I recently flashed CMRex with Kejar's 4.1.1 gapps and was going about setting up my device. I got everything set up how I like with all the apps I wanted downloaded and running how I wanted them. I then ran the v6 supercharger mod that I had used on my past two roms with no problem whatsoever. After finishing the set up of the script, I rebooted my device and all was well. I went to browse on craigslist's mobile app, then I saw something I wanted to google, so I opened my browser. My browser took an ungodly amount of time to load my homepage(google), and wouldn't respond hardly. I couldn't get the touchscreen to respond. My hardware buttons did respond and I got haptic feedback from them, but no response on the screen. Eventually, after numerously pressing the home button, I got a message saying the browser wasn't responding, selected ok to close it, then back to the non-responsiveness of the touch screen and hardware buttons. And then another eventually later, after another multitude of home button presses, I got to my homescreen but everything was laggy. The most lag I have ever encountered with my device since I obtained it, not to mention that my device was beginning to heat up. So, I decided I would power off the device, remove the battery, let it cool down, and then replace the battery before powering it back up. Well, lo and behold, I did just that, went to power back up my device, and there was no sign of life at all. Tried to get into the bootloader, no response. Tried a normal boot, no response. Tried to plug it into the charger to see if it would charge, no response. Well, my girlfriend told me to leave the battery out for a while and leave it alone for a while before trying it again. So, I played some MW3 for about 45 minutes to an hour, repeated all the above, and still no sign of life. Can anyone help me out? (I don't know if this is supposed to go into the Q&A or here, so I just post here.) I'm so distraught at the possibility of losing my phone, that I'm finding it hard to cope at the moment. Should be thinking of ways to gain some money in order to purchase a new device or is there still hope?
what a long message.do you have any point form here?
i hope you solve the problem .
Do you have access to a separate charger? You can try charging your battery there and see if that works. Did you try connecting it to the computer? Maybe that will show some sign of life. Also, how old is your phone and did you over clock?
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Do you have access to a separate charger? You can try charging your battery there and see if that works. Did you try connecting it to the computer? Maybe that will show some sign of life. Also, how old is your phone and did you over clock?
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I did not overclock, I do believe that my clock speeds were at the kernel default, either 100/1k, or 200/1k. Not sure which, but definitely one of those. The only other charger I would have access to would be my mother's HTC charger, but I will try that and connecting it to the computer as well. Well, I'm not exactly sure on the age of the phone because I purchased it off of craigslist, but it's in great condition. Only had a small scuff on the top left corner, but I know that has nothing to do with the age of the hardware. ): Could it possibly be that my battery decided to die for some reason? I've been having horribly battery life lately. Granted, I had horribly battery life when I got the phone, but it's gotten worse and worse since then.
My Nexus S wouldn't start but gave a flash on the screen when the battery was first inserted. Just got it back from repair and it was a motherboard problem. Was looking at a Huawei G300 as a cheap replacement if the repair wasn't covered by warranty (which it was). Good luck!
Thing about it is, I bought the phone off craigslist so I have no idea if its covered by the warranty still. Should I try calling samsung and find out?
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Sorry for my late reply! You could try, but u guess you can get a battery from Ebay and check if that solved the problem. Or if you have a friend who has one...
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I'm the only person I know that has this phone. And I guess the battery will have to wait till I get a job, but if im waiting that long, I'm just going to get a new phone all together.
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Testing the battery can be done differently, do you have a multimeter? Maybe your neighbours have one, it's a common thing. You can measure whether it has any power left. If you measure low voltage (below let's say 3400 mV), then it could be battery related.
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I recently flashed CMRex with Kejar's 4.1.1 gapps ... or is there still hope?
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Many reports on dead Nexus S with 4.1.1. Mine included after flashing CM10. Sent for repair 10 days ago and still waiting...
If you've got no warranty, perhaps time to buy a new phone? Bought myself a new Galaxy Nexus.
I would like to get a new galaxy nexus, but I have no money to do so. I'm currently trying to get a job and i m going to save up for a new phone. Im either going to get an s3, a galaxy nexus. Either one of those two or the new nexus if it comes out.
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I Baught the infuse on launch day off a friend of a friend of mine that was elgible for an upgrade. I gave him the money for the phone plus $100 for himself for doing it. The phone has been really hot the last few days. Yesterday it was at or around 100 Degrees F after i started using it (very light use). Last night when charging it took over 7 hours to fully charge. I turned screen brightness all the way down, have underclocked the processor to 800MHZ, what else can i do? Today the thing died on me in 3.5 hours and i didnt even use it... The screen was on for a total of 15 minutes. It was at about 105 degrees all day... i tried to contact the person who sold it to me to see if they could meet me at the store to try to return it for another unit, to make a long story short im unable to get ahold of them at all so im out of luck. What can i do? Is it possible to return to at&t without the reciept? I doubt it. I dont think the problem is the battery however, Ive take the battery out and its nice and cool, the hot area seems to be the metalic part covering the sim card right underneath the camera area thats hot. I can try to buy another battery but i dont think the issue is the battery. Im not sure what to do at this point. Any ideas on how i can cool the phone down? Or get a replacement unit?
It sounds like you have something running in the background that is forcing your processor to run at maximum speed (and voltage) all the time.
Try a menu->settings->factory data reset and dont install anything but updates, report back if it still gets hot.
Widget locker is being reported to cause issues fyi.
Might try contacting samsung. Maybe a battery problem. But sounds more like what previous poster said Runaway proceser
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look in settings about phone for battery use. post results. it may be a bad app, it may be the radio needs to be reset. the radio's can put off as much as or more heat than the processor. if it says cell radio 50% then you just need to enter airplane mode and then turn airplane mode off.
*#*#4636#*#* and go into battery stats you can check all usage there lots of cool stuff
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It sounds like you have something running in the background that is forcing your processor to run at maximum speed (and voltage) all the time.
Try a menu->settings->factory data reset and dont install anything but updates, report back if it still gets hot.
Widget locker is being reported to cause issues fyi.
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Thank you all so much for the responses, I have widgetlocker installed ... I will try that right now and report back. I've noticed too when I use setcpu after about an hour or so it would reset itself and I would have to go back in and reset it to whatever settings I had before
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look in settings about phone for battery use. post results. it may be a bad app, it may be the radio needs to be reset. the radio's can put off as much as or more heat than the processor. if it says cell radio 50% then you just need to enter airplane mode and then turn airplane mode off.
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Everything seems normal there. Screen is at 85%
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NVM.
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What wall charger are you using? The correct specs wall charger for the phone shouldn't give you the choice menu for mass storage,... etc. It should just charge.
I found that if I used the wrong type of wall charger(even car charger) the battery would get very warm. Using the charger that came with the phone doesnt do this.
I think the phone seems to go into a usb mode but gets way more current than expected.
I would call samsung, they will honor their warranty, regardless of who purchased the device.
I had problem with htc inspire, which I have bought on Ebay and I obviously didnt have a receipt for it.
To make a long story short I took it to att and they have replaced it for me no questions asked.
I said I have bought it from a private party.
I'm hoping that all of the responses of guys here at forum helped You, but if not remember, to try Your last resource which is att warranty department.
But I would personally go to corporate store not call them.
When You buy anything warranty usually stays with the device not the owner.
I believe, there is stubborn application running in the background, have You tried taskiller?
Good Luck!
My phone wont turn on after installing titanmim backup it was working ok and had about 50% battery left but thenit suddenly went off and now wont turn on.
Can it boot into recovery? What happens when you plug it into a charger and try turn it on?
It wont boot in to recovery mode. Am on my way home now so soon as am in am going to try and plug it in to the charger and see but before I installed titanmim backup it had about 50% battery still in it
Just tuck it out of my pocket and the screen feels warm to the touch
Try it when you get home and see how it goes.
Just got in and plugged it in to the charger and it's not coming on the charger light isn't even coming on
How the PC recognize it in the device manager?
At the moment my pc isn't picking it up
Pull the battery, put it back in, then try to power on.
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Tried that tried 2 different battery's and 2 different chargers and 2 different laptops
Did you try and turn the phone on without a battery in? I read somewhere that that may help discharge the final bit of power in the phone, but it's probably bull crap.
So no computer sees it at all? Have you ever run ADB or FASTBOOT commands with your computer? I ask because I want to make sure you have proper drivers installed and everything.
The next thing I would do is start downloading a RUU of your liking. I say that becasue it may come down to trying that out, and the download takes a while. Here's a link to the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074559
Any other info you can provide like is it stock, rooted, what ROM, etc. would be helpful.
It rooted and running OrDroid rom from here, It as been running great till tonight when I tried to install titanium back and it just went off with no life in it at all
Sorry to say but it sounds like a lot like what happened to me. My first Sensation just died on me one day. Have a read about it in this thread.
Am starting think that my self as I left it on charge all-night and its still dead. Don't even think it as any warranty left oh well best start saving just a pitty you can't make calls from a galaxy 10.1
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Am starting think that my self as I left it on charge all-night and its still dead. Don't even think it as any warranty left oh well best start saving just a pitty you can't make calls from a galaxy 10.1
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Yeah that is a real shame about the Galaxy 10.1. I have actually been thinking about getting one of those myself. I don't know about the Galaxy 10.1, but my Accer Iconia A500 tablet has a slot for a SD card that has a peice of molded plastic covering the slot. And it is work going on to be able to use it like a phone. Terrible how OEMs lock out a feature like that
Anyway back on topic, if you are interested I can give you contact info to someone that can replace the mainboard for you at a reasonable price. That would be cheaper than buying another device I think. Just PM me if you are interested.
Am in the UK mate
Think ill take my chances and try and sending if off to HTC for repair
Just booked it in now so hopefully they will fix it
Same thing happen to me the other day. It shut off and wouldn't come on. Thankfully I am paying extra for extended warranty which is basically lifetime warranty and got it replaced.
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Got a email from Htc saying even though my phone is in warranty they want a £145 to fix it put not because of the fault but because at the top of the screen there a little crack and even though I said that's not why its broke they still want me to pay it. So I don't now if its worth paying that much to fix it or count my loss's. Isn't there any other way to fix a bricked phone
Ok guys let's see you work that voodoo that you do so well...
I got the idea to come here when someone of a T-Mobile support forum for Samsung Galaxy S 4G said they gave up on getting any help from those people but the guys from XDA were great and her phone has worked right since speaking with them. So here I am.
I own a Samsung Galaxy S4 G since July 2011, no real issues at all aside from a few random freeze ups from various programs. Well, a few days ago it starts turning itself off randomly. Sometimes it turns itself back on when I press the on button, sometimes I have to plug it back in, sometimes it says the battery is way less than it was right before it shut itself off. So I do what any savvy computer person does that's still a noob at anything technical- I learn how to reset the phone to its factory settings, delete all data and start fresh, figuring I had some bug in the system. This did nothing to help.
So I go online and discover all these different web forums with people complaining about the same problem. They all say the same thing, update the phone, don't update the phone, reboot, don't reboot, nothing fixes it. I even considered there being the "impossibility" of a loose battery connection and cut a thin strip of a business card to shove between the phone base to push the connection end tighter together.
The only place on any forum that anyone seemed to find an answer, albeit the answer was not discussed, mentioned coming here.
I apologize in advance if I don't immediately understand any technical details people may offer up as help, but please please please if anyone has an idea of how to fix this issue let me know.
Thanks in advance to everyone for their thoughts or suggestions :cyclops:
Sounds like it might be your battery. Have you tried switching batteries?
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that could be it I remember when I had the g1 and it was doing that it wouldn't charge and it wouldn't stay on
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that could be it I remember when I had the g1 and it was doing that it wouldn't charge and it wouldn't stay on
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My g1 did the same thing, after I swapped the battery it stopped.
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My g1 did the same thing, after I swapped the battery it stopped.
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yeah mine did that too new battery helped... my my touch also had a problem with the battery staying in place; so try the business card trick and leave your phone on a flat surface with no movement and for a day without charging... Don't blow money on the battery if you aren't sure, unless you've wanted a backup battery anyway.
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Good ideas so far...
One more thing, I've noticed the few times today its lasted for awhile and then I go to show someone something on youtube, it will play part of the video like 30 secs or so and then 'blip' we're back to automatic shut down again. Does this spark any different ideas?
another interesting discovery
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Good ideas so far...
One more thing, I've noticed the few times today its lasted for awhile and then I go to show someone something on youtube, it will play part of the video like 30 secs or so and then 'blip' we're back to automatic shut down again. Does this spark any different ideas?
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Ok so I mentioned before about the 30 secs of video and then dead right? Based on the theories so far, which I'm also leaning towards and praying is correct, I ordered a new battery, won't be here for 3-5 days, but I decided to test an idea...
I thought perhaps if its the battery, if I plugged in the charger, things that kept shutting me down should 'in theory' continue to work.
So I plugged it in and tried to watch the same video 'Cat man do' again and see if it died in the same place it had done 3 or 4 times before or if it would work on through. And guess what, it played through the whole video, no random shut downs.
So I believe this might go a long way to proving your theories on the battery are correct, also the battery itself seems to be slightly swollen through the middle, which could cause a host of different issues, not the least of which would be slightly changing its size and therefore its connection to the power cup link.
Still happy to hear any other ideas, but as soon as I get and test the new battery I will repost on here and let you guys know if that did the trick.
Thanks again so much!
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Ok so I mentioned before about the 30 secs of video and then dead right? Based on the theories so far, which I'm also leaning towards and praying is correct, I ordered a new battery, won't be here for 3-5 days, but I decided to test an idea...
I thought perhaps if its the battery, if I plugged in the charger, things that kept shutting me down should 'in theory' continue to work.
So I plugged it in and tried to watch the same video 'Cat man do' again and see if it died in the same place it had done 3 or 4 times before or if it would work on through. And guess what, it played through the whole video, no random shut downs.
So I believe this might go a long way to proving your theories on the battery are correct, also the battery itself seems to be slightly swollen through the middle, which could cause a host of different issues, not the least of which would be slightly changing its size and therefore its connection to the power cup link.
Still happy to hear any other ideas, but as soon as I get and test the new battery I will repost on here and let you guys know if that did the trick.
Thanks again so much!
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I would also suspect the sdcard. Have you tried another sdcard?
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I would also suspect the sdcard. Have you tried another sdcard?
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Hadn't thought of that. Sure hope not though, been using this 32 gig sdcard since a week after I bought it and haven't experienced any issues with it during that whole year. Do you suspect anything on the sd card or just the card itself, just in case this battery issue isn't the culprit.
Sdcards go bad from time to time. Even get brand new ones that are flaky. When was the last time you reformatted it and started fresh.
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When was the last time you reformatted it and started fresh.
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Don't forget to backup first
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Sdcards go bad from time to time. Even get brand new ones that are flaky. When was the last time you reformatted it and started fresh.
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Reformatting the sd card itself? Never, hadn't even thought of it, nor ever learned how. Certainly happy to try it you have a couple of quick step instructions.
Again, apologies for being such a noob, but I love learning more to help for the future so all this info is great.
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Reformatting the sd card itself? Never, hadn't even thought of it, nor ever learned how. Certainly happy to try it you have a couple of quick step instructions.
Again, apologies for being such a noob, but I love learning more to help for the future so all this info is great.
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First back up your sdcard. Copy all of its contents to your computer.
I do this every now and then, because if my phone eats my sdcard, I keep all my pics and music.
Second, reboot to recovery: Advanced -> Partition sdcard
It should then ask about ext partition size and swap partition size. I usually set ext partition to 2048 and swap to 0. We don't use swap. ext is the sd-ext partition, but iirc, recoveries with voodoo lagfix will use that to backup partitions it is converting. It has to be 2048 or it will fail. Unless you will never use older voodoo lagfix (which none of my roms/kernels do) you can use any size you wish.
Repartitioning sdcard can take a while, so be patient.
"So I believe this might go a long way to proving your theories on the battery are correct, also the battery itself seems to be slightly swollen through the middle, which could cause a host of different issues, not the least of which would be slightly changing its size and therefore its connection to the power cup link. "
I am 110% sure its your battery. Same exact thing happened to me battery was swollen and it kept randomly shutting off whenever I used internet based apps. I ordered a new factory Galaxy s 4g battery from amazon for about $8 popped it in and it stopped shutting off and battery life was actually way better. I suspect the swollen battery is caused by stuffing the business cards in the battery compartment.
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Reformatting the sd card itself? Never, hadn't even thought of it, nor ever learned how. Certainly happy to try it you have a couple of quick step instructions.
Again, apologies for being such a noob, but I love learning more to help for the future so all this info is great.
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Hey, sorry to revive a dead thread but did getting the new battery work for you or not? I am having the exact problem that you described with my Galaxy S. I would love to hear how it turned out for you.
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Hey, sorry to revive a dead thread but did getting the new battery work for you or not? I am having the exact problem that you described with my Galaxy S. I would love to hear how it turned out for you.
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I had the very same issue 2 months ago, and it was the battery. I think the telltale sign of what is happening is that when your phone reboots, it has gone from almost a full charge to just a few percent. The issue as I understand it is that basically, when higher processing loads are being placed on the battery by the phone, at some point, it cannot provide the level of requested power, at which point, your phone believes the battery has died, and shuts down.
I swapped the SGS4G stock battery (1650 mAh) for the Anker 1800 mAh battery, and had great success and no issues. Best part is, you can buy 2 of them (which includes a wall charger as well) for $20 bucks on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Batteri...2126170&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=anker+1800+s4+g (Free 2 Day shipping if you have Prime) Things are almost disposable at that price, but the Ankers have worked great, and not had the reboot issue since.
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So I believe this might go a long way to proving your theories on the battery are correct, also the battery itself seems to be slightly swollen through the middle, which could cause a host of different issues, not the least of which would be slightly changing its size and therefore its connection to the power cup link.
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And for the record, ANYtime your battery ends up swollen and distorted, you can guarantee that it's on its way out. At work a few years ago, had an issue where we were supposed to support PDAs and their battery life went down to seconds rather than the days they were supposed to last. Turns out their cells were swollen, sometimes enough to actually distort the back of their case. Replace the battery pack and get back to normal life. Without exploding batteries.
Random news story from 4 years ago with swollen battery pictures:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/28/sony-ericssons-bst-33-li-polymer-batteries-swelling-into-a-laws/
Great- thanks for the advice. Glad to hear from a few others as well that this should take care of the problem.
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I swapped the SGS4G stock battery (1650 mAh) for the Anker 1800 mAh battery, and had great success and no issues. Best part is, you can buy 2 of them (which includes a wall charger as well) for $20 bucks on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/Anker-Batteri...2126170&sr=8-2-spell&keywords=anker+1800+s4+g (Free 2 Day shipping if you have Prime) Things are almost disposable at that price, but the Ankers have worked great, and not had the reboot issue since.
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Wow what a deal..
Just ordered mine Free Shipping..
Great find Thanks for the link..
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My God. I remember my g1. A new battery did not help its situation. I would charge, within 20 minutes, dead.
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Okay, so yesterday, my friend comes to me saying his Nexus S (Sprint) just randomly quit working for no reason. And then his phone is totally stock, no root, no bootloader unlock, and no custom recovery. So I go home, plug this Nexus S into the charger, but the screen remained blank. I unhooked it from the charger, then decided to plug it into the computer. The computer made no sound, did nothing at all. I tried all possible key combos in existence. The only thing the Nexus did was to become warm. I furthermore researched about this issue all over Google, and I've found plentiful Nexus S users report that their Nexus S quit and won't give any sign of life this month. Today, ANOTHER friend came to me, but this time, it was because he forgot the pattern lock to his Nexus S (Sprint). No biggie. I just went into the recovery, and wiped data (since he also forgot his Google account). I wanted to use this Nexus to see if I can diagnose the other Nexus. So in my hands, I hold 2 Neuses. One bricked HARD. The other healthy and free. I just want to confirm, there IS AN ISSUE W/ OUR NEXUSES that makes them die, and we have to figure out what is causing this to happen. We need a solution. I need other Nexus S users to confirm this issue by commenting within this thread.
Just the past couple days my Nexus S has been on the fritz. I've always been able to overlock/underclock, but now if I touch the clock settings, it reboots. I cant even set the max frequency to 800mhz any more. I've tried nearly every rom and kernel and I believe its the just the hardware finally degrading. Also the responsiveness of the device is hugely slower than when I first purchased the it, I have to wait about 10 seconds after unlocking the screen to be able to do anything, and Im on completely stock now.
Really hoping for a good nexus phone to come out this year.
Looks like there are some design flaws with this device like the power button. Not sure there are any solution beside using your warranty if you have one and buying a different phone.
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Looks like there are some design flaws with this device like the power button. Not sure are are any solution beside usjng your warrenty if you have one and buying a different phone.
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Agree with you there. I don't believe there's a point trying to look why exactly some Nexus S die. It's specialized electronics and without the knowledge you could pretty much be poking your finger at everything and nothing for the rest of your life. And even if you find out the issue, doesn't mean you can fix it yourself... :/
Easier to just send it for repair and be done with it.
Edit: When I first got my Nexus I sent it for repair to Samsung. Came back with "BGA failure" on the work sheet. Bad soldering? Who knows.
Maybe, maybe its the CPU, this thing cannget hot sometimes. Maybe a contact messes up. Samsung is notorious for good hardware just dieing.
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Does anyone know where I could order replacement battery contact pins (what is the proper term?) My SGS4G was given to me and the pins were mangled I was able to straighten 2 of them out, but one was so bad that a piece of it broke off when I was trying to fix it. My phone still turns on and hopefully charges. Also with these pins being messed up would that affect the life of the battery? Earlier this morning my phone was at 80% battery level. After playing a few songs and installing a system font with ROMtoolbox, I rebooted my phone and got a warning that my battery was almost dead. Would these contacts cause that? Or is it just my battery (My biggest theory). I would really appreciate any help that can be gven to me on this issue.
Four threads and you became a member on Feb 19. You are on a roll.
Well I was always told to ask questions and learn. But your reply did not reach me anything. El my no phone be okay with a broken battery contact? 2 are good one broken
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Without actually knowing what each contact does, and without being able to interpret "El my no" into working English with a meaning, my guess is that you're asking if your phone will still work with the contact broken. And the answer is... maybe? If it charges, great. It charges. If it turns on, well, it's probably still pulling power.
If it doesn't charge, and switching batteries or using something like a PowerSkin/keeping it on an external battery forever works for you then great... it still works.
You've already said it's turned on. I'm assuming from what you said that it was working while on battery as well, so that's obviously functioning as it should.
That basically leaves as its question... what did that pin do? And the answer is... something. Probably. If you're pulling battery normally now, it was probably a ground. Which means your phone may become a brick at some unexpected point in the future when there's a tiny power fluctuation that would normally have gone through there, but enjoy it while it lasts.
Additionally, battery-level fluctutations on restarting are fairly normal and apparently generally a sign that the battery itself is fading. Amusingly you can trick the phone into believing that there's a higher battery level by plugging into AC, restarting again, and then unplugging after it finishes the restart. Alternatively, setting the phone into Airplane mode for 30 minutes will usually jump battery level by 10-40%, depending on what its level was before and after the restart. But your best bet is to just plan on replacing the battery if you haven't destroyed the phone by poking at the pins which weren't made to be poked at.
I would look at a local repair shop. Most of them can fix those basic things without much problem.
I would just google phone repair and your city see what pops up. Read the reviews on the places and then see what they can do.
solder iron and a paper clip will make a new one. lol.
Ol thanks people I think my phone will be okay. I'm going to purchase a new battery because I do believe this one is dying
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Without actually knowing what each contact does, and without being able to interpret "El my no" into working English with a meaning, my guess is that you're asking if your phone will still work ...
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Very well stated... and informative... and didn't get a "thanks" but sure got a "I thought so"... so I gave you one
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I saw the micro USB replacement sells for about $7 at a website when I search for "Samsung galaxy 4g s silver bezel replacement" in Google.
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