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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?
bhundven said:
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
eollie said:
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.
oldandronicus said:
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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My son took his phone swimming, got it dried out and actually works but kills the battery very quickly, will stay on as long as its on the charger. I have tried a new battery (I have many) and its not the battery. any suggestions not able to get a new one under warranty.
First things - turn phone off, remove from charger, take battery out. Leave in this condition to avoid further damage which may occur when you apply power to a wet phone.
Also, getting started on the drying process quickly is somewhat important (but not so important that you should rush to do anything without finding some instructions first).
Google using three words
wet phone rice
The first two hits look good:
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/4269047
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First things - turn phone off, remove from charger, take battery out. Leave in this condition to avoid further damage which may occur when you apply power to a wet phone.
Also, getting started on the drying process quickly is somewhat important (but not so important that you should rush to do anything without finding some instructions first).
Google using three words
wet phone rice
The first two hits look good:
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Wet-Cell-Phone
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/how-to/tips/4269047
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thanks but have been thru the drying and no power scenerio...... was over a week and a half ago.. did the batt pull and store in rice......
Sorry, I misunderstood. Yes that's a lot harder question.
You apparenlty have a high battery drain.
You've ruled out battery by swapping.
I guess before trying anything drastic, you might try typical approach to see if there is an application drawing battery (for example power tutor). That's a longshot since it would be unrelated to the water, but would be a shame to get intrusive if it's not required.
Other than than I guess you can try to have it cleaned to remove some contamination that may be causing like high-resistance short circuit causing a battery drain. I have no experience or recommendations on who might be able to do that. If trying yourself you might try inspecting accessible areas and disassembly to gain more access to the extent you feel comfortable. Possibly clean with compressed clean air or q-tips soaked in alchohol.... targeted cleaning if you can see corrosion, or longshot just clean everything in sight.... but that increases the risk level of something that is already risky (easy to damage things poking around inside your phone). If it were my phone I'd definitely be looking for someone else to do it rather than trying myself.
Sorry, not much help. Maybe someone else will chime in...
Sadly.... It is probably something on the board of the phone. If it only works when it is on the charger that means that no power is going from the battery to the motherboard. Same problem with a 3gs. Although that turned out to be a curoded chip on the battery itself, there is probably a bad part on the motherboard. You will most likely have to take it apart and look for water damage. Like curoded spots, and clean them of by CAREFULLY scraping the white off with a TOOTHPICK or something else soft and non metallic. That's all I can say, I've fixed a good many water damaged devices. But they all had on board battery's and the same part always went. The little chip controlling charging on the battery.
If you get it apart look around where the battery prongs are. Either there or maybe around the processor.
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Did the phone get powered on straight of water???
If so corrosion is a possibility more that likely the currenent arched and damaged the circuit .
Does the phone heat up when running off or on the charger ???
Again if so then phone motherboard. Was damaged and the power circuit is causing the drain and allows for it to function on the plug because it bypasses the damage.
Just my humble opinion....
My only suggestion is if our handy with electronic find another on eBay and switch out mother board.
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Also may besomething by the battery connections causing a bad connection resulting in.bad power...just another idea
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Want give a thanks to every one for the suggestions... gonna pull out apart tonight and attempt a cleaning if that does not work will buy a new motherboard
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Want give a thanks to every one for the suggestions... gonna pull out apart tonight and attempt a cleaning if that does not work will buy a new motherboard
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Others have recommended this product for cleaning gunk out of the buttons on Samsung phones. It also works to remove corrosion on electrical contacts - plastic safe, no residue. Might be worth a shot if other avenues don't pan out (available on Amazon and elsewhere):
CRC 05101 QD Electronic Cleaner
That is for the suggestion.. had the phone apart, cleaned all the contacts.... phone boots up nicely, but totally shuts down when allowed to sleep N needs to be rebooted to start again.. also still killing the battery within minutes.... gonna get another mother board from eBay... thanks again for all the suggestions
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WS5I0SpL6c
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See qkster here's a place where this video is appropriate, lol.
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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Theraze said:
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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everytime if i was to slightly drop it on a table as putting it down it would turn off
as anyone had this issue and know how i can fix it
im guessing its a loose connection
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everytime if i was to slightly drop it on a table as putting it down it would turn off
as anyone had this issue and know how i can fix it
im guessing its a loose connection
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maybe connector issues...try different rom and if it keep happen is hadware issues :S
if it does same am i best to open it and see if anything is loose
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if it does same am i best to open it and see if anything is loose
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be carefull, and i suggest u to see many video (on youtube or ifixit) before open it
might just be best selling it then rather the hassle making it worse
Its a loose connection. Put some material in-between the batt lock and the batt. Like a piece of folded paper.
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Also, check that the connections of the battery are clear.
Before all that, I would check the SIM card for being loose, too.
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everytime if i was to slightly drop it on a table as putting it down it would turn off
as anyone had this issue and know how i can fix it
im guessing its a loose connection
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Yep, mine had/has this, though not quite as sensitive as yours! Mine would sometimes just die in my pocket when it got jarred. I tried the folded paper fix - put it between the battery and the clip to help hold the battery firm - and it helped a bit, but not completely.
So I sent it off under warranty for repair, after a long email debate with Nokia tech support about this battery issue (they didn't think it was a battery problem, and were unwilling to test it, but were happy to check out the phone itself.). After it came back, they said "our repair centre fully tested the device and found a fault with the function keys of which they replaced", and true, it is better now. It still dies occasionally, but it's more like once a week instead of twice a day.
The other thing Nokia tech support requested was if I could test it with another battery. So I have a third-party spare battery now, and *so far* the phone hasn't died while it's had that in it, only while it has the original Nokia battery in.
It's worth noting that as a result of an EU Directive, the manufacturers warranty on consumer goods (including mobile phones) now has to be two years, so your phone is probably still covered. Send it off for repair! http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/ecc/consumer_topics/buying_goods_services_en.htm
what has nokia got to do with this?
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Never had this problem. I think you need to check with repair service.
I had this error too, sendet it in for checking and it came back; repaired on warrenty. But it keept turning off all the time...
Then I recoqnized that the phone turned off, when my battery was about 16% discharged. I testet the phone with another battery I got form a friend and after one total crash cause of too many apps I did reset my phone and since then it works fine.
Try a differnt battery maybe it works too
I probably know the answer to this but is there any way to return to stock while not having use of USB data?
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I think there's probably a small crowd of people that are looking for this ability. I've not heard of a solution to go back once you lose USB.
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I know of one but our device isn't supported but it's too use mobile Odin , I think I'm just gonna fix the port via replacing it but I don't have all the tools to do so, I need a small tip for my soldering iron
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Cheap fix
I may be the only one that gets this lucky, but I was having a lot of trouble with my usb port being seen by computer. It got to the point that I had to get the phone ad cable just right to charge. I decided last night I had to do something or replace phone. I powered down phone and squirted lighter fluid in the usb port,then took a toothpick and piece of rag and cleaned best I could. Phone is working great now. All of my cables are charging and being seen by computer.
I was at point of replacing phone anyway,so don't try if your not prepared for failure, but good luck and let me know if you have success with this.
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I may be the only one that gets this lucky, but I was having a lot of trouble with my usb port being seen by computer. It got to the point that I had to get the phone ad cable just right to charge. I decided last night I had to do something or replace phone. I powered down phone and squirted lighter fluid in the usb port,then took a toothpick and piece of rag and cleaned best I could. Phone is working great now. All of my cables are charging and being seen by computer.
I was at point of replacing phone anyway,so don't try if your not prepared for failure, but good luck and let me know if you have success with this.
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And so it happens.
I hooked up my phone and made a file transfer and then...usb stopped functioning.
I tried a whole bunch of stuff, thinking it was just the pc or the driver recognition..but no go. Even after pc wipe and reinstall OS and drivers. No luck.
The sad part is that I was on a rooted 2.3.6 but after a wipe, the stock sammy recovery replaced the cwm recovery.
No usb means no return.
I did try to use alcohol, wiped and scrubbed. I even opened the phone and try a few cleanings. Even disassembled
No luck.
I know this is available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43451544&postcount=6
This seemed more fun though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5T9_XcCrU
And this is what I have until I get this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-USB-C...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20cdd2f5ec
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And so it happens.
I hooked up my phone and made a file transfer and then...usb stopped functioning.
I tried a whole bunch of stuff, thinking it was just the pc or the driver recognition..but no go. Even after pc wipe and reinstall OS and drivers. No luck.
The sad part is that I was on a rooted 2.3.6 but after a wipe, the stock sammy recovery replaced the cwm recovery.
No usb means no return.
I did try to use alcohol, wiped and scrubbed. I even opened the phone and try a few cleanings. Even disassembled
No luck.
I know this is available:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43451544&postcount=6
This seemed more fun though:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao5T9_XcCrU
And this is what I have until I get this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-USB-C...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20cdd2f5ec
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hey let me know how your repair goes, i dont have the tools to do it myself, or i would but if yours goes well, let me know i may ask you to do mine if thats alright with you?
so i just tried to go back to stock via flashing rom via recovery, and lets just say... that didnt go so well, i have no os recovery is borked ... kernel seems fine but no usb data so my infuse if ****ed until i can get the usb fixed
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And this is what I have until I get this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-3-USB-C...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item20cdd2f5ec
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If you don't want to spend $100+ on a Weller micro-solder setup or on the "professionals" take a look at this item... might fit the bill for the project.
http://www.amazon.com/Coopertools-S...78319450&sr=1-3&keywords=micro+soldering+iron
btw... what's that discoloration on the main circuit board shield? it almost looks like some kind of chemical corrosion took place .... just sayin'
Please keep us informed on how it goes. The naphtha which is a stronger cleaner than alcohol worked for a little while,but I'm starting to have a few cables not read again
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If you don't want to spend $100+ on a Weller micro-solder setup or on the "professionals" take a look at this item... might fit the bill for the project.
http://www.amazon.com/Coopertools-S...78319450&sr=1-3&keywords=micro+soldering+iron
btw... what's that discoloration on the main circuit board shield? it almost looks like some kind of chemical corrosion took place .... just sayin'
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Ya know..come to think of it, I think that resembles water and chlorine dried up on a metallic surface of PCB board doesn't it? I'm still trying to figure out how that happened.
@deathblade:
I had on old solder iron I bought from Big Lots years ago for about $4-$5.
I filed the point down using a whetstone. You can use a file or just the rough surface like cement, brick, clay or just the bottom of a ceramic plate.
The one Zen suggested looks good.
Here is another inexpensive source:
http://www.harborfreight.com/30-watt-lightweight-soldering-iron-69060.html
Just take your time.
If you never done it before, open an old electronic part and practice.
I'm not an expert at this. I feel comfortable in sacrifice my phone for parts but I don't like the idea of messing up someone else's phone.
It's better if someone else messes up their phone though.
I did buy 10 of the usbs charging port. If it works and you guys need one, hit me up, I mail you one at cost and stamp. (~$1.70ea + stamp)
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Ya know..come to think of it, I think that resembles water and chlorine dried up on a metallic surface of PCB board doesn't it? I'm still trying to figure out how that happened.
@deathblade:
I had on old solder iron I bought from Big Lots years ago for about $4-$5.
I filed the point down using a whetstone. You can use a file or just the rough surface like cement, brick, clay or just the bottom of a ceramic plate.
The one Zen suggested looks good.
Here is another inexpensive source:
http://www.harborfreight.com/30-watt-lightweight-soldering-iron-69060.html
Just take your time.
If you never done it before, open an old electronic part and practice.
I'm not an expert at this. I feel comfortable in sacrifice my phone for parts but I don't like the idea of messing up someone else's phone.
It's better if someone else messes up their phone though.
I did buy 10 of the usbs charging port. If it works and you guys need one, hit me up, I mail you one at cost and stamp. (~$1.70ea + stamp)
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The, I understand where your coming from I do have some experience with soldering but not as much as I'd like I to however have plenty experience with replacing non soldered hardware, and do to past events I don't have any old devices to practice on, I might take you up on that offer for the part, though I wouldn't know how much the stamp would be, as I never mailed anything before, you wouldn't happen to also have any spare power buttons would you? Lol my Cappy's doesn't work, tried to reset the solder as I've heard that might help but instead it turned everything displayed on the screen blue for a while <<<weird lol
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deathblade said:
The, I understand where your coming from I do have some experience with soldering but not as much as I'd like I to however have plenty experience with replacing non soldered hardware, and do to past events I don't have any old devices to practice on, I might take you up on that offer for the part, though I wouldn't know how much the stamp would be, as I never mailed anything before, you wouldn't happen to also have any spare power buttons would you? Lol my Cappy's doesn't work, tried to reset the solder as I've heard that might help but instead it turned everything displayed on the screen blue for a while <<<weird lol
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us stamp is $.46 -first class - 1oz
I havent had any issue with the power button yet so i dont have any spare on hand.
i saw them on ebay though
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-POWER-SW...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item19e04d52f9
works out to be about $3/ea
i'll have the ports..you'll the buttons..we can trade.
qkster said:
us stamp is $.46 -first class - 1oz
I havent had any issue with the power button yet so i dont have any spare on hand.
i saw them on ebay though
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5x-POWER-SW...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item19e04d52f9
works out to be about $3/ea
i'll have the ports..you'll the buttons..we can trade.
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Lol we shall be the peripheral supply
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I just found this http://www.multi-com.pl/index.php/en_US,details,id_pr,8831,menu_mode,categories.html sounds like it would really help
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deathblade said:
I just found this http://www.multi-com.pl/index.php/en_US,details,id_pr,8831,menu_mode,categories.html sounds like it would really help
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yeah. I recalled that. but you need that board and the riff box and others. not feasible for one infuse unless you are planning a side line business of jtagging infuses.
for the cost of that setup, you could buy 2 working infuses or a later phone model
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Please keep us informed on how it goes. The naphtha which is a stronger cleaner than alcohol worked for a little while,but I'm starting to have a few cables not read again
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I had severed the 7 pins with an exacto blade.
de-soldered the points
cleaned up the points
socketed in the new port
seems to fit
soldered in the new port.
slightly sloppy but seated well
re-assembled.
no reading or charge
I think it's due to poor new pin/old pin contacts.
prolly could have used better equipments or techniques
I left the new port in place and prolly will just send it to the mobiletech guys
i have 9 brand new ports available.
Just an update guys...
I soldered the new port on. My first attempt. Kinda sloppy actually. I wasn't able to clean off the old materials very well as I had concern about over heating the board. I think having the correct materials, solders, flux, magnifiers, and heat shield cloth and such may help. My attempt did not work. I suspect I was not able to get the 7pins to touch or connect properly.
I sent mine to mobiletechvideo without the port.
It's about 10 days turn around. It came back working. I was not expecting it to boot up and was ready to flash it back to stock myself but it came back with the leaked GB KK4 firmware installed. Kinda odd I guess as most of the return to stock on XDA were either UCKE3, UCKJ4 or UCLB3.
Although when I have the Infuse on the data cord at an angle that stress the connection, the computer reports the device as unknown. I suspect it is not as good as factory ship but good enough for me to restore the phone to function.
I'll have to keep an eye on the connection for now.
Conclusion: it can be done..but better success if you have the proper equipment for micro welding.
Glad to hear it's working
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