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[Q] ***HELP*** Transformer won't turn on.

My transformer will not turn on. I used it a couple days ago but don't remember if I fell asleep or powered down. I went to turn back on this morning but there is no response. If I plug in the charger I can see the light come on. Also if I hold the power button it will give a quick vibrate after about 10 seconds. Has anyone else had this problem?
Its rooted and unlocked. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance for your time.
I forgot to mention that there is nothing being displayed on the screen at anytime whatsoever...

cabo8243 said:
My transformer will not turn on. I used it a couple days ago but don't remember if I fell asleep or powered down. I went to turn back on this morning but there is no response. If I plug in the charger I can see the light come on. Also if I hold the power button it will give a quick vibrate after about 10 seconds. Has anyone else had this problem?
Its rooted and unlocked. Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance for your time.
I forgot to mention that there is nothing being displayed on the screen at anytime whatsoever...
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Try cold booting it? Turn it off and then turn it on while holding the volume down button.
Try connecting it to your laptop, see if detects it???
Maybe its a software app thing?

rickymh19 said:
Try cold booting it? Turn it off and then turn it on while holding the volume down button.
Try connecting it to your laptop, see if detects it???
Maybe its a software app thing?
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Already tried both. Problem is, is that there is no way to see if the device is even powered on... The battery meter on the screen doesn't even show up when its plugged in/charging...

Wow....that sucks.
If your computer doesnt detect it, then idk what you could do.... cuz if it did, then you could try to use adb to try and restarting t.
It sucks that its unlocked or i would have said to just contact asus to get it replaced.
Other than that, its hard to say...sorry man.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk HD

Mine did the same thing today. Hold down Power, Volume Down, and Volume Up for a few seconds to force a reboot. It got mine going.
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Tried hitting the reset? It's in the little pinhole above the hdmi.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

Held down power, volume down, and volume up at the same time.
Then tried the paper clip in the reset button by the hdmi input.
Then I tried both ideas again with the charger plugged in....
Frustrating. Unless someone has anymore ideas I may just try and send it in. Hopefully they cant tell if its been unlocked or not because nothing is being displayed..

cabo8243 said:
Held down power, volume down, and volume up at the same time.
Then tried the paper clip in the reset button by the hdmi input.
Then I tried both ideas again with the charger plugged in....
Frustrating. Unless someone has anymore ideas I may just try and send it in. Hopefully they cant tell if its been unlocked or not because nothing is being displayed..
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You can't send to ASUS when you use unlock tool they get your S/N and save it in case something like this happens. The only way I can see around this would be if you bought it at a Best Buy. They maintain 1 year manufacturer warranties if you bought from them so you could feasibly take to geek squad/Customer service and say it just stopped working. They wouldn't have record that you unlocked the tab. You would most likely need the receipt or some confirmation you bought it there though. Good luck.

Sorry friend, seems like you are in real trouble. I had a very similar problem, my only solution was to exchange it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2203565
As you have unlocked yours, the warranty is no longer valid, and although Asus will fix it, you will have to pay to get it done. Since I'm on my second TF, and it even has had a problem that nearly bricked it, I am simply afraid to unlock it while still within the warranty period.

Might get lucky and see something with it connected to the HDMI port.

neo1738 said:
You can't send to ASUS when you use unlock tool they get your S/N and save it in case something like this happens. The only way I can see around this would be if you bought it at a Best Buy. They maintain 1 year manufacturer warranties if you bought from them so you could feasibly take to geek squad/Customer service and say it just stopped working. They wouldn't have record that you unlocked the tab. You would most likely need the receipt or some confirmation you bought it there though. Good luck.
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Best buy does not honor mfg warranty they tell you to call asus.
I currently have a dead tablet as well.

lafester said:
Best buy does not honor mfg warranty they tell you to call asus.
I currently have a dead tablet as well.
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They did with my TF201 and this guys TF700 just a month ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240970

They took back my TF201 in August last year. I was told by BB it was done under the manufacturers warranty. It really does depend on who you talk to and how you approach them with the problem. Several people had to try different BB stores until they found that one person working there that either knew HOW to do it or was willing to take it back.

I had the same problem. Tried all the ideas mentioned above. I then put it on the charger for a day and afterwards it just booted like nothing had happened.
(mine is not rooted or unlocked)

neo1738 said:
They did with my TF201 and this guys TF700 just a month ago http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2240970
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TF201 is a different tab and basically BB and asus came to an agreement to take them back. The guy in your link got lucky. Probably only got a trade because of the extreme nature of the defect. Fact is you cannot just go into BB and get a new tablet under mfg warranty.
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They took back my TF201 in August last year. I was told by BB it was done under the manufacturers warranty. It really does depend on who you talk to and how you approach them with the problem. Several people had to try different BB stores until they found that one person working there that either knew HOW to do it or was willing to take it back.
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Exactly.
Now for the good news. My tablet came back to life last night after 3 weeks of trying. It was totally dead and wouldn't even vibrate anymore. plugged it in and it actually tried to boot right away but then turned off. Let it charge for a few and tried again and it booted no problem. Battery % is now showing accurately and it has now been running fine for 12 hours.
My problem is I went out and got an HP envy x2 (win8) tab on saturday. Now to decide which to keep... I love the envy but the new quad cores are coming out this fall which should really make it a versatile little laptop. Just don't know if I can live with android now that I have a taste of full win 8.

lafester said:
TF201 is a different tab and basically BB and asus came to an agreement to take them back. The guy in your link got lucky. Probably only got a trade because of the extreme nature of the defect. Fact is you cannot just go into BB and get a new tablet under mfg warranty.
Exactly.
Now for the good news. My tablet came back to life last night after 3 weeks of trying. It was totally dead and wouldn't even vibrate anymore. plugged it in and it actually tried to boot right away but then turned off. Let it charge for a few and tried again and it booted no problem. Battery % is now showing accurately and it has now been running fine for 12 hours.
My problem is I went out and got an HP envy x2 (win8) tab on saturday. Now to decide which to keep... I love the envy but the new quad cores are coming out this fall which should really make it a versatile little laptop. Just don't know if I can live with android now that I have a taste of full win 8.
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Wouldn't be a problem for me...Asus - Bye bye!:laugh:

I have received a RMA number and will send it in tomorrow. I will post what happens next when I get word from ASUS.

cabo8243 said:
I have received a RMA number and will send it in tomorrow. I will post what happens next when I get word from ASUS.
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Any updates? My TF700 stopped turning on as well. Same recovery efforts, now waiting on the battery to drain. I unlocked/rooted for cleanrom (faster/better). Worked fantastic till last thursday and it refused to turn on in my college class. This could signal my exit from Android even though I have a lot of money invested in apps.

Impact9 said:
Any updates? My TF700 stopped turning on as well. Same recovery efforts, now waiting on the battery to drain. I unlocked/rooted for cleanrom (faster/better). Worked fantastic till last thursday and it refused to turn on in my college class. This could signal my exit from Android even though I have a lot of money invested in apps.
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I recieved my tablet back from asus. Appears they swapped motherboards and i have a stock tablet again. No charges to me. Took about two weeks. Of course i will try and root/unlock again.

cabo8243 said:
I recieved my tablet back from asus. Appears they swapped motherboards and i have a stock tablet again. No charges to me. Took about two weeks. Of course i will try and root/unlock again.
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Good to hear. Aside from the snappier response of cleanrom my biggest issue with the asus firmware was the waste of screen space on the home screen. It had like a 1" border all the way around that you can't put an icon in and that annoyed me the most of all. Been waiting the battery to go completely dead before I send it in just hoping that fixes it.

Wifi Problem - freezes sometimes and cant disable. Have to restart. LP & KK

Hi guys,
I have a problem that I've never seen or heard of before. So here is the situation:
Power button didn't work, so RMA'd phone. Got different phone back and instantly rooted/installed custom rom. Didn't notice anything until a month later. My phone would randomly just lag out and the wifi would stop. It would still show connected and that there was uploading activity, but that is all. When I clicked it to disable, nothing would happened. I would have to restart the phone, disable it for a while then re-enable it. I though it was the rom so I switched. Noticed the same thing is happening. I decided to play around with my sim, so I took it out and then put it back in, and it somehow fixed the problem. So I was assuming it was the sim causing the problem. Worked perfect for a week then started happening again. I did the thing with the sim and it didn't work this time. I still have the problem now.
Basically, my wifi would just stop working, when I click on it the phone lags out and freezes. I have to restart the phone and it will work. Sometimes Itll work for a full day then all of a sudden just stop. Sometimes it happens just a few minutes after restarting. I mostly find that it happens when the battery is less than 20%. Right now I am running stock LP, locked bootloader. I was supposed to send it in but they wouldn't accept it because I was 6 days over my warranty. So I'm not sure if I was send a faulty phone and now I'm stuck with it?
LG said I would be charged $150 flat rate for them to fix it which sucks. I'd rather just get a new phone and stay away from LG in the future.
Any suggestions? Also this was happening on KK at first then I tried LP Roms and same thing. I have never flashed any radio since I got the phone, could this be a possible solution?

s.hack said:
I was supposed to send it in but they wouldn't accept it because I was 6 days over my warranty. So I'm not sure if I was send a faulty phone and now I'm stuck with it?
LG said I would be charged $150 flat rate for them to fix it which sucks. I'd rather just get a new phone and stay away from LG in the future.
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You would get the same reply from pretty much any company, once it is over the warranty period then it is over the warranty period, this is no reason to "stay away from LG". Most charge a flat rate since they're likely to simply do a motherboard/whatever board swap if the fault is to do with internal components, as it is much easier/cheaper for them to do this compared to diagnosing and repairing/replacing things individually.
s.hack said:
Any suggestions? Also this was happening on KK at first then I tried LP Roms and same thing. I have never flashed any radio since I got the phone, could this be a possible solution?
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Try a different radio version. If it doesn't change anything then you have a hardware problem.

Elluel said:
You would get the same reply from pretty much any company, once it is over the warranty period then it is over the warranty period, this is no reason to "stay away from LG". Most charge a flat rate since they're likely to simply do a motherboard/whatever board swap if the fault is to do with internal components, as it is much easier/cheaper for them to do this compared to diagnosing and repairing/replacing things individually.
Try a different radio version. If it doesn't change anything then you have a hardware problem.
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The only reason I said I would stay away is because it seems that I sent in my phone with a problem only to receive another one with a different problem. I'll try the radios tonight, hopefully it works.
Thanks, I'll keep you guys posted.

s.hack said:
The only reason I said I would stay away is because it seems that I sent in my phone with a problem only to receive another one with a different problem. I'll try the radios tonight, hopefully it works.
Thanks, I'll keep you guys posted.
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You mentioned that you only ran into issues after a month. During that month a hardware issue could have possibly developed and the device was fine when you initially received it.

Known LP bug.. Thats why i still stay with kk
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I can't factory reset my phone

For the last couple of weeks I was unable to restart my phone without a yellowish little box with white stripes (5mmx5mm) appearing in the center of the screen I can't even reset it to factory settings because of this. If I want to turn my phone back on I need to let it stay like that for 10-15 minutes than restart it again and it turns on. If I try to restart it right away it comes back. My phone is an Alcatel One Touch Idol 3 5.5 (6045Y) with android 6.0.1.

Are you trying to let the phone boot normally by only pressing the power button or trying to enter recovery mode by pressing volume and power?

audit13 said:
Are you trying to let the phone boot normally by only pressing the power button or trying to enter recovery mode by pressing volume and power?
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I'm trying both. But the same thing is happening. When the phone turns on the little box appears and I can't do anything.
This was happening for the last couple of weeks but after 15 minutes I could turn my phone back on but today I couldn't turn my mobile data on so I restarted the phone couple of hours ago and since then I can't turn it back on.

Sounds like a possible hardware problem. Any way to get it resolved under the manufacturer's warranty?

audit13 said:
Sounds like a possible hardware problem. Any way to get it resolved under the manufacturer's warranty?
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Yeah I begin to think that is a hardware problem because I had to change the screen couple of months ago but the problem appeared couple of weeks ago.
The warranty has expired in december so I will have to deal with this phone for now.
Thank you anyway for your replies.

Good luck with the repair.
Since the problem appears before the ROM loads, it's probably hardware-related. Was the phone recently dropped?

audit13 said:
Good luck with the repair.
Since the problem appears before the ROM loads, it's probably hardware-related. Was the phone recently dropped?
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No first it started having random inputs on the screen. It would fix by locking and unlocking the phone but then I would get really laggy so after rebooting the phone the little box appeared.

MrBuk said:
No first it started having random inputs on the screen. It would fix by locking and unlocking the phone but then I would get really laggy so after rebooting the phone the little box appeared.
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Not for this phone in particular, but from my past experience with replacing screens on different phones (at least half a dozen times)...
Since you had your screen replaced, and you are having a couple of different symptoms that seem to be hardware-related, I would suggest checking the connectors first. It's possible that a connector got dirty or oxidized, or was not attached properly. If you did the job yourself, it shouldn't be a problem for you to check this. If you had a repair shop do it, see if you can get them to look into it.
Another possibility is that the replacement screen assembly might be defective...

MrBuk said:
Yeah I begin to think that is a hardware problem because I had to change the screen couple of months ago but the problem appeared couple of weeks ago.
The warranty has expired in december so I will have to deal with this phone for now.
Thank you anyway for your replies.
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If the screen was changed by Alcatel services you still in warranty, tell them that you a few times that issue after the reparing but it fix it by him selfe but now he doens´t fix it.
Let´s see what appens!

persona78 said:
If the screen was changed by Alcatel services you still in warranty, tell them that you a few times that issue after the reparing but it fix it by him selfe but now he doens´t fix it.
Let´s see what appens!
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The screen was not changed by Alcatel services. It broke 2 days after the warranty expired.

MrBuk said:
The screen was not changed by Alcatel services. It broke 2 days after the warranty expired.
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...**** ...
Was it fall? Maybe this was what damaged the phone

persona78 said:
...**** ...
Was it fall? Maybe this was what damaged the phone
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Yes it was a fall but I don't think that was the cause for the recent problems I have. Actually in the last couple of days I think I found the real cause. The power button is not working properly so I have to press it really hard in order to unlock my phone. This however was very annoying so I started using an external battery in order to unlock the phone ( When I plug in the phone it unlocks). And since I stopped using the power button almost all problems stopped. ( I said almost because the phone has still random inputs but not as severe as before)

Phone hangs and switches off automatically

Hi , got this phone 3 days back and have observed that the phone hangs and switches off automatically. This has happened while viewing photos in the gallery or clicking a photo and the last time it was while changing brightness. Any clue why is it behaving this way?

bhavik_kk said:
Hi , got this phone 3 days back and have observed that the phone hangs and switches off automatically. This has happened while viewing photos in the gallery or clicking a photo and the last time it was while changing brightness. Any clue why is it behaving this way?
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Didn't you mess with anything in Developer options?

_jis_ said:
Didn't you mess with anything in Developer options?
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No. Infact i haven't even unlocked the developer options.

bhavik_kk said:
No. Infact i haven't even unlocked the developer options.
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Did you activated some gestures? Settings / Advanced / Gestures...
If not then do factory reset, if it doesn't help then RMA.

Double tap to wake up and finger print gesture are the only 2 things which are turned on.

Then do factory reset, if it doesn't help then RMA.

It is happening with me as well. It switches off and then goes into a bootloop for 5 mins before it starts. I talked to the customer care and they sent a technician but all he did was reset the phone. The problem didn't go. So I filed a replacement for the product. What I could deduce from this (might be wrong) is that this issue has something related to the loose battery(watch Jerryrigeverything's teardown vid) placement gone wrong in Zenfone 6. Either way, if I didn't misunderstand your issue then maybe you should also get your varient replaced.

After my last post in this thread, i had uninstall a gallery app by SB studios(available on play store) and since then the problem has stopped. I have a replacement date till 7th July....will wait till 6th and in case the problem occurs even once, ill put up a replacement request.

Siddharth13 said:
It is happening with me as well. It switches off and then goes into a bootloop for 5 mins before it starts. I talked to the customer care and they sent a technician but all he did was reset the phone. The problem didn't go. So I filed a replacement for the product. What I could deduce from this (might be wrong) is that this issue has something related to the loose battery(watch Jerryrigeverything's teardown vid) placement gone wrong in Zenfone 6. Either way, if I didn't misunderstand your issue then maybe you should also get your varient replaced.
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Just chiming in, I don't see how a loose battery will cause the phone to hang up and reboot. A loose battery will be a fire hazard. A loose battery connector could short circuit the phone and/or make the phone loose power instantly.
I suggest you reset your phone again and if the problem persists get a replacement. Don't wait for the last day, you'll have to convince the CSR to accept the RMA.

Already place a replacement request. I received a call from flipkart today noon, asking me to start the phone in safe mode and see if the problem persist, do a factory reset. Wierd part was the phone even hung when i was in safe mode. I have informed flipkart abt the current state of the phone and they are sending some technician to my residential place check the phone.

@bhavik_kk That's good to hear, keep us apprised!

The technician from Flipkart.com visited and all he did was a hard reset ....and said the issue will be resolved and left. The phone still switches off suddenly and take atleast 30-45 mins to turn on....as it goes into bootloop..aur the phone screen just simply flickers. I can't even place another return request on the flipkart website and it pops up an error, 'somethin went wrong'... Worst experience with flipkart. #Asus India....please help me with this.

I have the same problem too. It happened after the latest update three days ago. It happened twice while I exit playing clash royale and repeatedly after I exit the camera APP. The phone will turn off and Bootloop after displaying the Asus logo. It will boot normally if I hold down the volume down and power keys together ( Don't ask me why... )
I did a factory reset and after first time setup it just shut down and refuseD to boot at all this time.
I'll have to take it to the local service center later.

Me was also facing that issue and still sometime phone hangs and only black screen, then i have to hard restart the phone.
Hope Asus will come provide update to fix it.

This phone is a joke! It is starting to look as bad as the Samsung Galaxy Fold. Way too many issues need to be resolved. Asus rushed it out in an attempt to compete and they are falling on their faces hard. Don't believe me...just do the research on the many, many issues.

bhavik_kk said:
Hi , got this phone 3 days back and have observed that the phone hangs and switches off automatically. This has happened while viewing photos in the gallery or clicking a photo and the last time it was while changing brightness. Any clue why is it behaving this way?
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Siddharth13 said:
It is happening with me as well. It switches off and then goes into a bootloop for 5 mins before it starts. I talked to the customer care and they sent a technician but all he did was reset the phone. The problem didn't go. So I filed a replacement for the product. What I could deduce from this (might be wrong) is that this issue has something related to the loose battery(watch Jerryrigeverything's teardown vid) placement gone wrong in Zenfone 6. Either way, if I didn't misunderstand your issue then maybe you should also get your varient replaced.
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kwongwt said:
I have the same problem too. It happened after the latest update three days ago. It happened twice while I exit playing clash royale and repeatedly after I exit the camera APP. The phone will turn off and Bootloop after displaying the Asus logo. It will boot normally if I hold down the volume down and power keys together ( Don't ask me why... )
I did a factory reset and after first time setup it just shut down and refuseD to boot at all this time.
I'll have to take it to the local service center later.
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mohitgarg7 said:
Me was also facing that issue and still sometime phone hangs and only black screen, then i have to hard restart the phone.
Hope Asus will come provide update to fix it.
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Are you all from India?
Do you have the same mobile operator or not?
How old is your SIM card?
Are you using VoLTE?

bhavik_kk said:
The technician from Flipkart.com visited and all he did was a hard reset ....and said the issue will be resolved and left. The phone still switches off suddenly and take atleast 30-45 mins to turn on....as it goes into bootloop..aur the phone screen just simply flickers. I can't even place another return request on the flipkart website and it pops up an error, 'somethin went wrong'... Worst experience with flipkart. #Asus India....please help me with this.
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Just call the customer service again (take the number from the website). You'll again get frustrated while explaining a new person the whole problem all over again. They'll send the technician again (hopefully the same one). Just tell him that the reset didn't work (or record a video of the bootloop) and he'll approve the replacement. It worked for me (got the replacement) and hopefully will work for you too.

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Are you all from India?
Do you have the same mobile operator or not?
How old is your SIM card?
Are you using VoLTE?
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I am from Hobg Kong. My phone was functioning well before the latest update last week.
Its funny when I took my phone to the service center it has rebooted by itself (I tried for an hour earlier but the phone has refused to boot no matter how I tried) and everything seens to be fine. Luckily I have recorded a video of the malfunction earlier at home to prove my case !

kwongwt said:
I am from Hobg Kong. My phone was functioning well before the latest update last week.
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What version was functioning well for you?
What version broke your phone?
Did you use VoLTE prior to boot loop?

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What version was functioning well for you?
What version broke your phone?
Did you use VoLTE prior to boot loop?
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My phone is not with me so I cannot tell you exactly which version it was. As I said, it was Ok before the latest upgrade a few days ago. I have been using volte since day one. I doubt it caused the problem because when reboot happened, I was at home using WiFi.

XZ premium resets itself

Hello. I am asking for help in solving the problem, namely I recently bought a refurbished XZ Premium which suffers from frequent restarts ONLY when the phone is not used, it is lying on a shelf or in a pocket and suddenly it can vibrate and reset, sometimes it freezes and you need to start it do restart vol + pwr, reset also sometimes occurs during a call. When I use the phone, nothing happens to it, it works properly. It does not matter the battery level and the firmware version uploaded, safe mode, clean installation, I tried on many official versions.
Do you have any ideas what might be wrong with her?

tonick80 said:
what might be wrong with her?
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motherboard damage

saved-j said:
motherboard damage
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Yeah send it back...

Thank you for your help, I will replace the motherboard soon, because it's probably impossible to repair. I have a donor with problems with sound reproduction, the speakers are not working, I hope it is not due to damage to the motherboard. I will let you know if it will work.