So I gave my old Note 4 to my girlfriend after buying the Note 9. She used it for like a month, then all of a sudden, the screen died. When you start the phone, it quickly flashes green for like a milli second, then it's just black. The phone works, but no screen.
I tried removing the battery and wait some minutes, but nothing. I also tried to put the phone in the freezer for like an hour, but it didn't help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Only thing left to do that I know of is to open the phone and check the LCD cable, but I don't know if it's easy to fix. I never opened this phone.
Isaac_T said:
So I gave my old Note 4 to my girlfriend after buying the Note 9. She used it for like a month, then all of a sudden, the screen died. When you start the phone, it quickly flashes green for like a milli second, then it's just black. The phone works, but no screen.
I tried removing the battery and wait some minutes, but nothing. I also tried to put the phone in the freezer for like an hour, but it didn't help.
Has this happened to anyone else?
Only thing left to do that I know of is to open the phone and check the LCD cable, but I don't know if it's easy to fix. I never opened this phone.
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Whats wrong with u to put a phone into a freezer
AnMasterTech said:
Whats wrong with u to put a phone into a freezer
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Haha, I've read that people have done that with this phone when it fails, especially with the motherboard problems.
So if it's dead, instead of just throwing it away, why not try something
Isaac_T said:
Haha, I've read that people have done that with this phone when it fails, especially with the motherboard problems.
So if it's dead, instead of just throwing it away, why not try something
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There nothing wromg with putting your phone in the freezer. In fact, It a good itea when flashing roms since the phone tends to really heat up in the process and that definitely not good for the motherboard.
I've owned many Note 4's over the years but have never encountered that problem with any of them. I can only speculate that it may be just a bad digitizer.
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hey well my my touch 4g was chargein in my pc and when i grabed it it was off and wont boot or show that light on top any thing i can do? help
Assuming your phone is not physically damaged, you can try pulling the battery, then reinserting it and turning on your phone.
i took it out and left it out for a night and put back in and still nothing. the phone is in new condition. the pc wont read it also
artojeda1988 said:
.... the phone is in new condition. .....
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Take it to a T-Mobile store near you for a replacement, then.
i tried rooting in but off stayed on and super user is on it and visionary
it just turned on out of no were thanx for the advise hopefully it stays on
Great! Hopefully, things will work out well, and your next thread will not be so panicky that you will actually have time for both punctuation and capitals.
lol i really suck at that.
Note: THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A ROM UPDATE!!!
Okay... My HD2 has had Android on NAND since last year. No big problems with it, until last week, when it FROZE when I charged it (the screen was still on, but that was it...). I took out the battery and re-inserted it a number of times, and it all seemed OK...
...Until it happened again.
Only this time, it didn't turn on AT ALL. I'm no good at explaining things, so bear with me on this one:
You know how the phone has a very soft and short vibration, followed by a more intense, longer one when turning on the HD2? well, the phone only does the short and soft one, and that's about it... Nothing else...
Does anyone here know what's going on? Is there any way to fix this without returning it? If I do have to return it, is there any way I can retrieve the data on the internal memory? Will they be able to see the flashed ROM?
(Note: It's past its warranty.)
Have you tried to get into boot loader mode? Also who is your provider? Last but not least....You said it was charging and you had the screen on? I don't know about you or anyone else but when I charge my phone I make sure the screens off. It just gets hot while its charging with the screen on. If you have done this more than once it might be damaged from the heat.
mine only vibrates once when I turn it on, not sure what second one you're talking about.
hold the down arrow when you turn it on and see if you can get into the tri-color screen, you can flash WM6.5 or whatever from there.
Past its warranty?
I thought HTC gave 24 months of warranty worldwide?!
lukesan said:
Past its warranty?
I thought HTC gave 24 months of warranty worldwide?!
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i thought that aswell
@jvillejoe:
I have tried to go into bootloader mode, yet nothing happens. My HD2 is from Telstra (I live down under in Australia). Lastly, the charge light doesn't come up if I plug it in while the screen's off, so I have to plug it in while it's on, and then I can lock it as I please. I think it's a NAND-related problem.
@orangekid:
There's an almost unfeelable, really quiet vibration about a second before the usual normal one. To hear it, just put the phone next to your ear (not necessarily the speaker) and turn it on. If that doesn't work, it might be because it only happens on a Telstra phone (I honestly have no idea). And no, it won't let me into the tri-colour screen.
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24 months? I always thought it was 12! Well if I do ship it in, will they be able to detect the flashed rom/illegal Android/everything else? How much jail time do I get if they do?
This isn't the first time it's happened. It's happened about 4 times before, even when it wasn't charging. It usually fixed itself when I took out and re-inserted the battery a couple of times. Are these freezes a result of an app going haywire? Does somebody know the cause!?
well are all the battery pins in place? did they not bend a bit or something?
Yea sounds more like your battery to me
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well are all the battery pins in place? did they not bend a bit or something?
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No it couldn't be that... It slightly vibrates a few seconds after I re-insert the battery and then does nothing... but I did notice that the phone would make these small vibrations every once in a while if I leave the battery in, which has convinced me that the battery isn't the problem.
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No it couldn't be that... It slightly vibrates a few seconds after I re-insert the battery and then does nothing... but I did notice that the phone would make these small vibrations every once in a while if I leave the battery in, which has convinced me that the battery isn't the problem.
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That really sounds like a dead HD2. Them vibrations usually happens when people flash a European HD2 radio on a US.
What happens when you plug it in to your PC? Can you hear a little sound to know that the phone is connected?
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I had a similar problem (minus the soft vibration). You should try a different charge battery. If that does not help to get in boot-loader screen, I hope your phone is still under warranty.
you wouldn't go to jail? i'm sure flashing your phone voids the warranty but idk if you'd go to prison
My girlfriends EVO just died today. She couldn't turn it back on after it went to sleep and she heard some odd static type noises coming out of it. Backlight for the capacative buttons works, but the screen is dead. Won't even display anything if we attempt to boot into HBoot or Recovery. Sadly I wasn't there to hook it up to my computer and try to get a logcat or a screencast from Droid Explorer. She's having Sprint replace it. Anyone run into anything like this?
Stats on it:
New phone (less than a month old)
Running MIUI 1.9.23
No drops, no water, no nothing.
Did her battery die, as in super duper drained? Did you try a different battery, or removing the battery for 5 minutes, then then try to power it on?
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My girlfriends EVO just died today. She couldn't turn it back on after it went to sleep and she heard some odd static type noises coming out of it. Backlight for the capacative buttons works, but the screen is dead. Won't even display anything if we attempt to boot into HBoot or Recovery. Sadly I wasn't there to hook it up to my computer and try to get a logcat or a screencast from Droid Explorer. She's having Sprint replace it. Anyone run into anything like this?
Stats on it:
New phone (less than a month old)
Running MIUI 1.9.23
No drops, no water, no nothing.
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Ye man sounds like a lemon phone. Unfortunately quality of work is down the ****ter. I would just take it back I wouldn't mention anything about it being rooted, though it shouldn't make any difference. I would also ask other users using the miui rom, and if they had issues with it..
I thought of that too, but doesn't seem battery related. Charging LED displays normally. Pulled the battery, let it charge, etc etc. 99% sure that something very random and possibly bizarre happened inside and the screen died as a result. I'm almost positive it's hardware related. Couldn't find any other posts online anywhere that described a similar situation.
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I thought of that too, but doesn't seem battery related. Charging LED displays normally. Pulled the battery, let it charge, etc etc. 99% sure that something very random and possibly bizarre happened inside and the screen died as a result. I'm almost positive it's hardware related. Couldn't find any other posts online anywhere that described a similar situation.
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Its possible, though still worth trying. Best I have, since I haven't seen that problem before.
hi guys
i dont really think anybody can help but its the only chance i have left.
iv been running this rom for a couple of weeks with out mainy problems......only a slight lag.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9505-develop/touchwiz-lollipop-leaked-rom-i9505-t3027063
one member said
Hi,
For those who have problem with lag:
From Stweaks, change default gov to Lionheart, gpu gov to simple, I/O to fiops, disable android logger, enable zram, reboot.
These settings also give me great batt life
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so i made the changes and it did make a big difference. i shut the phone down 2 hours after to charge it,, and thats when a odd thing happened.
its dead.
no life at all. even when its connected to my pc. if i plug the charger in it just gets hot.....thats it.
can i assume its bricked for some odd reason??
what happens if you pull the battery, plug it back in and try and reboot into recovery/download mode?
DSA said:
what happens if you pull the battery, plug it back in and try and reboot into recovery/download mode?
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nothing
try changing the battery
it might be a hardware problem
DSA said:
try changing the battery
it might be a hardware problem
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i did that + charger,and lead.
no responce and all. if i plug in the charger the top half of the phone gets quite hot in the main board area.
im sure some people come on hear with problems with out telling the full storey ( dropping it down the toilet,or just dropping it) but i literally shut it down to charge it quicker.
im still scratching my head over this.
if all else fails i may look into buying one with a smashed screen on ebay and replace the main board as my phone is in great condition,....gutted.
it does sound like a hardware issue - can you take it back to a samsung service center?
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it does sound like a hardware issue - can you take it back to a samsung service center?
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i could...... but it would cost much more than its worth.
iv had it from new, such a shame.
If you tried another working battery, tried connecting to a computer and cant get into Download Mode.... I say your phone is dead and it sounds like a hardware fault. I have seen soft bricked and hard bricked phones, they still show some form of life like the led turning on, pixel salad, black screen (as you can see the screen light up), white screen, cant get into recovery but can get into Download mode and etc.
Sounds like its dead but I am sure its got nothing to do with what you did and its just a coincident that it died.
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If you tried another working battery, tried connecting to a computer and cant get into Download Mode.... I say your phone is dead and it sounds like a hardware fault. I have seen soft bricked and hard bricked phones, they still show some form of life like the led turning on, pixel salad, black screen (as you can see the screen light up), white screen, cant get into recovery but can get into Download mode and etc.
Sounds like its dead but I am sure its got nothing to do with what you did and its just a coincident that it died.
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yes i totally agree.
i think ill put another main board in it and sell it on.
two years old so it may be a good opportunity to upgrade..........may be a s5.
many thank guys.
I'm back with with my s4, reserected from the ash's with a replacement main board ?
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Hello dear community,
I'm posting there because I have some doubts about my phone and i'd like some answers from you.
1 month ago, I was charging my phone. When it reached 100% battery, It was fine but the problem is when I was trying to press "power" to turn it on but It didn't want to. So, I removed the battery because I couldn't even turn it off. When I tried to restart it again, it didn't want to. No reaction to the "power" button.
I followed EVERY tips on Google but none worked. I also tried to change my battery but nothing. I tried also to connect it to my computer, it was detected but my phone didn't turn on.
So, I guess my phone is dead unless if there is a solution to make it working? Also before that, my phone was becoming very laggy and when it had a small lag, it was turning off and was rebooting.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
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I have mustered some conclusions about your phone based on what you typed:
1st claim: The power button no longer works anymore
•Reason: "... when I was trying to press "power" to turn it on... it didn't want to... When I tried to restart it again, it didn't want to. No reaction to the "power" button."
—Seems like you're gonna have to find another Note 4 and replace its motherboard with the Note 4 whose power button doesn't work anymore after 5 years.
But before spending, I would like you to try this method from a Youtube comment:
"... you'll just have to keep the charger [cable connected] on [your phone] while you take off the battery, and put it back after; then, remove the charger quickly..."
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2nd claim: The screen no longer works
•Reason: "I tried also to connect it to my computer, it was detected but my phone didn't turn on."
—If the phone is charged, seeing nothing but blackness, but you still see an emitting LED light on the top-left corner, that's a sign that it still works, just not the screen. So I would suggest that you buy a new screen and replace it with your old one. If you think you can't, then go to a phone repair shop and let others do the repairing.
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3rd claim: The motherboard is dead
•Reason: "... before that, my phone was becoming very laggy and when it had a small lag, it was turning off and was rebooting."
—The motherboard might be dead if these are happening, but I don't think this is the right reason unless the first two conclusions are proven to be true. If the first two conclusions are proven to be false, then the motherboard is dead, and you may either buy another Note 4 motherboard or get a new phone.
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Thank you for your answer.
To answer you clearly about all the points you clarified, there is no led light appearing when putting it on charge and I also tried the "Youtube comment" but nothing.
So I think, the motherboard is dead as you mentioned. I just don't understand how it died after a charge but as I saw on Google, it's a general problem on Galaxy Note 4, so I think i'm not surprised at all. It's been since 2015 I had it.
Thank you for your time and to have solved my doubts about the death about my phone.
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Hello dear community,
I'm posting there because I have some doubts about my phone and i'd like some answers from you.
1 month ago, I was charging my phone. When it reached 100% battery, It was fine but the problem is when I was trying to press "power" to turn it on but It didn't want to. So, I removed the battery because I couldn't even turn it off. When I tried to restart it again, it didn't want to. No reaction to the "power" button.
I followed EVERY tips on Google but none worked. I also tried to change my battery but nothing. I tried also to connect it to my computer, it was detected but my phone didn't turn on.
So, I guess my phone is dead unless if there is a solution to make it working? Also before that, my phone was becoming very laggy and when it had a small lag, it was turning off and was rebooting.
Thank you in advance for your answers.
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Put in cold fridge for 30 min without battery, then try to turn it on. If not, try the cardboard method under the emmc chip (search youtube)
Timpaa said:
Put in cold fridge for 30 min without battery, then try to turn it on. If not, try the cardboard method under the emmc chip (search youtube)
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Is this a serious thing ? (fridge)
I did the oven trick on my n910t. I left my phone stuck in the grill of my truck when I changed the brakes. I took it for a test drive and ended up running over the phone. Me being a noob at the time didn't know the AT&T Note 4 would not unlock Bootloader for custom roms or custom recoveries. I purchased the AT&T Note and was sorely disappointed there after. Flash 2019 I still have the motherboard for my note that I ran over. I can only get in to go into download mode and only when it was plugged in. I flash custom ROM or custom recovery and it would say would pass but it would just boot loop and boot loop. So I read somewhere where you can put it in the oven for around 5 to 6 minutes at about 200° and that it would settle any of the cracked solder that be around the emmc or anywhere else on the board. So I tried it. I stuck it in two different times at five minutes a piece, pull the board out and let it set for a day. I installed the board just a little while ago and she fired right up. It's amazing
I've recently replaced the motherboard on my N910F with a used one bought from AliExpress. As it's used I've no idea how long it will last but for £30 was worth a try.
It was pretty straightforward replacing the motherboard using one of the tear down guides on YouTube.