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I bought an Inspire 4G off craigslist and the seller stated the phone wouldn't turn on but I was hoping I could fix it. This is what I discovered:
1) The phone won't turn on, no white boot screen, nothing
2) When I press the power button there is a light that blinks rapidly and it's orange at the top left of the earpiece, not green like I've read online about. Its stops blinking when I let go of the power button.
3) When I have the phone plugged into the wall charger the orange light blinks again constantly, very rapidly.
4) I tried connecting the phone to my computer through USB and it wouldn't recognize it.
Anyone have any idea what might be the problem or what I can do to fix it?
I would leave it on charge for a while then follow brick instructions in sticky, had a bad flash that did that
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How much did you pay for it? Haha and yeah I tottaly agree with ^^^ let it charge for a while.
I've had the same thing happen to me a few times, and all I had to do was pull out the battery and then everything went back to normal.
rboone - how long is a while? I left it charging last night for about 7 hours lol.
ThEiiNoCeNT - I paid $100.
zamula - I pulled the battery out too. I tried everything I could think of. I wanted to try to connect it to my computer to unbrick it but it wouldn't recognize it, I haven't tried ODIN or anything like that, but it didn't recognize it through "My Computer". When you take the battery cover off does the battery just slide out? Mine slides out, it doesn't click in or anything.
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rboone - how long is a while? I left it charging last night for about 7 hours lol.
ThEiiNoCeNT - I paid $100.
zamula - I pulled the battery out too. I tried everything I could think of. I wanted to try to connect it to my computer to unbrick it but it wouldn't recognize it, I haven't tried ODIN or anything like that, but it didn't recognize it through "My Computer". When you take the battery cover off does the battery just slide out? Mine slides out, it doesn't click in or anything.
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Can you get it into hboot? And you can't use Odin that's a Samsung firmware for Samsung phones. You will need to get the ruu
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trell959 said:
Can you get it into hboot? And you can't use Odin that's a Samsung firmware for Samsung phones. You will need to get the ruu
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No, the screen won't turn on at all. Oh ok, I thought maybe Odin was only for Samsung. Just download the exe from this thread (link below) and follow the steps? Is there anything specific I should do since my phone won't even boot and I can't get my computer to recognize it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952224
Have you tried holding the volume down button and pressing the power button?
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Have you tried holding the volume down button and pressing the power button?
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Yes. I pressed the volume down button and held it and then pressed the power button. When the power button was pressed the orange light blinked again. It didn't turn on though.
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Yes. I pressed the volume down button and held it and then pressed the power button. When the power button was pressed the orange light blinked again. It didn't turn on though.
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Did the person you bought it from offer any kind of hint as to what happened to the phone that caused this condition?
Probably not pre-sale, but now that he has your money, perhaps he'll be more willing to open up about it.
Scott_S said:
Did the person you bought it from offer any kind of hint as to what happened to the phone that caused this condition?
Probably not pre-sale, but now that he has your money, perhaps he'll be more willing to open up about it.
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Not really, I texted him now to see if he can give me some more info. We'll see what he says.
Something I noticed now is that the orange light doesn't blink when I press the power button without the phone plugged in, it did earlier with the phone plugged in and without it plugged in (just running on battery). Not sure if that's good or bad.
Probably dropped in water. Its toast most likely.
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quangxha said:
Probably dropped in water. Its toast most likely.
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Yea, I just checked the indicator and it's read. Water damaged! I tried to find the water damage indicator yesterday when I bought it but couldn't see it.
So...is it too late to try the rice in the bag trick? The orange light flickers...I'm wondering if that means anything positive.
If it is water damaged and you have no chance of turning it on I would throw it in rice anyways...
ThEiiNoCeNT said:
If it is water damaged and you have no chance of turning it on I would throw it in rice anyways...
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Ok, I'll try it. Take the phone apart and drop the pieces in rice? Put the phone without the battery in it in the bag of rice? or put the phone with the battery in it with the pieces on it as well (battery cover, sim card/sd card cover)?
I heard dropping it in rubbing alcohol helps too...should I avoid this and just try the rice?
crossover37 said:
Not really, I texted him now to see if he can give me some more info. We'll see what he says.
Something I noticed now is that the orange light doesn't blink when I press the power button without the phone plugged in, it did earlier with the phone plugged in and without it plugged in (just running on battery). Not sure if that's good or bad.
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Well, now that you've mentioned the condition of the water damage indicator, I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for a response from the seller.
Dude's prolly in Canada by now.
Part it out on the bay. Prolly get more then 100 for it.
tweaked said:
Part it out on the bay. Prolly get more then 100 for it.
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Good idea. If that screen is in working condition, there's all sorts of peeps with shattered screens running around these parts. Or there was, at least.
I don't know how you'd go about testing it out, without a known working secondary inspire laying around willing to be a frankenstein test subject.
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Good idea. If that screen is in working condition, there's all sorts of peeps with shattered screens running around these parts. Or there was, at least.
I don't know how you'd go about testing it out, without a known working secondary inspire laying around willing to be a frankenstein test subject.
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Go to bed Scott!!! Oops me too.
henrybravo said:
Go to bed Scott!!! Oops me too.
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Almost there.
One or two more obnoxious, off-topic, and completely useless posts, and then I'll call it quits for the day.
Hello, i have been having a problem where my phone will automatically touch all over the screen, i can tell because i enabled show touches, i have formatted my phone before and this is still happening, could anyone help me with this, thanks in advance. I will upload a video in about 30 mins to show what is happening, this is also very hard to type considering it is touching everywhere.
Video:
youtube.com/watch?v=DKH4MfZ41YE
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I'm not sure what causes it but a few people have this issue was another thread awhile back. only outcome was turn off screen and back on and it went away.
I do turn off the screen, but it comes right back after about 5 minutes.
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deadh0b0 said:
I do turn off the screen, but it comes right back after about 5 minutes.
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i used to have this fairly often but it's been a while now. i would fix it by wiping down the screen really well, leading me to believe that it might have something to do with grease or something that gets on the screen. not positive tho..
yogi2010 said:
i used to have this fairly often but it's been a while now. i would fix it by wiping down the screen really well, leading me to believe that it might have something to do with grease or something that gets on the screen. not positive tho..
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Well, now that i have installed some mods and other stuff it seemed to have stopped. Don't know why the mods would affect it... I will wipe it down though just to be safe.
It's just the way it is - as it's winter now, and it's cold, it happens to me and my friend all the time, when we are using the phone outside. Screen off and on and it's working for another 30 seconds
yea when its cold outside mine does this as well +4C and lower. I took it apart and re seated the connectors it made little to no diff. when its warm i have no issues at all.
Could also be something on the screen itself - even a screen protector that gets damaged could cause an issue.
Also a case could cause the problem - I've had similar issues with my case/screen protector interacting with the screen.
Maxpowersxp said:
yea when its cold outside mine does this as well +4C and lower. I took it apart and re seated the connectors it made little to no diff. when its warm i have no issues at all.
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The same thing is happening to me. I thought I was going nuts! But yes, when it's exposed to cold temperatures (35 degrees or so and lower), the screen can develop a mind of it's own. Kind of sucks in Wisconsin!
en4rcer said:
The same thing is happening to me. I thought I was going nuts! But yes, when it's exposed to cold temperatures (35 degrees or so and lower), the screen can develop a mind of it's own. Kind of sucks in Wisconsin!
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I have had this problem with the both the new Q LTE I received when the Q LTE launched, and also with the refurb unit I have received from Sprint.
Is there an explanation of the issue and a fix?
Should I swap it out at the Sprint store for another refurb?
Thanks.
(thanks to the OP for posting the you tube video)
Hey guys. So I know a few things about this phone and have been taking pretty good care of it...only two drops from about three feet away from the ground. However, I dropped it in the toilet today. Now, I put it in rice for two hours and then got it out. I tried to turn the thing on, and it succeeded. The bad thing is, when I turned it on, before my boot animation ended, the screen flickered and turned off, and that's when I pulled the battery out of my phone and continued to leave it in rice as I type this right now. Is my phone busted permanently, or is there some hope?
You should have left it to dry like 24 hrs or more. You might have fried it. Let it sit at least over night and keep your fingers crossed.
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Does the fact that a rice grain being in the headphone jack have to do anything with my phone screen flickering? I'm sorry, I'm being paranoid right now, but I'm just desperate to get any info I can to fix my phone up...I need it tomorrow....
dkcalf said:
Does the fact that a rice grain being in the headphone jack have to do anything with my phone screen flickering? I'm sorry, I'm being paranoid right now, but I'm just desperate to get any info I can to fix my phone up...I need it tomorrow....
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That's called wishful thinking. I seriously doubt the rice grain is the problem.
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Yeah...well my phone did start buzzing...
Any updates?
dkcalf said:
Yeah...well my phone did start buzzing...
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I got a friend who dropped his phone in the water once. He did the rice trick but waited for more than 24 hours before attempting the first boot.
Now his phone works great except for battery issues. He has the Galaxy Nexus, so he can't change the battery easily. He'll just wait and buy a new phone someday. He just has to keep a charger near!
What about your phone? Anything new?
Well I tried this morning, the screen first started to go sort of whitish during the boot animation. Then, the screen returned to normal but remained unresponsive to my touch...I'm leaving it to dry more because I guessed that water was still near the screen, causing it to be unresponsive.
I've done this exact thing and the phone from it, mostly. I had constant signal issues afterwards and got rid of it.
The rice does seem to work, but.. you're supposed to take the battery out immediately and put it all in the rice to dry. 2 hours isn't going to cut it.
Ok guys...so my phone turns on and does function properly...problem is,,,the touchscreen doesnt work...should I put it back into the rice?
dkcalf said:
Ok guys...so my phone turns on and does function properly...problem is,,,the touchscreen doesnt work...should I put it back into the rice?
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Hate to be the bearer of bad news but, sounds like its toast.. you can try though. Continuing to take it out of the rice and turning it off/on wont help.
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dkcalf said:
Ok guys...so my phone turns on and does function properly...problem is,,,the touchscreen doesnt work...should I put it back into the rice?
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You should have taken it apart and left it in the rice for a couple days as soon as it got wet. Now it really doesn't stand much of a chance. You screwed up bro.
You can still try though.
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Agh...well I didn't have anything like a screwdriver available. Oh well, time to get a new phone.
Hi everyone . I have been using nexus from about a month now.
Yesterday my phone went completely mad .
I had just come back from washroom and tried unlocking the screen .
My phone didn't even register my touch . the emergency call started itself. Buttons got pressed on it own on my pin screen . it took me ten tries to even enter my own phone . then the home screen wasn't responding. The touch went off calibrated . I tried switching off and on . tried touching power off . airplane mode started and was switching on and off . I finally got it to power off . then restarted it again . no use. Same thing. Tried again. Same . and again. Same .
Finally with great difficulty logged back in my phone and did a factory reset. That too buttons kept pressing itself . I dunno why this happened. I haven't dropped it or anything. I lost all my data . even after the reset it doesn't feel.like it felt first .
Did this happen to anyone else ?? Please help .
Did you get it wet in the washroom?
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No. I have a screen guard and a cover protecting it. This isnt my first smartphone. I had xperia x10 for three years before this ....
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Sounds to me like your phone needs an exorcism.
Sounds to me like moisture got to it somehow. Condensation maybe? Only thing i can think of that would cause random and erratic touchscreen input.
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No. I have a screen guard and a cover protecting it. This isnt my first smartphone. I had xperia x10 for three years before this ....
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A screen guard and case will not protect the device from water damage. I agree with earlier comments, to me it sounds like it's wet.
A screen guard and case will not protect the device from water damage. I agree with earlier comments, to me it sounds like it's wet.[/QUOTE]
My hand was wet . but how can water enter due to it ? I'll go check it out. I have warranty. Lol for a moment I thought my phone was hacked and someone was controlling it .
Steam from a shower or bath is enough to ruin the phone.. It doesn't have to physically get water drops on it.
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Derekwolfee said:
Steam from a shower or bath is enough to ruin the phone.. It doesn't have to physically get water drops on it.
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What this guy said.
Turn it off and come back in a couple days. You should have done this in the first place but hey, woulda, coulda, shoulda, you didn't know. Hope it works for you otherwise it's RMA time.
Try putting it into a bowl of rice for a few nights. This generally pulls all of the moisture out. It definitely sounds like you got some moisture in there somehow.
I've also read somewhere that putting your phone in a bowl of metho will pull out moisture. But do not quote me on that haha.
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abra5umente said:
I've also read somewhere that putting your phone in a bowl of metho will pull out moisture. But do not quote me on that haha.
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What the hell is metho?
marleyfan61 said:
What the hell is metho?
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Methylated Spirits? Lol
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abra5umente said:
Methylated Spirits? Lol
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Methanol?
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theMoiz94 said:
A screen guard and case will not protect the device from water damage. I agree with earlier comments, to me it sounds like it's wet.
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My hand was wet . but how can water enter due to it ? I'll go check it out. I have warranty. Lol for a moment I thought my phone was hacked and someone was controlling it .[/QUOTE]
Google or LG does not cover water damage
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Chromium_ said:
Methanol?
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No, methanol is added to ethanol to make methylated spirits lol
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theMoiz94 said:
Hi everyone . I have been using nexus from about a month now.
Yesterday my phone went completely mad .
I had just come back from washroom and tried unlocking the screen .
My phone didn't even register my touch . the emergency call started itself. Buttons got pressed on it own on my pin screen . it took me ten tries to even enter my own phone . then the home screen wasn't responding. The touch went off calibrated . I tried switching off and on . tried touching power off . airplane mode started and was switching on and off . I finally got it to power off . then restarted it again . no use. Same thing. Tried again. Same . and again. Same .
Finally with great difficulty logged back in my phone and did a factory reset. That too buttons kept pressing itself . I dunno why this happened. I haven't dropped it or anything. I lost all my data . even after the reset it doesn't feel.like it felt first .
Did this happen to anyone else ?? Please help .
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I had a samsung nexus s and whenever there's moisture on the screen (mostly sweat), it randomly presses anything. So I wipe it off and leave it for a few minutes, then it's back to normal. Didn't happen yet on my N5 though.
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My hand was wet . but how can water enter due to it ? I'll go check it out. I have warranty. Lol for a moment I thought my phone was hacked and someone was controlling it .[/QUOTE]
Google doesn't cover water damage
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Little toddler nephew threw it in a pitcher of water. Sister dried it with a blow dryer and she couldn't get it started to so asked me to try so here I am. She tried to turn it on once about a MONTH ago but nothing since. I'm not sure where to start the trouble shooting so any help would be appreciated. I've taken apart a few devices so I'll be doing that shortly as well.
1) I THINK it's charging but there's no charge indicator at all. A red light came on the first time I plugged it in very briefly but it never came back on again. I'm guessing it's not the battery.
2) I've tried all the button combo to try to get it in various modes, no joy here.
3) The phone vibrates when I hold the power button ( or various button combo ) but the screen doesn't come on.
4) Computer ( Win 8) sees the phone as Nexus 5 but when I click on it, it's blank. The properties show me, LGE, Firmware 1.0, and its serial number. Power source: Battery
5) Several times that I've tried the button combos it would play a little jingle. I'm guessing it's a default LG jingle.
Any suggestions on what the problem will be ? I will probably dunk the thing into alcohol once I take it apart. I'm guessing the display would be the obvious guess but it's a bit pricy to buy just to find out that it's not the screen.
Thanks .
Ahh.. Aren't you suppose to NOT turn it on? You shouldve disassembled it first and extracted the battery then clean and dry. I surely hope it hasn't caused any short circuits from all those multiple tries.
Also the Nexus 5 does not produce any boot sounds.
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1) hairdryer - big no. Made it worse.
2) turning it on - big no. Made it worse
In short, don't waste any time on this handset
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If you didnt let it dry for at least 24hr min before turning it, then its as good as dead... you maybe be lucky that half the things work but over time, you will find it frustrating not having able to use the full features..
i hope the next nexus is water resistant
rootSU said:
1) hairdryer - big no. Made it worse.
2) turning it on - big no. Made it worse
In short, don't waste any time on this handset
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bushako said:
Ahh.. Aren't you suppose to NOT turn it on? You shouldve disassembled it first and extracted the battery then clean and dry. I surely hope it hasn't caused any short circuits from all those multiple tries.
Also the Nexus 5 does not produce any boot sounds.
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gd6noob said:
If you didnt let it dry for at least 24hr min before turning it, then its as good as dead... you maybe be lucky that half the things work but over time, you will find it frustrating not having able to use the full features..
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Agreed, but like I said it's not mine. I'm still on a trusty Samsung Galaxy 1.
I'm going to pry it apart just to see.
It may still be able to be saved. Open the device up, take a soft tooth brush and some rubbing alcohol, scrub the whole board, breaking away any corrosion that started to build up. If there are any black scorch marks on the connections, then take a pencil eraser and use that to help get those off.
I've heard of using rice to help absorb moisture in cases like his. Might not help now but can anyone confirm if this is maybe a good idea for anyone else faced with a similar problem?
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Bag of rice is the immediate first action to take after water
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