The issues started about 4 weeks ago when I fell in a lake with my MyTouch 4g in my pocket. The issue was that I hadn't realized that it had gotten drenched until about an hour later as I was trying to chase my daughters runaway puppy through the neighborhood at the time and she wouldn't stop for anything.
Needless to say, by the time I got home and realized what happened, my phone wouldn't unlock and the camera flash on the LED was in a permanent on state. I immediately pulled the battery, SIM card and SD card and put the phone and battery in a bag of rice (a trick I had read about here). I waited for a week and attempted to power the phone back on, but again the flash led came on and the phone did nothing.
Thinking it a lost cause I switched back to my oldest phone (an old Motorola Cliq XT) and rooted it so I at least had CM 7.2 on it, though it is so slow that I am yearning for my MyTouch back again so I can actually do things like use Reddit and surf the net on my phone again (I was without my actual computer for months at one point so I got in the habit of using my phone for about 90% of my surfing and whatnot).
The other day, however, I had a bright idea while bored at work. When I got home I attempted to turn my MyTouch back on, and to my surprise, it came to life! I quickly switched out the SIM and SD cards and flashed CM 7 onto it and tried to boot it up. To my joy it seemed to work, at first, however as soon as it went to sleep, the screen would not turn back on. It lights up, but there is no image, the touch screen works and the OS seems to be working since I can feel the tactile feedback when I unlock the phone. I was hoping that someone could tell me if I had actually killed my phone dead enough that it is beyond hope or not? If I have actually killed it I was wondering if anyone had advice for me on where I could pick up a replacement for cheap?
I already tried asking /r/android the other night and the only suggestion they had was to make the dog pay for a new phone. Amusing as that may be, she doesn't currently hold a job and thus has no way to compensate me for the damage.
Any and all advice is appreciated, thanks!
If you stalk Ebay you might find one with a cracked screen that still functions for cheap or something like that ,that will allow you to use a part from your phone to make it whole.. providing you know how to replace the screen or basic repairs,that is what i have done 4 times over the past 2 years..
Good Luck!!If you look long enough and bid right you can get one for a fair price ,I bought my last one for 20 dollars and replaced the screen after dropping it in my foyer and worked like a charm you just need to be careful opening it.I hope this helps as far as providing a potential solution to ur problem.again Good Luck!!
Sorry, you probably did. Phones can barely take a couple minutes of water, yours took a swim. Usually the rice is the only way to get it dry, if that didn't work....
Your screen could be damaged though. Your best bet would be to order a good phone at a pretty reasonable price off contract on sites like ebay or swappa, or if you're eligible for an upgrade, go for it.
Motorola Cliq XT? That was my first smart phone, can't say I miss it much lol. Of money is super tight I say get an optimus T and sell that pos. The optimus actually ran cm7 pottery l pretty well for having a 600 mghtz processor
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Hello XDA,
A couple months ago I decided to replace the stock battery with a $12 replacement I got off ebay. For those who keep up with the Nexus 5 news, a lot of users decide to replace their batteries because they think that a fresh battery can rejuvenate the battery of life of the phone, which makes sense. Apparently, despite looking the exact same as the stock one, it is made by Samsung because on the back it says "SAMSUNG TSD1 PGF445560LT.....". Because it's a third party, I saw a few posts online that said how much problems they had. I decided to still go with it because I guess I was desperate. After I replaced it, I honestly got similar results to what I got with the originally packaged battery. I decided to leave the battery in because I thought that maybe I could get better results over a longer period of time. Since June, I was running the Marshmallow preview, updated to preview 3.
Anyways, now to the part that matters. One week ago, my phone, running M Preview 3, was having random reboots, you know things I read about before I got the battery. It was also getting hot. I don't know if this was a bug with the preview, but I decided with my gut that it may have been because of the battery. So I decided to take apart my phone to replace the battery I got from Ebay with the one originally packaged in my phone. Well bad news here, because my phone wouldn't boot at all! After a couple of tries, I was able to see light on the inside after lifting the back cover. I was able to access the bootloader, however only when my phone was charging. I was able to flash fastboot commands allowing me to factory reset my phone. I was able to achieve something similar with the ebay battery accept I kept having this problem. Now I know you're thinking that maybe I should just buy a new battery, but what's to say that I'll get another crappy defect making me have the same problem? Can someone help me figure whether I damaged the phone elsewhere. I'm having a friend check it out tomorrow, but I would really appreciate your help.
If u can send me pics of the device, ask the connections and the board I can help, but not without seeing the device, I have the nexus 5, have replaced the battery and screen/digitizer and replaced a faulty USB port, so I know it inside and out, also have the Nexus 6 and waiting on the 5x, send me pics I'll look it over, all I can really say is NEVER buy a third party battery, always make sure it's the right battery, and when u take stuff apart like that u should always disconnect it first, never touch the board with the tools and make sure u don't damage connections at all
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Okay, I will get back to you. I have to use an old phone to take the photo so it will take some time.
My AT&T edge wont turn on today. I awoke to a phone that was charging all night while on like normal, screen was off, charge LED was green, but the power button would not wake the screen.
Things that I have experienced before the problem and tried after:
About 5 months ago my camera stopped recording videos randomly. I could not record a video of any quality for more than 5-10mins in varying duration's the camera would just stop working and drop back to home screen no error message.
about a month ago my Edge started having a camera failed problem where using the camera sometimes "failed" where the app would freeze the whole phone for a few seconds then would crash to home screen.
about a week ago attempting to use the crippled camera to take a quick pic would drain a upto 70% filed battery instantly and it would take normal time to charge it like it was really dead. first and only time it has done this with over %40 battery
last week i unlocked the phone and put it on T-mobil and flashed 5.1.1 worked fine for 6 days still had camera problems was thinking new battery would fix it.
all this week battery could die at random times mostly below 40% but I was still getting 6-7hours a day from it, i figured it was a bad battery at the root of all this.
After this morning it would not power on I tried to power it with a hacked up USB cable, nothing.
My multi-meter says the battery has 4.37V
Would someone with a little more experience tell me if they think it's worth it to buy a new mobo, battery, and camera replacement for this phone or is it a waste of time? Is my line of thinking right is this a mainboard problem? If I attempt a repair does it make sense to try a new camera module?
This phone has never been dropped or wet it's in perfect condition as far as aesthetics go. Is it common for a phone to just not turn on at the end of its life?
Hetrochromia said:
My AT&T edge wont turn on today. I awoke to a phone that was charging all night
Would someone with a little more experience tell me if they think it's worth it to buy a new mobo, battery, and camera replacement for this phone or is it a waste of time? Is my line of thinking right is this a mainboard problem? If I attempt a repair does it make sense to try a new camera module?
This phone has never been dropped or wet it's in perfect condition as far as aesthetics go. Is it common for a phone to just not turn on at the end of its life?
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If you think you have to do all that replacement, might as well go to swappa and buy a relatively good condition Edge which will prbly be cheaper than trying to get all those replacement parts. Unless you know where to get cheap replacements.
Bought my current TMobile variant from Swappa. No issues so far. you could also try Amazon
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If you think you have to do all that replacement, might as well go to swappa and buy a relatively good condition Edge which will prbly be cheaper than trying to get all those replacement parts. Unless you know where to get cheap replacements.
Bought my current TMobile variant from Swappa. No issues so far. you could also try Amazon
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Swappa I'll check that out thanks
I tried a oven re-flow on the main board at 410F still no go.
Just a warning to those wanting to sell a used phone. There are of course risks associated with this however small it may be.
I have an LG G4 that I hated due to many reasons. The phone was in great physical condition though so I decided to sell it on Swappa. I've given away phones or just kept them around but had never attempted to sell one.
I had already replaced my phone with the LG V20 so the phone sat for a few weeks unused. I charged both batteries and did a factory reset and sold it on swappa.
No feedback was ever left but I didn't mind. About 14 days later the buyer files a claim that the usb port is loose and the phone started to bootloop after he did a sprint update. He had a difficult time getting them to get his information out but best buy finally did.
As a good seller, I refunded him as soon as I got it back but I thought how odd that my phone with a perfectly fine usb port gets all these issues 2 weeks after selling it.
I understand the bootloop may just be REALLY bad luck but the broken port lets me wonder if someone did a motherboard swap. The cord can't even stay in the phone at all. I would NEVER sell something that isn't in great condition which is why I've never sold a phone prior to this. I took pictures of the only small scratch and close ups of the entire phone.
I guess that the only thing I can do is attempt to heatgun the motherboard and when it boot's up, see if the imei matches. End of rant.
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Just a warning to those wanting to sell a used phone. There are of course risks associated with this however small it may be.
I have an LG G4 that I hated due to many reasons. The phone was in great physical condition though so I decided to sell it on Swappa. I've given away phones or just kept them around but had never attempted to sell one.
I had already replaced my phone with the LG V20 so the phone sat for a few weeks unused. I charged both batteries and did a factory reset and sold it on swappa.
No feedback was ever left but I didn't mind. About 14 days later the buyer files a claim that the usb port is loose and the phone started to bootloop after he did a sprint update. He had a difficult time getting them to get his information out but best buy finally did.
As a good seller, I refunded him as soon as I got it back but I thought how odd that my phone with a perfectly fine usb port gets all these issues 2 weeks after selling it.
I understand the bootloop may just be REALLY bad luck but the broken port lets me wonder if someone did a motherboard swap. The cord can't even stay in the phone at all. I would NEVER sell something that isn't in great condition which is why I've never sold a phone prior to this. I took pictures of the only small scratch and close ups of the entire phone.
I guess that the only thing I can do is attempt to heatgun the motherboard and when it boot's up, see if the imei matches. End of rant.
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Never a good idea to heatgun a phone
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Never a good idea to heatgun a phone
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I plan on trashing the phone. Figured, that I'd do this before throwing it away. I've used this technique on xbox 360 to repair a hackable xbox and watercooled it (video on youtube). It lasted years until I got tired of it. I've already butchered the free external battery charger to make it charge my v20's battery. I'll be dumping off the 2 batteries at bestbuy's battery dump today.
I'm just posting this as an fyi, I hope that fits the spirit of this forum. I have a Pixel 128GB that's completely stock, and it just died this morning, no warning, no apparent reason. It's in perfect condition, never dropped or damaged. It was full charged this morning, worked fine for a couple of hours, and then the next time I tried to use it, it was completely unresponsive. Doesn't react when the charger is connected, just dead.
It's covered under the Google warranty, but it's going to be painful waiting for the replacement. I know it's been mentioned in previous threads, but they make you pay for a replacement phone (as a credit card hold) in order to ship you a new phone. Then they release the hold once they receive the old phone. They told me I'll receive a brand new phone, not a refurbished one. Also, if this ever happens to you, just know that you can select expedited shipping when you place the order for the replacement; they didn't tell me this (I was on the phone w/ google support) and so I missed that opportunity. And there's apparently no way to revise the order to apply expedited shipping, even while the order is still in 'Processing.'
Same phone here. I thought mine was dead too. Phone just instantly shuts off. Need to long hold power button restart. Happened to me numerous times in the past 12 hours. I am unlocked and rooted. I wonder what's going on.
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I'm just posting this as an fyi, I hope that fits the spirit of this forum. I have a Pixel 128GB that's completely stock, and it just died this morning, no warning, no apparent reason. It's in perfect condition, never dropped or damaged. It was full charged this morning, worked fine for a couple of hours, and then the next time I tried to use it, it was completely unresponsive. Doesn't react when the charger is connected, just dead.
It's covered under the Google warranty, but it's going to be painful waiting for the replacement. I know it's been mentioned in previous threads, but they make you pay for a replacement phone (as a credit card hold) in order to ship you a new phone. Then they release the hold once they receive the old phone. They told me I'll receive a brand new phone, not a refurbished one. Also, if this ever happens to you, just know that you can select expedited shipping when you place the order for the replacement; they didn't tell me this (I was on the phone w/ google support) and so I missed that opportunity. And there's apparently no way to revise the order to apply expedited shipping, even while the order is still in 'Processing.'
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Same thing happened to my pixel today. Was listening to a podcast when it just turned off and won't turn back on, even while on the charger. Not happy! It's only 3 months old, this shouldn't be happening to thee devices. I bought from a retailer, hopefully Google support helps...
Are you using newest february security patch?
Maybe unrelated but I just had similar problem on my old Moto X '14. I'm using it as a backup device on Fi and I accidentally let it run out of power (no idea how much battery was left when it shut down). The phone is running a Nougat rom and it appeared completely dead until a found the suggestion to plug it into "the strongest charger I owned". Did this and let it sit for a while and it came back to life and charged normally. Just thought I'd mention this as it seems to be a problem with Nougat itself (had the same thing happen to my tablet also running Nougat). I'm now scared to let my Pixel run out of juice.
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Same thing happened to my pixel today. Was listening to a podcast when it just turned off and won't turn back on, even while on the charger. Not happy! It's only 3 months old, this shouldn't be happening to thee devices. I bought from a retailer, hopefully Google support helps...
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3 devices is nothing. If they sold 3 million Pixels, that means that 99.999999% are okay so far. That's a good amount. ?
Edit: Double post - please disregard.
moeREM said:
Same thing happened to my pixel today. Was listening to a podcast when it just turned off and won't turn back on, even while on the charger. Not happy! It's only 3 months old, this shouldn't be happening to thee devices. I bought from a retailer, hopefully Google support helps...
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Same here, I bought from a retailer. My headphone jack was making some serious noise when plugging in the headphones, I called up Google and they sent me an RMA. Three days later they had my phone and shipped the new (not refurbished) phone to me. Got it three business days later. So yes, in short they will support warranty on pixels not purchased thru Google play.
I just finished a long useless chat with Google support. I have to go to the retailer for warranty support. If they won't help then I can go back to google. I'm in Australia if that makes any difference
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Same here, I bought from a retailer. My headphone jack was making some serious noise when plugging in the headphones, I called up Google and they sent me an RMA. Three days later they had my phone and shipped the new (not refurbished) phone to me. Got it three business days later. So yes, in short they will support warranty on pixels not purchased thru Google play.
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This was my experience too (including the same hardware problem!).
Similar thing happened to me. The phone started rebooting about once a day over the last week. I woke up and it was stuck on the bootloader. It wouldn't load the OS or the recovery.
Bought mine through project Fi but unfortunately its already almost 3 months old and they would only send me a refurbished device.
Pixel also died...no apparent reason
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I'm just posting this as an fyi, I hope that fits the spirit of this forum. I have a Pixel 128GB that's completely stock, and it just died this morning, no warning, no apparent reason. It's in perfect condition, never dropped or damaged. It was full charged this morning, worked fine for a couple of hours, and then the next time I tried to use it, it was completely unresponsive. Doesn't react when the charger is connected, just dead.
It's covered under the Google warranty, but it's going to be painful waiting for the replacement. I know it's been mentioned in previous threads, but they make you pay for a replacement phone (as a credit card hold) in order to ship you a new phone. Then they release the hold once they receive the old phone. They told me I'll receive a brand new phone, not a refurbished one. Also, if this ever happens to you, just know that you can select expedited shipping when you place the order for the replacement; they didn't tell me this (I was on the phone w/ google support) and so I missed that opportunity. And there's apparently no way to revise the order to apply expedited shipping, even while the order is still in 'Processing.'
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I felt like I could have written that exact post. Had phone for less than a year, phone also died for no apparent reason. Google support was useless. Had to pay for a refurbished pixel (which costs more than buying new Pixel $800 refurbished, $500 new?)...and now am on a week long waiting game for the replacement. I'm not sure why Google doesn't replace with a new phone vs a refurbished phone. Also disappointed that it takes almost a full week to get replacement. I asked about expedited shipping, they told me it was not an option. Overall disappointed. I may sell my new refurbished phone and buy something more reliable.
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I felt like I could have written that exact post. Had phone for less than a year, phone also died for no apparent reason. Google support was useless. Had to pay for a refurbished pixel (which costs more than buying new Pixel $800 refurbished, $500 new?)...and now am on a week long waiting game for the replacement. I'm not sure why Google doesn't replace with a new phone vs a refurbished phone. Also disappointed that it takes almost a full week to get replacement. I asked about expedited shipping, they told me it was not an option. Overall disappointed. I may sell my new refurbished phone and buy something more reliable.
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I had the same thing happen. I RMA'd the first one and received a brand new one as a replacement. After about three months, the new one died the same exact way. I RMA'd that one and received a refurbished one. So far, it's been fine... but I don't trust it.
Same here
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I'm just posting this as an fyi, I hope that fits the spirit of this forum. I have a Pixel 128GB that's completely stock, and it just died this morning, no warning, no apparent reason. It's in perfect condition, never dropped or damaged. It was full charged this morning, worked fine for a couple of hours, and then the next time I tried to use it, it was completely unresponsive. Doesn't react when the charger is connected, just dead.
It's covered under the Google warranty, but it's going to be painful waiting for the replacement. I know it's been mentioned in previous threads, but they make you pay for a replacement phone (as a credit card hold) in order to ship you a new phone. Then they release the hold once they receive the old phone. They told me I'll receive a brand new phone, not a refurbished one. Also, if this ever happens to you, just know that you can select expedited shipping when you place the order for the replacement; they didn't tell me this (I was on the phone w/ google support) and so I missed that opportunity. And there's apparently no way to revise the order to apply expedited shipping, even while the order is still in 'Processing.'
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My pixel died jan 2, i think its a problem with these phone. I've been searching and its a widespread problem, im also in the process of starting a class action about it.
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My pixel died jan 2, i think its a problem with these phone. I've been searching and its a widespread problem, im also in the process of starting a class action about it.
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It's a minor hw/sw defect in a very extremely small portion of the phones and isn't permanent and they painlessly replace the phones with brand new ones in a few short days after the request is processed. Good luck filing and winning a class action suit against Google over this.
You guys are lucky. This happened to me, but my warranty expired by three weeks. Google refuses to help me. I took it to their authorized repair and they cannot do anything to get it working.
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You guys are lucky. This happened to me, but my warranty expired by three weeks. Google refuses to help me. I took it to their authorized repair and they cannot do anything to get it working.
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"update" i called google several times and they finally agreed to replace my phone, for free!. I told them that there were a lot of pixel phones suffering the same issues. I even offered to pay to have it repaired/replaced, and i was 5 weeks out of warranty
Same thing happened to me. Was out of the 1 year warranty and the google extended warranty i had to pay $90. This was the third phone it happened to also.
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Just happened to me too! Pixel XL died over night, went through google hardware chat support on my pc... to find my phone was out of warranty by 1 day. Looks like they are processing an exception though for me and replacing it (kind of vague though about what they are going to do on their end, so not actually sure what they implied). I also took it to their authorized repair store ubreakifix as well. The technician put in a new battery, screen and charge port with no luck, phone came back as not repairable. Said there was a tiny amount of water damage but nothing was fried so he ruled that out (my phone got a tiny amount of rain on it about 3 weeks ago is only thing I can recall). He believed there is a larger problem with the power mgmt system, another person behind me in line had the same exact issue and outcome.
My phone is also basically dead microphone won't work headphone jack won't work can't record at times have to restart the phone multiple times to get it to work again then craps out again when headphones plugged in straight static then other times you plug it an there's no sound at all also getting restarts
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Is there anywhere I can trade in my phone get money gonna buy a OnePlus 5T