If I leave my phone on and come back to in about an hour it becomes unresponsive. The screen is won't come on, usb won't work and the power button doesn't work as well, but the lights still flash. All I can do is take the battery out and turn it on again.
At first i thought the keypad must have been getting disabled after a certain amount of time for some reason, but since the usb the connection alos dies when it's idle it must be something else.
I've been having this problem for awhile now. It first it started every once and awhile, but now it's getting to the point that I have to reset it every hour or so.
I just upgraded my ROM to Kavana 080408, but I've had this problem running the T-mobile WM6 ROM as well, therefore I'm guessing it's a hardware issue?
Any thoughts, questions, or help is greatly appriciated!
call tmobile and ask them to send you a new phone... its hardware issues...
Thank you. Err.. the only thing I haven't mentioned (for lack of mistaking the problem) is that just 3 days ago I dropped my phone outside and it rained the next morning. When I recovered the phone it was soaked.. I let it dry out and it worked again.
I think the incedent had to have been irrelevant, because I have been having this problem for about 8 months regaurdless, just not as severe.
Would T-mobile be able to know it got wet at some point and not exchange it because they'd assume the problem was due to water damage?
Well if you look under the battery to the right where the sim card goes, there is a litmus paper that turns purple/pink when wet and its white originally. I would just remove the paper if it is purple/pink and try to cut and glue a white piece of paper the same size. And then I would call them and tell them.
Glue and fish strips?
Thanks, but hmm.. how exact should this be? I was thinking about going to the fish store and buying some test strips and using those. Then i was thinking about thinning out some glue and using that to stick it. Does this sound good? I'll post how it goes.
Dash Arrived then Died
I just got my dash about two weeks ago. Before I could start finding my way around, it began acting strangely. It would not respond and sometimes suddenly cut off on it's on. Then it got to the point where it would not turn on right away. I would have to play with it (battery and SIM removal) and then it might turn on. I thought I was using the power button incorrectly.
Finally, the dash would not turn on at all. Since it was new and insured I requested a replacement. T-Mobile insisted that I test it with a alternate battery (I had a charger stand + battery on order but it had not arrived yet.) Since it would still not turn on via USB or power adapter (no charging lights either) I was certain it was not the battery. After arguing with a T-Mobile Rep and Supervisor I finally decided to lie (er um exaggerate) and tell them I had tested an alternate battery.
Before the new phone arrived the charger and spare battery arrived. I tried both batteries in the new phone with no problems.
You may want to try and get a new phone but the T-Mo rep definitely asked me the color of the paper strip inside the battery housing. My rep told me that it would change color if the LCD was damaged or cracked but I checked another phone (Samsung T409 and Motorola V188) and based on the locations of the strips I would assume it's a water damage test strip.
You may also want to see it you can remove a strip from an older phone.
Good luck!
Hello, i had to jump in the pool because my son was struggling in the water. Forgot my phone was in my pocket.
I tried it out by taking the battery cover off, leaving it in rice for a day and a half, etc. I thought it was totally fine, because it powered up Monday around 7am, and it was fine. Well, it went through some boot loop stuff, but then I went to CWM recovery, reset phone from there, and it was good.
Then, around 4:30pm, after I had it plugged in charging for about 40 min, don't know if that's significant because I had charged it earlier the same day w/o problems.
Anyways, around 4:30pm, I went to silence my phone, and it just shut off. And wouldn't restart. Battery Pulls, nothing. Won't even charge.
AGH! what should I do?
I don't want to pay the $100 deductible through Verizon, especially since I am getting the gsIII next week. However, I wanted to keep this phone around, use it occasionally, let my kids game on it, etc.
Should I try opening it up? Like, get those fancy screw drivers and remove screws and open it up? What could have happened? is this repairable? I am wondering if there was water that hadn't quite disappeared in the phone, and it shorted out (insert technical term here) or something.
it's sitting in rice now...
Okay, let me know, thanks, guys!
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Hello, i had to jump in the pool because my son was struggling in the water. Forgot my phone was in my pocket.
I tried it out by taking the battery cover off, leaving it in rice for a day and a half, etc. I thought it was totally fine, because it powered up Monday around 7am, and it was fine. Well, it went through some boot loop stuff, but then I went to CWM recovery, reset phone from there, and it was good.
Then, around 4:30pm, after I had it plugged in charging for about 40 min, don't know if that's significant because I had charged it earlier the same day w/o problems.
Anyways, around 4:30pm, I went to silence my phone, and it just shut off. And wouldn't restart. Battery Pulls, nothing. Won't even charge.
AGH! what should I do?
I don't want to pay the $100 deductible through Verizon, especially since I am getting the gsIII next week. However, I wanted to keep this phone around, use it occasionally, let my kids game on it, etc.
Should I try opening it up? Like, get those fancy screw drivers and remove screws and open it up? What could have happened? is this repairable? I am wondering if there was water that hadn't quite disappeared in the phone, and it shorted out (insert technical term here) or something.
it's sitting in rice now...
Okay, let me know, thanks, guys!
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Well first question is.
Is your contract nearly up and would be be planning to get a new phone???
I think personally, u should go on eBay and just buy another Android Phone.(Nexus, Another Dinc, Etc)
Or just get the Dinc 4G LTE.
Trust me it's not worth fixing a water damaged device. The problem always returns in the future.
You may have damaged it, by turning it on and also charging it, while there was still water inside. You should have let it sit in rice for at least 3 days, preferably 5, before even attempting to turn it back on. But that is the past, and you can't go back (now you know for the future).
It might be worth trying to take it as apart as you can (maybe opening it if you can easily do it, if not just battery and cover) and puting it back in rice for a few days and then trying again. If something was damaged, it probably would be impossible or not worth it to repair.
You have to decide if you wanna pay the $100 to replace. $100 for a new, working phone is not that expensive. That way you got something to play the occasional game on, let your kids play with it, use it as an mp3 player or whatever, and even have a backup phone. If I were you I would replace it for the $100 (if i had the $100 to spare!) because it's always good to have a backup phone.
yes, in hindsight, i should have waited some more.
ugh. yeah, $100 in the end is not too too much... but i just spend $250 on the galaxy s III, but i don't know if spending $100 on my old phone is worth it.
i figure that it's kaput anyways, so there's no harm in removing the "void" sticker, right?
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yes, in hindsight, i should have waited some more.
ugh. yeah, $100 in the end is not too too much... but i just spend $250 on the galaxy s III, but i don't know if spending $100 on my old phone is worth it.
i figure that it's kaput anyways, so there's no harm in removing the "void" sticker, right?
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heh well warranty doesnt cover water damages right? as long as the water indicators are changed, probably fine doing it
It could be a bad battery
joeyz400 said:
It could be a bad battery
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thats what i was thinking
Shano56 said:
thats what i was thinking
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i wish, but i have tried several batteries, and none work. also, it won't even turn the indicator light on when plugged in.
thanks for the recommendation, i held off from opening it and just have let it sit in rice the past few days. i guess i'll try it out today, but i don't have much hope in it working. we'll see, though!~ there's a phone fix it store that has a machine that uses a liquid that removes most of the corrosion. only thing is that it's $100 to fix, if it doesn't work, it's like $50 for labor. and my deductible is $100.
maybe if it doesn't work... i can try and remove the corrosion by myself?
this may be a stupid question... but i know that wd-40 removes rust. bad idea to try and use small amounts on the corroded parts, if i can find them?
funkpod said:
i wish, but i have tried several batteries, and none work. also, it won't even turn the indicator light on when plugged in.
thanks for the recommendation, i held off from opening it and just have let it sit in rice the past few days. i guess i'll try it out today, but i don't have much hope in it working. we'll see, though!~ there's a phone fix it store that has a machine that uses a liquid that removes most of the corrosion. only thing is that it's $100 to fix, if it doesn't work, it's like $50 for labor. and my deductible is $100.
maybe if it doesn't work... i can try and remove the corrosion by myself?
this may be a stupid question... but i know that wd-40 removes rust. bad idea to try and use small amounts on the corroded parts, if i can find them?
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hmm dude i wouldn't expect to find much corrosion in there it's not like it's been waterlogged for weeks. What's more likely is some chip or circuit fried, which would either be unfixable or hard to replace.
This is a bit of a long story but I need advice and I'm not sure where else to go. I have the phone rooted but the only thing I've done is install KT747.
I'm not sure if it's related but I'll open with that about 6 months ago I dropped it in the bathtub (dumb as hell I know), took it to the sprint store and BSed them about what happened. They opened it up, saw the water indicator/water, called me on my BS, dried it off and cleaned the contacts with rubbing alcohol and my phone came back.
Fast forward to Tuesday, at work with my phone plugged into my laptop it cut off and would simply not come back on. The samsung logo would come up and then the KT747 "Kernel Domination" screen for a moment but then it would cut off. The phone would be on for maybe 3 seconds total. Even if I tried to boot into recovery or even download mode the same thing would occur (I think one time I got it to show the flash count and all that jazz in download mode). As the water indicator will still show water damage and you can clearly tell I've rooted it I was worried I might be screwed out of a phone, but I thought I was screwed the last time I went to sprint so I left to go do that, half way between work and the sprint store my phone cut back on in my pocket. Over the next day and a half it had similar problems but eventually came back (quicker than the first time). And now it's been running well for 3 days.
I've been doing some research on google and I've seen something about a motherboard defect that can cause sudden death, but I think this might be the international S3. It's really hard to tell what's what. Also I saw someone say it could be a battery issue so I ordered a new one but I'm still concerned this might not be the issue.
It's working fine now but I'm in constant fear my phone will just die any moment now.
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This is a bit of a long story but I need advice and I'm not sure where else to go. I have the phone rooted but the only thing I've done is install KT747.
I'm not sure if it's related but I'll open with that about 6 months ago I dropped it in the bathtub (dumb as hell I know), took it to the sprint store and BSed them about what happened. They opened it up, saw the water indicator/water, called me on my BS, dried it off and cleaned the contacts with rubbing alcohol and my phone came back.
Fast forward to Tuesday, at work with my phone plugged into my laptop it cut off and would simply not come back on. The samsung logo would come up and then the KT747 "Kernel Domination" screen for a moment but then it would cut off. The phone would be on for maybe 3 seconds total. Even if I tried to boot into recovery or even download mode the same thing would occur (I think one time I got it to show the flash count and all that jazz in download mode). As the water indicator will still show water damage and you can clearly tell I've rooted it I was worried I might be screwed out of a phone, but I thought I was screwed the last time I went to sprint so I left to go do that, half way between work and the sprint store my phone cut back on in my pocket. Over the next day and a half it had similar problems but eventually came back (quicker than the first time). And now it's been running well for 3 days.
I've been doing some research on google and I've seen something about a motherboard defect that can cause sudden death, but I think this might be the international S3. It's really hard to tell what's what. Also I saw someone say it could be a battery issue so I ordered a new one but I'm still concerned this might not be the issue.
It's working fine now but I'm in constant fear my phone will just die any moment now.
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If it was working fine before you dropped it in the water, then that's probably the cause. I doubt it's sudden death syndrome if there were no signs of shutting on and off before you dropped it in the water.
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If it was working fine before you dropped it in the water, then that's probably the cause. I doubt it's sudden death syndrome if there were no signs of shutting on and off before you dropped it in the water.
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But would I expect to see problems from water damage so long after the contact with water? I figured if there were going to be problems from the water it would have happened much quicker than this. Like I said the water damage was MONTHS ago.
Sounds like SDS power button failure. Very common on S3.
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Hi, my apologies if my HTC is in the wrong forum, not sure where the Desire would fit, if anywhere.
Nonetheless this is a useful phone to me and worked fine till the day I had to jump in a lake to save my 5 year old boy from drowning. Naturally didn't have the time to remove the phone from my pocket before jumping in the lake. Kid was fine after swallowing some water but phone "swallowed" a lot of water. Let it dry in a bag of rice and baking soda for several days to fully dry. But when trying to turn it on, the screen just flickers non stop. However when connecting it to the computer using a USB cable, I get what appears to be a boot screen (see pic in address below). Phone was rooted and run CyanogenMod 7. Maybe someone that's familiar with the procedure could guide me? Tried a couple of the options shown but to no avail. Old but still decent phone, would like to get it working again. I've transferred the sim to another phone and I've saved the micro SD card. Just need to get the phone to boot again. PS: could the battery be toast? Maybe it got shorted when I first tried to turn the phone on while still wet?
Any help is appreciated.
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I'd say leave it to dry naturally for a week or so and try again. If no joy then you could try a new screen but it's probably something really tiny and sensitive that cannot be replaced..
Glad you saved your boy!.
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It's been 2 months. But I did make a crucial mistake: I tried to turn the phone on while still at the lake. This likely caused more damage than it needed.
However I suspect the issue is with the battery. It won't charge past 3.85 volts. And the display works just fine, once I press the key combo to enter the boot screen as seen in the pic above. Will try and track one down locally, hopefully a shop will be able to test it a battery in the phone before I buy it.
And yes, the boy was fine. But it was a close call. it is amazing how quickly something can go wrong. I neglected the lake rule of staying within arm's reach. Let this be a lesson to anyone with small ones: it only takes seconds for things to go badly wrong, even at a supposedly safe, man made lake intended for kids.
PS: 2 months prior an adult died on the same lake after falling off his boat. Another lesson: invest in swimming lessons. Scary stuff, indeed.
Right, i thought you were seeing that over usb via sdk or something.. You could always try opening it and inspecting for blown components. What damage can be done.. It's already useless.
I still think it's worth leaving it to dry naturally.
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Hey guys,
So i flooded my phone, dried it, left in rice for 2 days and now when i connect it to my charger the screen goes up after a minute or so but its not charging. My screen shows battery icon with a bolt inside and a zero below, or battery with a cable inside and zero below. Any idea what can i do to fix this? I can boot to bootloarder mode, but when I'm trying to boot to recovery/other modes it goes back to 'charging screen'.
Thanks in advance!
The battery is eeprom controlled so you probably damaged it when teaching the phone to swim. Flashing will do nothing for it.
Putting the phone in rice is a bad idea as it isn't as absorbent as you think. You should have left it over a radiator for a week or so to evaporate the water before even thinking about switching it on, but by then the damage was probably already done.
If it doesnt start working in week or so then expect it to be expensive to fix.
Beamed in by telepathy.
Not sure what eeprom is, but if its in the part below, then i could replace it myself with no problem. What are Your thougts? I know that more thing may be broken, but if it would go back to life i would be glad because I don't want to spend money on any new phone, maybe apart from S8/pixel but its expensive as hell.
https://e.allegroimg.com/original/0115f6/28e0dc9447338f8114880dfb6c1e
If i couldn't repair this bad boy then I would probably go with 6s, but I'm not sure if I want to make the transition to iOS.
Cheers and thanks for previous reply