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Hey guys,
i have a T-Mobile SDA with HTC Tornado 6.5 23001 Professional WWE ROM installed. yesterday i received a call and after a few mins i checked the mobile it was switched off (never happened before) and then it wont turn on .. no light no charging nothing .. please guys help me out with this .. it wont even go into boot screen ... it was working fine
Dead battery - almost sure.
tobbbie said:
Dead battery - almost sure.
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The battery is fine. I had one more Tornado device the same happened with it stopped working the same way i replaced its battery but it didn't worked.
Oops - I hope there is no sudden death disease for the Tornado?! The only part that is usually mechanically stressed is the USB socket. If you dare to disassemble the device and you get through until you have the PBA in your hand, then you may check for the soldering around the USB. It is a plain normal mini-USB with only 5 connections, so re-soldering is not that difficult for a skilled person. It is worth a try - as it seems dead anyway.
Take care about the keyboard connector - of all the Tornado patients I had on my table most had their keyboard flex cable ripped - this cannot be repaired and you need a new keyboard PBA.
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Oops - I hope there is no sudden death disease for the Tornado?! The only part that is usually mechanically stressed is the USB socket. If you dare to disassemble the device and you get through until you have the PBA in your hand, then you may check for the soldering around the USB. It is a plain normal mini-USB with only 5 connections, so re-soldering is not that difficult for a skilled person. It is worth a try - as it seems dead anyway.
Take care about the keyboard connector - of all the Tornado patients I had on my table most had their keyboard flex cable ripped - this cannot be repaired and you need a new keyboard PBA.
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Its no trouble for me to disassemble the device. I'll check it right away, and thanks for quick reply's
The USB looks fine, but i'll get it re-soldered from the market tomorrow. I hope it works Thanks for your help tobbie =)
That's strange - if it looks ok there. Maybe the battery connectors then? Usually these are not much stressed - so I have no other idea. Good luck!
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That's strange - if it looks ok there. Maybe the battery connectors then? Usually these are not much stressed - so I have no other idea. Good luck!
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hmmm lets see i've sent it for repair i hope it gets repaired ... Thanks for you help
@tobbbie
Hey, i checked the other Tornado device i have, i think its got the problem you mention that USB one, if i exchange the usb port of one device onto other will it work?
this one can go itno the bootloader screen too, and if i switch it on the T-mobile screen comes and it keeps restarting.
Re-soldering works if the contacts are gone off the PBA. This could be any of the USB contacts (+,-, data-wires - in total 5 connections + metal frame of USB) with different effects (not charging, not syncing). Restart should not be an effect - do a hard reset on that device (l+r softkey method when switching on). If that does not help, then flash a new OS only. Do not deal with flashing the bootloaders (i.e. a standard flash image) - if you mess anything there (because of USB problems) - the device will be dead.
Taking another USB should not be necessary. This can hardly break and removing it from both PBA may ruin the PBA and the USB socket - so permanently killing both.
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Re-soldering works if the contacts are gone off the PBA. This could be any of the USB contacts (+,-, data-wires - in total 5 connections + metal frame of USB) with different effects (not charging, not syncing). Restart should not be an effect - do a hard reset on that device (l+r softkey method when switching on). If that does not help, then flash a new OS only. Do not deal with flashing the bootloaders (i.e. a standard flash image) - if you mess anything there (because of USB problems) - the device will be dead.
Taking another USB should not be necessary. This can hardly break and removing it from both PBA may ruin the PBA and the USB socket - so permanently killing both.
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hmm that means i need to get the USB repaired and flash a new OS.
i've got soldered a new USB onto the PBA from the market not the problem is that The phone restarts after the first bootscreen. and if i connect it with the pc for flashing the terterm pro doest detects it. And if i try the hard reset the reset screen comes but turns off automatically. Now what to do =(
Seems like you need to bury that device - or keep it for spare parts :-(
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this one can go itno the bootloader screen too, and if i switch it on the T-mobile screen comes and it keeps restarting.
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It's probably ROM problem, if your phone restarts on T-Mobile screen. Try HardReset from bootloader mode, or reflash your phone
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@gutek85
how do you hardreset in bootloader mode ?
I am using Samsung Galaxy S2 unrooted (bought in India). The phone behaved properly for 2 weeks and then started giving these issues.
1. Switching Off does not really switch-off the phone. A battery symbol comes similar to the one that comes if you are charging once the phone is switched-off. However, there is also an exclamation mark (more like a thermometer) which blinks. There is no charger or USB connected.
From the above state, you cannot switch - off / on the phone unless you plug in the power adapter / USB.
2. I have noticed that while that even when USB Charger is attached, the Battery Status (Menu-> Settings-> About Phone->Status) shows "Charging(AC)".
3. A related problem to the above may be the fact that "Samsung Kies" does not start when you plug in the USB cable with the computer. The phone does not even connect to the computer via USB mode (allowing USB debugging). I have re-installed Kies / USB connectivity drivers for my PC (Win XP) a couple of times and see no change in the behaviour.
4. When charging is removed, the battery health using Z-Device Test (3rd party software) shows "Over Voltage".
I am not sure if anybody else has seen similar problems. Appreciate any help.
I have exactly the same problem. I will go with my SGS2 at the warranty this week.
Me too having same problem... Guyzzz please help us...
please do reply..
Please give some solution to the problem..
Same freaking problem here...
the battery doesnt even charge full.. it goes up to 70% and shows its completely charged..
then it drains fast too..
someone please find a hardware or software DIY fix for it...
Same problem here... I can't believe this is happening after less than a month of buying it.
I've been reading through different forums and some people got it fixed by cleaning the usb port:
go to androidforums and paste this in the URL.
samsung-galaxy-s2-international/377331-spurious-battery-temperature-warning-2.html
xdadevelopers won't let me post url's since I'm still too much of a n00b.
Here is a quote from the forum if the link does not work:
Anybody still having difficulties with this and finding this thread, go down the clean-it-yourself route. Worked for me. You will need: some isopropyl alcohol (disk cleaner), wooden toothpicks, some compressed air.
First things, remove the battery, sd and sim card.
Soak the tips of a couple of toothpicks in the isopropyl. then use them to carefully scrape the top 'tongue' in the port, the bit nearest the screen. you'll notice the toothpick gets quite dirty. Do this a few times with fresh toothpicks (or cut ff the dirty bit with sharp scissors).
Once the toothpicks aren't getting dirty any more, gently ease the tongue up, towards the screen a little, don't force it too much.
Use the compressed air to give it a good blow and leave it to dry for a while.
Its solved my problems, Battery Monitor Widget recognises that the usb is unplugged properly and no more warning triangles or poor battery performance. The phone, also gained an extra 20% of battery out of it.
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Credit goes to user andycorps from androidforums.
I hope this helps someone else, mine is still not working.
Update:
I've been constantly cleaning the USB port very carefully. Behavior has changed in several ways. The port is still acting crazy, sometimes if I turn it off, the phone will boot up by itself, BUT...
I had it recognized by my laptop a couple of minutes ago and able to move files from and into it. Just as if everything was fine.
It came down again because of the crazy behavior of the port.
I would undoubtedly say that this is a hardware issue. I'll go buy some pressured air today to blow the port and make sure it's clean and dry.
Had the exact same issue
In Addition to battery drain, unexpected MTP app pop apps with USB connecting sound (that could go on and on for minutes). and not being able to connect USB mass storage (PC complains on device malfunction...)
After reading quite a lot forums I found out that this is a well known issue (at least for the users). I called samsung they didn't want to take any liability for the issue, and even worse they said my device is non-US device, thus I can't get support even if I wanted to pay for it.
I figured it is a HW issue, and did a little study on what replacement part are being sold on the market, short analysis showed display (well that is true for most devices, cause we tend to break them, ain't we?) and USB PCB. the latest matched my suspicion on USB HW defect. I bought the PCB for 7$ replaced it and tadam: that fixed my phone.
Samsung should check themselves, people pay 600$ for the device, if there is a manufacturing issue, they should recall and fix, just like big companies do, just like Intel did with Pentium and just like Toyota did with braking systems. nevertheless they should find an arrangement to give their customers service anytime everywhere! or better make their products not requiring service
and the problem is...
i have the exact same issue, and when i contacted samsung about it not only they did not took any liability on this matter, but they said that the warranty was voided because they found sodium residue on the usb port at the bottom of the phone, and for those of you who do no know sodium = salt = sweat, so according to samsung i voided the warranty on my gs2 because my hands sweat. not only is this complete nonsense because it is an exposed micro usb port but because this will be in contact with sweaty hands when you are holding the phone in landscape mode, so after i did some research about this problem i found that the issue is not only that the usb port is exposed but that the usb flexor and the port that it connects to are very lo quality cooper(which should be gold plated) and can very easily have corrosion problems, so the solution is to clean the usb port if detected early, but if you have been having the issue for a long time like me you need to change the usb port, flexor and the port that the flexor connects aka "the usb chip", as well as the battery since having over voltage on a battery for an extended period of time can ruin it.
Broke my Skyrocket's screen. Screen won't show anything, but phone does power on, I have to pull battery to turn it off. In the process of breaking my phone, the volume tab somehow managed to break off and get lost, so I doubt I can go into the "recovery" mode. Where the plastic piece goes, it has the part that is under the plastic tab, but I can't press it to a "click" or anything. Two metal prongs are showing, I tried to see if they could be "pressed" with a pin, no luck.
I have a lot of important pictures and other data on the phone, just got my new skyrocket through the insurance and was wondering how I could get my data off the broken phone. The only thing I could salvage was my contacts, since I always have a backup of that on my SIM card.
I've tried using the ADB Backup, but that requires me to press on the digitizer to confirm backup, which obviously is broken and won't recognize my pressing on the broken screen.
I was considering ripping the phone apart, taking out the circuit board from the old phone (with the memory chip still soldered on) and put it in the new phone. However, I don't want to risk getting in "trouble" with AT&T or their insurance company. Plus, could that be traced somehow?
Thanks in advanced!
Your computer wont recognize the internal sd when plugged in? There is away to do it with dropbox, but thats dependent on you having and account and it synced with your phone.
Adb pull
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So i never realized that z3 is only waterproof for 30 minutes, i took it into a pool party, and was surprised it wouldn't turn on, and tried turning it on outside water.
It's been 3 days, i have letting it dry itself. When i plug in the charging cable, it turns the charge light on (red) but nothing more, does not turn on. When i press and hold the power button, the red charging light behings to flicker.
When i plug it into pc, it comes up as unrecognized usb device. No disks, or files accessible.
Sony PC Companion fails to read it too, and fails to repair it. It doesn't go past the disconnect and connect usb with volume button down.
Flashtool also fails to recognize it.
I have charged it for long now.
Questions about what can I do with this -
1. Is there a chance that replacing battery will help?
2. Will it be possible to recover my photos from the device?
3. Does anyone have an estimated cost range from Sony center for repairing this? My insurance deductible is 175, i'm trying to figure out if i should call it in or send to sony.
4. Any other options/alternatives/ processes that i can try. Worst case, i call insurance, but i can see what we can do before i do that.
marksee said:
So i never realized that z3 is only waterproof for 30 minutes, i took it into a pool party, and was surprised it wouldn't turn on, and tried turning it on outside water.
It's been 3 days, i have letting it dry itself. When i plug in the charging cable, it turns the charge light on (red) but nothing more, does not turn on. When i press and hold the power button, the red charging light behings to flicker.
When i plug it into pc, it comes up as unrecognized usb device. No disks, or files accessible.
Sony PC Companion fails to read it too, and fails to repair it. It doesn't go past the disconnect and connect usb with volume button down.
Flashtool also fails to recognize it.
I have charged it for long now.
Questions about what can I do with this -
1. Is there a chance that replacing battery will help?
2. Will it be possible to recover my photos from the device?
3. Does anyone have an estimated cost range from Sony center for repairing this? My insurance deductible is 175, i'm trying to figure out if i should call it in or send to sony.
4. Any other options/alternatives/ processes that i can try. Worst case, i call insurance, but i can see what we can do before i do that.
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That's unlikely. I think the mainboard is damaged.
2nd
I don't think so. Except if you know a friend who can do SMD soldering. Ask him. If you have no such friend: unaffordable. If some photos are on the SD card, put it in a reader at your PC and see what happens.
3rd
175 in what currency and country?
Sony will see it's a water damage. How long have you had your device in water? If it were 35 or 45 minutes, send it in. If it were 6 hours... There are "sensors" that can show how long they have been under water. I don't know whether this kind of sensor is in your phone or not. But it's possible.
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I don't think your mainboard can be repaired at all. Maybe the LCD and Touch still work.
If you can geht a device with broken screen for under 175, you can put it's mainboard under your screen. Maybe it works, maybe not.
But remember your "new" phone will have the other phone's IMEI what makes your insurance worthless for the future. Mobile phone insurances are usually bound to the IMEI.
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Sony Xperia SP - Cyanogenmod 12.1
I think he has T-Mobile USA, that is the deductible in $ as part of their Jump! program.
Since I assume the water damage indicator would be tripped/red, T-Mobile wont give you a warranty exchange.... you have to pay deductible unless you go through Sony.
I went through warranty exchanges earlier without insurance and they obviously made it clear to check the water indicators before sending it in.
So best case if you are sure you did everything right, is to send it to Sony and save yourself an unnecessary fee.
First of all,
I'm sorry to hear this has occured upon your Xperia device, Unfortunately some Xperia Z3 Devices have a build defect in which water is passed through by the lanyard port if this was the case, Sadly your device is probably water damaged, However replacing the battery will give you no luck what so ever furthermore To retrieve your photos you would need the Device to boot up and as your Z3 is unable to proceed, You will not be able to unless they're saved on your SD Card (In which case you have one).
Reparing your device - You won't be able to find a quote from XDA, however i think it's in your best interest taking it to your Insurance group as Sony would decline repair under warranty due to the fact it's accidental damage (Unless you say there's a defect through the lanyard my research as shown, and it wasn't under water for more than 5 minutes)
The only other step i can think of is leaving your device with the flap open and putting it in a tub of Rice as Rice absorbs water this usually worked for my previous devices which were not waterproof,
All the best with your Device!
I'm still waiting for my water damaged device to be replaced by Sony, and it's been over 3 weeks since I've sent it in. They said they would replace it, but don't have any stock of the phone. It's the d6603 model btw.
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I really busted up my phone this weekend. The screen is dead and I'm sure the digitizer is as well. I already got a new phone but I would really like to be able to recover my Signal messages. I thought I was backing them up to the SD card but they are actually on the internal storage. A couple questions:
1. Is there any way to be able to control the phone while also using an external display? I tried a couple different Type C dongles that have HDMI and a USB port but neither did anything and even my replacement phone didn't do anything in response. I've got Teamviewer installed that could possibly let me in (don't know if it's set up) but I don't know how to get past my decryption password prompt.
2. Is there any way to make a backup of the filesystem? I realize it would be encrypted but I do know my password if it's possible to somehow use that with some software. I've always had TWRP installed on my past phones so it was trivial to make nandroid backups. This phone is the US version and I had no ability to unlock the bootloader so it's completely stock.
The encryption keys are unique and tied to that current OS load. A factory reset destroys those keys. The password isn't the encryption key...
Unless you can access it remotely this is your only other option.
blackhawk said:
The encryption keys are unique and tied to that current OS load. A factory reset destroys those keys. The password isn't the encryption key...
Unless you can access it remotely this is your only other option.
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That's disappointing. I'll got an identical phone now so I may try just following the same finger presses side by side to see if I can get it unlocked and get some sort of remote viewer installed. Another option I thought of is just to replace the screen but that's a bunch of work and would certainly be my last resort. The frame was a little bent but new screens come with a frame so as long as nothing further is damaged, it might work.
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That's disappointing. I'll got an identical phone now so I may try just following the same finger presses side by side to see if I can get it unlocked and get some sort of remote viewer installed. Another option I thought of is just to replace the screen but that's a bunch of work and would certainly be my last resort. The frame was a little bent but new screens come with a frame so as long as nothing further is damaged, it might work.
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Using the new phone as a template may work.
Realize the mobo may have been damaged as well.
Use a good case to protect your new phone.
I use the Zizo Bolt for my N10+, it would've been destroyed long ago without it. Provides excellent protection in 3-4 foot drops onto concrete. Zero damage after 3 years.
Backing up all critical data is the only way to prevent this from happening again, eventually.
Try to find apps that support import/export file backup like Poweramp and ColorNote. Samsung contacts support it too.
I got a new display and tried to migrate all the pieces over. One row of the contacts of the FPC connector on the motherboard were broken off along with some minor damage to the other FPC connectors. I can buy a new flex cable and daughtercard. The phone basically got bent so the FPC connectors and bluetooth cable were pulled sideways. Getting this thing working again would require a new daughtercard, a new flex cable, a new bluetooth cable, and a new FPC connector for the motherboard (yikes) which are all available for little cost. I've actually got the skills and gear to do the connector replacement but just not the time. Maybe I'll do it someday when I've got some freetime at work.
The actual screen replacement was surprisingly easy with a heatgun, a single spudger, and a #00 phillips. I found the FPC connectors much easier to use than the old days when everything used those ribbon cables that would slide into connectors and be held in with plastic clips, they were super easy to damage.
Interestingly, the replacement screen I got has a slightly thicker bezel. It looked legitimate but has a slightly different ending number in the Samsung part number.
Sounds like a mess. Probably more hidden damage.