I recently picked up a broken Nexus 5. The logic board has been cracked by someone trying to repair the power button. It is totally dead. My question is: is there any way to determine if the screen is still working and if the battery will charge?
CharlieHull said:
I recently picked up a broken Nexus 5. The logic board has been cracked by someone trying to repair the power button. It is totally dead. My question is: is there any way to determine if the screen is still working and if the battery will charge?
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No, unless you want to somehow hotwire the display/battery to something else (which I don't recommend even trying), or putting them into another Nexus 5.
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I had to restart my phone. And then my screen goes blank. There is no display since. Even charger plugged on there is no indication.
There is some heat generated when the battery is charged and even after the cable is removed indicating some functioning of the phone hardware.
Tried the long power button hold and tried the power + volume up hold troubleshooting. But nothing happens.
Please help!
Do you have another battery that you can try? I had similar problems with one battery I had. I used another one and the phone was fine. Most energy problems are faulty batteries.
I don't have a spare battery and no stock of batteries here as well.
Any other suggestions?
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try holding vol up + vol down...while holding, tap power
this will load download mode. If you can get it here you can reflash with odin and reinstall everything again.
try having the back cover off... plug the phone into a known working charger / cable with the battery in. let it sit for 10 secs, then quickly pull the battery out and plug the battery in (like half a second... just enough to disconnect the battery from the contacts) this should force the phone to turn on.
Its how i turn my nexus s on without a power button.
jkreddy said:
I had to restart my phone. And then my screen goes blank. There is no display since. Even charger plugged on there is no indication.
There is some heat generated when the battery is charged and even after the cable is removed indicating some functioning of the phone hardware.
Tried the long power button hold and tried the power + volume up hold troubleshooting. But nothing happens.
Please help!
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Could be the power button. This is a known issue and something similar happened to me. Turned phone off and wouldn't turn back on. Tried everything - just had to jam the power button. Had it replaced twice for that reason. I fixed my third by disassembling and cleaning and reseating power button.
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Thanks for all the suggestions. Apparently the motherboard needs a change. And since I had bought it in a different region, the motherboard available here is not suitable.
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Too bad! Maybe you can get one online. I found this one on ebay:
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=121053149092&index=3&nav=SEARCH&nid=59354008011
If you search a little bit more and in more places I'm sure you can find something. Or you can use this as an excuse to get a new phone!
jkreddy said:
Thanks for all the suggestions. Apparently the motherboard needs a change. And since I had bought it in a different region, the motherboard available here is not suitable.
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Where did you buy it and where are you from?
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Similar...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2088965
In my case was the camera...
nexus s is not tuning on
i have the same problem with my nexus s and i visited near service center they said its a problem with the mother board .. so i need to change my mother board so please let me know where to get the mother board of nexus s samsung
siva7799 said:
i have the same problem with my nexus s and i visited near service center they said its a problem with the mother board .. so i need to change my mother board so please let me know where to get the mother board of nexus s samsung
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You can't buy a motherboard none is selling them, if u want to fix ur phone u need to send it for repair to samsung or an alternative repair shop, but none of those 2 will sell u a mobo...
I was searching on ebay for some time and 2 ads i found were for dead motherboards and this in 4 months of searching. I mailed a dozen repair shops and they all decline to sell me a mobo or they didn't carry them at all
Anyway to repair ur phone by replacing the mobo will cost you 100-150$ ur better of buying a new phone for around 200$ cause the nexus s is too old and doesn't justify the repair / value / performance compare to other phones on the market right now
I have had this same problem and if my cousin finds out that this phone might be broken he will be upset. But i can change the motherboard, if i do will i lose all my data like music messages apps etc. ?
cameron.butler12 said:
I have had this same problem and if my cousin finds out that this phone might be broken he will be upset. But i can change the motherboard, if i do will i lose all my data like music messages apps etc. ?
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Yes
@nd4spdbh Well, it dosen't work. I don't know if mine is hosed... or just needs it's battery replaced. Please help.
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Last weekend i dropped my nexus 5 in the water during a night out. After a few days drying in a sealed box with rice I turned it back on and it seemed fine. Unfortunaly after a few hours after rebooting it stopped working. When plugging in the battery logo pops up and the little logo with battery % comes up but remains at zero after charging for a while.
I'm running slimkat and when i boot into recovery while plugged in it works fine. Just managed to boot it up but in the start screen it says I should connect the charger while the battery circle is turning like it is plugged in and it turned off.
I'm guessing there is a promblem with the charging port or battery. Anyone who has experience with this? should i open my nexus up and get a new charging port/battery? I ordered a wireless charger which should arrive somewhere next week, i guess i can check if the battery is the problem.
thanks in advance
Water can damage just about anything in a phone...And trying to troubleshoot it can be impossible and costly. Best to save your money and put it towards a new device, instead of replacing hardware ....just to find out something else is still wrong after replacing a component.
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The motherboard is probably fried lol why would you use it when it's still wet
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dicecuber said:
The motherboard is probably fried lol why would you use it when it's still wet
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I let it dry for 6 days
Does it turn on? Yes? Then it isn't bricked or close to being bricked.
jayRokk said:
Does it turn on? Yes? Then it isn't bricked or close to being bricked.
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True. But it sounds damaged...And it's usually a waste of money replacing hardware trying to fix.
KJ said:
Water can damage just about anything in a phone...And trying to troubleshoot it can be impossible and costly. Best to save your money and put it towards a new device, instead of replacing hardware ....just to find out something else is still wrong after replacing a component.
Just my 2 cents. ?
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I'll second it. Pretty pointless to try to salvage a water damaged device due to the plethora of things that could've gone wrong!
KJ said:
True. But it sounds damaged...And it's usually a waste of money replacing hardware trying to fix.
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Hello. I recently bought a Nexus 5 (like 2 days ago) and I'm having some issues with the touchscreen. When my battery gets to 25% or lower, the screen goes mental. The so called ghost-touches are getting a hold of it and I can barely do anything. Today the battery got to 10% and the touchscreen 'dieded', as in I couldn't even unlock the screen. It did show some minimal movement but that was it. After I plugged in the charger everything went back to normal and the touchscreen acted like it should, no ghost-touches or anything.
Someone told me this problem might have something to do with some battery saving settings, but I couldn't find any kind of option similar to that. Any thoughts? Can I fix it somehow? Is it a general Nexus 5 problem? Should I send the phone back to warranty? Thanks.
Nothing? :<
Water damaged?
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And who is this "someone"?
The phone is not water damaged. That someone is a friend of mine.
BilboTrousing said:
The phone is not water damaged. That someone is a friend of mine.
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If your friend told you to jump off of a bridge, would you listen to him? Find a more reliable source. Friends tell you hearsay
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There are no battery saving settings. What's happening to you is not normal. I've been reading this forum for a year and never seen anyone with this issue.
I've seen it when charging off a cheap cable but not whilst discharging. I would consider returning it. Its clearly a fault
Hello, I am a newbie on this forum.. I have been having issues with my Nexus 5 and was wondering if yall could help me figure out what is going on.
When I turn my Nexus 5 on sometimes the display comes on and sometimes it doesn't. When it does come on, all I get is a screen full of dots. Tiny little dots covering the entire screen. It also doesn't usually go into fastboot mode, but it has twice in what seems like 100 million times trying since this happened. I just replaced the display as it was shattered from a drop, I thought that could be the issue but that didn't help.. So maybe the gpu? I don't know... I'm much more familiar with desktops than phones.. So please help, I'll do anything at this point, even if it takes forever.
Pull it apart again and check all connections.
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In order from most likely to least likely, as well as cheapest repair to most expensive:
- Flex cable
- Screen
- Motherboard
A lot of people have had such issue and it's mostly been the flex cable.
Lethargy said:
In order from most likely to least likely, as well as cheapest repair to most expensive:
- Flex cable
- Screen
- Motherboard
A lot of people have had such issue and it's mostly been the flex cable.
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Thank you so much, I hadn't even thought about that. I will get back to you after I order a flex cable. hope you're right. thanks again.
Nothing has changed. I got a new flex cable and the exact same thing is happening. What do I do now?
dvandevelde1 said:
Nothing has changed. I got a new flex cable and the exact same thing is happening. What do I do now?
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Then its the screen or motherboard. I would just send it in to LG for repair rather than guessing between the two and possibly wasting money.
Hi everyone,
I accidentally punctured the battery of my Huawei p-smart+ when trying to remove the back-cover.
The batter went on fumes, I got a new original one and replaced it. I also had to replace the LCD unit, since the flex cable broke.
Now, while I can see battery charge animation, if I press the power button even for 10 seconds, the phone won't turn on.
Is there a way to turn on the phone? Is it possible the the battery damage compromised the mother board, for some reasons?
I also should mention that, the little flex cable of the fingerprint sensor has gone, I don't know if this prevents the phone to turn on.
Thank you very much in advance.
C.
Connectome said:
Hi everyone,
I accidentally punctured the battery of my Huawei p-smart+ when trying to remove the back-cover.
The batter went on fumes, I got a new original one and replaced it. I also had to replace the LCD unit, since the flex cable broke.
Now, while I can see battery charge animation, if I press the power button even for 10 seconds, the phone won't turn on.
Is there a way to turn on the phone? Is it possible the the battery damage compromised the mother board, for some reasons?
I also should mention that, the little flex cable of the fingerprint sensor has gone, I don't know if this prevents the phone to turn on.
Thank you very much in advance.
C.
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Yes, it sounds like you have caused some kind of hardware damage.
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