Hi Guys,
I managed to brick my P9000 whilst trying to root it.
It doesn't power up at all and even the battery doesn't show when charging (it was at 95% before I broke it).
None of the SP Flash tool versions detect it but it does show up as a MediaTek DA USB VCOM in device manager so it can't be that bad..... can it?
Please help, I've only had the thing for 2 days
vortecks said:
Hi Guys,
I managed to brick my P9000 whilst trying to root it.
It doesn't power up at all and even the battery doesn't show when charging (it was at 95% before I broke it).
None of the SP Flash tool versions detect it but it does show up as a MediaTek DA USB VCOM in device manager so it can't be that bad..... can it?
Please help, I've only had the thing for 2 days
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Do you have the proper SP Drivers installed?
Yes, it was working ok when I first tried it. I managed to flash a custom ROM but then decided to go back to original and root it....that's when the problem happened
Ok..... I fixed it!
If anyone has the same problem, you have to remove the back cover, take out 4 screws (to gain access to the battery connector), disconnect the battery and plug it back in.
I warn you, it's not easy!
vortecks said:
Ok..... I fixed it!
If anyone has the same problem, you have to remove the back cover, take out 4 screws (to gain access to the battery connector), disconnect the battery and plug it back in.
I warn you, it's not easy!
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Too late but....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=66850690
Greetings
Vsrookie
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vsrookie said:
Too late but....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=66850690
Greetings
Vsrookie
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Thanks for that, I could have done with it a couple of days ago
Taking a brand new phone apart when there's zero instruction on how to do it, is rather nerving!
vortecks said:
Thanks for that, I could have done with it a couple of days ago
Taking a brand new phone apart when there's zero instruction on how to do it, is rather nerving!
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Having just softbricked my P9000 - phone now completely unresponsive after a successful flash using SP Tools using a stock image - I'd appreciate a litle help
How do you start the process of removing the back cover? I can't see anywhere to start prying it up...
nephster said:
Having just softbricked my P9000 - phone now completely unresponsive after a successful flash using SP Tools using a stock image - I'd appreciate a litle help
How do you start the process of removing the back cover? I can't see anywhere to start prying it up...
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I used a scalpel and slowly started at one corner (obviously between the case and the back cover).
It does take quite a while and you have to be careful where the power/volume buttons are - the ribbon has some adhesive on it which sticks to the back cover.
What I suggest is work your way around by levering the back off with a scalpel (the point of the blade) until you can see inside but be careful, don't run anything under the cover to make things quicker, you stand a chance of damaging the ribbon cables. When it's free, gently lift the case from the opposite side to the power button and you'll be able to slide something in, to ease the ribbon cable from the case. I can only go by my own experience but yours might not have the adhesive between the ribbon cables and the case.
After the cover is off, it's just a case of removing a few screws and a few bits of plastic and popping the battery connector off and back on again.
All the best with it
Tony
vortecks said:
All the best with it
Tony
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Cheers Tony. Fingers crossed! Guess I don't have much to lose...
nephster said:
Guess I don't have much to lose...
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That's the same thing I said
You may find this video useful although I couldn't get it apart with a plectrum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-KxuFfv7rk
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That's the same thing I said
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Thanks a mill Tony, and Vsrookie for the tips in your post.
I've aged ten years. Unplugging the battery alone didn't sort my problem, but I was able to get back to a booting, working phone (in bits!) after a lot of back and forth with SP Tools, META mode and installing drivers at the correct times.
Putting the bloody thing back together was something else, though. Back cover wouldn't fit back on properly at the top (turned out, one bit of the fingerprint assembly's lugs on the left was over rather than under the rim of the phone, keeping the cover from snapping down) . Then, while fiddling with this, the ****ing power button fell out, which led to having to figure out how it worked in order to attempt to put it back in.
Long story short, all sorted out, completely stock and wiped, and can now be returned to Amazon - unfortunately I'm frequently getting the dreaded sim tray errors with the SD and SIM cards and NFC won't work with my transit company's app so won't be keeping it... ho hum.
Either way, I'm glad you got it sorted mate. They're certainly not the easiest phone to take apart (and successfully put back together)
sorry to jump a dead thread but im new here and dont know how to make a new one, i have a elephone p9000 and i believe ive soft bricked it, i have access to the battery, my computer doesn't detect it under driver manager (it detects an unknown device(i have the correct drivers installed)) the problem occurred when sp flashtools crashed halfway through flashing a new ROM (now the phone wont boot and is stuck on the white elephone logo and i cant get into recovery) really stuck any help is greatly appriciated
Have you tried a stock ROM?
PS I was born in Boney Hay Road
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Have you tried a stock ROM?
PS I was born in Boney Hay Road
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awesome about being from burntwood man, yeah i was trying to flash a stock rom when sp flashtools crashed
Sorry mate, I'm not really the person to answer. I was lucky really and I only needed to unplug the battery. I know it'll only be a soft-brick, it's apparently impossible to hard-brick them.
Hopefully, someone will be along with the answer
i managed to disconnect battery and connect my p9000 to my pc, but when flash with sp flash tool , i keep getting brom error : status_ext_ram_exception. can somebody explain to me what should i do, tq
after disconnect battery P9000 doesn´t work
Hello Guys,
I need your help.
I was trying to come back and old ROM of my new ELE P9000 for rooting it. I used Flash Tool (FT) and everything went fine; the firm was formatted and reinstalled and FT showed the "okay" message. After that, I tried to switch on the mobile but it does not work, even I can not open the Recovery System. FT does not recognize the Phone and I can not reinstall a firm; I am afraid it died.
I read this useful forum (thank you for sharing) and I switched off the battery as indicated (I think) but after reconnect the yellow cable of the battery and reinstall the screws and fix everything two times, the phone does not switch on, recovery system does not work and FT does not recognize the mobile and I can not reinstall software. Level battery shall be almost 50%.
I would like to attach pics about the surgery I did and I would like to know if it was done right or not, but I do not how to insert it.
Please, advises/instructios for realive the phone.
Thank you in advance
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I would like to attach pics about the surgery I did and I would like to know if it was done right or not, but I do not how to insert it.
Please, advises/instructios for realive the phone.
Thank you in advance
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You first need to upload your pictures to a filehost like ZimageZ and they give you code to insert here in the forum.
Trying to figure out the META mode for Elephone P9000
nephster said:
Thanks a mill Tony, and Vsrookie for the tips in your post.
I've aged ten years. Unplugging the battery alone didn't sort my problem, but I was able to get back to a booting, working phone (in bits!) after a lot of back and forth with SP Tools, META mode and installing drivers at the correct times.
Putting the bloody thing back together was something else, though. Back cover wouldn't fit back on properly at the top (turned out, one bit of the fingerprint assembly's lugs on the left was over rather than under the rim of the phone, keeping the cover from snapping down) . Then, while fiddling with this, the ****ing power button fell out, which led to having to figure out how it worked in order to attempt to put it back in.
Long story short, all sorted out, completely stock and wiped, and can now be returned to Amazon - unfortunately I'm frequently getting the dreaded sim tray errors with the SD and SIM cards and NFC won't work with my transit company's app so won't be keeping it... ho hum.
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Sharing the fate here but can you tell me steps how did you get into the META mode (what buttons did you kept pressed while inserting the phone to computer, did you have your battery on etc. Thanks.
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For the past day or two my phone has been enabling car mode.
I haven't made any major updates in a while either. What is really pissing me off is that it's disabling any sound coming from the phone and it is closing some apps instantly. It is happening whether my phone is plugged in or not, and if i want to use the phone for storage over usb and car mode decides to activate the computer claims it has been disconnected though the phone says it's still charging.
Is there any way to get rid of it? I don't have a car, or any sort of dock for the phone. I really have no use for whatever it was meant to do and I'd really like it gone...
Any ideas/suggestions?
I never had a problem with car mode activating at random, however I hate car mode and the Google car app with a burning passion, so what I did is...
- Uninstalled the Google Car Home app via Titanium Backup
- Downloaded (and subsequently purchased) the app NoDock. NoDock prevents your phone from going into car mode altogether, and its saved me a lot of frustration. I think its $1.99, but don't quote me. There's a trial you can get first for 7 days, I'd recommend that.
That;s obviously a road requiring you pay to fix the problem (and it might not even...) However, if your phone is acting abnormal for no reason, ie you haven't neglected it or played soccer with it, then vzw should replace it... But I have no experience with that, so that's all I've got for ya, sorry! Best of luck.
I looked for the trial version ad it doesn't seem to be out there anymore... The full version still advertises it as to use the trial before buying, but I can't seem to find it...
At this point the phone isn't making any progress charging and it is continuously connecting/disconnecting from the computer...
If it doesn't start working might have to un-root and bring it in >.>
my tbolt lately as well activates car mode when i am in the car but i hate it and want it dead... it happened after installing gingeritis.... but it also did it on das bamf gb... i refuse to give up my gb so i will execute the app!!
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my tbolt lately as well activates car mode when i am in the car but i hate it and want it dead... it happened after installing gingeritis.... but it also did it on das bamf gb... i refuse to give up my gb so i will execute the app!!
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Well, deleting Google's Car Home app will prevent that from launching, however, the Thunderbolt itself has a "car mode" that it will enable when the dock trigger is activated. So, unfortunately, simply deleting the Car Home app might not solve your entire problem, but its worth a shot nonetheless. Also, I'm not sure that NoDock will work with a GB-based ROM, but that, too, is worth giving a try!
bobz1993 said:
I looked for the trial version ad it doesn't seem to be out there anymore... The full version still advertises it as to use the trial before buying, but I can't seem to find it...
At this point the phone isn't making any progress charging and it is continuously connecting/disconnecting from the computer...
If it doesn't start working might have to un-root and bring it in >.>
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In all honesty, if its not even charging anymore, un-root, wipe, and nand that puppy and send 'er in. I know that the TB is unique in that it doesn't use a magnet to activate Car Mode like previous HTC phones, but instead it uses (to my knowledge) a short in the USB slot to decide whether the phone is docked or not. So problems with USB mounting, charging, docking when not docked, etc. would seem to indicate that you have some sort of problem with the port itself. That's just a shot in the dark, but man, I'd have sent that in yesterday
And as for NoDock, I just looked, and I can't find the trial either
To some extent it is still working. It isn't getting any charge, but if I unplug the phone it turns off almost instantly. Seems like it will be hell to move the stock stuff over to the phone to flash it, but looks like that's what its come to... Guess I'm bringing it in tomorrow...
bobz1993 said:
To some extent it is still working. It isn't getting any charge, but if I unplug the phone it turns off almost instantly. Seems like it will be hell to move the stock stuff over to the phone to flash it, but looks like that's what its come to... Guess I'm bringing it in tomorrow...
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If you have a friend with a smartphone or even any kind of bluetooth-capable storage device, you could send the files to yourself via BT... It may not be the fastest, but it might save you some major frustration. But yeah dude, that sounds straight messed up. Best of luck.
I just put the sd card into my laptop to transfer. Back on stock (feels soo different...) No more car mode... But the phone still isn't charging... Until I can bring it in I guess I'll make the phone look like it isn't brand new again...
bobz1993 said:
I just put the sd card into my laptop to transfer. Back on stock (feels soo different...) No more car mode... But the phone still isn't charging... Until I can bring it in I guess I'll make the phone look like it isn't brand new again...
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Either way, as far as I know, VZW checks for two things:
1) Obvious evidence of negligence and/or intentional damage
2) Something I don't remember that has nothing to do with root
So you should be in the clear, if anything just say you did a factory reset yourself to try to fix the problem
Well as it did when I rooted it, it recovered all of my apps w/o me having to do anything. So the phone already looks the way it did before excluding homescreen stuff and an empty inbox/contacts atm. And the most damage there is, is a small scratch where there was already an air bubble on my screen protector. If they would have ever made a case that fit the extended battery that probably wouldn't even be there =o
bobz1993 said:
Well as it did when I rooted it, it recovered all of my apps w/o me having to do anything. So the phone already looks the way it did before excluding homescreen stuff and an empty inbox/contacts atm. And the most damage there is, is a small scratch where there was already an air bubble on my screen protector. If they would have ever made a case that fit the extended battery that probably wouldn't even be there =o
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Haha yeah I feel you on that one. I think the type of negligence they look for is more like a mangled looking device with the customer claiming innocence. You should be fine in my opinion.
hmm... just woke up, about to bring in the phone, which did manage to charge overnight. noticed i still have a rotating rosie and it looks like i'm still undervolted as my kernel was doing earlier. well neither highly noticable as bad things... and car mode did come back today so, i'll be bringing it in now...
Go for it bro, I really doubt they'll check for little stuff like that, especially considering the bigger issue of car mode and your charging problems. Good luck though!
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never herd of this before
Unable to get out today, so I've been looking into other options for now.
This seems to be what it's used for though I've never been given these options when the phone goes into car mode. The icon shows up in the notification bar identical to the picture.
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On the VZW site these are their solutions. (none worked for me being there is no water damage and the port looks fine from what i can see, still gonna have to bring it in...)
Maybe this can help someoneelse if anyone runs into this problem or bring more options to try to help me fix it.
From what I can see, the first picture is of HTC's car home application, as opposed to Google's. When your phone enters car mode, the default action is to launch one if those applications, unless you've manually removed them. The fact that your phone enters car mode but launches nothing is abnormal in and of itself, not to mention the fact that it shouldn't be activating car mode in the first place.
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I did manage to make it to the vzw store and they were surprised to see car mode on the phone at all. The lady at the store took out the battery, restarted the phone and concluded that I would get a replacement after the bill that was just paid like yesterday clears with them.
Good! Hopefully all goes well and you'll have a functional device soon
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my s2 has gone mental tonight.
i charged it up to 100% before i left. then tonight for some reason it kept showing this when the charger wasnt plugged in
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so i kept restarting and taking out the battery til it stopped.
you can see the charging period didnt seem to show up on the graph. the charging period shown there i was not charging but the phone seemed to think it was. so as i was restarting it a few times it went from about 70 to 49 to 17 to 49 again
and also i havent been able to get a phone signal for ages and then when i can it wont let me register a network.
my phone is now basically just a wifi web browsing device until i get it sorted :crying:
Sounds like a battery failure.. Not sure tho.
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oh ive just seen this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...unable-make-calls-text.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
thats a relief. o2 is down nationwide
EVERY single time I've heard of this issue (and there are a TON of threads all over XDA about this, not to mention all over other forums - seriously, just google "i9100 charging paused voltage too high", and watch how many results you get), it is due to a dirty or failing USB port.
Steps to take.
-clean USB port with a clean, dry brush. (don't be TOO rough)
-if that doesn't work, take out the battery, and with a q-tip and small amount of isopropyl alcohol, clean the USB port. Let it dry, then replace the battery.
-if THAT doesn't work, you'll probably have to get the part for the USB port replaced.
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elquango said:
oh ive just seen this
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...unable-make-calls-text.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
thats a relief. o2 is down nationwide
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This has nothing to do with what you posted...
yeah i know. i had both things happen at the same time so initially i thought it was my phone on the fritz and they were related
so i tried those things and it still having problems.
I bought this replacement in Nov off Ebay. After i lost my original one. Do you think I can still take it anywhere to be repaired?
will the o2 store look at it for me?
such a hassle. im gonna have to unroot it and stuff
oh great and now it keeps randomly vibrating and going to this screen and then back to my home screen
elquango said:
so i tried those things and it still having problems.
I bought this replacement in Nov off Ebay. After i lost my original one. Do you think I can still take it anywhere to be repaired?
will the o2 store look at it for me?
such a hassle. im gonna have to unroot it and stuff
oh great and now it keeps randomly vibrating and going to this screen and then back to my home screen
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By "those things" I'm guessing you didn't actually replace the part for the USB port. Just the cleaning steps?
That image is "desk clock" mode. It gets activated when certain pins in the USB port are shorted with a specific resistance. If you thoroughly cleaned the port as best you could, and are getting random desk clock mode and still randomly getting the charging paused message, then I'd say your USB port is dying a slow death. You'll need to get the part replaced.
From what I hear the part itself is pretty cheap (like $15) and not hard to replace. I don't know if O2 will do it for you though, since you didn't actually buy the phone from them. You can try... but I doubt it, since it was a second hand purchase. Or just take it to a local cellular repair shop.
My phone is also having a similar experience. I running an AOKP rom so it keeps charging instead. How long will the usb port work for. It's being sent back to Samsung to have the screen replace and have notified them about this. So will the usb port work till next week or could it die in hours or days?
imlgl said:
My phone is also having a similar experience. I running an AOKP rom so it keeps charging instead. How long will the usb port work for. It's being sent back to Samsung to have the screen replace and have notified them about this. So will the usb port work till next week or could it die in hours or days?
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I'm not sure how someone on a different continent than you can possibly answer a question about the state of the USB port on your phone and how long it will last.
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By "those things" I'm guessing you didn't actually replace the part for the USB port. Just the cleaning steps?
That image is "desk clock" mode. It gets activated when certain pins in the USB port are shorted with a specific resistance. If you thoroughly cleaned the port as best you could, and are getting random desk clock mode and still randomly getting the charging paused message, then I'd say your USB port is dying a slow death. You'll need to get the part replaced.
From what I hear the part itself is pretty cheap (like $15) and not hard to replace. I don't know if O2 will do it for you though, since you didn't actually buy the phone from them. You can try... but I doubt it, since it was a second hand purchase. Or just take it to a local cellular repair shop.
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hmm i'll have to look into it then. no idea where to start buying parts and where to take it to repair.
will have to do some research
It can by caused by humidity too in my opinion. Had this problem few times. My friend had too. It was gone after putting out battery for few hours in warm place. Even when I was keeping my phone in locker at roofed swimming pool it was happening.
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I'm not sure how someone on a different continent than you can possibly answer a question about the state of the USB port on your phone and how long it will last.
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I'm going on average, like how long would be last. Roughly. Mine's been doing it for the past 3 days.
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I'm going on average, like how long would be last. Roughly. Mine's been doing it for the past 3 days.
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It depends on the severity of the damage specific to your phone. If it's damaged more severely, then not long. If it's not damaged so severely, then longer. How long it's been doing it doesn't mean anything.
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It depends on the severity of the damage specific to your phone. If it's damaged more severely, then not long. If it's not damaged so severely, then longer. How long it's been doing it doesn't mean anything.
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Well it's still charging but my pc no longer recognises it so I don't thin it's going to last too long.
ok its getting worse now. ive requested a repair from samsung.
before i send it off should i remove all my google and facebook accounts or should it be ok to leave that kind of stuff on there?
As long as it's unrooted, running stock firmware, has the flash counter reset if necessary, why would you need to remove stuff like that first ? I probably wouldn't.
Always remove personal data. Fully wipe your phone. You never know who works in service and what will di with your personal stuff. Thats my opinion.
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As long as it's unrooted, running stock firmware, has the flash counter reset if necessary, why would you need to remove stuff like that first ? I probably wouldn't.
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what are they gonna do if its rooted?
i dont have warranty anway so im gonna have to pay for the repair
look how mental the battery is being.
having to back up things through airdroid cos i cant use the usb now
If rooted they CAN cancel warranty.
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I got a brand new s2 two and a half weeks ago, 1 week ago when unplugging my charger it sort of went crazy bringing up the car mode, desk clock, charging when it wasn't and the voltage too high popup every 30 seconds. I took it back and they exchanged it straightaway however i have had this one for 3 days and its done exactly the same thing. I rooted and installed a custom rom on the first but left the second totally stock. It also happened to the girlfriends note too.....
Luckily i haven't had the phone for a month yet so i'm still entitled to an exchange but this has put me off samsung and i'm thinking of an alternative if they'll allow me to take a different handset.
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Sometime ago after purchasing a new W100 (THL),
I started having the "can't connect to the camera" message.
It has been debated widely over the different forums, and was always associated to ROM, software, permissions issues and such.
First, I'd like to say that this phone is fantastic value for money.
The other day, after trying numerous roms, and permission fixes, and with no luck,
I was playing with the charger cable (while connected), while the camera app was working.
I noticed that fidgeting around with the cable had influence on the app, freezing it at times, making the camera input flicker etc.
I knew right then, this was a connector issue, hardware, rather then something else.
I immediately decided to abandon the "warranty" procedure and take it apart to find the problem.
There is a little rectangular sponge which was right above the connector, but apparently was not pressing it enough,
so I attached 3-4 little squares of thin cardboard (really thin), in the same size of the sponge.
Re-assembled the phone, and voila!, works like a charm ever since!
I will post some photos later, if someone wishes, but the phone has been working for some time now, with no problems what so ever.
So that's it,
the mysterious "can't connect" issue, SOLVED,
at least for me, and to another phone I had ordered which had the same problem (also THL w100).
Gideon.
cool!
I had a similar problem with my thl w200. I google and tried numerous ways to solve the problem.
But none work. I experienced the same thing like you when I put on the charging cable.
I believe we had similar problem... It would be nice if you can post some pics on how to fix the connector.
Thanks a lot.
I also have the same problme. with my thl w200.
Today i install the app cameraMX and after reboot the camera back to work.
I also glad if you uploud some photo
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here are the pics as promised...
hope this is helpful:
first, the connector:
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the sponge which should be pressing enough on the connector:
pieces applied with a little snippet of clear duct tape:
the outcome - u can see the shape of the plastic where the flesh is, bent a little upwards as a result:
Hi Gideon,
Brilliant. Thanks for the pics.
How did you figure that its loose connector?
if I open up my phone, I would guess it's some motherboard issue.
Thanks a lot. I am looking forward to fixing my camera
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Hi Gideon,
Brilliant. Thanks for the pics.
How did you figure that its loose connector?
if I open up my phone, I would guess it's some motherboard issue.
Thanks a lot. I am looking forward to fixing my camera
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Thanks.
Well, the first time I took it apart, I just took the connector out, and firmly in again,
but that didn't "fly" fully, still did problems related to touch/pressure (on the area), so I just decided to thicken that place a bit.
Just be careful with the entire procedure, it's not difficult (far from it), but still,
would be a shame to fook something else
Hello, I'm Italian, sorry for my English is not good.
I have thl w100 and I have the same problem of the camera. My rom is 130912.
I change rom (also cusotm rom), wipe & reset.... nothing I still have the problem.
I tried your solution with the paper under the frame but nothing: "can't connect to the camera"
I have observed the operation of the camera and I have an idea
I have observed that works depending on the battery
I recharged the phone twice using a power bank and the camera is back to work for several days.
Then the last charge came only 99% and returned error.
The error disappears if you restart the phone and the screen does not open before 5/10 minutes.
Then once you open the camera and it works.
Has anyone observed the same things?
Paolorata said:
Hello, I'm Italian, sorry for my English is not good.
I have thl w100 and I have the same problem of the camera. My rom is 130912.
I change rom (also cusotm rom), wipe & reset.... nothing I still have the problem.
I tried your solution with the paper under the frame but nothing: "can't connect to the camera"
I have observed the operation of the camera and I have an idea
I have observed that works depending on the battery
I recharged the phone twice using a power bank and the camera is back to work for several days.
Then the last charge came only 99% and returned error.
The error disappears if you restart the phone and the screen does not open before 5/10 minutes.
Then once you open the camera and it works.
Has anyone observed the same things?
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Hi Paolorata,
Your English is all right. I understand what you wrote.
I don't think it has anything to do with the battery.
My camera did work even when it is not fully charged.
Maybe when you charge your battery, your charging cable tweak the connector and the camera works.
I thought I shared my experience in fixing my THL W200.
In the first picture, I removed all the screws and start plying open the casing.
It's tough to ply open the casing. A combination of flat head screw driver and finger nail.
The plastic edges were damaged in the process by the screw driver.
In the second picture, you will see my camera connector.
In the third picture, I cut a small slab from those 3M stick-on-wall sticker and paste it on my casing.
It's quite thick. I mount my casing back. I tested the camera with the casing half mounted.
I wanted to make sure it worked before I mount the casing fully back.
The removing of the casing was quite troublesome.
You also see the power and volume button in the picture.
My observation so far.
The casing is slightly arched like what Gideon has mentioned. The camera works without failure.
But when I put back my sim card, my camera works on and off. Most of the time it works.
I believe it's because the contact point of the sim card is on the motherboard while the end of sim card is on the plastic casing.
This possibly creates a small gap between my sticker and the camera connector.
Possible solution.
Cut my sim card or cut the plastic casing.
Thanks for answers.
I tried to move the usb connection: the first time it work , the second is not.
The only method by which I can run the camera:
1) restart the phone,
2) wait at least 10 minutes without touching it
3) then open the camera.
9 times out of 10 it works.It is also confirmed by some androidiani.it users.
can you try it and let me know?
Paolorata said:
Thanks for answers.
I tried to move the usb connection: the first time it work , the second is not.
The only method by which I can run the camera:
1) restart the phone,
2) wait at least 10 minutes without touching it
3) then open the camera.
9 times out of 10 it works.It is also confirmed by some androidiani.it users.
can you try it and let me know?
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If by playing around with the USB connection it works, then I would presume you have the same problem as me...,
and the connector is is troublesome.
Guigui96 said:
Sometime ago after purchasing a new W100 (THL),
I started having the "can't connect to the camera" message.
It has been debated widely over the different forums, and was always associated to ROM, software, permissions issues and such.
First, I'd like to say that this phone is fantastic value for money.
The other day, after trying numerous roms, and permission fixes, and with no luck,
I was playing with the charger cable (while connected), while the camera app was working.
I noticed that fidgeting around with the cable had influence on the app, freezing it at times, making the camera input flicker etc.
I knew right then, this was a connector issue, hardware, rather then something else.
I immediately decided to abandon the "warranty" procedure and take it apart to find the problem.
There is a little rectangular sponge which was right above the connector, but apparently was not pressing it enough,
so I attached 3-4 little squares of thin cardboard (really thin), in the same size of the sponge.
Re-assembled the phone, and voila!, works like a charm ever since!
I will post some photos later, if someone wishes, but the phone has been working for some time now, with no problems what so ever.
So that's it,
the mysterious "can't connect" issue, SOLVED,
at least for me, and to another phone I had ordered which had the same problem (also THL w100).
Gideon.
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Thanks Gideon,
I have a crappy connector on the camera, I tried to push it down but doesn't work reliably.
kinetix118 said:
Thanks Gideon,
I have a crappy connector on the camera, I tried to push it down but doesn't work reliably.
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hey
did u just try to push it down and reassemble again?
or did u put something extra there like i did?
cause at first i just tried to take it out and push back in, but wasn't working good still...
it was only after i put some extra thickness between the connector and back cover was it working 100%.
Tank you so much, for fix the camera for my w100. I folow this steps and fix my phone
Guigui96 said:
Sometime ago after purchasing a new W100 (THL),
I started having the "can't connect to the camera" message.
It has been debated widely over the different forums, and was always associated to ROM, software, permissions issues and such.
First, I'd like to say that this phone is fantastic value for money.
The other day, after trying numerous roms, and permission fixes, and with no luck,
I was playing with the charger cable (while connected), while the camera app was working.
I noticed that fidgeting around with the cable had influence on the app, freezing it at times, making the camera input flicker etc.
I knew right then, this was a connector issue, hardware, rather then something else.
I immediately decided to abandon the "warranty" procedure and take it apart to find the problem.
There is a little rectangular sponge which was right above the connector, but apparently was not pressing it enough,
so I attached 3-4 little squares of thin cardboard (really thin), in the same size of the sponge.
Re-assembled the phone, and voila!, works like a charm ever since!
I will post some photos later, if someone wishes, but the phone has been working for some time now, with no problems what so ever.
So that's it,
the mysterious "can't connect" issue, SOLVED,
at least for me, and to another phone I had ordered which had the same problem (also THL w100).
Gideon.
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Tanks so much, for fix the camera for my w100. I folow this steps and fix my phone, it´s very easy and works.
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Guigui96 said:
Sometime ago after purchasing a new W100 (THL),
I started having the "can't connect to the camera" message.
It has been debated widely over the different forums, and was always associated to ROM, software, permissions issues and such.
First, I'd like to say that this phone is fantastic value for money.
The other day, after trying numerous roms, and permission fixes, and with no luck,
I was playing with the charger cable (while connected), while the camera app was working.
I noticed that fidgeting around with the cable had influence on the app, freezing it at times, making the camera input flicker etc.
I knew right then, this was a connector issue, hardware, rather then something else.
I immediately decided to abandon the "warranty" procedure and take it apart to find the problem.
There is a little rectangular sponge which was right above the connector, but apparently was not pressing it enough,
so I attached 3-4 little squares of thin cardboard (really thin), in the same size of the sponge.
Re-assembled the phone, and voila!, works like a charm ever since!
I will post some photos later, if someone wishes, but the phone has been working for some time now, with no problems what so ever.
So that's it,
the mysterious "can't connect" issue, SOLVED,
at least for me, and to another phone I had ordered which had the same problem (also THL w100).
Gideon.
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Guigui96 said:
If by playing around with the USB connection it works, then I would presume you have the same problem as me...,
and the connector is is troublesome.
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I have the same model and folow the steps of Guideon, but i don´t use paper i used tape doble face and work perfetly the camera.
It works
Thank you, very useful and helpful! I thought it is a driver software problem since i was running different rom, but it's not.
Thank you! I have a device which one person took me to repair, i tried restore it to official rom then i was looking for a custom rom.. nothing.
I'll try this cause i think it could be the same reason. I'll try soon.
I made a video of how to fix the camera thl w200, w100 serves to thl, w200 and w300. I think also w8.
Good job ... Guigui96, :good:
Hello, I'm Portuguese, sorry for my english.
I have a THL W100 with s/n CFYSGM4W, and had the same problem with the camera ... "can not connect to the camera".
I already had done many experiments, but no results.
I made many donwload on the Net, and I install many rom's on my phone, but no one put the camara worked.
I installed this version "ThL.W100.130912.JBV2.QHD.EN.COM.V01.8P32_V01_MT65892", and with your precious help...
VOULA....
Everything works, the camera to.
Thank you for sharing with us.
Barony said:
Good job ... Guigui96, :good:
Hello, I'm Portuguese, sorry for my english.
I have a THL W100 with s/n CFYSGM4W, and had the same problem with the camera ... "can not connect to the camera".
I already had done many experiments, but no results.
I made many donwload on the Net, and I install many rom's on my phone, but no one put the camara worked.
I installed this version "ThL.W100.130912.JBV2.QHD.EN.COM.V01.8P32_V01_MT65892", and with your precious help...
VOULA....
Everything works, the camera to.
Thank you for sharing with us.
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I have the same sn but my fw version is ThL.W100.130912.JBV2.QHD.EN.COM.V01.8P32_V01_MT6589... I have not "2" at the end. Is your version an update? where do i find it? can you give me the link? thanks
Ladies and gentleman,
For too long i have had this moisture detection problem. I have read "how to fix it" threads forever and to be honest. They don't work. I've disabled the moisture detect setting, soft reset my phone, cleaned my usb c port thousanda of times and nothing seems to work. However! I have the cure for good (until lg send us an update that eliminates this problem for us)
To fix this problem for good here it is! (well until you restart your phone you'll have to re do this step)
Go into your settings > apps and notifications > apps info > click the 3 dots top right corner > click show system > scroll all way to lg system server > click on it and then click force stop!
I really do hope this works for a lot if not all of you because it has rescued me from hell!
You are welcome
Thankyou. Can you tell me is your phone recognized by computer? Cause mine's just charging
Interesting approach in light of what seems to be an increasingly common problem. Of course, it brings up some questions.
Most importantly, we don't know for sure what is causing the warning to be activated. It is there for a purpose and if you really have some conductivity between pins that shouldn't be there (whether due to debris or a faulty port), it might not be a good idea to bypass it. On the other hand, if this is a software bug (e.g a threshhold mis-set or incorrect sensor reading code) then a software fix is all you can do.
And we don't know what else "LG System Server" does. Maybe it is not such a good idea to disable it, or maybe you'll be overall happier anyway!
At any rate, if it is really beneficial to run this way, maybe you can disable it with LG package disabler and then you don't have to stop it every time you boot your phone. For me, if this starts happening so frequently, I'll really consider making use of the 2nd year promise.
Update 1: The problem was getting worse. I couldn't even charge while powered off. I tried force stopping this to see what happened. The notification went away until I plugged in the charger to see if it would charge (it didn't). I thought maybe LG System Server had started again, but when I went to force stop it again, the option was grayed out.
Update 2. I would like to save myself the hassle of the 2-year promise if it's really not needed, so I tried one more thing. I had previously tried wiping in the port with alcohol, which didn't help at all, but just now I tried electrical contact cleaner (CRC brand "2-26" part number 02004) that says it's plastic-safe. I put some on a paper towel, folded it around my pointy nylon zip tie end I use for pulling out the lint, and wiped the contacts as well as I could without getting the stuff all over everything.
It is too early to declare complete victory yet but it is fast charging now.
And... that lasted for about 15 minutes.
Akash i have no problems plugging my phone into the computer, i am unsure where your issue lies. Further, jdock my phone is still working fine since ive force stopped my system server. There has been no glitches since and my phone charges accordingly! Goodluck to you!
So, yesterday I cleaned the usb port out with contact cleaner. This initially seemed to fix my problem: when I powered on my phone I did not get the moisture warning so I plugged in the charger and it fast charged, but only for about 15 minutes before giving me the warning again. It would toggle between charging and not charging so I unplugged the charger and set the phone aside.
After a couple hours I tried charging again and it fully fast-charged. So I thought maybe there was really something to this. I re-did the cleaning process again last night, just to make sure I am doing the best job I can, and did not attempt to charge overnight so that the solvent could continue to do its job. So far this morning it is still fine and it fully quick-charged again.
A permanent fix? I hope so. It's still way too early to be sure. Cleaning the port seemed to me the obvious answer whenever I heard about someone else having this problem, and it was my first thought when I started having it. But we all thought we had cleaned out the port and it didn't help. What if we're just not doing a good enough job?
For anyone with this problem, it can't hurt to try some CRC 2-26. Its description is "Plastic safe lubricant, penetrant and corrosion inhibitor that helps prevent electrical malfunctions caused by water penetration, humidity, condensation or corrosion". Maybe use the CRC QD contact cleaner first because the 2-26 is technically not really a cleaner. They are inexpensive.I just picked the 2-26 because they had it at Home Depot - about $3 for the 5 oz can that will last me forever (the QD is about the same). If I have to do this every few months, no big deal.
Just don't try to spray it directly into the port. You will make a huge oily mess. Figure out some kind of applicator. I ended up stuffing saturated paper towel on each side of the port and rubbing it around with a thin toothpick.
In my case putting my phone into a box with rice over night helped! Although fast charging doesn't work now!
In my case, the moisture warning was triggered by having my phone in my shirt pocket on a very hot, humid and sweaty day. Tried everything and nothing worked until I tried taking the sim/SD tray out overnight while leaving the phone on a warm surface.
The reasoning being that moisture may have been sucked in the phone due to heating/cooling the air inside pulling a vacuum.
Opening the sim/SD tray let the moisture evaporate. It's been a couple of days, and the moisture warning has not come back.
I had the same problem and i tried everything stoping lg syst..restart ...hair dryer even tho i my phone never touched water.what i found is dust and fiber tissue from my pocket was inside the connector , i used a tooth pick to clean it a little bit of alcohol just to make sure its really clean , and thats it. I hope i helped. Sorry for the english.
I had this problem playing PUBG with sweaty hands.
I solved it by playing without a phone case and letting the phone dry. I am guessing my case was trapping the moisture?
The option that its working for me now its leaving my phone on bed with a hairdryer next to it for about 25 minutes. The phone should be off, then i wait until it cooldown because it was really hot. After it cooled i try again pluging in the cable and start charging. I hope that the warning dont show again
Kevin you will destroy your battery doing that.
I had reoccurring moisture detected, even when cable was not plugged in. I send it back under warranty. Attached is a screenshot of the diagnose from LG's service center. It also lists the replaced components (you can google the part numbers).
Language on the attachment is a mixture of German and Dutch.
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students said:
Kevin you will destroy your battery doing that.
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I know the message pop up again. I didnt do that again.
The method that really worked for me was using a toothpick and flattened it with a pair of pliers then carefully cleaned the usb type-c charge port. So far so good, I only do that once and now I have got a week charging the phone normally without that warning, it really works for me, you guys definitely should try this.
Thank you for your idea. Sure would like to see lg admit to the problem and provide a solution.i have the lg g7. Thanks again
1joe6 said:
ladies and gentleman,
for too long i have had this moisture detection problem. I have read "how to fix it" threads forever and to be honest. They don't work. I've disabled the moisture detect setting, soft reset my phone, cleaned my usb c port thousanda of times and nothing seems to work. However! I have the cure for good (until lg send us an update that eliminates this problem for us)
to fix this problem for good here it is! (well until you restart your phone you'll have to re do this step)
go into your settings > apps and notifications > apps info > click the 3 dots top right corner > click show system > scroll all way to lg system server > click on it and then click force stop!
I really do hope this works for a lot if not all of you because it has rescued me from hell!
You are welcome
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I have this issue but the fix does not worked for me.
The message appeared randomly while charging one night. It was nowhere near water for several months and I work in an office.
What I've tried:
- Drying with a hairdryer (not even a temporary fix)
- Force stopping LG system and LG server processes. I even disabled them with package disabler!
- Disabled the moisture sensor in secret menu. Warning still shows up! Even if I try to turn of the phone and charge it.
- Cleaned the USB C socket with a hairpin and cloth
- Cleaned under running water, swapped with alcohol and dried again (getting desperate)
It does however charge if I plug unplug it in like 5 times. Really annoying!
It does this regardless of charging cable, I tried with 5 cables at home and work.
I read somewhere that the pins were causing a short, but the pins are inside the cable right?
What else can I try?
My Solution
Having same issue for 3 days, have been try 3 different cable and 2 charger doesnt sholve the issue.
At first im trying to clean the port with a needle, and the moisture notification dissapear. But after that the fast charging didnt work, and when i try to charge while the phone turn off the moisture notification pop out.
Next day im trying other methods. I dont have access to isoprophyl instead im using hand sanitizer with 70% alcohol. Use a toothbrush with hand sanitizer to clean the port for 3 minutes, then let it dry. Now everything works perfectly, no notification and the fast charging work. Atleast for now. I'll give an update if something wrong
I still dont understand what cause this moisture issue, but i hope that can help you.
I think I may know a fix
In the stock dialer type in *#546368#*XXX#
Where XXX is the number of the model where you can find in Settings - system - about phone - common - hardware info "Model number" eg. Mine is LG-M700DSK. So, 700 fills in XXX. So mine would be *#546368#*700#.
Don't call, it will bring a hidden menu when input last digit. In hidden menu press svc menu, press moisture detection, turn Disable moisture detection to ON. It should give you a caution dialog, just accept it and it will bring a toast that says "sucess". This should disable moisture detection and will not notify about it.
Zethexx said:
I think I may know a fix
In the stock dialer type in *#546368#*XXX#
Where XXX is the number of the model where you can find in Settings - system - about phone - common - hardware info "Model number" eg. Mine is LG-M700DSK. So, 700 fills in XXX. So mine would be *#546368#*700#.
Don't call, it will bring a hidden menu when input last digit. In hidden menu press svc menu, press moisture detection, turn Disable moisture detection to ON. It should give you a caution dialog, just accept it and it will bring a toast that says "sucess". This should disable moisture detection and will not notify about it.
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Thanks for the tip, but I tried before. In my case, turning it on or off is not a solution. They didnt work both way
After all the **** I did, I found my problem and solution.
It was because of my charging cable that had bent pins, yet oddly enough the moisture detected error persisted with other cables.
Thru away that cable, then reset the phone cache and soft reboot (volume down + power)
Hope this helps.
Doesn't work
I don't have the option to force stop.
Do you think a wireless charger would work?
Hi, I recently flashed an incorrect preloader and the device is now bricked and since this is an MTK device, i can restore it by knowing where the test points are located, please if anyone knows what the test point is, please post an image, thank you in advanced...
You can't use this method for MTK devices.
You just connect your device to your PC in download mode. Usually the device would be already in download mode, or if it isn't just press (VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER) simultaneously and it should boot to download mode.
To unbrick your device you'll need:
Stock ROM of your device.
SP Flash Tool.
Your device specific Scatter File (Can be included in the ROM, but if it isn't you'll have to search for it. If you can't find it then you're out of luck)
MTK driver (VCOM)
If you got all of the above. Then load the scatter file into SP flash tool and flash it in download mode. Then flash your stock ROM.
Now idk where you can find your device scatter file, maybe someone with the same device can make one for you here on the forums.
Goodluck.
XDHx86 said:
You can't use this method for MTK devices.
You just connect your device to your PC in download mode. Usually the device would be already in download mode, or if it isn't just press (VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER) simultaneously and it should boot to download mode.
To unbrick your device you'll need:
Stock ROM of your device.
SP Flash Tool.
Your device specific Scatter File (Can be included in the ROM, but if it isn't you'll have to search for it. If you can't find it then you're out of luck)
MTK driver (VCOM)
If you got all of the above. Then load the scatter file into SP flash tool and flash it in download mode. Then flash your stock ROM.
Now idk where you can find your device scatter file, maybe someone with the same device can make one for you here on the forums.
Goodluck.
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I have already tried this, but, since my preloader is corrupted, it doesn't recognise my device...
Hausemaster said:
I have already tried this, but, since my preloader is corrupted, it doesn't recognise my device...
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Aah, you have a dead preloader. Nah you can kiss you phone goodbye.
Maybe there's a way to get to meta mode on your device that's specific to your chip, but if you can't then there no hope for you.
You can follow this thread for similar issue, but note that this is for MT65xxx chips, not MT67xxx. And yes those 2 numbers make a big difference.
XDHx86 said:
Aah, you have a dead preloader. Nah you can kiss you phone goodbye.
Maybe there's a way to get to meta mode on your device that's specific to your chip, but if you can't then there no hope for you.
You can follow this thread for similar issue, but note that this is for MT65xxx chips, not MT67xxx. And yes those 2 numbers make a big difference.
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I don't have a multi meter and I don't want to kill it by shorting a pin with +5V to ground and fry something, so, after getting a meter, I'll give it a go...
Also, does the meta mode trigger exist mostly on the golden contact points in this phone, or is it required to take the shielding off the board and short a resistor near the emmc chip? Please try to find where its exact location is if possible... My device has the MT6737M processor BTW
I'm posting the images of the motherboard, both sides, please have a look at them, it might give you a better chance at locating the right one...
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I'm posting the images of the motherboard, both sides, please have a look at them, it might give you a better chance at locating the right one...
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There are a lot of pins here, I honestly have no idea. In most phones it's one of the pins below the sim card reader, however I see 4 possible pins beside the chip to the left too.
I don't think connecting it one by one is gonna do any issue to your motherboard, and I don't think you have any options either. Unless you find someone who knows his sht. I'd try the ones beside the chip to the left first.
But don't be in a hurry, I once burned a phone because of that. Do your research first so you don't feel regret if worse happens.
As you can see in this post just connect it one by one and pray to god. You have to keep it connected for about 10 sec to test if it's detected, and try to keep the cable as stable as possible tape it if you have to. If the flash fails this time this is junk.
If it works then post the results here.
XDHx86 said:
There are a lot of pins here, I honestly have no idea. In most phones it's one of the pins below the sim card reader, however I see 4 possible pins beside the chip to the left too.
I don't think connecting it one by one is gonna do any issue to your motherboard, and I don't think you have any options either. Unless you find someone who knows his sht. I'd try the ones beside the chip to the left first.
But don't be in a hurry, I once burned a phone because of that. Do your research first so you don't feel regret if worse happens.
As you can see in this post just connect it one by one and pray to god. You have to keep it connected for about 10 sec to test if it's detected, and try to keep the cable as stable as possible tape it if you have to. If the flash fails this time this is junk.
If it works then post the results here.
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OK, thanks for this valuable information, I will try it as soon as I get a multimeter, as I can't trust myself, and to prevent any frying as you said...
Edit: Just curios, is it required for it to be kept connected for 10 seconds for it to get detected, for example, if I short the pin for a second or two, will it not show up even if it's the correct point, right?
I tried all the small contact points, but, it didn't connect to the PC, I found out that the larger contact points have a voltage in them, so, I tested every small point and thankfully they were no shorts, the sad news is that it didn't show up in the PC, I kept it connected for 10 seconds on each point and my ground was the SIM slot shield (i think it's correct, because there were no markings on the board giving indication to a ground point), and one more thing I notices is that, when I connect the phone with the battery in to a charger or PC, it starts to get warm...(the board)
Also, do you know anyone who knows how to find this point, (if so, ask them about this..) I'm starting to think that the test point is under the board shielding, and if it is actually under it, it isn't a good idea for me to short random points without confirmation...
Hausemaster said:
I tried all the small contact points, but, it didn't connect to the PC, I found out that the larger contact points have a voltage in them, so, I tested every small point and thankfully they were no shorts, the sad news is that it didn't show up in the PC, I kept it connected for 10 seconds on each point and my ground was the SIM slot shield (i think it's correct, because there were no markings on the board giving indication to a ground point), and one more thing I notices is that, when I connect the phone with the battery in to a charger or PC, it starts to get warm...(the board)
Also, do you know anyone who knows how to find this point, (if so, ask them about this..) I'm starting to think that the test point is under the board shielding, and if it is actually under it, it isn't a good idea for me to short random points without confirmation...
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The meta mode isn't available in all boards, it's found only in specific types of boards and the manufacturers use it to download their firmware.
If you can't find it, then it's probably not existent in this motherboard.
Try asking around on the forums, maybe someone else can help, make a new thread, search for more specific details about the MT67xxx or your device board, ask around in phone shops. You'll figure it out.
Sorry for not being of much help.
XDHx86 said:
The meta mode isn't available in all boards, it's found only in specific types of boards and the manufacturers use it to download their firmware.
If you can't find it, then it's probably not existent in this motherboard.
Try asking around on the forums, maybe someone else can help, make a new thread, search for more specific details about the MT67xxx or your device board, ask around in phone shops. You'll figure it out.
Sorry for not being of much help.
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I think I'll give up on it, since, the voltage regulation circuit (in the board) gets stupidly hot if the battery is connected, and I now I remember the exact reason why it died, I flashed a GSI image from fastboot and left it there in fastboot and the screen was on probably the entire night, and in morning when it was dead I thought it was so flash tools fault, but, it wasn't, so, yeah, that's the end of to device for me, I guess
Hausemaster said:
YoI think I'll give up on it, since, the voltage regulation circuit (in the board) gets stupidly hot if the battery is connected, and I now I remember the exact reason why it died, I flashed a GSI image from fastboot and left it there in fastboot and the screen was on probably the entire night, and in morning when it was dead I thought it was so flash tools fault, but, it wasn't, so, yeah, that's the end of to device for me, I guess
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You should disconnect the battery while doing this, if you change your mind in the future.
XDHx86 said:
You should disconnect the battery while doing this, if you change your mind in the future.
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Okay, but I think my board doesn't have meta mode, because even the imei fix tools weren't able to get this in meta mode when it was alive, and also, I didn't search for test points when the battery was in the device...
Hausemaster said:
Okay, but I think my board doesn't have meta mode, because even the imei fix tools weren't able to get this in meta mode when it was alive, and also, I didn't search for test points when the battery was in the device...
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Try sending it to Nokia service center, if they say they can fix it, then it means there is still hope at least.
XDHx86 said:
Try sending it to Nokia service center, if they say they can fix it, then it means there is still hope at least.
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Okay,..
Just curios, do MTK phones with a dead preloader become extremely hot if the battery is tried to charge on it?
Should I connect the points with 0v to ground? I got a meter and took the voltage vales, I found a ground point, a point with the fluctuating voltage of 0.1 and o volts, then a point with 0.17 volts and another one with 5V, which points should I connect to ground to not kill the board?
Hausemaster said:
Should I connect the points with 0v to ground? I got a meter and took the voltage vales, I found a ground point, a point with the fluctuating voltage of 0.1 and o volts, then a point with 0.17 volts and another one with 5V, which points should I connect to ground to not kill the board?
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I already stated hardware stuff isn't my field of expertise, so I recommend making a new thread with the new information.
There are many points, with some and no voltage, which ones give the best chance of not killing the board, can I connect any points with 0.1v? Or do I only connect points with either 0v or that switch from 0 to 0.011v?
XDHx86 said:
I already stated hardware stuff isn't my field of expertise, so I recommend making a new thread with the new information.
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Okay, I just wondered if there was any general info...