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[Q]Galaxy R shuts down immediately after I turn it on

Hello.
I am new here but I've been lurking for a while even before there was a dedicated area for the SGR. This might be a long read since I put in a lot of details. Now, straight to my point.
My fone is new. Not even a month from purchase. Never rooted since I'm afraid I might brick it since I'm not well inclined with technology.
It was ok when I got it but the problem started to occur a few days ago.
When I turn on the fone, it goes past the samsung animation part then, the screen goes all black,even if i press any button, I assume it's turned off.
What I tried:
1. Tried lodging a small piece of paper in the battery area because I thought it was a terminal problem. (did not fix it)
2. Cleaned gold plated contacts of the battery and it's phone counterpart. (did not fix it)
3. Factory Reset the thing by pressing vol up+mid button when turning on. Deleted ALL of my things in the fone but the problem is still there.
So, when the fone "dies" on me, even if I don't take out the battery, it will turn on but it will prolly turn off again as soon as 10 secs after the samsung animation part. When I take out the battery, sometimes it will operate normally but, it will turn off again randomly. The past few days have been very tasking for me. I think I'm going crazy....
What I've done to the fone since getting it:
1. install a custom skin from Market
2. install some social media apps and messenger apps
3. installed a passcode thing to make things private
4. installed games via ASTRO. (download apk from net + put in SD card via USB + install via ASTRO)
5. installed kies into my laptop and connected the fone. Also via Kies Air
6. Restored the fone to factory settings by pressing vol up+middle button when turning fone on.
Just a few minutes ago, when the fone was starting up, I saw a WHITE TRIANGLE with a (!) in the middle on the upper left area of the screen but it was gone in a few secs.
My fone data:
model num gt-i9103
android ver 2.3.5
baseband ver i9103xxki2
kernel ver [email protected]#3
build num gibgerbread.jpki3
My dilemma:
1.I live in the Philippines and the fone was purchased in Qatar. I can send it back but maybe as a LAST RESORT, shipping costs would be quite expensive....
2. SGR is not released here in my home country so I doubt if I can get proper support. Even screenguards are not available here for this model.
Again, I apologize for the VERY LONG read but I tried me best to put in every detail I can to help solve my problem. I look forward to seeing your replies. Please feel free to ask me further details to help you help me. Happy New Year.

PS:
I alos tried calling the fone after it does it's shutdown thing and I think it really dies because it's not ringing like it should be when the fone is turned on.
When I think everything is ok and peachy, I start watching MVs in youtube but, after like 20mins, the fone just turns off by itself. I know it's off because there is no sound coming out so I doubt that the screen just "Sleeps". Thank you again.

Hi, there were more people with the problem you described above. Unfortunately I'm afraid it ended up with service. But since you have an international warranty you may try to contact samsung customer service and ask if you can send your phone directly to them in Philippines instead of shipping it to Quatar first.

exactly my problem.. I gave it to the Samsung service centre, they changed the motherboard of the phone, but still, the problem was there. The new motherboard was also faulty.. They are again changing the motherboard of the phone.. lets see what happens now.

Thank You for your replies. I will try to put up a vid so I can give you lot a better "picture" of the situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoigXYWYrgs&feature=youtu.be
pardon the link I can't seem to embed youtube properly.

Does the Galaxy R have firmware files up on www.sammobile.com yet ?
If yes , you can try flashing a firmware with Odin3
Herpderp DXKPB.

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Hello.
If I upgrade it to the latest using odin, will it void the warranty?

alister214 said:
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Hello.
If I upgrade it to the latest using odin, will it void the warranty?
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Nope
As long as it's not rooted you can give them an excuse saying Kies did the work
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.

EmoBoiix3 said:
Nope
As long as it's not rooted you can give them an excuse saying Kies did the work
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
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Thanks for the reply!
Recently when it dies, when I restart the fone, I see a White triangle with an (!) inside on the Upper Left corner of the screen. Do you know what that Icon means? I goes away after a few seconds....

alister214 said:
Thanks for the reply!
Recently when it dies, when I restart the fone, I see a White triangle with an (!) inside on the Upper Left corner of the screen. Do you know what that Icon means? I goes away after a few seconds....
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Okay , that's weird .
Perhaps it's not the right firmware ?
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.

alister214 said:
Thanks for the reply!
Recently when it dies, when I restart the fone, I see a White triangle with an (!) inside on the Upper Left corner of the screen. Do you know what that Icon means? I goes away after a few seconds....
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hello alister
I suggest you remove all the papers and other modifications you tried.
Then please make a new video and show us how you press the power button after the screen turns black.

alister214 said:
Thanks for the reply!
Recently when it dies, when I restart the fone, I see a White triangle with an (!) inside on the Upper Left corner of the screen. Do you know what that Icon means? I goes away after a few seconds....
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I think it could be hardware failure.
Download n flash the latest ROM and then get a USB Jig to reset the flash count.
Then bring it to ur nearest Samsung service centre and get it fixed or replaced.
Hope u get ur problem solved soon.

legion1911 said:
hello alister
I suggest you remove all the papers and other modifications you tried.
Then please make a new video and show us how you press the power button after the screen turns black.
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I have already removed the paper I put on the battery area since I'm certain it's not a contact problem.
When the device shuts off after I turn it on, I press the power button the same way as I usually do.
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I decided to go to the Service Center today after work. I hope they confirm the problem and hopefully be able to fix it. I will be updating this thread as soon as I can. Thank you for all your inputs.

alister214 said:
I have already removed the paper I put on the battery area since I'm certain it's not a contact problem.
When the device shuts off after I turn it on, I press the power button the same way as I usually do.
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I decided to go to the Service Center today after work. I hope they confirm the problem and hopefully be able to fix it. I will be updating this thread as soon as I can. Thank you for all your inputs.
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Good luck to u and ur R.
Hope all is well and see u back in action soon.

If you have SD card inside, can you remove it and try to start your phone? You can also format the SD card in PC.
Just a wild guess, not harm in trying!!
alister214 said:
I have already removed the paper I put on the battery area since I'm certain it's not a contact problem.
When the device shuts off after I turn it on, I press the power button the same way as I usually do.
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I decided to go to the Service Center today after work. I hope they confirm the problem and hopefully be able to fix it. I will be updating this thread as soon as I can. Thank you for all your inputs.
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ishafiq said:
If you have SD card inside, can you remove it and try to start your phone? You can also format the SD card in PC.
Just a wild guess, not harm in trying!!
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I tried to remove SD. Still has the shutdown problem.
I want to flash the taiwan rom/update....
I want to know if it will be compatible with my device even if it's stock rom is arabic.....
Will my download counter increase if I use odin and flash the official Samsung taiwan rom/update? I can't risk this because I don't think there is a USB jig for GSR here in my country.
Thank you for all the input guys.

Guys!
I tried something "extreme" well sort of.
I removed the simcard. and the phone did not auto shut off!!! I tried 2 sims of local carriers, same problem, same results.
No sim card so far no shut off.
Sorry for the language but, my mind is so full of **** right now.
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I spoke too soon, it still died even without the simcard but, the white triangle with (!) on the upper left side is gone without the sim.
What I tried so far:
No sim + no sd card = still auto shutdown
No sim + 2gb sd card from box = still auto shutdown
this is driving me nuts.

alister214 said:
Guys!
I tried something "extreme" well sort of.
I removed the simcard. and the phone did not auto shut off!!! I tried 2 sims of local carriers, same problem, same results.
No sim card so far no shut off.
Sorry for the language but, my mind is so full of **** right now.
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I spoke too soon, it still died even without the simcard but, the white triangle with (!) on the upper left side is gone without the sim.
What I tried so far:
No sim + no sd card = still auto shutdown
No sim + 2gb sd card from box = still auto shutdown
this is driving me nuts.
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Since u have never flashed any rom yet and ur phone still has warranty, why dun u sent it for Samsung Service ??
Why worry so much ?

s4sixty said:
Since u have never flashed any rom yet and ur phone still has warranty, why dun u sent it for Samsung Service ??
Why worry so much ?
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I went to service center today. They can not help me because the model is not released here locally. That's why I worry too much. Today my cellphone is a Nokia 2630, I am not happy at all.

**** that really sucks!
Sent from my GT-I9103 using XDA App

htc sensation black screen!

me again, hy , now i think my phone is fu**** up
first it was sim and sd card reader problem, and now is this :
- so when i press power button phone just vibrate for a sec (like normal turning on) but still black screen, then after 30 sec again vibrate for a sec and than just sometimes 4 buttons on the bottom light up , and that's it nothing else hepens.
so i tried to pull battery out few times and then try to turn up phone and scren turns on with htc logo and came to boot animation of vipers rom and there phone block.
again i try to pull batery few times and i enter recovery but then again it freeze.
i dont know what to do so if someone could help me i would be thankful!:crying:

rinma50 said:
me again, hy , now i think my phone is fu**** up
first it was sim and sd card reader problem, and now is this :
- so when i press power button phone just vibrate for a sec (like normal turning on) but still black screen, then after 30 sec again vibrate for a sec and than just sometimes 4 buttons on the bottom light up , and that's it nothing else hepens.
so i tried to pull battery out few times and then try to turn up phone and scren turns on with htc logo and came to boot animation of vipers rom and there phone block.
again i try to pull batery few times and i enter recovery but then again it freeze.
i dont know what to do so if someone could help me i would be thankful!:crying:
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Hi,
Is there a chance for you to run a RUU to get your phone back to normal?
Look HERE

malybru said:
Hi,
Is there a chance for you to run a RUU to get your phone back to normal?
Look HERE
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will try now , thanks

rinma50 said:
will try now , thanks
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i cant

rinma50 said:
i cant
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Hi,
What happens?
Can you post any errors or problems that are thrown up.

malybru said:
Hi,
What happens?
Can you post any errors or problems that are thrown up.
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i cant even enter fastboot

rinma50 said:
i cant even enter fastboot
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Hi,
Can you please bring your problem to THIS THREAD
Describe in detail what has happened,and what you tried to do.
There are more people there who can maybe help.

rinma50 said:
i cant even enter fastboot
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From my experience with HTC phones your symptoms looks like you got main board (motherboard) problem which needs replacement. I had my Sensation XL replace by service centre lucky it was under warranty otherwise it would be costly.

ndmuni said:
From my experience with HTC phones your symptoms looks like you got main board (motherboard) problem which needs replacement. I had my Sensation XL replace by service centre lucky it was under warranty otherwise it would be costly.
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thanks , i will go to replace it , mine is still under warranty but its rooted, so what can i expect?

Same issue
I just bought an HTC Sensation being sold with "battery issues" on ebay... it has a flashing orange light and refuses to charge when off. I figured the seller probably did not understand the charging issue, since the phone was unlocked, and they didn't have an external way to charge the battery and bring the phone back to life.
However I bought an extra battery and charger .... and I am experiencing the exact same problem. The phone will give one quick vibrate when attempting to power on.
Nothing on screen is displayed. However when I hook the phone up to the laptop it shows a greyed out "removable disk F:" and the computer detects an HTC device in device manager.
Do you guys think that the LCD is dead? At least the phone is showing some signs of life when hooked up to the PC.
HOWEVER, the phone gets very very hot at the bottom of the screen/around the sim slot. Also when I go to ADB devices and ask for it to list devices.... it does not show anything.
Buying this thing was probably not my smartest decision I contacted HTC and the warranty expired 3 weeks ago.

no i think lcd is not broken , motherboard is

rinma50 said:
no i think lcd is not broken , motherboard is
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I took it apart.... and yeah the motherboard is completely f***ed up. The one connector is destroyed and all of the chipset is completely destroyed on the mainboard. No wonder the bottom of the phone gets so hot.
The phone no longer has a warranty. How much does HTC charge for a mainboard replacement (it needs the bottom board , not the top one with flex cable)???

is the LCD toast? i gotta sensation with a cracked digitizer (which still works 100% when hooked up through hdmi and a tv) but the LCD is completely black.

[Q] help with a bad shape explorer

Hi,
I have a big big problem with a explorer. I got this phone from a friend of mine for free because it has the display and touch screen broken, badly brocken. I can`t see anything on it, i just can tell you that when i press the power on , it vibrates once and that`s it. I connected the phone to the computer and it connects as removable storage but it is unaccessible. I tried vol down + pwr and connected the phone to the comp. and it connects as android bootloader interface or something like that(i am not home right now to tell you exactly) and pressed pwr and it connected as android 1.0.
Now the thing is that before all of above i disasembled the phone and had a surprise with the power and volume buttons... they fell off)and i soldered them back. I am afraid that the same problem has the speaker or the phone is badly damaged. I have to say that everything else looks ok.
After all this problem exposed, i am asking you, is it worth it to buy a display and touch screen ? I don`t have nobody to help me with a display to test it.. so is there a way to enter the phone`s memory maybe use android screen cast or something like this to test the phone?
Please help me with this problem.
Thx a lot.

Catastelea said:
Hi,
I have a big big problem with a explorer. I got this phone from a friend of mine for free because it has the display and touch screen broken, badly brocken. I can`t see anything on it, i just can tell you that when i press the power on , it vibrates once and that`s it. I connected the phone to the computer and it connects as removable storage but it is unaccessible. I tried vol down + pwr and connected the phone to the comp. and it connects as android bootloader interface or something like that(i am not home right now to tell you exactly) and pressed pwr and it connected as android 1.0.
Now the thing is that before all of above i disasembled the phone and had a surprise with the power and volume buttons... they fell off)and i soldered them back. I am afraid that the same problem has the speaker or the phone is badly damaged. I have to say that everything else looks ok.
After all this problem exposed, i am asking you, is it worth it to buy a display and touch screen ? I don`t have nobody to help me with a display to test it.. so is there a way to enter the phone`s memory maybe use android screen cast or something like this to test the phone?
Please help me with this problem.
Thx a lot.
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First you should have to change your display then see what happens?..........If everything is fine with phone except dislplay then changed it and all other problems resolved one by one.

ha ha ha... buy a new phone man !!!!!

maksuperlink said:
First you should have to change your display then see what happens?..........If everything is fine with phone except dislplay then changed it and all other problems resolved one by one.
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thx. i bought a new display and a touch screen and solved the problem. now i am writing from it. : D

Pico
Catastelea said:
thx. i bought a new display and a touch screen and solved the problem. now i am writing from it. : D
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Good Luck Bro:highfive:

xperia e white screen

Friend gave me his broken phone (the phone freezed and he kick the phone into wall),i have replaced lcd because it was broken.when i power up the phone,screen was white,tried to install new stock rom(that was successfully) but phone still can not power on.when i touch the screen,i can hear the sounds of touching display.Can enybody please help me how to fix this?

edomali said:
Friend gave me his broken phone (the phone freezed and he kick the phone into wall),i have replaced lcd because it was broken.when i power up the phone,screen was white,tried to install new stock rom(that was successfully) but phone still can not power on.when i touch the screen,i can hear the sounds of touching display.Can enybody please help me how to fix this?
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You've replaced LCD Screen, Have You done the digitizer?

No,digitizer is in fine condition

edomali said:
No,digitizer is in fine condition
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Check the connections it there OK get another main board or send it to Sony.

Dreaded black screen

Today, I turned on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge after charging overnight (my normal routine)... phone started its booting cycle so I let the dogs out. Came back to check for messages.... black screen... no matter what I've tried, can't get the screen to work.... folks at Verizon store referred me to a cell phone repair shop. The repair shop said it would cost $299 to replace the screen. Checking the FORUM to see if there's a fix other than buying a new phone... my phone has never been dropped or drowned. Any suggestions.... thanks.

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Came back to check for messages.... black screen... no matter what I've tried, can't get the screen to work....
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Is the black screen there only after booting up? Or during boot as well?

tiqqy said:
is the black screen there only after booting up? Or during boot as well?
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when it first booted it looked normal going thru the booting cycle... But when i came back to phone after the boot... Black screen... Now when i try to turn off or on nothing but black screen.

JACKSOLD said:
when it first booted it looked normal going thru the booting cycle... But when i came back to phone after the boot... Black screen... Now when i try to turn off or on nothing but black screen.
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Are you rooted? Are you able to access recovery mode?
If you are able to, your screen should be working fine. If not, could be a screen problem

tiqqy said:
are you rooted? Are you able to access recovery mode?
If you are able to, your screen should be working fine. If not, could be a screen problem
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unfortunately, i have no way of telling if it is or not because of the black screen... I don't recall installing any superuser software. I appreciate your effort to help, i've decided to purchase a note 8 as a replacement. Thanks again for your feedback & time.