Rapid Blinking Green Light Without Battery While Plugged In, Nothing With Battery

[douglasfresh12]

Woke up this morning and my Droid X (not even 10 months old) was totally fine. I put it in my pocket for 20 minutes and pulled it out. It was off and refused to start up. About 3 months ago there was major water damage but after a bag of rice everything was back to normal until now. I plugged it into the wall with the battery still in and nothing happened. I pulled the battery while it was plugged in and nothing happened. I pulled the battery while it was unplugged then plugged it in and I get a RAPID BLINKING GREEN LIGHT but then when I try to replace the battery, the green light goes off. I haven't gotten father then the rapid blinking green light.

I'm assuming this means my battery has something to do with it (maybe it just went kuput) but I have no way of knowing for sure. Has anyone else come across this problem? And if so... HELP!!!!!

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[Jersey]

Woke up this morning and my Droid X (not even 10 months old) was totally fine. I put it in my pocket for 20 minutes and pulled it out. It was off and refused to start up. About 3 months ago there was major water damage but after a bag of rice everything was back to normal until now. I plugged it into the wall with the battery still in and nothing happened. I pulled the battery while it was plugged in and nothing happened. I pulled the battery while it was unplugged then plugged it in and I get a RAPID BLINKING GREEN LIGHT but then when I try to replace the battery, the green light goes off. I haven't gotten father then the rapid blinking green light.

I'm assuming this means my battery has something to do with it (maybe it just went kuput) but I have no way of knowing for sure. Has anyone else come across this problem? And if so... HELP!!!!!

Never experienced that however try leaving the phone plugged into the charge for a while, if the battery is completely dead then it will take maybe 15-20 mind before being able to be turned back on

[douglasfresh12]

I left the phone plugged into the wall for 2 hours this morning after it shut down. Also, it was fully charged when I woke up this morning. I just unplugged it and plugged it back in and got the M symbol but it wouldn't go past that so I did a battery pull. Now it won't respond again.

[Jersey]

I left the phone plugged into the wall for 2 hours this morning after it shut down. Also, it was fully charged when I woke up this morning. I just unplugged it and plugged it back in and got the M symbol but it wouldn't go past that so I did a battery pull. Now it won't respond again.

You should try to get your phone into the bootloader and sbf

[Coastieee]

You ever find out what the deal was with your blinking light issue ?

I have the exact same problem almost to the letter (only difference was I used a food dehydrator instead of rice). The rest is the same even down to the 3 months ago water damage and I mean EXACTLY 3 months to the day May 15th to August 15th (which is today). It worked just fine this morning and this afternoon till at least 4pm. Had it in my pocket while doing some yard work and the battery I knew was low so I figured it just ran out of power but plugged it in for a half hour or so and nothing. I get the same blinking light though when it's plugged in without the battery. I have the battery pulled right now and just going to leave it out tonight in hopes something resets itself by morning, but if you discovered a trick do share!

[Coastieee]

Got mine to spring back to life this afternoon.

I changed my plan a tad last night and decided that if after 2 hours with the battery removed and no change that it probably was not going to do much good to leave it out over night either. I put the battery back in then plugged it in about 1:30am and just left it alone till about a quarter to 2pm this afternoon. I tried turning it on still plugged in and once again nothing. I took the battery back out again looked at the phone trying to think of something I hadn't tried and found myself focusing on the SD card.

So I thought to myself this sometimes works on computers why not try removing the SD card and try turning it on without it just for the heck of it. Well it worked. I saw the red M which stayed on screen about the same length of time it does when you first power up after upgrading to rooted Gingerbread. I let it boot all the way up and then shut it back down, reinserted the SD card and powered it up again with no issues.

Hopefully that helps someone. It may be just coincidence that pulling the battery for the umpteenth time after being plugged in all night fixed it, but I'd like to think it was removing the battery AND the SD card and powering it back on without the SD card installed as it was the only part of the procedure that was different from all the rest .

[amandamos]

I also had the same issue. About three months ago, I had water damage to my brand new Droid x2, and experienced the same problem. Yet again, the phone has now started randomly acting up again. I did what the previous poster said to do, except I'm too anxious to let my phone charge without the battery, so I skipped that; I immediately took the SD card out. Thinking that this wouldn't do anything, to my surprise, the phone actually booted. I have the backlights, I hear the Droid sound, the little vibrate you get when the phone boots, but no display. It also rings when there is a call coming through, so I guess there's a signal here still. The only issue I'm really having besides the no-display screen, is that I cannot manually turn the phone off with the power-button; removing the battery is the only way it will turn off.

Does anyone have a solution? Maybe I should plug the phone in without the battery as well? The thing is, I had my phone charged with the battery in all night, so I feel like charging without the battery wouldn't make a difference... I guess I'll wait it out and see if there's a difference. I will keep you updated.

UPDATE: After many, MANY attempts to get the phone working, and a nasty walk-in to Verizon who told me that there was no hope, I went back home and took the battery out. I didn't even touch it because I was 100% convinced that it was done for. An hour passed, and in frustration, I put the battery back in and tried to turn the phone on. I actually had to take a double-take at the screen when I saw that it actually lit up. I guess keeping the battery out without the charger is what did it for me. The SD Card is in as well. Although, as Coastieee had mentioned, it is a good idea to take the SD Card out first, and try turning it on, (just to see if it will do anything at all). If anything happens, you're in luck.

So for anyone who is running into the same problem I had with no display and everything that Coastieee and douglasfresh12 mentioned, do what Coastieee did: take the SD Card out and try booting the phone, with and without charger. Anything happens? Good. Still no display? Then take the battery out for about an hour without the charger, and keep the SD card in. Let an hour go by without touching any buttons. Once an hour or two go by, put the battery back in. Hopefully your phone should work. If it works, let it load. Don't touch any buttons, be very gentle with it. Once it gets to your home screen, let it sit for a couple minutes, then turn it off manually. Then turn it back on, (just to insure that it's "stable"). If all is well, then you should be set.

It's pretty much just a waiting game, so just be patient. Could be a whole day to get your phone to come back on when you're getting that damn green blinking light... I mean, the blinking green light is better than none at all.