Soooo I'm in a super jam. Got water on my device.....had it in rice overnight....powered on fine...can see water damage behind screen but the touch screen works....my loudspeaker is shorted out, puts out super low volume. My WiFi works and my Bluetooth works but no cell service. I found the replacement speaker online for like $10 so that's fine....how do I go about repairing the cell radio? I didn't see that part anywhere. Is it part of a larger module?
Any insight is super helpful. Thanks guys!
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Before you do anything drastic, I'd verify its the not the sim card destroyed. I wet my device once and two days later all was fine except no reception and it turned out to be the sim card was corroded. You can also try cleaning the damaged sim card in alcohol but that's a last resort method.
I put the Sim card in my nexus 7 and it registered on network. Couldn't load any webpages or videos but it showed me as having "H full bars"
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I put the Sim card in my nexus 7 and it registered on network. Couldn't load any webpages or videos but it showed me as having "H full bars"
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It could still be the card at that point. I would still get a new one because you would need it either way. Worst case you paid 10$ for something you're going to need anyway. (If the damage was that deep it no doubt must have hit the sim card) its better to explore the cheapest option right off the bat before going in to repairs that mess with the inside of the phone.
Well I need to replace the speaker anyway
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So I'm actually posting from the damaged device. Turned it on today and the speaker is working. My WiFi is working as well as my GPS module. Camera and flash are both working. I guess I need to just try a new Sim card. There is definitely water marks behind the screen..anyone have any ideas on how to clear that up?
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My mic works too. Just tried it with a voice search. The vibrator motor seems to go in and out
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I actually just now had signal for a few seconds. No data but had bars. I intermittently have the display changing from "no service" to "emergency calls only"
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Anyone have any thoughts as to what would cause the intermittent signal? Is it a sim reader failure? and antenna failure? Something that can be repaired?
My USB connectivity came back!!! Can go through all my files and adb connectivity is functional. Anyone know if there is a diagnostic that I can run to find out what parts have failed? I'd like to just have to replace my antenna if that's all I need
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Um... I replied to the other same thread basically that you opened. ?
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Um... I replied to the other same thread basically that you opened. ?
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yeah this thread as you can see is kinda dead. im like the only poster almost so i opened another thread asking for something different. if the mods want to consolidate the two thats ok by me. Sorry for clogging up the forum, just dying for some assistance from the great minds of our community
You're wasting your time in my opinion. 99.999 percent of the time... If something doesn't work after water got to it.... It's fried. Would be a gigantic coincidence that something went weird the exact same time. ?
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You're wasting your time in my opinion. 99.999 percent of the time... If something doesn't work after water got to it.... It's fried. Would be a gigantic coincidence that something went weird the exact same time. ?
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ok well it was not completely sumberged.
the antenna cable is a separate module in the device
If everything else is working perfectly it would be very hard for me( a EE trained person) to assume that the motherboard is "fried"
im not even suggesting that something "went weird". LOL i am suggesting that possibly the antenna got water damage while the rest of the device survived. I am curious whether there is a diagnostic software that will let me know what hardware pieces are damaged. As it is right now i dont have a multimeter or i could just open the sucker up and resistance check everything LMAO
The radios toast. Just because everything else works doesn't mean the radio survived. Had the same issues with my wifes phone. She gave it a tea bath. I took it apart, cleaned it with electrical cleaner, dried it in rice for three days. Put it back together and everything worked great. Except the radio. Sold it for parts and moved on.
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So I was playing with my g2 and noticed it had a fm radio installed so I opened it and low and behold it worked after inserting a headset. This is where my question comes from. It said I had to put in the headset in order to have an antennae... I then remembered a few years back when phones had a little port for an external antenna to boost cell phone reception that worked amazingly. In some cases I could get great reception in places I previously had no bars at all. Are there any accessories that could hook into my phone headset jack and do that now?
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The FM radio antenna works through the headphone jack, yes. But the phone antenna doesn't, it's inside the phone and I suspect you'd have to do some hardware modding to be able to do anything like this, sorry.
A standalone cell repeater / booster would work in a fixed location (or even in a car/boat/RV). They are not exactly pocketable though.
Anyone remember those little strips that you'd place behind the battery door, or under the battery? I suppose those never worked... Worth a try maybe?
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Anyone remember those little strips that you'd place behind the battery door, or under the battery? I suppose those never worked... Worth a try maybe?
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Did some research on those and found them to be bogus, especially for smart phones of today.
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...e.com/watch?v=zwNZGuKzGWY&v=zwNZGuKzGWY&gl=US
This is what I was referring to actually
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I recently had my screen fixed, and now my phone is horrible! It has no G-Sensor calibration at all, no vibration, the camera is just a black screen, and it randomly loses signal and says "No sim card, please insert"! (Not to mention the case is all bent. This guy was HORRIBLE)
I had a new SIM put in, and it's still doing it! If you guys have any idea on how to fix this, or my other issues, please help me out! Thanks.
(I've flashed ROM's/Radio's/Kernals so many times.. it does nothing. Running CM7 156 nightly atm though..)
Get a refund
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Get a refund
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The thing is, the guy had me sign a "warranty" for only 10 days. It's been about 15 now, and I won't be able to go to the store until Monday.. so I don't know if he'll just be like "It's not my problem", or what. Could result to force ?
He works at an AT&T store and does repairs on the side, btw.
(Payed $200 to this kid, I didn't want to try fixing it myself and mess it up more, so I had him do it. I could of done a better job..)
You should have posted a question in the Q an A section if you should trust this guy...200 is wayyy too much and he even made you sign something. He is a scammer that knows how to do his job well. also it is not like you can go to the store and be like, "he fu**ed up my screen, i want a replacment."
Considering he opened up the phone I believe that voids the warranty and you will not even be able to contact HTC for a replacement...
:/ So.. what should I do? Go in there monday and talk to him? I can sure try saying that (Or like, "fix my phone, it wasn't like this before, or take your screen back and give me a refund..")
If you had a 10 day warranty you should have returned the phone back to him within 10 days. Why wait 15? I believe ATT/HTC would have fixed it cheaper than $200. Your warranty will be void now with ATT/HTC. So now you can either pay HTC to fix it, pay a real phone repair service, or buy another phone.
To attempt to fix the no sim put a piece of tape on the back of the sim card. It has been noted that the sim slot may be loose on some phones and not enough pressure is exerted for a good connection with the contacts.
He probably just forgot to tighten a screw or two. He'll probably fix it for you if you go back and mention it to him nicely, assuming he's a decent human at all.
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If you had a 10 day warranty you should have returned the phone back to him within 10 days. Why wait 15? I believe ATT/HTC would have fixed it cheaper than $200. Your warranty will be void now with ATT/HTC. So now you can either pay HTC to fix it, pay a real phone repair service, or buy another phone.
To attempt to fix the no sim put a piece of tape on the back of the sim card. It has been noted that the sim slot may be loose on some phones and not enough pressure is exerted for a good connection with the contacts.
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The warranty was just if the screen were to crack again and such, (as he explained it), because the phone had no problems whenever I gave it to him. It was perfectly fine, I just didn't like the cracked screen.
Upon purchase, he told me the camera didn't work (black screen) because of a 'software issue', and to just flash the kernel and it would fix it. I never got around to doing that for those ~15 days, and didn't use the phone at all. I then got time, and rooted/flashed everything and it didn't fix the camera, and I noticed all these problems when I started to use it.
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He probably just forgot to tighten a screw or two. He'll probably fix it for you if you go back and mention it to him nicely, assuming he's a decent human at all.
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Thanks
i sent my infuse into samsung because i couldnt get a cell signal, and they sent it back to me saying ther was liquid damage / corrosion at the connector from the micro usb to the motherboard, and that it was unrepairable. to my knowledge, its never gotten wet . theyve voided my warranty. so what can i do? can i send it in somewhere else? possible to fix it myself?
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i sent my infuse into samsung because i couldnt get a cell signal, and they sent it back to me saying ther was liquid damage / corrosion at the connector from the micro usb to the motherboard, and that it was unrepairable. to my knowledge, its never gotten wet . theyve voided my warranty. so what can i do? can i send it in somewhere else? possible to fix it myself?
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You could probably buy a parts only infuse or an infuses motherboard from ebay...but it may cost around $200...however what they said sounds like bs to me. as far as i know the micro usb has nothing to do with cellular signal.
Can your phone connect to a pc? If it can than there is no corrosion. Also have you looked into apn settings? Sometimes people have to change the apn settings to get cellular signal.
If it can connect to the pc i would try odin and see if that helps at all...if i had money i would gladly buy it off you...but sadly im 17 without a job and only have $9
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I can sync to my PC to swap files back and forth, but not to flash. They say the baseband is missing, or not readable, due to corrosion at a connector on the motherboard. Everything else works okay, and once in awhile, I will get signal, only after switching wifi on and then off again ... sometimes. There's a little red sticker on the inside, with a corner nicked off... and I'm pretty sure it wasn't that way to begin with. I think it may have been one of those moisture sensing stickers...? But if it was there before, I don't think it was red. Anyways, they said I could send it back in to have it reevaluated, but that they'll probably come to the same conclusion as last time. Especially if that is a moisture sensing sticker... I bought this phone outright, from a Guy who had Att service on it originally, and I currently have att service. Is it worth trying to send it into Att 's warranty department?
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I've got Google Wallet installed, and cards activated, but I can't seem to make it actually pay...
A couple of trips to the local McDonalds - waking up my phone and waving it over the red sensor part of their card reader does nothing... unlocking or having wallet open at the time doesn't help either.
What am I doing wrong?
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Does your phone beep to let you know the nfc receiver has picked up an rfid signal?
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Did you have the NFC box check under settings more settings. It allows information to be sent between NFC device which is necessary.
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No response at all from my phone or the terminal. Might as well have been waving my hand over it.
Does the phone need a physical "bump" instead of a wave to do its thing? I would expect this to work much the same as my proximity company ID badge.
NFC is turned on. SBeam is off (does that matter?)
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I always touch my phone back to the spot on the card reader. Do you have a case on your phone? There is only like a half inch of play before the phone is too far away. Try it again by tapping the phone.
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yeah. i get embarrass too if wallet doesnt work. how embarrassing!
but they have nfc soda vending machines in Atlantis hotel casino in reno! i tried it there with wallet on my nexus without the embarrassment and it works!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEwHMk4qFTs
"waving it over the red sensor part"
You dont know what your doing if you "waved" it. You must hold it up to the scanner for it to recognize. Also, if you have a case, it takes longer to pick up because the case adds thickness which reduces the bandwidth NFC can utilize due to a weaker signal.
Experiences: 8 successful payments. 1 failed (Walgreens isnt there yet)
There is no red sensor where I used it. 7-11 and cumbys. It's the grey part above the debit/credit card scanner that has the nfc symbol....Walgreen's failed for me also the manager said they just recently installed.
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I've had the same exact problem as the OP. I tried mine at a local gas station where a friend works so I didn't look like a complete dunderhead and I tried it on 6 separate occasions and tried installing it several different times/ways and could never get it to work. They have the EZ Pay NFC reader above the credit card machine and every time I tried it it would not work no matter if I tapped it, took it out of the TPU case, got the cashier to hit credit, opened and unlocked the app. Nothing. It just simply refused to work. Maybe I'm just an idiot though, I just assume the EZ Pay NFC card reader would read my NFC chip in my phone. Maybe it won't. I am just at a loss. I just reset the app and went to my backup nandroid and left it along after all the attempts because I was so embarrassed.
i've only used it once thus far, i was worried it wouldn't work right since i never used NFC payments before so i had no idea how to do it......it took about 15 secs for GW to open up from a locked status on my phone then about another 20 secs for it to recognize the nfc scanner and to process a payment to mcdonalds, not bad, i had my card out in preparation though lol
Try without a case.I had no comm using NFC due to my case blocking the signal somehow. took it off and now it works every time.
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i've only used it once thus far, i was worried it wouldn't work right since i never used NFC payments before so i had no idea how to do it......it took about 15 secs for GW to open up from a locked status on my phone then about another 20 secs for it to recognize the nfc scanner and to process a payment to mcdonalds, not bad, i had my card out in preparation though lol
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I had thought that maybe it would take a bit for GW to notice the NFC reader but i left it there for a full 5 minutes at one point, I was running my mouth, and it never pulled up GW nor recognized the NFC reader. Also this was with the phone off. Another thing I found funny about it was that it the app would not pull up as Ready to Use until I had let it set up my Play Store credit card they have on file. I dont know if the OP is having the same exact problem as I am but it sounds exactly the same. I have also tested my NFC with my girlfriends GS3 to see if maybe I recieved a bad battery or maybe my phone was somehow faulty but it pulled the fileshare using S-Beam off without a hitch so.....
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I had thought that maybe it would take a bit for GW to notice the NFC reader but i left it there for a full 5 minutes at one point, I was running my mouth, and it never pulled up GW nor recognized the NFC reader. Also this was with the phone off. Another thing I found funny about it was that it the app would not pull up as Ready to Use until I had let it set up my Play Store credit card they have on file. I dont know if the OP is having the same exact problem as I am but it sounds exactly the same. I have also tested my NFC with my girlfriends GS3 to see if maybe I recieved a bad battery or maybe my phone was somehow faulty but it pulled the fileshare using S-Beam off without a hitch so.....
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My phone wasn't off, just locked. If the phone's off then the nfc reader is supposed to be off too. I found that just quickly opening GW right before touching it to the reader makes it happen almost instantly. At least for me already.
Beamed via NFC through the local store to the internet from my SGS3.
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My phone wasn't off, just locked. If the phone's off then the nfc reader is supposed to be off too. I found that just quickly opening GW right before touching it to the reader makes it happen almost instantly. At least for me already.
Beamed via NFC through the local store to the internet from my SGS3.
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Sorry about the misunderstanding. When I said off o meant my screen was locked. My phone just edited that part out. I have tried it like you did also, by opening the app right before touching it to the reader. Still doesn't work. It may just be an issue with my phone. No matter how I try to use it to pay it won't work...
i've had no issues having my nfc chip being scanned but i have yet to complete a purchase successfully. i'm going to chalk it up to the terminals not being configured correctly... my other nfc functions work fine.
Some dont work for some odd reasons because the storemanager/higher ups dont know what it is so they might have disabled it for what ever reason.
I know Walgreens has scanners but does not work JUST yet, they are partners of the whole NFC movement thing.
Stores that have worked for me are.
Chevron, 7-11 ( had to tilt there scanner up), McDonalds, BJ's (like walmart), Vending Machines.
Doesnt work: Walgreens, Some Random gas station out of town
I find that if you see a LED blinking or on thats connected to the scanner, the scanner works, but if it doesnt scan right away its the case's fault or not placing it.
Source: I like to consider myself a Wallet expert haha, my thread is over in Developer Section to get wallet as well. Also all my purchases have been used using a Otterbox Defender, and take about 3-5 seconds to complete the transaction.
mine failed as well at a jack in the box drive thru. looked like a fool. haha
i took my case off, opened the app, clicked the lock in the corner, entered my pin, and held it up against the reader for a good few seconds but nothing happened. nfc was on. their reader had like 4 spots for lights and the first one was on with a solid green light so not sure, hopefully it was their reader. will try again at a 7-11 if I can get over the embarassment
LOL at you guys thinking your case is giving you a problem, most likely you are not putting the battery (where the NFC is) up to the correct part of the terminal (your phone should chime or make a noise when its recognized, just like when Android Beam comes up),
or just plain out the terminal doesn't work (not your phone), a mcdonalds and wendys in my area they have them but nothing happens and one mcd across town works perfectly fine. Just depends on the vendor.
I have the Otterbox Defender on both my S3 and Galaxy Nexus, and haven't had a problem or delay yet as long as their terminal is working correctly, and they are pretty thick cases. As long as you line it up right and they work shouldn't be a problem
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LOL at you guys thinking your case is giving you a problem, most likely you are not putting the battery (where the NFC is) up to the correct part of the terminal (your phone should chime or make a noise when its recognized, just like when Android Beam comes up),
or just plain out the terminal doesn't work (not your phone), a mcdonalds and wendys in my area they have them but nothing happens and one mcd across town works perfectly fine. Just depends on the vendor.
I have the Otterbox Defender on both my S3 and Galaxy Nexus, and haven't had a problem or delay yet as long as their terminal is working correctly, and they are pretty thick cases. As long as you line it up right and they work shouldn't be a problem
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Well said and 100% accurate. I bet the problems people are facing are user error or the terminal just doesnt work.
I've used mine on about three different occasions and it worked perfectly. But what's funny, I was in a local vzw store buying something. They have what looks like the press pass set up, tried to use it and it wouldn't go through. The girl checking me out was surprised and had no idea that you could even do that. Anyway, my point is that even though the card reader looks like it will work, if they don't have it set up it won't. Vzw's looks just like the ones at McDonald's.
Hello.
So it came. My Nexus S betrayed me. I started getting random "inabilities" to boot my phone. It was rather not booting than booting. The phone was booting like 1 out of 10 times (stuck at Google Logo). Suddenly I found out that applying pressure to the back of the phone (to the SIM card slot area) while pressing the power button solves the issue. At least temporarily.
The conclusion I came to is the following: Given this information (applying pressure) I came to the conclusion, that the soldered-on storage chip is not so soldered-on.
What about this: If oven-baking our laptops can repair them, is it possible to fix my Nexus as well? That is the question for you, guys! Will it take the heat? Can some components fall off the board when heated? Or get burn? If so, can I apply heat directly on that damn chip? That is the metaquestion!
Thanks in advance!
How can you fix a laptop by putting it in the oven dude ? Are you serious ? Ive never heard of that. Ever.
And i can't encourage you that this is a good idea cus it doesn't sound good.
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How can you fix a laptop by putting it in the oven dude?
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Here you go.
https://www.google.com/search?q=laptop+oven+fix
And you're welcome eventually
I would rather use a proper heatgun and try to heat the place little bit while isolating rest of the "working" parts.
But honest advice, spare yourself the trouble of disasembling everything and start saving for new phone :/
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Awkward solution. Anyway i think that the device itself cant handle 385°…
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isolating rest of the "working" parts.
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Maybe I could take aluminum tape and create rectangle around the chip, then heatgun the chip. That should work…
AW: [Q] Oven QuickFix – Will it work for Nexus S?
Oven quickfix does indeed work. I once repaired a HP nx7000 by disassambling the NB and put the motherboard into the oven. Worked like a charm afterwards.
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Oven quickfix does indeed work.
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I found out that my coleague has a heatgun and his friend even has a machine for this (reballing stuff I would guess).
It is, however, good to know, that I'm not lost once I find out I'm out of RMA period. I *THINK* my phone does does have a valid warranty BUT I'm not quite sure I can find my papers and get to the store soon enough. It's indeed good to have a backup…
Go for the heatgun if possible. A lot of the parts on phone are extremely heat sensitive unlike larger hardware and you would likely end up damaging something else rather than just fixing the storage. Have put back to life quite a few devices using a heatgun and proper shielding, mainly xbox 360, video cards and other random peripherals.
Still would save for a new phone though, because it's likely it might die completely on you in the close future.