So, I've only noticed this quite recently but when my S4 runs out of batteries, it goes to that Samsung screen with the bluish purple whirly thing around it and then it just flashes the Samsung logo. It doesn't turn off completely and theres nothing I can do other than pulling the battery, at which it starts back up.
Is this just happening to me? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe your battery is damaged? If it's swollen, it is damaged.
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Battery is not swollen or anything, removed the SD card and it stopped happening, for a bit then put it back in and all seemd fine but then it started all over again.
ungmon said:
Battery is not swollen or anything, removed the SD card and it stopped happening, for a bit then put it back in and all seemd fine but then it started all over again.
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Remove the SD card and use ur phone normally during some days. Change the SD card for other one if u see ur phone is working OK :highfive:
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Hey,
I've got a serious problem with my XDA Orbit. There is a white screen coming after the boot screen. Sometimes the phone even starts until the todays screen but after a while it is going white again.
I tried hardreset succesfully but the problem still appears. I cannot flash the official wm6 because when the screen goes white the connection to the computer is interrupted. I cannot go into the boot loader...
All the time when I press camera button and softreset the phone is just turning off. Has somebody an idea what I could do?
Any booting with MicroSD card maybe?
Or is it the battery? (I don't think so but it might...The battery was empty for a long time...?)
Or any other ideas?
Greets,
Kon
Just saw this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=467648
maybe new battery helps
Li-Ion batteries should be stored charged. Leaving them uncharged can cause them to malfunction, try a new battery.
What do you mean by "stored charged?".
Do I have to have a charger like it is included in a cradle? Or is there another way to charge the battery?
I bought a new one but the same problem still appears...
Sorry to hear the new battery did not help. Have you tried starting the phone with the SIM and Memory card out?
Stored charged means the battery should be fully charged up before storing and every now and then taken out of storage, the charge level inspected and re-charged if required.
I dropped my phone a bit ago and had to replace the screen. I also damaged the battery when I removed it so bought a supposedly genuine one.
The replacement battery doesn't charge right. It will say it's fully charged when the phone is switched off but when I turn the phone on it could be anywhere from 50%-100% charged.
Recently my phone has started turning itself off randomly. It doesn't power down. Just goes from on to off.
And then today it's been constantly asking me to re-enter my sim pin. But the phone isn't resetting before this happens.
I've tried a couple of different ROMS and they both do this.
Strangely if I go into recovery the phone NEVER turns off.
Could a dodgy battery cause these problems? Or is it a hardware problem?
biron_w said:
I dropped my phone a bit ago and had to replace the screen. I also damaged the battery when I removed it so bought a supposedly genuine one.
The replacement battery doesn't charge right. It will say it's fully charged when the phone is switched off but when I turn the phone on it could be anywhere from 50%-100% charged.
Recently my phone has started turning itself off randomly. It doesn't power down. Just goes from on to off.
And then today it's been constantly asking me to re-enter my sim pin. But the phone isn't resetting before this happens.
I've tried a couple of different ROMS and they both do this.
Strangely if I go into recovery the phone NEVER turns off.
Could a dodgy battery cause these problems? Or is it a hardware problem?
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Try it on stock ROM with a clean flash then report back
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Try it on stock ROM with a clean flash then report back
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I thought of that. I'll give it a shot.
Tried with stock 4.4.4 and I can't even unlock my sim card now. I put in my pin number and it just goes back to asking for it again. A message flashes for a split second that I can't fully make out but I know it says "failed" at the end. Hmmmm, I'm thinking it's a hardware issue. New battery is coming tomorrow so I'll see if it is that.
Got my new battery today and my phone is now working. Who'd have thought a dodgy battery would cause such weird issues?
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Hello.
I've flashed my s5 with popwizh and everything went well. But after a full battery discharge the phone won't turn back on.
Battery is good and charger.
volUp+home+power doesn't do anything
volDown+home+power doesn't start download recovery
tried to boot from sdcard with a debrick img but no luck.
What more can I do? I don't want a paperweight please.
Charge it?
Battery is good and charged
If you can't get it to even turn on or enter download mode, there's not a lot you can do
Try removing everything like SIM and SDCard, remove the battery too and only connect the charger, see if you can get any signs of life at all
If not, it sounds like a hardware problem
Its to much of a coincidence to be a hardware problem, I refuse to give up just yet.
So far all the posts that resemble to my situation go on an on about flashing a debrick.img to the sdcard and boot from there. Dead boots and stuff.
I did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s5/general/g900f-debrick-img-lollipop-t3240626 but without success
You said it won't even power on ?
How you going to flash anything without power?
I'm not saying 100% this is the problem, but most devices die when they are powered on, as that is when they are put under the highest stress
For example, I put away my treadmill in the corner of the room about 6 months ago, working - came to use it a few weeks ago, dead
Looks like pixies killed it, but actually it was when it was powered up again, just looks like it died when it was off
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Is the phones power button working?
If you at least had a sign of life, we could go from there, but without any power at all, I have no clue
Battery connection contacts not bent or snapped?
From what I understand the phone won't turn on because the boot partition is gone, so if I manage to boot from the sd card to the download recovery, I can then use odin to flash it back to stock android.
Am i wrong?
Are you even getting the logo on screen when you turn it on?
Does the screen even light up?
You said there is no power at all, that's not a boot partition problem
Man if it's not turning on and there's no reaction when you press the power button then there's two things I can suggest : the power button is not working; or when the battery went completely dead its safety system thing could have turned on, which means you have to put it to charge as long as it takes for it to turn on again. Plus if your phone was exposed to water which I doubt its power controller could have gotten burnt
Have you plugged it into a pc? See if it registers with that and if it dies but still doesn't boot just try to leave it on the charger for a few hours even if it's fully charged. Then battery out for 10 secs wait... wait... wait... and turn it on plugged into the wall. Or at least try. If that still won't work samsung repair Centre for you
Still no life, I've tried everything said so far. My only hope is a debrick.img to boot from the sd card, which I don't have.
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Still no life, I've tried everything said so far. My only hope is a debrick.img to boot from the sd card, which I don't have.
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Try to plug the phone to adb and see if it recognize it , if it's not i don't know maybe try another battery to see if its battery related or other hardware composant
After months of various SD cards not working (phone not detecting them, bootloops when they're inserted, etc), I eventually decided to try out one last SD card that I know works with my brother's phone. Inserting the SD card wouldn't let the phone boot up, as I expected. But even removing the SD card fails to rectify the problem. Now, whenever I try to turn on my phone, the area near the SoC package gets very hot, and I have to remove the battery to power it off and let it cool down. The screen stays blank, and nothing seems to work. I have found out that plugging the phone in while the battery is removed and then reinserting the battery while the phone is still plugged in shows the battery charging icon, but the screen quickly goes blank after that.
Be honest, do I have a bricked phone? Or is there a way to somehow get it to boot, at least into recovery? I have the ZE551KL model.
if u still have warranty asus should take care of ur phone. from what u discribed there is a Short circuit on ur motherboard i don't know if it is possible to repair or not but it is definitly inside ur phone
My perfectly working Galaxy S5 was put for charging at night and the phone wouldn't turn on in the morning. I tried restarting it and at times the "Samsung Galaxy S5 - powered by Android" flashes for a second or so and then the phone dies again.
I tried rebooting it, unplugged/replugged the battery, removed SIM and SD Card and tried to start the phone but nothing happens. On charging the phone, the screen does come up to show that the phone is being charged and as of now it is 100% but still won't power up.
I must add that the phone has had its share of falls during the 2 year usage and there is a small discoloration / crack like effect on the top left hand corner of the screen which however cannot be felt by hand by rolling my finger on the screen.
Samsung guys claim it a screen problem that needs to be replaced however an independent repairer is confident that screen is OK and it has something to do with some other hardware of the phone. He even removed the battery and connected a multi meter to the point on the phone which connects to the battery, tried starting the phone and the meter would show some current getting drawn and then come back to zero. He claims phone is not able to draw current from the battery.
Any clues what could be the problem and how to rectify it. I have loads of data I don't want to lose on the phone.
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My perfectly working Galaxy S5 was put for charging at night and the phone wouldn't turn on in the morning. I tried restarting it and at times the "Samsung Galaxy S5 - powered by Android" flashes for a second or so and then the phone dies again.
I tried rebooting it, unplugged/replugged the battery, removed SIM and SD Card and tried to start the phone but nothing happens. On charging the phone, the screen does come up to show that the phone is being charged and as of now it is 100% but still won't power up.
I must add that the phone has had its share of falls during the 2 year usage and there is a small discoloration / crack like effect on the top left hand corner of the screen which however cannot be felt by hand by rolling my finger on the screen.
Samsung guys claim it a screen problem that needs to be replaced however an independent repairer is confident that screen is OK and it has something to do with some other hardware of the phone. He even removed the battery and connected a multi meter to the point on the phone which connects to the battery, tried starting the phone and the meter would show some current getting drawn and then come back to zero. He claims phone is not able to draw current from the battery.
Any clues what could be the problem and how to rectify it. I have loads of data I don't want to lose on the phone.
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Can you boot into recovery? Have you tried flashing a new firmware on the phone?
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Can you boot into recovery? Have you tried flashing a new firmware on the phone?
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Phone isn't responding at all. No matter what I do, at the most the Samsung screen flashes for like 30 seconds and then the phone dies again.
On connecting with a computer the computer begins to recognise the phone and starts installing drivers for the same however it never completes the job.
So not sure how to flash a new firmware if the phone isn't responding at all.
Bumping the thread.
Another reason for this behavior is that the battery has no charge. Battery can be damage and no have charge at all
I would in this order
do you have another S5 available?
exchange batteries and see behavior
do not have another S5 available?
try to charge with a universal wall charger.
or it seems you have a tester. Make sure your battery have charge
Checked battery too but that doesn't seem to have a problem. Tried with other batteries also.
A local repair shop told me there's a problem with the boot IC.
My follow up question is can I replace the mother board with another Galaxy S5 motherboard? Are all the motherboards of Galaxy S5 compatible with each other?
I'd be careful when changing the motherboard. You *DO* need to find a compatible board...In other words which ever variant you have should be the variant you look for to source the donor board.
Also, you say you have data you want to recover? Swapping out the motherboard will remove every possibility of recovering that data; as all the flash storage is contained on the motherboard.
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I'd be careful when changing the motherboard. You *DO* need to find a compatible board...In other words which ever variant you have should be the variant you look for to source the donor board.
Also, you say you have data you want to recover? Swapping out the motherboard will remove every possibility of recovering that data; as all the flash storage is contained on the motherboard.
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How to locate a compatible motherboard? In other words how does one identify the variant of the phone?
varung14 said:
How to locate a compatible motherboard? In other words how does one identify the variant of the phone?
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All the information you need is on the sticker underneath the battery.
Sent from my SM-G900F
Interesting piece of information.
I took the phone out almost after 8-9 months today. Tried to power it on by pressing the ON/OFF button and the phone came back to life without a glitch. There was almost 52% charge, date and time were spot on. I couldn't recall the pattern, as a result I couldn't unlock the phone.
I decided to wait for a while for my partner to come back and put in the correct pattern password and left the phone unattended for a while. In between I kept checking and the phone remained ON all the time.
Unfortunately, I decided to charge the phone while my partner returned. After half an hour or so I pulled out the charging cable and checked the phone for 1 last time. Phone was still ON. I left it untouched for a few more minutes.
As soon as my partner came back I told her about the phone coming back to life. She pressed the ON/OFF button to bring up the screen and key in the pattern but the screen just didn't come up. I have tried number of times since then but nothing.
Phone is dead again atleast as of now. Thinking of keeping it back for few more months and will try again.
In the meantime any sort of help will be highly appreciated.
Please note more than the phone I am keen on the data inside it. Need to recover it.