(solved-post #7) Bricked phone+black screen

Gaff3rs · May 5, 2012

I have been running the new cm9 ics ROM for about 2 days now, and had just got all my data and apps sorted and fully working. I sat down, watched some TV, and after 30 mins i checked my phone. Black screen ( i assume its locked) i tap the power button, nothing, again nothing. I now think i must have turned my phone off. I now hold the power button, nothing, again, nothing. I grab my charger, put my phone on charge and notice no orange or green light. I have repeatedly tried to revive my phone but nothing works. I don't know if its the software, battery, charger, Im so confused. Please if anyone has had the same problem, or has any suggestions, i would appreciate it very much. Thanks.

some extra details: i charged my phone over night the day before, so it shouldn't have died ( i know you shouldnt charge overnight, but i do :/)

i wasn't trying to flash anything or messing around with files, it was in my pocket.

i didn't drop it

eyahl · May 5, 2012

Gaff3rs said:
I have been running the new cm9 ics ROM for about 2 days now, and had just got all my data and apps sorted and fully working. I sat down, watched some TV, and after 30 mins i checked my phone. Black screen ( i assume its locked) i tap the power button, nothing, again nothing. I now think i must have turned my phone off. I now hold the power button, nothing, again, nothing. I grab my charger, put my phone on charge and notice no orange or green light. I have repeatedly tried to revive my phone but nothing works. I don't know if its the software, battery, charger, Im so confused. Please if anyone has had the same problem, or has any suggestions, i would appreciate it very much. Thanks.

some extra details: i charged my phone over night the day before, so it shouldn't have died ( i know you shouldnt charge overnight, but i do :/)

i wasn't trying to flash anything or messing around with files, it was in my pocket.

i didn't drop it

Don't panic. Stay calm. The most of our ics roms suffer from reboots or freezes at this stage of development. Your phone simply froze, this can happen with screen on or turned off. If the three button combo (power and volume + -) does not work, You need to wait until the battery drains out.
if you pull the battery there is a chance to freeze your emmc chip and really brick your phone. If you connect the phone to PC before pulling the Batt there's a little lower risk. But I still don't recommend to do so. After your phone is running again, you should overvolt by 25 to hopefully prevent your phone from freezing again.

Ps.
Really, please stay calm, this happened to me about 20 times on ics roms and I'm not the only one.

Sent by my fingers to your head.

Gaff3rs · May 5, 2012

thanks, i will just wait then, is it normal that adb won't recognise the device? and also two things, how long roughly will it take to drain completely? and when it is completely drained, what do i do? charge as normal?

thanks a lot

eyahl · May 5, 2012

Gaff3rs said:
thanks, i will just wait then, is it normal that adb won't recognise the device? and also two things, how long roughly will it take to drain completely? and when it is completely drained, what do i do? charge as normal?

thanks a lot

1. Yes, if it's frozen adb does not recognize the device
2. Depends on how much loaded your battery was. Could be between 1-12 hours

For me very often it didn't need that long, phone restarted by itself after some time.. (30 mins?) But sometimes I also had to wait long..
3.yes, charge normal

Edit: since your screen is off it could take even more than 12 hours

post your results

Sent by my fingers to your head.

Gaff3rs · May 5, 2012

Nothing yet

i think i will have to wait to tomorrow

EDIT: 11:00 am GMT still nothing, it's been almost 24 hours; should I just keep waiting?

And is there any way to tell wether it's frozen, or the Emmc chip is broken? Thanks

Gaff3rs · May 6, 2012

Hey, I've been looking around the forums, and it seems to me that my phone's emmc chip is fine. I admit I did, in a panic, pull out the battery and re-insert it, but on other forums people with a 'fried' emmc chip can at least boot their phone, mine is just completely un-responsive, with a black screen and nothing, when you put it on charge. Am I right or could you shed some light on the problem?

Thanks

eyahl · May 6, 2012

Gaff3rs said:
Hey, I've been looking around the forums, and it seems to me that my phone's emmc chip is fine. I admit I did, in a panic, pull out the battery and re-insert it, but on other forums people with a 'fried' emmc chip can at least boot their phone, mine is just completely un-responsive, with a black screen and nothing, when you put it on charge. Am I right or could you shed some light on the problem?

Thanks

Seems to me exactly like the freeze I and a bunch of others are suffering from. If you think you can take the risk, you could try pulling the battery.
1. Connect to PC first.
2. Pull battery.
3. Pull USB cable
4. Insert battery after few minutes
5. Try to reboot recovery with adb

As I said there is a chance of freezing your emmc. You might succeed, but you might totally brick your phone too. I'm not responsible, I told you the risk..

Sent by my fingers to your head.

Gaff3rs · May 6, 2012

I had a spare battery lying around, did what you said above, instead putting the other battery in and not going on adb, but nothing happened. I think I am going to have to try what you said above ^^^

Oh and once I have put the battery back in do I turn the phone on? It might sound stupid but I don't want to get it wrong :/

Alright a few details:

My phone connected to the computer with a battery in (I don't have a clue how full it is) is not recognised as a 'device with removable storage'

It won't charge (or the orange light won't come on)

eyahl · May 6, 2012

Yes, to see if it's booting, I would suggest to turn it on

As I said, try to reboot via adb.
And I would recommend to reboot into recovery and flash another ROM or backup, you don't want to freeze your phone again today, do you?

Sent by my fingers to your head.

Gaff3rs · May 6, 2012

I've taken my bay out and am just waiting a few minutes :/

Gaff3rs · May 6, 2012

Alright it seemsbe booting, could be a boot loop though

Edit : it's working I'm on the home screen of cm9

You don't know how much I love you right now

thanks so much for all the help (I didn't even need adb, it just booted normally 0.o)

eyahl · May 6, 2012

Keep your fingers crossed

Edit: glad you already solved it.
You're welcome mate

Sent by my fingers to your head.

eyahl · May 6, 2012

As I said, overvolt by 25 to hopefully prevent the phone from freezing again.

Or simply do flash a stable ROM. I would prefer this as I don't like to freeze my phone and brutally pull the batt

Sent by my fingers to your head.

Gaff3rs · May 6, 2012

I'm trawling through pages and pages of ROMs

I think I will stick to stable ones now

eyahl · May 6, 2012

If you want sense, try endymion, by far the best.
No sense - reaper, fastest ever.

Just my personal opinion.

Sent by my fingers to your head.

ben_pyett · May 6, 2012

I may have not the thread in its entirety..

But did you try VolumeUp + VolumeDown + Power button combination.

Which can often reboot a hung/stuck phone?

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