Hi,
mi n2e only with 1 week and has got frozen in the middle of a book. It doesn't respond. Soft reset doesn't work. Battery was about 50%.
I have disassembled it and try a lot of things, remove battery, connect to supply without battery... but the screen is in the same page of the book. There is no way to turn off screen.
Now with the nook connected to supply the led indicator is off and my computer doesn't detect it. This morning I got the light turned red (charging perhaps???) In this situation when I pushed button to turn off, the red changed to green for 2-3 seconds and then turned red again. And my computer detected it.
But now the light indicator is off again.
This is a gift from a friend in Usa. I live in Spain, so there is no warranty and for this reason I've tried to repair myself.
Any help, please? I'm desperate with it. I can't understand it fails in only 1 week.
Thanks.
> Soft reset doesn't work.
What do you mean by "doesn't work". It happened to me that my touch screen stucked but when I pressed "power off" button for a long time (e.g. 15 s) my nook rebooted and then if was OK.
But in you case whole system is stucked (no menu after pressing "n"), right?
Right. Whole system is out. Anything works... Now when I plug to power, there is no light on (led is off).
Hi Esfinge
Did you find a solution?
Same thing happened to me, I'm in South Africa, so can't take it back to B&N.
Got it brand new, charged it, connected to wi-fi, registered, loaded a book via Caliber (on Mac), switched off wi-fi.
The next time I picked it up it had the message that the unit is switched off and that
you have to power it up by pressing the power button on the back.
Tried removing the battery, did not help at all, also holding power button for 20 sec.
If I plug it into power the light goes green and then orange after a couple of seconds, if I connect it to a computer I can access the files on the nook.
esfinge said:
I have disassembled it and try a lot of things, remove battery, connect to supply without battery... but the screen is in the same page of the book. There is no way to turn off screen.
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Dude, it's a e-ink screen..
When powered down it still retains its last image, it wont go blank unless told to do so.
JDRZA said:
Hi Esfinge
If I plug it into power the light goes green and then orange after a couple of seconds, if I connect it to a computer I can access the files on the nook.
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That doesn't make sense, a powered down N2 will not mount the sdcard on your pc when connected via usb.
So if you're able to access the Nook partition while the N2 is still showing its "powered down" screen, you're in some serious trouble, as that would indicate the N2 is powered on and running, but not communicating with the e-Ink screen
So if you're able to access the Nook partition while the N2 is still showing its "powered down" screen, you're in some serious trouble, as that would indicate the N2 is powered on and running, but not communicating with the e-Ink screen [/QUOTE]
This seems to be the case, worked perfectly and then suddenly not, I might be sitting with a 'Friday' model.... anyone know where I can get a new screen?
JDRZA said:
So if you're able to access the Nook partition while the N2 is still showing its "powered down" screen, you're in some serious trouble, as that would indicate the N2 is powered on and running, but not communicating with the e-Ink screen
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This seems to be the case, worked perfectly and then suddenly not, I might be sitting with a 'Friday' model.... anyone know where I can get a new screen?[/QUOTE]
Screen is black blank, hasnt came back since it first shut off after the first or second reboot on the first try restoring it to 1.4.3. The Screen was working fine before I used it everyday then i wanted to switch roms from phirmod 7.1 to NookieJoyOS it worked but the wifey didnt like it. She wanted her original nook color back. So I went back to original stock rom and then i started having problems. At first i though i had formatted something wrong in cw3.0.2.8. Above I was stating scenarios in threads i was reading on what possibly happened.
dbole said:
This seems to be the case, worked perfectly and then suddenly not, I might be sitting with a 'Friday' model.... anyone know where I can get a new screen?
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I recently got an NST screen/digitizer for ~$40US on eBay, it took 5minutes to replace it.
I've had my nexus 7 for about 3 weeks now. Was working great until last night. I haven't altered it such as rooting or custom ROM since I bought it. Besides some apps I have installed via the play store, it can be considered very very factory stock.
Battery was low and it started the automatic shut down because the battery level hit the critical point. It shut down and then I plugged it back in and turned it back on. It was halfway through the boot up (showing the multi-colored X) and the screen went blank and I heard what could be a farting sound, then nothing.
I've tried holding down the power button for more than 30 seconds (timing it on my watch) and I've tried the power button and both volume up/down buttons in the same manner. Nothing.
I let it charge overnight on the factory charger with factory cable. No change.
I opened the back up and disconnected the battery for a few minutes then reconnected. No change.
I plugged it into my computer and it detects and I was able to install the drivers for "Asus Transformer Prime APX Interface". If I hold the power button for 10 seconds while it is connected to my PC the PC detects that the device is disconnected and then reconnected about 5 seconds later. So the device does something.
I tried using the android-sdk to communicate with the device but nothing. ADB doesn't detect the device, fastboot doesn't either.
At this point, I'm thinking the device is as hard bricked as can be but hopefully someone here can tell me otherwise. If I don't get a response within a week, I will be attempting to get a replacement - my wife bought it brand new for me from a private seller on eBay, so I don't have an actual store to return it to.
My S4 has finally kicked the bucket. It turns on long enough to display the "Samsung" splash screen with the padlock icon that says "Custom." After about two seconds it instantly shuts off, and can't be turned back on.
Pull the battery, the phone automatically turns on, shuts off again, rinse and repeat.
At this point I just want to salvage my pictures and music from the phone; is there any way I can mount the internal SD in the state that it's in? I'm sure this power issue is hardware-based; I can't get into recovery or download mode before it shuts off on me.
I was having this same problem recently as well. It happened on two separate occasions with about a week in between. The first time it came back after a few battery pulls and attempts to boot to recovery as well as download mode. The second time I fiddled with it for about an hour with numerous battery pulls and attempts to boot to recovery and download mode. I even swapped batteries to no avail. I don't know why exactly it finally decided to boot, but I haven't had an issue with it since. Maybe keep trying and hope for the best?
Can you boot and stay into recovery or download mode?
If not, then it very well might be a button issue. Have the phone checked out or you can do it yourself with a voltmeter if you have the knowledge and tech. Otherwise take it to a professional. I paid around 15$ to a button replaced. Which kinda seems a lot, considering a set of 4 buttons costs about 5$ and then you can do it yourself since it doesn't appear to be that hard, especially if you've done soldering before.
so I rooted my phone about 6 months ago and never really tried to transfer files to pc. when i finally decided to unroot my phone and back up my device. windows 10 read the phone for 10-20 seconds and then completely disappeared. At this point I tried of 4 different computers we have around the house and the phone wasnt read on any of them. (also tried 4-5 different cables and usb ports) Every time I plugged the phone into the computer it would read it as Charging and not file transfer (possibly hardware issue?).
Anyway I went ahead and backed up my phone using google drive and went on to unrooting the device. As soon as I put into download mode the phone still wasn't read by the PC so i shut down and when i turn it on. it turns on for about 4 seconds saying 'custom binary blocked by frp lock'.
1 whats funny is the phone recognizes its plugged in and when I do plug it in or use it on the wireless charger the phone is constantly trying to turn on, and It gets stuck in an infinite boot loop.
2 also whats funny. the very first time i plugged the phone in it ask for me to allow on the s8 (normally) i did so and it worked for about 20 seconds just enough time for me to find my pictures and beging file transfer.
Then the screen went black due to energy saver. and then it never connected again.
Only thing I am able to do is enter download mode, but from there phone still doesn't read it. and I have to go back to the boot loop
Ive added a video of the boot loop.
just youtube : /watch?v=ncGH-PbvqlQ&feature=youtu.be
Any help would be much appreciated.
If you know anything please let me know
Jon.
Model : SM-G950F
Hi there, I had the FRP lock and took the phone to a authorized Samsung repairer and they reset the FRP for me while I waited there
Essential PH-1 has continued to be my daily driver for almost 5 years now.
I haven't backed up the data, not even to GDrive. Yes, quite dumb. I finally found time to start to look into backing up recently, with the ADB route.
For the past 2 or 3 years, rebooting was problematic where it'd take 5+ minutes or required pressing the Power button down for a second buzz from off state, releasing it only when the animation with small circles would start. It'd then boot up to completion.
Recently, after fully charging and booting up from off state, it started showing new symptom where it'd be stuck indefinitely the Essential logo splash screen. At that time, I was still able to go into bootloader/recovery menu.
I rebooted and let it continue stuck on the Essential logo, hoping maybe it'd just take longer. After an hour, I forced it to shut down and rebooted again and put it aside to wait for it.
Within less than 2 hours, I noticed the display went blank/black.
After that, regardless of how long I press the Power button, the phone would never wake up anymore.
Plugging in the Essential OEM power adapter also does not even show the LED turning on. Can't tell if the USB port was busted or not but would be surprised if it did as charging and data transfer had always gone through a magnetic plug that's permanently plugged-in to the USB port.
Bootloader was never unlocked and, as such, also never attempted to gain root access to Android.
It was running the official Android 10 ROM from February 2020 (?).
There was no smoke or any unusual smell.
1. Is this a known/previously reported problem? I'd like to read on what others who experienced the same may have tried to resurrect.
2. If, let us say, the problem is actually with the battery, would the phone not show any signs of life when plugged-in to power adapter?
3. What are the chances some other electronics may either have slowly deteriorated or have gotten fried inside that casing?
4. If it's never powering back on, are there instructions on how to de-solder the internal storage component to try to recover the data?
5. What other possibilities can cause an Android device to not even show any signs of life?
6. Any other ideas?
Appreciate help from the community, including any pointers even if referring to a different Android device.