Yet Another Bricked DNA Thread

griffinhaskins17 · Nov 25, 2013

So this morning I start playing music on my phone as I'm getting ready to take a shower (shower off at this time) and then the music stops - of course, the phone doesn't respond to the power button. So, I've tried recalibrating the charging circuit and booting into hboot, but with no luck. The charging lights do not turn on and the capacitive lights do not flash when holding the power (or any other additional combination of) button. I'm going to leave it on a charger for a day or so and see if I can get anywhere then. In the meantime, is there anything else you can advise me to try? I've read that disconnecting the battery for a few moments might do something, so I think that'll be my next step if keeping it on the charger doesn't result in anything.

Any advice is welcome, of course.

Cheers,
Griffin

Jaggar345 · Nov 25, 2013

Yeah so far the only thing I have seen with people who have had the same problem were disconnecting the battery. Or most people just get a replacement.

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griffinhaskins17 · Nov 25, 2013

So I disassembled it and pulled the battery for about ten minutes and reconnected it - to no avail. Is there a way I can test the battery? I have access to a multimeter, but I'm not entirely sure where to make contact on the battery's connector. I'm going to leave the battery disconnected for several hours and see what I can do then.

thayl0 · Nov 25, 2013

I seen in another thread like this about calibrating the battery but I can't find it.

t1gartist · Nov 26, 2013

to calibrate battery turn phone off and plug device into outlet press and hold power volume up and down at the same time until device poowers one or two minutes has passed if two minutes has passed call htc or asurion and replace it

thayl0 · Nov 26, 2013

griffinhaskins17 said:
So I disassembled it and pulled the battery for about ten minutes and reconnected it - to no avail. Is there a way I can test the battery? I have access to a multimeter, but I'm not entirely sure where to make contact on the battery's connector. I'm going to leave the battery disconnected for several hours and see what I can do then.

Ya I think I seen this guy say it in another thread. Thanks dude

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griffinhaskins17 · Nov 26, 2013

Welp, battery disconnected for ~24 hours and then attempted recalibration - nothing. I think I've got a bad component somewhere in there. I'm going to take up Best Buy's blue HTC One for $30 on Black Friday, but I'm definitely going to see if I can find out what's wrong with this thing, this hardware is not going to waste!

Thanks for the advice everyone!

orangechoochoo · Nov 26, 2013

Try another charger, maybe the one you've been using is bodied.

schott12521 · Nov 26, 2013

The same thing happened to me, I used my warranty and luckily I had 2 days left. I think we should start to really look into this problem, because I see it popping up more and more, and it is kind of **** that one year after this phone came out and everyone phone is bricking with no easy solution.

Were you rooted/rommed and what rom?

thayl0 · Nov 26, 2013

Rooted n ROM has nothing to do with it charging

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Infinite Jest · Nov 27, 2013

Mine crapped out in a similar fashion last week. Disassembled it yesterday and also had no luck with disconnecting the battery.

Uzephi · Nov 27, 2013

Anyone hook up a volt meter to these bricked phones? It might be a bad batch of batteries, or they just give out after a year of heavy to medium use. Anyone try a replacement battery? I am just hoping this phone doesn't randomly give out like this, but the trend seems to show sooner or later they just brick themselves.

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griffinhaskins17 · Nov 27, 2013

Uzephi said:
Anyone hook up a volt meter to these bricked phones? It might be a bad batch of batteries, or they just give out after a year of heavy to medium use. Anyone try a replacement battery? I am just hoping this phone doesn't randomly give out like this, but the trend seems to show sooner or later they just brick themselves.

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I'll probably take a meter to it today if I get a moment. I'll report back results.

thayl0 · Nov 27, 2013

Why don't u just buy a new battary

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griffinhaskins17 · Nov 27, 2013

thayl0 said:
Why don't u just buy a new battary

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I'm not sure if it is the battery specifically, yet.

mustbepbs · Jan 13, 2014

Hate to necro a thread, but we're always asked to search, so..

Did you ever get this resolved, OP? Mine literally just did the same thing. I was watching a YouTube video and it died in my hands. Full battery, had just taken it off the charger like 30 minutes prior. Absolutely no activity, no lights, no flashing, nothing. Get nothing when attaching it to the computer, too.

I'm really hesitant about getting a replacement because I don't want to be somewhere where I NEED the phone and have this happen. I guess I'll get a replacement and sell it for another phone. Damn.

orangechoochoo · Jan 13, 2014

Disconnect it from the charger for an hour, then connect it to a charger and wait a half hour to see if the charging light comes on and then turn it on.

mustbepbs · Jan 13, 2014

orangechoochoo said:
Disconnect it from the charger for an hour, then connect it to a charger and wait a half hour to see if the charging light comes on and then turn it on.

Tried it. I tried everything I can think of. I'm getting a replacement from Verizon and selling it for the Moto X. No way am I gonna risk this happening again.

Jaggar345 · Jan 13, 2014

This looks like some soft if hardware failure but no one has been able to tell exactly what happens. Sorry to hear this happen to you.

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mustbepbs · Jan 14, 2014

Jaggar345 said:
This looks like some soft if hardware failure but no one has been able to tell exactly what happens. Sorry to hear this happen to you.

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It happens so suddenly. The phone has been flawless since I got it. The only thing I can think of that was weird was a hard reset last week, but I just chalked that up to CM nightly issues. Oh well.

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