Long story short: my Mi 9T Pro never "woke up" after restart.
The most irritating part is, it happened three weeks after the warranty period ended, almost as it was programmed! Though, I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I quite simply believe I have had very bad luck. Or, do others have the same experience? Is it a "one-year-phone"?
Well, here's the long story:
It began with strange screen problems – the ”active” app showed the underlying app/graphic in it's ”own window”, if that makes any sense. And, when I tapped the recent apps/overview screen it was totally black, showed nothing whatsoever, not even the wallpaper, but going back to the home screen was no problem. The phone also responded to my actions as fast and precise as usual, no ”lagging” or such.
This happened once before (for some months ago) and I then restarted the phone and I haven't had that problem again, until now.
So, I started the same procedure again: power button → ”restart” → ”restart”... the phone turned off... and died... totally!
And yes, it was charged, somewhat around 90 %.
I then tried:
Power Button + Vol. Up – no response whatsoever.
Power Button + Vol. Down – no response whatsoever.
Put in the charging cable – no response whatsoever, no sound, no LED, nothing.
Connecting the phone to my computer – Bing! The computer detects... something. I open Windows Explorer, but nothing is to be found there.
I then open the Device Manager, and hey, a “Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM5)” is detected! But what the heck is that?
Now I wonder if someone knows;
# 1 - Is it possible, somehow, to get this device working again? I mean, maybe a “hardware reset” (as PWR + VOL doesn't work) - open it up, press a “button” somewhere inside - or alike?
# 2 - If it's not possible to get it to work again, is it possible to get the data (read: pictures) out of it? How?
I have restored HDD's from dead computers by taking them out and read them from a docking station, but how do you do it from a smartphone?
Would appreciate all helpful input and ideas!
Best regards,
Björn
The most irritating part is, it happened three weeks after the warranty period ended, almost as it was programmed! Though, I'm not a conspiracy theorist and I quite simply believe I have had very bad luck. Or, do others have the same experience? Is it a "one-year-phone"?
Well, here's the long story:
It began with strange screen problems – the ”active” app showed the underlying app/graphic in it's ”own window”, if that makes any sense. And, when I tapped the recent apps/overview screen it was totally black, showed nothing whatsoever, not even the wallpaper, but going back to the home screen was no problem. The phone also responded to my actions as fast and precise as usual, no ”lagging” or such.
This happened once before (for some months ago) and I then restarted the phone and I haven't had that problem again, until now.
So, I started the same procedure again: power button → ”restart” → ”restart”... the phone turned off... and died... totally!
And yes, it was charged, somewhat around 90 %.
I then tried:
Power Button + Vol. Up – no response whatsoever.
Power Button + Vol. Down – no response whatsoever.
Put in the charging cable – no response whatsoever, no sound, no LED, nothing.
Connecting the phone to my computer – Bing! The computer detects... something. I open Windows Explorer, but nothing is to be found there.
I then open the Device Manager, and hey, a “Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COM5)” is detected! But what the heck is that?
Now I wonder if someone knows;
# 1 - Is it possible, somehow, to get this device working again? I mean, maybe a “hardware reset” (as PWR + VOL doesn't work) - open it up, press a “button” somewhere inside - or alike?
# 2 - If it's not possible to get it to work again, is it possible to get the data (read: pictures) out of it? How?
I have restored HDD's from dead computers by taking them out and read them from a docking station, but how do you do it from a smartphone?
Would appreciate all helpful input and ideas!
Best regards,
Björn
