Hi All,
Just received back my 32MB XDA, exchanged by o2 service, due to screen failure. The new item turns on its orange light for charging and after a minute goes off!!!
Checking the device info, it has the 3.14.13 ENG ROM & the 4.08 Radio. Could the old ROM has something to do with it or should I return it again to them?
Advice is requested by the Gurus...
THX
Gear
Personally I would send it back if it isnt perfect and operating correctly.
Just noticed though -in the meantime- that the light turns off when charging through its separate adapter, when the battery is fully charged.
On the other hand, when charging on the craddle, the light turns green when the battery is fully charged!
If somebody knows if this is normal procedure, please let me know.
THX
Gear
I have an XDA I with WM2003SE and I have been noticing a problem with the charging LED lately. When it is in the charge cradle it displays orange, even at 100% battery. If I put it in standby while on the charge cradle it is still orange, but if it is in standby and I remove it from the cradle and then put it back in the cradle it turns green. But it will never turn green while it is on and in the cradle. But if i get it to turn green, then turn it on, it stays green, the entire time it is in the cradle. As soon as I remove it and put it back, it goes back to orange. Is this normal behavior for the XDA I? I swear that it used to turn green while sitting in the cradle when it was turned on. Thanks.
I've got similar problem but my XDA I led doesn't light orange led when charge my battery. Maybe I'he broke loader? I,ve got my XDA I for 3 day's and I can use my XDA I only in loader depot. I don't know what i can do.
Please help me.
(sorry in my english)
Help me. I don't know to do. I look for forum topic and i don't see any body have this problem. Could you help me?!
Hi!
Friday, a girl dropped beer all over my phone.
Till yesterday, the phone would not power on, not even with charger in. I disassembled it and found that the tiny battery on the back of the mainboard was acid-ish(?), and it fell off. I "cleaned" the battery and ducktaped it back on, and now the phone boots when charging attached. It changes between af grey charging-icon and a grey/green charging-icon with a yellow warning-"!"-triangle.
I hit the turn-on-button, and i boots to the pattern-lock-screen. Screen looks perfect, but the touch is not working at all. After 30 seconds or so, it displays a low-battery dialog and reboots into charging-screen, sometimes with the yellow triangle-warning.
So my questions are:
- What internal connections/electronics would you check to see if the touch-part is damaged?
- Were is the touch-electronics/connector located?
- Would replacing the main battery solve the charging-issue, or is the problem the tiny battery on the back of the mainboard? (Actually - it is now possible to turn it on when the tiny battery is NOT attached.)
I really hope you have some ideas of how to solve this. I miss my S2!
- Jonas
It actually seems as if it is charging properly now, so my main concern is how to fix the touch-input.
Step 1. Go and find that girl and give her a nice backhand.
Step 2. Repeat step 1 until satisfied.
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Hello,
I was at a concert last night, and took a few pics and videos on my phone..when I put it back in my pocket it became overheated - then the screen went blank. I could feel the heat almost burn my leg. From this the LED flashed a full variety of colours (greens,purple & white) and when pressing the power button nothing happened. It eventually started flashing red as I drove home but refused to come back on. I put it on charge when I got home where it was a very faint white colour LED. I did the manual reset (power&volume down)..nothing.
It's been on charge all night and it was just dead - no light - nothing this morning. I've charged it this morning at work, and there's a white light, sometimes faint, but trying to start it is impossible.
I'm now left phoneless as my spare phone doesn't take the Micro Sim card. I have insurance, but they want a £50 excess - I've contacted Motorola as this seems to be an internal electrical fault, but I was wondering if anyone has any hints or tips as it could be weeks before I have a phone again.
Anyone experienced / managed to sort this themselves?
Laura
Hi Laura, welcome! (I hope BRFC doesn't stand for Bristol Rovers!?)
Are you able to actually turn the phone on at all, ie get any screen to show?
I would imagine that the phone is newish, it's still covered under warranty so it may be worth contacting motorola directly to see if they are able to do anything.
When you plug it into your pc/mac and try and turn it on, does the pc pick up the phone at all?
http://i.imgur.com/eYhCtMr.jpg?1There are many people that changed their LCD (Z, Z2 ,Z3) and then were unable to startup the phone.
Of course one might think, is the display broken, did I mess it up myself, etc etc...
Here are the symptoms. If you have the same symptoms, then this will fix your Z2!
- the phone does not boot. Black screen. Will not do anything else then 3 blinks when you press the power on
- without battery, and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will show a battery logo on the LCD
- with battery in the phone and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will make the "Im charging the battery"-light burn red and after a number of seconds (but not always?) a bit dimmed red.
- the phone vibrates if you do the trick with holding the on button and the volume button and keep them pressed (without battery), but nothing more will happen.
- adb does not recognise the phone at all. Fastboot does, but ONLY without battery
- the battery is fully charged, and NOT the problem
- you can flash, unlock the bootloader etc, but only without the battery
- changing the battery with a new one, does not solve the problem.
You have all that? Great..
- open the back of the phone (probably still open )
- take the battery out and concentrate on the part where the battery connector is.
- take a deep breath and keep calm
- solder a very tiny, thin cable from one part to the other (look at the picture).
If the picture is not clear enough, just ask, and I will answer as soon as I can.
picture : http://i.imgur.com/KWGq09J.jpg
picture 2: http://i.imgur.com/eYhCtMr.jpg?1
Thats all folks! worked for me! I couldnt believe my eyes, but it worked!
All thanks goes to Ahmed Koukou from Egypt who uploaded the solution on another forum, but without any tips and without description.
Registered specially to thank you and to confirm that it worked for me!!!
I bought a new display of Ebay. At first, I thought that it was a bad display, until I read that others had the same problem.
Thank you! My Z2 is alive again :good::good::good::good::good::good:
Hmm interesting,
- the phone does not boot. Black screen. Will not do anything else then 3 blinks when you press the power on
No 3 Blinks just a solid RED LED
- without battery, and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will show a battery logo on the LCD
No battery logo on the LCD just a solid RED LED
- with battery in the phone and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will make the "Im charging the battery"-light burn red and after a number of seconds (but not always?) a bit dimmed red.
Always a bright red led
- the phone vibrates if you do the trick with holding the on button and the volume button and keep them pressed (without battery), but nothing more will happen.
No vibration, even tried the elastic band trick
- adb does not recognise the phone at all. Fastboot does, but ONLY without battery
If only if the PC would recognise something connected. so no adb
- the battery is fully charged, and NOT the problem
- you can flash, unlock the bootloader etc, but only without the battery
- changing the battery with a new one, does not solve the problem.
Thanks i was going to try that
wow this is very similar to this post back 2 years ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/hardware-fix-xperia-z-charging-booting-t2760911
I am going to have a look at mine
Good luck! Hope you will find a way to get the Z2 to work again!
Well i tried this trick and it worked however today after many months the phone just will no longer charge. The battery is in good condition etc but the charge is just too slow to give it enough power.
I cannot work out why it does not charge at full speed any more
My Z2 has been lying dead in a drawer for over a year now. I thought it was gone for good so I thought what the hell it can't get worse than it is so I gave this a try and it ****ing worked!!
I registered just to say Thanks. My Z2 is alive again :good::good:
it works!
It works. thank you so much. I was so attached to my z2 that I bought an original sony screen for replacement. Imagine the deception with these blinking lights. I would like to know why this needs to be done? anyone?
Hello,
after reading your solution I tried to get a very tiny cable for connecting the two points. I didn't have enough patience getting it working.
After trying it without success, I remembered in past, I had to modify AMD CPUs to overclock them. There I used a simple pencil making a line to connect them.
I didn't think long about that, then simply tried it, and had luck with it. My Z2 is now booting again! I'm happy with my solution!
Hope this will help some other people, who also don't have enough patience.
n3087
demesmaeker2 said:
http://i.imgur.com/eYhCtMr.jpg?1There are many people that changed their LCD (Z, Z2 ,Z3) and then were unable to startup the phone.
Of course one might think, is the display broken, did I mess it up myself, etc etc...
Here are the symptoms. If you have the same symptoms, then this will fix your Z2!
- the phone does not boot. Black screen. Will not do anything else then 3 blinks when you press the power on
- without battery, and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will show a battery logo on the LCD
- with battery in the phone and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will make the "Im charging the battery"-light burn red and after a number of seconds (but not always?) a bit dimmed red.
- the phone vibrates if you do the trick with holding the on button and the volume button and keep them pressed (without battery), but nothing more will happen.
- adb does not recognise the phone at all. Fastboot does, but ONLY without battery
- the battery is fully charged, and NOT the problem
- you can flash, unlock the bootloader etc, but only without the battery
- changing the battery with a new one, does not solve the problem.
You have all that? Great..
- open the back of the phone (probably still open )
- take the battery out and concentrate on the part where the battery connector is.
- take a deep breath and keep calm
- solder a very tiny, thin cable from one part to the other (look at the picture).
If the picture is not clear enough, just ask, and I will answer as soon as I can.
picture : http://i.imgur.com/KWGq09J.jpg
picture 2: http://i.imgur.com/eYhCtMr.jpg?1
Thats all folks! worked for me! I couldnt believe my eyes, but it worked!
All thanks goes to Ahmed Koukou from Egypt who uploaded the solution on another forum, but without any tips and without description.
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n3087 said:
Hello,
after reading your solution I tried to get a very tiny cable for connecting the two points. I didn't have enough patience getting it working.
After trying it without success, I remembered in past, I had to modify AMD CPUs to overclock them. There I used a simple pencil making a line to connect them.
I didn't think long about that, then simply tried it, and had luck with it. My Z2 is now booting again! I'm happy with my solution!
Hope this will help some other people, who also don't have enough patience.
n3087
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Happy that it worked!
I am also happy that I could help others by creating a manual.
Enjoy your reborn Z2
//Demesmaeker
Did you ever find a solution for this? I have your same symptoms...
A|ex said:
Hmm interesting,
- the phone does not boot. Black screen. Will not do anything else then 3 blinks when you press the power on
No 3 Blinks just a solid RED LED
- without battery, and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will show a battery logo on the LCD
No battery logo on the LCD just a solid RED LED
- with battery in the phone and cable in a charger (not in computer!), will make the "Im charging the battery"-light burn red and after a number of seconds (but not always?) a bit dimmed red.
Always a bright red led
- the phone vibrates if you do the trick with holding the on button and the volume button and keep them pressed (without battery), but nothing more will happen.
No vibration, even tried the elastic band trick
- adb does not recognise the phone at all. Fastboot does, but ONLY without battery
If only if the PC would recognise something connected. so no adb
- the battery is fully charged, and NOT the problem
- you can flash, unlock the bootloader etc, but only without the battery
- changing the battery with a new one, does not solve the problem.
Thanks i was going to try that
wow this is very similar to this post back 2 years ago
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z/help/hardware-fix-xperia-z-charging-booting-t2760911
I am going to have a look at mine
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Million thanks, it worked. I had the phone broken for years and this fixed it. Though it was hard to solder.
Thank you
Just wanted to say thank you for this solution.
I had a similar issue when I put a new battery in it wouldn't turn on. I had the three blinking red lights.
No I have done this it works.
I used Car Window Demister Repair Solution liquid and it work just as well. Got a little puff of smoke but appears to be working okay now.
Again thank you for your help.
you are genius...totally work
Hello everyone. I am also desperate and I came across this solution. I bought the soldering tools however I was unable to do it so I wanted to ask you more about the process. What wire did you use to connect two points? I have 0.8mm soldering wire and it seems to be too fat for this. Also, the guy mention that he did it with pencil. How?
Thanks in advance
It helped me too. Was Xperia Z2, worked well before display replacement, battery at 3,95V, despite of it three red blinks when attempting to start, glowing red while on DC, but not charging (power consumption 0,133A though). Sometimes three vibras when attempting to Power+VolUp while on DC. Black screen only, no logo no nothing.