Hi All,
My S2 just died two days back while getting charged. The phone just won't turn on. This happened once previously and i got my motherboard replaced from the Samsung Authorised Service Centre at the cost of INR 9,000 [USD 150] (almost at 1/3rd the purchasing price of the phone).
This time i went to a third party repair vendor in Mumbai, India called phonecare.in
They are telling me that the power IC on the motherboard has fried and it needs to be replaced quoting a price of INR 2,000 [USD 30]. They also advised me that overcharging the phone like keeping it on charge while sleeping makes the IC burn out. Is that true? Please let me know.
Also, any Indian users here, please let me know your feedback on phonecare.in as well.
regards,
Nandi
shuvabrata said:
Hi All,
My S2 just died two days back while getting charged. The phone just won't turn on. This happened once previously and i got my motherboard replaced from the Samsung Authorised Service Centre at the cost of INR 9,000 [USD 150] (almost at 1/3rd the purchasing price of the phone).
This time i went to a third party repair vendor in Mumbai, India called phonecare.in
They are telling me that the power IC on the motherboard has fried and it needs to be replaced quoting a price of INR 2,000 [USD 30]. They also advised me that overcharging the phone like keeping it on charge while sleeping makes the IC burn out. Is that true? Please let me know.
Also, any Indian users here, please let me know your feedback on phonecare.in as well.
regards,
Nandi
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dude i have also same problem..
does your problem solved after changing POWER IC ???
i am also from INDIA
Replied to your PM
Well, I too faced the same problem.
Do you have an update to share?
I bought my S2 in June, 2011.
Day before yesterday it was connected to my PC via USB and suddenly it just stuck on boot screen.
No Recovery mode but, yes I could access Download mode. (I still can access Download mode)
I tried flashing the stock firmware but it would not pass NAND WRITE START..tried flashing siyah kernel...would not pass NAND WRITE START.
Showed it at a local service centre..They say I need a motherboard replacement (standard answer)...Cost: Rs. 8,852/-
My phone was pretty good till date & if I don't get it serviced it would just be an "EXPENSIVE PAPERWEIGHT".
I just want to ask if a JTAG can solve the problem? Or like you suggested in your post.. by changing the power IC ?
If not, is it viable to spend so much on a 2.7 year old phone?
Any suggestions?
shuvabrata said:
Hi All,
My S2 just died two days back while getting charged. The phone just won't turn on. This happened once previously and i got my motherboard replaced from the Samsung Authorised Service Centre at the cost of INR 9,000 [USD 150] (almost at 1/3rd the purchasing price of the phone).
This time i went to a third party repair vendor in Mumbai, India called phonecare.in
They are telling me that the power IC on the motherboard has fried and it needs to be replaced quoting a price of INR 2,000 [USD 30]. They also advised me that overcharging the phone like keeping it on charge while sleeping makes the IC burn out. Is that true? Please let me know.
Also, any Indian users here, please let me know your feedback on phonecare.in as well.
regards,
Nandi
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MaulikS said:
Well, I too faced the same problem.
Do you have an update to share?
I bought my S2 in June, 2011.
Day before yesterday it was connected to my PC via USB and suddenly it just stuck on boot screen.
No Recovery mode but, yes I could access Download mode. (I still can access Download mode)
I tried flashing the stock firmware but it would not pass NAND WRITE START..tried flashing siyah kernel...would not pass NAND WRITE START.
Showed it at a local service centre..They say I need a motherboard replacement (standard answer)...Cost: Rs. 8,852/-
My phone was pretty good till date & if I don't get it serviced it would just be an "EXPENSIVE PAPERWEIGHT".
I just want to ask if a JTAG can solve the problem? Or like you suggested in your post.. by changing the power IC ?
If not, is it viable to spend so much on a 2.7 year old phone?
Any suggestions?
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i told you to ask for local repair shops.. what they said ???
have you asked for POWER IC replacement or replacing motherboard ??
ask prices from them ?
does your phone camera right side's heats up where POWER IC is located ?? mine gets heat up on charging ..
akhil17kr said:
i told you to ask for local repair shops.. what they said ???
have you asked for POWER IC replacement or replacing motherboard ??
ask prices from them ?
does your phone camera right side's heats up where POWER IC is located ?? mine gets heat up on charging ..
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mine have same problem heat up on charging no recovery no download mode.may be JTAG can solve our problem
JTAG very very unlikely to work, so don't pay somebody upfront to try a JTAG - only try a JTAG if they're prepared to do so on the basis of 'you only pay them if a JTAG is possible/successful' or you're just throwing money away you could be putting towards actually having the phone fixed.
the local repair shop owner said it'll take 3-4 days to replace the Motherboard so i told him to call me when he'll get the motherboard as he doesn't have currently in his shop..
SO he'll call me within 3-4 days when he'll receive motherboard and I'll get my motherboard replace from him... he has already told me it'll be genuine and I've pics of my old Motherboard for future reference in case he'll do some other stuff on my Old Motherboard to wok it again..
BTW does Imie changes when motherboard gets replaced ???
and can i check on my motherboard at home whether which part of it if gets Shot-circuited or not ???
akhil17kr said:
the local repair shop owner said it'll take 3-4 days to replace the Motherboard so i told him to call me when he'll get the motherboard as he doesn't have currently in his shop..
SO he'll call me within 3-4 days when he'll receive motherboard and I'll get my motherboard replace from him... he has already told me it'll be genuine and I've pics of my old Motherboard for future reference in case he'll do some other stuff on my Old Motherboard to wok it again..
BTW does Imie changes when motherboard gets replaced ???
and can i check on my motherboard at home whether which part of it if gets Shot-circuited or not ???
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Did any of you try changing the power IC? I was so dumb that I missed to back up some data..
I also face the same issues, phone dead; and power IC (area near the camera) heating up while charging the phone..
I just want to get my data out..:crying: Please help!!
To add there is no short circuit and the service center has advised to change the motherboard.. My friends have the same issue, we got the phone together in June 2011.
Joe_Nalin said:
Did any of you try changing the power IC? I was so dumb that I missed to back up some data..
I also face the same issues, phone dead; and power IC (area near the camera) heating up while charging the phone..
I just want to get my data out..:crying: Please help!!
To add there is no short circuit and the service center has advised to change the motherboard.. My friends have the same issue, we got the phone together in June 2011.
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Hey bro so your S2 problem gets solved or not ?
What did you do finally ?
Tell me..
akhil17kr said:
Hey bro so your S2 problem gets solved or not ?
What did you do finally ?
Tell me..
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Phone is safe (dead) with me, I bought a OPO the same week. Being without a phone was impossible.
I had some contacts backup which was a year old and that helped to get about 80% of my contacts.
No use
I also had the same problem.i went to the samsung service center in chennai, they said it needs a mother board replacement which will costs me 9000RS so i took back my phone. Now i dont know what to do with it.
You have 2 options......
1) pay for the repair.
2) bin the phone and buy something else.
Replacing individual components on these boards is near impossible......nobody can give you a 100% guarantee of success, unless they have access to Samsung's automated computer controlled production line.....hand soldering simply is not possible.
This is why the only realistic option to repair the device is to replace the entire board....If anybody tells you any different, they're trying to con you.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg
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Hello,
Does anyone know what is Replaced PBA. My Vibrant won't turn on, and I send it for repair with Samsung in Texas. This is what Samsung Repair told me
Original Problem:
Technical Inquiry
Power
No Power Up
Problem found:
BAD BGA COMPONENT
WARRANTY, REPLACE PART
Solution:
Replaced PBA
I searched the forum and found many PBA replaced. Does anyone know what is being replace?
Power Button Actuator? I dunno, just a random guess
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Hello,
Does anyone know what is Replaced PBA. My Vibrant won't turn on, and I send it for repair with Samsung in Texas. This is what Samsung Repair told me
Original Problem:
Technical Inquiry
Power
No Power Up
Problem found:
BAD BGA COMPONENT
WARRANTY, REPLACE PART
Solution:
Replaced PBA
I searched the forum and found many PBA replaced. Does anyone know what is being replace?
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I sent my captivate in as I blew away the nv_data.bin. They sent mine back today and it says the same thing. I wonder if is means they just replace the mainboard in a lot of cases instead of dealing with fixing smaller issues??
Romeo20 said:
Hello,
Does anyone know what is Replaced PBA. My Vibrant won't turn on, and I send it for repair with Samsung in Texas. This is what Samsung Repair told me
Original Problem:
Technical Inquiry
Power
No Power Up
Problem found:
BAD BGA COMPONENT
WARRANTY, REPLACE PART
Solution:
Replaced PBA
I searched the forum and found many PBA replaced. Does anyone know what is being replace?
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pba it has to do with your bluetooth I thinkhttp://www.phonescoop.com/glossary/term.php?gid=323
I actually found some samsung repair manuals online for other phones and they seemed to have a theme to refer to the mainboard as a PBA.
phone board assembly (main board)
Yeah i know right! My phone is bootloader bricked they charged me for liquid damage the PBA board ! WTF !
Did they charged you ?
sad2903 said:
Yeah i know right! My phone is bootloader bricked they charged me for liquid damage the PBA board ! WTF !
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How much did they charge you?
nzahorchak said:
How much did they charge you?
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I hard bricked my phone. Samsung replaced PCB for FREE . No Charge
It's on the way back to ME
They replaced my PBA too
I sent in my Samsung Vibrant for repair because it would not turn on. The phone wouldn't turn on, and it wouldn't even show any signs of life at all. When I plugged it into the wall, I didn't even get a battery charging logo showing up on the display. Just totally dead.
I think it was my fault, as this problem occurred when I was trying to put Android 2.3 on the phone, and I was messing around with replacing the Bootloader.
Anyway, I got lucky and my phone has been repaired. This is the message I got from Samsung Repair Center.
Original Problem:
TECHNICAL INQUIRY - POWER - WILL NOT POWER UP
Problem found:
NO POWER UP
Solution:
REPLACED PBA
hard brick
i hard bricked my phone also and said that the graphics was going corrupt and screen kept changing colour samsung replaced the motherboard of my gt n7000 note for free without checking the flash counter proberly because it was dead and there was know way of finding out i flashed it
It just means you guys had your Peanut Butter Assembly replaced
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I hard bricked my phone. Samsung replaced PCB for FREE . No Charge
It's on the way back to ME
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Do you have a warranty?
What are you looking at shortbus......
sim card abuse wtf i call text and surf
PBA...
Samsung told me it is a component of the main circuit board im on a T-mobile affiliate iwireless in nw iowa (t-mobile under different name) my phone froze up wile i was in t-mobile "nation" they (Samsung) had me do a master reset take batt out for 15 sec...with batt out press power vol up vol dwn and home (two hands two thumbs and two fingers to do it ) hold 20 sec...release replace batt power vol up vol down till powers back on ...bla bla that worked to power phone how ever it also wiped my imei, software ver phone number and network out was all unknown out locked my phone to t-moble only and would not even see sim card samsoung basically it reset further than was expected send it in to get re flashed.......
*06/13/2012//12:10:17//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
6/13/2012 11:09 AM-Julio P: The unit is shipped.
*06/13/2012//12:10:11//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
6/13/2012 11:08 AM-Julio P: No hold amount
*06/13/2012//09:35:32//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
6/13/2012 8:34 AM-Jesus Falcon: The unit has left the technician. SOLUTION: Replaced Component - Replaced PBA
*06/12/2012//14:55:21//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
6/12/2012 1:55 PM-Jesus Falcon: The unit has left the technician. SOLUTION: Replaced Component - Replaced PBA
*06/09/2012//09:34:13//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
6/9/2012 8:33 AM-Ivon Mazon: The unit has been received. Pack Condition: Fair Packaging (Orig. Box & Cushion)
*06/09/2012//09:34:13//0001773863//Telephone//ASC*
6/9/2012 8:33 AM-Ivon Mazon: Accessory: BATTERY,BATTERY COVER
*06/05/2012//10:44:46//STAC017//Telephone//Customer*......
Original Problem:
ACCESSORY - MEMORY CARD / CARD READER - CANNOT READ/WRITE FROM CARD
Problem found:
SIM CARD ABUSE - WILL NOT CHARGE - LOCK UP DURING OPERATION (SW)
Solution:
REPLACED COMPONENT - REPLACED PBA
When replacing the PBA, does it send it back to stock mode automatically? I'm worried they will see I'm rooted and unlocked. I can't unroot and lock with the inability to power the device lol.
Metroba said:
When replacing the PBA, does it send it back to stock mode automatically? I'm worried they will see I'm rooted and unlocked. I can't unroot and lock with the inability to power the device lol.
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probably too late to help you but just FYI I worked as a repair tech when at&t was still cingular and unless there was a reason for me to care that you did something (ie rooted, unlocked, flashed etc) I would never know if there is a noticable hardware problem (like the ones that were listed as "replaced PBA" ) you fix the hardware (replace it with new one no actuall fixing going on) then flash a stock rom and run tests to check it works and send it out the door due to the volume of phones a tech is expected to deal with no matter what story they may tell you does not actually "void the warranty" it does if you "broke" the phone by what you did yes but if there is an actuall hardware problem they will just fix it and never even look to see if you did any rooting, flashing etc
CNPthe3rd
Same here with samsung exhibit 4g. Phone was randomly powering down. 1st RMA didn't solve anything, reflashed, returned. 2nd RMA replaced PBA. Is my phone still unlocked or do i need to go through unlocking again?
I bought a brand new Galaxy S2 in December 2011 and have been enjoying it for a week till I found an Audio jack issue. The issue must have been there right from the moment I unboxed the phone, as I didn't find time to test all features of the phone in a week time. wherein if I remove the ear phones, loud speaker won't work. Later, when I took the phone to service centre, they concluded that the audio jack wasn't triggering the ear-phone removal signal.
Since it was a brand new phone, I demanded a replacement at the service centre. But they refused a replacement, stating some unwritten policy, that phone's life exceeded 15 days from purchase date (since I ordered the phone online, it took me 7 days to get delivered + 7 days of owning it without knowing the issue + weekends). I called up the zonal manager and he too refused for a replacement but promised me to replace the mother board of the phone.
Since I insisted that the repairing work at factory is different from service centres in terms of ESD safety, he promised me that I can be present personally while the service engineer repairs the phone. He also promised that Samsung service centres are at par with the factory standards. Without an option, I had to agree for a repair on a brand new phone for no mistake of mine. When the service engineer was repairing the phone, the front desk people were roaming inside the service area (inside ESD safe zone marked with yellow lines) without ESD safe slippers or bands. I was harassed for quoting that they are not following ESD standards. Having worked in an electronic manufacturing industry for years, I know that moving inside an ESD safe zone may spoil the electronic components in long run. For having said that I was harassed badly by the service manager. When I brought this to zonal manager's notice, he promised me that there won't be any fault in the future. I demanded his promise in a written format but he refused. As any other citizens of this country (with very weak consumer protection), I have been living with the phone happily but not for long
After 5 months, on a Tuesday morning the phone is completely dead and wouldn't boot up while the battery if fully charged. Last known usage was on Monday night when I hooked up the phone to the charger before going to sleep. I still remember that I woke up from my sleep to plug out the phone from wall charger as soon as I heard the charge-full beep. Next day morning, the display wasn't coming up.
Diagnosis from my end:
1. Removed and re-inserted the battery. Doesn't boot.
2. Press and hold the power button for a minute after removing the battery. Doesn't boot.
3. The phone doesn't get into recovery mode.
4. Swapped batteries from my friends phones and still it doesn't boot. But my phone's battery worked in their phone.
I strongly believe it's due to the board replacement undertaken outside factory without following ESD standards or due to the replacement board itself which I suspect to be a re-furbished one. This time I didn't want to give up and demanded a fresh replacement phone but the service manager disagreed again. So, I wrote to the Samsung CEO desk and they are dealing with the case for the past 10 days without much progress.
Kindly give your suggestions if I should continue to live with a faulty phone after paying 30K or get a replacement phone since it's a factory fault. Also, suggest me if I could approach consumer court for all the losses (precious data, loss of peace and all the hardships I'm undergoing).
Thanks in advance.
Deva
Well. Sounds like hardware issue. Could be a lemon, could be a refurbished phone. It should be covered under 1 year warranty anyway, so just take it back and ask them to repair it.
Btw, this should be in the Q&A section.
hmyoo1 said:
Well. Sounds like hardware issue. Could be a lemon, could be a refurbished phone. It should be covered under 1 year warranty anyway, so just take it back and ask them to repair it.
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I have already visited the service and they are ready for a repair. Since the phone has underwent a main board replacement very soon after purchase and again the service centre says a board replacement needs to be done now for the boot issue, is it unfair to ask for a fresh phone instead of repeated repairs? and who knows, after another 5-6 months (post warranty) if the phone comes up with another board fault, I will have to pay the board cost from my pocket. All this for a lemon I've got.
pdydeva said:
I have already visited the service and they are ready for a repair. Since the phone has underwent a main board replacement very soon after purchase and again the service centre says a board replacement needs to be done now for the boot issue, is it unfair to ask for a fresh phone instead of repeated repairs? and who knows, after another 5-6 months (post warranty) if the phone comes up with another board fault, I will have to pay the board cost from my pocket. All this for a lemon I've got.
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Unfortunately there's nothing more you can do. It depends on the shop that you purchased from, but usually if the phone is found to be faulty within a week or two, they will replace with new one. But, obviously for you it's well past that.
After almost 15 days of struggle, I managed to get 3 months of extended warranty for the product.
I've read a few posts around the internet about peoples galaxy s3s just dying and not turning back on, even after charging. This happened me last week. It wouldn't reboot either. I brought it back to the shop and they were unsuccessful there too. They sent it away to be fixed and are now saying that there is damage to the system connector (they said this is where the charger goes in). They are saying its my fault and I have to pay to have it repaired. I know I haven't done anything that would have damaged this. Anyone any ideas about what I should do? I think someone somewhere is just trying to get a bit of money from me!
If you have sent it to the AUTHORIZED service center than you dont have choice than to pay and get it fixed but if not than get your device back and than send it to the authorized samsung service center, you will have a better recomendation...
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I've read a few posts around the internet about peoples galaxy s3s just dying and not turning back on, even after charging. This happened me last week. It wouldn't reboot either. I brought it back to the shop and they were unsuccessful there too. They sent it away to be fixed and are now saying that there is damage to the system connector (they said this is where the charger goes in). They are saying its my fault and I have to pay to have it repaired. I know I haven't done anything that would have damaged this. Anyone any ideas about what I should do? I think someone somewhere is just trying to get a bit of money from me!
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Its damaged then you need to go to court to prove your word against them .
If you put in a wrong connecter force a connector or bend a connector you can damage the connection pins .
I would ask for the engineers report as to the problem to decide if you are indeed to blame . Bents pins etc then no argument its damaged by the user .
jje
Ok so my father in law was updating an app in the play store on his galaxy S2 and it crashed the phone on the update. He pulled the battery out and now it will not switch on. If you plug the charger in you get no display. He has a spare battery and has tried that and still nothing. I have experience with flashing rooms on my galaxy note so any tips to get his phone working again would be great. He is with Vodafone in the UK.
Spendy said:
Ok so my father in law was updating an app in the play store on his galaxy S2 and it crashed the phone on the update. He pulled the battery out and now it will not switch on. If you plug the charger in you get no display. He has a spare battery and has tried that and still nothing. I have experience with flashing rooms on my galaxy note so any tips to get his phone working again would be great. He is with Vodafone in the UK.
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Can you get into Recovery or Download mode? If not,then motherboard is probably faulty.
GamingDj said:
Can you get into Recovery or Download mode? If not,then motherboard is probably faulty.
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I can't get into either weird though as he said before the play store decided to update the app it was working fine.
Spendy said:
I can't get into either weird though as he said before the play store decided to update the app it was working fine.
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plug in the charger and keep it for sme time
if u feel that the area near the camera is gettin hot then u have a dead motherboard
if u have it in warranty then get it to the service center they wud replace the motherboard
Service centre.
MistahBungle said:
Service centre.
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Phone warranty expired on the 19/06/13 Vodafone unwilling to help, Oh well. Thanks for everyone input
Try a local mobile shop. And a service centre might still fix it for you, they'll just charge through the nose for it. Your best bet is to get a 2nd hand motherboard from a donor phone (eBay/Google) & either swap it in yourself or pay a local mobile repair shop to do it. Or given how long you've had the phone, get a new one.
neerajganga said:
plug in the charger and keep it for sme time
if u feel that the area near the camera is gettin hot then u have a dead motherboard
if u have it in warranty then get it to the service center they wud replace the motherboard
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Damn ... have the same problem (phone died from one moment on the other, no reaction to any buttons and/or cables, no charging. Battery is fine).
So I searched and found a shop that claims it can resurrect such a dead phone. So I packed my dead phone with the battery attached into a plastic bag and was about to send it in, when I noticed the device was VERY WARM ... So it seems something inside is still alive or at least is wasting battery ... Do you think my motherboard has died, too?
Does it get hot near the camera?
If so, send it away.
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the phone on like usual , put aside.. when want to use take it and saw it in boot screen.., wait quite long still stuck there.. take off battery and put back in straight cant turn on.. any idea to revive it?
download/cwm mode both not working... tried press 3 together and insert battery also no respond.. charge no respond too... is it mobo dead symtom?
EDIT: Charge it will hot but no respond
Same advice as this thread (I.E try the things I suggested to that person); though in your case it's 99.999999% likely you're going to need a motherboard replacement if you intend to keep the phone.
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Same advice as this thread (I.E try the things I suggested to that person); though in your case it's 99.999999% likely you're going to need a motherboard replacement if you intend to keep the phone.
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i cant find usb jig over here...
the person sttill able to go downlad or cwm.. this phone unable to turn on.. tried jump start by holding 3 button and insert battery do not work..
can i know how long should i hold the 3 button? as the post say too many people release early..
if the mobo really spoilt, will it affect the internal memory? for example i sell it to faulty phone shop, do they able to recover? if not maybe sell it and get a new phone
1) You hold the buttons as long as you have to - if it hasn't booted into download mode having held the buttons for twenty seconds, it won't be ever.
2) You can order a jig on eBay; you don't have to find one 'over here'.
3) Nobody can access your internal memory (including you). It's probably dead anyway.
If you decide to keep the phone, you get a motherboard replacement. If you sell it as is, expect to get very little money for it (the only part useful to someone else will probably be the screen).
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1) You hold the buttons as long as you have to - if it hasn't booted into download mode having held the buttons for twenty seconds, it won't be ever.
2) You can order a jig on eBay; you don't have to find one 'over here'.
3) Nobody can access your internal memory (including you). It's probably dead anyway.
If you decide to keep the phone, you get a motherboard replacement. If you sell it as is, expect to get very little money for it (the only part useful to someone else will probably be the screen).
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it will turn hot when i plug charger on it.. so it considered death too?
planning to sell it out but only concern people have chance revive it back and get data inside..
Correct. Heat at the back + no boot = one or more components on the motherboard have died. It is impossible to read the data off an EMMC in these situations
As I said in my PP, if you sell it, the only thing which be useful for whomever buys it is the screen, assuming they don't replace the motherboard & get the phone working again, and as the EMMC is on the motherboard, new board = new EMMC.
Nobody is going to access your data if you sell it (and even if they could, why would they ? You're paranoid/read too much of the hysteria the tech media push as 'journalism'); it's gone (and I'm not saying this again, twice is my limit).
MistahBungle said:
Correct. Heat at the back + no boot = one or more components on the motherboard have died. It is impossible to read the data off an EMMC in these situations
As I said in my PP, if you sell it, the only thing which be useful for whomever buys it is the screen, assuming they don't replace the motherboard & get the phone working again, and as the EMMC is on the motherboard, new board = new EMMC.
Nobody is going to access your data if you sell it (and even if they could, why would they ? You're paranoid/read too much of the hysteria the tech media push as 'journalism'); it's gone (and I'm not saying this again, twice is my limit).
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credit card data etc.. the phone is my bro 1.. i just asking... yesterday he told be that he bring to phone shop for last time before purchase.. the phone repair people say IC dead,, replace cost less than 100.. but dont know which IC, data depend on which IC...
You can replace the entire motherboard for around the same price. We've seen a number of posts over the past 12 mths or so with this 'replace power IC' fix suggested, but nobody has posted after saying the repair was carried out successfully.
It involves replacing an individual component on the motherboard, these components are tiny, and Samsung service centres/almost all other repairers won't even attempt such a repair. If this repair is unsuccessful, you will end up having to pay for a motherboard replacement + the cost of the failed repair.
So if the plan is to keep the phone, insist on motherboard replacement. You can source a 2nd hand one online yourself & pay a mobile repair shop to do the replacement (and many mobile repair shops may even be able to source one for you), and as I said in my first para, this will cost you not a lot more than what you've been quoted for this dubious repair, but you will pretty much guarantee to fix the phone first time unless there's other components not working.
By all means choose the option you've been given (replacing the individual component), but be aware there's a fair chance it may not work, and if this is the case you'll end up with extra expense if you end up needing the motherboard replaced.
If it was me, I'd want it fixed right the first time.
Anyways, this is my last post to this thread. Nothing personal, but I've given you the options, up to you/your brother to decide what you want to do, no amount of further to-ing/fro-ing in this thread is going to change that.