened to me a while back that's all it has nothing to do with the buttons. I had mine for only a month and it happened to me so you will need another phone its nothing you can do with that device now
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Thank you for the information. Guess there's really nothing I can do to save my phone then...
Well, at least I will be out of the T-Mobile contract in February. Then I can get a new phone, and use a temporary crappy one until then.

DKMikey said:
Thank you for the information. Guess there's really nothing I can do to save my phone then...
Well, at least I will be out of the T-Mobile contract in February. Then I can get a new phone, and use a temporary crappy one until then.
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If you have insurance they will replace it I used to have this phone back when I was a tester for team royal back in the glory day of this device
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This happened to me and I kept trying to boot into clockworkmod recovery. No matter what I did, it wanted to either do as you stated above or it would immediately try to load off the sd card my pd15img. I simply turned off the phone, pulled the sd card out, and when the phone went to the hboot screen with a volume up and power, or volume down, I then put the sd card back in and selected recovery. I don't know if this is what's wrong with yours, but I definitely had that 5 vibration flashing light issue.
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tony6083 said:
This happened to me and I kept trying to boot into clockworkmod recovery. No matter what I did, it wanted to either do as you stated above or it would immediately try to load off the sd card my pd15img. I simply turned off the phone, pulled the sd card out, and when the phone went to the hboot screen with a volume up and power, or volume down, I then put the sd card back in and selected recovery. I don't know if this is what's wrong with yours, but I definitely had that 5 vibration flashing light issue.
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Tony
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If you can get to the hboot screen you should load the pd15img. It would hopefully start you over un rooted
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What does the phone do when its plugged in? I only ask because mine was doing this same thing and it turns out it was a problem with my battery. I got a new one from Ebay for about 5 bucks but I also convinced T-Mobile that it was my phone and got it replaced. I had Insurance on it of course.

DKMikey said:
Phone vibrates 5 times and has a green LED light that stays on. I was running Dark Unicorn v2 before this. It was on Safe Mode. I rebooted into recovery, and now the phone vibrates 5 times and a green light appears. VOL DOWN + POWER does not do anything besides that green-light five-vibration thingy.
Any ideas?
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I had that happen once also, I did the following and it booted up.
1) take battery out for at least 15min, (I don't know why, but it worked)
2) then do the volume-down+ power it should come right back up.
3) If I remember right, the battery that was in the unit giving me problems, was less than 20%, that very well could have been the real issue. Find a way to charge the battery then pull it.

TheAxman said:
I had that happen once also, I did the following and it booted up.
1) take battery out for at least 15min, (I don't know why, but it worked)
2) then do the volume-down+ power it should come right back up.
3) If I remember right, the battery that was in the unit giving me problems, was less than 20%, that very well could have been the real issue. Find a way to charge the battery then pull it.
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1 + 2 tried, but didn't work.
Maybe I will try it with a new battery. Thanks for the information guys!
Edit: I do not have insurance (1 year is done)

The PD15IMG I had on my card was the original stock Ginger bread I think and I would had to have re-rooted.
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fried eMMC on MyTouch 4G
I'm also having this issue, got confirmed that my MT4G is dead, but I got it revived using this method here, it is not intended for MT4G, but i got it working...I temporarily using it, while waiting for fix (if there is any) and finding mainboard for my device.

chleoj said:
I'm also having this issue, got confirmed that my MT4G is dead, but I got it revived using this method here, it is not intended for MT4G, but i got it working...I temporarily using it, while waiting for fix (if there is any) and finding mainboard for my device.
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Problem is, my phone doesn't even go into recovery...or hboot.

Any solutions yet? I've been reading this and have done everything here.
I've bought myself a new replacement battery off eBay. Charged it over night and still nothing. Powering up the phone, it vibrates. After powering up the phone and left it on for 5 min, I waited to see if it'll recognize my phone through the computer so I can check if it's the phone or the lcd, but still nothing. Any suggestion will be really grateful! And I have no insurance. Bought it used over Craigslist.
Sorry, I'm not trying to jack anyone's thread. Just didn't want to start a new one with almost the same problem.

I think your volume button is stuck was reading somewhere that someone fixed it by taking his volume button apart and it was stuck pressing up I think and that's y it was doing that not sure if this would help u at all but you might wanna try that
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29650107
Read that post it shows that the volume up button is stuck. The vibrations happens to me to if I power my phone down and then hold the up button and try and power on so I think that's the cause of all this
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How will we get are Nexus 4's out of freezes?

With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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DJ "suMo* said:
With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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Hold down power button

We really need a sticky thread about this...

BravoMotorola said:
Hold down power button
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Wow the only way I ever knew was to pull the battery you're telling me no matter how bad the phone freezes the power button shuts the phone down?
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DJ "suMo* said:
Wow the only way I ever knew was to pull the battery you're telling me no matter how bad the phone freezes the power button shuts the phone down?
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Just like any PC would, yes.

jacklebott said:
Just like any PC would, yes.
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Wow it's a simple little thing like that you never knew that just blows your mind I've never even tried it that way before
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man how could u not know this already?

DJ "suMo* said:
With the n4 just getting root I'm sure there's some kernels/ROMs on the way does anybody have any insight on how we'll be able to get out of freezes of course cause no removable battery? That was the only way I knew before. Thanks
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Yea because tablets for the past 3 years with non-removable batteries have been bricked after freezes?
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According to Nexus4 guide, which comes with the phone, you have to hold down the power button for 10 seconds to reboot the phone.
I guess that can takes you out of a freeze.

hello00 said:
man how could u not know this already?
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Bro I just never knew nor tried it that way ever always a custom to just pulling the battery
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Knock the phone 3 times and then say "Potatoes eat there". The phone would automatically switch off.

Power and volume down works for me
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I don't trust that method to be 100% reliable, though. Just from experience with my G2x and it freezing. My phone has a button combo that restarts the phone, but sometimes it fails when my phone is frozen and I still have to pull the battery.

partylikeaninjastar said:
I don't trust that method to be 100% reliable, though. Just from experience with my G2x and it freezing. My phone has a button combo that restarts the phone, but sometimes it fails when my phone is frozen and I still have to pull the battery.
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On the nexus 4 the 10sec power button reboot is programmed on the hardware layer(pre-boot) and not the software layer. No matter how bad you freeze your phone in the o/s the power button hold will always reboot it plain and simple.
If you have a hardware issue though then your in trouble no matter what.
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My nexus 4 just froze 2 min ago after trying to quit a game. I waited for it to do something but nothing happened. Holding power button down did NOT help.
I held the power button and the volume button down at the same time and it worked. Just sharing it with you guys! :good:

[Q] Dead Nexus 4

Hello, my Nexus 4 is dead since last Saturday. It happened when I was in a club, and I was taking picture then a couple of times camera's flash froze after I took pictures then I restarted it and same scenario happened again. Finally it turned off and did not turn on again. Is anybody able to help me?

Recharge your phone then press the power button with volume buttons
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Mine dead too, but in a diferent way, but I have to say that the same problem with the flash happends to me...
My nexus 4 got overheat A TON then, I turn it off... charging was slow... and finally ir ran out of battery and never turn on again...
I RMA... thats the way.

O_Hussam said:
Recharge your phone then press the power button with volume buttons
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Nothing works even I plugged it it doesn't get any charge and on that day it had 82% charge

D3m0x said:
Mine dead too, but in a diferent way, but I have to say that the same problem with the flash happends to me...
My nexus 4 got overheat A TON then, I turn it off... charging was slow... and finally ir ran out of battery and never turn on again...
I RMA... thats the way.
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So what did you do?

elastiboy said:
So what did you do?
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He RMA-ed :angel:

Unjustable said:
He RMA-ed :angel:
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I have another question, did you take pictures or work with your Nexus 4 in the loud area? I mean some place such as clubs or etc

HTC My Touch 4G wont turn on?

My Mom's phone won't turn on. She bought it a couple months ago and it's never been rooted.
It started this morning and wouldn't turn on. When i hold the power button it vibrates 3x and shows a blinding orange light.
I remove the battery, sim and sd card for 20mins and reinsert them again but nothing.
I've looked everywhere. How do I fix this?

Try to get into the bootloader by holding volume down while booting. If you can, go here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844910

It's not booting into the bootloader. It just vibrates 3x and the orange light keeps flashing.
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DEFJAMVAN said:
It's not booting into the bootloader. It just vibrates 3x and the orange light keeps flashing.
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If the hardware isn't a problem the only thing I can think of that may fix it is a Riff Box. Google it.

estallings15 said:
If the hardware isn't a problem the only thing I can think of that may fix it is a Riff Box. Google it.
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Thank for the replies. I just talked to HTC to set up a repair.
They say it have to do with the volume buttons. Idk... But hey, i have warranty on it:highfive:

DEFJAMVAN said:
Thank for the replies. I just talked to HTC to set up a repair.
They say it have to do with the volume buttons. Idk... But hey, i have warranty on it:highfive:
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Great! Good luck.

Holding the power button doesn't work

As the topic says, holding the power button doesn't work.
So I can't switch it on nor off.
Any ideas.?
Unrooted stock 4.3
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gonna need more info, what state is your phone in now? is the battery charge?

claudiuslu2011 said:
gonna need more info, what state is your phone in now? is the battery charge?
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Switched on and fully charged
I can turn the screen on and off, but holding it does nothing
I cannot switch off the phone, or take screen shots
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AndroidReborn said:
As the topic says, holding the power button doesn't work.
So I can't switch it on nor off.
Any ideas.?
Unrooted stock 4.3
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what do you think? is the problem in hardware or in software?
if the problem in software, there are a lot of apps doing what you want (on off restart whatever) , and you can install one of them.
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AndroidReborn said:
As the topic says, holding the power button doesn't work.
So I can't switch it on nor off.
Any ideas.?
Unrooted stock 4.3
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If the button itself is defective and you are not under warranty you may be able to find a replacement on ebay. I have seen various phones being parted out there and the button should come with a replacement rear cover. If it is the actual switch on the motherboard you have a different problem though. Have you removed the rear case to test that switch? It can be done with a torx t5 screwdriver, a couple of guitar picks and a half hour of patience.
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nexuses said:
what do you think? is the problem in hardware or in software?
if the problem in software, there are a lot of apps doing what you want (on off restart whatever) , and you can install one of them.
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Normal press works..I. e screen turns off.. but holding doesn't. I guess it is with the software
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lalec said:
If the button itself is defective and you are not under warranty you may be able to find a replacement on ebay. I have seen various phones being parted out there and the button should come with a replacement rear cover. If it is the actual switch on the motherboard you have a different problem though. Have you removed the rear case to test that switch? It can be done with a torx t5 screwdriver, a couple of guitar picks and a half hour of patience.
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it seems to me something went wrong with your rom.. try to reinstall it by N-cry toolkit.. and then install one of those apps which gives you no need to this button anymore. just like what I do.
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try long pressing the power button, for 15+ seconds. does it power off? if it powered off, boot it back up.. did it fix your issue?

simms22 said:
try long pressing the power button, for 15+ seconds. does it power off? if it powered off, boot it back up.. did it fix your issue?
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Done.held it for what seemed like 30 seconds and it rebooted itself.
Strange. It didn't happen when I tried today afternoon. Anyway problem solved
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AndroidReborn said:
Done.held it for what seemed like 30 seconds and it rebooted itself.
Strange. It didn't happen when I tried today afternoon. Anyway problem solved
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this same thing happened to me a while back. and force rebooting fixed it right away. it was just a software derp, hasnt happened since.