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[Q] Emergency Phone Help*- Can't Flash ROM, Phone won't charge..

Hi, I just got an atrix two days ago and today tried flashing a ROM via CWM.
After following all of the original posts instructions correctly, the phone rebooted, and would not charge, or even boot into android D:
No red LED or error message, it would just sit at the booting screen.
Another strange thing, whenever I would plug the AC adapter into the phone, it would automatically boot, also mentioned by another person which flashed the ROM...
Post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15697608&postcount=417
Rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160649
I tried using RSDlite but it says the battery is too low to flash. Same issue with Fastboot.
What should I do? I can't charge the phone, and whenever I connect it to my computer I get a solid Green LED.
Please help me D:
I'll be available via XDA PM, skype (danstheman7 is my username) and e-mail at [email protected]
Thank you in advance
**sorry if this is in the totally wrong section, i'm freaking out a bit right now and posted here incorrectly. my apologies.

You could try and get a battery charger for your battery. Ebay or amazon.
Also if your battery is really low sometimes it won't power on just buy plugging it into the wall or computer untill it has more then 10% charge. So if you plug it in and get a green light let it set a while it may be charging. Few hours should do the trick.
I am impatient so I used an old usb cable, cut the end off that would normally attach to a device, and stripped the wires that were red and black. On the back of your battery there is a positive and negative sign just attach the red to positive and the black to negative. Using tape I taped them down so they wouldnt move, plugged it in, and waited for a while for the battery to charge. Monitor the temperature of the battery to make sure it don't get hot. If it does unplug it, disconnect and order a battery charger. Something isnt right.
Once charged for a while put the battery back into the phone which allowed me to flash fastboot and RSD. Now make sure you have a full battery before doing this again.
I am not responsible for damage you inflict on yourself or phone. This can be dangerous. Electric shock, fires, exploding battery, etc may occur. Please try at your own risk. But this is what I did, ive learned my lesson to never flash on a low battery. Always charge fully.
You could also put the battery back in the phone and not have to wait for the battery to charge. Although you risk destroying your phone. And not just your battery.
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Hi. Like you mentioned I had the same issue. I managed to fix it!
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
Download .zip for your carrier (Att or international) and then enter to CWM Recovery:
Plug your mobile to wall charger and hold volume down button. Then press volume down until you see android recovery - press up and it will lunch CWM recovery (I'm assuming You have got CWM installed for unlocked and you have unlocked BL). Then wipe your data and simply apply zip that you have downloaded. This Solved my problem.
I don't what caused the problem but What i did was:
1. I have Unlocked BL using pudidng for international.
2. Flashed via fastboot system.img for 2.3.4 OrangeFR
3. Applied fix for RAM
4. Installed CWM for Unlocked
5. Nand Backup
6. Applied cherry blur in CWM
7. Applied RAM fix for 4.5.91
Up to this point - no problems. I restored all apps via titanium. I went to sleep and when I woke up this morning my mobile was off and I couldn't switch it on.
I have connected to the charger and then the mobile went on immediately. After few sec went off again and then on. I thought the battery is dead untill I've read this thread.
Things I can do ONLY while my mobile is connected to charger:
1. Enter fastboot - but I'v got msg that battery is to low to flash...
2. Enter CWM Recovery
3. Once I'm in CWM I can unplug from Charger and connect to PC.
3. ADB sees my device
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To me cherry ROM drained my battery from 50% to 0% over the night and somehow I wasn't able to charge my mobile and even switch it off with the battery inside. This is strange...

I have the same problem with cherry blur... everything is perfect but battery life is suckinng
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Faced same issue - fixed
Hey there,
i faced the same issue couple of days back. My battey was completely drained. As soon as I connected my phone to ac charge, it would star and stuck at the Moto logo without charging the battery at all. I was able to rebot my phone to recovery, but none of the recovery zip worked for me. I was not able to use flashboot since always got the low battery warning.
Finally had to order the spare battery charger from Amazon and charge my battey to boot into flashboot and flash the HKTW image. Once i flashed to HKTW i was bale to apply the latest 4.5.91 zip using CWM. Hope this helps.
Thanks,
SK

Foka002 said:
Hi. Like you mentioned I had the same issue. I managed to fix it!
Go to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1163009
Download .zip for your carrier (Att or international) and then enter to CWM Recovery:
Plug your mobile to wall charger and hold volume down button. Then press volume down until you see android recovery - press up and it will lunch CWM recovery (I'm assuming You have got CWM installed for unlocked and you have unlocked BL). Then wipe your data and simply apply zip that you have downloaded. This Solved my problem.
I don't what caused the problem but What i did was:
To me cherry ROM drained my battery from 50% to 0% over the night and somehow I wasn't able to charge my mobile and even switch it off with the battery inside. This is strange...
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This did the trick, thank you SO much

Go to local AT&T and ask to leave your battery in a display for a few hours and come back and pick it up.

[Q] Jiayu S3 semi-hard brick (NOT BY FLASHING), help needed

Hi all,
Yesterday my Jiayu S3 crashed and rebooted, after setting an alarm clock and using the Spotify app. However, it did not reboot into the OS as usual. It did not even show the Jiayu logo, but the phone vibrated (sign that it's booting), screen turned on, phone turned off again, repeating this cycle over and over (not the traditional bootloop as I know it). I was running a rom based on the original rom, with some slight modifications. This rom was running stable for more than a week. I know my way around Android, and am used to switching roms, flashing etc.
Right away, I checked the following things:
- Battery removal didn't help (I did not forget to put it in again ofcourse )
- Phone doesn't go into it's charging cycle when charger is connected
- I do NOT have access to recovery
- I can, however, access the boot menu (Volume up + power key, options: Normal boot, recovery, fastboot)
- I can get into fastboot mode (haven't tested ADB yet), that's the only thing that's still working
I tried to flash the original firmware using SP flashtool, and I am still able to upload firmware on the phone! I am sure that I'm using the correct ROM, and tried different PC's and drivers. Got a few succesful flashes, but still bootlooping.
I also had the idea that my battery was empty (didn't charge it overnight), and measured the battery at 3.52 V. So it was pretty empty but not that empty that it doesn't boot. In an effort to charge the phone, I left it bootlooping for an hour or so, and later on it turned out that it only drained the battery further, 2.99 V.
I didn't want to kill this battery so I did use 2 other batteries from an old Jiayu G4, which appear to work if you turn them around and hold them against the pins (note: I knew what I was doing here ). After a lot of Googling, and seeing a lot of generic "how to fix any brick" stuff I was not able to revive my phone again.
I still believe (and hope) that the error is on the software side of the phone. All the partitions should be ok and in working order according to SP flashtool.
Now this is where my knowledge stops and where (hopefully) your help comes in. What can be corrupted that I haven't checked yet? Do you guys have any suggestions to revive this "high-end" phone again? Once again, it did not happen because of bad flashing or something like that, it happened randomly when I was using the phone normally. I tried to be as accurate as possible (long story), but if there are any questions I'm happy to answer them.
Any suggestion is welcome!
Thanks in advance.

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Took out battery during system update, now in bootloops

I took out the battery during "installing system update" at 97%, now just keeps beep twice and screen says recovery booting and repeat. Tried recovery mode by holding volume up+home+power but doesn't work either still can't go to recovery mode.
Phone is galaxy note 3, never updated since they say newer one is crappy and drains battery fast, but half hour ago I pressed update by accident.
I got some important pictures in the phone, are they all gone? or can I recovery them?
anything else to try? hope it's not bricked and I need this phone! thanks for reading and help.

Dude, this is Note7 forums, not Note 3

yeah was thinking maybe the phones are similar and couldn't find the sub forum., mods you can move thread as you see fit.

Suiken01 said:
yeah was thinking maybe the phones are similar and couldn't find the sub forum., mods you can move thread as you see fit.
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Note 7 thread, but meh, I have a W8 so I'm not doing much. I will try to help!
Did you try putting it in Download Mode and side loading with Odin?

You can flash TWRP in Odin:
https://dl.twrp.me/hlte/twrp-3.0.2-1-hlte.img.tar.html (Snapdragon Note 3)
https://dl.twrp.me/ha3g/twrp-3.0.2-0-ha3g.img.tar.html (Exynos Note 3)
Odin: https://idlekernel.com/flash-tools/Odin_3.12.3.zip
Samsung drivers: http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117
Enter download mode (VolDown+Home+Power), VolUp past warning screen, plug in device to PC
Launch Odin
TWRP tar goes in AP slot, flash while holding volume up + home.
Once you're in TWRP you can transfer all your stuff off your phone such as pictures, etc. MTP is magical.

imatts said:
Note 7 thread, but meh, I have a W8 so I'm not doing much. I will try to help!
Did you try putting it in Download Mode and side loading with Odin?
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Ok just tried getting into download mode and it was able to. but Odin, snapdragon etc all those are new to me. for the phone I pretty much just use it to call/text and have some apps. I don't tweak it or anything everything is stock. I googled those terms but all those are new to me!
But after I tried to get into download mode I pressed down to restart, and it doesn't do the bootloop anymore. it goes to screen of tmobile 4g LTE after the samsung screen and just stops there. (also still can't get into recovery mode)
jcadduono said:
You can flash TWRP in Odin:
(Snapdragon Note 3)
(Exynos Note 3)
Odin:
Samsung drivers:
Enter download mode (VolDown+Home+Power), VolUp past warning screen, plug in device to PC
Launch Odin
TWRP tar goes in AP slot, flash while holding volume up + home.
Once you're in TWRP you can transfer all your stuff off your phone such as pictures, etc. MTP is magical.
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what's snapdragon and exynos note 3, I got tmobile note 3. I think I still got 50% battery life left the last time that it was working, should I get all thsoe done before battery dies or no worries?
so what are we doing? are we using Odin to get into TWRP, then transfer my pictures etc to desktop? then is TWRP pretty much the stock phone default mode or? sorry I am totally new at this. have very little idea what all those mean.

This might help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470599
Note 3 forum : http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-3

I recommend booting into download mode and noting the model number. Once you have this information, it will help determine which files should and should not be flashed to the phone.

audit13 said:
I recommend booting into download mode and noting the model number. Once you have this information, it will help determine which files should and should not be flashed to the phone.
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took out battery and saw the model number SM-N900T in 2 different places. also googled and it said t mobile is SM-N900T. so where do I go to download the correct files?
so what do I need to do to fix this?? use download mode with odin and install new OS or? well what I am asking is can I search for threads that's similar to my problem then fix it, or is my problem pretty specific? need my phone asap

Your phones forum .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-3-tmobile

The sm-n900t was issued by T-Mobile.

anyone? please help, or advice on what to search for similar threads. noobie here

Go to the forum for your model .#See links here you are in the wrong forum .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2574886

I need to twrp and retrieve files from a bricked bootloop note 3, and also flash back to stock firmware. but the battery is totally dead, so I need to charge it first somehow or use USB during the process will be ok even it's dead battery?

The phone won't charge the battery in the phone? If not, you may need a new battery, USB flex cable, usb cable and/or charger.

audit13 said:
The phone won't charge the battery in the phone? If not, you may need a new battery, USB flex cable, usb cable and/or charger.
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no no, I am asking is it ok to flash twrp (retrieve bricked bootloop note 3) and also flash to stock firmware with a dead battery, USB should provide power but read somwhere that I should have at least 50 to 60% power
can't really charge it because it will turn on the phone and goes into bootloops (well I guess maybe just leave it but it will charge very slowly I guess?)

Yes, flashing twrp should be fine. Can the phone charge the battery when the phone is not powered on?

audit13 said:
Yes, flashing twrp should be fine. Can the phone charge the battery when the phone is not powered on?
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when phone is off and I charge it, it will turn it on by itself and goes into bootloops (battery is ok, but phone is messed up)
I think ONE other time the screen went somewhere and just stayed there, forgot what it was only one time, but screen won't turn off.
either case I guess I can just leave it there maybe? let it charge but screen is always on and bootloops keeps going, maybe won't charge at all since it keeps bootloops, or charge very slowly when the screen is always on? also can't see the battery % since it's in bootloops.
(oh I can go to recovery mode or download mode for either case, maybe leave phone connected to USB there and let it charge?)
oh for twrp is ok? maybe after twrp I will just leave it connected to pc and let it charge 30 min or so then do flash back to stock firmware later, can I do that? (also if not enough battery while doing the twrp or flash back to stock firmware, I can brick it for good and can't fix it?)

It would be best to flash twrp, power off the phone from the TWRP menu, then charge it. It the phone powers on by itself after flashing from twrp, charge the phone from twrp.

audit13 said:
It would be best to flash twrp, power off the phone from the TWRP menu, then charge it. It the phone powers on by itself after flashing from twrp, charge the phone from twrp.
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will definitely try that.
I want to transfer vids/pics from phone to desktop, where in TWRP do I use to do that? is it "backup" so far I am just looking at videos.

Require batterystats.bin and its dependency files for Note 4 SM-910c or exynos

Hello,
I need batterystats.bin for Note 4 SM-910c or exynos that is properly calibrated as am having a problem to boot without connected to power source.
The problem happened when I was calibrating my phone battery as it was always turned off around 70%-60%..quite intermittently. So I decided to try fully calibrate it by deleting the batterystats.bin (only) then keep using it until it empty then fully recharge it full for a few hour.
However the phone suddenly turning off and on quite a few times so I decided to pull the battery out and put it back. But after puttin it back I can't even start the phone at all, even I connected it to power source, it won't be able to start unless I boot into download mode and restart from there (cancel option). I cannot even get into recovery mode. Only download mode is possible.
I've tried flashing official rom a few times with older and latest firmware but to no avail. I even repartitioned using the pit files. Everything booted perfectly except that I can't start my phone properly and can't even get the phone on without connecting to power source.
Please kindly share your batterystats.bin for me. I'd like to try and put it into data/system manually. Hopefully it can solve my problem.
Thanks in advanced.
This is my phone's details:

Nexus 5x will only work while plugged in...

All,
I have had my Nexus bootloader unlocked and even rooted it before.
However, I friend needed a phone so I let her use my phone...about a month later she said the battery was bad because the phone keeps cutting off.
Long story short I got the phone back and I think she picked up some type of virus or something got corrupted because I forgot to lock the bootloader when I gave her the phone.
Here's what I have found and done:
Found out:
1. The phone will turn on while plugged in after a couple of tries.
2.If the phone is not plugged in, it gets to the 4 dots and either re-boots or shuts off
3.If I turn it on while plugged in and then unplug it and set the display to turn off after 30 minutes...the phone will stay on, until the display shuts off then the phone shuts off.
Here's what I tried:
1. sideloaded Android 8.1 using TWRP (about 5 times)
2. Wipe cache and the other cached (several times)
3. Tried rooted it again...using SuperSu BUT during the re-boot it will stay on the "Google" screen for 30 minutes and not do anything...will not re-boot or nothing...phone get's really hot. (tried this several times)
4. Using TWRP recovery and if I leave the phone unplugged (while in recovery mode) the phone never cuts off.
So I am thinking one of these partitions is bad, corrupted or missing which is causing the phone to think the battery is low and cuts the phone off. Just guessing here. Maybe some malware is installed on a partitions and flashing is not during the trick.
Any suggestions???
I really wanted to keep this phone as a rooted phone I can play with and try different things.
Thanks,
Real

realkewl said:
All,
I have had my Nexus bootloader unlocked and even rooted it before.
However, I friend needed a phone so I let her use my phone...about a month later she said the battery was bad because the phone keeps cutting off.
Long story short I got the phone back and I think she picked up some type of virus or something got corrupted because I forgot to lock the bootloader when I gave her the phone.
Here's what I have found and done:
Found out:
1. The phone will turn on while plugged in after a couple of tries.
2.If the phone is not plugged in, it gets to the 4 dots and either re-boots or shuts off
3.If I turn it on while plugged in and then unplug it and set the display to turn off after 30 minutes...the phone will stay on, until the display shuts off then the phone shuts off.
Here's what I tried:
1. sideloaded Android 8.1 using TWRP (about 5 times)
2. Wipe cache and the other cached (several times)
3. Tried rooted it again...using SuperSu BUT during the re-boot it will stay on the "Google" screen for 30 minutes and not do anything...will not re-boot or nothing...phone get's really hot. (tried this several times)
4. Using TWRP recovery and if I leave the phone unplugged (while in recovery mode) the phone never cuts off.
So I am thinking one of these partitions is bad, corrupted or missing which is causing the phone to think the battery is low and cuts the phone off. Just guessing here. Maybe some malware is installed on a partitions and flashing is not during the trick.
Any suggestions???
I really wanted to keep this phone as a rooted phone I can play with and try different things.
Thanks,
Real
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Not an expert but i suggest you do the following:
Backup the boot image, download the modified boot image for 4 cores. Try to boot, if it boots normally, your problem is BLOD and it will be solved. If that is not the case, use the 1 click flash bat from the modified fastboot folder that you can find doing some search, that bat will recreate partitions and reflash everything and also flash the rom you provide it then try to boot again. Shutdown the phone, give a charge until 90ish, let it cool and then boot it up.

xxJMarian said:
Not an expert but i suggest you do the following:
Backup the boot image, download the modified boot image for 4 cores. Try to boot, if it boots normally, your problem is BLOD and it will be solved. If that is not the case, use the 1 click flash bat from the modified fastboot folder that you can find doing some search, that bat will recreate partitions and reflash everything and also flash the rom you provide it then try to boot again. Shutdown the phone, give a charge until 90ish, let it cool and then boot it up.
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Thank you for taking the time to reply...and thanks for your suggestions. I tried both and was very hopefuly...but did not work. The phone still will not boot unless the usb is connected and powered. However, not sure if I did the 4core correctly because I could not tell if it worked or not. I found a twrp 4core for bullhead and that is what I used. However, when you first flash it and it does an auto reboot it boots into TWRP not Android. So within TWRP I just click on reboot system...but same outcome.
I think maybe this phone's hardware is dead or something got burned out...but it is not the battery.
Thanks,
real

realkewl said:
Thank you for taking the time to reply...and thanks for your suggestions. I tried both and was very hopefuly...but did not work. The phone still will not boot unless the usb is connected and powered. However, not sure if I did the 4core correctly because I could not tell if it worked or not. I found a twrp 4core for bullhead and that is what I used. However, when you first flash it and it does an auto reboot it boots into TWRP not Android. So within TWRP I just click on reboot system...but same outcome.
I think maybe this phone's hardware is dead or something got burned out...but it is not the battery.
Thanks,
real
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You did it wrong. You have to flash the boot.img that disables 2 of your cores. Search it here on the forum you'll find it