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Dead SPV M600 / Charger Shorting question

Hello all, your forum is very useful and full of dedicated people.
I am sorry if my question is redundant, I know there has been threads about this topic already (like here) but I can't get the things described to work for me so my last resort is to start a thread of my own. Plus I think it might help others trying to get their M600/Prophet back on tracks.
Here is what happened with mine : an flash went wrong (error on the computer, stuck at 80% for a long long time (i mean long, not the usual few minutes we all know of)). So I had to unplug the whole thing and reset it. It went into the bootloader (3 colors screen) ok after the reset with USB written in the bottom left corner when plugged in. But (for no real l reason) I tried to reforce it in bootloader mode with Camera + Reset and from this point on, it never booted again, never reacted to any manpipulation (Power + Reset, Power long, Camera + Reset), it doesnt even has the LED on when the wall charger is plugged in.
I searched the forum and found links like the one reported earlier in this post or this one here
So I tried those but can't get it to work cus I don't really think i understand what to do :
Here is what i did :
I plugged the cut wall charger that now looks like this :
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now when it's said to connect the charger direcly to the pins are we talking about those pins ? and if yes, which one are the 1 and 5 ? the red ones or the green ones ? I know the white wire (+) has to go on the 1st pin but I dont know which one is the 1st.
plus, do i have to connect the wires to those pins while the battery is also plugged in or when the battery is out ? Or even with another charger plugged in?
Once the manipulation is done, do I put the batter back in and it should start ok directly in bootloader mode ? Or do i need to plug it back into the wall so that it does.
Anyways, as you can see that shorting manipulation is really unclear to me and I did not manage to make it work.
If anyone could shed some light on this one, that would really help me out and I am sure it would help others as well.
Thx in advance for your answers.

bump up.
Any ideas on how to do the charger trick ?
thx in advance

Sos Prophet Does Not Respond
wokmichel said:
bump up.
Any ideas on how to do the charger trick ?
thx in advance
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Hey Bro ,
I think I am also stuck up with a same problem..
My prophet does not respond at all...
have installed it to wall charger but no help...
Have u figured out which is the 1st and the PIN to use this trick...
from top is the 1st or bottom is the 1st.
Pls help!!!

wokmichel said:
bump up.
Any ideas on how to do the charger trick ?
thx in advance
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Did any one figured out which is the PIN No1 starting from TOP or Starting from BOTTOM...
My prophet is dead ??.
Does not respond to the wall charger nor any LED only thing happen is the phone gets heated on Charging(as usual as it did earlier)
It all of a sudden went blank. sincce yesterday.just showed the GREEN LED the POWER button dint responded..
I reset the NEO and now its not showing any thing
PLS HELP

you want put in 5V via Batterie Connector for 3,7V?
:->

SOS
crest_delta said:
Did any one figured out which is the PIN No1 starting from TOP or Starting from BOTTOM...
My prophet is dead ??.
Does not respond to the wall charger nor any LED only thing happen is the phone gets heated on Charging(as usual as it did earlier)
It all of a sudden went blank. sincce yesterday.just showed the GREEN LED the POWER button dint responded..
I reset the NEO and now its not showing any thing
PLS HELP
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GUYS PLS HELP THIS IS REALLY URGENT!!
I want the NEO BACK TO LIFE

Two interesting accesories!

Hey there! I wanted to share two accesories I found the other day surfing in e-Bay. I don't know if they'll be posted or not, but a bit of information never hurts and I think the prize is very good!!
1. Sony SmartTag
These NFC-enabled tags are used to quickly change your phone’s settings whenever you touch your phone to them. That’s real useful for saving battery life and ensuring your phone is set up correctly.
They come in a pack of four, so you might have one tag on your night stand, one tag in your car, one tag on your desk at the office and one back at home on the coffee table. When you go to bed at night, tap the tag on your night stand to turn off wireless and turn on a clock app. When you get up and get into your car to go to work, Bluetooth and GPS come on and a navigation app starts. At the office, GPS turns off and wireless turns on – and your phone is set to vibrate too. It’s the same deal when you get back in the car, and then finally when you get home you’ll get wireless back on and GPS back off.
Imagine doing that by hand – you’d be forever in settings menus and the like, if you remembered at all! With SmartTags though, it’s just a tap to the tag and everything is done behind the scenes for you.
Even though these tags are made by Sony, they’re compatible with any Android phone that has NFC compatibility - a quickly growing list that includes the HTC One X, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, the Motorola Droid Razr.
So if you want to start saving time and effort with NFC, you don’t have to rush out and get a new Sony phone. In fact, many BlackBerry phones come with NFC too – so these tags could work with them too if an app is available.
You can store information like...
- Switch on the Bluetooth, Gps navigation or Wifi
- Change the wallpaper, Turn on the alarm app
- Switch to silent mode, send sms, play tracks
- Start an application, open an url etc can be stored in a tag.
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2. External Charger for Nexus 4
Are you still in trouble that the phone suddenly loses power? Now this product can help you solve the problem.
Features:
Connect the USB to a powered USB equipment or computer
Sealed design and very convenient to use
One LED charge status indicator light.
Used for charging your Phone anytime and anywhere.
There are two female ports for charging at the base so you can use the charger that came with your device or an alternate Mini USB charger if you have one lying around. (Do not use both charging ports simultaneously)
Specification:
Standard Micro USB Port
Capacity: 2800mAh
Cell type: Li polymer battery Lithium-ion
Input: DC 5.5v±0.5v 500mA max
Output C 5v±0.5v 800mA max
Charge time of the backup power: Around 6-8 hours
Weight: 91g
Color:Black
The backup power is charged by the Micro/Mini USB Port data (sync) cable or wall charger(not included)
It's better not to charge the backup power while the backup power is charging your cell phone
Compatible with:
All Smart Phones with Standard Micro USB Port
HTC Evo 4G/3D Sensation 4G/XE/XL Amaze 4G HTC ONE X /S
Samsung Galaxy SII i9100 I9300 I9220 I9250 S7526 i8190 i8160 Note2 N7100 i777 T989 Epic 4G Touch D710
Nokia Lumia 920, Google Nexus 4 LG E960
Package Includes:
1 x 2800mah External Rechargeable Battery
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I hope this information is useful for you.
Cheers!

This one should work with N4 too. It has 400 mAH more and $ 2 less.

filthykid said:
This one should work with N4 too. It has 400 mAH more and $ 2 less.
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Of course it should! Thanks man!!

Please make sure the xperia tags are NTAG203 and NOT Mifare if you intend to use those tags for the N4.
http://www.andytags.com/nfc-tags-nexus-4--10-compatibility.html#.UWw5Ssp4_iw

Acer Laptop Heating & Shutdown Solution

Hello XDA community and Acer Laptop User
First, let me address the Acer Laptop Users. I bought a used Acer Aspire 5930z from Kijiji for $200 and later found out what the seller meant by Heating Problem. I then discover that with Acers' overheating -and to others a lot- means shutdown or so I thought.
I've tried multiple -cheap- solutions that didn't work...
- Googled for solutions
- Apply Thermal Paste (Arctic Silver 5 aka AS5) to CPU Card & Graphic Card
- Took apart the Laptop; Clearing Dust from fan, check for loose or damaged parts
- Clearing files with CCleaner (and used Speccy for Temperture, mostly +45)
- Using SpeedFan program to run fan high
- Got suggestions -thermal paste, motherboard replace- from professionals (No, I didn't give it to a tech to fix...$50-100 for taking apart, looking & reasembling...and one guy told me its a screen problem, a fix for $100, but buy the laptop for $12...haha...I understand, but no)
- Put three 1L containers of Ice underneath Fan & Vents to suck in cold air (Temps stayed at 30-50 and Laptop run for a long period of time ~8hrs)
Then today I Googled for a solution again and found a thread -a word makes a difference- with an answer from a KennyJo with a promising explaination and when I checked to see if I was on the right track. I found I was and what might be the problem also to why even down to the professionals & Kijiji buyer couldn't figure out...no one needed to look inside the laptop.
In fact what KennyJo stated it the problem is an incorrect -not faulty, wrong- Laptop charger -power supply aka psu- as the current one/wrong one I have says the OUTPUT is 19V - 4.74A - 90W when the one I am suppose to have/right one is 19V - 3.42A - 65W.
So yes after reading the whole thread, find KennyJo's answer, googling what psu my Acer 5930z needs and discovering I have the wrong charger might mean no loss anymore...HEEY YAAH.
Info
- KennyJo's answer to Acer's Heat & Shutdown Problem [Click Here]
The reason for the whole auto shut down thing is my power supply. Whenever I used some program required higher performance (including watching a video), or in another word, more power supply to the system, the psu would fail (overheat?) and shut the whole system down.
Even though the case of my psu was cool, the place where the fan located was actually very hot.And I believe not enough voltage for my cpu fan was the reason why my cpu temp was so high.
For those who might be facing this problem, I strongly recommend you to check you power supply after finding applying the cooling compound do not work.
And the auto shut down have not happened again so far
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- Screenshot of the results of Google & my current charger
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For XDA Community...Mods please I beg,
I tried to post this on Acer's Community forum to inform there laptop makers that they should bridge a gap with Users to at least allow them to know simple things like this (slap a sticker so people know), but had so much trouble just signing up for the site.
I know there is a thread for Laptops/Desktops, but Acer's rep has been down for this. Though there rep doesn't matter people want solutions. Sometimes its not about being invincible, but repairable (That can be applied to a lot of things like Infrastructure or Project Ara).
So I beg don't remove or move this thread.
[New Nov 16, 2015] Turns out it too was the charger for me, My Stepfather bought my Lil'Sister a Laptop Acer E5-521. And to the person who voted cooling pad, same if I kept using the 4.74Amps PSU and the 1L of containers of ice...like a Desktop.

iDoing 10.25 Recovery mode? - No keys!

Hello! I am looking a way to go into the Recovery mode of this unit by iDoing (PX5 4GB/64GB Android 10)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001268573059.html
The only button I can find is a reset button on the side of the screen. No other buttons exist - not even "virtual" ones, or at least I cannot find something more.
What I have tried so far:
1) Hold the reset button for around 45 seconds and then release it
2) Hold it for like 20 seconds and then immediately press again and release it
3) Hold it for like 20-30 seconds and then immediately press 2 times and release it
4) Attach a keyboard to the first usb slot and tried ALT+Printscreen+e (repeatedly). Nothing. The keyboard and its Num indicator are only working when the screen finishes booting and it is in the Android environment.
I contacted the seller but they don't understand what I am looking for. I know that the last resort is to go into the Android and with pseudo-console to issue a command for reboot and recovery.
However, since I am about to experiment with some roms, I will not be able to do this every time. Does anyone have any idea/proposal on how to get it to the recovery with only this button? Is there a chance I will not be able to boot into recovery?
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Could be any number of Chinese Android devices. Post screenshots from Android system information for you to figure out from the mcu version, what it is, then you can find the right thread to look for info

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Could be any number of Chinese Android devices. Post screenshots from Android system information for you to figure out from the mcu version, what it is, then you can find the right thread to look for info
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Thank you very much for your reply!
Here is the information I could get from the system. It seems like MTCE_PSD (to be honest I haven't found anywhere this vendor! I saw some lists around the web with the vendors, but couldn't find PSD!).

Yes, it is a MTCD variant (PSD). If unable to identify a method to enter recovery, you could hardwire a recovery switch per my threads.

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Yes, it is a MTCD variant (PSD). If unable to identify a method to enter recovery, you could hardwire a recovery switch per my threads.
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Thank you sooo much!
I have read a lot of threads and posts these days. What I understood is that if you can't access the recovery then two solutions:
1) find another px5 device with keys that goes to recovery and plug your board on it (I have read that you did it )
2) solder a permanent bridge between VDD and CTL_Recovery pins so you can force the system to get into a "recovery" and then use software on PC to do your work.
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the 'force' recovery method which toggles the SOM recovery line is as follows:
Note, must use this method as the MCU sinks the [CTL-recovery line]
- On mainboard carefully remove SOM header pin [ctl_recovery] - see my signature for schematic (also attched non-watermark version here, happy holidays)
- Solder a wire to the SOM socket [ctl_recovery]
- held [ctl_recovery] wire to [mcu 3.3v test pad]
- Connect PC
- Power on Headunit
- Your PC should chime (new device) and RockChip batch tools indicate "Device Connected"
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Is this the connection bridge? I can't locate the test pad

spsony120 said:
Hello! I am looking a way to go into the Recovery mode of this unit by iDoing (PX5 4GB/64GB Android 10)
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001268573059.html
The only button I can find is a reset button on the side of the screen. No other buttons exist - not even "virtual" ones, or at least I cannot find something more.
What I have tried so far:
1) Hold the reset button for around 45 seconds and then release it
2) Hold it for like 20 seconds and then immediately press again and release it
3) Hold it for like 20-30 seconds and then immediately press 2 times and release it
4) Attach a keyboard to the first usb slot and tried ALT+Printscreen+e (repeatedly). Nothing. The keyboard and its Num indicator are only working when the screen finishes booting and it is in the Android environment.
I contacted the seller but they don't understand what I am looking for. I know that the last resort is to go into the Android and with pseudo-console to issue a command for reboot and recovery.
However, since I am about to experiment with some roms, I will not be able to do this every time. Does anyone have any idea/proposal on how to get it to the recovery with only this button? Is there a chance I will not be able to boot into recovery?
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Hi. Did you find anything? Solution?

Question Triying to revive a black screen SM-R890

Hi, this is the first time i post, I'm a newby and just want to start experimenting with these devices.
I have a Samsung Galaxy watch 4 classic (SM-R890) with a faulty back button, so i bougth a dead watch on ebay to change the buttons and now I want to see if i'm able to bring life back to the ebay bircked watch.
The screenof the bricked device wotks fine (Just tested the screen on my good watch) and also the battery hold charge.
Pressing the two butons while charging doesn't work, (it was the first thing I tried as soon as I get the watch from ebay)
after reading some post here, I tried to connect to the this pins on the bottom of the main board in order to stablish a usb connection
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the soldering is not pretty but it works. (also the photo was taked before cleaning the board)
pin order is as follow
5v | Not conected | green | white | gnd
also there is no bridge between the pads, I just tested that with a multimeter.
after installing the samsung usb driver and connected the cable, I saw for and instant the message saying "installing exynos driver" or some messages like that, but after that nothing.....
Now it sound like when you plug a usb device and after a few seconds it sounds like when you discconet the device. but it doesn´t show on device managen neither in odin software.
to "force the connection" on windows I have to press the ON button on the watch and it sound like connecting an usb device again.
i've also tested on linux with "./odin4 -l" command but also no luck.
I just want to know if i'm missing some crucial step in order to connect the watch to the pc via usb.
Hope you can help me bringing back life to this watch.
Thanks in advance.

installing exynos driver
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This sounds for me like dead Bootloader sboot.bin is "erased"...
So your Adventure is in this Direction...
Creating correct cfg
Howdy. a man with a good heart God help you I locked my samsung note 10 plus phone I used a wrong cfg taken from a website and I need a person who knows how to create a correct cfg I have sboot.bin extracted from firmware correctly but I don't...
forum.xda-developers.com
I have no better thread/link for now...
But I hope it is little bit clear now.
I can try to help you....
But limited time...
Best Regards

Thanks, but the problem is that i can't stablish comunication between the watch and the pc. is there something I can do?
Here's a video showing what happend when i connect the usb cable to the pc on winldows. on linux is the same thing, can't see the device using lsusb command.
when I connect the usb cable I can hear the connecting sound on windows, but after a few seconds it sounds like it disconnects, then I press the red button on the watch and it sounds like connecting again but not for long, I repeat this process a few times and that's why those sounds repeats in the video.

Please look at this post:
Firmware and Combination Firmware and FOTA Delta and CSC change and...
Looks like it could be harder since Tizen... A Stock Firmware for netOdin/Odin not available yet... B Combination Firmware not available yet C FOTA Delta File for study I have...
forum.xda-developers.com
Try to check if same info:
Code:
VID_04E8&PID_1100&MI_00
The bad... it is possible you need special Key Combination... timing...
But we have only 2 Hardware Keys...
AND/or you need Tweezers to establish stable Connection...
Because many things ae secured...
Or only special Hardware allow stable Connection... maybe special Resistors required... like this Hardware can offer:
Firmware and Combination Firmware and FOTA Delta and CSC change and...
Looks like it could be harder since Tizen... A Stock Firmware for netOdin/Odin not available yet... B Combination Firmware not available yet C FOTA Delta File for study I have...
forum.xda-developers.com
Out this point... you at your own....
Maybe you find by luck what to do... as proper instruction not leaked...
I will try to find example for Tweezers... I can remember dead boot repair on GT-I9300 for instance required Tweezers...
Best Regards

For Tweezer example i have nothing better found as this old GT-I9300...
[Galaxy S III][IMPORTANT] GT-I9300 Hard Brick Fix
- I have not done this before and have not tested this method, do this at your own risk!!! We've made it to the XDA Portal! (link below) http://www.xda-developers.com/android/fix-your-soft-bricked-galaxy-s-iii-samsungs-way/ Hi, A few months...
forum.xda-developers.com
Only as example that it is possible GW4 is secured AGAINST easy boot recovery...
And you need additional knowledge about correct procedure...
Best Regards