[Solved] Evo is stuck off... will not boot or charge.

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I install a wifi kill app.

It was apparently shutting down wifi? What wifi I have no idea. It was stuck and non responsive for around 4/5 minutes so I thought a battery pull and a restart would get me out of the app.

And now the phone will not respond to me pressing the power button?! Nor will it charge. It's not responsive to being plugged in.

Help...

First time anything like this has happened to me. I am stuck without a phone and worried. Any help is appreciated?! I best not have screwed up the device.

Its a GSM evo, had a high battery charge. Running a custom rom with s off.
Even plugging it in gives no response.


It has been charged all night. seemed to indicate it was full. This morning it was down to 80% and I left it on charge some more, now this.


I opened up my comand prompt then typed "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and I just get < waiting for device >


I've been through this thread and non of this helps. (link below)
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My solution.
Button presses were having no effect I left my phone connected to the mains and re tried the buttons and adb commands with no luck.
Although my battery was reading at around or above 80% before the problems I was sure it wasn't the battery.
I couldn't see how it was appearing to be bricked and unresponsive. I installed an app, it hung and I pulled the battery. So I presumed something had gone wrong with the app.....
I took a chance that the battery had drained fully somehow and the ROM was somehow supplying some dodgy readings.
The battery and wire trick was what I tried. A jump start was needed.
I should have licked the battery first to feel for any charge. But it was the last thing I was thinking about. (I don't have a voltage tester any more around the house)
I set off for a 9 volt battery. Using my trusty tongue again the one in my alarm was out of juice. Thankfully I got a new one though which was laying around.
So if it wasn't going to work I knew this battery wasn't going to be part of a problem.
Striping metal food ties I connected positive to the one positive contact and used another metal strip to tap each of the three negatives, obviously connected to the negative of the battery.
I kept the touches quick barely a second and kept running through all three. Went well, there was no heat from the battery. I did that for about a minute.
Be careful, don't damage your battery! Do not blame anyone else if you do... Make sure not to have your connections touch one another or its game over too.

I used my trusty method of licking the phone battery and bam, it was charged and I knew about it!
Placed it into the phone. Took a bit of time to say my prayers.... Connected the USB and the computer acknowledged that it was working a red light flashed,
My prayers were answered! I powered on the phone and its back to normal.
Strangely telling me the battery is at around 75% plus ...





I didn't have a wall charger or a spare battery as you can tell. I got there in the end.

Have you tried booting into recovery?

Try pulling the battery for a few. Then press and hold the camera button and click power on. No idea where i remember this from but it may work.

Originally Posted by spirithandler

Have you tried booting into recovery?

It is not responsive. It wont boot let alone bootloader.

Originally Posted by NineInchNails

Try pulling the battery for a few. Then press and hold the camera button and click power on. No idea where i remember this from but it may work.

Tried this too. Even with volume combinations as suggested in other threads I have looked up. My battery appeared to be charged to at least 80%. I'm hoping its something that hasn't bricked my phone and there is a simple fix. Maybe the battery level has been wrong?
I've left it on charge for now and I will give the buttons another go. At the minute it doesn't appear to be charging.

Can the battery pull cause any damage?


*Anyone else having trouble check this thread ..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1408374 I've tried all these tips here and non are working for me so far. They keep mentioning cwm 5 may cause problems ? I think I was running it because when I s-offed it came with it. Not sure which version it was?

The battery pull wont do any damage but this doesnt sound too good. If you cant boot to recovery or the bootloader your pretty much screwed.

Does the led light up when you charge it? If so it may not be completely bricked. But we need to see if you can power it up at all.

Originally Posted by NineInchNails

The battery pull wont do any damage but this doesnt sound too good. If you cant boot to recovery or the bootloader your pretty much screwed.

Does the led light up when you charge it? If so it may not be completely bricked. But we need to see if you can power it up at all.

No, no light so I was worried. Good news is it's not bricked. I have another problem though.... I will post back in a minute, I will post the fix that worked for me to the top of the thread.


My battery seems to indicate it has charge that's what it appears to be reading at once I booted the phone up I took that picture. But it indicates its been on a while? ? ?
And now ky battery is draining like crazy. Is it just a bad battery? Or one that needs calibration?
Seems strange as only people with a low battery come across this problem. What could have caused it. I'd rather not have it happen again.


Any clues?

Oh wow! Awesome man. My next round of questions were going to be if you had access to a different battery or a friends phone to test it before we claimed it as a brick. Huge props for going above and beyond. Now stay away from the app that caused it but it also couldve been the battery failing and its coincedence.

Was gonna order a wall charger and a spare battery. But would have had to wait until Tuesday with shipping.

Battery level seems a bit all over the place. Why is there a second gap ?



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Originally Posted by Pauly_k

I install a wifi kill app.

It was apparently shutting down wifi? What wifi I have no idea. It was stuck and non responsive for around 4/5 minutes so I thought a battery pull and a restart would get me out of the app.

And now the phone will not respond to me pressing the power button?! Nor will it charge. It's not responsive to being plugged in.

Help...

First time anything like this has happened to me. I am stuck without a phone and worried. Any help is appreciated?! I best not have screwed up the device.

Its a GSM evo, had a high battery charge. Running a custom rom with s off.
Even plugging it in gives no response.


It has been charged all night. seemed to indicate it was full. This morning it was down to 80% and I left it on charge some more, now this.


I opened up my comand prompt then typed "fastboot reboot-bootloader" and I just get < waiting for device >


I've been through this thread and non of this helps. (link below)
=/

-------------------------------------------

My solution. Button presses were having no effect I left my phone connected to the mains and re tried the buttons and adb commands with no luck. Although my battery was reading at around or above 80% before the problems I was sure it wasn't the battery. I couldn't see how it was appearing to be bricked and unresponsive. I installed an app, it hung and I pulled the battery. So I presumed something had gone wrong with the app.....
I took a chance that the battery had drained fully somehow and the ROM was somehow supplying some dodgy readings.
The battery and wire trick was what I tried. I jump start was needed.
I should have licked the battery first to feel for any charge. But it was the last thing I was thinking about. (I don't have a voltage tester any more around the house)
I set off for a 9 volt battery. Using my trusty tongue again the one in my alarm was out of juice. Thankfully I got a new one though which was laying around.
So if it wasn't going to work I knew this battery wasn't going to be part of a problem.
Striping metal food ties I connected positive to the one positive contact and used another metal strip to tap each of the three negatives, obviously connected to the negative of the battery. I kept the touches quick barely a second and kept running through all three. Went well, there was no heat from the battery. I did that for about a minute.
Be careful, don't damage your battery! Do not blame anyone else if you do... Make sure not to have your connections touch one another or its game over too.

I used my trusty method of licking the phone battery and bam, it was charged and I knew about it!
Placed it into the phone. Took a bit of time to say my prayers.... Connected the USB and the computer acknowledged that it was working a red light flashed. I powered on the phone and its back to normal. Strangely telling me its at around 75% plus ...

I didn't have a wall charger or a spare battery as you can tell. I got there in the end.

WOW where did you come up with using a battery to charge your phone?

My bet the battery needs to be trained again. Let it die then charge it back to full. The fact the battery failed like that might mean its still going bad so if it were me.. id get a new battery when you could. Trickle charging all the time probably isnt the best either but you do what you have to for a charge.