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I think you'll have better luck selling this in the XDA marketplace found near the very top of the forum list

http://www.gazelle.com/sell-cell-phones/samsung/galaxy/298799-Samsung_Captivate_i897
They will give $243

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I have pictures that show the water damage spots are bright white, and that the phone was functional at the time I last used it(10/12/10).
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Hehe I misread this part at first as you saying there are water damage spots on the phone. In your final advertisement you might want to reword that a bit. Maybe say something like, "The test strips that are used to indicate water damage show that there is no water damage."

sschrupp said:
Hehe I misread this part at first as you saying there are water damage spots on the phone. In your final advertisement you might want to reword that a bit. Maybe say something like, "The test strips that are used to indicate water damage show that there is no water damage."
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Or just don't mention it at all lol. When you're selling a car you don't put "Never been flooded!" in the ad. Just raises suspicion.

darkamikaze said:
I think you'll have better luck selling this in the XDA marketplace found near the very top of the forum list
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Can't get in there. I'm assuming I need more posts.
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gazelle.com/sell-cell-phones/samsung/galaxy/298799-Samsung_Captivate_i897
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I'll keep it in mind, but I'd prefer to sell to a person.
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Or just don't mention it at all lol. When you're selling a car you don't put "Never been flooded!" in the ad. Just raises suspicion.
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I just put that in case someone was curious as to why I had pictures of white squares.

madzozs said:
Can't get in there. I'm assuming I need more posts.
I'll keep it in mind, but I'd prefer to sell to a person.
I just put that in case someone was curious as to why I had pictures of white squares.
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Odd, I cant seem too PM you. I would be interested. Let me know

Keep the pics of the litmus strips. I bought five phones off craigslist and ebay. If someone went to trouble to prove to me that there were no problems with the phone, I paid more for those than ones with a few pics and little description.
When selling on the internet, the more pics you have the better. A person buys something in the store after holding it and thoroughly looking into it. Tutu have to recreate that. Be honest and show it all.
From a phone

Well feel free to pass this on to anyone you know that may be interested. Like I said, I can get more pics if needed. As soon as I have enough posts, I'll put a thread in the marketplace as well.

Case is no longer with the phone. Still not enough posts to get into the marketplace.

Hmmmm, I could use a developing phone?

Nexus 5 phone dropped in water, please help me out with this

Ok so I got my nexus 5 on November 2013. It fell in water and it no longer shows the screen properly but it charges and loads up on pc fine. Can I get a replacement at no cost? The warranty says it doesn't cover psychical damage. If I have to pay for phone again, I'm gonna get Sony Waterproof phone, no point in wasting money on something inferior. This is a picture of the background, it's meant to be one colour
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My friend put his iphone in the fridge and got replacements.

Of course you have to pay if you dropped it in water. Sorry, but why would you expect to get it replaced for free?

Just because this phone isn't waterproof, doesn't mean it's an inferior product. Almost all phones aren't waterproof.
Warranty doesn't cover accidental damage. It covers manufacturer defects. You dropping the phone in water is not a defect. Not of the phone anyway
Unless you have insurance, you'll be buying a new phone.
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aooga said:
Of course you have to pay if you dropped it in water. Sorry, but why would you expect to get it replaced for free?
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He's clearly a troll.
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aooga said:
Of course you have to pay if you dropped it in water. Sorry, but why would you expect to get it replaced for free?
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My friend put his iphone in the fridge and got replacements.

klimaxo said:
My friend put his iphone in the fridge and got replacements.
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What the??? Go buy an iPhone then.

klimaxo said:
My friend put his iphone in the fridge and got replacements.
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Yes, and that is called fraud and it's against the rules to discuss it!
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Not to mention against the law. As sue happy as apple is, if they knew they'd probably sue him.

You messed up. It was your fault. No, it is not, nor will it ever be someone else's responsibility to cover for your stupidity. That being said, suck it up and pay for a new phone.

Um wtf
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Can they prove water damaged the phone if I send it to them?

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Can they prove water damaged the phone if I send it to them?
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It depends. There are water indication stickers placed inside the phone that change color when they come into contact with water. If the water never reached the indicators, then they have no proof. BUT the indicators are always put in places where water is most likely to go first, so even if you had your phone out of the water quick enough and dried it off, it still probably wouldn't have made a difference. I say do the right thing. Instead of trying to commit fraud, just buy a new phone.

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Can they prove water damaged the phone if I send it to them?
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Yes. Your problem now. Deal with it.

Just leave it in a bag of rice. It'll attract a Chinese man. And they're very good with electronics
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klimaxo said:
Ok so I got my nexus 5 on November 2013. It fell in water and it no longer shows the screen properly but it charges and loads up on pc fine. Can I get a replacement at no cost? The warranty says it doesn't cover psychical damage. If I have to pay for phone again, I'm gonna get Sony Waterproof phone, no point in wasting money on something inferior. This is a picture of the background, it's meant to be one colour
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My friend put his iphone in the fridge and got replacements.
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I don't see how that wallpaper could ever have been the same color. Are you saying the black area should have been some sort of blue?

stevemw said:
I don't see how that wallpaper could ever have been the same color. Are you saying the black area should have been some sort of blue?
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Either way you're not going to see it in a screenshot. I once had quite a long conversation about a guy who thought dead pixels would appear in his screenshots. He then started calling android ridiculous because it didn't have that feature.

This guy is obviously trolling, nobody could be stupid enough to post a screenshot thinking it would show physical damage. Just report the thread and don't feed into it anymore.
edit: This thread feels vaguely familiar to me. Pretty sure someone tried to troll here a while back with the exact same scenario, posting screenshot and all.

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I don't see how that wallpaper could ever have been the same color. Are you saying the black area should have been some sort of blue?
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It's all meant to be blue.

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It's all meant to be blue.
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If your phone actually looks like it does in the screenshot, the phone is fine. Thats how the wallpaper looks. I really can't take you seriously right now.
@_MetalHead_ - I remember that. I think that was the thread that I was arguing about the screenshot too.

This thread is going nowhere.
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rootSU said:
This thread is going nowhere.
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It is It is going to a new state, and this state is called "closed"
As already said, yes, they can prove you dropped it in water, and no, you will most likely not get a (free) replacement. That's all that can be said about it.
And as already mentioned, putting it into rice is always the best bet with wet electronics

[Q] My Nexus 5 (American Version) has white light under left up corner

Please guys i want some experience opinion about Nexus 5,i bought this phone with android 4.4.2 and new one from box,american version,now i have noticed that when brigtness is higher,in the left side of the display,in the left notification drawer,when the color is black,there is white light,not too visible,but i don't know from were it comes,i really want to know should i go and replace it or not!!!!!1
i will upload screenshot but is hardly visible
Any help and opinion is good for me

vlatkonexus4 said:
Please guys i want some experience opinion about Nexus 5,i bought this phone with android 4.4.2 and new one from box,american version,now i have noticed that when brigtness is higher,in the left side of the display,in the left notification drawer,when the color is black,there is white light,not too visible,but i don't know from were it comes,i really want to know should i go and replace it or not!!!!!1
i will upload screenshot but is hardly visible
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That's called light bleed. Not much you can do aside from replacing it from google or changing the screen. I have it on the top right of my screen.
There's a big thread about his. I'll link if I find it.

Thank you,as my Nexus 5 is still under garanty,i will try to go and see what i can do,thank you very much for quick answer,as soon as i am going to be free i will go in the Town were i bought the Nexus 5,is my waranty covering this?

vlatkonexus4 said:
Thank you,as my Nexus 5 is still under garanty,i will try to go and see what i can do,thank you very much for quick answer,as soon as i am going to be free i will go in the Town were i bought the Nexus 5,is my waranty covering this?
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Yes. Warranty covers heavy light bleed issues as well.
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vin4yak said:
Yes. Warranty covers heavy light bleed issues as well.
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I have it. It's really not bad and is kinda normal. Please don't warranty over something as small as this. Drives up the cost for us. I didn't.

rancur3p1c said:
I have it. It's really not bad and is kinda normal. Please don't warranty over something as small as this. Drives up the cost for us. I didn't.
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That's crazy. If you purchase something and its not working up to its full potential and its under warranty it would be crazy to not have it fixed. This phone wasn't expensive by typical standards but for me cost a small fortune. Light bleed is annoying as anything. Why should OP live with this defect? I wouldn't.

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I have it. It's really not bad and is kinda normal. Please don't warranty over something as small as this. Drives up the cost for us. I didn't.
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy that is so wrong, google makes a bunch of devices, sell part of them, and let some to replace, if they dont have spare devices, they will not make the device cost more, they will rather make more devices or will refund the Money.
just look at nexus 4 launch,launched, went out of stock for some time, but yet, people with problems(the most were battery/screen) could still get new devices
fitz420 said:
That's crazy. If you purchase something and its not working up to its full potential and its under warranty it would be crazy to not have it fixed. This phone wasn't expensive by typical standards but for me cost a small fortune. Light bleed is annoying as anything. Why should OP live with this defect? I wouldn't.
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Agreed, i wouldn´t too

opssemnik said:
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo boy that is so wrong, google makes a bunch of devices, sell part of them, and let some to replace, if they dont have spare devices, they will not make the device cost more, they will rather make more devices or will refund the Money.
just look at nexus 4 launch,launched, went out of stock for some time, but yet, people with problems(the most were battery/screen) could still get new devices
Agreed, i wouldn´t too
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no, they go, wow lot of really pedantic users here who return over the smallest things, we charge more to cover cost of returns
letting the device get too hot is what causes this. glue holding the backlight to the lcd panel warms and weakens.

rancur3p1c said:
no, they go, wow lot of really pedantic users here who return over the smallest things, we charge more to cover cost of returns
letting the device get too hot is what causes this. glue holding the backlight to the lcd panel warms and weakens.
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im sorry, but for the price of the nexus, that fee can only be at max what? $10 or less so idc.
and the lcd panel warms, its a desing fault, this is a plus that Samsung gets, their termal design is really good

The issue is that almost every IPS LCD has some degree of backlight bleed. If it's bad enough that it's visible in a well-lit room, then I'd ask for them to replace it under warranty. If you need to look hard for it and it's only if you turn the brightness up in a dark room, then I'd say it's "normal."

opssemnik said:
im sorry, but for the price of the nexus, that fee can only be at max what? $10 or less so idc.
and the lcd panel warms, its a desing fault, this is a plus that Samsung gets, their termal design is really good
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at the price of the nexus? It's $400, not $600 like it should be.
$10? LMAO. The phone doesn't get repaired. The entire BOM cost is sunk. That's like $250.
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The issue is that almost every IPS LCD has some degree of backlight bleed. If it's bad enough that it's visible in a well-lit room, then I'd ask for them to replace it under warranty. If you need to look hard for it and it's only if you turn the brightness up in a dark room, then I'd say it's "normal."
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yeah. I've never seen any that's visible in well lit room-- it's always "at night when the screen is completely black it looks only slightly less black in this corner when the screen is at full brightness"-- you shouldn't be at full brightness at night anyways

rancur3p1c said:
at the price of the nexus? It's $400, not $600 like it should be.
$10? LMAO. The phone doesn't get repaired. The entire BOM cost is sunk. That's like $250.
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yeah. I've never seen any that's visible in well lit room-- it's always "at night when the screen is completely black it looks only slightly less black in this corner when the screen is at full brightness"-- you shouldn't be at full brightness at night anyways
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you misunderstood me, the nexus is sold for 349 bucks (16gb), that price is so low, that the fee that they have for rma must be low too

Thanks to all of your answer guys,but here in macedonia Nexus 5 costs http://www.vip.mk/telefoni/gsm-advisor/lg/1294914/nexus-5#ad-image-0
more than 400 euros now,when i bought it it was 500 euros,so i will use my waranty and i don't want too much light bleed on it
It is ok to get new one because 500 euros are not small money here in my country,thank you for everything guys
i will write you here when i go and ask in the store

Build Quality

Did anyone else G5 come with scuffs under the tray that hold the sd and sim card? Should I try and get it swapped out through t-mobile?

I honestly don't even see any scuffs
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Don't see anything either. Better pictures maybe?

I thought I did but they were clear stickers really.

Sorry I already exchanged the phone, but the dent is in the middle under the tray that holds the sim and micro sd card.

It looks fine!
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Did anyone else G5 come with scuffs under the tray that hold the sd and sim card? Should I try and get it swapped out through t-mobile?
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I haven't examined mine. The reason I haven't, is that I'm OCD and will most definitely find SOMETHING on any phone I get. I'm embarrassed to say this, but I've actually worked on this with my therapist, lol. All I did was check it for dead pixels. I'm putting it in a case tomorrow and am going to try my hardest to not check for defects.

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I haven't examined mine. The reason I haven't, is that I'm OCD and will most definitely find SOMETHING on any phone I get. I'm embarrassed to say this, but I've actually worked on this with my therapist, lol. All I did was check it for dead pixels. I'm putting it in a case tomorrow and am going to try my hardest to not check for defects.
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Hey i'm the same way so don't feel bad lol. :highfive:

I went to a tmobile store see how it looks and the store model had the bottom part way off, it had a few centimeters off, it wasn't flushed to the metal, i said for showing what will happen to thia phone if i would purchase it, very bad store display to show of the new phone, i said i will probably get the nexus 6p, he said we don't carry that, i said i would get a unlocked version with 64gb at Google or newegg.
Ive been a sammy guy since the htc m7, and i had the htc smartphone with windows htc tmobile dash,, then htc touch then touchpro then evo, from the 1st htc, then i went to samsung galaxy s2, s3, note 2, 3, 4.. now gonna see, i hate crapple, but maybe will see the apple 7 plus..
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Got my g5 today. At first I thought I had a messed up corner by my battery , turns out it just had plastic wrap around it.problem solved
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rebelde80 said:
I haven't examined mine. The reason I haven't, is that I'm OCD and will most definitely find SOMETHING on any phone I get. I'm embarrassed to say this, but I've actually worked on this with my therapist, lol. All I did was check it for dead pixels. I'm putting it in a case tomorrow and am going to try my hardest to not check for defects.
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LOL @ OCD.
Well, for all us OCD folks, I highly recommend the Otterbox Defender. We got them for free (normally $50 each) from a TMobile rep hook up via telephone sales. They also gave us Puregear Extreme Impact custom fit screen protectors too ($25), free, in case we did want to use the Otterbox (which also has a screen protector anyway).

Does anybody else have a small gap at the bottom? I mean where the module pops out.
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billydroid said:
Does anybody else have a small gap at the bottom? I mean where the module pops out.
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I have a tiny gap. I can only see it if I shine a light behind it and look directly at it but it is there.
I really love the phone so not sure if I should care or not.

rebelde80 said:
I haven't examined mine. The reason I haven't, is that I'm OCD and will most definitely find SOMETHING on any phone I get. I'm embarrassed to say this, but I've actually worked on this with my therapist, lol. All I did was check it for dead pixels. I'm putting it in a case tomorrow and am going to try my hardest to not check for defects.
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It sucks doesn't? I legit have it to (I absolutely hate when people joke about having it. It's awful and not fun. Every minute of the day is a struggle..). I obsess over every phone I buy. I've also been working on not checking for things.
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igotroot said:
LOL @ OCD.
Well, for all us OCD folks, I highly recommend the Otterbox Defender. We got them for free (normally $50 each) from a TMobile rep hook up via telephone sales. They also gave us Puregear Extreme Impact custom fit screen protectors too ($25), free, in case we did want to use the Otterbox (which also has a screen protector anyway).
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For me, it's not a problem about what will happen to the phone if I drop it or anything, it's more about obsessing over there being a problem with it right after opening it up. Screen coloration issues, scratches, etc. And the worst part is having that thought that, "Well I could exchange it and get a perfect one. There's always that chance." That's never worked out. I've returned and exchanged so many phones just from obsessing. The solution is to just use the phone. Not matter what. The 4th R: (read the book Brain Lock for info on the 4 R's). Do what you would be doing if you weren't having this obsession.
Easier said than done lol.
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Skizzy034 said:
It sucks doesn't? I legit have it to (I absolutely hate when people joke about having it. It's awful and not fun. Every minute of the day is a struggle..). I obsess over every phone I buy. I've also been working on not checking for things.
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For me, it's not a problem about what will happen to the phone if I drop it or anything, it's more about obsessing over there being a problem with it right after opening it up. Screen coloration issues, scratches, etc. And the worst part is having that thought that, "Well I could exchange it and get a perfect one. There's always that chance." That's never worked out. I've returned and exchanged so many phones just from obsessing. The solution is to just use the phone. Not matter what. The 4th R: (read the book Brain Lock for info on the 4 R's). Do what you would be doing if you weren't having this obsession.
Easier said than done lol.
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I ended up checking it for imperfections, and....I couldn't take it. I swapped out for an HTC 10. =/

I got screwed buying a 2nd hand phone. I need your guys help to fix it

So someone on a facebook group was selling a Galaxy S6 because it wouldnt turn on. He said it worked 1 moment and then suddenly it wouldnt charge or turn on. I figured it was just a software issue and that it might be an easy fix so I bought it for $40. I get home and no sooner than I take it out the back falls right off like the adhesive wasnt holding and the casing over the motherboard easily came off. I look at it closely and realize the battery isnt the original and someone had tampered with it to the point one of the red wires was not connected to anything and it looks like another wire is missing. Here are some pictures and im hoping some tech savy individual can help point me in the right direction on fixing this as I was hoping to surprise my wife with it since her phone is about 5 years old and showing age.
https://postimg.org/image/nlcbbc0s3/
https://postimg.org/image/cn11t5c6r/
https://postimg.org/image/e3ckbaf3n/
I circled 2 points of interest that has me intrigues
https://postimg.org/image/j7z0wzl3t/
Huge thanks in advance

It isn't a real one. It is fake.

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It isn't a real one. It is fake.
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seriously?

Muintir said:
seriously?
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Mine certainly does not have Galaxy S6 on the back... though it is black.

Oops I was wrong but never saw an S6 with s6 name on it.
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A real glass and metal phone would never be built like that or come apart so easily.
You know the saying "if it seems to good to be true, it probably is"

That phone is absolutely 100% not a Galaxy S6. Fake 100%.

It even says on the back that it was "MADE IN KOREAN BY SAMSUNG". Last time I checked, it was called Korea.

Muintir said:
So someone on a facebook group was selling a Galaxy S6 because it wouldnt turn on. He said it worked 1 moment and then suddenly it wouldnt charge or turn on. I figured it was just a software issue and that it might be an easy fix so I bought it for $40. I get home and no sooner than I take it out the back falls right off like the adhesive wasnt holding and the casing over the motherboard easily came off. I look at it closely and realize the battery isnt the original and someone had tampered with it to the point one of the red wires was not connected to anything and it looks like another wire is missing. Here are some pictures and im hoping some tech savy individual can help point me in the right direction on fixing this as I was hoping to surprise my wife with it since her phone is about 5 years old and showing age.
https://postimg.org/image/nlcbbc0s3/
https://postimg.org/image/cn11t5c6r/
https://postimg.org/image/e3ckbaf3n/
I circled 2 points of interest that has me intrigues
https://postimg.org/image/j7z0wzl3t/
Huge thanks in advance
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To jump in this one i got one simialr situation wouldnt work. I disaambled cleaned all contacts on flex cables. It works now but i did bust my back and i now have a cheap aftermarket back didnt look at ure pics yet im at work. These phones are highly susecptable to any kind of moisture damage. U might try cleanin the flexes. Ive help a few cases and this has worked just because knock off back dont mean nothin. Ill further this later on.
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Wow i do believe this is a total knockoff. Ill post of pics of the inside here in a few completly diffrent. The battery is supposed to have a flex cable no wires. And theres loads of writing on the motherboard thats not on official samsung board. Plus it look like theres a 3 or 4 wire black plug sticking of the board. Man i hate it for you but ure probly wasting your time.
I need a cleaner pic of the mb. I do small electronics repair and might be able to help just cant see slear enough

Can't believe this is debatable... the phone is a total knock off. Sorry to hear it man what a bummer.
The motherboard in the S6 is blue (not green), the big Galaxy S6 text on the back is in wrong font, but you can get an S6 with that text on the back (certain regions), but that is as fake as they come. I mean look at the camera, its tiny! Google S6 teardown, you will see the difference. There is also no Wireless Charging contacts.
Sorry to deal the bad news mate, sucks there are people out there like this
On the bright side, it was only $40! People have been scammed for retail prices for this. I wouldn't bother fixing it either, the fake will be awful to use, worse than many low, low end phones.