[Q] Dead device? please help.. - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all, i got my Galaxy S2 about a year ago (9100 normal, non AT&T or verizon or another else ) and i never encountered problem like this. One day i was texting on the toilet, and unfortunately it fell down on a bowl of water and its all soaked. I just turn it of and take out the battery, when i turn on it again, the start mode triggers, the icon Samsung igt 9100 is showing up and it keeps blinking and blinking, bootlooping. many of my friend said that it is fine and just wait for the water inside the machine to dry up, like one week or so. but after one day i tried to turn it on, the yellow triangle below the 9100 logo is gone ( i think its resetted and everything is gone ) and it went to download mode. But after that, i was not careful enough and my battery fell off, and the phone is turned off dead. and after all of that, i can't even turn on the phone, nothing happened, its like a dead phone without battery.
i went to many forums and many people tried to fix it using the download mode USB jig recovery kit, i bought the i9100 USB jig on the eBay, its arrived today. I tried to plug in on my phone, and i try to turn it on and even every boot method ( download mode, and recovery mode ) and holding the power, still nothing happens. what should i do...?? does that means my cellphone is dead forever? :crying::crying:

You should have put it in a bowl of dry rice for a couple of days to completely dry it out. I think you turned on your phone too soon with the risk of having it f**cked for good.

You seem more accident prone than Mr Bean.
Stick it on eBay

theunderling said:
You seem more accident prone than Mr Bean.
Stick it on eBay
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when i plugged it into my pc, it works, it says that device is not recognized but it still shows, i think it might be some hope, can somebody help me

Unfortunately it is dead, because you did not wait til it dryed out before starting. You fried the flash chip which contains the information for the phone to run.
Only way to fix it is to replace the motherboard. Which means it becomes a new phone with different IMEI.

aiserukana said:
Hi all, i got my Galaxy S2 about a year ago (9100 normal, non AT&T or verizon or another else ) and i never encountered problem like this. One day i was texting on the toilet, and unfortunately it fell down on a bowl of water and its all soaked. I just turn it of and take out the battery, when i turn on it again, the start mode triggers, the icon Samsung igt 9100 is showing up and it keeps blinking and blinking, bootlooping. many of my friend said that it is fine and just wait for the water inside the machine to dry up, like one week or so. but after one day i tried to turn it on, the yellow triangle below the 9100 logo is gone ( i think its resetted and everything is gone ) and it went to download mode. But after that, i was not careful enough and my battery fell off, and the phone is turned off dead. and after all of that, i can't even turn on the phone, nothing happened, its like a dead phone without battery.
i went to many forums and many people tried to fix it using the download mode USB jig recovery kit, i bought the i9100 USB jig on the eBay, its arrived today. I tried to plug in on my phone, and i try to turn it on and even every boot method ( download mode, and recovery mode ) and holding the power, still nothing happens. what should i do...?? does that means my cellphone is dead forever? :crying::crying:
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plug in the charger and let it charge for few hours. You should have left the phone to dry before switching on

Cosmic Blue said:
Unfortunately it is dead, because you did not wait til it dryed out before starting. You fried the flash chip which contains the information for the phone to run.
Only way to fix it is to replace the motherboard. Which means it becomes a new phone with different IMEI.
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will it cost much?

I doubt there's anyone here who can tell you how much. That will depend on how much parts & labour are in your country. Send it in & find out.

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Sudden crash and won't turn on

I've had this phone for 2 months.
I started up dead space, had wifi on and it was downloading the game data.
left the room to clean the kitchen (maybe 20 mins) when I came back the phone wouldn't unlock
pulled the battery and turned it on, phone booted but wouldn't get past the initial samsung logo.
after that it wouldn't turn on at all
I pulled the battery, left it for a few mins, put it back in, tried booting up, tried getting to recovery, download mode, tried removing sim and sd card
is this an issue other people have had? am i screwed? i left it plugged in w/ the battery in on the off chance it didnt have enough charge or something. but the battery logo isn't coming up
Try charging phone for an hour or so.
Question: when you connect your phone to the pc, any reaction on the pc side? Is Odin recognizing the phone?
If you can't get into download mode by holding down home+volume down+ power at the same time, you can buy a usb jig (or make it your self it's not that hard)
Just google for usb jig.
Other than that. I have no idea.
Good luck to you dude.
Sent from SGS II Running CriskeloRom V34.
no reaction anywhere. the battery animation isn't displayed when plugging in either.
can't get into download mode to use odin. i ordered a usb jig (figured it would be good to have it anyways)
the phone is currently plugged in, the battery feels slightly warm but it still wont turn on. i'm hoping it is a faulty battery.
my plan is to go to a phone shop tomorrow and ask to borrow a battery just to see if it will turn on, if not ill try a repair shop. if not that, then i'll start complaining about my warranty to the international seller i got it from on amazon.
Sorry to hear that.
Good luck.
hi if u have a tester test the voltage on the battery -/+ for dc voltage if it's zero u need to shock the battery.
i brought it in to bell and asked to use a spare battery. the girl took it right out of her phone and put it in mine, tried to turn it on, nothing. no download, no recovery, no reaction whatsoever except for a slight warming around where the camera lens is if you hold the power button for a long time.
looks like it's fried. i really hope I can get a return with the amazon seller. i've only had it 2 1/2 months

[q] sgs ii 9100g won't turn on

Hello,
My SGS II I9100G won't turn ON. I didn't do anything, just leave it on (idle), after back to work, my phone is completely dead. At 1st, I thought the battery is dead, but I charged nothing show-up on screen, plugged into pc, nothing show-up on screen either. I borrow my friend battery, nothing also. It completely won't turn ON.
I didn't flashed into custom rom/kernel, just root it few month ago.
This thing suddenly happen. Help me guys!
But one thing I noticed, whenever I put the battery, few minutes later, I can barely feel hot at the back of the cover..
Additional info:
1) ODIN, KIES not detect my phone!
2) I tried log into download mode, nothing happen!
3) Pull the battery and put back on, nothing happen!
4) Plug the usb & combo download mode, put back the battery = nothing happen also
Return to service center. Borked. And hope they don't discover/check that you rooted it & make you pay for the repair/replacement.
really? someone pls help me
zarboga said:
really? someone pls help me
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The only other possible thing you can try is a different battery... but sounds like you already tried that... so you'll have to take MistahBungle's advice; if the phone doesn't power on, there's really nothing anyone here can do to help you. What kind of miracle are you expecting???
Miracles post 500 dollars
otherwise clean battery connections .
Unless you can get to download mode their is nothing else that you can do except JTag machine/service centre .
Am i reading number four as you have tried usb recovery jig ??
jje

[Q] No reaction from phone whats however

I've got my awesome galaxy s3 for about 4 months now.
I'm still using the stock firmware and I rooted it a few weeks ago.
Today, the phone battery was at about 95%, it suddenly completely stopped working in any way.
No led flashes or turns on when I plug it in to charge. No reaction when I turn it on. No reaction from my pc when I plug it in.
I also tried ODIN/ download mode and whatever there is left. No reaction at all.
Also, the ODIN tool doesnt see the phone and the pc doesnt(device manager).
I hope anyone can help me
ArdentSword
ArdentSword said:
I've got my awesome galaxy s3 for about 4 months now.
I'm still using the stock firmware and I rooted it a few weeks ago.
Today, the phone battery was at about 95%, it suddenly completely stopped working in any way.
No led flashes or turns on when I plug it in to charge. No reaction when I turn it on. No reaction from my pc when I plug it in.
I also tried ODIN/ download mode and whatever there is left. No reaction at all.
I hope anyone can help me
ArdentSword
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I have exactly the same problem, I have ordered a jig to see if i can get into download mode. I am told this could be a motherboard problem though.
I have changed my screen so i do not think samsung will fix it under warranty
May Sound Stupid... but have you taken the battery out and left it for a minute then put it back in?
sure have. Have done everthing, charged overnight, took battery out for an hour, tried different battery.
I took it to a repair shop in a shopping center and they said they think the motherboard is dead
NewAussiefromCanada said:
May Sound Stupid... but have you taken the battery out and left it for a minute then put it back in?
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Jup, tried that too, no change
Same thing happened to me too... Phone suddenly died. Still waiting for the jig. If not then service warranty for us is the best thing we can do.
Here's a update on my phone.
I tried to use a jig, a friend on mine had one, but no change there either. So I send my phone to samsung with the warranty. I was a little scared here because I rooted my phone. A few days back I luckely got a message that my phone was returned. Apparantly, it was broken so badly thay they didnt found out it was rooted. ^^
They replaced my motherboard and I never found out what was wrong, probably something fried...

P760 wont turn on, wont charge

Out of the blue, phone went dead. I dont know why really. It honestly didnt get any moisture, or bad current, I never charged it via USB. I have drained it couple of times to zero battery but it charged after that. this time, it was at 22% wen I went to sleep, in the morning it was dead.
I know that this issue always resolves with: "use warranty" suggestions but I tried, and being that I live in a weird country that wont happen. Generic answers like "water damage" with the sticker still white and all that.
ADB doesnt see the phone, also.
anything anyone has to suggest other than telling me phone is dead (obvious) and to use warranty (which I cant) .. ? Please help, this is my first LG and maybe there is a solution that works
Have you tried :
hard reset - turn off your phone, press and hold Vol-, the home key, and the power for 8 seconds.
or
fastboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119090
Will try it in the morning (6-7 hours) as I hafe dissasembled and analzed the whole device internaly for possible rust or theoretical moisture from cold weather. Found None. Really hope this device isnt one of those that just die for no reason
battery might have gone dead. get it charged externally for few minutes and then try charging with phone. if it works for first time, then its time to change battery.
well, this is just a possibility.
for all you people, if you ever get in same situation:
Phone was moisture damaged. I didnt get it wet, but there are 2 possibilities:
1. a friend told me that all the shipped phones, compared to the air cargo phones, get damaged no matter how good protection is. If they are shipped to your country from the land of origin, they are most probably water damaged already. Being that I live in Serbia, and all the importers of goods use ships instead of air cargo (big price difference), my phone may be water damaged before ever turned on.
2. it was a ridiculous weather in Belgrade, with minus temperatures in March, so a simple condensation may have damaged the phone.
SOLUTION:
Service shops CAN repair the phone if it was moisture damaged instead of immersed, because air moisture damages only certain electrical circuits, instead of the whole board. My phone is at a service shop now, and the guy is inspecting the damaged circuit. It can be restored, and if the damage is high it would require replacement of the circuit which is kinda tricky cause it requires very similar board like the one LG L9 has, for harvesting.
If anyone maybe somehow finds a working SIM free motherboard for LG L9, please let me know cause I cant find it online. Just one ebay entry with "works but has issue" which I wont buy.
Igoritza said:
Will try it in the morning (6-7 hours) as I hafe dissasembled and analzed the whole device internaly for possible rust or theoretical moisture from cold weather. Found None. Really hope this device isnt one of those that just die for no reason
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Did ypu ever get it to work? I just ran into the same problem
did it worked
cuban88 said:
Did ypu ever get it to work? I just ran into the same problem
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I am having the same issue, all of a sudden it went died, not charging, replace battery nothing helped here
Lg optimus l9 dead mother board crash
the india version of LG L9 is also having same problem... while browsing the phone suddenly got hung and it never ever turned on... when i went to LG Service center they said the Mother board is crashed this for none of my mistake..
the MB replacement costs more than half of the phone price.. this LG phones just sucks..
i can not donate my phone : -)
My phone is aldo get same probllem few months ago and i went to service shop they replaced it they said that ur phones motherboard is dead go there they will fix it
Sent from my LG-P760 using XDA Free mobile app
i had the same problemi went to service and they say my phone is water damage i was never near water because the phone whas new aut of box... I repair my phone whit fastboot and now is everything ok... don't belive what the say...tray repair...
An here is what I did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119090
:highfive:
I've bricked L0 P760 also - suddenly turned off and can't charging anymore(tried another good battery but didnt help).
I've followed some instructions from xda a tried everything (on 3 PC's - win7 and XP) but no joy.
Installed unified Lg driver, OMAP drivers (but problems with them is constantly switching on/off), started Fastboot by Lelus on my pc,
followed instructions and fastboot worked fine, installed Lg USB Port(changed to 41), then opened Lg Flash Tool and after 40 seconds
Lg USB Port disconnect by its own...
Tried with Lg Mobile Support Tool too and UpTestEX_mod2_marwin but still same problem - Lg USB port disconnected after some time.
Any ideas?
Bertole said:
i had the same problemi went to service and they say my phone is water damage i was never near water because the phone whas new aut of box... I repair my phone whit fastboot and now is everything ok... don't belive what the say...tray repair...
An here is what I did
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119090
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So what is the next step after fastboot. Flash kdz? BTW my phone has unlocked bootloader and it just does not turn on all of a sudden.
Not a battery issue. Tried different batteries. Thanks!
Thanks!
LG Optimus L9 P769 is not charging
My LG Optimus L9 P769 is not charging. I have used the same charger on other phones and it works. I removed the battery and charged it on an external charger and the phone works normally other than not charging.
I have done a hard reset after turning off the phone and pressing and holding Vol-, the home key, and the power for 8 seconds but that did not help!
As a last resort, I also replaced the Flex Cable Charging Port and Flex Cable Dock Connector using the part on the attached image but the phone still does not charge.
Can anyone suggest what I may do next to repair the phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Battery Problems
cmahendra said:
battery might have gone dead. get it charged externally for few minutes and then try charging with phone. if it works for first time, then its time to change battery.
well, this is just a possibility.[/QUOTE
I had problems with battery in past but this time i thought my phone went dead for good thanks to you it's working properly.
Thank you very very very much !!!!!!!!!!
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boddummy said:
cmahendra said:
battery might have gone dead. get it charged externally for few minutes and then try charging with phone. if it works for first time, then its time to change battery.
well, this is just a possibility.[/QUOTE
I had problems with battery in past but this time i thought my phone went dead for good thanks to you it's working properly.
Thank you very very very much !!!!!!!!!!
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u r welcome brother glad it working fine now.
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[Q] SGS2 battery problem maybe?

Hey all,
so a few months ago my SGS2 went off. It was an interesting behave of it, it just started to turn off sometimes, without any reason, without any popups (eg. battery low) or anything. I was really curious about this problem but I didnt have a single idea of what happened to it. Like a week later, it didnt turn on at all. I disassembled it, and found out that my secondary microphones cable broke. I thought that was the problem, so I ordered a new module (which includes vibrating motor, secondary microphone, ear-piece, and the jack).. I waited 3weeks, the first one arrived broken. I waited another month, and today the second one arrived in one piece. I put it inside the device to see if it works but its not. NOW the problem is, like it was before I ordered this module, when I try to turn the phone on, it doesnt do anything at all.(with the broken secondary mic cable it did, it went till the samsung logo and then bam, blackout) IF I put it up on charger, it says the battery is FULL, and from then, I push the power button and it starts to turn on, but goes until the Samsung logo, or sometimes it did boot, but thats rare, and then again BAM, blackout. Now I was like wtf? So i tried to reach recovery, I did a full hard reset to the full stock SGS2 ROM, tried other kernels, recoveries, ROM's, but nothing helped me. NOW If i enter DOWNLOAD mode without the charger, it says "Low battery! Cant download." and this happens right after i plugged the charger out, and it told me that the battery is full (what a liar), but when i plug the charger in, I can reach DOWNLOAD mode, and Recovery mode too, but they do blackouts after a few minutes too...
Any ideas?
Would be happy if anyone could help me out...
thanks :good:
pandeszyo said:
Hey all,
so a few months ago my SGS2 went off. It was an interesting behave of it, it just started to turn off sometimes, without any reason, without any popups (eg. battery low) or anything. I was really curious about this problem but I didnt have a single idea of what happened to it. Like a week later, it didnt turn on at all. I disassembled it, and found out that my secondary microphones cable broke. I thought that was the problem, so I ordered a new module (which includes vibrating motor, secondary microphone, ear-piece, and the jack).. I waited 3weeks, the first one arrived broken. I waited another month, and today the second one arrived in one piece. I put it inside the device to see if it works but its not. NOW the problem is, like it was before I ordered this module, when I try to turn the phone on, it doesnt do anything at all.(with the broken secondary mic cable it did, it went till the samsung logo and then bam, blackout) IF I put it up on charger, it says the battery is FULL, and from then, I push the power button and it starts to turn on, but goes until the Samsung logo, or sometimes it did boot, but thats rare, and then again BAM, blackout. Now I was like wtf? So i tried to reach recovery, I did a full hard reset to the full stock SGS2 ROM, tried other kernels, recoveries, ROM's, but nothing helped me. NOW If i enter DOWNLOAD mode without the charger, it says "Low battery! Cant download." and this happens right after i plugged the charger out, and it told me that the battery is full (what a liar), but when i plug the charger in, I can reach DOWNLOAD mode, and Recovery mode too, but they do blackouts after a few minutes too...
Any ideas?
Would be happy if anyone could help me out...
thanks :good:
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oh and if it matters, its GT-I9100, 2 years old.
if you can get your hands on a different battery, i would recommned you to test it with that too.
as your device is 2 years old and i am assuming you havent changed the battery yet, there are strong chances of battery life getting over.
banjara said:
if you can get your hands on a different battery, i would recommned you to test it with that too.
as your device is 2 years old and i am assuming you havent changed the battery yet, there are strong chances of battery life getting over.
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thanks for your response!
well today i am about to test a new battery, i hope thats what the problem is... an extra thing, and yes im stupid because of this but i left my battery in the phone for the 2 months while it was off... a friend told me that it can cause the batterys death, is that possible?
If u want to leave your phone switched off then it's better to charge it and then remove the battery from the phone. So there is a possibility that your battery is Screwed because of that time when you kept it in the phone itself.
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