some how i got caught up in this craziness with my Nokia 8.3 5g phone! a few days back all of a sudden it wouldn't charge! i did all of the normal change cords and boxes with no luck! so i get on eBay and try to find an oem charging port but their are not any so i picked the supplier that was closest to me and ordered the part. when it came in i put it in expecting it to be fixed but nothing! then i get online and find out all this stuff has happened but my phone is dead! battery will not charge! I've tried everything i can think of!! any ideas??
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OK here's the deal.
Everything was working fine. One day I picked up my XDA II off the cradle as I was going home and the screen went all funny and it froze. I did a hard reset and it has never come up since (4+ months).
If I plug it into the power the red light comes on for about 2 minutes and then it disapears.
I've tried taking the battery/sim out and all the suggestions that I've found on this site but nothing seems to take. I've had it off the power for atleast 4 months now so the battery may be gone if it wasn't already.
Does anybody have a clue as to what it may be... red light on.. then off?
Also, I bought this thing when living in Australia, but I'm in NYC now and I can't find a single person who has even heard of the stupid thing. Does anybody know where I could get it repaired around here?
Don't bother asking anyone here; just about the least helpful bunch ever. The speaker in my I-Mate stopped working; no one here was any help at all when I asked where to get parts. It may have been because there appears to be NO place to get parts.
I ended up buying a MDA II from Europe (ebay) and getting the speaker from that. I actually bought a XDA II also from here in the states that had a cracked case; my intention was to combine the two to make a single phone in good shape.
Maybe I can help you in the process. E-mail me offline at [email protected] (remove the ".nospam") and we'll talk.
Bought a new Nexus S from ebay, it came today, I tried turning it on straight out of the box but no luck. So I figure it came with a dead battery that needs some charging, I let it charge for an hour and try again, no luck.
How long does it normally take for a new phone thats never been charged to power up?
I'm beginning to worry because when I touch the charger and the phone, neither are hot or even warm.
Mine powers on immediately after a dead battery once it's hooked up to the charger. Was there a battery icon when you plugged it in? Is it possible to find another charger to rule out a bad charger?
chronophase1 said:
Mine powers on immediately after a dead battery once it's hooked up to the charger. Was there a battery icon when you plugged it in? Is it possible to find another charger to rule out a bad charger?
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thats the thing i see no kind of led signaling a charge im coming from a nexus one and it had an led notification orange or green.
and mhm ive tried 2 other working chargers. i think its the battery.
Well, you just bought it, return it while you can.
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Well, you just bought it, return it while you can.
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Do you honestly think thats not on my mind?
I'm just seeing if there are things I can do to fix it before going through the hassle of returning a phone.
Nexus S has no LED. Its just a battery icon that'll pop up on the screen. You can score a battery pretty cheap online. Try that and if that fails, get a refund.
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Nexus S has no LED. Its just a battery icon that'll pop up on the screen. You can score a battery pretty cheap online. Try that and if that fails, get a refund.
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Thanks I'll try that, but do any stores sell smart phone batteries like maybe Sprint, Besbuy, etc? That way I can pick one up today, and not wait days just for a battery to ship.
Have no clue. Best buy might possibly sell them. Not too sure though. I haven't purchased a smartphone accessory from a retail store in a long time.
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Have no clue. Best buy might possibly sell them. Not too sure though. I haven't purchased a smartphone accessory from a retail store in a long time.
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Guess what? It turned on!
All Saturday I was asking different retail stores if they sold that type of battery but nope or it was like $50+ WTF? So I was leaning on getting one from ebay, but I decided to research and found some crazy idea on youtube.
Hot wired my battery! It actually worked wow.
I don't know if this is a permanent solution so I'll just order a backup battery just for insurance.
Thanks Chronos for all your responses.
Here is what happened exactly:
So the phone is sitting on my windowsill so i can get service and receive texts messages. i get a text so i walk over, pick up my phone, unlock it, and i pressed on the textbox to start typing my reply message. as soon as i press the text box my phone freezes, and thinking its no big deal i hold down the power button to turn off my phone (took about 10 seconds to power off). Now my G2 will not do anything at all, wont power on, wont charge, the red light doesn't even come on with the charger plugged in.
Things I've tried:
holding power/power+down/power+up for 2 minutes+
disconnecting the battery for 5 minutes and trying ^ again
disconnecting every component and reconnecting then trying ^^ again.
disconnecting battery, plugging in charger
disconnecting battery, plugging in charger, then reconnecting battery with charger still attached
charging with lg charger for 12 hours
additional details that may be useful:
at&t D800
rooted
cwm recovery
optimus g3 custom ROM
literally never have had an issue with this phone before
a new battery is on its way in case that is the issue
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additional details that may be useful:
a new battery is on its way in case that is the issue
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Scratch that, i actually canceled the purchase of the new battery because i think i may need a new mobo instead. I'm not gonna buy anything until i get a second opinion at least.
sorry about the 3rd post in a row
I've ordered a new motherboard that has arrived today in the mail. after i get that in my old phone ill update the thread again.
I have to say though, i am extremely surprised and irritated by the absolute lack of support I've received from this site. i would always come here to find answers in other threads and the community seemed pretty awesome, so its pretty unfortunate that i haven't gotten even a single reply. i guess people only want to help others when they already no the answer...
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I've ordered a new motherboard that has arrived today in the mail. after i get that in my old phone ill update the thread again.
I have to say though, i am extremely surprised and irritated by the absolute lack of support I've received from this site. i would always come here to find answers in other threads and the community seemed pretty awesome, so its pretty unfortunate that i haven't gotten even a single reply. i guess people only want to help others when they already no the answer...
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Have you found a solution to this? My phone did the exact same thing yours did last Friday. I tried several button combos and the only thing that gave me some hope was resetting (power + vol. down). I was able to get the LG splash, then the ATT splash and jingle with the LED lights changing colors, but that was it, went back to dead. I'm debating ordering a battery and some tools to try and get this working again.
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Have you found a solution to this? My phone did the exact same thing yours did last Friday. I tried several button combos and the only thing that gave me some hope was resetting (power + vol. down). I was able to get the LG splash, then the ATT splash and jingle with the LED lights changing colors, but that was it, went back to dead. I'm debating ordering a battery and some tools to try and get this working again.
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Yeah, so i got the mobo in my phone and it turned on and everything was working again! however the mobo i bought had a broken battery connection so i could only use it if it was on the charger so i had to send it back. but replacing my motherboard will fix my issue.
as for yours i have no idea, if it wont turn on even with the charger plugged in then replacing your mobo may be a solution.
i still think its pathetic that no one with real experience has replied to this thread, i guess you cant believe what your told about this place unless your question is easy to answer.
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Yeah, so i got the mobo in my phone and it turned on and everything was working again! however the mobo i bought had a broken battery connection so i could only use it if it was on the charger so i had to send it back. but replacing my motherboard will fix my issue.
as for yours i have no idea, if it wont turn on even with the charger plugged in then replacing your mobo may be a solution.
i still think its pathetic that no one with real experience has replied to this thread, i guess you cant believe what your told about this place unless your question is easy to answer.
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Where and how much was your mobo? Did you have to solder anything?
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Where and how much was your mobo? Did you have to solder anything?
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i got it on eBay, the original price was like $120 but i put in an offer of $75 and they took it. when you buy it make sure you compare the pictures on the posting to your actual Mobo.
All that you will need for the switch is a credit card, a knife, an extremely tiny screw driver, and some double sided tape(the tape is optional).
as you can see in my picture, the board i bought is on the right and the old one is on the left. you have to watch for stuff like that when buying a part like this.
i think I'm about to buy a D800 G2 with a busted screen for $40 in the next hour, if i get it ill let you know how it goes.
Success!!!
Alright so yesterday i did buy that busted G2 and when i met up with the kid i made sure everything worked before i bought it. i got back to work and made the switch(i was going slow and i was debating on swapping the charging component, took about 35 minutes).
I did not wanna put my Sim in the phone until after i had downloaded all my apps and configured all of my settings the way i like them, so about 6 hours later i get a chance to make the final switch over. when i did put in my SIM everything APPEARED to work fine, but when i left my home i realized that my data was not sending or receiving anything at all? i went to the grocery store and bought a glasses repair kit for the screwdriver inside and opened the phone back up, everything appeared to be connected properly.
I left and called AT&T customer support and this guy helped me fix the issue, apparently their system though i was still using the temp iPhone 4 i had. after he switched the old IMEI number to my new Mobo's IMEI, i restarted my phone and it worked perfectly! i highly recommend taking this route if you can get a new board for less than a new G2 costs.
The Mobo i got off the kid is legit too, i guess he bought it only a month or two ago because it has some features i did not have like the knock code. i also got it rooted and flashed TWRP, not sure if ill flash a G3 ROM or leave it like it is.
Just a warning to those wanting to sell a used phone. There are of course risks associated with this however small it may be.
I have an LG G4 that I hated due to many reasons. The phone was in great physical condition though so I decided to sell it on Swappa. I've given away phones or just kept them around but had never attempted to sell one.
I had already replaced my phone with the LG V20 so the phone sat for a few weeks unused. I charged both batteries and did a factory reset and sold it on swappa.
No feedback was ever left but I didn't mind. About 14 days later the buyer files a claim that the usb port is loose and the phone started to bootloop after he did a sprint update. He had a difficult time getting them to get his information out but best buy finally did.
As a good seller, I refunded him as soon as I got it back but I thought how odd that my phone with a perfectly fine usb port gets all these issues 2 weeks after selling it.
I understand the bootloop may just be REALLY bad luck but the broken port lets me wonder if someone did a motherboard swap. The cord can't even stay in the phone at all. I would NEVER sell something that isn't in great condition which is why I've never sold a phone prior to this. I took pictures of the only small scratch and close ups of the entire phone.
I guess that the only thing I can do is attempt to heatgun the motherboard and when it boot's up, see if the imei matches. End of rant.
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Just a warning to those wanting to sell a used phone. There are of course risks associated with this however small it may be.
I have an LG G4 that I hated due to many reasons. The phone was in great physical condition though so I decided to sell it on Swappa. I've given away phones or just kept them around but had never attempted to sell one.
I had already replaced my phone with the LG V20 so the phone sat for a few weeks unused. I charged both batteries and did a factory reset and sold it on swappa.
No feedback was ever left but I didn't mind. About 14 days later the buyer files a claim that the usb port is loose and the phone started to bootloop after he did a sprint update. He had a difficult time getting them to get his information out but best buy finally did.
As a good seller, I refunded him as soon as I got it back but I thought how odd that my phone with a perfectly fine usb port gets all these issues 2 weeks after selling it.
I understand the bootloop may just be REALLY bad luck but the broken port lets me wonder if someone did a motherboard swap. The cord can't even stay in the phone at all. I would NEVER sell something that isn't in great condition which is why I've never sold a phone prior to this. I took pictures of the only small scratch and close ups of the entire phone.
I guess that the only thing I can do is attempt to heatgun the motherboard and when it boot's up, see if the imei matches. End of rant.
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Never a good idea to heatgun a phone
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Never a good idea to heatgun a phone
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I plan on trashing the phone. Figured, that I'd do this before throwing it away. I've used this technique on xbox 360 to repair a hackable xbox and watercooled it (video on youtube). It lasted years until I got tired of it. I've already butchered the free external battery charger to make it charge my v20's battery. I'll be dumping off the 2 batteries at bestbuy's battery dump today.
After 3 months of owning this phone my charging port is so worn out, it won't fast charge anymore. Its been this way for a few weeks now, but I refuse to send this to htc for repair amidst the horror stories I've read about their slow turnover. I've been patiently waiting for replacement parts to start surfacing on the internet and yesterday I scored a new charging port off ebay. It should be here in a couple of days.
Now my questions for you is...
Do any of you have the same issue?
Do you only use the supplied htc cable?
I have a few different cables I've been using from LG, and Honor phones, and this is the first time I've ever had a charging port issue on a phone since the Galaxy Nexus of way back.
I'm trying to decide on keeping the phone after I repair it. Essential jut dropped their price to $499 for the ph-1
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After 3 months of owning this phone my charging port is so worn out, it won't fast charge anymore. Its been this way for a few weeks now, but I refuse to send this to htc for repair amidst the horror stories I've read about their slow turnover. I've been patiently waiting for replacement parts to start surfacing on the internet and yesterday I scored a new charging port off ebay. It should be here in a couple of days.
Now my questions for you is...
Do any of you have the same issue?
Do you only use the supplied htc cable?
I have a few different cables I've been using from LG, and Honor phones, and this is the first time I've ever had a charging port issue on a phone since the Galaxy Nexus of way back.
I'm trying to decide on keeping the phone after I repair it. Essential jut dropped their price to $499 for the ph-1
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I had the same problem with my phone also a htcu11. Really having trouble getting parts. I have contacted HTC 4 times now and they don't get back to me. Great phone but this is making me not want to touch HTC again.
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Same problem here, not sure if i want to send mine in myself either