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Where can i get a htc desire z/g2 motherboard??
i dropped my phone and something inside of it something got loose, now it wont charge or turn on
Just took it to a repair guy, he opened it up and said everything seems fine....no corrosion or anything from water...but the phone wont power on....any one here have any ideas? just shoot em, im willing to take anything
Ask HTC?
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Ask HTC?
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i tried, they wont cover accidental damage. And my warrantys been voided since someone opened it up..
I bought a second hand phone and it did turn on however there were a numbers of problems with my phone, it had a power button that didnt work, unresponsive parts on the lcd and a quiet in call speaker.
Your best bet before trying to replace the whole pcb is opening your phone using a teardown guide
http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-z-tear-down
Make sure you read it a couple of times and go through the pics so you know what your dealing with, find the power button, make sure its intact and adjust the ribbon cables.
Otherwise just find a cell phone repairer on a classified ad like criagslist or kijiji.
TheToiletSpaula said:
I bought a second hand phone and it did turn on however there were a numbers of problems with my phone, it had a power button that didnt work, unresponsive parts on the lcd and a quiet in call speaker.
Your best bet before trying to replace the whole pcb is opening your phone using a teardown guide
http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-z-tear-down
Make sure you read it a couple of times and go through the pics so you know what your dealing with, find the power button, make sure its intact and adjust the ribbon cables.
Otherwise just find a cell phone repairer on a classified ad like criagslist or kijiji.
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i had someone take apart the phone and they said everything inside looked good. Im going to take it to another place tommorow and see if they can fix it....otherwise this is the 2nd smartphone that died on me. HTC told me to go to Bell...and i bought this phone 2nd hand. Trying to send my Galaxy S in was a Pain....anyone here know of good 3rd party repair services in Ontario?
jark99 said:
i had someone take apart the phone and they said everything inside looked good. Im going to take it to another place tommorow and see if they can fix it....otherwise this is the 2nd smartphone that died on me. HTC told me to go to Bell...and i bought this phone 2nd hand. Trying to send my Galaxy S in was a Pain....anyone here know of good 3rd party repair services in Ontario?
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I hate to say it, but it was second hand for a reason. Ever try switching the battery? How about changing the power supply?
melodicjunkie said:
I hate to say it, but it was second hand for a reason. Ever try switching the battery? How about changing the power supply?
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Yes. Start simple. First check your electron hose to make sure you are getting power to the device. Also check the battery as well as the prongs that connect with the battery tabs. If things are good there, then think about tearing into the phone.
melodicjunkie said:
I hate to say it, but it was second hand for a reason. Ever try switching the battery? How about changing the power supply?
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no no, dont say that. This phone was fine for 3 months, i dropped it at a club i went to and water got inside the phone....i took it to 3 repair people and they all said the Main PCB motherboard is damanged (water) soo does anyone have any idea where i can find a motherboard?? i have no problem with costs of replacing it. As long as its not more than the phone itself.
jark99 said:
no no, dont say that. This phone was fine for 3 months, i dropped it at a club i went to and water got inside the phone....i took it to 3 repair people and they all said the Main PCB motherboard is damanged (water) soo does anyone have any idea where i can find a motherboard?? i have no problem with costs of replacing it. As long as its not more than the phone itself.
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You didn't mention water damage in the OP. You said something was loose. Water damage is completly different.
Try ebay.
Hey i found these 3 ads on ebay...do you guys think that a swap of the motherboards would be fine? heres the ads. I contacted the seller and they said the battery was used and thats it but phone seemes operational....i know its a risk, but is it worth it guys?
..need help on this one.
why swap the motherboards if the new phone is working fine. Just transfer data and you're done surely?
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why swap the motherboards if the new phone is working fine. Just transfer data and you're done surely?
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Reason being the other phones have minor problems, like speaker doesnt work, or some of those phones wont pick up signals and i think thats due to a bad radio flash or if i just flash a radio everything should be working fine.
can someone please clarify this? if i buy a phone with a speaker problem and transfer the main PCB board to my old phone...will there still be a speaker problem? or is the speaker a separate unit itself and not related to the pcb board?
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can someone please clarify this? if i buy a phone with a speaker problem and transfer the main PCB board to my old phone...will there still be a speaker problem? or is the speaker a separate unit itself and not related to the pcb board?
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If am correct the speaker is a separate component
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If am correct the speaker is a separate component
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one of the phones i am bidding for says it might not be able to guarantee a connection to mobile network (send sms,make calls) could that be a radio flash problem? would i be able to fix that??
another is one of the phones boots on and shuts off, i take it that could be a bad flash or something? its only about $20. just trying to weigh my options cause the new phones are lkike bidding for $350 lol im not that rich yet
I found out that my MOTHERBOARD is fine. There was water damage but not enough to go inside to the main board! My dad tested the battery voltage and found i wasnt getting any voltage.
i went to future shop and found a lady to let me use her battery and sure enough the battery was working and phone powered on!!! so i guess my battery was shot from dropping and popping out of phone while recording a video.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330551036273
ordered these from ebay....are they any good? they look decent
Those look like the batteries I got. They were about 1/2 of the claimed mah rating. Worst case, they wiill get you running, and that charger is pretty good.
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That is why you bring a secondary phone to the club. Just sayin'.
BB Bold for the club, G2 for work and school, Iphone 4 for at home / chilling with friends.
convolution said:
BB Bold for the club, G2 for work and school, Iphone 4 for at home / chilling with friends.
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So, made of money you are? Support your favorite ROM developer you should.
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Hey there,
This issue started yesterday...I went to plug my S3 (SGH-T999V from Videotron) into the 5V charger and I go this message "Charging paused. Battery temperature too high.". I was like...uh..say what? I hadn't used it for anything else but watching a video (not even HD). After fiddling around unplugging and plugging back it finally charged.
But tonight, same thing, except it just won't let me charge! SetCPU showed battery temp at 80 degrees C (176F)!!! Mind you, I have the phone in a big case (Trident Kraken) but still, I removed the case and opened up the phone's back and it wasn't hot at all!!!
I waited an hour and then tried again. After a minute, same thing. Checked the temp, it was a 51.9C. I left the back opened and touched the battery, everywhere but especially near the contacts and it was fine...not hot at all!
I have stock ROM, stock kernel, but rooted. Of course, no overclock. I merely use SetCPU to put a clock speed limiter while the screen is off.
Anybody here has a clue about what could be going on?!?
Thanks!
At this point I'd say it could be one of two things. Software got corrupted and a factory reset will fix it, or the temperature sensor went bad and it's replacement time.
I'd try the reset and see how it fares. Typically this fixes 90% of problems (as ironic as that is, because we all flamed customer support at one time or another because that was their answer to every problem. And usually still is lol)
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At this point I'd say it could be one of two things. Software got corrupted and a factory reset will fix it, or the temperature sensor went bad and it's replacement time.
I'd try the reset and see how it fares. Typically this fixes 90% of problems (as ironic as that is, because we all flamed customer support at one time or another because that was their answer to every problem. And usually still is lol)
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That's pretty much what I thought...
For the record I had tried a simple powercycle and it had no effect. However, I powered the phone off for an hour and just rebooted it and now it charges fine...go figure. I guess if it keeps happening I'll do a factory reset but that sucks as I would have about 60 apps to reinstall. I guess I could use Titanium Backup but then again wouldn't it backup the possible crap that's causing this issue? What about purging the dalvik cache perhaps?
Damn it. As I was typing this (after an increase of 4% in battery charge) it did it again...!!!
I just thought of another possibility or two
Bad charger.. or bad battery
Both can cause this I'm sure. Maybe even more likely. The battery could be bad, maybe the sensor is inside it. Sounds logical to me
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ingenious247 said:
I just thought of another possibility or two
Bad charger.. or bad battery
Both can cause this I'm sure. Maybe even more likely. The battery could be bad, maybe the sensor is inside it. Sounds logical to me
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I had turned the phone off after my last post and just turned it on to try charging via PC USB. Well, only a minute battery temp is at 60.3C (140.5F)! So I'm ruling the charger out.
As for the battery...well, I don't know if the sensor is inside or if it's inside the phone and just interprets data sent by the battery itself. It might as well be in the battery if the NFC chip is inside...
Anybody would know if wiping the dalvik cache could potentially help with this issue?
Never hurts to try!
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this would be my guess
Well I went to a Videotron store and discussed with one of the agents there about the tests that were done, etc. I quickly gained his trust as, ahem, I actually work for the company as a commercial tech support agent...
I asked him to pull out the battery from his floor demo, which he reluctantly agreed to after asking the manager and we proceeded to test the other battery. Well, guess what? Same issue. Now, as per company policy I had to do a factory reset; tried again after that and again, guess what?
Issue persists.
So we proceeded to exchange the phone.
Neither I or him or the manager ever encountered this issue with any customer...I've googled this and looked all over XDA and never found any reference to a faulty battery sensor...!
One thing's for sure, the sensor is NOT located on the battery itself. By elimination, it's on the phone itself.
Wow that is crazy man. Glad you got it resolved! Least we know if someone else has a similar issue it may be replacement time.
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I'm going through this same exact issue right now. Bought a new battery and the problem is still there.
At the store you used a different charger/cable right? Have you tried completely wiping the phone? Which root method did you use?
Oh and THANK YOU for being detailed about the ROM, kernel, etc. It's impossible to help someone without knowing everything.
Went to the AT&T store and the problem was reproduced with no problem. They then directed me across the street to the service department. Went there and the lady couldn't reproduce the problem at all with the battery they had on hand. So now I'm being sent a new battery by mail to try out before replacing the phone. Hopefully a new OEM battery will cure my issue, but I'm not holding my breath. Thankfully the replacement battery I bought off Amazon came with a charger so I can charge and then swap batteries as needed until the OEM one arrives.
Wow this is interesting, as it is only the second case (mine included) that I'm aware of. And I had searched ALOT...!
Can you confirm that you have a T999 or T999V and if you were able to use any app that gives you actual temperature readings (such as setcpu for example)? If yes, what temperatures were you getting?
The battery sensor seems to be in the phone itself so unfortunately you'll have to get a replacement. Factory resetting the phone will have no effect.
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Hi, this is a software problem try to use original rom and check re-partition on Odin ... i have the same problem with G70 Samsung Galaxy Player 5
I can't use custom rom because of this problem... my g70 work with cm11 normaly but the software have something wrong.. finally ... prohibiting charge the battery
Sorry for bumping this thread but I have the same problem, could I possibly buy a t999 or i747 board and just drop it in? Unlocked of course. Or can I replace said bad sensor with another, I have an old i9300 board lying around.
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Sorry for bumping this thread but I have the same problem, could I possibly buy a t999 or i747 board and just drop it in? Unlocked of course. Or can I replace said bad sensor with another, I have an old i9300 board lying around.
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The i9300 is a very different device so I wouldn't try using its components. If you have a T999 or I747 then yes you can use either board. No other variant will fit right though.
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Samsung battery too high problem fixed
Change charger adapter. Check voltage similarly. Or just don't use the 3.7v adapter at all
hi, i have samsung tab p3100 , its says battery temperature too high ,what will be the solution ?
I'm on my second battery now, first warped and died.
I'm now getting the battery temp too high issue, even though the phone seems cool to the touch.
I'm bypassing it by *charging my phone in the freezer*.
Not ideal, but I suspect it's a phone issue and not a battery issue as I tried a 3rd battery I had access to it it still happened.
Hola, noob here with a problem.
My rogers captivate glide was behaving perfectly fine one night when I decided to download some large files over wifi. It was also plugged in for charging and I was using some app (forgot the name) to prevent my screen from turning off so I won't lose my wifi connection. I left it like that and went to sleep. Upon waking up, my phone was hotttt , the screen still on but it has faded into a greenish color with scan lines. It was unresponsive and I had to pull the battery. Ever since then, my phone would last no more than a few minutes before freezing and fading into scan lines. I thought it was a battery issue, so I got new batteries but that didn't help one bit. I even flashed the kernel and still no help. I did resets, recovery, wiped caches, took out sd card and sims, stock builts. Nothing worked. I can't connect the phone to the computer or wall charger either. The screen would instantly freeze and fades out upon plugging in the micro usb cord.
Have anyone had similar problems? Did I fried the soc? I don't think it's a problem with the screen since it was perfectly responsive the few minutes it worked. This noob needs helppp.
I've posted a video on youtube but I couldn't link to it, but if you search "captivate glide problem" you'll see a video showing the freezing problem I have. I'm from the US also, so I don't know if I could get samsung to fix it through warranty since the phone is Canadian.
Well I downloaded Modern Combat 3 and that was like about 1Gb and the screen turn off because I didn't touch it while it downloaded, and wifi kept going so I'm not sure why it didn't stay on for you
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Idk about the phone so much , but i am computer technician and it sounds like you overheated it, what we might call "burned it up".
The screen symptoms you have described are a dead giveaway, especially the lines
If this was a laptop, I would be sending it off for a reflow .
Typically, the circuit board gets so hot, the solder on the ships melts enough for a tiny bit of separation. This requires a "reflow ", where specialized equipment is used to repair the solder connections.
First, you should to a factory reset , then try to do a warranty claim. (unless u have insurance from your cellular provider, then u might check with that)
*edit, sorry, I missed the warranty part the first time I read ur post*
The next option would be to check with the guys at www.mylaptopisbroke.com
Email them, ask if they concur with my diagnosis and if they can help.
I have been dealing with them for about two years and always been highly satisfied. (They are in NY, I am in TN. I have sent literally dozens of devices to them)
If none of those 3 options work out for you, start looking for a new phone.
Sorry :-/
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Sorry, but I agree with the previous poster, sounds like a hardware issue. Start the warranty process, can't know if it's gonna work til you try it.
Not to try to close the barn door after the horses have bolted, but in case you get into a similar situation with your new phone, there's an easier and safer way. When you're in the WiFi screen hit the menu button and under advanced settings there is the option to keep WiFi on during sleep. Also, as you have found out, be careful with any apps that directly control the hardware.
Had a very similar scenario as the OP described. Went to bed with it plugged in and streaming DI FM in high quality, woke up in the middle of the night by burning myself on the metal back plate. Unplugged it and pulled the battery, when I woke up in the morning after a rather worrisome night sleep I discovered my WIFI would not work unless I was within a foot of the router otherwise it wouldn't get any signal. I assumed the devices internals were damaged and that is what caused the problem, glad to know someone else aside from me has had a similar issue. Best bet would be trying to get a replacement through the warranty unless you have some type of protection plan through your carrier.
I see, thanks guys for the inputs. I had a feeling it's a goner. I can't do the warranty since it's rogers and I'm from the U.S.; bought it off Newegg unlocked without a warranty. So I guess I'm screwed.
Had the same thing happened to me. Had to send it to sammy to get fixed the had to replace the whole board
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Idk about the phone so much , but i am computer technician and it sounds like you overheated it, what we might call "burned it up".
The screen symptoms you have described are a dead giveaway, especially the lines
If this was a laptop, I would be sending it off for a reflow .
Typically, the circuit board gets so hot, the solder on the ships melts enough for a tiny bit of separation. This requires a "reflow ", where specialized equipment is used to repair the solder connections.
First, you should to a factory reset , then try to do a warranty claim. (unless u have insurance from your cellular provider, then u might check with that)
*edit, sorry, I missed the warranty part the first time I read ur post*
The next option would be to check with the guys at mylaptopisbroke
Email them, ask if they concur with my diagnosis and if they can help.
I have been dealing with them for about two years and always been highly satisfied. (They are in NY, I am in TN. I have sent literally dozens of devices to them)
If none of those 3 options work out for you, start looking for a new phone.
Sorry :-/
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I've contacted mylaptopisbroke and they told me that phone repairs have been discontinued until midwinter 2013.
Is there anywhere I could buy a new soc??
Try mobiletechvideos.com or phonedoctors.com
I've heard of reflowing oneself by putting it in the oven at 550 degrees for 10 minutes or something. FWIW.
Not sure I'd want to do it myself, not having better information, but perhaps there's something out there some googling will reveal.
I've look at the sites, no captivate glide stuff. Guess captivate glide is not that popular a model. I've read about reflowing, but too chicken to try. I did took took the phone apart but saw that the LED is on the board itself and couldn't be detached; it's housed in some soft rubber feely box. I had a feeling it would melt in the oven.
in the options you can change it to keep wifi on all the time.. i keep mine on all day.
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in the options you can change it to keep wifi on all the time.. i keep mine on all day.
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Yeah... I know that now... too late though.. ahah
What have you done with this?
Have you turned it on recently and found it still works?
I have a similar problem and other threads have suggested it's a software problem that might be fixed by installing a new ROM via odin
I'm a little concerned about my current predicament.
A month ago I bought a rooted Galaxy Note II second hand. I have had no problems with it until Saturday morning.
On Saturday I plugged it in - it was flat because the battery had ran out of juice from the previous night. I left it off and plugged in. I returned not long after to a slight burning smell, and the phone was roasting hot.
I could turn it on, but it hasn't charged, still showing 1% and cutting out immediately. Any time you plug in within seconds, it overheats.
It has burned in one spot, and burned the battery cover as well.
Obviously I am not impressed, it could have burned the place down if I'd left it on overnight.
However, the device has been rooted, and can be turned on but it will damage it more if you do. It has had a theme applied to it that could only be done with a rooted phone so it is blatantly obvious.
I've put in a support call with Samsung who are going to send out a bag to send it off to them in. I would have preferred to send them an unrooted phone, but obviously not practical and I don't know anyone else with a Note 2. I also don't want to buy replacement components in case I make it worse or damage those.
Anyone faced a similar predicament, and what was done about it?
Well, in this case, a melted phone is very dangerous, they should or must send you a new one just to not report it to the police or the media!
I think the problem was in the battery, it's the only component that can get so hot and even it can explode in some conditions.
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My concern is they try to say that it was the fact the phone was rooted that caused it to overheat... although it was switched off at the time.
Don't worry I won't let it go without a fight, but am unsure about what rights I may or may not have.
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My concern is they try to say that it was the fact the phone was rooted that caused it to overheat... although it was switched off at the time.
Don't worry I won't let it go without a fight, but am unsure about what rights I may or may not have.
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Try to run triangle away, before you return it.
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Phone is totally flat, and will only turn on when the battery is connected, and it is connected to the mains. It will overheat with a minute.
In Norway, and I assume in the EU too, they have to prove that there is a connection between the broken phone and the fact that it is rooted to void warranty. No worries then if there's similar legislature in your country.
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What if you charge it with usb cable connected to a computer? Does it still overheat?
Alternatively, do you know any1 with a note 2 whos battery you can borrow?
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Try buying a spare battery. And then try triangle away. Put the faulty battery back in the phone and send it to Samsung.
It's way cheaper than having to pay for the full phone repair.
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Well, in this case, a melted phone is very dangerous, they should or must send you a new one just to not report it to the police or the media!
I think the problem was in the battery, it's the only component that can get so hot and even it can explode in some conditions.
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My concern is they try to say that it was the fact the phone was rooted that caused it to overheat... although it was switched off at the time.
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This thread's funny. A second hand phone received or bought rooted which could have been using a different kernel, been OC'd, or had any of a laundry list of mods done to it overheats. Since none of that can be ruled out, why is there any reason to alert the media or expect Samsung to be responsible for something that's most likely not a defect but customer induced damage? With millions sold I'd expect more reports of phone's melting if there was some sort of common or repeatable fault. Best of luck OP but your fate will be determined by Samsung's graciousness and not you claiming that a rooted second-hand device somehow combusted on its own having nothing to do with what you or the first owner did to it.
To be fair if it's not charging the battery at all and just overheating/melting the phone it sounds more like a hardware issue than a software one. Something in the charging circuit is screwed up by the sounds of it.
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My concern is they try to say that it was the fact the phone was rooted that caused it to overheat... although it was switched off at the time.
Don't worry I won't let it go without a fight, but am unsure about what rights I may or may not have.
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idk if this help, last time my S2 also got some issue so I go to SC and the guy there said that I voided my warranty coz I rooted it.
And that statement made me angry, so I said to him in angry tone: why the hell you say its illegal to root and voided my warranty becoz I root my phone. If that's illegal, why the hell Superuser/SuperSU/any root tools exist in Google Play and Google let it in there for a long time? I bought this phone by my money so I have right to install anything in play store.
Then they unable to say something and fix my phone rightaway and told me to be careful next time.
So, rooting isn't illegal, its in Google Play anyway.
ask yr friends or someone borrow a battery and reset the counter first
I don't know anyone with an N2 so I can't borrow a battery, I'd have to buy one.
I'll try plugging it just into the computer, I suppose with less power going in, it might not overheat. I've been reluctant to plug it back in.
Phone is running standard kernel, it was only rooted, with a replacement status bar added, and CWM installed. Nothing special.
Ideally, I would need to flash it back to standard though, so I'll need to find out the easiest / quickest way to do this, and, possibly, reset the counter.
I suppose its possible they will refuse to fix it. If I am, that is me massively out of pocket, and I won't be rooting anything ever again, even buying second hand is losing its appeal.
Heck, as I can't afford to replace it, I now may be stuck with this Nokia Lumia 800 I had to buy as an "emergency" phone, which is actually not a bad little machine in many respects (obviously tiny though).
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I'm a little concerned about my current predicament.
A month ago I bought a rooted Galaxy Note II second hand. I have had no problems with it until Saturday morning.
On Saturday I plugged it in - it was flat because the battery had ran out of juice from the previous night. I left it off and plugged in. I returned not long after to a slight burning smell, and the phone was roasting hot.
I could turn it on, but it hasn't charged, still showing 1% and cutting out immediately. Any time you plug in within seconds, it overheats.
It has burned in one spot, and burned the battery cover as well.
Obviously I am not impressed, it could have burned the place down if I'd left it on overnight.
However, the device has been rooted, and can be turned on but it will damage it more if you do. It has had a theme applied to it that could only be done with a rooted phone so it is blatantly obvious.
I've put in a support call with Samsung who are going to send out a bag to send it off to them in. I would have preferred to send them an unrooted phone, but obviously not practical and I don't know anyone else with a Note 2. I also don't want to buy replacement components in case I make it worse or damage those.
Anyone faced a similar predicament, and what was done about it?
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Given the near fatal consequences of a battery explosion you shouldnt have any problems Samsung will be much more interested in working out why it happened and avoiding any negative PR about their flagship handset.
However if they can proove that it was the root that caused the burn out (we all know thats not the likely reason) then they may reject the device and tell you it was all your fault. at that point take it to the media.
to me it sounds like the charging circuit has failed and instead of passing charge to the battery its built up in the circuit, mechanical failure can't see how a root would cause that. Were you using the sammy charger, cable and battery?
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To be fair if it's not charging the battery at all and just overheating/melting the phone it sounds more like a hardware issue than a software one. Something in the charging circuit is screwed up by the sounds of it.
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Ye that was my thought wonder if OP has original sammy cable and charger or was given a third party one?
Yes I did indeed use the original charger and cable (it looks original too, not like a knock off). In general, in the past, I've had issues using chargers mean't for other devices, usually just slow charging though rather than it blowing up.
The fact the phone was turned off when it was being charged suggests to me, like you say, that its a proper hardware fault.
We shall see. I'm waiting for the jiffy bag to send it back, it will be at least 2 weeks till I get it back (maybe longer now with Xmas coming up).
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My concern is they try to say that it was the fact the phone was rooted that caused it to overheat... although it was switched off at the time.
Don't worry I won't let it go without a fight, but am unsure about what rights I may or may not have.
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Take a picture of the burned note2 first, maybe you can use it as a "leverage" when the time comes. You know how burned phone have negative impact on products marketing.
Hello there folks. I've had my Desire Z for 2 years and it always worked great, it is rooted with S-OFF, HBOOT and all, I was running Andromadus Mimicry 1.5.0 ROM. It was working flawlessly as usual, but yesterday I picked it up and it was turned off, I figured it needed a charge so I connected it to the charger, but to my surprise I didn't get the usual orange led, as a matter of fact I got nothing. I waited a few minutes but still nothing. I tried to connect it to the PC but again, nothing. So far I tried different cables, different batteries, chargers, tried the car charger, but nothing seems to work. I tried using ADB to run a Fastboot command but that also didn't work, it hangs forever on <waiting for device>, and ADB doesn't detect it. It really seems absolutely dead. It doesn't show any sign of life, no light, no vibration, NOTHING. Has anyone ever seen something similar? What can be done to resurrect it? I didn't do anything different, it was all of the sudden. I appreciate any help, thank you!
Once I saw a problem like yours and we figured it out that the problems is because of the
eMMC-boot
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chip of the device's hardware. Once we replaced the chip ( I dont know if you can do this. i suggest you to buy a new Vision mainboard ) the device started to wark as fine as it used to be
MasterKoala said:
Once I saw a problem like yours and we figured it out that the problems is because of the chip of the device's hardware. Once we replaced the chip ( I dont know if you can do this. i suggest you to buy a new Vision mainboard ) the device started to wark as fine as it used to be
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Hey, thanks for the reply! While researching what could be the problem I came across this eMMC issue, I was hoping that wouldn't be the case, but unless someone else sheds a new light on the subject I guess that's probably it. I even looked for a new eMMC chip or Vision mainboard, but couldn't find them anywhere. I guess with the price of a brand new Desire Z at U$90 - 120 nowadays it wouldn't be worth it anyway, I might as well just buy another one, as a matter of fact I probably will, as I love this model so much, but I really wanted to save the one I already have, that way I would have a spare.
You can buy a new Desire Z and keep the old one as a restore device who knows maybe some day you gonna need a touchscreen or a LCD panel or both?
Just keep it
MasterKoala said:
You can buy a new Desire Z and keep the old one as a restore device who knows maybe some day you gonna need a touchscreen or a LCD panel or both?
Just keep it
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Yeah, I thought about that too, I'll probably need it sooner or later, I had to exchange the led flash once. Who knows, maybe the eMMC could be fixed with JTAG, but that RIFFBox is so expensive. If it weren't I would certainly get one as it's useful for all kinds of phones. Hey, thanks for the reply again, I really appreciate the input. I hope the thread goes on and people keep giving new ideas.
Chances are it isn't an emmc issue, as the emmc issue just stops the emmc from being written to, so the phone will show some signs of life.
It will be some sort of hardware issue though, seeing as it's not doing anything at all.
-Nipqer
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Chances are it isn't an emmc issue, as the emmc issue just stops the emmc from being written to, so the phone will show some signs of life.
It will be some sort of hardware issue though, seeing as it's not doing anything at all.
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Thank you very much for the info Nipqer. Is there a way I can tell what kind of hardware issue happened? It really doesn't show any signs of life, no lights, no vibration, no orange led while charging, nothing. Aside from that the phone looks brand new as it has always been well taken care of. Is there something I can do or try out? Thank you.
Did you try a new battery? Or an external charger? It is possible battery is fried or USB port is dead, a new battery and external charger could help figure that out.
Also you can try taking out the battery, plug into PC via USB while holding down both volume buttons, phone should vibrate a bunch
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Did you try a new battery? Or an external charger? It is possible battery is fried or USB port is dead, a new battery and external charger could help figure that out.
Also you can try taking out the battery, plug into PC via USB while holding down both volume buttons, phone should vibrate a bunch
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Yup, I got 2 extra batteries besides the stock one that came with it, one of them is a Mugen Power Battey and the other is another original just the same as the stock, tried many different chargers, 4 other wall chargers, different cables, car charger, etc. Doesn't seem to be the problem. Tried to do as you said about taking the battery out and plugging into the PC via USB, still nothing, not even holding both volume buttons down or any other buttons... Hell, I even tried holding ALL of them. Still no deal.
Sorry to say but my guess is logicboard is shot, good news is a new dz/g2 is cheap nowadays
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Sorry to say but my guess is logicboard is shot, good news is a new dz/g2 is cheap nowadays
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Sadly seems like it. Well, I guess I'll get another Desire Z and store this one for parts and scraps. =/ I still wish someone would appear with a fix for this.