NAND Testing - 05-25 Update: New LK, Recovery.img, Kernel Updates through Recovery

[Unklejoe]

Got stuck in a boot loop today. Tried removing the battery, then replacing it then plugging the cable back in, but that didn't work. I also tried the "unplug and plug the USB cable in for 5 second intervals" trick, but that didn't work either.


I ended up heating up the battery with a hair dryer for a good 5 minutes, then putting it back into the phone, with the cable already plugged in. I let it sit there for a good 20 minutes. Works fine.

You have to get the battery pretty hot for this to work, but don't go crazy. I think it may explode if you go to far lol

EDIT: IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND THIS TIME THE HAIR DRYER TRICK DIDN'T WORK.

What I did now is got a small variable DC power supply and connected it to the outer pins (the ones labeled + and -) of the battery and maintained a constant 3.4 volt charge on the battery. This may be out of reach for some, but it is basically a simple way to charge the battery without the phone. Don't charge it for too long like this though; just to start the phone.

[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by Unklejoe

Got stuck in a boot loop today. Tried removing the battery, then replacing it then plugging the cable back in, but that didn't work. I also tried the "unplug and plug the USB cable in for 5 second intervals" trick, but that didn't work either.


I ended up heating up the battery with a hair dryer for a good 5 minutes, then putting it back into the phone, with the cable already plugged in. I let it sit there for a good 20 minutes. Works fine.

You have to get the battery pretty hot for this to work, but don't go crazy. I think it may explode if you go to far lol

Woah... I've heard of cooling down hard drives to potentially recover lost data, but heating up batteries to make them charge again? That's a new one on me.

[Unklejoe]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

Woah... I've heard of cooling down hard drives to potentially recover lost data, but heating up batteries to make them charge again? That's a new one on me.

I think it causes the battery's voltage to go up just enough to allow the phone to charge it.

I'm probably going to order a new extended battery anyway, but I had to resort to desperate measures, as this is my only phone lol