Hi,
Yesterday my phone got under water. Sicnce it is waterproof, it really didn't matter to me, so I just used it normally. Then I noticed that the SD card wasn't working so I took it out and saw it was wet. I then let my phone "dry up" for a couple of hours and the put the SD card back in and it worked perfectly. I used the phone for about 3 hours and went to bed. I did not put it in the charger, and when I woke up the phone wouldn't turn on. I figured it had to be a dead battery, but I got no response when connecting it to te charger(I tried with several chargers). I left it in the charger for 8 hours while I was at school and when I got home, the LED was blinking RED, but it still won't turn on.
When I connect it to the computer, the LED turns RED and the computer makes the "connected" sound. Then the LED turns black and the "disconnect" souns comes. Then it turns RED again and so on..
Is this a water damage? Or may this be caused by my custom ROM? If it is a water damage are there any way to save it? Or do I have to take it to service? Is this a guarantee thing?
Thanks
Related
Hello,
I was at a concert last night, and took a few pics and videos on my phone..when I put it back in my pocket it became overheated - then the screen went blank. I could feel the heat almost burn my leg. From this the LED flashed a full variety of colours (greens,purple & white) and when pressing the power button nothing happened. It eventually started flashing red as I drove home but refused to come back on. I put it on charge when I got home where it was a very faint white colour LED. I did the manual reset (power&volume down)..nothing.
It's been on charge all night and it was just dead - no light - nothing this morning. I've charged it this morning at work, and there's a white light, sometimes faint, but trying to start it is impossible.
I'm now left phoneless as my spare phone doesn't take the Micro Sim card. I have insurance, but they want a £50 excess - I've contacted Motorola as this seems to be an internal electrical fault, but I was wondering if anyone has any hints or tips as it could be weeks before I have a phone again.
Anyone experienced / managed to sort this themselves?
Laura
Hi Laura, welcome! (I hope BRFC doesn't stand for Bristol Rovers!?)
Are you able to actually turn the phone on at all, ie get any screen to show?
I would imagine that the phone is newish, it's still covered under warranty so it may be worth contacting motorola directly to see if they are able to do anything.
When you plug it into your pc/mac and try and turn it on, does the pc pick up the phone at all?
Yesterday, my phone fell (not very hard, onto a carpeted floor). I picked it up and put it in my pocket without looking.. When I went to check my phone, it was off. I tried to turn it on, but it would only go to the HTC screen, then the screen would go black but the home icons would be lit up. I took the battery out and let it sit for a couple of hours. Tried to put it back in and the phone wouldn't turn on at all. I put it on the charger, it turned red for about 5 seconds, turned off, then repeats. If I try to turn the phone on, the LED light blinks a very dim red for 2 seconds then stops. I can't even hold the volume button and the power button, it just blinks the dim red. As far as I know, it is not rooted. I got it second hand about a year ago after my phone got stolen. I have never had any problems with it other than the camera.. It just stopped working eventually. Help?
Anytime you drop the phone, even if it wasn't a hard hit, it can damage something on the main board, which could be your problem. However, since you say the led is very dim red, that is a sign that the battery itself is damaged and won't charge. I would try to get a cheap battery off ebay to see if that's the problem.
You probably damaged some micro vital componants on your motherboard which is preventing your device to function in a normal way.
must be motherboard, or some other chip
Hi everyone, this is my first post on XDA.
My S3 had a broken screen, so I wanted to get it fixed. The repair shops quoted quite a hefty price for the repair (even though it was just the glass that was, not the digitiser) so I bought a kit to repair it myself. The repair went smoothly, and I didn't need to do anything to the actual LCD display. However, when the repair was finished, the phone would not turn on. I assumed it had a flat battery (it was on 5% when I started the repair) so I plugged the phone in. The phone's LED lit in an orange colour, that i've never seen before. So I left it for 1 hour, then I came back. The phone still had an orange LED lit. The phone would not turn on. I kept the plug in and took the battery out and the phone vibrated. Then I plugged the phone back in and a red LED lit. I've left it like that for 2 hours, and the phone would still not turn on. I plugged it back into my PC and the LED lit green. The phone would still not turn on but the PC showed "GT-I9300" as a Media Device in the File Explorer but it didn't have anything on it. The phone now displays a green LED whenever I plug it into any normal charger. When I unplug it, the power button makes the phone vibrate when I press it.
Please could you help me? I need a phone.
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Jonathan
Red led is charging, green led is charged. Orange led.. Never known it to use orange so i assume its a fault.
It does seem like the phone is booted up and running yet the screen shows nothing. Possibly halted in post?. Have you double checked your work for loose connections etc?. What are the chances of the replacement being faulty?.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
I didn't actually remove or do anything to the LCD, so it can't be lose connections etc.
I left it overnight on the green LED and it still isn't turning on, plugged in or not.
I'm going to call Samsung to see if they can fix anything or if I need a replacement phone (its about 3 years old so not under warranty though)
It isn't turned on, I tried calling the phone and it went straight to voicemail. And I get no startup sounds, nothing.
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Jonathan
Samsung will charge if it's out of warranty.
So what exactly did you do if you didnt disassemble it?
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
Going to send it off to Samsung. I literally removed the screen's glass and placed a new one on.
Can you do that without damaging the digitiser? I would have thought they'd be "married" in some way or other ie glue.
I wish I stole my HTC M9.
I have 2 years now with my Z2.
I was using it for taking some pictures, i put the phone on my desk and suddenly needed to take another photo, but i notice it wont unlock/turn on/turn off.
I connected it to a wall charger, nothing happened, i pressed the red button by the sim card, nothing happened, no key combo will turn it on, no display, no led, no warm in the back.
Is it dead? I had 78% battery when i took the last picture, phone didn't show any sympthon of failure.
Connect it to a PC to see what is being recognized.
Sent from a concrete forest.
This isn't the first time this has happened. It seems to always happen when I plug the phone in to be charged. Most of the time I can get it back on with a hard reset using the lock key and volume down key. This has happened once before where I had to plug it into a computer, I did it this time and still, nothing.
Last night I plugged it in, it still had about 40% of a charge, I know It could have lasted the night without charging so I know that even if it didn't charge, there'd still be enough juice to turn it on now. Anyway, after a few minutes on the charge, I went to check it and screen wouldn't turn on, the red charging LED was on indicating it was plugged in... I unplugged it and started to do the force reset to get it back on. LED went off the moment I unplugged it and since then it's been like a dead fish.
I've plugged it into my computer, hard reset with every combo I can think of. Took the sim card and SD cards out, tried to reset again. My computer makes its typical noise when things are plugged into it, so it see's that it's there but nothing is happening.
It could be a hardware issue maybe? I hardly ever drop the phone but maybe a piece of hardware finally gave up inside?
Personally. I think technology should work flawlessly. I hate tech and I'm about ready to take a hammer to this thing. Any other possible ideas?