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[Q] picked up a NS4G in a trade.....bricked

Hey guys so long story short I picked up a NS4G in a trade. I knew it was "bricked" but I figured hey i have xda! lol
It doesn't power on wont take a charge and does nothing when pressing button combo's. I have searched thru the threads and could not find anything.
I have read about a place you can send it into and they can fix it but not sure about that.
Basically I am wondering should I just throw it in the trash because it is a paper weight? Or is it salvageable?
The guy said he couldn't remember what ROM it was running but I didn't think that really mattered?
Thanks in advanced!!
P.S:The ESN is clear just so you know we aren't wasting our time.
Another question. Would sprint be able to repair the phone? As in replace something in it? I have a service/repair center pretty close to me.

If it ends up not booting and not fixable I'll pay shipping for it.
Just wanted to get "1st dibs"
Carry on
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thedudejdog said:
If it ends up not booting and not fixable I'll pay shipping for it.
Just wanted to get "1st dibs"
Carry on
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Hey that sounds good to me. I will give it a couple days and if I cant get it going then I will send it to ya. Curious what ya gonna use it for?

mikesally said:
Hey that sounds good to me. I will give it a couple days and if I cant get it going then I will send it to ya. Curious what ya gonna use it for?
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I've got a cracked screen. Need it for parts.
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Sounds good i will let you know!!

But yea, I've brought one back from someone flashing a gsm radio but it would boot to bootloader with vol + and power.
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If it's actually bricked and not hardware failure, I just produced a solution to fix this model. PM me if you need help...

Contact these guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecp8jKmm48k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Esteway.619 said:
Contact these guys. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecp8jKmm48k&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Lol. Those guys would be me...

connexion2005 said:
Lol. Those guys would be me...
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Ohh lol. Good to know u guys are here thanks for what u do u guys are life savers lol.
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connexion2005 said:
Lol. Those guys would be me...
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Yep when i get home they will be recieving a payment from me. Pretty good deal if you ask me. 40 bucks for one bamfin phone.
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[Q] Menu and Back buttons don't work

flashed to poseidon rom and my menu and back buttons stopped working.. flashed back to stock fw (XXKPQ) and it didn't fix it.. this only happened when i flashed poseidon rom suggestions?
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HOW?
**Flash a CUSTOM KERNEL
What fixed mine?
**Flashed a custom ROM and flashed a custom Kernel

Flash full xxkpe with the latona.pit , happened to me too.
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Thanks.. Will try it soon as i get home
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jan3586 said:
Flash full xxkpe with the latona.pit , happened to me too.
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i flashe xxkpe twice man.. it still didn't fix it -.-

it might be h/w problem also.. My i9003's back button stopped working in 2 months.. w/o doing anything!! I got that complete screen replaced

My sister's capacitive button started to activate by itself without even touching it. After flashing, it stopped. Sent it for repair and the service center said the touch panel needs to be replaced. Two different scenarios but maybe the same
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ephraim033 said:
My sister's capacitive button started to activate by itself without even touching it. After flashing, it stopped. Sent it for repair and the service center said the touch panel needs to be replaced. Two different scenarios but maybe the same
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kuya!
sent my sl to customer service.. they checked the phone and charged me Php200 just so they could say that it was a hardware problem (i was pretty aware that it was.. i didn't need to pay Php200 to be assured)... they said i should pay Php3000 to get a new touchscreen installed.. wtf -.- i don't have that much money at the moment.. are there simpler solutions to this?
i think i just got ripped off by samsung's customer service :/

saywhatt said:
kuya!
sent my sl to customer service.. they checked the phone and charged me Php200 just so they could say that it was a hardware problem (i was pretty aware that it was.. i didn't need to pay Php200 to be assured)... they said i should pay Php3000 to get a new touchscreen installed.. wtf -.- i don't have that much money at the moment.. are there simpler solutions to this?
i think i just got ripped off by samsung's customer service :/
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That's what i said to my sister. But to check, we sent it to the service center. 3k??? My sister was charged with 5k.. waaaa!!! is your warrant still intact? I got my sl's(which is now owned by my sister) touch panel replaced through warrant because its top right side somewhat lifted up
Edit: Are u sure it's 3k???
Edit2: i just installed button saviour(a virtual back, home, recent apps etc which will be hidden on the side of your screen) on my sister's sl to get a temporary menu and back button.
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No, warranty expired last April 30
5k?! insane man! I didnt pay 3k yet, still looking for cheaper alternatives
-i think my sl unit is defective, as in.. I bought a defective one. i've experienced more than 3 problems with this phone without even doing anything to it..motherboard broke itself, speaker too, sometimes t.screen doesnt work..-.-
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Why do they have different prices? you brought it to sm cebu right? Cyber zone, north wing? Try button saviour as of now. Or any app like it. Why do you have two phones anyway?
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Yeeeah sm. Gave my old SL to my brother but he's not a flashaholic like me -.- so i had to help him if he wants something flashed..
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There are apps to help you replace the soft keys by placing a panel of soft keys at the bottom of the screen like in aokp. Use those first, they should help
Cheers
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yeah, just like button saviour.

lol, i decided to open up my hardware stuffs.. i saw the motherboard and etc, pressed it a bit.. and the screen worked this time. HAHAHA i know it's stupid but it did the work
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saywhatt said:
lol, i decided to open up my hardware stuffs.. i saw the motherboard and etc, pressed it a bit.. and the screen worked this time. HAHAHA i know it's stupid but it did the work
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opening hardware can be dangerous. Anyway its good that u solved ur problem.

saywhatt said:
lol, i decided to open up my hardware stuffs.. i saw the motherboard and etc, pressed it a bit.. and the screen worked this time. HAHAHA i know it's stupid but it did the work
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Congrats manghod!!! Why the f*** didn't samsung service center used that fix? Maybe because they want to generate or earn money??? Lol
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profit oriented hahaha.. try it kuya!
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saywhatt said:
profit oriented hahaha.. try it kuya!
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Well, i should. Is it that hard manghod?
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nope..
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ephraim033 said:
Congrats manghod!!! Why the f*** didn't samsung service center used that fix? Maybe because they want to generate or earn money??? Lol
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I am pretty sure that the service center won't even *try* to fix it, they change the whole screen, for example, if the memory chip goes bad, they don't change it, they change the WHOLE motherboard, with warranty or without it.

New customer broken phone free replacement

Alright guys I need some help I just got att service no less then 2 monthes ago my son was playing with my phone and in the process dropped and it broke my LCD isn't cracked but he digitizer is. I called into att I purchase the phone warranty but they want to charge me 199 which is ridiculous but I'm not eligible for an upgrade as well.. I need some help cuz this is my only phone that I can use on att since my other phones are work phone.
Question is how do I get it to basically no cost i had warranty with other company and it never cost that much
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crashpsycho said:
Alright guys I need some help I just got att service no less then 2 monthes ago my son was playing with my phone and in the process dropped and it broke my LCD isn't cracked but he digitizer is. I called into att I purchase the phone warranty but they want to charge me 199 which is ridiculous but I'm not eligible for an upgrade as well.. I need some help cuz this is my only phone that I can use on att since my other phones are work phone.
Question is how do I get it to basically no cost i had warranty with other company and it never cost that much
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Buy a new digitizer off ebay for around $120.....thats ur best bet i believe
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jyazzie110 said:
Buy a new digitizer off ebay for around $120.....thats ur best bet i believe
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Damn pretty crappy but I do appreciate the response
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When you call into AT&T ask for the number to the warranty department. They will ask you a few questions to determine if that's the right department you are looking for. Just say you charged your phone and it no longer turns on. Eventually after lying a bit more you will have a replacement device on its way to you. Works for me all the time and have never failed yet.
They say all kind of things to scare you out of it, but nothing ever happens. I don't know if it is just my luck. I warranty at least 3 times for the year just to keep my phone looking brand new and I send it in working perfectly fine.
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RastarNation said:
When you call into AT&T ask for the number to the warranty department. They will ask you a few questions to determine if that's the right department you are looking for. Just say you charged your phone and it no longer turns on. Eventually after lying a bit more you will have a replacement device on its way to you. Works for me all the time and have never failed yet.
They say all kind of things to scare you out of it, but nothing ever happens. I don't know if it is just my luck. I warranty at least 3 times for the year just to keep my phone looking brand new and I send it in working perfectly fine.
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You CANNOT warranty out a broken digitizer......sumone correct me if im wrong
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jyazzie110 said:
You CANNOT warranty out a broken digitizer......sumone correct me if im wrong
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I know. That's why I'm explaining to lie. It's a gamble, but from my personal experience they never really check. I warrantied perfectly working phones before and nothing happen and on the other end pretty messed up ones too. It's just advice, that's all
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RastarNation said:
I know. That's why I'm explaining to lie. It's a gamble, but from my personal experience they never really check. I warrantied perfectly working phones before and nothing happen and on the other end pretty messed up ones too. It's just advice, that's all
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Karma man karma.....always comes back to bite u in the ass.....
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If you wanna keep karma intact call Samsung and ask them how much it would be to replace the digitizer. If you don't believe in karma just flash a ROM to it from another Samsung phone. Bring it to ATT store and say WTF my phone just stopped working.

Lol thanks rapstar I can definitely give it a shot. Here my thing jyazzie that your correct they don't warranty hardware breaking so by my son dropping the phone voided the warranty. But here my thing I have had other providers and they always warrantied at least one accidental replacement and for 199 I could just go and buy something else like a galaxy note. But seriously 199 for a phone that is on the do not sell list lol. Thank you all for the help and feed back. But I'll see if my work will let me get one temporarily.
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I'd try to brick it through Kies, tbqh. Can be done without the screen on if you restore to 2.3 in ODIN. It's a risk that they see the digitizer and have a "WTF" moment, but you stand a good chance of getting away with saying, "I did the upgrade through Kies and now it doesn't work."

T.J. Bender said:
I'd try to brick it through Kies, tbqh. Can be done without the screen on if you restore to 2.3 in ODIN. It's a risk that they see the digitizer and have a "WTF" moment, but you stand a good chance of getting away with saying, "I did the upgrade through Kies and now it doesn't work."
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Yeah I can definitely give it a shot the only problem is that with any glare your can definitely see the LCD screen is cracked
Sorry to edit its the LCD screen not digitizer
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crashpsycho said:
Yeah I can definitely give it a shot the only problem is that with any glare your can definitely see the LCD screen is cracked
Sorry to edit its the LCD screen not digitizer
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Oh, yeah, if it's the screen, that changes things a bit lol

Thanks though
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T.J. Bender said:
Oh, yeah, if it's the screen, that changes things a bit lol
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Indeed. I actually had Samsung replace my screen when I broke the glass a few months ago. They charged me 158 and they covered shipping both ways. I had the phone back in 8 days. Since they did the work it is still under warranty if anything else should go wrong. It was actually cheaper than any of the glass/digitizer units I could find online.

hechoen said:
Indeed. I actually had Samsung replace my screen when I broke the glass a few months ago. They charged me 158 and they covered shipping both ways. I had the phone back in 8 days. Since they did the work it is still under warranty if anything else should go wrong. It was actually cheaper than any of the glass/digitizer units I could find online.
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That's true after 2 hrs of pricing found the cheapest was 158 minus shipping
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crashpsycho said:
That's true after 2 hrs of pricing found the cheapest was 158 minus shipping
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R u guys serious??? Didja check ebay??? I bought my digitizer for $120......thats all u need....u dnt need the whole housing on the outside....just break out the old screen CAREFULLY and replace the digitizer....replaced mines within 10 mins and it works perfectly...
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jyazzie110 said:
R u guys serious??? Didja check ebay??? I bought my digitizer for $120......thats all u need....u dnt need the whole housing on the outside....just break out the old screen CAREFULLY and replace the digitizer....replaced mines within 10 mins and it works perfectly...
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dude ive been doing repairs on phone for over 3 years i know what i can and cannot repair on a phone I need an lcd Not a digitizer. ive tried over 15 times minimal to seperate an LCD from a Digitizer glass and failed every time some people have the touch others dont.

crashpsycho said:
dude ive been doing repairs on phone for over 3 years i know what i can and cannot repair on a phone I need an lcd Not a digitizer. ive tried over 15 times minimal to seperate an LCD from a Digitizer glass and failed every time some people have the touch others dont.
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Thats why i said before that buying a whole new digitizer with the lcd attached.....i tried replacing the top acreen and ended up cracking my whole digitizer.....heres a link to where i got mines from....its from Hong kong but i got it in the mail within a week with free shipping.....its not $120 like i paid but its cheaper than $158. http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=160886293969
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Thanks man 140 in my situation cuz mine is white phone thanks
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Hardware or software problem?

Each time I try to open a app my phone freezes and shows a black screen and there is no sound. When they call me I cant answer because it freezes and if I do they cant here me, I have factory reset the phone but same problem I have restored back to stock gb 2.3.5 but still nothing. Can this be fixed or can I send it to get fixed for a good price.

if you have restored to stock, then wiped caches and a reset, and it still freezes then its a hw issue, if its under a year, warranty it, if its over then see if you can get an estimate for repairs

I have wiped everything but still same issue, do you know how can this be fixed?

CaLLm3LAzY- said:
I have wiped everything but still same issue, do you know how can this be fixed?
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If you've restored completely to stock and you still have the issue, take it in to an AT&T store. If you've had it less than a year, warranty it like vincom suggested.

But Im not with at&t im move to straight talk because it was cheaper. But I want to know if its a software or hardware I've asked around and people and friends been telling me its a software problem and others tell me its a hardware problem? Im confused.

It's a Hardware issue, you've already tried different software. Take it to where you bought it if it's still under warranty.
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I dont have warranty because I moved to straight talk and do you think the jtag repair will fix this problem?

I don't think jtag will fix it, that's for a hard bricked device. You have other issues which I don't know what they are.
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Mmmmm what do you think is wrong?

CaLLm3LAzY- said:
Mmmmm what do you think is wrong?
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You have been given some good advise by very knowledgeable people and appears you won't follow it. One of my phones had the same problem it was hardware related I took I sent it back to AT&T and it was replaced under warranty.
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CaLLm3LAzY- said:
Mmmmm what do you think is wrong?
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Your brain doesn't seem to be functioning.
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It's broke.
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xcrazydx said:
Your brain doesn't seem to be functioning.
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I think he's just lazy.
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plwalsh88 said:
I think he's just lazy.
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Seems like it.
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Vibrator is not working in galaxy R.How to fix?

I am not getting any vibration feedback from my galaxy r i.e the phone is not vibrating when i am getting a call or when i am typing something..please help me.
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kaushal.k said:
I am not getting any vibration feedback from my galaxy r i.e the phone is not vibrating when i am getting a call or when i am typimg something..please help me.
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Give some proper details like which ROM you are using.?
Are you rooted?
Did you flash anything or installed anything new.?
Also, use Q/A subforum for the same

I am using stock rom ics indian version and i rooted my device.
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I have checked many custom roms to make it work.none of them worked..
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Mine doesn't work either. Kind of used to it now since my phone is out of warranty and I won't pay 8000 INR to get it to vibrate.
Btw, it's not the first time. Happened twice. So I got it repaired from SSC under warranty. They replaced the motherboard both the times in order to fix it.
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I have had my vibration piece changed twice!
It's pretty easy to do yourself if it isn't under warranty
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How to replace can you give steps to do
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kaushal.k said:
How to replace can you give steps to do
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiWFf_zy0hI
Here is a video explaining how to disassemble a similar phone to ours with the final objective being screen replacement. Not exactly what you want but it will give you a good idea.
You will need to replace the part. You can find it here and other places
http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9103-galaxy-r/
Have patience and go slow. The power cable for example is very easy to rip in two...I did this and now have to solder on another one.

Whoa. Strangely, my phone's vibrator started working today! After being dead for like 6 months, it just started working again even when I did nothing. Lol.
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