My Prophet has shown this...
The SIM card is missing...
You can still make emergency calls if your
service provider supports it.
And my orange led charging light is always on.
My Prophet is G4 WM6. Got it from my friend I dont know what happened. I tried to flash it with Prophet Diamond ROM and it is the same.
Okay, let hope that it is not hardware problem.
I tried to use Sim Unlocker, but it didnt worked.
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Btw, I'm newbie in this. So, sorry if I did something wrong.
My radio rom is GSM 02.19.21
I've configured my network in Network Setup Wizard, but it didnt helped.
My Prophet keeps popping up with Insert SIM card screen. I have to turn off phone(turn off phone signal) to make my Prophet work. By doing that, I cannot make any calls, but still be able to use other functions. And one thing is that the orange led is always ON !!!
Try and flash back to a WM5 Shipped ROM.
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Try and flash back to a WM5 Shipped ROM.
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This is working??? because I had with same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=475224
Thanks
netsurfz said:
My Prophet has shown this...
The SIM card is missing...
You can still make emergency calls if your
service provider supports it.
And my orange led charging light is always on.
My Prophet is G4 WM6. Got it from my friend I dont know what happened. I tried to flash it with Prophet Diamond ROM and it is the same.
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If nothing was being help by software,
Try .......
1. remove the sim, clean it a bit and put it back or
2. if the contact of the hardware is bad, try to put something a bit less then 1mm thick (like folding up a small paper) on the sim, put the battery back to force it tight, if you are lucky, it will be your temporary solution.
3. try to use the sim with other phone to double check if the sim was dead....
Good Luck
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If nothing was being help by software,
Try .......
1. remove the sim, clean it a bit and put it back or
2. if the contact of the hardware is bad, try to put something a bit less then 1mm thick (like folding up a small paper) on the sim, put the battery back to force it tight, if you are lucky, it will be your temporary solution.
3. try to use the sim with other phone to double check if the sim was dead....
Good Luck
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Not working too...Somebody help me please???
I had a similar problem a year ago. As dioxda2 said, take the sim card out, clena the contacts on the sim, and pull up with a pin, or similar, the contacts that are built into the phone.
I had just had the touch screen replaced the day before (the tech centre was literally round the corner from my work), and I was getting this message all the time. the technician did what I described, as he told me this was a common Prophet issue.
And it's been fine ever since...
This post is almost a year now.
Ok, I've figured out the problem. I bought second hand Prophet and there was this problem. So, I took it to the mechanician and he told me that my Prophet is damaged by liquid. I was surprised because the previous owner didn't told me so. The mechanician told me that look at the sticker at the back where the Sim slot is located.
"If the sticker is plain white, then it is fine. If it is pink, then it has been damaged by water."
The problem cannot be fixed. The mechanician cleaned my Prophet, but nothing happened. I was pissed off because this is my first WinMo device. So I took it and turn it on in the sink full of water. It vibrated, screen flashed, all leds shining and died. Later, I leave it dry and turn it back on again and it was fully functioning except my Sim card is not detected. I was shocked of the quality build of Prophet. I want to test how long it will go; I put it in my sink for several of times, same result happened but it is not dead yet. It was immortal device indeed. I took the only functional thing left, the battery, and throw away my Prophet as far as I can. Bye bye... My Immortal Prophet.
Anyway I bought it for around 100 dollars. This is quite an expensive lesson for me. If you guys are going to buy a second hand device, please make sure you check everything especially the sticker at the back!
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Recently my cellphone started doing this, all of a sudden, the touch screen stops receiving any input, and my phone locks, I can still use the keyboard, so I know the device is still running, only the touch screen appears to have the problem.
I was running under CM6 when this started to happen, so I tried re-flashing my ROM and nothing changed, then I restored my phone via SEUS, and still the problem was there, so I think the problem might be hardware related.
I've tried to mess around with my phone, trying to reproduce what triggers this behavior, and I'm thinking it has something to do with the hardware keyboard, as my phone does't lock up as easily as if I used the keyboard.
So, I'm currently looking for any suggestions (besides buying another phone for the time being) to bring my phone back to its former glory!
I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
detesto said:
Recently my cellphone started doing this, all of a sudden, the touch screen stops receiving any input, and my phone locks, I can still use the keyboard, so I know the device is still running, only the touch screen appears to have the problem.
I was running under CM6 when this started to happen, so I tried re-flashing my ROM and nothing changed, then I restored my phone via SEUS, and still the problem was there, so I think the problem might be hardware related.
I've tried to mess around with my phone, trying to reproduce what triggers this behavior, and I'm thinking it has something to do with the hardware keyboard, as my phone does't lock up as easily as if I used the keyboard.
So, I'm currently looking for any suggestions (besides buying another phone for the time being) to bring my phone back to its former glory!
I would greatly appreciate it! Thanks.
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Its probably the ribbon in the back, its better known as a "flex cable" of tiny cables connecting the motherboard and battery to your screen, if you can find a disassembly guide on the internet this can probably be fixed by buying the flex cable from Ebay... I fixed my old Nokia N80 through this method, it only cost me about 5-6 bucks.
When you open your phone appart, the flex cable should look like this...
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I can't guarantee it will work but its probably worth a try.
I think i've seen a disassembly guide somewhere on the themes and apps part of forum.
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I think i've seen a disassembly guide somewhere on the themes and apps part of forum.
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Well alright, if the flex cable method does not work, your last resort should be changing the digitizer ie. the screen which can also be bought online.
Thanks to you all, I will try both and see if those fix the problem!
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Thanks to you all, I will try both and see if those fix the problem!
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Detesto, keep us updated on how you get on... I hope you make it first time round. I've managed to find the x10 mini disassembly guide but not for the mini pro, there should be one out there. I don't recommend opening your phone without this guide btw, you can easy damage your phone all together.
Good luck.
Ooops!
Sorry guys! I totally missed replying to the thread!
I have a friend whom also had the X10 mini pro, and I tried with his ribbon cable and digitizer, and found out the problem was the digitizer, so I just replaced that part. That was almost a year ago... yikes!
The phone is well and running still, but I replaced my phone with the Optimus 2X and gave my xperia to my sister in law.
Thank you all for your help and sorry for the late response!
Well got this weird problem. my phone got stock firmare and all that stuff. anyhow. when im gonna turn off my phone i get this symbol on my screen and it wont turn off.
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So i need to "hard boot it" in the volum up-power - menu area...
Anyone knows what to do and how to fix it?
But when the cable is in and gives power to the unit its starts normal and turns off normal.... and that rly starts to piss me off
So pls help a noob
that is the battery temperature warning.
For some reason the contacts on the battery may not be making clean contact.
Take the battery out and with a tooth brush clean the contacts on the phone and the battery.
reinsert and see if that solves the problem.
nope it didnt help anything
wialla said:
nope it didnt help anything
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Service centre next stop .
jje
ay. called the place i bought the phone and they gonna send me a thingy to send it back with.. and they sayd they would fix it or give me a new phone. So cant rly complain then
update: Phone got not repaired or replaced.. The clame it was water damaged.. The usb/charging port that is so i got my phone back. they didnt wanna touch it couse they told me it would die sooner or later.. they could change the mainboard but they didnt wanna do it.. So i need to fix it my self. so i ordred a new usb/charging thingy and gonna replace it when i get it.. Ill update if it works or not (sry my sucky english)
Bro dunno but have I tried using a new battery? The symbol is a temperature/battery warning. Did I get it wet??
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nope. has not got wet at all... Even tho the repair dudes says it "water" damaged.. .Anyhow.. i ordered a new battery too. so first gonna test that before i change the usb part.
Get the battery cover, hold each of the sides with you're fingers and bend so the middle of it is going in ward, bend fairly far, now try, fixed my battery problem which was similar to this, also it would alsol think it's charging when it's not and constantly vibrate, I had been bending the back before and just realised when the phone was screen down it was fine so realised was loose, hope you fix it
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just changed the usb port and now it works perfect again... even samsung people couldnt do that.. lol
wialla said:
just changed the usb port and now it works perfect again... even samsung people couldnt do that.. lol
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well, you are the first person who actually fixed the problem. No one in all the forums I've been reading was able to identify or fix it.
Could you please tell how you replace it? are there any instructions or ¨comprehensive guide¨to do it?' I'm having the same problem too.
Thank you
No one like my fix? Worked for me? Also adding a bit of tape to the back of the battery worked
well. wasnt hard tbh. Just take apart so u get inside the phone. take of all "screws?" so mainboard is loose. then take out the usb board and replace it.. .should be doable without taking out the entire mainboard. i just "tipped" it upwards so i got the cable thingy out... sry about my sucky english.. U need proper tools to do it. cheap tho but the "screws" is so damn small. And yes.. my phone still works perfect.
hmm thing i posten a guide to it somewhere.. give me a sec..
Taaadaaaa http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=644a85c6c95e73d5cb8a77ad5dce6ca8
Hello Everyone,
Today, I was trying to clean my Galaxy S2 and so I attempted to remove the Micro SD card (probably for the second time ever since I bought the phone). Anyways, quite gently I removed the card but after cleaning and putting everything back together, I tried to insert the card back but it wouldn't lock with the card slot and as a result, the micro SD card would not get mounted and I wouldn't be even able to put the battery back on since the card does stick out a bit. Anyways, being a fool I tried to jam it in and yes the battery went in and the phone started but I reckon I damaged the card slot even more than it was previously damaged.
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I have tried everything. I disassembled the phone's rear end and tried to see if I could tinker with the lock in the card slot but to no avail. I believe the slot is directly attached to the mainboard and as a result, I haven't been able to do anything else about it. I believe the lock in the slot has been damaged and so, it won't take in the card completely. So just to be clear, this is all physically gone wrong. The card slot has a lock that clicks everytime you insert the card successfully, unfortunately it has stopped clicking on my phone and I am now missing out on 16/32gb worth of files etc.
I am not sure what to do so any advice from y'all would be greatly appreciated. I will try to take it to the Pacific Mall in Toronto tomorrow. I reckon only they can fix it and since my phone voids the Sammy Warranty, I'd have little or no chance of getting Samsung to fix it for me without costing me handful. If anyone of you has been on the same situation before, please feel free to share any tips or advice. I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions.
All you can do is take it to repair...
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Thanks for replying. I am now realizing that more and more. Will see what happens later today. Anyone else ever stumbled upon something like this?
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Try removing the card and getting a very small brush and see if you can clean the port at all. It seems too strange that when you removed it you can't replace it in the port again. Sounds like debris but it doesn't seem right. If you clean the port and no luck, return your phone to stock and send it off for repair, and play dumb, nearly always works.
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themadba said:
Try removing the card and getting a very small brush and see if you can clean the port at all. It seems too strange that when you removed it you can't replace it in the port again. Sounds like debris but it doesn't seem right. If you clean the port and no luck, return your phone to stock and send it off for repair, and play dumb, nearly always works.
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Haha thanks for the awesome suggestion. I had been at Pacific Mall, store name is Cell 123, none of the other stores were willing to take the risk to fix the sd card slot. Basically its not dirt, its the connectors within the slot that seem a bit out of place. Can happen easily with wear and tear and if you like me pull and push the sd cards a lot. Well then it can definitely happen. Just one of those things I hate about Samsung. The quality of some of its hardware is not top notch.
So after 2 hours of playing with the slot, the store owner nailed it. It's not completely fixed though. Most of the time, the phone reads the sd card without any issue but 2 times already, it has failed to recognize it. I believe the lock is loose and as a result, the micro sd moves around and cant stay in its fixed position, so the phone fails to read it at times.
Hey guys,
recently my s2 died (wednesday). I suspect it was due to condensation.
anyway, today i put a battery in it after leaving it in rice, and it turned on.
however, the phone was hot, very hot actually and the battery life didnt seem consistant. eg. id put a battery in, itd say 80% then turn off the phone, turn it back on and itd say 9%. this is in the space of a couple mins.
ive got 3 batteries, and all showed similar things.
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the above photo shows where the heat is coming from. its too hot to touch. it wasnt like this before.
it doesnt even need to be turned on for it to heat up. once a battery is inserted, its almost instantly burning.
anyone know what that is which is circled, what the possible cause for the excess heat is, and any solutions?
thanks
Hi, I believe the IC you have circled is for battery charging/control which in the s2 is a max8627. The IC could have failed or maybe one of the caps near it (which do look like they have some sort of residue on them).
Short of replacing them there might not be much you can do i'm afraid. If you are feeling adventurous and have a good soldering iron (a steady hand can help too ) give it a try.
Mike.
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Hey guys,
recently my s2 died (wednesday). I suspect it was due to condensation.
anyway, today i put a battery in it after leaving it in rice, and it turned on.
however, the phone was hot, very hot actually and the battery life didnt seem consistant. eg. id put a battery in, itd say 80% then turn off the phone, turn it back on and itd say 9%. this is in the space of a couple mins.
ive got 3 batteries, and all showed similar things.
the above photo shows where the heat is coming from. its too hot to touch. it wasnt like this before.
it doesnt even need to be turned on for it to heat up. once a battery is inserted, its almost instantly burning.
anyone know what that is which is circled, what the possible cause for the excess heat is, and any solutions?
thanks
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Hi, thanks for the reply. makes sense why it gets so hot now.
should of mentioned, thats not my photo. i found it on another thread, but its the same place thats heating up on mine.
i think i might give cleaning that area with isopropyl a try, although not sure if thatll make much difference.
edit- using the ic part number you mentioned, i came across this thread http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/sho...age-overheating-u503-(USB-OTG)-and-Workaround
which is exactly what is happening to mine.
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Hi, thanks for the reply. makes sense why it gets so hot now.
should of mentioned, thats not my photo. i found it on another thread, but its the same place thats heating up on mine.
i think i might give cleaning that area with isopropyl a try, although not sure if thatll make much difference.
edit- using the ic part number you mentioned, i came across this thread http://samsunggalaxysforums.com/sho...age-overheating-u503-(USB-OTG)-and-Workaround
which is exactly what is happening to mine.
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Good find there. Sounds like this IC in particular is prone to failure after being shorted out. Will you be attempting this fix?
yeah, no other option really. getting a new phone soon, so thisll be handed down to a family member if it works fine after attempting the fix.
update-
just used a dremel with the smallest diamond tipped bit i could find, and wore the chip away.
the phone still turns on, and temps are not only feel different, but are reported as 31c (was 80c when the chip was present).
so a success!
Sorry for late reply glad it turned out to be that component and you managed to fix it.
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Hello guys,
I have a LG G5 H850 since the release in the UK with Vodafone.
Last week, got an update On The Air to the v10c, but then my power button suddenly stopped working (or it is a big coincidence)
Symptoms:
- When the phone is off (battery removal), can't turn it on only with the power button. Only way is to plug it to the USB cable and it automatically restarts the phone (so weird.....)
- When the phone is on
--> lock screen activated, I can't unlock it by pressing the power button.
--> lock screen not activated, I can't lock the screen manually neither by pressing the button.
Also, the fingerprint sensor works perfectly fine....
I tried the following to fix it without any results:
- Hard reset (Factory reset) through the settings
- Safe mode to check if an app could be the reason...
- Wanted to try to flash to the factory v9h rom but could not find it unfortunately.
I tried to contact LG customer service but they answered me 3 days later with a pre-made answer for the G4
Anyone experiencing the same issue ?
Is it hardware or could it be software ?
Any other things I can try ?
Cheers
Lyn.
I doubt that this is a Software relatet Bug, otherwise it would turn on using the button once the battery was removed.
I guess you can't reach the download mode either, otherwise I would recommend you to flash the V10a kdz and Cross your fingers.
Swapping the phone in a local Store isn't possible? If so, try it.. You won't get a repaired phone in near future as the repair facilitys don't have the needed parts yet and you'll be stuck with no phone for a while.
Thank you for your (quick) answer Savoury.
Yes I have some time to loose tonight, I will give it a try to this older version if I manage to find the kdz.
Keep you updated !
Cheers
Power button / fingerprint scanner just stopped working on my LG G5 tonight.
Don't know if it's related or not, but it seemed like I had just wiped the phone clean with a Wet-Nap just prior to the button failure.
Weird, because I've been using Wet-Naps to frequently clean all of my phones for years,
and never had an issue before. I attached a pic of a Wet-Nap for reference below.
Also, when I go in to SETTINGS and search FINGERPRINT, nothing comes up in the SETTINGS for adding or removing fingerprints.
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Strange development:
As of this morning:
-the "fingerprint" option has returned to my settings
-the fingerprint scanner will unlock and turn on the phone again after going through the setup process again
- the power button will NOT turn OFF the phone's screen anymore
Any explanations ????
Here's my answer I just posted on another thread. Hope this answers your question. I had the same problem. Nothing I can do with it now and it was out of warranty. Still works fine. Just a nuisance.
"Hi there just wanted to mention my experience from today. I bought a g5 with the power button not working but the fingerprint scanner did. I ordered a part from eBay and replaced it fine.
Then when I put it back together, it wouldn't turn on still. I took it apart about 3 times and tried to redo it until someone online mentioned to clean the gold pins with rubbing alcohol... Well I was getting ready to do that when I looked at the pins on the motherboard that makes contact with the power button part and.... A gold pin was missing. A drop or something must've made it fall out. I barely touched the one next to it and that one fell out. It had a hook that went to the underside of the metal thing and it popped out of my tweezers and I was never able to find the piece after that....
What a dumb design that they made. Those pins should not be there without being attached to the metal that's there"
I bought a refurb G5 and power button would only turn off the screen if pressed 4 or 5 times in a row. But I was able to fix it by simply taking a Q-tip with Isopropyl rubbing alcohol and pressing the button down while giving it a rough cleaning. What happens is that fingerprint oils and other gunk get stuck inside the button but after you clean it out with alcohol it was working good as new.
May take 3 cleanings total to restore it back to 100% performance. But certainly try that before swapping out any parts. This is a known issue with the power button on G5 and a cleaning with qtip and alcohol will fix the problem 90% of the time
I fixed this buy buying a new button. I installed it with a phone repair kit, a blow dryer, and a new button.
You can find them on amazon. You'll find a few videos online on how to do it. It's an easy repair.
The hardest parts are getting the phone apart (careful about breaking the thin material at the edge) and heating the glue to remove the existing plate covering the button. Consider buying a new plate for this button too, as you may damage the old one taking it off. You might need a high strength glue to reinstall the plate.
It works like new now, even though my phone GPS is toast regardless lol.