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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Hi my friends,

I have an A855 that seems to have died; I try to turn it ON but it does nothing (absolutely nothing!) without even lit the screen.

The only sign of life is that I get a white lcd when I plug it to the AC adapter and also got it recognized with my PC and able to use ADB.

The phone it's not water damaged and it died from one moment to the other.

Taking it to Verizon is not an option as live outside USA.

Best Regards and hope you can give me your opinion.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] scholbert:
Hi MGA2009!

This is little more than nothing ;)

Try this:

First you might charge your battery with the wall charger untill the white LED at the USB connectors goes off. So this makes sure the charging works.

Remove battery measure the voltage (~4.0V) and insert battery again.

With full juice, you might try to enter bootloader mode by pressing the D-pad up while powering on the device.

Do you see some message from the bootloader?

Next steps depend on this....

Regards,

scholbert
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Thanks for your answer!

I charged the battery with a wall charger, the white led turned off.

Then I tried the volts with my "el cheapo" multimeter and gave me 3.20V

So I said... hey maybe my multimeter is giving me wrong measures... and I tried my Nokia's X3 battery (also 3.7V) and it measured 4.05V with the same multimeter.

Do you think that is the reason the phone is not turning on?

0.8V seems quite a lot for a phone that uses 3.7.

I don't have another battery but I can test it with my Nokia battery.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] scholbert:
A battery at 3.2V might be little low for operation...

For your Nokia.... 4.05V at a fully charged battery is O.K.

You should verify your multimeter to get sure :rolleyes:

Anyway check if you see the bootloader message.

Insert battery and plug in your charger as well, this should at least allow you to power up the device.

Good luck!

scholbert
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bitz_dv:
Sounds like a dead lcd. I have one I bouught to fix with the same problem, do the soft keys light up or any startup sound play? If your computer sees it you can get its state with adb in the terminal to see how far its getting.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
My friends,

I can't boot into bootloader and the keyboard does not lit up.

The only sign of life is thatis recognized by my computer as and ADB interface and I can try some commands... Also the white lcd lit up when I connect it to my PC.

I have tried with another battery (tested on a Milestone at 70% power) and the phone does nothing.

Any guess? I also tried different buttons combinations to power it on but none does the trick.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] tommyb38:
It is most likely a battery issue. I had this happen to me twice. Go to store and have them try a different battery. Most likely will fire up.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] scholbert:
Personally don't think that it's a battery issue.

Little strange though :rolleyes:

AFAIK entering bootloader should always work.

...unless you brick the bootcode or installed unsigned images without applying some hacks.

So maybe some problem with the keypad as well (D-pad not working correctly to enter bootmode)

Sorry, do you refer to your LCD (display) or LED (white LED for charging control)???

Mmmh if it's your LCD that it's going from black to white there's some logic working :confused:

Could be some problems here.... Could you make a picture of the LCD?

If you may connect to ADB, your android system should be up and running.

At least with some basic functions.

Maybe some parts of your system partition got corrupted.

Do a little research about bootloader mode and how to use RSD lite.

Maybe you should prepare for that....

Again try to enter bootloader and connect to your PC.

The best is using a linux host and type lsusb. What do you see?

Regards,

scholbert
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Sorry sholbert;

My LED lit up when I connect it to my USB not my "lcd".

The "lcd" is always dark.

I know how to use RSDLite, I use it with my Milestone.

I thought It could me the LCD but then the keyboard would be lit.

Any possibility that a corruption in the system structure could lead to a non powering state?

WIll post the "lsub" results.

Results:

Best Regards.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] scholbert:
Hi,

would have been sufficient to post the entries here :rolleyes:

No doubt your device get's properly recognized.

I think bitz_dv is right and it's that simple: LCD is dead

There'd been some reports of damaged backlight.

You could try the following:

Reboot

Connect to ADB again

Chdir to your sdcard and type dmesg > dmesg.txt

Post the resulting file here.

If the LCD logic is damaged the kernel will indicate this.

If your logic is fine, it's a backlight issue i guess.

There's nothing much you could do in this case apart form buying a new display (or your a genius in electronics and fix it yourself :D)

There are also a lot of other nice tools to check your systems integrity.

Do little research about logcat and debugging user events.

Best regards,

scholbert
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Thank you very much.

I tried to CHDIR my SD but I could not get it, tried with /system/sdcard and /sdcard

So could not retrieve dmesg.txt

But I logged logcat.txt

There is some interesting part and the end of the LOG:

E/IMGSRV ( 1304): framebuffer.c:273: framebuffer_device_open: No devices (check permissions)
E/FramebufferNativeWindow( 1304): couldn't open framebuffer HAL (No such device)
D/libEGL ( 1304): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLES_android.so
D/libEGL ( 1304): loaded /system/lib/egl/libEGL_POWERVR_SGX530_121.so
D/libEGL ( 1304): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv1_CM_POWERVR_SGX530_121.so
D/libEGL ( 1304): loaded /system/lib/egl/libGLESv2_POWERVR_SGX530_121.so

What do you think?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Hi.

RSDLite Recognized my phone.

My guess is that the previous owner tried to flash an SBF for the Milestone not the DROID; producing a mess on all partitions. I don't know if it is possible.

When I try to flash an STOCK SBF I get: "FAILED FLASHING PROCESS,FAILED FLASHING PROCESS. UNABLE TO RETRIEVE INITIALIZATION VALUES FROM INI FILE (OX7029); PHONE CONNECTED".

What else could be?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
Did you manage to go into the bootloader?

Try using RSD 4.6 for flashing...Let me know if that works!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Will try RSDLite 4.6 and report my results.

Thank you very much.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
I as able to flash using RSDLite 4.6

It completed successfully but still no LCD light, not touch response to led black lighting no 3.5mm jack sound, etc...

It seems that is a lost cause but I would like to know which is the cause of this...

Best Regards.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] vladstercr:
You didnt tell us what happened in the first place? How did the phone stop responding?

What was the last thing you did before it happened? What rom you were using? Overclocked? vsel?

Please tell us more!
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
I received the phone AS IS; I do not know what the previous owner did to this poor thing.

I think it is not water damaged as the water sticker is still white.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
100% white when NOT EXPOSED TO HUMIDITY/WATER

lightly pink with some white dots when exposed to humid places like lot of time in bathroom with moisture

100% pink/red when submerged in water
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bitz_dv:
Yea the battery compartment one is white with red crosses before it comes into contact with moisture on the droid. There are 2 dots that are all white before contact, one can be seen next to the external antenna jack above the battery, on the pcb, and the other requires complete dissasembly to get to as it is above the digitizer connection on the screen half of the phone.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
F**K!

I did not know that was a moisture sensor...

So the first is wet and the other is not, right?

I was talking about the sticker near the antenna hole, upside the battery.

Just don't know if it is an optical illusion... There are two different phones but both look different, but I you look close

on both are red crosses on white backgounrd.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
Ufff...

My eyes played a trick on me...

Thanks for the "clear" picture of a water damaged phone.

Best Regards
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] bitz_dv:
Sorry if I caused confusion. Ill post pics of the 'hidden' ones I was refering too when I am by my stack of broken phones later. I'm not sure the guys at the cell store would even know to look for them.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] MGA2009:
I found something It could help people with the same problem as I.

I could not test it because I sold the phone (Moto Droid) but...

You could try "ScreenCast"

It's a program that shows your cell phone LCd on your monitor and allows you to control it with your keyboard and mouse; everything using ADB!!

So If you have ADB and can't see anything on your cell's LCD you could try this ifit is working or not.

I tryed with an HTC Aria and it shows even the Recovery Screen!!

It's an awesome piece of software.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cpgifford:
I Perm-rooted, un-installed titanium then reinstalled it due to problems loading the system apps. Then I Backed up all data and applications, now it will not connect to any WiFi network that was remembered. I have tried pressing forget network and reentering the WEP key and connecting, but it just seems to loop from "Connecting........ Disconnected" and not giving me any error messages. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! I do not get t-mo service in my home and use WiFi calling to gain my service back, and my girlfriend keeps nagging that i'm ignoring her :rofl:
[G2 and Desire Z General] cpgifford:
Bump bump bump bump bump
[G2 and Desire Z General] cpgifford:
Note: Fixed the problem.. Somehow my router decided to enable MAC Filtering
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mattburley:
So I just rooted my HTC Wildfire running Android 2.1. I've installed the Wireless Tether app which is what I rooted my phone for but I was wondering if theres any other app you recommend that I get. I'm interested in increasing the performance of my phone but don't want to worsen the battery life. Any other cool hacks are appreciated. I'm a n00b so no SSH or anything like that :-)

Thanks for your help!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thunderskain:
Increase performance? I don't have much of a problem with mine though..

Anyway you could try setcpu from the market, that way you can adjust the processor functions.
[G2 and Desire Z General] amack10:
im trying to find the rom data base on androidspin.com but can not find it on the site they keep changing their site and its confuseing. i just need a link to the rom dump for the mt4g cus i want that screen share app. i downlopaded the ruu sip from the mt4g forums but its invalid when i try to extract it
[G2 and Desire Z General] meltedmoops999:
just put db. infront of androidspin.com

db.androidspin.com
[HD2 General] lilikin:
That Cotulla is in fact Chuck Norris under cover in russia who got tired of round house kicking russian gangsters so decided to develop software for the second best thing in the world (HD2)?
[HD2 General] eddhard:
Yes! He intends to clench a HD7 in his chin cleft and squeez until a rom pops out so he can roundhouse kick it into our HD2s:D
[HD2 General] nordicfastware:
Ah ah.. what is the first best thing in the world ?
[HD2 General] p107r0:
if you need to ask, you don't deserve to know ;)
[EVO 4G Accessories] ElAguila:
I was wondering if anybody could tell me if the Yoobao 3000mah battery is the same size as the Seidio 3500? I have an innocase extended and holster right now that fit great with the Seidio 3500 installed and I was wondering if I could still use them with the Yoobao battery.
[EVO 4G Accessories] fast2049:
The Yoobao battery is slightly smaller.
[EVO 4G Accessories] om4:
its just a bit smaller, it runs great, i have noticed that it will not charge fully in the evo but thats pretty much common knowledge now, i do leave it on the charger for an extended period of time and it will in fact still charge the battery because with no apps running, i take it off the charger as soon as its green, let it sit idle over night and wake to 70%, i leave it charging 2-3 hours after its green and take it off the charger, again no apps in background, leave it idle over night and wake up to 90%, i do not understand why but it works, i know i strayed from the question but i thought this might help someone who doesnt want to use an external charger and i dont have to create a distracting thread with yet another battery tip that may just be a placebo effect
[EVO 4G Accessories] ElAguila:
Any idea if the innocase extended will fit on the phone with the yoobao battery and cover installed?
[EVO 4G Accessories] fast2049:
I'm not sure. I ordered the seidio extended rugged for my seidio battery. I will tell you when I get it next week.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] will9895:
It seems there's been little interest in previous mentions of WebOS on the HD2, and it's not gone anywhere. I saw that there is development of WebOS for the Hero:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822401

I wondered if it would be possible to use this development to port to the HD2 as we already have the android builds running well? Correct me if I'm wrong- i know nothing about developing, I just loved the Pre until I got close to the hardware!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mattfmartin:
Someone posted earlier today in IRC the root.img and the source code for that. I'm sure Mdeejay could do something with it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] alleyezondisromo:
ill eat my own **** if this phone can boot into winmo/wp7/android/ubuntu/ and webos lmaoo jk about the eating part haha
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] arkatis:
Most probably you will sir! :p You can have as many os as you want and it's possible! :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eadams1975:
I loved WebOS. Just always wished it was on bigger hardware like our HD2. I would give my left Nut to have a functioning WebOS ROM
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] souljaboy:
Guys why is it soo good ?

What does it have over other OSes
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Maddball:
WebOs is the best yet. Just need more hardware behind it..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] will9895:
I've got to admit I've not used it extensively, but I walked into O2 stores and tried the demo phones and it was the most fluid experience I've had. I'd love to try WP7, and of course I've loaded froyo ( and ubuntu) but I've found android frustrating as information just isn't accessible without jumping in and out of an app, and I'm worried WP7 will be similar. No multitasking is a big downer for me- I do loads of work and research on my phone. With CHT2 Sense seems great, if only it was abit more stable! I'm hopeful on that one though! but yeah, WebOS seems so smooth I forgot I was moving between applications.

alleyezondisromo:

Meego too- i nearly went an N900 over the HD2, now glad I didn't!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] PoisonWolf:
Go play with one for 10 minutes. You'll quickly see why webOS is a juggernaut among mobile operating systems.

Everything else just feels like **** (pretty much) once you use and have experienced webOS's fluidity and easy of use.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MartyLK:
I agree. My nephew has a Palm Pixi and WebOS is truly sweet. Ever since he got his Pixi I have been yearning for WebOS on my HD2. If the Acer Liquid Stream launcher worked better, it would suffice me. But it has some bad issues.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pi_mento:
Can we like start a poll for development of webOS on the HD2?

webOS (sorry Google, sorry Apple) is surely the best mobile OS out there. (I Know, I've had them all).
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Well one plus side to it, is it supports homebrewing. :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] metroidnemesis13:
What does it take to code a port like that? A bunch of assembly language programming and hardware interfacing? Honestly I have wanted WebOS on any device for a long time. Since it's based on linux, shouldn't there be a way to somehow set it on top of an Ubuntu build/Android build?

And on top of that, wouldn't HP's legal team be raping anyone who even thought about attempting to port WebOS on anything?

http://www.webosroundup.com/2010/12/hacked-webos-appears-on-htc-hero/

According to this source, the entire development on the hero was a hoax. Can anyone confirm?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cheapo:
Any screenshots??
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wieland:
I would be surprised if HP made any attempts to stamp out a port of WebOS. HP has been supportive of the WebOS homebrew scene, and they need to increase their user base by any means necessary. Just like Microsoft with WP7 it's in their best interest to turn a blind eye to this sort of thing at least until their "ecosystem" has a better foothold.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] THUDUK:
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can we have webOS on our HD2's

Its more powerful has a bigger screen and well its an HD2...

the Palms are way to small for such an amazing UI.

Where do I donate to help this along ??????
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cam_hamlin:
Forreal..i would also donate myself...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
I would love to see webOS on our HD2's. Haven't had the opportunity to use it yet, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. Also heard it's very easy to port iPhone games to and it plays them just as good as the iphone... with HP behind it now, we'll probably be seeing lots of games and apps for that os.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] splat matt:
Has anyone found a TPU case for this phone yet?
[myTouch 4G Accessories] agentaaron:
Nope...I have been checking ebay on a daily basis :p
[myTouch 4G Accessories] surfnhawaii808:
I have a little trick I will share with you on TPU aka PLASTIC cases...

If its sticky/tacky/oily, wash it in VERY WARM water with ONE DROP of dish washing detergent and rub it all over the case inside and out. Allow it to dry or dry it off WELL and it will no longer be sticky/tacky/oily... worked great on my iphone 4 phone case before switching to mytouch 4g... yes I RETURNED the iphone 4 and cancelled my account (no cancel fee!) on att to go to mytouch, and I would do it again.. its 10x the phone the iphone is and I have yet to drop a SINGLE CALL, I lost 10 a week on iphone.... att SUCKS here in hawaii...
[myTouch 4G Accessories] erebusting:
I am looking for one too.... i am kind of using my old nexus one tpu case for now...it barely fits with a little force ...haha i might mod it to fit better
[myTouch 4G Accessories] splat matt:
Looks like mobilecityonline is expecting to have some TPU cases soon. No pictures but you can pre-order.

Colors: Black, Red, Yellow, Green, Cobalt Blue, Purple, Rasberry, Graphite Grey

http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wir...ist.asp?parentid=752&ManufactureID=107&page=2
[myTouch 4G Accessories] nvmehaterz:
i got mine preordered on the mobilecityonline site.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] QUEDRO:
What's so special about this TPU cases?
[myTouch 4G Accessories] markjnj:
It's harder than those silicone gel cases and fits much more snug, doesn't get linty or come off when you take it in and out of your pocket
[myTouch 4G Accessories] daniesq:
So these are like the Epik cases then? I think I'll go ahead and pre-order one of these - I need something that will protect the phone but let me slide it in and out of my back pocket. What I really want is something like Agent18's cases for the iPhone 3Gs - I loved that case - but alas, I haven't found anything close to it yet.

Best regards,

Danielle
[myTouch 4G Accessories] erebusting:
So anyone have or see any of these cases yet? I have been patiently waiting, I am getting impatient! haha...but seriously there is nothing like a TPU type of case (that I know of at least)...
[myTouch 4G Accessories] darkpaniel:
Yeah, seriously.. has anyone whos placed a preorder heard anything from the seller?
[myTouch 4G Accessories] shlongwoodian:
I can't say I'm well schooled on TPU cases, but there have been hard plastic cases all over eBay for weeks. I considered this one, but I think I'm gonna stay bareback...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120648488823&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

That's even OEM and has the myTouch branding on it. Maybe even a pink one, you know, to match the heels...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110610322607&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I've seen a few here and there at TMO stores, but they always seem to have a limited selection of any/all accessories at the TMO stores around here (Orlando).
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Kid Poker:
Those are hard cases, not TPU cases.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] daewond3r:
I just ordered my Epik case on eBay. Go get em guys.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Alankrut:
-ignore-

multiple post of samething
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Alankrut:
How is your case?

Im thinking of getting one as well

here is the link of what im getting

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...722166&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3762wt_905
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Fisherman619:
They just came in stock at Amazon. I just ordered one.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...&field-keywords=mytouch+4g+case+tpu&x=17&y=16
[myTouch 4G Accessories] DoUknoGREG:
i got my caseeeeee!!! its awesomeeeee
[myTouch 4G Accessories] Kid Poker:
I just got my case too. Ordered it on the 12th, payed the extra $2 for shipping, and got it today. Fits nicely too.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] coolcat615:
Ditto!
[myTouch 4G Accessories] jbg1:
i got mine too...not liking the power button its hard to press...
[myTouch 4G Accessories] QUEDRO:
Yep, same problem.... :(

+

[posted in Epik case topic also]

Today I tried to take a picture at work with flash on. I noticed that the when the flash lights up, the hole case is absorbing / reflecting the light, so the pics become kinda blurry. The problem is that the flash cut in the case is too small.

Took the case out and the it was shooting ok.

Small thing, but still....makes me upset to take each time the case off.

PS: I got the clear one. I guess with solid colors or smoked should be no problem.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] student.driver:
I wound up using a Dremel with a cone-shaped grinding stone to thin out the backside of the volume and power button spots. The power button is still a bit difficult and needs more work, but the volume buttons are much better. Strangely, the camera button didn't seem to bother me at all so I didn't mess with it.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] akack:
Just ordered the smoked black Epik case for a black mt4g, will post pics once it arrives in 3 weeks.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] OneStepAhead:
http://tpu-cases.com has argyle TPU cases for the MyTouch 4g. 6 Colors available too.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] HTCMDA:
^^

I ordered a smoke grey one yesterday, should be here monday or tuesday. I'll give my thoughts, pros/cons when i get it.
[myTouch 4G Accessories] pdxmatts:
I just received this TPU clear case from Amazon and I love it! I got the clear because I still wanted the white to show through. Fits perfectly and looks great. Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004HA031U/ref=mp_s_a_8?qid=1294786345&sr=8-8