[Q] HTC Thunderbolt Power Port Short! - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello All,
I've been using this phone for a little less then a month, and I've had nothing but issues to get it working.
As I'm in India, after reading up a lot I got this network unlocked to work on one of our CDMA providers by registering my MEID with them and writing some nv items and uploading prls using cdma workshop.
But the last time I wrote another NV item for EVDO, i'm not sure if this could be a reason or no, but after that I was able to use the phone for sometime after which when I checked it died.
After checking it with few repair guys, it seems to be the power port got short? I'm struggling to understand how this happened? Gave it for repairs with them, but they said it worked for half hour and it died again.
Any ideas what could the issue be here? Any help would be much appreciated!!
Thanks,
Arnab

Anyone has any ideas? :/

if your power port doesnt work, buy an external battery charger and use that to charge your battery then put it in the phone. you can get them pretty cheap on ebay

No, I mean the 4 contact connector on the motherboard that has shorted!

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Main Battery VERY low and not getting fuller

Hi there,
this morning my phone didn't charge anymore....
I tried lots of things, many cables and cradles but still I don't get an Orange light when I put the cable in it, does anyone know what I can do?? cause it's battery is VERY low and nog getting any fuller...
plz help me
h0t_Sh0t
Sounds like a blown fuse on the motherboard, do a search on this forum for details of repair procedure.
How long you had the unit?
If you, like myself, are not as technically advanced as some others, and you haven't had the phone long, send it back to whomever the manufacturer was and they will likely fix it. I bought an Siemens SX56 from ebay a couple of months ago and had the exact same problem, told me to do a hard reset first, that did nothing, then I sent it in to get fixed, apparently it was easier and cheaper for them to just send me a new unit because in about a week and half, I had one at my door. Of course, the unit I sent in was unlocked, as I use cingular and the Siemens is an ATT phone, but the new unit was locked to ATT, that's how I found this site, I had it unlocked in 5 minutes. Anyway, if you have had the phone less than 60 days, I would send it in and get it fixed.
that's one problem,
I live in the netherlands, and i bought it from my uncle who lives in Singapore....and he bought it there....
But I'll check the forum to see what I can do about it....
thnx anyway
h0t_sh0t
Dear h0t_Sh0t, I have few advices that might help..
1- Check if your device has International warrenty.
2- Check is the connector socket is loose from inside or not well connected, this is where the little thing goes inside the imate to connect. Mine got loose one month ago, and then was almost broke, then did not charge or make Sunc, I got it to be repaired at almost US $ 65.
Hope this helps.
GoldenSands said:
Dear h0t_Sh0t, I have few advices that might help..
1- Check if your device has International warrenty.
2- Check is the connector socket is loose from inside or not well connected, this is where the little thing goes inside the imate to connect. Mine got loose one month ago, and then was almost broke, then did not charge or make Sunc, I got it to be repaired at almost US $ 65.
Hope this helps.
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i'm very sorry, but my english is not so good,
I don't really get the first advice..... (i'm very sorry, maybe a dutch guy can translate it for me(or i'll ask my brother tonight))or can someone explain it a little bit...
and do you mean by your second advice or my XDA is well connected to the cradle???(cause i can sync it with the computer, but he isn't recarging)
I'll mail some peeps who might know something to....
thnx for your help
h0t_Sh0t

[Q] HTC Radar Invalid Sim

I just bought a HTC Radar 4g from someone and its brand new with receipt and everything but some reason it doesn't have any service. When i start it up it says t-mobile for 2 seconds then switches to emergency calls only. I have tried my mom and dads sim but it doesn't seem to work either. Can anyone help me with my problem. I have t-mobile and my sim works on my e71x but not Radar.
Is it inserted the correct way?
MJCS said:
Is it inserted the correct way?
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yeah i made sure it was I saw the t-mobile for like 2 seconds pop up once but that was about it then it went to emergency calls only again. I tried to look for solution but few people have had this problem and im not sure what the problem is.
Try cleaning the sim card with a q-tip. Otherwise it sounds like you got a bad phone or the phone was deactivated by T-Mobile (ie it was stollen)
MJCS said:
Try cleaning the sim card with a q-tip. Otherwise it sounds like you got a bad phone or the phone was deactivated by T-Mobile (ie it was stollen)
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If the phone was deactivated is there any way I can reactivate it? Ill try the q-tip thing.
You can call up t-mobile and tell them what happend.
cpu BAD or phone library bad? the same to my blacyberry 9000
I also had similar problem (though in my case the phone was an unlocked phone). It would not recognize any Sim (would give Invalid Sim or Sim error), this was for a brand new phone right out of the box. Took it to HTC Service Center. They said motherboard was faulty and needs to be replaced! Finally they relented to replace the unit (HTC Service in India is pathetic.) But the replacement unit they gave is not new one!!! Felt cheated. Have decided not to buy HTC here in India again!! This when I am a loyal HTC customer for years now (am using HTC Sensation as my primary phone and ex-phone was HTC Touch Diamond).
At least the phone itself (ie. Radar) is quite good. Looks good, feels great in the hand (better than Sensation) and battery life is outstanding (I am charging it only every 4th day!) OS also is quite good for what it offers (though there are some frustrating things like Zune dependency etc). Its quite stable also compared to the Sensation (no force closes so far (3+ weeks) while Android just crashes the phone at least every other day (or even multiple times in a single day).

[Q] (help) htc amaze baseband version unknown/imei unknown

Hello my tech gurus! I'm in need of some serious help!Monday I received a call from a buddy and I was about 5 mins into the conversation when suddenly the call dropped... I looked at the phone and saw one bar or signal reception then it then to the no reception symbol. I thought that ok network must be down... but 5 hours later it dint return so I started going through my settings and stumbled across the info page that says - imei: unknown, imei sv: unknown, baseband version unknown... I know from seeing these fields a few times before that they were always populated!
i have tried wipe data factory reset, i have tried changing roms (4 different roms from ginger bread to ics from sense 3.5 - 3.6 - 4.0) roms include Android_Revolution_HD-Amaze_4G_3.0.1, nightmare rom Rebirth 1.0, nightmare sense 1.1/1.6... same issue
Air plane mode once turned on it never turns off the radio takes up 80% of the battery regardless of it being in air plane mode or not.
my device is a T-mobile HTC Amaze 4g, 8 gig class 4 sd card, ext touch recovery currently running nightmare sense 1.6, it is s-off and unlocked
and assistance will be greatly appreciated!
It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
Double0EK said:
It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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This. Where did you buy it from? Call T-Mobile and asked what happened.
Double0EK said:
It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the imei get blocked instead of deleted like in his situation? If so, his imei should still be displayed, since the imei is hardware bound.
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Double0EK said:
It seems as though you may have a stolen phone. Even if you bought it on eBay or Craigalist as a legit sale they might have reported it as lost or stolen because they probably wanted an upgrade.. S3 maybe. Good luck.
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got it brand new from the store in my country (bmobile) its been running on the bmobile network for almost a year now... and the imei number isnt blocked.... its completely missing along with the baseband firmware ! it refuses to go into airp lane mode its just stuck on "air plane mode is turning on." and i cant interact with it cuz its greyed out.
Wrong section. All question related threads belong in Q&A only.
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Call your carrier. Tell them your imei number isn't showing and they will try to send a signal to your phone. Not sure how bmobile does it tho.
Double0EK said:
Call your carrier. Tell them your imei number isn't showing and they will try to send a signal to your phone. Not sure how bmobile does it tho.
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i have ... they said they have never heard of anything like it and cant help me ... plus there is no signal it just says out of service area and doesnt even see the sim card when its in the phone... no stored numbers.... nothing
can any one shine some light on this stressful situation?
aersouf partially
Good news my fellow amaze owners! I have gotten my sim to be recognised once more and have managed to get all the blank fields repopulated once again! I was actually about to toss it and scrounge up some money for a new one but the gods of tech have shined their blessings down on me :3!
Sadly I have to say it was quite simple really... It makes me feel stupid having not tried it sooner... All it took was to do exactly this... Turn off phone ... Pull out battery... Put in sim... Take out sd card... Put in battery ... Power on phone ... It started back up with full reception a d hspa signal... Then I simply put back in sd card with the phone still on and it has been working ever since... *knocks on wood*
Please anyone with this issue that just pops out of nowhere please find this and let it help u
seto862 said:
Good news my fellow amaze owners! I have gotten my sim to be recognised once more and have managed to get all the blank fields repopulated once again! I was actually about to toss it and scrounge up some money for a new one but the gods of tech have shined their blessings down on me :3!
Sadly I have to say it was quite simple really... It makes me feel stupid having not tried it sooner... All it took was to do exactly this... Turn off phone ... Pull out battery... Put in sim... Take out sd card... Put in battery ... Power on phone ... It started back up with full reception a d hspa signal... Then I simply put back in sd card with the phone still on and it has been working ever since... *knocks on wood*
Please anyone with this issue that just pops out of nowhere please find this and let it help u
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Great to see problems being solved
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KT-82166 said:
Great to see problems being solved
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I hope it is still working .
My problem is a bit different, but figured I should post here as the thread already exists. My phone got run over by a car, so the screen smashed big time. This happened back in August, 2012.
Yesterday I got a new screen and put it in. Fingers crossed, waited for the battery to charge a bit. It worked, but only wifi. Camera is dead. Phone keep saying out of service area and IMEI/baseband are both set to unknown.
I haven't changed the back cover yet which was also pretty banged up so not sure if the antenna is making a contact or not.
Any ideas?
Hi my friends sorry my english is not good, but; i know this problem
the problem is the chipset with cold solder
you have heat the mainboard to 200° C with paste flux and hot air Gun
carefully the temperature can to burn the mainboard not more 1 minutes 30 seconds
to 200°C
and leave to cool
after to wash with gasoline or solvent
assemble the cell phone and test
working 100%

Help! Broke the SIM connector on my Lumia 920

I am so ****ed right now...
My SIM card got jammed and I pulled it out and broke one of the three golden sim connectors and now it won't read any SIM cards!
What really annoys me is that it isn't like I had an alternative. I couldn't take it to a Nokia store and get a genius to sort me out as they don't exist.
Now I have to call up Nokia and get it fixed. God knows how much they will charge. It isn't a big thing to fix but it is new.
If anyone has any tips or advice I would welcome it? How much will it cost me to get this fixed? I read that the whole board would need to be replaced which is very expensive?
Spinstorm said:
I am so ****ed right now...
My SIM card got jammed and I pulled it out and broke one of the three golden sim connectors and now it won't read any SIM cards!
What really annoys me is that it isn't like I had an alternative. I couldn't take it to a Nokia store and get a genius to sort me out as they don't exist.
Now I have to call up Nokia and get it fixed. God knows how much they will charge. It isn't a big thing to fix but it is new.
If anyone has any tips or advice I would welcome it? How much will it cost me to get this fixed? I read that the whole board would need to be replaced which is very expensive?
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Last year I had a problem with my focus and I went to an ATT service center(I don't know the proper name) and got an instant replacement. I believe these places are not widespread; you'd have to look it up. Hopefully whoever looks at it will see that it was stuck. If you forced it out, that could be a problem. First talk to the place where you bought the phone. Reattaching a connector doesn't sound like an extreme problem.
Hi, I've got this same problem and they have asked me the price of a new one as they say they have to change all the circuits. Have you find a way to fix it already?
any hints on this matter?
Cheers!
Roberto.
Damn, I had this happen yesterday, After I had successfully flashed UK firmware from Polish and got the black update, Booked it in for collection and repair, Stupid nano to micro sim adapter was to blame as it got jammed in sim tray, I guess I will be charged for repair centre to fix?
I think something like this happened as well.
I think the person who had this phone inserted the sim wrong
then that might of broke or bent one the pins
I'l looking and can only see two of the three clearly.
So will take it to get checked out. Hopefully can be fixed quite easily.

[Q] Galaxy S2 i9100 Charging port replaced but problem with network now?

Hi,
Sorry if this is a repost!
I replaced my charging port on my S2 and now the phone charges properly but the network doesn't seem to work.
I am currently on T-Mobile and the phone works if I use an o2 sim card, when I search for the available networks only o2 and Vodafone appear, I double checked the Antenna on the phone to make sure it's connected properly.
What do you think could be the problem? Do you think the charging port is faulty or the Antenna cable got messed up while replacing the Charging dock?
Any help will be greatly appreciated
I got no reply, does that mean no one knows?
It means be patient. Only a few people (that I can think of) who post here even semi-regularly, and this forum doesn't get anywhere near the amount of people looking/posting as it used to given this phone was released 3 yrs ago, have the knowledge to give you a useful reply, everyone else will just be feeding you guesses or outright crap.
Wait until someone who is familiar with this kind of thing to see your thread & respond.
Edit - Point proven.
I'm not a phone expert, but check your sim lock. try other rom maybe or updated version.
Another thing, try other sim card and see if that one works.
Read this thread........
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2335961
You'll find out why you have no network.......
Sent from my Markox powered KitKatted S2

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