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I-Mate Jam Or s100...Is it Dead??

Goodmorning from Greece and a happy new year for all of u (except me )..My s100 fall out of my jean in water for 5 minutes when it was on..I took it turn it off by removing its battery and from its sd slot the water run away!!..I open it carefully removing its back cover with camera etc and clean it with a toothbrush and some alcohol..Then i put it all back and powered on the phone..The screen gone in calibration mode but i had problems with power..When i take off the battery to insert my sim card the phone want boot up..Without sim card the screen looks great and the hard reset works great to but the problem with the power issue was urgent..So i took my phone at my friends nokia club and then we take out all the parts of the phone and did a proffecional ceaning with all this oil staff as that nokia does..After i put all the parts back on the phone the power issue was solved but i had another serious issue..The screen shows nothing!!!it has no power at all...I open it again (i am expert after all this) and take a look at screen cable tape witch goes on the phone "motherboard"..It was ok..When i power on my phone it sounds like goes to calibration screen after a hard reset..Also i have done flashing via qtek last rom but the problem exists..The screen shows nothing..No graphics no white light...nothing..Is the screen cable tape so sensitive by the all procedure??..Is there sth else i can do??Of course after the water the phone has no quarantee so if i send it to qtek service i think they gonna ask me a lot of money..Any idea??...Sorry for my big topic and for my bad english...Thanks a lot :?:

Sorry to hear your Magician has gone bad...
Of course you can buy a replacement screen, but it's rather expensive and a true heartbreaker if it still doesn't work. I think your best bet is to take it to a professional and have it checked out. Only then will you find out what has happened and how expensive it will be.
Normally, if you drop your phone in water, you should just pull the battery right away and let the phone dry in room temperature for at least 24 hours, before trying to power it up again. Be careful of hairdriers and radiators, which might turn a bad thing worse. Don't ever try to disassemble until you know for a fact that it is the last option.

Thanks for your responce..i think i should sent the phone to qtek service centre....

Did my touchscreen die?

Hello everyone,
Today i installed my parrot bluetooth carkit. And after i connected a couple of times my phone became unstable.
So unstable that i'm not able to tap the screen.....
I don't know what happened due that i have hard resetted the phone a couple of times and even switched from m-rom to energyrom 3.0 with the same results.
Only one thing that was strange is that the touch pro start up screen with the red characters in the right bottom.
That after i flashed m-rom to energy rom that the touch pro characters in the middle were still different like the way that are made in m-rom. With the addition : powered by m-rom
So this means that the phone doesnt format his core
Help please give me any advice.
UPDATE:When backlight is dimmed, it will be bright if i touch it once. Afterwards it will maintain the same.
I have tried several roms and tried to restore my SPL aswell, without any results till now.
I'm getting desperate now. Due that i stays in the screen of ALLIGNMENT, so i'm really not able to start up anything from now.

Have you dropped your device recently?
Try flashing a stock/shipped rom and hard-reset when after flashing the rom when you get to the "Tap here to set up your device" screen.

I have a OIL spot in the screen when i keep it in bright light.
This could be occured when the phone was inside my bag during my beach visit.....
I guess the phone turned liquid by the sun....
Does somebody ever experienced the same issue?

fone_fanatic said:
Have you dropped your device recently?
Try flashing a stock/shipped rom and hard-reset when after flashing the rom when you get to the "Tap here to set up your device" screen.
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I have a oil spot, and the raster of the phone with little dots in visible in the ligt.
I have made a repair order at HTC.
Which didn't satisfy me at all!
They told me that it is not covered by warranty. I was shocked, this will cost me around 70 euro to fix, and my shop warranty is still valid. So i called the shop to explain this.
And they said if this is not caused by a user, we will change the phone, but first we what to have a diagnose from HTC.
So i decided to let HTC pick up my phone . They will have a repair time of 5 up till 10 days.
That's fair, but i'm not really happy with this situation. Because i think that the screen is the most harmful component. And this means that if this part fails that my phone becomes obsolete.
I will post my conclusion after i got my phone repaired.
I will return to the STOCK spl and the original rom just for warranty purposes.

dont tell them that you spilt anything on it or dropped it. Although they will be able to tell if there is water damage to the device you might get lucky and they won't notice.
Now is the oil spot from leaving it in the sun or suntan lotion getting in the device?

fone_fanatic said:
dont tell them that you spilt anything on it or dropped it. Although they will be able to tell if there is water damage to the device you might get lucky and they won't notice.
Now is the oil spot from leaving it in the sun or suntan lotion getting in the device?
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Nope nothing happened at all.
Thats the strange thing about this situation.
I was in the shadow of the sun and the bags were only filled with clothes. So it didn't drop or something else.
I was able to use my phone during the day.... and was getting more unresponsive during the time that went by.
So i will not accept any blame of myself, due that i have a warranty of 1 year from the factory which will not cover your display :S
But also have the store warranty... So i told the store that i will return the phone if there are any costs.
The store told me that they will wait on the diagnose of HTC which i have sent it to myself to reduce the time.
If the diagnose tells that it's not my fault, then i can return my phone probably.... He couldn't promise it due that i want to see the diagnose first.
So I will wait on HTC's conclusion.... And i'm afraid that they will try to blame me for it....
They better not I will be a pain in there arses

Hello, I have exactly the same problem. After flashing from energyrom 3.0 to Aurora, a few hours later, i couldn't get my phone out of lock. (slide a button to the right or left on your touchscreen)
I tried a soft reset, but the phone started up with the same locked screen. So, i tried a hard reset. From that moment on i got stuck at "align screen". I ve flashed several times with several ROM's but nothing. (by the way, whatever rom i install, the first screen always says: Energyrom by NTGZ28)
I used the trick to paste welcome.not on the micro card, to bypass the align screen. That works, but the touch screen doesn't work. I 've removed the protection of the screen, but that doesn't make a difference either. My device didn't fall, came into contact with water or anything that could harm the thing. Oh, when the backlight is dimmed, the screen reacts to tapping it. Please help me out ??
resolt the issue. Because of a lot scraches (spelled ok?), i removed the protective screen. When i put the new screen on, everything worked !

hivesnl said:
I have a OIL spot
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i had does as well and then touch screen stopped working..
had to replace digitizer, unfortunately had to replace LCD screen and digitizer at the end (was not able to separate digitizer from LCD)

Water Damaged Z3

So i never realized that z3 is only waterproof for 30 minutes, i took it into a pool party, and was surprised it wouldn't turn on, and tried turning it on outside water.
It's been 3 days, i have letting it dry itself. When i plug in the charging cable, it turns the charge light on (red) but nothing more, does not turn on. When i press and hold the power button, the red charging light behings to flicker.
When i plug it into pc, it comes up as unrecognized usb device. No disks, or files accessible.
Sony PC Companion fails to read it too, and fails to repair it. It doesn't go past the disconnect and connect usb with volume button down.
Flashtool also fails to recognize it.
I have charged it for long now.
Questions about what can I do with this -
1. Is there a chance that replacing battery will help?
2. Will it be possible to recover my photos from the device?
3. Does anyone have an estimated cost range from Sony center for repairing this? My insurance deductible is 175, i'm trying to figure out if i should call it in or send to sony.
4. Any other options/alternatives/ processes that i can try. Worst case, i call insurance, but i can see what we can do before i do that.

marksee said:
So i never realized that z3 is only waterproof for 30 minutes, i took it into a pool party, and was surprised it wouldn't turn on, and tried turning it on outside water.
It's been 3 days, i have letting it dry itself. When i plug in the charging cable, it turns the charge light on (red) but nothing more, does not turn on. When i press and hold the power button, the red charging light behings to flicker.
When i plug it into pc, it comes up as unrecognized usb device. No disks, or files accessible.
Sony PC Companion fails to read it too, and fails to repair it. It doesn't go past the disconnect and connect usb with volume button down.
Flashtool also fails to recognize it.
I have charged it for long now.
Questions about what can I do with this -
1. Is there a chance that replacing battery will help?
2. Will it be possible to recover my photos from the device?
3. Does anyone have an estimated cost range from Sony center for repairing this? My insurance deductible is 175, i'm trying to figure out if i should call it in or send to sony.
4. Any other options/alternatives/ processes that i can try. Worst case, i call insurance, but i can see what we can do before i do that.
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1st
That's unlikely. I think the mainboard is damaged.
2nd
I don't think so. Except if you know a friend who can do SMD soldering. Ask him. If you have no such friend: unaffordable. If some photos are on the SD card, put it in a reader at your PC and see what happens.
3rd
175 in what currency and country?
Sony will see it's a water damage. How long have you had your device in water? If it were 35 or 45 minutes, send it in. If it were 6 hours... There are "sensors" that can show how long they have been under water. I don't know whether this kind of sensor is in your phone or not. But it's possible.
4th
I don't think your mainboard can be repaired at all. Maybe the LCD and Touch still work.
If you can geht a device with broken screen for under 175, you can put it's mainboard under your screen. Maybe it works, maybe not.
But remember your "new" phone will have the other phone's IMEI what makes your insurance worthless for the future. Mobile phone insurances are usually bound to the IMEI.
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Sony Xperia SP - Cyanogenmod 12.1

I think he has T-Mobile USA, that is the deductible in $ as part of their Jump! program.
Since I assume the water damage indicator would be tripped/red, T-Mobile wont give you a warranty exchange.... you have to pay deductible unless you go through Sony.
I went through warranty exchanges earlier without insurance and they obviously made it clear to check the water indicators before sending it in.
So best case if you are sure you did everything right, is to send it to Sony and save yourself an unnecessary fee.

First of all,
I'm sorry to hear this has occured upon your Xperia device, Unfortunately some Xperia Z3 Devices have a build defect in which water is passed through by the lanyard port if this was the case, Sadly your device is probably water damaged, However replacing the battery will give you no luck what so ever furthermore To retrieve your photos you would need the Device to boot up and as your Z3 is unable to proceed, You will not be able to unless they're saved on your SD Card (In which case you have one).
Reparing your device - You won't be able to find a quote from XDA, however i think it's in your best interest taking it to your Insurance group as Sony would decline repair under warranty due to the fact it's accidental damage (Unless you say there's a defect through the lanyard my research as shown, and it wasn't under water for more than 5 minutes)
The only other step i can think of is leaving your device with the flap open and putting it in a tub of Rice as Rice absorbs water this usually worked for my previous devices which were not waterproof,
All the best with your Device!

I'm still waiting for my water damaged device to be replaced by Sony, and it's been over 3 weeks since I've sent it in. They said they would replace it, but don't have any stock of the phone. It's the d6603 model btw.
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Phone COMPLETLY died while i was using it.

As you can see in thread, phone just dead. Dunno what happened. I bought it an year ago. I've tried to connect it to computer and it was visible as QHSUSB bulk but now i can't see it there. It doesn't react for turning on. I can't get into download mode, recovery mode. Very long time ago i flashed Android MM from xda and it was working good. It had ~50% of battery when died. I've tried to put off battery and then connect to pc but still nothing happen. It has broken screen (was working good) but i've done it in September 2016 so. I can connect it to Linux but i think it won't help too. Any fixes? I think they won't take It at warranty because of screen. Phone looks like dead for ages :<. @edit IT'S NOT DEAD! I've disconnected something from battery this longer one and when i click power i can hear "something" in the phone. And it gets heater so looks like processor is working. But it's still not visible in the device manager.
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i know emmc pinouts.

While I was using the phone, with battery at 66%, the exact same thing happened to mine. I'm sick of it. Time for a new phone.
(Had the rooted V15c image on it, no broken screen, only the camera issue - should someone care)

Same problem here, what is happening . My phone was approximately 80-90% and it suddenly turned off and I can't turn it on ..

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Phone went black with warning
The same just happened to mine. It was fully charged and I was using it and then the screen went black. There are no lights when I plug it in, no vibration after pressing and holding the power button. Nothing
I've connected it to my pc and a driver installed, I think the same one as a post above (QHSUSB) but still the phone doesn't respond in any way.
It's the European H955 on official MM 6.0.1 no root or mods and is out of the one year warranty yet was in excellent condition. Does this mean the phone is for scrap and nothing can be done?

Hi, I found a solution to repair the phone in this state. I start by telling you a story, a long time ago I had an HP laptop. video card was detachment from motherboard, and to a stick again we used a method called reflowing. I thought that the phone has the same problem, however we have nothing to lose so I opened the phone I took out the motherboard and started to warm up each chip using a hot air blower. I mounted the phone back and now works like new. I apologize for my bad English I am from Romania.

alex_otopeni17 said:
Hi, I found a solution to repair the phone in this state. I start by telling you a story, a long time ago I had an HP laptop. video card was detachment from motherboard, and to a stick again we used a method called reflowing. I thought that the phone has the same problem, however we have nothing to lose so I opened the phone I took out the motherboard and started to warm up each chip using a hot air blower. I mounted the phone back and now works like new. I apologize for my bad English I am from Romania.
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Any one tried this method and succeeded may please inform on this forum

My phone crashed, would reload to lock screen then restart and finally would not start at all. Before this the rear camera stopped working.
I had reset, flashed a new Rom and replaced the Camera which didn't solve the issue.
After the phone died I tried reflowing though I had no heat gun so I just used the oven. 200c for 7 minutes after disassembly.
That was about 8 hours ago and I am typing on my phone.the Camera is also working.
I will post if it stops again. I did it as the phone was dead and I had nothing to lose.

I have the same problem, and I am interested in getting a heat gun for this purpose. What specific parts of the phone did you reflow/heat? (in terms of the chips, or the entire board.)
Thanks in advance.

xaresys said:
I have the same problem, and I am interested in getting a heat gun for this purpose. What specific parts of the phone did you reflow/heat? (in terms of the chips, or the entire board.)
Thanks in advance.
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I did not heat the whole motherboard, just the chips under the shields.

Oven Phone Fix?
clb2c4e said:
My phone crashed, would reload to lock screen then restart and finally would not start at all. Before this the rear camera stopped working.
I had reset, flashed a new Rom and replaced the Camera which didn't solve the issue.
After the phone died I tried reflowing though I had no heat gun so I just used the oven. 200c for 7 minutes after disassembly.
That was about 8 hours ago and I am typing on my phone.the Camera is also working.
I will post if it stops again. I did it as the phone was dead and I had nothing to lose.
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What part of the phone did you reheat exactly? The whole phone? or did you take all the plastic out?

This part here: http://m.ebay.com/itm/OEM-AT-amp-T-LG-G-FLEX-2-H950-REPLACEMENT-32GB-LOGIC-BOARD-MOTHERBOARD-ORIGINAL-/141923410166
Also be sure to take off the rubber part on the back. The purpose is to remelt the solder.l, so only board and nothing else.
To disassemble there are some videos on YouTube. Remove your sim card before taking off the backing
Remember this is a last resort, you could end up with a completely dead chip.

clb2c4e said:
This part here: *link*
Also be sure to take off the rubber part on the back. The purpose is to remelt the solder.l, so only board and nothing else.
To disassemble there are some videos on YouTube. Remove your sim card before taking off the backing
Remember this is a last resort, you could end up with a completely dead chip.
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Thanks for the information. Is there a specific way you have to remove the shields, or do I use a soldering iron to get it off? (And if so, does it do any good to solder them back on?)

clb2c4e said:
This part here: http://m.ebay.com/itm/OEM-AT-amp-T-LG-G-FLEX-2-H950-REPLACEMENT-32GB-LOGIC-BOARD-MOTHERBOARD-ORIGINAL-/141923410166
Also be sure to take off the rubber part on the back. The purpose is to remelt the solder.l, so only board and nothing else.
To disassemble there are some videos on YouTube. Remove your sim card before taking off the backing
Remember this is a last resort, you could end up with a completely dead chip.
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Did it 395 degrees Fahrenheit (201.66 Celsius) for 7 minutes, I preheated the oven. The camera and everything now works fine.

xaresys said:
Thanks for the information. Is there a specific way you have to remove the shields, or do I use a soldering iron to get it off? (And if so, does it do any good to solder them back on?)
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You shouldn't have to use a soldering iron to take anything off. At least not as far as I am aware of.
I should note that as of this morning my phone when blank and will no longer turn on. I will try reflowing at a higher temperature as some solder may need a higher heat but I am not optimistic that this is a permanent fix.

Hey everyone !
First try to connect it in emergency mode to the computer in order to flash with LG UP. If you cannot boot into emergency mode but the device appers on your computer ( and PC is unable to connext into GF2) maybe you could burn your motherboard.
I burn one 7 months ago with my device resting on my pocket so its a common problem for this device (as official support told me so its full covered by guarantee )
Hope you can solve soon !!!

Random Freezes and reboots after full software reset

Device: SM-G920F
ROM: stock 7.0
Build number: nrd90m.g920fxxu5eqf1
kernel version and its settings: 3.10.61-10958180 [email protected] #1
Not rooted
So my phone has been acting up for good 6 months now. I was getting random reboots and freezes that would last anywhere between happpening just once or going on to continue for a day. Sometimes it gets so bad, that the phone would not work longer than a minute or so and would immediately reboot again. During the freezes the battery gets drained really fast (about 20-30% in 15 mins). If the phone freezes and I reset it (volume down+power) it just reboots and then it could freeze again in a minute.
I went to samsung and they told me it's a software problem, so they reset all the software. In less than a week it happened again, and yesterday it froze while at recovery menu, so it's probably not software. Today I went to Samsung again and they told me that if that's still going on, they have to change the motherboard (which would cost me like $320 and I'm better off getting a new phone anyway). So what would be your advice? Can it still be software related? Or can it be related to a hardware component that can be replaced separately from the board and I should try private repair shops?

Hi, my son has become the same problem on the same phone model.
I put him in a private repair shop, and twice he was dismantled and repaired. If nothing happened on the phone, it worked, but as the problems began to work, they reappeared.
It's some cold connections on the base plate ...
We have ordered a new phone ...

GREY_LIGHT said:
Device: SM-G920F
ROM: stock 7.0
Build number: nrd90m.g920fxxu5eqf1
kernel version and its settings: 3.10.61-10958180 [email protected] #1
Not rooted
So my phone has been acting up for good 6 months now. I was getting random reboots and freezes that would last anywhere between happpening just once or going on to continue for a day. Sometimes it gets so bad, that the phone would not work longer than a minute or so and would immediately reboot again. During the freezes the battery gets drained really fast (about 20-30% in 15 mins). If the phone freezes and I reset it (volume down+power) it just reboots and then it could freeze again in a minute.
I went to samsung and they told me it's a software problem, so they reset all the software. In less than a week it happened again, and yesterday it froze while at recovery menu, so it's probably not software. Today I went to Samsung again and they told me that if that's still going on, they have to change the motherboard (which would cost me like $320 and I'm better off getting a new phone anyway). So what would be your advice? Can it still be software related? Or can it be related to a hardware component that can be replaced separately from the board and I should try private repair shops?
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Did you spill water on your phone in the past? may be left it in a foggy or misty area? try to remember. your phone shows symptoms of shorting in logic board. in that case approach a private repair shop that does ultrasonic cleaning. this will mostly fix your phone.

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Did you spill water on your phone in the past? may be left it in a foggy or misty area? try to remember. your phone shows symptoms of shorting in logic board. in that case approach a private repair shop that does ultrasonic cleaning. this will mostly fix your phone.
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Thanks for your reply!
I did not spill anything on my phone, or have been in a foggy area for a while. There might have been some exposure to rain though. Is there any way to confirm water exposure as a culprit (as opposed to a broken motherboard) without disassembling the phone?

GREY_LIGHT said:
Thanks for your reply!
I did not spill anything on my phone, or have been in a foggy area for a while. There might have been some exposure to rain though. Is there any way to confirm water exposure as a culprit (as opposed to a broken motherboard) without disassembling the phone?
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I am afraid thats not possible. you have to eventually open up phone to inspect logic board. i strongly recommend approaching to samsung service centre or a private shop(that does ultrasonic cleansing) rather than opening up yourself.