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Just wonderng what other peoples experiences are with blue angels, I have an mda 3 model and I have had nothing but problem after problem. I have the buzzing screen which has grown to intollerable level, My internal battery keeps draining for no apparent reason, my power button snapped of the mainboard a couple of weeks after purchase and T-mobile would not fix it,
After having it fixed a few months later my power button now only works when I hold it to turn off the backlight but I cannot turn off the screen by pressing once (A few others have had this problem) it's not a hardware issue I don't think because I had it back to a phone shop that specialises is PDA's and they say noting is mechanically wrong with it. From pressing the power button once it seems to stay in the memory or whatever that I presses it and then when I do a soft reset, It hard resets. My internal battery has now started behaving but I still have this power button prob and the buzzing screen.
Also did they put legs in these styli because I have had each xda model and never lost as man styli as I have with this model!!!!!!
Just wondering if anyone else shares my frustration, I have had tons more probs and will post when I think of them!!
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Yep I have tried flasing it with different roms and still no change. Im now back to my trusty old xda 2!! never had a problem with that[/code]
Probably, if is not mechanical, the problem is in WIN OS - upgrade new room,other room,oher room etc.
andyrow said:
Also did they put legs in these styli because I have had each xda model and never lost as man styli as I have with this model!!!!!!
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Lol!
Same here! :lol:
But beside that, I don't have any problems with my MDA 3 (knocking on wood :wink...
I was having that prob. then i looked at the side and realised one of the screws holding the ba together had fallen out
Id started thinking it was a software fault, but its definitly not as I have installed countless roms and just put WM5 on. I took it in for repair this morning (as last time they put a dodgy screw back in and I cant find a screwdriver that fits!!) and they are having a look tomorrow! I will tell them about the screw so cheers!!
Which screw is it then? inside the phone?
no its the one at the top, on the side next to where the stylus is held.
you may find its loose and when you tighten it the stylus stops falling out as much.
speaking of those T-6 torx screws... where can they be bought, or found?
Ok my one and a half year old son got a hold of my Epic Touch and I dont know for how long he had it in the toilet.I knew this day would come but I was hoping for it to be my girlfriend's original Epic,lol.
So I took it apart,dryed it real good with paper towel first,then with air and baked it in oven for a minute or two.
I put it back together and it works!Its amazing because after my son diped it in water it layed wet for about twenty minutes before I found it.
I have one question for those that have more knowledge about Epic's internals:
Everything works except the POWER BUTTON!Yes I can use the power button one time to turn on the phone but after that it doesnt work anymore.
I cant turn off the phone,bring up the shutdown/airplane mode menu or anything else,in order to turn off the phone I need to pull battery.
Yes I took it apart again cleaned everything with rubbin alcohol inside and still same problem,any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Oh,is there any apps out there that can map power button to search or home buttons?
lviv73 said:
Ok my one and a half year old son got a hold of my Epic Touch and I dont know for how long he had it in the toilet.I knew this day would come but I was hoping for it to be my girlfriend's original Epic,lol.
So I took it apart,dryed it real good with paper towel first,then with air and baked it in oven for a minute or two.
I put it back together and it works!Its amazing because after my son diped it in water it layed wet for about twenty minutes before I found it.
I have one question for those that have more knowledge about Epic's internals:
Everything works except the POWER BUTTON!Yes I can use the power button one time to turn on the phone but after that it doesnt work anymore.
I cant turn off the phone,bring up the shutdown/airplane mode menu or anything else,in order to turn off the phone I need to pull battery.
Yes I took it apart again cleaned everything with rubbin alcohol inside and still same problem,any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Oh,is there any apps out there that can map power button to search or home buttons?
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Maybe umm quickboot plus from the market can do it. Only $2
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Do not power it back on.. Put it in a sealed bowl and fill it with rice. Leave it there for at least 24hrs. Even longer if you want the best result. It takes water damage a couple of weeks to really rear its ugly head. Sofar rice seems to be the best bet.
Good luck.. Report back to help out others with this same prob.
Definitely try the rice trick... I would recommend doing that before baking your motherboard in the oven.
The only time I've ever heard of baking any electronic device in the oven is for the Xbox 360...
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Indrid Cole said:
Do not power it back on.. Put it in a sealed bowl and fill it with rice. Leave it there for at least 24hrs. Even longer if you want the best result. It takes water damage a couple of weeks to really rear its ugly head. Sofar rice seems to be the best bet.
Good luck.. Report back to help out others with this same prob.
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I already took it apart and dried it,plus put it in oven.I would say that there is no need for rice now,rice is for those that want to dry inside without talkn the phone apart.Everything works but the power button which is really strange.
Mattix724 said:
Definitely try the rice trick... I would recommend doing that before baking your motherboard in the oven.
The only time I've ever heard of baking any electronic device in the oven is for the Xbox 360...
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I just did that to make sure any remaing moisture was gone.Still no answer why I cant use the power button except to turn on the phone.
Are you on a custom ROM? if so, maybe its the ROM bugging out, not the phone. Just a wild guess.
Do the RICE deal as mentioned above it WORKS on all sorts of electronics!
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Are you on a custom ROM? if so, maybe its the ROM bugging out, not the phone. Just a wild guess.
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Im starting to think that too,im gonna try reflashing and see what happens.Power button does work to turn the phone on but after this it doesn't.
I just don't want to reflash because i been running Blazer 4.0 for 3 months now(the longest i ever went without flashing,lol) and i added all types of custom apk"s to that rom.I would usually extract apk files from this rom and pit them in the new one but i odexed it,so no it looks like im going to have to make a whole new rom and that's a day gone.
He has already gone far and above the rice trick. That would be repetitive and unnecessary.
Also, rubbing alcohol is not a good solution. It leaves a film on the metal that is highly corrosive. You need denatured alcohol.
The power button has a two step contact. That button most likely needs to be replaced. You can order cheap on a wholesale parts website.
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azyouthinkeyeiz said:
He has already gone far and above the rice trick. That would be repetitive and unnecessary.
Also, rubbing alcohol is not a good solution. It leaves a film on the metal that is highly corrosive. You need denatured alcohol.
The power button has a two step contact. That button most likely needs to be replaced. You can order cheap on a wholesale parts website.
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Finally someone understands it.I don't think power button needs replacement because i use the power button to turn on the phone,lol.But after that power button doesn't work.The power button only works one time-to turn on the phone but that's it,so its not the button that's defective.Its gotta be software related or one of the chips that controls power button after the phone is on is fried.
I didnt kno the e4gt was out that long lol.. Either way anything could be going on.. It was dropped in water lol
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Try button remapper to resolve the power button ordeal. I personally would ditch the search button and use that as the new power button.
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The likely reason its not functioning after you power on is a short somewhere created by the liquid. When powered off the short is not affecting but once on it disables the button. I dont think you can replace that button unless you've got some decent soldering skills and you cant really be sure that even that would fix it. Liquid is one of those wildcards when it comes to electronics. You dont know if your screwed from jump or if the liquid might rear its ugly head later... too unpredictable.
d12unk13astard said:
Try button remapper to resolve the power button ordeal. I personally would ditch the search button and use that as the new power button.
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Just what i was thinking,what is the button remapper app called?
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The likely reason its not functioning after you power on is a short somewhere created by the liquid. When powered off the short is not affecting but once on it disables the button. I dont think you can replace that button unless you've got some decent soldering skills and you cant really be sure that even that would fix it. Liquid is one of those wildcards when it comes to electronics. You dont know if your screwed from jump or if the liquid might rear its ugly head later... too unpredictable.
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I already thought of that,i was thinking if i run the phone for a while and internals get warm that this little drop of water will evaporate(if that's what it is because i heated in in the oven pretty good,i couldn't even touch it),i will have to see after few days of usage.
i thought the one problem... would be it smelled like ****. :good:
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I already thought of that,i was thinking if i run the phone for a while and internals get warm that this little drop of water will evaporate(if that's what it is because i heated in in the oven pretty good,i couldn't even touch it),i will have to see after few days of usage.
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Lol the water emits an electrical shock when put in water which can damage any part of the phone.. Heating it up in a microwave is only resoldering the phone.. Wont fix an electrical shock that could have damaged a chip or a hardware button a led etc.. What would happen if you had a pc plugged in and dropped it in water while it was on? Just throw it in the microwave and itd be fine?
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Lol the water emits an electrical shock when put in water which can damage any part of the phone.. Heating it up in a microwave is only resoldering the phone.. Wont fix an electrical shock that could have damaged a chip or a hardware button a led etc.. What would happen if you had a pc plugged in and dropped it in water while it was on? Just throw it in the microwave and itd be fine?
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Lol,microwave?Who said anything about microwave?Im talking about regular oven,microwave will fry everything in few seconds.
Damn it,now its serious,phone wont go into Download Mode.When i try to put it in download mode i push "up" key for "Yes" and it flashes for about one second download mode,well not exactly it flashes this:
ODIN MODE(in red letters)
Product Name:SPH-700
Custom Binary Download:NO
Current Binary:Samsung Official
Downloading do not turn off target
It flashes that for about one second then it starts to boot into android.Another thing that i noticed is when i power on the phone i get Samsung Galaxy S2 logo then it disappears then the phone reboots and i get Samsung Galaxy S2 logo second time and then it boots into android.
So it boots after second galaxy s logo.I can still boot into CWM though that's only good thing.
Has anyone encountered similar phenomenon before?
Hi,
Using GNex GSM. I got stuck from time to time testing apps. And I reset the device by pulling the battery out. Which is quite inconvenient as I needed to get the device out of the case. What is the reason there is no hard reset hole?
1) it would look hideous, this is a phone not a calculator.
2) if you use Apps that are coded well your phone should not lock up.
Here's my current uptime.
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2LoT said:
Hi,
Using GNex GSM. I got stuck from time to time testing apps. And I reset the device by pulling the battery out. Which is quite inconvenient as I needed to get the device out of the case. What is the reason there is no hard reset hole?
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What phone did you have in the past with a hard reset hole?
Try holding down the power button longer next time.
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You can take out the battery, that's plenty adequate. Why waste space, design and mechanics on a reset button when theres already a solution available?
On my Motorola Xoom, which doesn't have a removable battery there is a button sequence used to force a restart(volume up+power button) but then on the Xoom you need it because it has its momentary lapses of slow downs and freezes. On my nexus I have no need for it.
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martonikaj said:
You can take out the battery, that's plenty adequate. Why waste space, design and mechanics on a reset button when theres already a solution available?
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I just got stuck this morning by playing with ROM Manager 5.0.20, trying "Reboot into Recovery". The screen became completely black. The device became unresponsive to any button sequence. And of course I pulled out the battery. It's a little bit inconvenient as I needed to remove the case + back panel. A reset hole would be more practical.
What phone did you have in the past with a hard reset hole? Try holding down the power button longer next time.
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GNex is my 1st smartphone. In the past I used dumb phone, never experienced any lock up. All my MP3 Players (Philips & Snoy) have a reset hole. So according to you holding powerdown button long time would trigger a hard reset? How long would that be?
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I just got stuck this morning by playing with ROM Manager 5.0.20, trying "Reboot into Recovery". The screen became completely black. The device became unresponsive to any button sequence. And of course I pulled out the battery. It's a little bit inconvenient as I needed to remove the case + back panel. A reset hole would be more practical.
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No... the most practical design is to have 1 reset mode, pulling the battery. It's impractical to expect more than 1 option when the battery pull works 100% of the time.
2LoT said:
I just got stuck this morning by playing with ROM Manager 5.0.20, trying "Reboot into Recovery". The screen became completely black. The device became unresponsive to any button sequence. And of course I pulled out the battery. It's a little bit inconvenient as I needed to remove the case + back panel. A reset hole would be more practical.
GNex is my 1st smartphone. In the past I used dumb phone, never experienced any lock up. All my MP3 Players (Philips & Snoy) have a reset hole. So according to you holding powerdown button long time would trigger a hard reset? How long would that be?
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Apparently I was incorrect. I remember holding down the power button on HC would reset the tablet (since removing the battery is not an option).
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martonikaj said:
No... the most practical design is to have 1 reset mode, pulling the battery. It's impractical to expect more than 1 option when the battery pull works 100% of the time.
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Ok if you say so, luckily it is doable on the GNex. But I have heard of devices where the users cannot have access to the battery, how do they do to disconnect the battery?
I heard they long press the power button.
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Ok if you say so, luckily it is doable on the GNex. But I have heard of devices where the users cannot have access to the battery, how do they do to disconnect the battery?
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They usually have an option to long-press the power button for a number of seconds (like 7+ sec) and it power cycles the device.
This thread reminds me of the Windows Mobile phone days, all of the PDA comes with a reset button which you can poke with a stylus. No one complained about WM being slow or hanging, it's a ritual to poke the reset button every night
So, this sgs2 I have won't boot. When I put the battery in it boots right away without having to touch the power button. From some searching I thought it might be the power button but, I have no idea how to fix this. I made a USB jig and I can get it to enter download mode for about 2 seconds until the screen goes black again and starts to constantly vibrate once again. When I plug it into the computer with no battery it just vibrates with nothing on the screen at all. When I put the battery in it starts to boot and gets the the splash screen and then the screen turns off and starts the vibrating once again. I was thinking of preforming a JTAG but, I don't think it's that severe as it still shows some sign of life. If anyone could help me that would be great. Also it doesn't really respond to any button pressing when it's vibrating.
Mine does that when I hold the power button down. Thought you might like an independent test.
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Mine does that when I hold the power button down. Thought you might like an independent test.
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Okay, thank you for that. So, it sounds like it might be the power button. How would I go about fixing that? Does anyone know?
steam374 said:
Okay, thank you for that. So, it sounds like it might be the power button. How would I go about fixing that? Does anyone know?
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I had this issue when I purchased a phone off ebay. It could also be that the battery is shot.
Mine did this this morning when I put in an extended battery. I took the battery out, let it sit for a few, and put it back in, and everything is ok
I had the same issue I sent it into Samsung and they replaced the PBA board/ motherboard
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If it vibrates every 2 seconds, then it is most likely your power button. Very common issue with this phone. Already swapped 2 phones because of it. If you really wanna mess with it to get it to work again, just keep pressing that power button 100 times to unstick it. It will happen again though
F**k I just posted a thread about my phone doing the same thing, was told to search. So up setting. Gonna leave it set and see what happens then gonna nail power button a lot lol. And go from there
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Let me know how it goes.
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I did the nail the power button a ton of times to get it unstuck. Lol. Working for now.
mine would load the Samsung screen the start the vibrating, I found out that if you hit the power button every two seconds I could get it to boot (given I was just turning the screen on and off till it unstuck)
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This happened to my gf's phone, we both have s2s. Hers was completely stock and lasted 3 weeks until that happened. Had to get a new phone. Board was gone.
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It's happening to me right now.
Pressing the power button many times got it to boot up, but then once I stopped it'll just restart again.
Another thing to note is that my battery hasn't been charging right. It'll say 100% charged. When I unplug it, it'll go straight to 97%.
Battery would drop to 80% within 30 minutes.
I have this problem intermittently with my phone. There is a post I found in THIS thread which was able to solve the problem for me.
I took apart my phone (it's really simple, only 6 screws), removed the logic board (be very careful, you don't want to snap it), and sprayed the ever loving [email protected]%# out of it with CRC QD Electronic Cleaner. I was able to pick up the electronic cleaner at my local auto shop.
REMEMBER TO REMOVE YOUR mircoSD and SIM cards BEFORE you take off the plastic covering the logic board!
At first I sprayed the entire board to get any kind of gunk off. I wiped it down with a Q-tip, sprayed it again, and then used a hair dryer to dry the logic board.
Then I soaked a Q-Tip with the QD electronic cleaner, and pressed the power button with the soaked Q-tip approx 50-70 times, resoaking the Q-tip every 20 presses or so. You really want that cleaner to seep into the power button so that you can remove the gunk that got stuck inside.
After that, I pointed the plastic nozzle of the QD cleaner directly at the bower button, and sprayed into it while pressing the button with the plastic nozzle. I used light, quick, short sprays less than 1/2 a second for this part, because anything longer or stronger would spray the QD cleaner in every damn direction. My process was to spray the cleaner, push the button with the nozzle 20-30 times, spray some more cleaner, press buttons another 20x, until I must have pressed that damn button at least 120-150 times.
Afterwards, I did more drying with a hair dryer, and then reassembled my phone.
It fixed the problem! The last time this has happened to me was approx. 5 days ago, and I haven't had a restarting problem since!
Good luck!
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I have this problem intermittently with my phone. There is a post I found in THIS thread which was able to solve the problem for me.
I took apart my phone (it's really simple, only 6 screws), removed the logic board (be very careful, you don't want to snap it), and sprayed the ever loving [email protected]%# out of it with CRC QD Electronic Cleaner. I was able to pick up the electronic cleaner at my local auto shop.
REMEMBER TO REMOVE YOUR mircoSD and SIM cards BEFORE you take off the plastic covering the logic board!
At first I sprayed the entire board to get any kind of gunk off. I wiped it down with a Q-tip, sprayed it again, and then used a hair dryer to dry the logic board.
Then I soaked a Q-Tip with the QD electronic cleaner, and pressed the power button with the soaked Q-tip approx 50-70 times, resoaking the Q-tip every 20 presses or so. You really want that cleaner to seep into the power button so that you can remove the gunk that got stuck inside.
After that, I pointed the plastic nozzle of the QD cleaner directly at the bower button, and sprayed into it while pressing the button with the plastic nozzle. I used light, quick, short sprays less than 1/2 a second for this part, because anything longer or stronger would spray the QD cleaner in every damn direction. My process was to spray the cleaner, push the button with the nozzle 20-30 times, spray some more cleaner, press buttons another 20x, until I must have pressed that damn button at least 120-150 times.
Afterwards, I did more drying with a hair dryer, and then reassembled my phone.
It fixed the problem! The last time this has happened to me was approx. 5 days ago, and I haven't had a restarting problem since!
Good luck!
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I'm going to try this!
I cleaned mine with alcohol and it works for a few hours at a time before the problem resurfaces.
Hopefully that QD cleaner will fix it long term.
Hi guys,
I searched but didn't find any fix for this. When I put my One X in my pocket sometimes the power buttons gets pressed and phone turns off.
Does anyone have a fix for this? I thought maybe something like if power button long pressed than it only brings up the pop up and doesn't turn off.
It's really annoying me, I would try to make it myself but I just started learning and don't feel that confident yet
Wear looser pants?
TToivanen said:
Wear looser pants?
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how about no pants
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Please people, there is really no NEED in replying if you have nothing good to say. You can keep it to yourself
Hello.
I have the same issue, and actually i asked about this before. The problem here is that the setting is hardcoded (i believe) into the phone (kernel) that when the powerbutton is pressed for 10 sec, the phone reboots.. I would like it to be disabled while locked (eg, phone locked in pocket, a 10 sec press on the power button does nothing....
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Very nice power saving mod:laugh: This will stop a lot of whingers complaining of battery life. +1 to you.
Bla bla..
Cheap case from eBay. I bought one so bad that I can barely press the button when I want to so will never happen by itself no matter how tight the pants
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Sv: [Q] Phone turns off when in pocket
Well, not quite the solution I am looking for I have a casing, one that does not make things harder to do...
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