Droid X bricks itself when battery is run dead, won't respond to power button after 2 hrs. charging

[KE4QPF]

PHONE SPECS:

System version: 2.3.15.MB810.Verizon.en.US

Model number: DROIDX

Android version: 2.2

Baseband version: BP_C_01.09.07P

Kernel version: 2.6.32.9-ga42712e

Build number: VZW

ERI version: 5

PRL version: 52031

PROBLEM:

OK folks, I had my Droid X brick itself by getting the battery down to 0% and going into auto power off.  The phone was left to charge for over 2 hours on the MotoDock, and would not turn back on.  Usually, after 2 hours, there is about 10-15% charge on the battery.  I couldn't even get the screen to come on.  When I hit the power button on the top of the device when unplugged from the power dock, the only thing I got was all 3 LEDs for the status blinking very quickly together to make a whiteish light, then dieing all together.  The phone would not respond to Master Reset commands, ESN pings by VZW Support, or multiple battery pulls.  The only indicaction that the phone was not a total bick was that the status light would turn a solid green when returned to the charging dock and would not go out until removed from the charging dock.  I even tried going straight into the wall charger without the dock, and the same results occurred.

SOLUTION:

After leaving the data cable plugged directly into my computer, after 30 minutes, the green light went out and the phone auotmatically rebooted itself.  It seemed like a miracle.  I have no idea why the phone would all of the sudden get a command from a MS Vista Home Premium SP2 machine to unbrick itself.  I can't tell whether it was a USB signal coming across goofy that bricked the phone or what.  All I know is that after calling VZW, switching the ESN back to my Samsung Omnia, and then letting the Droid X rot on the Vista machine's USB port, it all of the sudden works again.  Albeit, it only showed a 5% battery charged status upon the auto reboot.  Like I said, it should have been at least charged to 15% after 2+ hours on the charging dock.

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[dirkbonn]

You should never let a lithium ion battery run down to 0%.  When they get completely drained they are very difficult to get to take a charge.  Since it returned from the dead, make a note to self..... Start looking for a charger when your phone tells you that it's battery is down to 15% or less. 

Best of luck in the future....

[Wildman]

In reality the term "BRICK" is over user for anytime the device has a issue, bricking means that the the device has been rendered unusable and can not be restored to a operational state (NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO), in my opinion this does not describe your situation, I have had the same situation happen and the problem is actually pretty simple to fix, all you have to do is unplug from the PC and charge the device with a wall adapter because the pc has a issue supplying enough power for the device to charge properly... If the power is totally discharge from any device the system usually needs to be placed on a power source and alllowed to recover from the discharge and you can not do this from a computer, charging from a pc should not be a standard used charging habit because the device never reaches a complete charge and can cause charging issues.  With a locked Bootloader on the Droid X it makes it very hard to Brick the device with regular everyday use.

Just do a battery pull to reset system and plug device in a wall power supply and allow the device to charge and the device will power back up without issues. It will usually take a few minutes but it will work.

[KE4QPF]

If you would have bothered to read my post, you would have read I USED THE COMPUTER TO JUMP START THE CHARGING CIRCUIT, NOT THE WALL CHARGER.  Verizon belives it to be a bad charging circuit.  Thank you for your sarcastic response.  I know what I'm doing.  TYVM!

[Wildman]

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KE4QPF wrote:

If you would have bothered to read my post, you would have read I USED THE COMPUTER TO JUMP START THE CHARGING CIRCUIT, NOT THE WALL CHARGER.  Verizon belives it to be a bad charging circuit.  Thank you for your sarcastic response.  I know what I'm doing.  TYVM!

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Sorry you took the post as sarcastic and I must have overlooked that point about using pc to (jump start the device) but the post wasnt meant in any disrespect, it was just pointing out the common know issue that has been happening with individuals using the pc to charge the device regularly.  If you did run into better luck with using the pc I would say that the issue would be more like a wall charger issue.

[gerio]

KE4, I'm the guy around here that will say what everyone else is thinking and probably wants to say, but are more polite and civil than I.

I submit that it is YOU that is being sarcastic with your snarky response to Wildman. If you know what you are doing, then why are you here asking questions? If you indeed know what you are doing, you wouldn't have to be told, as has already been stated here, that the USB port of a computer doesn't do a good job of charging the Droid X, jump-starting or otherwise. You need a wall-charger, period. If your computer if charging the phone and the wall-charger isn't, then get a new wall-charger. And no, as Wildman also said, YOUR PHONE DID NOT BRICK ITSELF. It simply, for whatever reason, took unusually long for the battery to reach enough charge to boot the phone. Typical for USB chargjng. {please keep your posts courteous}

Geri O