Every single rezound user should know this trick. I didn't invent the trick, I wish I could give credit to whoever did.
This process is for those times when you have a bad flash, or maybe you already wiped your phone, then accidentally rebooted with no rom, and there's an old PH98IMG.zip on your sdcard. Obviously, a micro sd card USB adapter or reader would be ideal. This is just a trick for when you're out shopping with the wife and bored out of your mind, and you make a boo boo. Or maybe you're driving and don't have time to drive home and either use a card reader or adb/fastboot.
Why It Works: HBoot checks for a PH98IMG.zip file when it boots. Once it's booted to hboot it's not checking anymore. So if you can boot to hboot and then attach the storage with the PH98IMG.zip, it will never know its there.
Keep in mind, different people have different questions so I was very detailed. The process only takes 30 seconds or so.
Step 1 - Remove battery cover. Place the phone on a soft clean surface face down and slide the micro sd card out. Slide it slowly and you'll feel different "steps" of tension. Now slide the card into the slot in the casing, just far enough to be in place like in the photo, but not plugged in with contacts touching.
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Step 2 - Notice in the Photo for step 2 the four gold spring point contacts. You will see a matching set of female contacts on the battery. This is the reason that we can successfully pull this off along with the phones layout. Thos gold pins are important because you want to set the bottom of the battery in place so the contacts are connected but you're holding the battery up at an angle to have access to the sd card.
At this time place the phone upside down in your left hand, the power button facing towards you.
Step 3 - Set the battery contacts in place against those 4 gold spring contacts on the phone, use your thumb to hold the battery up above the sdcard leaving clearance for your finger
Step 4 - Now that you've got the phone and battery in place, adjust the phone so that you're comfortable and applying even pressure and can access the power vol down buttons at the same time
Step 5 - While holding the volume down button (I use my left pinky because its convenient with my grip and layout) press the power button and release it.
Step 6 - The phone should boot to hboot, you'll probably feel a vibration and you will see the white screen, in a dark room I simply watch for my palm to light up
Step 7 - Now HBoot is booted, use a finger to press the sdcard into place, and set the battery down into the tray while keeping even pressure so all four contacts remain touching.
You can now turn your phone over and you will see the recovery option, with amon ra recovery go to Developer Menu/ Hboot Kernel Zip Menu and select "Delete Hboot PXXXIMG.zip from sdcard" and press power to confirm.
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I'm not responsible for what you damage
Nice!
I've had to do this before. My phone was in a boot loop and I PH98IMG.zip on my sdcard when I was out on the road. It sucks!
Flyhalf205 said:
Nice!
I've had to do this before. My phone was in a boot loop and I PH98IMG.zip on my sdcard when I was out on the road. It sucks!
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With the disclaimer that this should only be done when at a complete stop in a parking lot not a public roadway so as not to put anyone in danger, this little trick is a life saver when you're driving and flashing.
You're the man Charlie! Didn't know about this procedure. :thumbup:
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I've had to do this a few times. It's a PITA but it works great.
This does in fact work and comes in quite handy, but can take some practice and precision to get it down. :good:
Here's a trick I also found.
Remove the SD card.
Insert the battery like normal.
Plug the phone into a charging source.
Boot to hboot.
Remove the battery. Only in hboot will the phone stay on without the battery if it is plugged into a charger.
Insert the SD card.
Insert the battery.
Done.
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Nice how to bud this will be usefull for someone in the future I'm sure
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I have been using this for a while now and it's a good guide
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I was thinking of making a similar post today. I saw the same post that sparked this up. Good stuff man!
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I have had to use this in the past, but then I got a card reader.
Very nice guide.
I thought that I invented this in the bathroom at KFC. Oh well... Great work on the write up CharliesTheMan.
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I was once doing this in the bathroom at work my buddy walked in and said what did you do now lol
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That's a very useful trick, Thanks for pointing it out. I use to hate that about the Thunderbolt, I got screwed one time got to work and flashed my phone stuck in boot loop. Rebooted using volume and power and basically got stuck w'no computer in site, and I really needed my phone that day too.
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I thought that I invented this in the bathroom at KFC. Oh well... Great work on the write up CharliesTheMan.
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From now on I will reference this as the Colonel Sanders King James Process
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CharliesTheMan said:
From now on I will reference this as the Colonel Sanders King James Process
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Let's just call it the KFC method.
To help a little more. You can boot into hboot without a battery connected if your near a charger or pc and have the cable handy.
Y U NO TELL ME BEFORE?!
Awesome tip.
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I've used this method multiple times before
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I recently saw a guide here how to open your eris and transplant the track ball.
I have no reason to transplant the trackball, but I did open it to attempt to clean it.
I have throughly cleaned the trackball with rubbing acohol three times now and I still can not scroll downward.
Also now my phone only boots into safe mode.
What is wrong with my phone?
Update:
I have now discovered why it boots into safe mode.
Turn out, now the trackball is being determined as pressed, so when i booted into booted into recovery to see what happens, it reflashed pb0000 or whatever it is called.
And down scroll still doesn't work.
Update 2:
I refit the trackball another time and now it now longer boots into safe mode.
Does anyone know why I can't scroll down? I can not nandroid restore if I can't scroll down.
Please help.
some dust or dirt probably got inside the trackball and is blocking the sensor from sensing the trackball movement. since you already opened it up, i would suggest doing that again, in a dusk free environment, then pull the trackball out, spray some compress air on it, then put it back together.
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some dust or dirt probably got inside the trackball and is blocking the sensor from sensing the trackball movement. since you already opened it up, i would suggest doing that again, in a dusk free environment, then pull the trackball out, spray some compress air on it, then put it back together.
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Year I cleaned out all the dust already with an air compressor.
I think it is actually some grease because I remember it first stopped working on easter when my finger were a little bit greasy from ham. So I planning on soaking the ball, with its metal casing, in rubbing alcohol.
I first thought that the warranty became void when I rooted, but after research, I didn't really void it until I broke the seal. If I had known this before hand I prolly wouldn't have opened it.
Thx for the help anyway.
I will post more results eventually.
Cleaned it even more, still doesn't work.
Well I discover that I can use Amon's recovery with adb, so now I am just not gonna worry about the trackball.
it's a common problem with eris' it seems. I had it, and I can remember t least 2 others with the problem.
I used it as a warranty to replace my 2.1 leak so i could root my phone instead, if you still have that little void sticker intact, i suggest you replace your phone. replacing the trackball wont do anything, as the enclosure that you get doesn't include the lenses, just the ball and the carriage.
just to double check:
the manufacturers warranty is for hardware issues up to a year after purchase right?
eris
same issue happened to me with my old eris the trackball wouldnt move down and i got a replacement i just went to verizon and told them and the guy lookedc at it , i was on 2.1 rooted he didnt care he just looked to see it didnt work he said ok and doubnle checked my address and one came in the mail 2 days later and i had to ship mny old one back... now a month ish later my new droid is tharting the same issue again only thing i can think of why its doin this is my jeans are a little tight and maybe the trackball is rubbing against it and now its causing the crackball to be pressed against the sensor and it is defecting it, onlything i can think of... EDIT( and yes the warrenty is 1 year for hardware so just bring it and show him it wont go down and hel say ok and send you one no questions asked, mine was opened and sticker was removed he didnt care)
It seems to stop once n awhile but it is a known issue. And if it starts again im gona open it and do some testing but for now it seems to working ok, my old droid stopped going down completely
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After some research and opening my eris a couple of times. I think I have the solution.
I noticed that sometime when I plug the charger into my eris, the cursor moves down.
Before that I released that the track ball work by 4 spinning magnets and 4 magnetometers.
The carriage of the trackball looks something like this:
▊ ▔ ▆
▏O ▕
▆ _ ▊ < Left magnet
^ Down magnet is there
Directly below the down magnet is the usb female slot.
With all my research people have told me that there left and down have stopped working in the past.
Coincidentally, the down and left magnets are very close to the metal usb connector. I am guessing that this is the issue.
Are you saying the sensors are getting magnetised?
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Update: when i plug in my usb the down trackball is more sensitive and about normal, idk if its luck or
Proof of concept
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Are you saying the sensors are getting magnetised?
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The trackballs is consists of a casing with four magnets.
Below is a blackberry track ball which is equivalent to the eris track ball.
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Update: when i plug in my usb the down trackball is more sensitive and about normal, idk if its luck or
Proof of concept
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Above is the chip located above the trackball, also located on the same chip is the metal usb female.
So as you can see the lower magnet come in close contact with it.
Now, I am not 100% sure that this is the cause, but it is a good possibility.
Just call Verizon, make sure to get a good rep, tell him/her that your trackball is messing up. Let them know that you tried to fix it, just don't tell them you opened it, unless they ask. It's not lying or fraud, they don't tell you the whole truth anyways (hidden fees). lol They should replace it without a problem, the only thing is you might get a Droid Eris with 2.1 pre-installed.
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Well no 1 wants to go through reflashing all there ****, were looking for a fix so we can fix it right here
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Excuse me then, it should be a simple fix if nothing shorted out. I returned my Eris because it shorter out, I cleaned everything, and replaced the whole track ball with my other Eris and still had the same problem. Now I know not to use my Eris while plugged in via usb, there is too much space left over for the usb plug to loosen. I hope this thread will make it easier to fix the flaw in design. So it won't be a problem any more. Thank you for taking the time to read.
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Didnt mean for that to sound mean sorry dude
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Excuse me then, it should be a simple fix if nothing shorted out. I returned my Eris because it shorter out, I cleaned everything, and replaced the whole track ball with my other Eris and still had the same problem. Now I know not to use my Eris while plugged in via usb, there is too much space left over for the usb plug to loosen. I hope this thread will make it easier to fix the flaw in design. So it won't be a problem any more. Thank you for taking the time to read.
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I would actually prefer a work around IMO. I never use the trackball unless I need to flash a rom.
Track balls are way old technology from back before laser mouses, so why have one on a phone.
A couple of "work arounds" I thought about were:
1. Change the hotkeys in the recovery and then recompile and flash
2. Use the Recovery from your phone in an ADB like fashion. (This is currentyly supported but has many limitations. For example you can't flash ROM ZIP, but you can nandroid."
3. Control the recovery via Android Screen cast or something similar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=557717
4. Solder in a trackpad and remove the trackball. (Pretty Far fetched IMO.)
Mine started screwing up again :/
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Bro got drunk at some Yahoo Fantasy Football event at his University and did a backflip into the pool with the Atrix I got him on Sunday (to think he's going to be a Doctor some day). ATT sent out a new Atrix and all that jazz, so I'm setting it back up (rerooting, titanium backup, etc).
Before he went to the party I was working on his phone and backed up everything with Titanium Backup and then made a copy of that backed up TB folder and added it to the micro SD card w/ all his media. That day after I punched him out (literally) I checked to see if the SIM card & micro SD card worked although they took major water damage. It turned out the SIM card was fine (tested it on my old Moto Backflip) but the micro SD card stopped working until I added into a micro SD adapter and I found all the files that got backed up.
I dragged all the Titanium Backup files into the new Atrix, but after I hit batch and try to restore everything under the restore tab is at 0. I checked to make sure the files I dragged into the hard drive of the phone after mounting and they are all there. The only thing is I see "?" before the name of the files in the file manager.
Was wondering if someone could help me figure out what the issue with TB is since it's not recognizing those files I backed up from his old Atrix on the new Atrix.
Thanks and yeah what a ****ty week, thank god for phone insurance (although it cost 125$ to get a new one)
Also, is there a way to access the hard drive on the phone also although it won't turn on? Probably not but thought I'd ask.
Edit: Here's the image of the question mark in the Atrix.
Edit x2: Link kinda big here's the url: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/120535/CIMG2157.JPG
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in TB go to preferences and select back up location, then find your files and your done. run back up
i think he wants to restore, so go to 'restore folder' under settings and choose the folder u copied over
eh same thing. just gotta tell TB where your files are at in preferences /detect files....
Try putting the phone in rice If you didn't send it away that is. I had the same thing happen to my phone and since the rice fixed it, I was able to send the replacement phone back and save the $125.
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Preferences > backup location > then hit the back button on the phone and it will back the folder up one at a time, then select sd card, then select TB
Nice that worked but I guess that's an old back up I did. Other then the rice method is there a way I can access the damaged phones folders?
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Sorry to derail, but what case is that?
hotweels258 said:
Try putting the phone in rice If you didn't send it away that is. I had the same thing happen to my phone and since the rice fixed it, I was able to send the replacement phone back and save the $125.
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I don't understand why people think rice dries things out. Because it doesn't.
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I don't understand why people think rice dries things out. Because it doesn't.
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Last time i checked rice doesnt repel water. I wonder where all water goes when i cook it up? Hmmm...
I voided my warranty.
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Last time i checked rice doesnt repel water. I wonder where all water goes when i cook it up? Hmmm...
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Rice doesn't magically soak it up either. The rice won't absorb much water unless the phone is literally dripping wet.
Use silica gel packets instead. But them in bulk at a music shop.
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Yes, silica is better for this situation, but rice is handy and often in the cabinet. Silica works better if you dont take your phone apart, but rice is an excellent alternative if you at least open up your phone at the screws. It may not seem like it, but rice does absorb moisture/water better than it appears.
I voided my warranty.
I think you should get a Defy
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I think you should get a Defy
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Blasphemy!
I just got a replacement rezound.
ON my last one i got s-off on like the 3rd try.
This time, I have been trying the wire trick for 4 hours non stop. I've used 3 different wires.
I dont know what to do. I'm going nuts. I keep getting it but then it says "error: still sober"
Any ideas? Thanks
What are you using for a wire?
I was trying with a paperclip, and then a twist-tie. Neither worked; tried using them for about 30 minutes.. then I decided "screw it" and took the speaker wire from one of my speakers. Worked instantly without a problem.
IMO, use actual copper-core wire if you're not already. Length doesn't matter too much... the speaker wire I used was 25ft and worked instantly, like I said.
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What are you using for a wire?
I was trying with a paperclip, and then a twist-tie. Neither worked; tried using them for about 30 minutes.. then I decided "screw it" and took the speaker wire from one of my speakers. Worked instantly without a problem.
IMO, use actual copper-core wire if you're not already. Length doesn't matter too much... the speaker wire I used was 25ft and worked instantly, like I said.
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Thanks, I'll keep looking through my drawer of tangled wires and maybe ill find something that works.
No problem; good luck.
I've heard paperclips work sometimes, but wasn't the case for me. I had gotten it to sorta work once, but it ended up "still sober," and kept trying and trying... after 30-45min of trying, I took my speaker cable and did it... and voila, it worked. Literally the instant I double-touched it like in the video it worked. So obviously the paperclip and twist-tie weren't conductive enough. Like I said, a copper-core will probably work the best.
I just tried using a yellow composite cable and still no go. I dont understand how it does it, but then 2 minutes later says "still sober"
Try wire with bare leads if you have something.
Any spare speaker wire laying around? Network cable? Telephone wire?
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I just tried using a yellow composite cable and still no go. I dont understand how it does it, but then 2 minutes later says "still sober"
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Chances are... Your timing is off... Make sure you follow the timing in the guide... I've s-offed 4 Rezounds and that's always the problem when I get still sober at the end
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in the video the guy does it while in fastboot. when it tells me to do it my phone is on the JuopunutBear down arrow screen. Did i do something wrong?
also, it keeps rebooting on the first tap. not even letting me do a second one.
EDIT: somehow, i just got it!!! thanks guys
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in the video the guy does it while in fastboot. when it tells me to do it my phone is on the JuopunutBear down arrow screen. Did i do something wrong?
also, it keeps rebooting on the first tap. not even letting me do a second one.
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No I've done it from there too. It's probably the timing. What I do is keep the wire in pin 1 the whole time then when it says to do the wire trick hit the gnd 1 and count to 1 then hit it again an usually works.
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Now, I have s-off but i have another problem.
In recovery the sdcard wont mount. what do i do?
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Now, I have s-off but i have another problem.
In recovery the sdcard wont mount. what do i do?
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Check your sd card. It may have been blanked by the process. You did back it up or use a toss-away card?
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davidetkin511 said:
in the video the guy does it while in fastboot. when it tells me to do it my phone is on the JuopunutBear down arrow screen. Did i do something wrong?
also, it keeps rebooting on the first tap. not even letting me do a second one.
EDIT: somehow, i just got it!!! thanks guys
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Maybe you are tapping it twice very quickly but aren't noticing. Try and keep a demanding and firm yet subtle grip on the wire.
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Last night I was sitting down onto "the thrown" withe the phone in my back pocket....it caught somehow and flipped into the bowl. Screen was off....I immediately put it in rice over night....7 hours later I tried it....no go. She's dead. Dead I tell you!
The first power up went OK....here was a weird couple beeps, but it powered up, then when the OS came up it seemed like there were buttons pressed because it started to wig out. I immediately pulled the battery....next powerup it wen right into bootloader mode......but my computer wouldn't recognize it....third power up it' dead.
Totally sucks.
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When it first started having issues and you pulled the battery, you should have put it back in rice for another 8-12 hours.
You should have gave it 2-3 days to dry.
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My girl did that to her s3 I put it in silica packs
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I heard when you drop your phone in water the worst thing to do is to power it back up immediately after the drop.
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SH*TY man, i hope you had insurance on it
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I heard when you drop your phone in water the worst thing to do is to power it back up immediately after the drop.
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This is right.. If you have any chance of saving the phone, never power it on for a day or so. I don't think rice works that well, i've dropped many phones in water and the best way I have found to actually save the phone is to put the oven on a very low heat, put it in the oven w / the door open, and then let it sit for a day or two.
YMMV, but if you turn it on and it starts acting funky it is almost always 100% dead.
First Cut a hole in a box. ...
Put the phone in the box
And put a hairdryer on low for 6 or so hours.
It is one method used for "baking tape"
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First Cut a hole in a box. ...
Put the phone in the box
And put a hairdryer on low for 6 or so hours.
It is one method used for "baking tape"
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I have to admit, I thought this was going a completely different direction after reading the first line.
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This is right.. If you have any chance of saving the phone, never power it on for a day or so. I don't think rice works that well, i've dropped many phones in water and the best way I have found to actually save the phone is to put the oven on a very low heat, put it in the oven w / the door open, and then let it sit for a day or two.
YMMV, but if you turn it on and it starts acting funky it is almost always 100% dead.
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agreed, my oven has a warm setting that's about 160-200 degrees. Works well to dry out electronics.
take the phone apart
remove motherboard
clean all contacts with at least %90 alcohol.
put back together and you might be working again.
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Last night I was sitting down onto "the thrown" withe the phone in my back pocket....it caught somehow and flipped into the bowl. Screen was off....I immediately put it in rice over night....7 hours later I tried it....no go. She's dead. Dead I tell you!
The first power up went OK....here was a weird couple beeps, but it powered up, then when the OS came up it seemed like there were buttons pressed because it started to wig out. I immediately pulled the battery....next powerup it wen right into bootloader mode......but my computer wouldn't recognize it....third power up it' dead.
Totally sucks.
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Did you get rid of the rice?
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Did you get rid of the rice?
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LMAO!!!!! Nice... LMAO
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Google #alcohol bath for cell phone". It actually worked for me.
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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?
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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?
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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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JellyYogurt said:
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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JellyYogurt said:
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.
Mussels84 said:
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