I was just browsing Facebook on my SM-G950FD, and then suddenly the screen goes black. I thought to myself "Well, I guess the app just crashed, maybe a hard reset will do the trick!". However, I was WRONG. The phone won't even boot in download mode or recovery mode. The "home button" won't even vibrate. It's really not responding to any of my inputs. So I then tried plugging it into both a Mac, and a PC. No recognition whatsoever. Tried plugging it into my charger. No LED indicator or anything.
It leads me to being really confused and worried. How can I revive my phone? I need your help. :crying:
vinceducut said:
I was just browsing Facebook on my SM-G950FD, and then suddenly the screen goes black. I thought to myself "Well, I guess the app just crashed, maybe a hard reset will do the trick!". However, I was WRONG. The phone won't even boot in download mode or recovery mode. The "home button" won't even vibrate. It's really not responding to any of my inputs. So I then tried plugging it into both a Mac, and a PC. No recognition whatsoever. Tried plugging it into my charger. No LED indicator or anything.
It leads me to being really confused and worried. How can I revive my phone? I need your help. :crying:
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Possibly the battery kicked the bucket
But thats the cheapest easiest to start with
HoosierDaddy said:
Possibly the battery kicked the bucket
But thats the cheapest easiest to start with
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What do you mean?
vinceducut said:
What do you mean?
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AS in the battery may be no good Replace it
At least tried charging?
presswurst said:
At least tried charging?
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Currently trying to charge it but to no avail as of now. Device gets slightly hot but no power still.
Deep discharge bug possibly. But still probably a bad battery
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Hey guys!!!Today i turned off my phone for about 2 hours and from then on when i try to switch on the phone, it just vibrates and then nothing happens. When i connected it in flash mode the green LED appeared and immediately disappeared. I am not able to repair it or even flash it!!!!! Can anyone please help!!!!!!
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Hey guys!!!Today i turned off my phone for about 2 hours and from then on when i try to switch on the phone, it just vibrates and then nothing happens. When i connected it in flash mode the green LED appeared and immediately disappeared. I am not able to repair it or even flash it!!!!! Can anyone please help!!!!!!
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Try leaving it on the charger for a few hours.
OmegaRED^ said:
Try leaving it on the charger for a few hours.
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The phone is not even charging!!!!!!
Drdan03 said:
The phone is not even charging!!!!!!
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How long did you try leaving it on charge?
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How long did you try leaving it on charge?
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Almost 3 hours. The charging LED was not on the whole time!! I assume the phone is not charging??
Drdan03 said:
Almost 3 hours. The charging LED was not on the whole time!! I assume the phone is not charging??
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ooofff.. that sounds nasty.
You say the green LED is coming ON for a second when it's plugged into the pc.
Are all the ABD and/or flash drivers correctly installed?
I hope it's not a brick.
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ooofff.. that sounds nasty.
You say the green LED is coming ON for a second when it's plugged into the pc.
Are all the ABD and/or flash drivers correctly installed?
I hope it's not a brick.
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Yeah!! When i connect it in flash mode the LED stays for a second and then disappears. I did nothing that could possibly brick the phone!!! I just switched off my phone when i was about to start with my exam. After about 2 hours i switched it on and it didn't boot. And by the way when i press the power button a green LED blinks.
Try to take out the battery for a while and try to flash it again.
Another idea is to take out the battery, and while holding the back button on the phone and having the dialogue to put the phone in flash mode in flash tools, first put in the USB cable and then the battery.
Hey guys!!! My phone is back now. I just reflashed it. Thank u everyone for helping me out
Hi,
I have a problem with my nexus 4,
The phone when is plugged in a wall charger or PC show up the charge animation (the lightning etc.), but wont turn on, its like the mobile dont know im pressing the power button, nothing happens :S.
Also the PC dont recognise it, the phone only starts to charge like in a wall charger but nothing on PC like it doesnt be connected :S....
I tried emergency mode but no luck, some advise ??
Can you get into recovery? Your power button might be dead
exb0 said:
Can you get into recovery? Your power button might be dead
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I cant get anywhere, but there is a way to power on without power button?? or a way to getting it recognized by PC? Thanks!
sdavidone said:
I cant get anywhere, but there is a way to power on without power button?? or a way to getting it recognized by PC? Thanks!
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Not that I know of. Your power button is dead I presume. If you see the battery charging animation it should mean your motherboard / main board is still alive..
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if that is true
exb0 said:
Not that I know of. Your power button is dead I presume. If you see the battery charging animation it should mean your motherboard / main board is still alive..
Sent from Halo.
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If this is true, do you have a suggestion for me?
I can not find anything on here with my similar situation. I dropped my nexus in the water. Put it on rice for like5 days. I charged it and got a charge signal, but when I powered it on, as soon as it got to the main screen it auto powers off. I replaced the battery with a new one AND did a factory reset. It still does the same thing.
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If this is true, do you have a suggestion for me?
I can not find anything on here with my similar situation. I dropped my nexus in the water. Put it on rice for like5 days. I charged it and got a charge signal, but when I powered it on, as soon as it got to the main screen it auto powers off. I replaced the battery with a new one AND did a factory reset. It still does the same thing.
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which main screen? The Nexus main screen or the normal home screen?
It could either be
A - You might have low battery, leave it plugged in for a few hours and try turning it on
B - Your main/mother board is dead.
Hallo,
I've got a N4 Stock and yesterday the screen just went black. The phone is not loading (no battery sign and no LED lighting).
I already tried to go to Recovery Mode via pressing Power+VolumeDown while plugging in. Unfortunately only thing I get is a solid red LED for ca. 10 seconds and then nothing.
I assumed that the battery died because of temperature shock since I had been jogging in the cold just before the phone died. But battery change unfortunately didn't help (still the same response. Am I supposed to perform some sort of reset after battery change?)
My question is following: any chances to rescue the phone or even more important to retrieve data from it?
Thanks in advance!
I would really appreciate any help
Buddha101 said:
Hallo,
I've got a N4 Stock and yesterday the screen just went black. The phone is not loading (no battery sign and no LED lighting).
I already tried to go to Recovery Mode via pressing Power+VolumeDown while plugging in. Unfortunately only thing I get is a solid red LED for ca. 10 seconds and then nothing.
I assumed that the battery died because of temperature shock since I had been jogging in the cold just before the phone died. But battery change unfortunately didn't help (still the same response. Am I supposed to perform some sort of reset after battery change?)
My question is following: any chances to rescue the phone or even more important to retrieve data from it?
Thanks in advance!
I would really appreciate any help
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try holding power and volume up for 1 minute with the device unplugged (it simulates a battery pull) after 1 minute, release the power and vol up buttons and plug the device in. You should see a blinking red LED after doing this, and it should start charging. If it remains on a solid red LED after trying the above, im afraid it may be bricked.
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try holding power and volume up for 1 minute with the device unplugged (it simulates a battery pull) after 1 minute, release the power and vol up buttons and plug the device in. You should see a blinking red LED after doing this, and it should start charging. If it remains on a solid red LED after trying the above, im afraid it may be bricked.
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Tried it. Still the same state...any way to get the files? even if it would mean taking the phone apart?
Buddha101 said:
Still the same...any way to get the files? even if it would mean taking the phone apart?
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maybe this? i don't know what the problem, is just a possibility
ttheodorou said:
maybe this? i don't know what the problem, is just a possibility
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Unfortunately it didn't help. Also I think the solution targets a battery problem. Maybe I haven't made it clear - the battery is already exchanged. Therefore I assume ScumDroid is right and the phone is bricked indeed.
Charge your phone using usb ...for some time ...let it charge and leave it
And try going to fawtboot mode
....if the prolem persists the battery oviously is. Dead. ..change it
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Charge your phone using usb ...for some time ...let it charge and leave it
And try going to fawtboot mode
....if the prolem persists the battery oviously is. Dead. ..change it
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Well I already changed the battery. Still dead
If it doesnt boot to fastboot then there is nth yu can do
Go to service center near you or
If you wanna give this a try ...try it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/final-fix-nexus-4-red-light-death-t2250454
Can you find a wireless charger and try with that to charge your phone?
It's a hard guess, but u dont lose anything to try.
So my phone was at around 40% today, when it decided to die on me. In my pocket, don't know what happened, or how. I have tried charging it, and trying to get to twrp, but with no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated, as I don't know if I should try taking out the battery, or for how long i should charge it?
Have you tried just holding the power key down for 15-30 seconds? Could just be SOD...
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Have you tried just holding the power key down for 15-30 seconds? Could just be SOD...
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I have tried that, and no response, phone also does not heat up when plugged in either.
What do you mean by SOD?? Is it fully dead at this point considering it shut off at 40% and now I can't get any response?
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I have tried that, and no response, phone also does not heat up when plugged in either.
What do you mean by SOD?? Is it fully dead at this point considering it shut off at 40% and now I can't get any response?
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SOD is "Sleep Of Death"... Basically the kernel can't wake up from deep sleep, but if you held the power that long it should have forced a hard reboot.
Does it show anything at all in device manager when you connect it?
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SOD is "Sleep Of Death"... Basically the kernel can't wake up from deep sleep, but if you held the power that long it should have forced a hard reboot.
Does it show anything at all in device manager when you connect it?
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Ah ok got it. But yeah i figured it should've responded to the power button being held down.
Shows nothing in device manager, and adb devices returns nothing
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Ah ok got it. But yeah i figured it should've responded to the power button being held down.
Shows nothing in device manager, and adb devices returns nothing
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Nothing at all? Not even a Qualcomm QDLoader device? Hmm... Not good.
I would try different USB cable and charger combos... But at this point opening it and disconnect/reconnect battery might be best chance but honestly most phones in this condition never work again.
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Nothing at all? Not even a Qualcomm QDLoader device? Hmm... Not good.
I would try different USB cable and charger combos... But at this point opening it and disconnect/reconnect battery might be best chance but honestly most phones in this condition never work again.
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Nothing at all haha. It doesn't seem good at all. I'll try the battery, but you're probably right, I'm guessing it's done now and not going to work again.
Thanks for your help, most likely time for a new phone
Same happened on an s4. It was that the power button was trapped. Try to hit your phone on the power button
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Dead battery?
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Dead battery?
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I don't know if this would be the case, I'll try disconnecting the battery, but it would've been super unexpected for the battery to crap out, as it has been performing fairly well and was not really showing any age until now.
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I don't know if this would be the case, I'll try disconnecting the battery, but it would've been super unexpected for the battery to crap out, as it has been performing fairly well and was not really showing any age until now.
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Not to get your hopes up... But sometimes you can just disconnect the battery, wait 5 minutes, then reconnect it, and it will take off.
Usuario503 said:
Same happened on an s4. It was that the power button was trapped. Try to hit your phone on the power button
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No good, nothing wrong with the power button out of the blue. Thanks though
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So my phone was at around 40% today, when it decided to die on me. In my pocket, don't know what happened, or how. I have tried charging it, and trying to get to twrp, but with no luck. Any suggestions would be appreciated, as I don't know if I should try taking out the battery, or for how long i should charge it?
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There's always the old freezer trick. Put it in a plastic bag then into the freezer for a couple of minutes and then plug it into a computer. I've had to do this before (unresponsive after a modem upgrade) but nothing over 5 minutes. This was way back in the Gingerbread days...
I know this is probably something weird, but the same thing happened with my X Style. Phone was working fine and then suddenly stopped working after a reboot (died after turn off). Nothing helped me till now. No idea what to do.
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I know this is probably something weird, but the same thing happened with my X Style. Phone was working fine and then suddenly stopped working after a reboot (died after turn off). Nothing helped me till now. No idea what to do.
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I had mine plugged in and suddenly it started flashing the white charging screen, then I tried to boot it up, and got about 0.75 seconds in when it shut off and started randomly flashing the charging screen every couple of minutes on and on... Has to have been a hardware failure, something has to have fried inside. But try what acejavelin posted a few days up, see if holding the power button 30 seconds works for it to power up. When I did that mine tried to power up, but then shut off, you will maybe have different luck though
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I had mine plugged in and suddenly it started flashing the white charging screen, then I tried to boot it up, and got about 0.75 seconds in when it shut off and started randomly flashing the charging screen every couple of minutes on and on... Has to have been a hardware failure, something has to have fried inside. But try what acejavelin posted a few days up, see if holding the power button 30 seconds works for it to power up. When I did that mine tried to power up, but then shut off, you will maybe have different luck though
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Tried everything, even putting in the freezer, even this. Nothing makes the phone wake up.
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Tried everything, even putting in the freezer, even this. Nothing makes the phone wake up.
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I just considered mine dead because of it's sporadic behaviour trying to boot up. Plus @acejavelin said most phones in this state don't come back, I actually went ahead and got a OnePlus5 and retired the mxpe
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I just considered mine dead because of it's sporadic behaviour trying to boot up. Plus @acejavelin said most phones in this state don't come back, I actually went ahead and got a OnePlus5 and retired the mxpe
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That's sad to hear. But good to see you got a OP5. I've been thinking about getting a Pixel 2 (when it launches)
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That's sad to hear. But good to see you got a OP5. I've been thinking about getting a Pixel 2 (when it launches)
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Did you try while holding the power button also pressing the volume down button 5 times fast?
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Zedik said:
Did you try while holding the power button also pressing the volume down button 5 times fast?
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Just tried, still nothing.
last night it was fine, when i woke up this morning it was showing a black screen instead of the AOD and the charging led was green so i force shut it down by holding the power button, and then it didnt turn on charge or anything. the samsung logo wont show up either. I'd really appreciate it if anyone has a solution, and thanks!
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last night it was fine, when i woke up this morning it was showing a black screen instead of the AOD and the charging led was green so i force shut it down by holding the power button, and then it didnt turn on charge or anything. the samsung logo wont show up either. I'd really appreciate it if anyone has a solution, and thanks!
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Have you tried going into download mode then rebooting from there?
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last night it was fine, when i woke up this morning it was showing a black screen instead of the AOD and the charging led was green so i force shut it down by holding the power button, and then it didnt turn on charge or anything. the samsung logo wont show up either. I'd really appreciate it if anyone has a solution, and thanks!
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If you can try wireless charge and usb to see if it responds as well as hold all buttons on device for upto 20 seconds to see if it truly force resets it
adj998 said:
Have you tried going into download mode then rebooting from there?
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it doesnt go into anything. no recovery, no download mode,and no actaul boot up either
TheMadScientist said:
If you can try wireless charge and usb to see if it responds as well as hold all buttons on device for upto 20 seconds to see if it truly force resets it
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I dont have a wireless charger but i will try the all buttons thing rn.
EDIT: it didnt work.
detailed_ said:
I dont have a wireless charger but i will try the all buttons thing rn.
EDIT: it didnt work.
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only other thing i can think of is check and see if it shows up on pc in device manager
may be a bad unit either insurance or samsungs RMA
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only other thing i can think of is check and see if it shows up on pc in device manager
may be a bad unit either insurance or samsungs RMA
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No it doesn't show up in device manager either