S9 plus 64gb
Hi all, was hoping someone could help.
I have recently, last month, changed the battery, so I know it's not the battery. When I plug in a charger the phone is unresponsive, drawing only 0.05amps. if I leave it over night the green led will light up and when I press the power key the screen says 100%. When I try to boot there is no response. I have tried
Power +vol down
Power +vol up
Power +vol up +down
Power and all buttons
For about 30sec but still no boot or anything. I'm thinking maybe fried board, but was hoping software issue. Is there anything i could try to boot it?
Many thanks
Possible that a connector came loose?
Make sure no foreign conductive debris was accidentally introduced... a small loose screw. Check that all screws are in place in the assemblies.
Is the power switch good?
Hi thanks for the reply, I checked there's no loose or foreign object near the charge port. When I assembled the phone all screws were replaced so no loose screws. When the phone is charged ,ie green led I press the power button and the phone activates the screen to display 100%, this tells me the power button is working. Do you have anymore suggestions would be helpful. Many thanks.
charliecheung81 said:
Hi thanks for the reply, I checked there's no loose or foreign object near the charge port. When I assembled the phone all screws were replaced so no loose screws. When the phone is charged ,ie green led I press the power button and the phone activates the screen to display 100%, this tells me the power button is working. Do you have anymore suggestions would be helpful. Many thanks.
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If it won't go into the boot menu it's not looking good. Try a hard reset.
The subassemblies when out of circuit are susceptible to ESD damage. Handle these like a stick of ram particularly the mobo and display. At the very least raise room humidity to 50% and wear all clothes. In addition a earth grounded ESD mat and wrist strap are recommended as are following ESD protocols.
Otherwise you may or may not get away with it.
Hi thanks for the help. Yh the problem occurred during normal use. How would I do a hard reset if no menus are displaying? Many thanks.
charliecheung81 said:
Hi thanks for the help. Yh the problem occurred during normal use. How would I do a hard reset if no menus are displaying? Many thanks.
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Pull battery connection.
Recheck all ribbon connectors while you're at it.
Yep done that still the same. No response. Guess the main board maybe fried.
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Hey Y'all,
I helped a friend of mine root his NT awhile back, and it was working fine for months. I showed him CM7 running off of the SD card and he liked it, so I set it up for him on Friday. I did a factory restore on the NT, and he reentered his BN account info. I then booted off the SD card and everything was working fine as I could tell.
He brought it to me this morning and it won't charge. The "n" is always green when plugged up to the wall and it never goes orange to indicate it is charging. But when I attempt to power it on, it is always displaying the low power message and says to plug in the charger.
What I have tried:
-I removed the SD card, and it still won't charge... (not that it would matter).
-I have 3 chargers and my own NT. When I plug a charger up to my NT it works fine and the "n" goes to orange. But when I plug the same charger into my friends NT, the "n" is green and I can't get past the low batter warning.
-I have had my friends NT connected to a wall charger for about 3 hours this morning and I still can't get it to boot.
Any ideas on what might be wrong and how to fix it?
Thanks for your time.
I found this thread and tried both of the suggestions and my friends NT still won't charge or boot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23444675
The same thing happened to my wife's nook this evening. I think the battery is completely run down, but won't receive a charge for some reason. Her charger showed green also.
I tried, removing and reinserting the SD card and also holding power for 20 seconds. I finally was able to hold down the power and the N button down for about 20 seconds. This did the trick. It showed that the battery was too low to turn on. After about 10 minutes, it booted.
Hmm, I get the battery is too low to power on every time I hold down the power button and the "n" is always green on the charger.
strandedinar, did you have the power cord hooked up when you held the power button and "n" button down for 20 seconds?
So connecting the STOCK charger and the STOCK cable and leaving it alone for an hour or so isn't doing the trick? That's really the most that many of us have had to do... No "n" button needed either.
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Hmm, I get the battery is too low to power on every time I hold down the power button and the "n" is always green on the charger.
strandedinar, did you have the power cord hooked up when you held the power button and "n" button down for 20 seconds?
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Yes. The nook was plugged in and the "n" was green. The Nook wouldn't power on - My wife was convinced it was my fault for rooting it...
I left it plugged in like that for 20 minutes, but nothing happened when I tried to start it. The charging light was green. I finally tried the power + N button trick and then I received the notice that the power was too low to turn on. This was the first time I received this message. After this, the color of the charging light changed from green to red/orange and I could tell that it was receiving the charge. After 10-15, it power on and has worked normally since.
I tried every thing I could think of and google and nothing worked. I took it to BandN yesterday. They thought it was a typical issue that they see a lot of, but after 3 folks at the store couldn't figure it out, they called 1800 support. Support said it was a bad usb port and swapped it out for a refurbished model.
I still think I could have fixed it, but after a couple of days my friend was getting antsy for it.
Thanks for all of the responses.
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The same thing happened to my wife's nook this evening. I think the battery is completely run down, but won't receive a charge for some reason. Her charger showed green also.
I tried, removing and reinserting the SD card and also holding power for 20 seconds. I finally was able to hold down the power and the N button down for about 20 seconds. This did the trick. It showed that the battery was too low to turn on. After about 10 minutes, it booted.
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How did you do that? I was trying to hold the buttons and never got anything.
My NT has no juice to boot, but when I plug in a power cord (stock), plugged into stock power charger, it tries to boot up. Power indicator does turn orange, but then it runs out of power once it starts booting and turns off. After a few second it turns back on, and repeats same cycle again. It never boots to the point where it can actually sleep, seems that boot-up process takes more energy than charges could give it.
Try charging it from your computer. Just as suggestion not sure if it will help.
Sent from Nook Tablet 8GB with CM10.1 iamafanof's build.
galets said:
How did you do that? I was trying to hold the buttons and never got anything.
My NT has no juice to boot, but when I plug in a power cord (stock), plugged into stock power charger, it tries to boot up. Power indicator does turn orange, but then it runs out of power once it starts booting and turns off. After a few second it turns back on, and repeats same cycle again. It never boots to the point where it can actually sleep, seems that boot-up process takes more energy than charges could give it.
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Hello Galets, did you manage to finally charge your Nook? I have the same problem as you have - when stock cable and charger are plugged in - device tries to boot and screen shows up but due to lack of power in accum it turns off and in a few seconds the cycle repeats.
I hardly understand - how it is possible that having mains power plugged it - there is not enough energy to charge and do other necessary things...
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UPDATE: problem solved. In order to solve it, I had to disassemble the tablet and unplug the screen cord, then I put the power cable in, battery charged up for about an hour or so, then I plugged screen cord back in and turned it on without a problem. The down side of early charge attempts is that tablet decided that I had 10 failed boots and it reset my previously rooted device. Now I have fresh and clean stock 1.4.2 version.
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Hello Galets, did you manage to finally charge your Nook? I have the same problem as you have - when stock cable and charger are plugged in - device tries to boot and screen shows up but due to lack of power in accum it turns off and in a few seconds the cycle repeats.
I hardly understand - how it is possible that having mains power plugged it - there is not enough energy to charge and do other necessary things...
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UPDATE: problem solved. In order to solve it, I had to disassemble the tablet and unplug the screen cord, then I put the power cable in, battery charged up for about an hour or so, then I plugged screen cord back in and turned it on without a problem. The down side of early charge attempts is that tablet decided that I had 10 failed boots and it reset my previously rooted device. Now I have fresh and clean stock 1.4.2 version.
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how did you unplug the screen cord? I've looked up how to take apart the nook, but I'm not sure which one would the the screen cord. Did you follow a tutorial somewhere, or was it easy to figure out once you opened it up?
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how did you unplug the screen cord? I've looked up how to take apart the nook, but I'm not sure which one would the the screen cord. Did you follow a tutorial somewhere, or was it easy to figure out once you opened it up?
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ACL3, check this link: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Nook+Tablet+Display/11148/1.
I did not really follow the guide. I was looking for first two bolts to unscrew. The rest was quite simple but challenging - i don't usually disassemble things.
I did not pull out any of the buttons or battery from where they are and simply unplugged their connectors too - you will see 3 small foam rubber black box-like pieces (in step 9 they only marked one of them). There are plastic connectors under foam rubber pieces.
Be careful not to short-circuit anything with metallic tools.
On the attached image I marked the screen connector. I unplugged it by gently hooking it with two small screwdrivers. When putting it back I gently pressed it until I heard a click. And make sure those small slots on connector match with corresponding ones on motherboard.
Also, when finishing assembly I ran into a small problem with corner flap (which covers sdcard) - it did not want to smoothly slide in and out. So, pull it off completely and after putting plastic cover in place and screwing last two bolts, put it back - some small help of small screwdriver will be needed.
Hope my explanation was helpful
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ACL3, check this link: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Nook+Tablet+Display/11148/1.
I did not really follow the guide. I was looking for first two bolts to unscrew. The rest was quite simple but challenging - i don't usually disassemble things.
I did not pull out any of the buttons or battery from where they are and simply unplugged their connectors too - you will see 3 small foam rubber black box-like pieces (in step 9 they only marked one of them). There are plastic connectors under foam rubber pieces.
Be careful not to short-circuit anything with metallic tools.
On the attached image I marked the screen connector. I unplugged it by gently hooking it with two small screwdrivers. When putting it back I gently pressed it until I heard a click. And make sure those small slots on connector match with corresponding ones on motherboard.
Also, when finishing assembly I ran into a small problem with corner flap (which covers sdcard) - it did not want to smoothly slide in and out. So, pull it off completely and after putting plastic cover in place and screwing last two bolts, put it back - some small help of small screwdriver will be needed.
Hope my explanation was helpful
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thanks, looks cool. I've never taken anything apart before and I'm afraid of short circuiting something. I think I might try this.
Hello all.
This guide will help you if you have:
A phone that will not turn on unless you plug it in and even then only an LG sign shows up followed by either blank/ rapidly flashing red light.
to my knowledge, what happened to put the phone in this state is the battery died while you were flashing a rom or something as such and the phone got confused on if it should be in charge mode or not.
being that the phone has a sealed battery, it is not as easy to pull out the battery as it is on other phones.
Fortunately for us, it is not difficult at all to unplug the battery!
REQ: torx screw driver that will fit but NOT STRIP the screws at the bottom of the phone.
Small phillips screw driver.
**I suggest charging the phone for a good 10 minutes before starting this. just to make sure it has a charge.
Step 1: unscrew the two screws at the bottom of the phone CAREFULLY!
Step 2: with your nails carefully pry up the back cover (inspect the phone carefully and identify the back cover from the rest of the phone.) off starting from the bottom of the phone.
Step 3: peel back the blue tape on the connector and remove the two screws.
Step 4: carefully pry up the connector from the top.
Step 5: plug back in and try powering on. By this point you should know if it worked and you can start putting the phone back together.
This guide is not the best (My first) but if you have any questions send me a message.
Good luck with your phones!
One of the first official LGOG teardown! Looks easier than expected..
@exemplarmusik sent from his LG - E970 ya dig?!
Awesome job, man. should come in handy for me at some point I am sure. I am curious though, those internals look identical to the Nexus 4's (as I guess we should expect) and I know the battery is glued down with the Nexus 4, so is that the case with our LGOG as well?
Yeah. The battery is glued in. I dont see an issue replacing it though. maybe a heat gun to losen up the glue and you should be good.
And yeah, it is very easy to open up.
This would have helped me last week. Oh well, got a replacement device and a free LG headset for my trouble.
Sent from my LG-E970 using Tapatalk 2
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Awesome job, man. should come in handy for me at some point I am sure. I am curious though, those internals look identical to the Nexus 4's (as I guess we should expect) and I know the battery is glued down with the Nexus 4, so is that the case with our LGOG as well?
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Yeah the name in system info is even mako just like n4
the best phone ever
drwario said:
Yeah the name in system info is even mako just like n4
the best phone ever
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I think it would only say that if unlocked, then you have N4 bootloaders.
I had this fast flashing "brick"-like issue, but after I let my phone cool, I just held power and vol-up and my phone went straight to the boot loader.
Sent from my LG-E970 using Tapatalk 2
Damn, I didn't think it'd be that easy to take it apart. I wonder if it'd be possible to stick a Qi wireless charger pad in there, like the Nexus 4.
First of all, thanks for the guide. :good:
Here is what caused this to happen on my phone:
(black screen, flashing red light)
With phone off and charger plugged in you should be able to press power for a couple of seconds and it will show the charging progress. When you unplug the charger and press power you should see nothing unless you hold it long enough to power up the phone. Problem was that no matter how long you waited after unplugging the charger you could press power and see the progress ::what::
That causes the battery to drain, completely if left alone for a couple of days resulting in, you guessed it, black screen and flashing red light. After leaving it plugged in for 4-5 hours it regained a full charge and was fine.
This did not occur when phone was on while charging. Needless to say, I exchanged the phone. Hope this helps.
Don't assume you have any other pictures
I was considering trying to steal the signal amplifier and the filter from this and put in n4 ... and chance you got any shots of those in the optimus g ?
I still cant get mine to turn on, I unhooked the battery, still nothing. I hold the power it goes to the lg screen then nothing. I can hold power and volume up and nothing happens. Does anybody have a idea, I want my phone back.
Thanks
HELP!
My phone somehow will not turn on or charge! I have tried multiple chargers and outlets, and my phone will not charge or get the red light signaling that it is... There is no damage to the phone other than a small crack done a couple months prior. This happened very suddenly, the phone just ran out of batteries then stopped charging... is it possible to find the same battery as this and replace it?? My phone company said LG would not accept it because of the small crack on the front screen corner. Any help would be very greatly appreciated, really dont have the money to buy a phone off contract...
amazingbonz said:
My phone somehow will not turn on or charge! I have tried multiple chargers and outlets, and my phone will not charge or get the red light signaling that it is... There is no damage to the phone other than a small crack done a couple months prior. This happened very suddenly, the phone just ran out of batteries then stopped charging... is it possible to find the same battery as this and replace it?? My phone company said LG would not accept it because of the small crack on the front screen corner. Any help would be very greatly appreciated, really dont have the money to buy a phone off contract...
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My phone is same yours. you plug and unplug somes times untill red light flash then push power button. goodluck
Wow looks like there are connectors on the back to go to the inside of the back cover... I wonder if this is compatiable with the orbe!... if not it should be easy to use old Palm Touchstone parts to make it charge wirelessly.
I have the sprint version I am hoping it has the same connectors... You guys see the two prongs on the back cover adn the metal places they attach to??
Akop87 said:
Wow looks like there are connectors on the back to go to the inside of the back cover... I wonder if this is compatiable with the orbe!... if not it should be easy to use old Palm Touchstone parts to make it charge wirelessly.
I have the sprint version I am hoping it has the same connectors... You guys see the two prongs on the back cover adn the metal places they attach to??
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Those prongs are for connecting to the antenna in the back cover, not a wireless charger.
Sent from my Nexus 7
I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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I could use some help guys, if this thread isn't too old. I've searched high and low to the answer here and nothing is working. I've tried download mode, fastboot, recovery, reset, holding power down, plugging it in and unplugging it. I've pulled the plate off of the battery, tried LGNPST, drivers, etc. No go on anything.
The phone is still dead, and will not turn on. The best I've gotten is a solid red light after holding the power button for 15-20 seconds. Then after about 3-5 seconds it resumes flashing (alternating between the red light and the key buttons). If I continue holding the power button down it will repeat this, showing solid red and then reverting to flashing.
I can not get the screen to display anything, not even the charging animation, and none of my computers will even recognize the device. I've been messing with it all day and I'm stuck. If anyone can help me, at all, please do. I hate going to Sprint. Anything but that, please.
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me too.
I was doing the LGNPST and it was stuck at 67% for 15 min so i unplugged and the phone did nothing so I turned it off from recovery and nothing. no power only the power flashes red for a few seconds after pressing.
I am out of town now but if I can get it to turn back on I will send it back since I just received it today.
Unfortunately, my phone is now completely unresponsive. I have had it plugged in to the original wall charger for over two hours and still no power. If i hold down the power button for about 15 seconds while plugged in the red light will blink once every second until i let go. However, if I unplug it and do the same the light will not come on. I'm about to disassemble my brick and see if the battery pull will help any.
Any success stories in detail would be appreciated. Plan B is to send it off to Mobiletechvideos.
Edit: Moving on to plan B....thanks.
Sent from my LGL35G using xda app-developers app
TangoXray said:
Unfortunately, my phone is now completely unresponsive. I have had it plugged in to the original wall charger for over two hours and still no power. If i hold down the power button for about 15 seconds while plugged in the red light will blink once every second until i let go. However, if I unplug it and do the same the light will not come on. I'm about to disassemble my brick and see if the battery pull will help any.
Any success stories in detail would be appreciated. Plan B is to send it off to Mobiletechvideos.
Sent from my LGL35G using xda app-developers app
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I did this trick a couple weeks ago when my phone stopped responding. Could only get flashing light while plugged in, and no response when not plugged in. Eventually while plugged in I could get to the bootloader, but could not get to recovery. This fix worked for me, though it may not work for you. You will need a T5 torx (star) screwdriver. Good luck.
I just got in a nice Galaxy Tab SGH-T849. Which would be a LOT nicer if it worked..
I have done the rudimentary things. Checked the power plug and cable, cleaned the contacts, etc etc. No luck.
There is absolutely no response from the Tab. I had it charging overnight, so I know it has a good charge. Assuming it is capable of taking a charge.
I just wanted to know if there was anything else I can try before I tear into it.
Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.
Michale
Michale32086 said:
I just got in a nice Galaxy Tab SGH-T849. Which would be a LOT nicer if it worked..
I have done the rudimentary things. Checked the power plug and cable, cleaned the contacts, etc etc. No luck.
There is absolutely no response from the Tab. I had it charging overnight, so I know it has a good charge. Assuming it is capable of taking a charge.
I just wanted to know if there was anything else I can try before I tear into it.
Thanx in advance for any assistance rendered.
Michale
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If you connect it to your PC, do you see any devices show up? If not, does it do anything if you hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds or so while connected? Knowing what devices show up can help diagnose what's wrong.
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If you connect it to your PC, do you see any devices show up? If not, does it do anything if you hold down the power button for 10-15 seconds or so while connected? Knowing what devices show up can help diagnose what's wrong.
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Hi and thanks for the reply..
Absolutely nothing shows up when I plug in the USB cable. I held the power button down for 30sec and still nothing from the PC or the unit.
Michale
Michale32086 said:
Hi and thanks for the reply..
Absolutely nothing shows up when I plug in the USB cable. I held the power button down for 30sec and still nothing from the PC or the unit.
Michale
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OK, that's bad. Sounds like it's completely dead. At this point, I'd take the back off and probe the battery to see if it has any juice.
To remove it, you've got to remove two screws from the bottom edge next to the accessory connector. Then you can use a spudger tool to remove the back cover. When fully charged, the battery should read 3.7v. If you don't have a voltmeter, you're kind of screwed. However, you can at least look around and see if there's any obvious signs of major damage.
If the battery's depleted, it's not guaranteed that it's bad - it's possible that the charging circuitry is dead. You can verify that the charge circuit is working by probing the battery with a voltmeter while the charger is connected.
Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zslF7P5Wxcc for instructions on how to get to the battery.
Yea, I already have the back off.. The two screws on the bottom are of the tri-driver variety.. Check my tools to see if I have one of those.
Thanx again.. I'll check the voltages and get back..
Michale
My HTC One won't respond to any microUSB cable. Thus, it won't charge or connect to any computer. The battery is now dead. How can I recover my photos / videos?
And yes, I already tried holding it near a bright light while pressing volume down + power. I just want my photos / videos back.
bloodymurderlive said:
And yes, I already tried holding it near a bright light while pressing volume down + power. I just want my photos / videos back.
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Are you using the HTC Stock charger? Maybe the charger is the problem. If you can't get that battery charged, you are out of luck. You could take it to a repair shop and maybe they could fix the battery. If you send it in to HTC they will swap it out.
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Are you using the HTC Stock charger? Maybe the charger is the problem. If you can't get that battery charged, you are out of luck. You could take it to a repair shop and maybe they could fix the battery. If you send it in to HTC they will swap it out.
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Thanks, but for a while there, no chargers were working. Then randomly, my car charger started working. But, it kept just restarting, as if the power button was being held down. I use a pocket knife to wiggle the power button, and it booted up. Something must have gotten in the crevices of the device somehow, no idea how.
I've figured out how to get certain chargers to work if they're positioned just right, but it's still a pain cause it sometimes will still act as though the power button is being held down and I have to wiggle it around... not an easy task when the button is flush with the body.
You know if it's possible to take open it up and make sure everything is clean? Probably a bad idea, right?
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Thanks, but for a while there, no chargers were working. Then randomly, my car charger started working. But, it kept just restarting, as if the power button was being held down. I use a pocket knife to wiggle the power button, and it booted up. Something must have gotten in the crevices of the device somehow, no idea how.
I've figured out how to get certain chargers to work if they're positioned just right, but it's still a pain cause it sometimes will still act as though the power button is being held down and I have to wiggle it around... not an easy task when the button is flush with the body.
You know if it's possible to take open it up and make sure everything is clean? Probably a bad idea, right?
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I've seen posts where the person has taken them apart, but it is not something I'd want to do. You might try some compressed air on the power switch - maybe you can blow out that speck of dust or whatever. Might be worth a try...
Thanks, that's a great idea. Still... If the phone really was dead, I'm really surprised that there's no possible way to recover the data! If a desktop computer dies, you connect the harddrive to another device and your data is safe and sound.
Smartphones seem to be a new level of risk that we're not used to!
checked pm?
i think problem is in charging port , so if you can fix that , you can recover your files
So, yesterday, I accidently dropped my phone... again
I noticed minutes after that the power button of my DX wasn't working. I tried to remove the case, and click on the real power button... Was broken too.
I said "ok I'll let the phone charging so the screen will stay on"
Today I tried again to remove the case, to see if I can still try to find a way to click on the power button.
And the battery dropped... again
Now, I'm stuck with this unfonctional Desire X. The phone is totally SHUTDOWN, and I can't boot it without the power button. Is there a solution to this issue since my problem doesn't seems to be rare?
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So, yesterday, I accidently dropped my phone... again
I noticed minutes after that the power button of my DX wasn't working. I tried to remove the case, and click on the real power button... Was broken too.
I said "ok I'll let the phone charging so the screen will stay on"
Today I tried again to remove the case, to see if I can still try to find a way to click on the power button.
And the battery dropped... again
Now, I'm stuck with this unfonctional Desire X. The phone is totally SHUTDOWN, and I can't boot it without the power button. Is there a solution to this issue since my problem doesn't seems to be rare?
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I actually tore the felx cable that goes to my power button.
You can buy new flex cable that holds SD and SIM cards and has the power button. Its about 8 dollars on ebay, shipping included.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sim-Card-Me...063?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a3205911f
In the meantime this is what you can try:
- remove battery and put it on charger. Why on charger insert battery and maybe it turns on. If it does, install and set up Gravity button tool. You can wake your phone with proximity sensor.
- try a nail file to gently scrub the plastic coating off the thin cable that runs to the power button. BE PATIENT! Dont use too much pressure or you will wrip it. You should see 2 copper lines running in parallel. If you see them, use something metallic to short circuit it. (I use the blade of a pocket knife or scissors). Hold it there long for power on, shortly for wake and lock screen. You can easily access the cable by just lifting the power button off the case with a thin blade. Be gentle.
Other thing: anyone has an idea if the flexcable from the dual-sim version would be compatible with the single sim motherboard? I mean, is the only difference between the single sim and dual-sim version that the flex cable is different?
Has anyone seen a dual-sim flex cable for sale online?