Hi Yall
having my sammy's GT-I9100 couple of months and now having a odd problem
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my phone havnt been in any wet area or near by water source...
the phone acting crazy...what can i do?
10.02.2012
found a solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22362533&postcount=18
ok i was able to make it work again but with the same problem as before
the battery is not giving the correct readings and i cannot charge it normally.
i was cleaning the USB Connector but it was not enouge..
the battery & the MTP icons are still ON and if i restart the phone
the problem remains the same (Yellow Tri) untill i connect the charger and the phone is up again..
one more thing is that the phone appears to be slow then usuel..
:| i have no luck with cell's am i? :\
That prob. Means your phone is too hot or battery is too hot. Phones shut down if they get too hot to protect themselves and it will do the same if the battery gets to hot. Since your phone is running slower I would say its your phone overheating. Try it with another battery and see if it works. And also remember water damage isn't just water it can also be caused by sweat, steam, and humidity. I know it sounds dumb but even taking the phone in the bathroom to listen to music while you shower will cause it too. Your mirror gets steamed up and steam is moisture. If another battery doesn't fix try to get it warranty replaced.
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My phone is ice cold its not overheatting the battery and the phone
Are cold.
Maybe it's moisture.. I don't know... Too bad that it's difficult to
Change on my own this USB connector...
GUARDIANBD said:
My phone is ice cold its not overheatting the battery and the phone
Are cold.
Maybe it's moisture.. I don't know... Too bad that it's difficult to
Change on my own this USB connector...
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The outside of your phone maybe cold but the inside can be hot. Or it could be the temperature gauge inside the phone malfunctioning.
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Well i'v test it via the Service menu. At antenna temp and it eas 28c..
Not that hot
same problem here
Hi,
I had the same problem, basically my case was that I had flashed a Frankenstein firmware and since then the problem had started for me. Once I moved back to the stock firmware, the issue is completely resolved.
Having said that, it did not occur to me immediately after I moved to a Frankenstein firmware, but happened after some time.
So if possible, try to move to stock firmware and see if the problem persists.
Thanks,
Vishal
I have also that problem with some custom roms, phone is old like 5 month, he was go randomly to crazy mode yellow battery , MTP won’t shut down and you can’t turn OFF phone. My friend have SGS2 and we have try to replace his battery but that didn’t help, in the end I have flash CM9 and now for one weak I don’t have that problem.
I think best advice is to take phone to service.
br
The problem gone by its own...i wonder how
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my battery did the same thing, randomly works now tho?
But all i can say is, once the battery was 100% charged, I unplugged it then plugged it back in, It then took more charge when i did. Overcharged?
GUARDIANBD said:
The problem gone by its own...i wonder how
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It was probably moisture shorting usb or lower motherboard usb connects to. This phone has that issue it seems and really miss slider cover from sgs1.
Solutions?
Cleaning usb port for obstructions.
Send to service.
Replace board by yourself. I did it just few days ago as I'm not under warranty. Take all precautions that you know what you're doing. Otherwise see above or below.
Put in your girls pantyhose and then in rice container to draw out moisture or original box sealed with some of those silica packets electronics come packaged with.
And yes sometimes it clears by itself as the moisture evaporates and if you're lucky that the power controller chip was not damaged permanently.
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Same problem here .. If I turn off the phone is hard to start again. It does not recognize USB. Charged battery alert, not turned off. I thought it was a software problem and I returned to stock without root, but the problem remains. I start to believe it's a hardware problem (perhaps the USB port)
I'm thinking for a service, but I can not reset the flash counter, I have JIG and I'm not good with soldering .. I think in this occasion will have to pay ..
ifentanez said:
Same problem here .. If I turn off the phone is hard to start again. It does not recognize USB. Charged battery alert, not turned off. I thought it was a software problem and I returned to stock without root, but the problem remains. I start to believe it's a hardware problem (perhaps the USB port)
I'm thinking for a service, but I can not reset the flash counter, I have JIG and I'm not good with soldering .. I think in this occasion will have to pay ..
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You use a SD card, don't you?
Remove it.
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Paradoxxx said:
You use a SD card, don't you?
Remove it.
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You mean, external sd? No, I don't
ifentanez said:
You mean, external sd? No, I don't
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Hum. Did you tried with another battery?
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Paradoxxx said:
Hum. Did you tried with another battery?
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Confirmed, moisture in the USB port, had a green color in the connection
I think i'v found an temporary but long run solution
it work'd for me just fine!
1.Take a flat screwdriver and coat it with a thin layer of cotton wool
2. Insert the screwdriver at the bottom of the USB connection just below the "tooth" and bend the "tooth" gently upwards.
3. Use the USB cable to check that tooth bending too much and to check that the computer recognizes the connection.
that's it!
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my s2 has gone mental tonight.
i charged it up to 100% before i left. then tonight for some reason it kept showing this when the charger wasnt plugged in
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so i kept restarting and taking out the battery til it stopped.
you can see the charging period didnt seem to show up on the graph. the charging period shown there i was not charging but the phone seemed to think it was. so as i was restarting it a few times it went from about 70 to 49 to 17 to 49 again
and also i havent been able to get a phone signal for ages and then when i can it wont let me register a network.
my phone is now basically just a wifi web browsing device until i get it sorted :crying:
Sounds like a battery failure.. Not sure tho.
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oh ive just seen this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...unable-make-calls-text.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
thats a relief. o2 is down nationwide
EVERY single time I've heard of this issue (and there are a TON of threads all over XDA about this, not to mention all over other forums - seriously, just google "i9100 charging paused voltage too high", and watch how many results you get), it is due to a dirty or failing USB port.
Steps to take.
-clean USB port with a clean, dry brush. (don't be TOO rough)
-if that doesn't work, take out the battery, and with a q-tip and small amount of isopropyl alcohol, clean the USB port. Let it dry, then replace the battery.
-if THAT doesn't work, you'll probably have to get the part for the USB port replaced.
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elquango said:
oh ive just seen this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...unable-make-calls-text.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
thats a relief. o2 is down nationwide
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This has nothing to do with what you posted...
yeah i know. i had both things happen at the same time so initially i thought it was my phone on the fritz and they were related
so i tried those things and it still having problems.
I bought this replacement in Nov off Ebay. After i lost my original one. Do you think I can still take it anywhere to be repaired?
will the o2 store look at it for me?
such a hassle. im gonna have to unroot it and stuff
oh great and now it keeps randomly vibrating and going to this screen and then back to my home screen
elquango said:
so i tried those things and it still having problems.
I bought this replacement in Nov off Ebay. After i lost my original one. Do you think I can still take it anywhere to be repaired?
will the o2 store look at it for me?
such a hassle. im gonna have to unroot it and stuff
oh great and now it keeps randomly vibrating and going to this screen and then back to my home screen
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By "those things" I'm guessing you didn't actually replace the part for the USB port. Just the cleaning steps?
That image is "desk clock" mode. It gets activated when certain pins in the USB port are shorted with a specific resistance. If you thoroughly cleaned the port as best you could, and are getting random desk clock mode and still randomly getting the charging paused message, then I'd say your USB port is dying a slow death. You'll need to get the part replaced.
From what I hear the part itself is pretty cheap (like $15) and not hard to replace. I don't know if O2 will do it for you though, since you didn't actually buy the phone from them. You can try... but I doubt it, since it was a second hand purchase. Or just take it to a local cellular repair shop.
My phone is also having a similar experience. I running an AOKP rom so it keeps charging instead. How long will the usb port work for. It's being sent back to Samsung to have the screen replace and have notified them about this. So will the usb port work till next week or could it die in hours or days?
imlgl said:
My phone is also having a similar experience. I running an AOKP rom so it keeps charging instead. How long will the usb port work for. It's being sent back to Samsung to have the screen replace and have notified them about this. So will the usb port work till next week or could it die in hours or days?
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I'm not sure how someone on a different continent than you can possibly answer a question about the state of the USB port on your phone and how long it will last.
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By "those things" I'm guessing you didn't actually replace the part for the USB port. Just the cleaning steps?
That image is "desk clock" mode. It gets activated when certain pins in the USB port are shorted with a specific resistance. If you thoroughly cleaned the port as best you could, and are getting random desk clock mode and still randomly getting the charging paused message, then I'd say your USB port is dying a slow death. You'll need to get the part replaced.
From what I hear the part itself is pretty cheap (like $15) and not hard to replace. I don't know if O2 will do it for you though, since you didn't actually buy the phone from them. You can try... but I doubt it, since it was a second hand purchase. Or just take it to a local cellular repair shop.
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hmm i'll have to look into it then. no idea where to start buying parts and where to take it to repair.
will have to do some research
It can by caused by humidity too in my opinion. Had this problem few times. My friend had too. It was gone after putting out battery for few hours in warm place. Even when I was keeping my phone in locker at roofed swimming pool it was happening.
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ctomgee said:
I'm not sure how someone on a different continent than you can possibly answer a question about the state of the USB port on your phone and how long it will last.
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I'm going on average, like how long would be last. Roughly. Mine's been doing it for the past 3 days.
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I'm going on average, like how long would be last. Roughly. Mine's been doing it for the past 3 days.
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It depends on the severity of the damage specific to your phone. If it's damaged more severely, then not long. If it's not damaged so severely, then longer. How long it's been doing it doesn't mean anything.
ctomgee said:
It depends on the severity of the damage specific to your phone. If it's damaged more severely, then not long. If it's not damaged so severely, then longer. How long it's been doing it doesn't mean anything.
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Well it's still charging but my pc no longer recognises it so I don't thin it's going to last too long.
ok its getting worse now. ive requested a repair from samsung.
before i send it off should i remove all my google and facebook accounts or should it be ok to leave that kind of stuff on there?
As long as it's unrooted, running stock firmware, has the flash counter reset if necessary, why would you need to remove stuff like that first ? I probably wouldn't.
Always remove personal data. Fully wipe your phone. You never know who works in service and what will di with your personal stuff. Thats my opinion.
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As long as it's unrooted, running stock firmware, has the flash counter reset if necessary, why would you need to remove stuff like that first ? I probably wouldn't.
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what are they gonna do if its rooted?
i dont have warranty anway so im gonna have to pay for the repair
look how mental the battery is being.
having to back up things through airdroid cos i cant use the usb now
If rooted they CAN cancel warranty.
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I got a brand new s2 two and a half weeks ago, 1 week ago when unplugging my charger it sort of went crazy bringing up the car mode, desk clock, charging when it wasn't and the voltage too high popup every 30 seconds. I took it back and they exchanged it straightaway however i have had this one for 3 days and its done exactly the same thing. I rooted and installed a custom rom on the first but left the second totally stock. It also happened to the girlfriends note too.....
Luckily i haven't had the phone for a month yet so i'm still entitled to an exchange but this has put me off samsung and i'm thinking of an alternative if they'll allow me to take a different handset.
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Dear Big Phone Niche Market Like Minded Friends,
I have had my Ultra for about a week now. I love it! With non-removable battery, I have formed a habit of plugging in my phone wherever possible...at my office, at home, first thing I do when I enter my car. If I keep a count, it would be like more than 20 times per day. Each time, removing and reinserting the USB cap.
My concern is whether that USB cap is going to fall off soon? Anyone know how sturdy or resilience that little string that connect the cap to the phone?
That string seems to be such 20th century solution, no?
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Buy a magnetic charging cable or dock
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Simply amazing elegant solution. Thank you!
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Buy a magnetic charging cable or dock
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Yup, magnets is the way to go! I have only opened the flaps once or twice since I got it. I use AirDroid to transfer files to and from my computer.
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knite75 said:
Dear Big Phone Niche Market Like Minded Friends,
I have had my Ultra for about a week now. I love it! With non-removable battery, I have formed a habit of plugging in my phone wherever possible...at my office, at home, first thing I do when I enter my car. If I keep a count, it would be like more than 20 times per day. Each time, removing and reinserting the USB cap.
My concern is whether that USB cap is going to fall off soon? Anyone know how sturdy or resilience that little string that connect the cap to the phone?
That string seems to be such 20th century solution, no?
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You should check your phone. Charging 20 times per day is insane. The phone should get you at least 4 hours of screen time. Assuming you don't do anything else but use your phone since you love it so much, you should only be charging a maximum of 4 times a day assuming charging takes 2hours since your using the phone at the same time. 20 times a day means your phone is probably always plugged in already.
I suggest having it exchanged.
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How do you use the charging dock in the car? LOL
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Oh no, there's nothing wrong with the phone battery.
I just have a habit of pluging in my phone when ever possible to keep it as much charged as possible.
Just in case, I'm stuck in a broken elevator for hours, I can play Candy Crush longer.
I didn't have this habit with any one my previous battery removable phones.....it just all started with the HTC One (non-removable battery)
aaronqui said:
You should check your phone. Charging 20 times per day is insane. The phone should get you at least 4 hours of screen time. Assuming you don't do anything else but use your phone since you love it so much, you should only be charging a maximum of 4 times a day assuming charging takes 2hours since your using the phone at the same time. 20 times a day means your phone is probably always plugged in already.
I suggest having it exchanged.
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Just ordered to USB magnetic charging cable via Amazon. Will get them soon, and report back. It would have been cool if Sony included these.
Like I mentioned before, all the engineers were probably assigned to the PlayStation 4 group, and left only one lonely part time summer intern to the Ultra LOL
mozzy said:
Buy a magnetic charging cable or dock
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I could not resist
hi there do you have the link to the Amazon item?
jeremy.chan said:
hi there do you have the link to the Amazon item?
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Amazon
Amazon Cable only
It only cost HK$50 (US$6.4) to replace the cap here in Hong Kong's Sony repair centre, so its pretty in-expensive.
this is why I bought the charging station before the cellphone itself !!!
If you lost your USB or Micro Sd card cap cover you can buy the same also from the below link....May be this is useful
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Cap-M...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item233055a6ce
cheaper magnetic dock from amazon here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2464956
I got my magnetic cable today. It's a perfect solution. Thank you for suggesting it.
Out of curiosity, what would happen if I charge the phone simultaneously using both the magnetic connector and the micro USB?
(a) The phone would implode, vaporize, and generate a wormhole causing a temporal shift
(b) The phone will be charged up faster
(c) The phone will be charged up at regular rate
Thanks in advance.
knite75 said:
I got my magnetic cable today. It's a perfect solution. Thank you for suggesting it.
Out of curiosity, what would happen if I charge the phone simultaneously using both the magnetic connector and the micro USB?
(a) The phone would implode, vaporize, and generate a wormhole causing a temporal shift
(b) The phone will be charged up faster
(c) The phone will be charged up at regular rate
Thanks in advance.
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Astrophysicist here. The correct answer is A.
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I knew it! Definitely staying clear of this.
LordManhattan said:
Astrophysicist here. The correct answer is A.
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Alright, i lied. I have no idea what'll happen The question now is; do you dare?
You know what? I'm gonna pass on this one. I'll let CERN physics lab have a crack at spawning the wormhole first.
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Alright, i lied. I have no idea what'll happen The question now is; do you dare?
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So for the past 4 days, my device often wont stop thinking its charging. So what I mean is that I'll plug it in (USB or Magdock) and it will charge normally. I'll unplug it, and the battery symbol and LED will still says its charging.
Once this happens, it will only charge off the magnetic dock.. So plugging in USB wont work, and no charge will occur. Its mental eh!
Its happened since I started using the magnetic dock.
What i've noticed is that reversing the magnetic charger cable, will make the device realise its not on charge. My laptop will also display a message saying that the... " USB device has been disabled due to excessive drain"
so somethings not right.
EDIT:
I have unlocked my bootload,
rooted,
flashed stock Sony ROM (with modified kernel)
flashed CM10.3...
Still doing it. Most def. is a hardware fault... SOB!
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have flashed FTF's: .510 / .532 / .537 and they all do it.
So stands to reason its not software...
Sony states that you shouldn't use the magnetic dock with USB ports.
Try to reboot, for every small problem I've had. a reboot fixed them all.
Without effect firmware update
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I'll unplug it, and the battery symbol and LED will still says its charging.
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me too !!
In my case,If you attempt to reboot, it must be "forced shutdown" before going any further in the repeat of the SONY logo.
I was out to repair to give up.
3mL said:
Sony states that you shouldn't use the magnetic dock with USB ports.
Try to reboot, for every small problem I've had. a reboot fixed them all.
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I assume you mean use both mag dock and USB to charge at the same time..
Yeah thats probably not a good idea. Too much volts going in.
I haven't done that, but there is clearly a problem with my device. Looking into a replacement from the store.
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I assume you mean use both mag dock and USB to charge at the same time..
Yeah thats probably not a good idea. Too much volts going in.
I haven't done that, but there is clearly a problem with my device. Looking into a replacement from the store.
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With the galaxy note this would happen if the USB port got any dirt in it. First place to check if you experience this. Take a cotton bud and some pure alcohol and while the phone is off, gently clean the pins then leave it to dry for a few minutes before turning it on. Dirt or dust can cause the pins to short and think it's charging.
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SpyderTracks said:
With the galaxy note this would happen if the USB port got any dirt in it. First place to check if you experience this. Take a cotton bud and some pure alcohol and while the phone is off, gently clean the pins then leave it to dry for a few minutes before turning it on. Dirt or dust can cause the pins to short and think it's charging.
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Yeah that was the first thing I tried. However it happens on both USB, and MagDOCK, so its not a dust issue. There must be a hardware sensor that detects amp flow into the device, and must be a fault when amp flow is reduced/stopped.
ok so update.
Have sent my Ultra back to Hong Kong from where I purchased it. I'm guessing hardware fault...
:crying::crying:
And now I'm without my Ultra...
hamdogg said:
ok so update.
Have sent my Ultra back to Hong Kong from where I purchased it. I'm guessing hardware fault...
:crying::crying:
And now I'm without my Ultra...
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Poor Ham Which device are you using now then?
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Poor Ham Which device are you using now then?
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Yeah dude I know! I just sold my other two devices... what a jip!
I've got to admit that I was close to buying the Z1 last night.... but thats just too small, and too similar to the Ultra...
I'll have to go cold turkey and just deal with NO DEVICE! (man.. can't believe I just said that)
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I'll have to go cold turkey and just deal with NO DEVICE! (man.. can't believe I just said that)
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You're not human
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I've just been given two non functional i9300's for free, to see if i can repair them.
both have cracked screens, one appears to have water damage.
i've tested with spare batteries, and neither powers on, nor do they show up in windows when connected by USB.
whats the bare minimum we need for these to power on and be detected by windows, so i can determine if the logic boards in these even work?
Mussels84 said:
I've just been given two non functional i9300's for free, to see if i can repair them.
both have cracked screens, one appears to have water damage.
i've tested with spare batteries, and neither powers on, nor do they show up in windows when connected by USB.
whats the bare minimum we need for these to power on and be detected by windows, so i can determine if the logic boards in these even work?
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Cracked screen and water damage will not cause the phone to not boot up. Unless the water damage is severe, it will still boot up. It appears to me tat it is either sds or motherboard.
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JellyYogurt said:
Cracked screen and water damage will not cause the phone to not boot up. Unless the water damage is severe, it will still boot up. It appears to me tat it is either sds or motherboard.
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the previous owner has disassembled them, and they had no batteries. using one from an i9305 has had no luck so far, basically just looking for advice and suggestions as where i should proceed.
if it was a PC i'd be done in seconds but fixing a phone i didnt pull apart in the first place is challenging.
Mussels84 said:
the previous owner has disassembled them, and they had no batteries. using one from an i9305 has had no luck so far, basically just looking for advice and suggestions as where i should proceed.
if it was a PC i'd be done in seconds but fixing a phone i didnt pull apart in the first place is challenging.
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If we do not know why the phone is not booting up, we cannot tell u which part to change.
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If we do not know why the phone is not booting up, we cannot tell u which part to change.
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yeah thats the same situation i'm in.
at the very least, one of the boards is showing 5W of power consumption when connected to a wall charger (which is connected to a power meter).
since the battery is charging, that implies something is working - but i'm getting nothing on the screen and not hearing sounds out of the speaker.
Mussels84 said:
yeah thats the same situation i'm in.
at the very least, one of the boards is showing 5W of power consumption when connected to a wall charger (which is connected to a power meter).
since the battery is charging, that implies something is working - but i'm getting nothing on the screen and not hearing sounds out of the speaker.
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Is tat the water dmged one or?
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Is tat the water dmged one or?
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i cant tell which board came from which shell unfortunately, however this board/battery is charging in the water damaged shell, but showing 0W in the 'clean' shell.
backwards to what i'd expect. maybe this ones just a dead screen, and the other has some more serious, but better hidden damage.
edit: the 'water damaged' shell + board had a red charging LED show up, that went away when i hit the power button. didnt power on after that/the touchscreen buttons dont light up when touched.
edit 2: with my good battery the LED went blue and the backlit buttons lit up. i think this hardware combo works, and i just need a new LCD - will trst it out with MHL and see if that works...
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looks like this combo just needs a digitiser + LCD, despite getting an image on screen i cant control it in any way.
thanks for the help jelly, you at least helped me think this one through and come up with viable testing methods.
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looks like this combo just needs a digitiser + LCD, despite getting an image on screen i cant control it in any way.
thanks for the help jelly, you at least helped me think this one through and come up with viable testing methods.
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so using that test above (wall meter then MHL) i've confirmed that one board works, one doesnt. in either frame one board lights up the LED and the other doesnt draw any power or give any sign of life (assuming this is the water damaged one)
i've got one of everything (front + back camera module, speaker etc) literally all im missing is a LCD screen.
to ebay i go, this has been a good day
this just got hilariously fun.
i ended up temporarily using the LCD + digitiser from my i9305 (it works but hte back panel cant be closed) to sync up a bluetooth mouse to the phone.
now i can use it as a bluetooth controlled HTPC
Hi Guys,
I managed to brick my P9000 whilst trying to root it.
It doesn't power up at all and even the battery doesn't show when charging (it was at 95% before I broke it).
None of the SP Flash tool versions detect it but it does show up as a MediaTek DA USB VCOM in device manager so it can't be that bad..... can it?
Please help, I've only had the thing for 2 days
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Hi Guys,
I managed to brick my P9000 whilst trying to root it.
It doesn't power up at all and even the battery doesn't show when charging (it was at 95% before I broke it).
None of the SP Flash tool versions detect it but it does show up as a MediaTek DA USB VCOM in device manager so it can't be that bad..... can it?
Please help, I've only had the thing for 2 days
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Do you have the proper SP Drivers installed?
Yes, it was working ok when I first tried it. I managed to flash a custom ROM but then decided to go back to original and root it....that's when the problem happened
Ok..... I fixed it!
If anyone has the same problem, you have to remove the back cover, take out 4 screws (to gain access to the battery connector), disconnect the battery and plug it back in.
I warn you, it's not easy!
vortecks said:
Ok..... I fixed it!
If anyone has the same problem, you have to remove the back cover, take out 4 screws (to gain access to the battery connector), disconnect the battery and plug it back in.
I warn you, it's not easy!
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Too late but....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=66850690
Greetings
Vsrookie
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vsrookie said:
Too late but....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=66850690
Greetings
Vsrookie
Sent from my P9000 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Thanks for that, I could have done with it a couple of days ago
Taking a brand new phone apart when there's zero instruction on how to do it, is rather nerving!
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Thanks for that, I could have done with it a couple of days ago
Taking a brand new phone apart when there's zero instruction on how to do it, is rather nerving!
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Having just softbricked my P9000 - phone now completely unresponsive after a successful flash using SP Tools using a stock image - I'd appreciate a litle help
How do you start the process of removing the back cover? I can't see anywhere to start prying it up...
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Having just softbricked my P9000 - phone now completely unresponsive after a successful flash using SP Tools using a stock image - I'd appreciate a litle help
How do you start the process of removing the back cover? I can't see anywhere to start prying it up...
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I used a scalpel and slowly started at one corner (obviously between the case and the back cover).
It does take quite a while and you have to be careful where the power/volume buttons are - the ribbon has some adhesive on it which sticks to the back cover.
What I suggest is work your way around by levering the back off with a scalpel (the point of the blade) until you can see inside but be careful, don't run anything under the cover to make things quicker, you stand a chance of damaging the ribbon cables. When it's free, gently lift the case from the opposite side to the power button and you'll be able to slide something in, to ease the ribbon cable from the case. I can only go by my own experience but yours might not have the adhesive between the ribbon cables and the case.
After the cover is off, it's just a case of removing a few screws and a few bits of plastic and popping the battery connector off and back on again.
All the best with it
Tony
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All the best with it
Tony
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Cheers Tony. Fingers crossed! Guess I don't have much to lose...
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Guess I don't have much to lose...
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That's the same thing I said
You may find this video useful although I couldn't get it apart with a plectrum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-KxuFfv7rk
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That's the same thing I said
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Thanks a mill Tony, and Vsrookie for the tips in your post.
I've aged ten years. Unplugging the battery alone didn't sort my problem, but I was able to get back to a booting, working phone (in bits!) after a lot of back and forth with SP Tools, META mode and installing drivers at the correct times.
Putting the bloody thing back together was something else, though. Back cover wouldn't fit back on properly at the top (turned out, one bit of the fingerprint assembly's lugs on the left was over rather than under the rim of the phone, keeping the cover from snapping down) . Then, while fiddling with this, the ****ing power button fell out, which led to having to figure out how it worked in order to attempt to put it back in.
Long story short, all sorted out, completely stock and wiped, and can now be returned to Amazon - unfortunately I'm frequently getting the dreaded sim tray errors with the SD and SIM cards and NFC won't work with my transit company's app so won't be keeping it... ho hum.
Either way, I'm glad you got it sorted mate. They're certainly not the easiest phone to take apart (and successfully put back together)
sorry to jump a dead thread but im new here and dont know how to make a new one, i have a elephone p9000 and i believe ive soft bricked it, i have access to the battery, my computer doesn't detect it under driver manager (it detects an unknown device(i have the correct drivers installed)) the problem occurred when sp flashtools crashed halfway through flashing a new ROM (now the phone wont boot and is stuck on the white elephone logo and i cant get into recovery) really stuck any help is greatly appriciated
Have you tried a stock ROM?
PS I was born in Boney Hay Road
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Have you tried a stock ROM?
PS I was born in Boney Hay Road
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awesome about being from burntwood man, yeah i was trying to flash a stock rom when sp flashtools crashed
Sorry mate, I'm not really the person to answer. I was lucky really and I only needed to unplug the battery. I know it'll only be a soft-brick, it's apparently impossible to hard-brick them.
Hopefully, someone will be along with the answer
i managed to disconnect battery and connect my p9000 to my pc, but when flash with sp flash tool , i keep getting brom error : status_ext_ram_exception. can somebody explain to me what should i do, tq
after disconnect battery P9000 doesn´t work
Hello Guys,
I need your help.
I was trying to come back and old ROM of my new ELE P9000 for rooting it. I used Flash Tool (FT) and everything went fine; the firm was formatted and reinstalled and FT showed the "okay" message. After that, I tried to switch on the mobile but it does not work, even I can not open the Recovery System. FT does not recognize the Phone and I can not reinstall a firm; I am afraid it died.
I read this useful forum (thank you for sharing) and I switched off the battery as indicated (I think) but after reconnect the yellow cable of the battery and reinstall the screws and fix everything two times, the phone does not switch on, recovery system does not work and FT does not recognize the mobile and I can not reinstall software. Level battery shall be almost 50%.
I would like to attach pics about the surgery I did and I would like to know if it was done right or not, but I do not how to insert it.
Please, advises/instructios for realive the phone.
Thank you in advance
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I would like to attach pics about the surgery I did and I would like to know if it was done right or not, but I do not how to insert it.
Please, advises/instructios for realive the phone.
Thank you in advance
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You first need to upload your pictures to a filehost like ZimageZ and they give you code to insert here in the forum.
Trying to figure out the META mode for Elephone P9000
nephster said:
Thanks a mill Tony, and Vsrookie for the tips in your post.
I've aged ten years. Unplugging the battery alone didn't sort my problem, but I was able to get back to a booting, working phone (in bits!) after a lot of back and forth with SP Tools, META mode and installing drivers at the correct times.
Putting the bloody thing back together was something else, though. Back cover wouldn't fit back on properly at the top (turned out, one bit of the fingerprint assembly's lugs on the left was over rather than under the rim of the phone, keeping the cover from snapping down) . Then, while fiddling with this, the ****ing power button fell out, which led to having to figure out how it worked in order to attempt to put it back in.
Long story short, all sorted out, completely stock and wiped, and can now be returned to Amazon - unfortunately I'm frequently getting the dreaded sim tray errors with the SD and SIM cards and NFC won't work with my transit company's app so won't be keeping it... ho hum.
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Sharing the fate here but can you tell me steps how did you get into the META mode (what buttons did you kept pressed while inserting the phone to computer, did you have your battery on etc. Thanks.