Could i get this replaced? - Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I bought my Eris off of a friend who bought it from Verizon. so im not the original owner. But when i bought it he thought it was broken because it wouldnt turn on but for a sec (long enough to see 3 androids skateboarding for like a half second) and then turn off. Turns out it was just the battery ($20 for the phone, another $18 for batteries, i got a deal ) but before we realized it was the battery, i went all surgeon on it and took it apart to see if the charge port was loose (the battery wouldnt charge) in the process i ****ed up the track ball and the microphone (still worked, just mic would go in and out, and trackball only scrolls left and right.) Now the microphone has stopped working completely, could i call verizon and say my microphone doesnt work anymore and they replace it? Or would they not do that because im not the original owner/the phone has been taken apart (of course i wouldnt tell them that, but would i have to send them the phone first, thus they discover it had been)

The warranty is void if the phone has been taken apart (yeah they could tell real easy). Besides, the warranty doesn't transfer if the phone is sold to someone else. Only the original purchaser has the warranty. Sorry but seems like your screwed. Good thing you didn't put too much money into the phone.
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Alright :\ thanks for the info, im due an upgrade so i guess i better start savin up for the droid 2. back to the Touch Pro for now :'( lol

Was this a question or wishful thinking? I'm pretty certain that they have a very tiny sticker on there somewhere that says if it is removed that your warranty is void, and you have to take that sticker off to take the phone apart because one of the screws in below it. I recall seeing it when I was considering taking one of many of my Eris's apart to fix the track ball issue.

a little bit of both, however the piece of black adhesive over the screw on mine said nothing, it was just black plastic with adhesive backing. its alright tho, incidentally after leaving it off for a week, i picked it up to play with it and the microphone works again. so whatever, ill use the wonky thing til it freaks out on me again i suppose, or til i get the droid 2 in white

botnryan said:
Alright :\ thanks for the info, im due an upgrade so i guess i better start savin up for the droid 2. back to the Touch Pro for now :'( lol
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Put Android on your TP. The XDAndroid project is very nice for that.

Yeah I had it on my tp but its not very stable plus battery life sucks even more than the eris
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The Eris is INDISTRUCTABLE

On friday my eris got ran over by a car. Although the screen is all cracked up the phone works perfectly. All aspects of the screen works. I am shocked that the phone worked. Thank goodness for insurance. My replacement will be here tomorrow. Just praying that it will not come with the 1.49 boot so I can root. If all else fails then I will switch phones with my wife.
Best phone for the money!
lol! That's crazy >.<
Hell I had to drop my leaked eris about 50+times before the trackball even began sticking to the left. Even then it was still running fine, well until it wouldn't recognize a charger, then I got it replaced for a new phone that I rooted right away lol.
im rather clumsy and i use my phone ALL the time. the thing hasnt had a problem not even a tiny scratch on the screen. the thing is like hurcules or like a god. there is a reason they named it after the god of jealusy
i drop it all the time, no harm done save for a few scratches and dents...
a couple nights ago i actually dropped it from pretty high up into some... alcoholic beverage that was spilled on the floor. totally shattered... battery went one way, cover the other. the volume buttons actually came OFF the battery cover.
i picked all the parts right then and set them on a table. the next morning? put it together, works good as new!
Got the replacement today but my dumb luck got hboot 1.49 hboot on so hard for me to get root

Eris automatically scrolling to the left....

So I was up one night, with my rooted eris. Lying in bed, texting my girlfriend because she refused to let me sleep, I thought nothing of it. My phone was plugged in, and I fell asleep on top of it >.<
Now most of the time my phone will automatically scroll to the left.
I have reset my phone and tried other ROMs and it's all the same. I read in the forums that there is no fix but that was as of 5-xx-10
So i was wondering.... Is there a fix now or am I going to have to get a new phone??
And if i do have to get a new phone Would it be a refurb or would it be a NEW phone???
I would prefer to get a new phone... My Eris just doesnt seem to cut it anymore.
I had this issue and it turned out being a hardware issue. I traded it in for a replacement. It was refurbished from different parts. I haven't had any problems with the one I have and I have had it longer than my first Eris.
synesthete said:
I had this issue and it turned out being a hardware issue. I traded it in for a replacement. It was refurbished from different parts. I haven't had any problems with the one I have and I have had it longer than my first Eris.
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Yeah same is happening with my Girls non-root eris, looks like its time for an upgrade.
8on3s said:
Yeah same is happening with my Girls non-root eris, looks like its time for an upgrade.
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Lucky you, i haven't even got a year into my NEW contract with this phone yet. I would love to have verizon give me a new phone, but somehow im doubting they will
my wife's eris was doing the same thing, but when we took it to verizon they it didn't do it in front of them (kinda like how a car's "doing something" until you take it to the mechanics... figures) and so they told her they can't do anything about it
this is actually the 2nd phone to do it, the first was brand new this one is a refurb
Zerox8610 said:
Lucky you, i haven't even got a year into my NEW contract with this phone yet. I would love to have verizon give me a new phone, but somehow im doubting they will
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Lol ok well upgrade was the wrong word we're on the same we got ours in February, but perhaps she could be lucky and get something newer, if not the Eris is still a killer phone once you get Froyo on it.
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tfitzger said:
my wife's eris was doing the same thing, but when we took it to verizon they it didn't do it in front of them (kinda like how a car's "doing something" until you take it to the mechanics... figures) and so they told her they can't do anything about it
this is actually the 2nd phone to do it, the first was brand new this one is a refurb
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When I took mine in, they replaced it with no questions asked. It is a known issue that many people have had. In that situation I would probably try to speak to someone else. Also, I remember that the problem seemed to happen more when charging.
it is an issue with the trackball and the insulation around it in some eris's. take it in and verizon should give you a replacement.
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I'm on my 3rd Eris now, after having the left scrolling problem on both phones. My first was not rooted, second was, and ultimately proved to be a common hardware issue. In my experience, the store itself can be quite difficult to deal with. What I have done, which has yet to fail me, is call technical support and go over your symptoms. They connected me, both times, with someone from the more advanced technical assistance. I told them that I had the latest update and had no physical damage, and they told me it needed to be replaced. Ask them, and they happily agree, to call your local store and see if there are any replacements available in stock. They will then put an indication on your account that a replacement is necessary and when you arrive at the store, you will not have to go through the staff in the stores judgement. Just let them know they will need to replace the phone and to look at notes on your account. Otherwise, the techie will simply send you a phone from the warehouse and you must send back the defective one, charging you nothing in the process. I know some of that is repeat information, but unfortunately have not had much luck with this phone. I mentioned the issue to the tech support and they mentioned that you can usually claim a new upgraded phone after 4-5 warranty replacements. Just some FYI from my unfortunate experience. Good luck all!
mjb413 said:
it is an issue with the trackball and the insulation around it in some eris's. take it in and verizon should give you a replacement.
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Correct
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I started having this problem a couple days ago on my 2nd Eris. I called Verizon and explained the problem in a calm manner and they denied any knowledge of this being an issue with Eris. Naturally they are sending me a replacement Eris but the weird thing is they agreed to send me an Incredible at no charge if I have any trouble with the Eris that is en route to me. So, um yeah, they know this is a known Eris problem.
gospodinwizard said:
I started having this problem a couple days ago on my 2nd Eris. I called Verizon and explained the problem in a calm manner and they denied any knowledge of this being an issue with Eris. Naturally they are sending me a replacement Eris but the weird thing is they agreed to send me an Incredible at no charge if I have any trouble with the Eris that is en route to me. So, um yeah, they know this is a known Eris problem.
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So, I'm assuming you need to have insurance on the phone in order for them to replace it??? Or will they simply replace any defective Eris??
I bought my Eris virtually unused from a guy on craigslist (he, obviously, bought it through Verizon)...is there any chance they would replace it?
Zerox8610 said:
So I was up one night, with my rooted eris. Lying in bed, texting my girlfriend because she refused to let me sleep, I thought nothing of it. My phone was plugged in, and I fell asleep on top of it >.
Try plugging it in and wiggling where it plugs to phone with power and screen on, tell me what you get, happened to me scrolling to left on 2eris'
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OK so Verizon is sending me a replacement for my auto-scrolling phone. Of course, the phone was next to unusable in the interim until I re-installed Launcher Pro and set it to have just one homescreen. Kind of annoying only having one screen but at least I can use my phone until the replacement arrives.
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Zerox8610 said:
So I was up one night, with my rooted eris. Lying in bed, texting my girlfriend because she refused to let me sleep, I thought nothing of it. My phone was plugged in, and I fell asleep on top of it >.
Try plugging it in and wiggling where it plugs to phone with power and screen on, tell me what you get, happened to me scrolling to left on 2eris'
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Well i got a replacement. And 2 days later. SAME GLITCH.
Going to try and go in tomorrow and get yet ANOTHER phone... its not just when charging but, i think the charger is the cause of all this.... idgaf really, a few more Eris and they'll have to upgrade me >.<
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I found one way to fix this issue temporarily. If you wipe your phone few times with a hand or against your jeans...this issue dissapears....for few minutes, sometimes hours, simetimes a day or two....
clearly hardware replacements does not work. any techies here to fix the issue on a hardware level?
ERIS+TAKBALLS=Crap
Totally agree as YOU will find many others that have been cursed with the ERIS
Trackball. It has a mind of its own. I spans from inadvertently making phone calls you dont want to, to locking the whole damn thing.
I still myself have not decided on what to do.
Zerox8610 said:
So I was up one night, with my rooted eris. Lying in bed, texting my girlfriend because she refused to let me sleep, I thought nothing of it. My phone was plugged in, and I fell asleep on top of it >.<
Now most of the time my phone will automatically scroll to the left.
I have reset my phone and tried other ROMs and it's all the same. I read in the forums that there is no fix but that was as of 5-xx-10
So i was wondering.... Is there a fix now or am I going to have to get a new phone??
And if i do have to get a new phone Would it be a refurb or would it be a NEW phone???
I would prefer to get a new phone... My Eris just doesnt seem to cut it anymore.
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I fixed mine by replacing the usb port and cleaning the Tball rollers with alcohol.
But what I think was most helpful in correcting it was;
The usb port and Tball are on a separate daughter board, held down by 2 screws. When removing it, I noticed the screws seemed loose. Putting it back together, I made sure they were tight.
Replacing the usb port (daughter board) was just because I had a spare. I think its a matter of the board coming loose and maybe dirty rollers.
At the same time the Tball started messing up, I noticed the usb port was getting wiggly.
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amfetamine said:
The usb port and Tball are on a separate daughter board, held down by 2 screws. When removing it, I noticed the screws seemed loose. Putting it back together, I made sure they were tight.
Replacing the usb port (daughter board) was just because I had a spare. I think its a matter of the board coming loose and maybe dirty rollers.
At the same time the Tball started messing up, I noticed the usb port was getting wiggly.
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Ah! That's a very enlightening observation. Thanks for the info.
I think I may have found a fix for this, can you guys confirm.
REALLY HARD PRESS ON THE ROLLING BALL. FEW TIMES.
Did it 2 days ago, issue did not come back.

worth fixing?

I made another post explaining that my phone will turn off by itself randomly and then today I had something very unusual happen. it was charging in my car, then suddenly stopped charging even(was at 62%). I unplugged it & plugged it back in then suddenly the screen glitched out and went black(but the power light was still on). The phone was unresponsive so I unplugged it and pulled the battery. I waited a bit & put the battery back and then it turned on normally. Once it was up though, the bottom left corner of the screen was super bright and looked like it had fluid behind the screen. I freaked out and pulled the battery again. I then took the phone apart and found it was completely dry and no water damage indicators. I sprayed it all down with canned air and put it back together but it still has that issue in the bottom corner(although the screen is still operating fine).
whatever that problem is, it takes up more then enough of the screen to bother anyone + is still doing the random power offs. I do not have insurance + with the S-OFF and the void sticker now removed from the screw I doubt Verizon will do anything. I'm sure it will be over $100 to fix this(just not sure how much more), so would it be worth it to fix this or just buy another phone off of craigslist?
Call Verizon and tell them about your problem. have them send you a replacement as it is still under warranty. When you get the new one CAREFULLY remove the void sticker (heat it up, hair dryer, lighter, whatever you have lying around that can do it) from the replacement, and put it on the one you are sending back.
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Call Verizon and tell them about your problem. have them send you a replacement as it is still under warranty. When you get the new one CAREFULLY remove the void sticker (heat it up, hair dryer, lighter, whatever you have lying around that can do it) from the replacement, and put it on the one you are sending back.
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Unfortunately, since I traded my old phone for this Thunderbolt they(Verizon) told me it is no longer under a warrenty. Instead, they offered to send me a new Thunderbolt in the mail for $250.... I then asked about the Bionic and was told they'd give me a new Bionic for $300. I'm debating what to do now.
p.s. a local cell phone shop said they could fix my phone for $140 but couldn't guarantee if the buttons at the bottom of my phone would light up again or not.
Do you mean you already have a replacement Tbolt? If so I think you only get a 90 day warranty on those.
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Do you mean you already have a replacement Tbolt? If so I think you only get a 90 day warranty on those.
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well, i got my original TB when i signed up with Verizon. i took it back within the 30 day period and exchanged it for an Incredible 2... some time later i traded the Incredible 2 with someone for this TB.
so more or less, yes... replacement of sorts. i explained this to the verizon rep(who apparently already knew).

My Rezound is kinda wonky.

So, chief among the many issues I have with this phone is the fact that it will no longer recognize or mount it's own internal SD card aka "sdcard0" in recovery or in the OS. I have wiped the system, I have changed my ROM, I have changed my recovery. I don't want to accept that thing is just broken, but I am starting to lean that way. If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.
My accelerometer stopped working and just gave up. Going for the HTC One when it comes to Verizon.
I would love a HTC One
GrayTheWolf said:
My accelerometer stopped working and just gave up. Going for the HTC One when it comes to Verizon.
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Really I would love any good phone from the S3 to current but I have been for the last year completely broke, and my avenues for replacing it with something different are non existant. My device is probably just a lemon, but there isn't anything I can do and I don't have the $100 dollars Verizone want's so I can replace it with my insuarance.
Problems: I dropped it ONCE and the digitizer cracked, when I replaced it i cleaned it very well and was extra careful, but after a few days dust started to leak in between the LCD and the digitizer and I can't get it out or even figure out how it leaked in. Now the screen touches itself all the time and there isn't anything I can do. The battery was the worst I have ever had, both the original and the replacement and the extended battery isn't much better but it does double the thickness of the phone. It is slow with any ROM I use and for the past couple months it refuses to recognize its own internal SDcard. The extended battery feels like a backpack attached to my phone and I still have to carry a USB cord everywhere I go to charge it and I'm constantly cleaning the screen to try and get it to stop touching it's self.
I tried begging for someones old S3 or comparable older phone on another forum, even offered to trade stuff even though I don't have much but my post was ridiculed mercilessly and then deleted. Now I'm just trying to make do.
Amorphous86 said:
Really I would love any good phone from the S3 to current but I have been for the last year completely broke, and my avenues for replacing it with something different are non existant. My device is probably just a lemon, but there isn't anything I can do and I don't have the $100 dollars Verizone want's so I can replace it with my insuarance.
Problems: I dropped it ONCE and the digitizer cracked, when I replaced it i cleaned it very well and was extra careful, but after a few days dust started to leak in between the LCD and the digitizer and I can't get it out or even figure out how it leaked in. Now the screen touches itself all the time and there isn't anything I can do. The battery was the worst I have ever had, both the original and the replacement and the extended battery isn't much better but it does double the thickness of the phone. It is slow with any ROM I use and for the past couple months it refuses to recognize its own internal SDcard. The extended battery feels like a backpack attached to my phone and I still have to carry a USB cord everywhere I go to charge it and I'm constantly cleaning the screen to try and get it to stop touching it's self.
I tried begging for someones old S3 or comparable older phone on another forum, even offered to trade stuff even though I don't have much but my post was ridiculed mercilessly and then deleted. Now I'm just trying to make do.
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Quite a predicament. I hope someone can help you out. I only have my rezound right now, unless you want an EnV Touch.
GrayTheWolf said:
Quite a predicament. I hope someone can help you out. I only have my rezound right now, unless you want an EnV Touch.
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dropped mine in water now everything works except for compass accelerometer, proximity, and light sensor. Im sad :crying: I could get the gs4 but there is so many new phones coming out I'm wondering if I should just wait for the Galaxy note 3. But who knows that's 2 months away. Im going to try to keep my unlimited data!
Moto x
xmoox said:
dropped mine in water now everything works except for compass accelerometer, proximity, and light sensor. Im sad :crying: I could get the gs4 but there is so many new phones coming out I'm wondering if I should just wait for the Galaxy note 3. But who knows that's 2 months away. Im going to try to keep my unlimited data!
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I feel the same way, so many good phones coming out and i refuse to loose my unlimited data plan. I am putting all my eggs in the Moto X basket right now. I had the original Droid X and it was an excelent phone, hell my gf still uses it as an e-reader. If the Moto X turns out to be a sub $300 phone off contract I'm gonna sell stuff until i can afford it.

Droid DNA Wont Power On

So I have seen several threads on this. Need your guys help.
This is what I had before **** hit the fan.
Droid DNA
Rooted/S-Off/Unlocked
CM 10.2 Nightlies
In working condition when I went to sleep....
So what happen, who knows. I was playing D.O.T before hitting the sack. Battery was at 48% before locking the screen. Thought about charging my phone but decided that my HTC One needed to be charged first. Fast forward 6hrs later, HTC One giving me the green light that its good to go but my Droid is not tuning on. NO CHARGE Light, NO USB CONNETION, NO LIFE. I thought that maybe phone must have died. Bit weird though as it was only 6 hrs and I have never seen any of my phones die in 6hrs and screen off.
I did all of the available troubleshooting as I can think of.
Hold Volume - & Power Button - 30 Secs NO GO
Hold Volume + & Power Button - 30 Secs NO GO
Hold Volume +&- / Power Button - 2 mins NO GO
No go... thought maybe system may have been stuck or super deep sleep.
Apparently i dont have warranty with Best Buy. they scammed me, screw them, for another topic... So
Pulled back battery cover...
Unscrewed the screws that hold battery cable. Pulled out and waited 10 min before replugging it back in. NO GO.....
Took apart phone, took MOBO out, USB chip, top chip that hold the SIM, left everything out for about 12hrs, took a break and put everything together NO GO
So I consolidated with some friends and they had some success on their about this matter.....
Connect USB into Computer for 10 min then battery reset by Volume -+ and Power Button for 2 min NO GO
Charged for 12rhs Via Computer and did above NO GO
Charged for 12hrs via Power outlet NO GO
At this point Im leaning towards hard brick but idk how, didnt really do anything last night. Just sat there next to my other phones. No auto updates or anything that would require system reboot of anything of the sort.
At this time I have no charge light, no sign of life, and im about out of options at this time. I would send out to JTAG team to get it fixed but I dont have the cash to send out. My concern is that I recently bought the phone back in July and now Im bummed that it deosnt work. Money well spent but now a brick. Reverted back to my Note 2 and Moto X for the time being but would like to have her back up and running as I personally liked the phone.
Anyone recommend any option that I havet listed above or is there a way I can JTAG the sucker at home?
Also, as you can imagine from the the above, I have no way to adb and try to force something in it if software related....
*sigh....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2458112
Sounds like its becoming a normal......
Tell verizon your charger port just stopped working and you tried multiple chargers and it still won't charge until it powered off. They'll replace it.
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Wow, you've got an HTC One, Moto X, Droid DNA AND a Note 2?
Sorry, not helping.
Sounds like the board possibly took a dump... Just speculation...
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So called Verizon and told them that my phone has does not turn on at all. they troubleshooted with me on the phone.....
Nothing worked......
They said that they would send one out but I had to ask....
I have a small crack on the screen and that it didn't affect the phones ability to be used right. They said that well they could replace it but if the phone is serviced and they find out that the crack was some how the main reason that it was the problem (Keep in mind this is Verizon we're talking about) they would slap on the the full price of the phone on my bill.....
To my knowledge and experience sounds like the board took a crap and even if the replaced the screen, the board would still need to be changed out. If they say it was the screens fault, I cant say it wasn't it was the board because they'll question why I think that and how would I know, did you open it?
I did save the void sticker and it does show small signs that I was in there but I hate to risk having my account charged at full price for a phone.
Such a dilemma as its a brand new phone besides the crack in the screen. I talked to my coworkers about this and they said I could wait for a DNA to come in as a sale or total lose and try to snag the MOBO but who's to say that phone isn't blacklisted or worse.
All of the phones I have are what I call Frankenstein phones. I work in a shop that repairs cell phones/xboxs/ps3/computers and we pay for broken crap. Most of the time its a screen problem. They dont get insurance and dont take care of their phones so I scrap them and use different parts from other phones to build one. The only phones I eve bought was the DNA, Droid Razr, well most droid serious going back to OG..... just a Droid person.... stick it to IOS and Apple, lol.....
But back to the problem, I could wait for something to come in but again, they usual call VZW and blacklist it and then only good for screen, usb chip, and SIM/earphone jack chip.
What bothers me is that I bought the phone with my own money versus having parts come in and just putting them together so having a brand new toy break hits hard.....
I tried to see if there is any at home JTag is available but all i find is links to send it out to online place that services everyone....
Try a different battery. Maybe in those 6 hours the battery the battery discharged below the "point of no return". No battery, no nothing... Even a super bricked DNA will light the led when charging... But take out the battery and you dont get anything...
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So called Verizon and told them that my phone has does not turn on at all. they troubleshooted with me on the phone.....
Nothing worked......
They said that they would send one out but I had to ask....
I have a small crack on the screen and that it didn't affect the phones ability to be used right. They said that well they could replace it but if the phone is serviced and they find out that the crack was some how the main reason that it was the problem (Keep in mind this is Verizon we're talking about) they would slap on the the full price of the phone on my bill.....
To my knowledge and experience sounds like the board took a crap and even if the replaced the screen, the board would still need to be changed out. If they say it was the screens fault, I cant say it wasn't it was the board because they'll question why I think that and how would I know, did you open it?
I did save the void sticker and it does show small signs that I was in there but I hate to risk having my account charged at full price for a phone.
Such a dilemma as its a brand new phone besides the crack in the screen. I talked to my coworkers about this and they said I could wait for a DNA to come in as a sale or total lose and try to snag the MOBO but who's to say that phone isn't blacklisted or worse.
All of the phones I have are what I call Frankenstein phones. I work in a shop that repairs cell phones/xboxs/ps3/computers and we pay for broken crap. Most of the time its a screen problem. They dont get insurance and dont take care of their phones so I scrap them and use different parts from other phones to build one. The only phones I eve bought was the DNA, Droid Razr, well most droid serious going back to OG..... just a Droid person.... stick it to IOS and Apple, lol.....
But back to the problem, I could wait for something to come in but again, they usual call VZW and blacklist it and then only good for screen, usb chip, and SIM/earphone jack chip.
What bothers me is that I bought the phone with my own money versus having parts come in and just putting them together so having a brand new toy break hits hard.....
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I have had similar issues. This has happened to me at least twice with the same dna I have. When I tried to charge it the orange light would not even come on.
My solution was to open it up and unplug the battery. If you have not done this yet you probably should. There are two tiny screws holding it onto the motherboard, take those off and pop the ribbon off the motherboard. After that, put it back together and try to turn it on. Make sure your power button gets lined up correctly. If you need to, check some tutorials on youtube on how to take the dna apart.
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I tried to see if there is any at home JTag is available but all i find is links to send it out to online place that services everyone....
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might try to PM @Zarboz .. beens is you fix stuff and he has a JTAG service maybe youll can work something out or if you read his profile he will do it for free with some conditions ... sorry .... and good luck
i have taken the phone apart already, down to the last bolt and sticker in there. nothing..... I tried a different battery from another DNA, no dice. So I can rule out that battery didnt past it point of no return but also means Im still stuck with a brick phone.....bwaaaaaaaa
To anyone who has this problem
I've repaired my DNA two times for this reason. I've try everything, I've taken it apart completely and reassembled and nothing. I end up buy one with a broken screen to salvage the motherboard and BINGO. Got it back to life. (about a year ago)
The second time I got the same problem and just ordered a salvaged motherboard from EBAY. Got it working back again (this was 3 or 4 months ago).
Today guess what happend again??... It died yet again. Same thing... No life whatsoever.
After this I'm pretty sure this is the same fault over and over again. Just a poor quality motherboard, it just dies after some time. For me it took from 1 year to 3 or 4 months. Every time the only component that I swapped was the mainboard, nothing else.
I'm tired of spending money on a phone that by now I'm sure i'll die again. :crying:
This is very sad because I love this phone too much just to let it collect dust on the bottom of a drawer. It reminds me of my old HD2.
I will probably try and find yet another board for it on EBAY.
I know it's stupid to fix something that will almost inevitably die again. But thats love I guess.....
This is just my personal experience with this issue. Please try every other solutions before you buy a replacement board.
PS: sorry about my english. It is not my primary language.
Its sad how common ive seen this issue around the Internet and still no straight forward fix or reason. Just casjy playing some og angry birds and my DNA just decides to turn off. RIP I guess, it was a good run.
My dna died today.
I have not taken it apart yet, but I guess I have tried all the other alternatives.

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