My HTC One won't respond to any microUSB cable. Thus, it won't charge or connect to any computer. The battery is now dead. How can I recover my photos / videos?
And yes, I already tried holding it near a bright light while pressing volume down + power. I just want my photos / videos back.
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And yes, I already tried holding it near a bright light while pressing volume down + power. I just want my photos / videos back.
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Are you using the HTC Stock charger? Maybe the charger is the problem. If you can't get that battery charged, you are out of luck. You could take it to a repair shop and maybe they could fix the battery. If you send it in to HTC they will swap it out.
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Are you using the HTC Stock charger? Maybe the charger is the problem. If you can't get that battery charged, you are out of luck. You could take it to a repair shop and maybe they could fix the battery. If you send it in to HTC they will swap it out.
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Thanks, but for a while there, no chargers were working. Then randomly, my car charger started working. But, it kept just restarting, as if the power button was being held down. I use a pocket knife to wiggle the power button, and it booted up. Something must have gotten in the crevices of the device somehow, no idea how.
I've figured out how to get certain chargers to work if they're positioned just right, but it's still a pain cause it sometimes will still act as though the power button is being held down and I have to wiggle it around... not an easy task when the button is flush with the body.
You know if it's possible to take open it up and make sure everything is clean? Probably a bad idea, right?
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Thanks, but for a while there, no chargers were working. Then randomly, my car charger started working. But, it kept just restarting, as if the power button was being held down. I use a pocket knife to wiggle the power button, and it booted up. Something must have gotten in the crevices of the device somehow, no idea how.
I've figured out how to get certain chargers to work if they're positioned just right, but it's still a pain cause it sometimes will still act as though the power button is being held down and I have to wiggle it around... not an easy task when the button is flush with the body.
You know if it's possible to take open it up and make sure everything is clean? Probably a bad idea, right?
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I've seen posts where the person has taken them apart, but it is not something I'd want to do. You might try some compressed air on the power switch - maybe you can blow out that speck of dust or whatever. Might be worth a try...
Thanks, that's a great idea. Still... If the phone really was dead, I'm really surprised that there's no possible way to recover the data! If a desktop computer dies, you connect the harddrive to another device and your data is safe and sound.
Smartphones seem to be a new level of risk that we're not used to!
checked pm?
i think problem is in charging port , so if you can fix that , you can recover your files
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Hello all.
This guide will help you if you have:
A phone that will not turn on unless you plug it in and even then only an LG sign shows up followed by either blank/ rapidly flashing red light.
to my knowledge, what happened to put the phone in this state is the battery died while you were flashing a rom or something as such and the phone got confused on if it should be in charge mode or not.
being that the phone has a sealed battery, it is not as easy to pull out the battery as it is on other phones.
Fortunately for us, it is not difficult at all to unplug the battery!
REQ: torx screw driver that will fit but NOT STRIP the screws at the bottom of the phone.
Small phillips screw driver.
**I suggest charging the phone for a good 10 minutes before starting this. just to make sure it has a charge.
Step 1: unscrew the two screws at the bottom of the phone CAREFULLY!
Step 2: with your nails carefully pry up the back cover (inspect the phone carefully and identify the back cover from the rest of the phone.) off starting from the bottom of the phone.
Step 3: peel back the blue tape on the connector and remove the two screws.
Step 4: carefully pry up the connector from the top.
Step 5: plug back in and try powering on. By this point you should know if it worked and you can start putting the phone back together.
This guide is not the best (My first) but if you have any questions send me a message.
Good luck with your phones!
One of the first official LGOG teardown! Looks easier than expected..
@exemplarmusik sent from his LG - E970 ya dig?!
Awesome job, man. should come in handy for me at some point I am sure. I am curious though, those internals look identical to the Nexus 4's (as I guess we should expect) and I know the battery is glued down with the Nexus 4, so is that the case with our LGOG as well?
Yeah. The battery is glued in. I dont see an issue replacing it though. maybe a heat gun to losen up the glue and you should be good.
And yeah, it is very easy to open up.
This would have helped me last week. Oh well, got a replacement device and a free LG headset for my trouble.
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Awesome job, man. should come in handy for me at some point I am sure. I am curious though, those internals look identical to the Nexus 4's (as I guess we should expect) and I know the battery is glued down with the Nexus 4, so is that the case with our LGOG as well?
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Yeah the name in system info is even mako just like n4
the best phone ever
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Yeah the name in system info is even mako just like n4
the best phone ever
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I think it would only say that if unlocked, then you have N4 bootloaders.
I had this fast flashing "brick"-like issue, but after I let my phone cool, I just held power and vol-up and my phone went straight to the boot loader.
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Damn, I didn't think it'd be that easy to take it apart. I wonder if it'd be possible to stick a Qi wireless charger pad in there, like the Nexus 4.
First of all, thanks for the guide. :good:
Here is what caused this to happen on my phone:
(black screen, flashing red light)
With phone off and charger plugged in you should be able to press power for a couple of seconds and it will show the charging progress. When you unplug the charger and press power you should see nothing unless you hold it long enough to power up the phone. Problem was that no matter how long you waited after unplugging the charger you could press power and see the progress ::what::
That causes the battery to drain, completely if left alone for a couple of days resulting in, you guessed it, black screen and flashing red light. After leaving it plugged in for 4-5 hours it regained a full charge and was fine.
This did not occur when phone was on while charging. Needless to say, I exchanged the phone. Hope this helps.
Don't assume you have any other pictures
I was considering trying to steal the signal amplifier and the filter from this and put in n4 ... and chance you got any shots of those in the optimus g ?
I still cant get mine to turn on, I unhooked the battery, still nothing. I hold the power it goes to the lg screen then nothing. I can hold power and volume up and nothing happens. Does anybody have a idea, I want my phone back.
Thanks
HELP!
My phone somehow will not turn on or charge! I have tried multiple chargers and outlets, and my phone will not charge or get the red light signaling that it is... There is no damage to the phone other than a small crack done a couple months prior. This happened very suddenly, the phone just ran out of batteries then stopped charging... is it possible to find the same battery as this and replace it?? My phone company said LG would not accept it because of the small crack on the front screen corner. Any help would be very greatly appreciated, really dont have the money to buy a phone off contract...
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My phone somehow will not turn on or charge! I have tried multiple chargers and outlets, and my phone will not charge or get the red light signaling that it is... There is no damage to the phone other than a small crack done a couple months prior. This happened very suddenly, the phone just ran out of batteries then stopped charging... is it possible to find the same battery as this and replace it?? My phone company said LG would not accept it because of the small crack on the front screen corner. Any help would be very greatly appreciated, really dont have the money to buy a phone off contract...
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My phone is same yours. you plug and unplug somes times untill red light flash then push power button. goodluck
Wow looks like there are connectors on the back to go to the inside of the back cover... I wonder if this is compatiable with the orbe!... if not it should be easy to use old Palm Touchstone parts to make it charge wirelessly.
I have the sprint version I am hoping it has the same connectors... You guys see the two prongs on the back cover adn the metal places they attach to??
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Wow looks like there are connectors on the back to go to the inside of the back cover... I wonder if this is compatiable with the orbe!... if not it should be easy to use old Palm Touchstone parts to make it charge wirelessly.
I have the sprint version I am hoping it has the same connectors... You guys see the two prongs on the back cover adn the metal places they attach to??
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Those prongs are for connecting to the antenna in the back cover, not a wireless charger.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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me too.
I was doing the LGNPST and it was stuck at 67% for 15 min so i unplugged and the phone did nothing so I turned it off from recovery and nothing. no power only the power flashes red for a few seconds after pressing.
I am out of town now but if I can get it to turn back on I will send it back since I just received it today.
Unfortunately, my phone is now completely unresponsive. I have had it plugged in to the original wall charger for over two hours and still no power. If i hold down the power button for about 15 seconds while plugged in the red light will blink once every second until i let go. However, if I unplug it and do the same the light will not come on. I'm about to disassemble my brick and see if the battery pull will help any.
Any success stories in detail would be appreciated. Plan B is to send it off to Mobiletechvideos.
Edit: Moving on to plan B....thanks.
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TangoXray said:
Unfortunately, my phone is now completely unresponsive. I have had it plugged in to the original wall charger for over two hours and still no power. If i hold down the power button for about 15 seconds while plugged in the red light will blink once every second until i let go. However, if I unplug it and do the same the light will not come on. I'm about to disassemble my brick and see if the battery pull will help any.
Any success stories in detail would be appreciated. Plan B is to send it off to Mobiletechvideos.
Sent from my LGL35G using xda app-developers app
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I did this trick a couple weeks ago when my phone stopped responding. Could only get flashing light while plugged in, and no response when not plugged in. Eventually while plugged in I could get to the bootloader, but could not get to recovery. This fix worked for me, though it may not work for you. You will need a T5 torx (star) screwdriver. Good luck.
I just got in a nice Galaxy Tab SGH-T849. Which would be a LOT nicer if it worked..
I have done the rudimentary things. Checked the power plug and cable, cleaned the contacts, etc etc. No luck.
There is absolutely no response from the Tab. I had it charging overnight, so I know it has a good charge. Assuming it is capable of taking a charge.
I just wanted to know if there was anything else I can try before I tear into it.
Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.
Michale
Michale32086 said:
I just got in a nice Galaxy Tab SGH-T849. Which would be a LOT nicer if it worked..
I have done the rudimentary things. Checked the power plug and cable, cleaned the contacts, etc etc. No luck.
There is absolutely no response from the Tab. I had it charging overnight, so I know it has a good charge. Assuming it is capable of taking a charge.
I just wanted to know if there was anything else I can try before I tear into it.
Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.
Michale
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If you connect it to your PC, do you see any devices show up? If not, does it do anything if you hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds or so while connected? Knowing what devices show up can help diagnose what's wrong.
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If you connect it to your PC, do you see any devices show up? If not, does it do anything if you hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds or so while connected? Knowing what devices show up can help diagnose what's wrong.
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Hi and thanks for the reply..
Absolutely nothing shows up when I plug in the USB cable. I held the power button down for 30sec and still nothing from the PC or the unit.
Michale
Michale32086 said:
Hi and thanks for the reply..
Absolutely nothing shows up when I plug in the USB cable. I held the power button down for 30sec and still nothing from the PC or the unit.
Michale
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OK, that's bad. Sounds like it's completely dead. At this point, I'd take the back off and probe the battery to see if it has any juice.
To remove it, you've got to remove two screws from the bottom edge next to the accessory connector. Then you can use a spudger tool to remove the back cover. When fully charged, the battery should read 3.7v. If you don't have a voltmeter, you're kind of screwed. However, you can at least look around and see if there's any obvious signs of major damage.
If the battery's depleted, it's not guaranteed that it's bad - it's possible that the charging circuitry is dead. You can verify that the charge circuit is working by probing the battery with a voltmeter while the charger is connected.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zslF7P5Wxcc for instructions on how to get to the battery.
Yea, I already have the back off.. The two screws on the bottom are of the tri-driver variety.. Check my tools to see if I have one of those.
Thanx again.. I'll check the voltages and get back..
Michale
Here is the deal.
The usb port on my EVO 3d fried a few months ago when my kid spilled water on my phone. Everything else worked fine, so I bought some extra batteries and an external charger and would just swap them out. Never had an issue with it until yesterday. The phone was working but the battery was low. I shut it down and waited for all the lights to turn off, took the battery out, put a new one in, and hit the power button. Nothing happened... no red light, home buttons didn't light up, nothing at all. I tried to swap in two other fully charged batteries (stock and non stock) with the same results.
I've tried taking the battery out and holding the power button down, tried holding the camera button + power button, volume up/down and power button, and other various combinations in hope that it works. The problem is that I cannot connect a cable to the phone because the USB is, quite literally, melted - has been for two months.
Is there any hope? Or is this a lost cause. I am reasonably skilled with a soldering iron and considered replacing the USB jack but I don't want to go through the effort if there is an easier way, or if this is a hopeless cause...
BTW this is an unrooted phone...
ccgeogeek said:
Here is the deal.
The usb port on my EVO 3d fried a few months ago when my kid spilled water on my phone. Everything else worked fine, so I bought some extra batteries and an external charger and would just swap them out. Never had an issue with it until yesterday. The phone was working but the battery was low. I shut it down and waited for all the lights to turn off, took the battery out, put a new one in, and hit the power button. Nothing happened... no red light, home buttons didn't light up, nothing at all. I tried to swap in two other fully charged batteries (stock and non stock) with the same results.
I've tried taking the battery out and holding the power button down, tried holding the camera button + power button, volume up/down and power button, and other various combinations in hope that it works. The problem is that I cannot connect a cable to the phone because the USB is, quite literally, melted - has been for two months.
Is there any hope? Or is this a lost cause. I am reasonably skilled with a soldering iron and considered replacing the USB jack but I don't want to go through the effort if there is an easier way, or if this is a hopeless cause...
BTW this is an unrooted phone...
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If volume down and power button isn't turning it on, I'd say it's toast. You're probably lucky it lasted 2 months after the spill. I wouldn't bother soldering a different usb port likely wouldn't even work even if you could get it done. The contacts/solder points are in very tight spots and a portion of the board itself could be bad since it was wet, which is causing the problem.
If you could get a hold of a really cheap 2nd device say with a broken screen, these phones are very easy to tear down to the main component and swap out.
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If volume down and power button isn't turning it on, I'd say it's toast. You're probably lucky it lasted 2 months after the spill. I wouldn't bother soldering a different usb port likely wouldn't even work even if you could get it done. The contacts/solder points are in very tight spots and a portion of the board itself could be bad since it was wet, which is causing the problem.
If you could get a hold of a really cheap 2nd device say with a broken screen, these phones are very easy to tear down to the main component and swap out.
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Bummer, I figured that would be the case... I've replaced screens from other phones before. I guess I'll try that.
ccgeogeek said:
Bummer, I figured that would be the case... I've replaced screens from other phones before. I guess I'll try that.
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Here's alink to show you the tear down:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1165986
You'd just need to switch out that board of components in the 3rd to last pic. I would suggest checking sites like craigslist first to see if there is one for sale in your area for cheap that you could just activate. I picked up one 2 weeks ago for $80 after I shattered the screen on mine. You should be able to find a broken screen one for darn cheap on ebay just make sure it has a clean ESN or it's going to be worthless.
Hi there, XDA folks!
Mario here with some phone problems..
I have a CDMA Evo 3D running on the stock ROM.
The phone's charging cable was shorting out ever since I bought it (got it 2nd hand). I had to wiggle it in order to get the phone charging.
I gave it to my girlfriend to use it for taking pictures n whatnot while outside of town. She returned it kinda Rambo-ish; the front of the phone basically fell apart.. the front metal grill surrounding it, at least.
Phone worked fine, except for the cable shorting out even more. My laptop shut down every time that happened, so I'm quite sure that's not what caused the problem I'll be explaining later on in this thread.
So let's get to the point, shall we?
My phone was really low on battery, something within the range of 2-5%. I tried charging it, but the wires shorted out again and the laptop died on me.. again, and again, and again..
I couldn't really bother with fiddling around with it until it starts, so I just unplugged it and left it that way.
The phone sat for a few days, my (main) laptop broke, so I decided to give the good ol' Facebook Messenger a go.. sadly, the phone would not turn on or start charging.
I removed the shrink-like wrap around the wires of the USB cable, cut the bad parts and twisted the color-matching wires in order. Sadly, the phone would still not charge.
I tried with another (self-made) USB cable... no luck whatsoever. Just to clarify; the blue wire on the one the phone comes with is ground, right? If not that could of caused the problem, since I connected the blue wire on the mini-usb to the black one on a standard USB plug.
I tried juicing the phone up a tad bit by running 5V on the battery for 15 minutes or so.. didn't really bother going for more, since it's kinda hard to keep 2 wires pressed against the battery for more than that. The phone powered up, but the display did not. There was the low battery sound, volume keys were functional, vibrating feedback was okay.. hell, the phone even took a screenshot when I pressed power button + volume down!
Sadly, that didn't solve anything.. even turned on, it would not charge. The 15-minute charge is good for a minute of red blinking light and fancy glowing buttons, nothing more.
Is the phone dead, or should I give it a hour charge directly and see how that goes?
Thanks in advance to everyone who replies!
i think it'll be good if you buy a universal battery charger for phone. so you can charge your battery without plugged to the phone
apinghed said:
i think it'll be good if you buy a universal battery charger for phone. so you can charge your battery without plugged to the phone
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I am looking for more opinions before I spend cash I don't have on chargers that may not work.
If you or someone else is positive about the display not working because of not enough battery juice, then I'll manually charge the battery for an hour, even though it's uncomfortable as hell to hold 2 wires on the pins for that long.
What's bugging me is that it's not charging once it has just enough juice to power up everything, no display either. I'd like to know if it's doing that, because the battery is too dead to actually start charging up via the phone and whether the display just doesn't work or there's not enough juice for it.
Edit; I bought a chinese charger that charges the battery directly (2pins). The display still does not work and the phone will still not charge via the cable. Could it be a bad cable (and a dead display..)? It seems like the phone itself is responsive - I unlock it, press the "search" button and when I type on the keyboard (that I don't see), it vibrates with every pressed key.
Also, I can hear it taking a screenshot and the volume down/up buttons seem to be working fine.
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Edit; I bought a chinese charger that charges the battery directly (2pins). The display still does not work and the phone will still not charge via the cable. Could it be a bad cable (and a dead display..)? It seems like the phone itself is responsive - I unlock it, press the "search" button and when I type on the keyboard (that I don't see), it vibrates with every pressed key.
Also, I can hear it taking a screenshot and the volume down/up buttons seem to be working fine.
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this is exactly what's been going on with my phone as of a few days ago.
checked the time while it was plugged in, unplugged it...screen froze.
hasn't turned back on since.
the buttons on bottom light up, though.
i can take calls, use my unlock pattern (it takes me a few tries now that i can't see anything) and press the search key for google now.
for all intents and purposes...phone's fully functional...except i can't see anything going on.
i brought my phone into a sprint corp store, they changed the top housing for me screen and all for free.
it was really nice.
but, that didn't change anything.
screen still doesn't change anything.
they said the board probably shorted on screen lead.
have you figured anything out?
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this is exactly what's been going on with my phone as of a few days ago.
checked the time while it was plugged in, unplugged it...screen froze.
hasn't turned back on since.
the buttons on bottom light up, though.
i can take calls, use my unlock pattern (it takes me a few tries now that i can't see anything) and press the search key for google now.
for all intents and purposes...phone's fully functional...except i can't see anything going on.
i brought my phone into a sprint corp store, they changed the top housing for me screen and all for free.
it was really nice.
but, that didn't change anything.
screen still doesn't change anything.
they said the board probably shorted on screen lead.
have you figured anything out?
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Nope, I'm still in the same situation.
Does yours charge?
My phone isn't recognized by my laptop at all, so I'm guessing something is indeed fried. I don't have the appropriate screwdrivers to open it up and inspect the board, otherwise I'd open it up and check it out.
If you have Torx T5 & T3 screwdrivers you should give it a go - post some decent-res pics over here and I'll at least visually inspect it.
I genuinely don't feel like spending more money for tools n whatnot for a phone that may be permanently dead.. planning on getting a second-hand S4 anyways. Waiting on a student loan and smashing this phone to pieces as soon as I get the cash for a new one. Can try and help out for yours if you manage to open it, though. Could be something as simple as a dead resistor that shouldn't be too hard to replace.
I tried the hillbilly method and hit my phone a few times against a wooden bench, that didn't seem to fix it. Pretty positive something's fried, but I'm also guessing it isn't a viable component, having in mind the phone functions normally, even though the display & usb port don't work.. hell, my phone woke me up at 3AM today, 'cause the alarm went off, lol!
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Hi all, was hoping someone could help.
I have recently, last month, changed the battery, so I know it's not the battery. When I plug in a charger the phone is unresponsive, drawing only 0.05amps. if I leave it over night the green led will light up and when I press the power key the screen says 100%. When I try to boot there is no response. I have tried
Power +vol down
Power +vol up
Power +vol up +down
Power and all buttons
For about 30sec but still no boot or anything. I'm thinking maybe fried board, but was hoping software issue. Is there anything i could try to boot it?
Many thanks
Possible that a connector came loose?
Make sure no foreign conductive debris was accidentally introduced... a small loose screw. Check that all screws are in place in the assemblies.
Is the power switch good?
Hi thanks for the reply, I checked there's no loose or foreign object near the charge port. When I assembled the phone all screws were replaced so no loose screws. When the phone is charged ,ie green led I press the power button and the phone activates the screen to display 100%, this tells me the power button is working. Do you have anymore suggestions would be helpful. Many thanks.
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Hi thanks for the reply, I checked there's no loose or foreign object near the charge port. When I assembled the phone all screws were replaced so no loose screws. When the phone is charged ,ie green led I press the power button and the phone activates the screen to display 100%, this tells me the power button is working. Do you have anymore suggestions would be helpful. Many thanks.
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If it won't go into the boot menu it's not looking good. Try a hard reset.
The subassemblies when out of circuit are susceptible to ESD damage. Handle these like a stick of ram particularly the mobo and display. At the very least raise room humidity to 50% and wear all clothes. In addition a earth grounded ESD mat and wrist strap are recommended as are following ESD protocols.
Otherwise you may or may not get away with it.
Hi thanks for the help. Yh the problem occurred during normal use. How would I do a hard reset if no menus are displaying? Many thanks.
charliecheung81 said:
Hi thanks for the help. Yh the problem occurred during normal use. How would I do a hard reset if no menus are displaying? Many thanks.
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Pull battery connection.
Recheck all ribbon connectors while you're at it.
Yep done that still the same. No response. Guess the main board maybe fried.