Strange- My nexus died suddenly (any suggestions)

n1newbie · May 11, 2012

Well here's my long story...
i was running QND MIUI for about 2 months, thought of checking ICS,
so i took nandroid and installed MIUI ICS (non blackrose version).
installation went fine and it booted up good. but i found it to be laggy and
so decided to restore my previous rom. so i switched off.(the problem started nw)

when i pressed on the power button it didnt boot. i tried pressing as hard as possible
but nothing happened.

Battery Swap
so i tried swapping batteries with my brother's nexus one. his phone booted but mine didn't
(so my battery is fine)

Battery Trick
i tried the battery trick, again my brother's phone booted but mine didnt
( so my power button should be fine)

i connect my phone to pc via usb charger. the orange led glows but its not detected by system.
when i charge using wall charger, again orange led glows and after some time it turns green
( so battery stats is read correctly)

My nexus is SLCD variant with unlocked bootloader
so is my nexus dead ? what could be the problem? is there any solution to bring it alive? or should i hand it over to htc service center ?

EDIT : have linked two videos of how i do battery trick
1- working in my bro's phone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O5adV-jj64
2- not working in mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCyPIyGorFk
thanx

n1newbie · May 11, 2012

oops. i thought of creating under GENERAL section. wrongly did it under Q&A section.
MODS pls move it to correct section. sry

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

Aca902 · May 11, 2012

Did you change the hboot partition layout? Try pressing vol down+trackball+power...hold for a few sec.

ShadowCodeGaming · May 11, 2012

n1newbie said:
Well here's my long story...
i was running QND MIUI for about 2 months, thought of checking ICS,
so i took nandroid and installed MIUI ICS (non blackrose version).
installation went fine and it booted up good. but i found it to be laggy and
so decided to restore my previous rom. so i switched off.(the problem started nw)
when i pressed on the power button it didnt boot. i tried pressing as hard as possible
but nothing happened.

Battery Swap
so i tried swapping batteries with my brother's nexus one. his phone booted but mine didn't
(so my battery is fine)

Battery Trick
i tried the battery trick, again my brother's phone booted but mine didnt
( so my power button should be fine)

i connect my phone to pc via usb charger. the orange led glows but its not detected by system.
when i charge using wall charger, again orange led glows and after some time it turns green
( so battery stats is read correctly)

My nexus is SLCD variant with unlocked bootloader
so is my nexus dead ? what could be the problem? is there any solution to bring it alive? or should i hand it over to htc service center ?
thanx

Charge led glows= soft brick.
Maybe your power button just died?

n1newbie · May 11, 2012

Aca902 said:
Did you change the hboot partition layout? Try pressing vol down+trackball+power...hold for a few sec.

no i didnt change the hboot partition layout. its stock.
i tried pressing them for more than 20 secs. nothing ...

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

n1newbie · May 11, 2012

race55 said:
Charge led glows= soft brick.
Maybe your power button just died?

i tried pressing hard enuf anf all also battery trick didnt work too. but the led glows fine. also when i connect to charger widout battery the alternative green and orange led glows.

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

ShadowCodeGaming · May 11, 2012

n1newbie said:
i tried pressing hard enuf anf all also battery trick didnt work too. but the led glows fine. also when i connect to charger widout battery the alternative green and orange led glows.

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

I would suggest to PM a member called 'Theshawty'. Hes on my friends list. He knows everything, and also helped me unbrick stuff alot of times!

Aca902 · May 11, 2012

It happend to me... but i flashed a corrupted hboot. Also the charging led worked... i tried everything but it didnt work... then i got my hboot replaced. I hope you will have more luck...

n1newbie · May 12, 2012

Aca902 said:
It happend to me... but i flashed a corrupted hboot. Also the charging led worked... i tried everything but it didnt work... then i got my hboot replaced. I hope you will have more luck...

but i am very sure that i didnt touch hboot at all. i was just trying out an ics rom with stock hboot.
also hw can i flash a hboot when my phone doesnt bootup

thanx

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

n1newbie · May 12, 2012

1.will the charging led glow in a bricked phone?
2.can a bricked phone read the correct state of battery(changing from orange to green when i charge it for some time)
3.can a incident like mine happen all of a sudden by just flashing a rom?
4. i seldom use power button(very very very rarely),hw can it not work all of a sudden?

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

Theshawty · May 12, 2012

n1newbie said:
1.will the charging led glow in a bricked phone?
2.can a bricked phone read the correct state of battery(changing from orange to green when i charge it for some time)
3.can a incident like mine happen all of a sudden by just flashing a rom?
4. i seldom use power button(very very very rarely),hw can it not work all of a sudden?

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

If you tried to flash an ICS ROM on the stock hboot partition layout, I'd sau your phone cannot access the system and you cannot start the phone because of a broken power button.

The power button flex cable can stop working just like that even if you very rarely used the power button.

n1newbie · May 12, 2012

Theshawty said:
If you tried to flash an ICS ROM on the stock hboot partition layout, I'd sau your phone cannot access the system and you cannot start the phone because of a broken power button.

The power button flex cable can stop working just like that even if you very rarely used the power button.

i flashed miui ics for stock hboot(non blackrose version) and it booted fine. i used it for 15 mins. jus when i turned off to enter into recovery the problem started...

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

reider123 · May 16, 2012

n1newbie said:
i flashed miui ics for stock hboot(non blackrose version) and it booted fine. i used it for 15 mins. jus when i turned off to enter into recovery the problem started...

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

I saw this brick on optimus1(korean version)
he said, when he switched battery, it bricked.
same brick, and he fixed by warranty.
wish good luck to you

n1newbie · May 16, 2012

updated the OP to show video of how i do battery trick and still my phone not booting

efrant · May 16, 2012

Try doing the battery trick to get into the bootloader (fastboot mode). I can't remember what the key press is on the Nexus One (maybe try the trackball, or maybe try vol up, or vol down). You need to hold down the correct button while doing the battery trick to get you into fastboot mode.

If that doesn't work, and your device cannot boot into the bootloader, I'm afraid there is nothing that can be done without repairing it.

reider123 · May 16, 2012

n1newbie said:
updated the OP to show video of how i do battery trick and still my phone not booting

It will charge whether your phone is bricked or not.
It will charge whether your phone is sinked or not.(not sinked battery)
I think your phone's dead, absolutely.
If it is brick, you'll boot into bootloader, of course.(or just first boot section)

GuestX0019 · May 16, 2012

hi again n1newbie

responding off your pm as I stated

efrant is right, if you can't boot to bootloader--not good prospects

the keys are hold down pwr/vol-/tb at same time. it can take 2-30 seconds

also i don't remember if you said the pc recognizes phone when plugged

if so you could plug it in to pc and go to command shell and try adb reboot bootloader. hopefully you already have usb debugging checked on phone

i don't have my n1 anymore, so can't actually test anything

you could try to reformat and partition sd card out of phone--back up first--

did you ever check md5 before flashing miui

if you can get into bootloader you may want to reflash a recovery before proceeding and see what hboot you have--i forget the number for the stock one--

ken

efrant · May 16, 2012

rugmankc said:
[snip]

also i don't remember if you said the pc recognizes phone when plugged

if so you could plug it in to pc and go to command shell and try adb reboot bootloader. hopefully you already have usb debugging checked on phone

Unfortunately this will not work. ADB requires you to be either booted into Android or into recovery. You cannot issue ADB commands without either Android or recovery running.

rugmankc said:
you could try to reformat and partition sd card out of phone--back up first--

This will do nothing to help in the context of the OP's problem.

GuestX0019 · May 16, 2012

Didn't think about not booted into Rom for adb

Can't hurt on reformatting--

But if the 3 finger boot doesn't work, no other ideas.

Sorry

n1newbie · May 16, 2012

hi guys thanx a lot for ur response.
@rugmankc
1.no my pc doesnt recognise. so cannot use adb
2.so do i need to press that key combos while doing battery trick?
@efrant
1.can this happen all of a sudden just by flashing a rom, with stock hboot? (i didnt check md5

)
@reider123
1.so u mean to say that the charging led glows and reads the battery stats correctly irrespective of the phone being dead or alive???
ok guys ill try that key combo when doing batteru trick and update when i get home.
thanx a lot frnds

Sent from my Nexus One using Tapatalk

Strange- My nexus died suddenly (any suggestions)

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Retired Senior Moderator & Developers Relations

Senior Member

GuestX0019

Guest

Retired Senior Moderator & Developers Relations

GuestX0019

Guest

Senior Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts