Oh no, I think I killed it.

[rockyd]

This morning I woke up and opened the browser on my moto droid. I was looking at a web page, getting a street address for a place when the phone essentially froze. I tried powering off, nothing, I tried all the buttons, nothing. Finally I tried pulling the battery and powering back on, the screen is definitely on, but its black and nothing at all happens. How can I fix this?

 

[dtartini]

Well I dont suppose you have a nandroid backup? That would be the easiest. I guess worst case senario you could do a factory reset.

 

[rockyd]

If by factory reset you mean power+X I tried that and I never even get the yellow triangle.

 

[thatguychuck]

Are you rooted and rommed? Or is this a stock phone?

 

[KZIWarrior]

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/hacking-help/24707-unroot-unbrick-your-phone-using-sbf.html or take it to a store but this is all they will do... if it doesn't work it should get warrantied out/replaced.

 

[rockyd]

this is a stock phone. I have no desire to do anything to it, nor do I have the attention span. I have tried a bunch of other suggestions that came up when I searched the thread and nothing is helping.

I downloaded a task killer when I first got the phone and I do it a few times a day, I really don't download a whole bunch of apps. It is the weirdest damn thing.

 

[thatguychuck]

Task killers cause more problems than the solve, it's probably best to just leave the os alone. If you can't get into recovery mode:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-faq/2071-how-hard-reset-your-motorola-droid.html

Then you might have a big issue on your hands. If it were me, with no root or roms, I'd take it back to verizon for warranty exchange.

 

[rockyd]

I was afraid of that, thanks anyway.

 

[irishdroid]

Sorry to hear your problem. The first Droid I got did the same exact thing. The notifications would chime the phone would work, but, the screen stayed black. Mine did this within 12 hours of getting it. I hope your still in the 30 days, if so take it back and they will replace it. Mine was replaced with a brand new Droid and not a refurbished one. BTW, the new Droid has had no problems at all.

 

[rockyd]

Well I took the battery out of the phone and let it sit all night, still nothing. I only got the phone about 2 weeks ago so she's going back today but man does that suck.

 

[rockyd]

Well, I got my new droid. I guess that's that.

 

[hookbill]

Well, I got my new droid. I guess that's that.

Well, at least the story has a happy ending!:icon_ banana:

 

[thatguychuck]

Well, I got my new droid. I guess that's that.

Very good! Hopefully the transfer is painless, you'll probably be better off in the long run than trying to re flash the phone yourself.