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It doesn't boot unless plugged into a USB. Doesn't matter if it has power to it or not. Can this be fixed and is it a known problem?
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and it runs on battery after it boots? or does it always need to be plugged in?
electric bill said:
and it runs on battery after it boots? or does it always need to be plugged in?
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Runs on battery. I'm trading for a droidx, so its a win even with this flaw
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Sounds like a hardware malfunction ... wouldn't know anything without more details
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Sounds like a hardware malfunction ... wouldn't know anything without more details
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Well the phone works completely fine. I can nandroid and restore. So I'm not really worried about loaning it out.
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I have a fascinate with this problem. Ive read everywhere and its a known problem by Samsung. But they don't give a **** to fix it. I don't know what to do to fix it. I've tried everything I can think of and then some. Its kind of annoying because if it ever reboots without a plug in around it won't start up, just sits on a charging screen.
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I had a fascinate with the same issue. I'm pretty sure I fixed it by an Odin with Repartition checked to a di01 rom, let it boot, and then reflash whatever from you want.
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I had the same prob it was due to the battery. I used a new battery and it booted fine. I got a new batt from amazon not a knockoff but a $17 in packaging sold by amazon battery. Check to see if the pink moisture indicator is showing on the battery.
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I had the same prob it was due to the battery. I used a new battery and it booted fine. I got a new batt from amazon not a knockoff but a $17 in packaging sold by amazon battery. Check to see if the pink moisture indicator is showing on the battery.
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Mine does this at times when the battery completely dies.. I just swap out my spare battery or charge the original a bit and it'll boot
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Hello, thanks for taking the time to read this topic. I just got home from a camp that I was at and one of the first things I wanted to do was play with my Kindle Fire, but I noticed that when I booted it up, it would not let me use the touch screen and the battery was at 0%. I then went to charge it for the night and again, no touch screen usage and 0% remaining. It seems like it is some kind of bootloop because after it turns itself off, the Kindle turns itself on again. I am rooted and running an older version of the JandyCane ROM. When I came home and first noticed that I had this problem, I was using Hashcode's latest JellyBean ROM, 7-13. If you have any further questions, feel free to ask me on this post or by pm'ing me. Thanks!
Plug it into the charger and hold down the power button until it shuts off. Then wait for a couple hours and check back on it.
thats where i would start
Thanks guys, totally worked Don't need to buy that new battery after all! Now I'll just be using Jandycane until Hashcode updates his ROM :laugh:
camason24 said:
Thanks guys, totally worked Don't need to buy that new battery after all! Now I'll just be using Jandycane until Hashcode updates his ROM :laugh:
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Make sure to update your FFF bootloader to 1.4a and TWRP to 2.1 or higher if you haven't done so already.
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Plug it into the charger and hold down the power button until it shuts off. Then wait for a couple hours and check back on it.
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I wish I knew this last year before I shoved 9v down the charging port and fried my kindle. 200 dollars gone. I'm still mad about it. Lol
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powerpoint45 said:
I wish I knew this last year before I shoved 9v down the charging port and fried my kindle. 200 dollars gone. I'm still mad about it. Lol
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Lol! That must suck. At least you learned your lesson right?
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Lol! That must suck. At least you learned your lesson right?
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Yep.LOL
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Hey Guys,
I have been following this thread since a while and finally took the plunge with the S3.
it was a blue s3 and i loved it.
All stock, not rooted nothing..
So i was downloading my games and apps the first day all went well
the second night, i bought NOVA 3, and put it for charge while downloading the 1.7 gb data for the game over wifi.
i woke up in the morning and the phone is dead, it shows a yellow connect it to kies message.
I dont know what happened?
took it to the service center, they tried re-installing the firmware, but no avail. finally told me they have to replace the motherboard it was fried.
I fought with them and managed to get a replacement unit which im gonna get on monday.
The ordeal aside, i want to know, is it possible this happened because i downloaded too many games(6 actually)
each with about 400 mb data.
can a phone get bricked if i download nova 3's data of 1.6 gb
cause i am going to get all my games again.
so help with the solution!!
probably a 1 off defective unit.
You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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true,
but i have a surge protector which i plug my charger into.
any ways thanks
Using or downloading stuff while charging gradually heats up ur phone....possibly...yeah motherboard fried..and u left it charging overnight
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You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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Not true. Modern mobile batteries like s3' have overcharge guard
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To answer your question, you just had a defective unit that's all.
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I think heating was the problem... I remember few guys with sgs2 with same problem reporting..
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I don't think the game's could do anything wrong to you while downloading.
Btw while playing games on SIII take care as the Phone's temperature reaches the sky and literally i have to close down the game because the phone becomes too hot.
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Not true. Modern mobile batteries like s3' have overcharge guard
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power surge and over charge are totally different things. over charge protection would not prevent a power surge.
Most probably just a defective unit.
I left my HTC Sensation charging overnight once, and somehow there was an app running continuously and when I woke up the phone was scalding hot to touch. I freaked out and pulled the battery and let the whole thing cool before I booted it up again. Might not be relevant but just goes to show that our phones can take more heat than we think.
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You left it charging overnight right, have you considered a power surge may have fried it?
It's better to wake up early in the morning and put it on charge than to leave it overnight.
Sorry about your loss though.
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Well I have been charging my handsets overnight for at least 6 years now and I have never had a fried nokia, hero, desire, sgs2 or sgs3 ever.
Charging overnight is safe
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yeah , modern batterys not like old batterys
So... I cannot turn on my Asus tf101 unless I plug it in to a power source, once the screen lights up I can unplug it immediately and it functions normally when turned on. I bought this device refurbished from best buy a few months back, I dealt with the issue but now am looking to sell it. Any ideas on how to fix this? I have never rooted the device, however I have tried factory resets and cold boots.
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So... I cannot turn on my Asus tf101 unless I plug it in to a power source, once the screen lights up I can unplug it immediately and it functions normally when turned on. I bought this device refurbished from best buy a few months back, I dealt with the issue but now am looking to sell it. Any ideas on how to fix this? I have never rooted the device, however I have tried factory resets and cold boots.
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Are you holding the pwr button long enough. If so,it sounds like the switch is bad.
I hold the power button for 12 seconds and try it with different variation holding volume keys. It functions fine when the device is powered on.
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It could be a bad battery or your charger is only giving enough to power the device on. I would try a new charger first.
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But once powered on, it functions flawlessly. The only issue is turning it on.
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I'v got the same problem. So +1. Any ideas?
I have the same problem, i am actually talking with the Asus Support Centre
I emailed them. All I can do.
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I emailed them. All I can do.
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Do you have the keyboard docking station for it?
Are you on custom ROM or OEM?
What "app killers" are you running?
Some custom ROM's have had similar issues a long while back. maybe yours is getting that issue IF your running custom.
Keyboard dock, if you have it, does it do the same thing for powering on, where it needs to be plugged in to start the screen?
I only ask about the app killers because I had experienced a similar issue about a year ago due to an app killer I had installed. Removed it, and the phone worked fine. Put it back on and it reverted back to having to be plugged in to start the screen.
Have you tried a clean wipe of everything on the tablet? And I do mean CLEAN, no dirty flashes here (keep your pants on bud).
Lastly have you given the charge port a good ole blow out lately? Long bursts aren't really going to do any damage, but I would stick to short quick bursts of compressed gas, again NO VACUUM CLEANERS. They create static and the charge port is quite susceptible to static discharge.
I know your pretty intelligent, but let me put it out there again. DON'T be a fool and use alcohol on your tool.
This post made me laugh. I do not have the keyboard docking station. I have never installed any task killers as I do not believe in them. The tablet has been running the stock ROM the whole time and has never been tampered with.
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And yes I have done a factory reset twice with no success.
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And yes I have done a factory reset twice with no success.
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But you never said if you gave the ole girl a good ole cleaning in the slot.
I would venture to say that you need to send it in to Asus or take it back to Best Buy (if your able to). It sounds like there may be a voltage issue with the digitizer or the inverter.
And NEVER EVER EVER Invert your digits while cleaning out the slot.
You also didn't say if you went deep up in the ole girl and gave her a good rootin.
I'm working with Asus right now and of course there's something wrong with my serial number. Nerve been rooted. Blew it out and that did nothing.
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I'm working with Asus right now and of course there's something wrong with my serial number. Nerve been rooted. Blew it out and that did nothing.
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Please keep us posted as I am curious to know how ASUS customer service is to deal with.
Well, I am trying to send my TF to Asus to fix the problem and they are a bit annoying. I have just dealt with HTC before and that was wonderful, but here they have send me 4 emails asking me to wipe, to update and to do everything that I have already done, and after that they have sent me to another web to fill another questionary. With HTC I just had to told them the IMEI and in 4 days I had my phone back
I had similar issue with mine. It was one of the reason I took back to best buy and used the buy back.
I then picked up the Nexus 7.
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I had a similar issue, do you use your device often ?
I figured out after a couple of months that each time it showed this behaviour the battery was in fact empty and it was in fact the root of the problem.
My transformer take much longer time to boot when plugged even with a full battery, and when it's empty it doesn't boot at all.
I must plug it, wait for it to be enough charged to boot unplugged, and do so. Then plug it back when started.
Considering that the transformer on stock cannot shut off when plugged to its keyboard (or even to USB ? Or is it just mine ? When I shut it off plugged to the keyboard then close it, it boot on again) When the tablet is left for several days unused the battery will be empty.
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Yes I do. But even if the device is fully charged it will still not power on unless plugged in and I don't have the dock.
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Ok, sounds to be a totally different issue then, sorry
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Yes I do. But even if the device is fully charged it will still not power on unless plugged in and I don't have the dock.
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Do the power and volume buttons work normally once fully booted? I have had similar issues, one was improperly seated power button, the other was a loose ribbon cable way down in the guts of this beast. Also, was this happening the whole time you've had it , or after a firmware update?
Right now I'm dealing with one that the screen won't stay on once I get into ics unless I'm plugged in. I went in and noticed that if the auto brightness wasn't set, it works. So I tweaked the settings in display time off when unplugged and uninstalled some screensaver app, and now it's working fine. It was probably the first thing, even though was already set to one minute. Anyway, just letting people know sometimes it isn't hardware. But the op probably is since he's done factory reset.
Hi all does anybody have the problem of putting the 300 on sleep and picking it up a little while later only to find its all the way off?
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i have had this a few times but not sure whats causing it so im gonna try a few things to see whats up, what setup do you have, im on CROMi-X with hunds kernel v10
Yeah, I get this if I don't flash a rom for a few weeks. In other words, cleaning out the cache can help.
CM10.1
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robgee789 said:
i have had this a few times but not sure whats causing it so im gonna try a few things to see whats up, what setup do you have, im on CROMi-X with hunds kernel v10
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Ihave the stock tom but its rooted
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im on warp now mate and ive not had a single random reboot or crash at all
Bad SD Card or corrupt files
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Hi all does anybody have the problem of putting the 300 on sleep and picking it up a little while later only to find its all the way off?
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I had this problem on my tf300t. I am running kitkat omnirom and cm11. I can run either.
The sleep of death was 100% caused by a faulty sd card. Not sure if it was file(s) or the card. Fixed the problem in both Omni and CM.
Backup your card to your computer.
Erase/Format it using the system you are on.
Verify that the SOD problem is gone.
That has happened several times to me too. Completely stock. Formatted about 3 weeks ago. Has not done it until just now. went to check it and it won't come on. Have to wait til I get home and put it on the charger. I just charged it last night. Maybe I didn't connect it right. Well update when I know for sure.
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Well bad news for me. Tablet won't come on at all. No lights nothing. I don't know where to go from here. Anyone?
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billwinkle said:
Well bad news for me. Tablet won't come on at all. No lights nothing. I don't know where to go from here. Anyone?
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Did you try to hold the power button down for more than 10 secs, then release it? But time it, seems awfully long...
So far that always fixed it for me.
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I tried bit no luck. Talked to Asus set up rma. $92 to fix it. Sending out today.
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billwinkle said:
I tried bit no luck. Talked to Asus set up rma. $92 to fix it. Sending out today.
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Ouch. $92 that's abit expensive. Perhaps you should had consider to topup abit more to get a new Memo FHD 16GB. It is about $250 at amazon.
I just got an email from Asus. I wil not pay $200 to repair an out of warranty tablet, when I can buy the exact same model from Frys for the same amount. They said the motherboard needs to be replaced. It took them one full week and 3 phone calls to get this quote in the first place. They told me that it was diagnosed on Feb 14.
I seriously doubt I will buy anything from Asus again. I was told that it would cost $92 to fix it. I will not spend that kind of money on an item that could break the minute I get it back as they do not even warranty their own repairs. This tablet was nice while I had it, but it was not the greatest either.