Hey guys, I just received an old Motorola Defy. It works perfectly fine but has got a problem with charging. I have plugged it in for more than 3 hours and it still show Charging 10%. The battery fails to charge to more than 10%. The mobile has no T-Mobile branding, neither on the phone itself and neither on the box that came along with it. But when I switch it on it shows the T-Mobile logo after the motoblur animations. Right now, sim cards other than T-Mobile are working perfectly fine, but I was thinking of doing a Factory Reset to get rid of all the junk that the previous owner installed on this phone. A friend also recommended this to see if the battery problem goes away but I am afraid that the phone will get locked and I do not have any unlock codes for this phone so it would be disastrous for me.
The details are as follows:
System Version: 34.906.1.MB525.T-Mobile.en.GB (so I think it is the UK version)
Firmware Version: 2.2.2
Baseband Version: EPU93_U_00.59.02
What should I do guys? Any help would be appreciated!
P.S. How to turn off Cellular Data on this phone because as soon as I turn off the wifi it starts eating up my Data.
To turn data off - go to settings...battery and data manager...Data delevery...from here turn off data enabled.
For your first problem...
If you are Rooted, try deleting battery stats first...
If not, root it and delete battery stats...(You can do it by installing battery caliberator from market)...
If this doesn't wort, keep faith on XDA members
I bought it from a local store here in Pakistan. They said if I root the device I would lose my 6 months warranty. These guys provide their own warranty for devices that are imported from other countries. I do not understand whether this is really a T-Mobile UK version as it says so in settings (and the startup screen) or a retail version as it says on the box SM,MB525,GB,RETAIL,LIC (it does not have any T-Mobile branding on the box or the phone itself). I think the retail version should be factory unlocked, shouldn't it be? But then why does it show T-Mobile?
If its in warranty, then why don't you give your defy to service center...
They may know better...
BTW i think you can unroot your phone by using superoneclick...but search first for this on xda ...i will not be responsible for anything happens to your phone...
Yeah, I will take it to them tomorrow. It went down quickly from 10% to 0, when I recharged it again, it got stuck on 5%. I checked the phone's battery with another app from Google Play that didn't require Root Access and it said that the battery was in good condition but couldn't calibrate it until the battery was charged to 100%. Tough luck! Thank You for your reply, do you know why this phone is showing T-Mobile while on the box it says RETAIL?
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Yeah, I will take it to them tomorrow. It went down quickly from 10% to 0, when I recharged it again, it got stuck on 5%. I checked the phone's battery with another app from Google Play that didn't require Root Access and it said that the battery was in good condition but couldn't calibrate it until the battery was charged to 100%. Tough luck! Thank You for your reply, do you know why this phone is showing T-Mobile while on the box it says RETAIL?
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Can you try with other charger?
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Can you try with other charger?
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Yeah tried charging it with an iPhone 4 charger but it still does not charge beyond 5%. I think either the micro-usb cable is not functioning properly or the usb port on the phone because when I plug this into my macbook the charging status was changing quickly from Charging to Connect your charger again and again. I will take this to the store and report back!
Yeah, it was the micro-usb cable. The store gave me an HTC cable for free and now everything is working superbly. Did a factory reset and the phone is still unlocked. Thank You guys!
sheikhumar93 said:
you know why this phone is showing T-Mobile while on the box it says RETAIL?
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Because The sellers where you have bought the phone they have been imported mobile from UK and then unlocked and sold it to you..that's it if possible visit moto service center or if your friends have defy then try to charge your defy battery in their mobiles and check it or charge with boosters..
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Hi all I have a problem with Nokia Lumia 900 locked to At&t network, I purchased the mobile from **** usa with broken screen, I fixed the screen and the phone was working 100% except that I could not test the phone for calls as it was locked to At&t network and I am in the United Kingdom and I was waiting for unlock solution.
Anyway I plugged the phone in to Zune and it reported there was an update for the phone so I let it update and it got to 100% and finished, now the phone was in boot loop it kept restarting and getting to were it nearly switched on then reported it had a low battery and shut down and rebooted again and again. I left the phone on charge all night and it was the same in the morning rebooting.
I left the phone for a few days and I thought I would try it again and it was the same, but then I tried to back up the software and the phone worked again, it switched on as normal etc and worked fine.
I plugged the phone into Zune again and it told me to update again and I thought they may have fixed it so I updated it again and now I have the same problem stuck in boot loop mode again.
I decided to take the mobile phone to Maidstone Nokia Care Centre and they had a look at it and flashed the mobile using Nokia Care Suite as I went into the Techs room, the phone flashed to 100 % but would not start again it was stuck in boot loop mode.
The Nokia Tech thought this phone was a Uk phone even though I told him it was USA at&t network so obviously he flashed the phone with UK software, I then told him again that it was a UK phone again and maybe he had flashed the wrong software.
His manager heard me then and said he could not do anything else to the phone as it was a USA mobile and Nokia Care Centre only covers European phones.
Now my question is this I have the right software to go on the phone which I think is RM-808 At&t Cyan software.
But I cannot boot the phone fully although I can get it into download mode, the Tech stated that you can not do this on a windows phone so how can I reflash this device, can you do it using linux or maybe a dos based program can somebody please help me reinstall the correct software.
All help much appriciated thankyou.
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Hi all I have a problem with Nokia Lumia 900 locked to At&t network, I purchased the mobile from **** usa with broken screen, I fixed the screen and the phone was working 100% except that I could not test the phone for calls as it was locked to At&t network and I am in the United Kingdom and I was waiting for unlock solution.
Anyway I plugged the phone in to Zune and it reported there was an update for the phone so I let it update and it got to 100% and finished, now the phone was in boot loop it kept restarting and getting to were it nearly switched on then reported it had a low battery and shut down and rebooted again and again. I left the phone on charge all night and it was the same in the morning rebooting.
I left the phone for a few days and I thought I would try it again and it was the same, but then I tried to back up the software and the phone worked again, it switched on as normal etc and worked fine.
I plugged the phone into Zune again and it told me to update again and I thought they may have fixed it so I updated it again and now I have the same problem stuck in boot loop mode again.
I decided to take the mobile phone to Maidstone Nokia Care Centre and they had a look at it and flashed the mobile using Nokia Care Suite as I went into the Techs room, the phone flashed to 100 % but would not start again it was stuck in boot loop mode.
The Nokia Tech thought this phone was a Uk phone even though I told him it was USA at&t network so obviously he flashed the phone with UK software, I then told him again that it was a UK phone again and maybe he had flashed the wrong software.
His manager heard me then and said he could not do anything else to the phone as it was a USA mobile and Nokia Care Centre only covers European phones.
Now my question is this I have the right software to go on the phone which I think is RM-808 At&t Cyan software.
But I cannot boot the phone fully although I can get it into download mode, the Tech stated that you can not do this on a windows phone so how can I reflash this device, can you do it using linux or maybe a dos based program can somebody please help me reinstall the correct software.
All help much appriciated thankyou.
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I'm not an expert on this. However, I have done this enough times to know this should help you out. Check out this thread. Read it through, download the parts, watch the video. It should help you get back to where you need to be and still have an updatable device. If you have any questions afterwards...post the specifics and someone will help.
NOTE: Some of what you describe sounds strange. Make sure your device is charged 100% before trying this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1605144
Pleas help. i have stock rom 4.1.2 jellybean running on my i9250 suddenly the wifi have turned gray and its not getting on neither its scanning nor its turning on. Build Number is JZO54K. please help................
did you try a reboot or direct battery pull?
leose said:
did you try a reboot or direct battery pull?
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did hard reset and also pulled the battery and try but it shows gray only
please help............
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please help............
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I literally just got back my phone from Samsung support after this happen to me. Wifi just sits there saying "turning on wireless" but never does and never even makes it to showing you any available wireless networks so you can choose to connect right???
I tried flashing radios and all kinds of 4.03/4 and JB roms... it was no help (although I see the phone came back to me with 4.01/ITL41F and radio KK1 on it). To make things worse I have a international Galaxy Nexus and Samsung USA will not do warranty repairs for international devices. Lucky the vendor I buy from has a good buyer relationship with his international supplier and they handled it for me.
Just noticed you said stock so the following may not apply:
My advice is to backup your phone, wipe it, flash back to a stock roms, re-lock the bootloader and call in to Samsung USA then send it in for warranty repair. You can do all of that with the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit. It took 14 days in my case to get my phone back. It should take less if your Galaxy Nexus is a US version.
Recently i have purchased a used Verizon Galaxy Nexus from a seller on ebay. It is in excellent shape and has no cosmetic damage to the phone. The persone i purchased it from was a reputable seller and had the feedback to back it up. Now with that said. The phone was listed as broken because the seller could not get the phone to connect to the Verizon cell network.
So i bought the phone thinking that maybe the phone had some deleted files on it that i could replace or better yet. Just flash all new software to the phone and remedy the problem. Thus i would have bought a phone for a quarter the price of a new one and have a fully functioning phone.
As far as flashing and roming goes. I am no novice. I have owned many Android phones, in fact thats all ive owned lol, but this one is causing me some frustration. So here is a list of the things i have done to remedy the problem to no avail...
1) Factory Reset- no go
2) Complete Re-Flash of the entire framework - Im talking everything. Careful fastboot flash of every elemet of the android ecosystem
3) Radio swapps from older versions to newer versions.
4) Multiple reboots and toggleing airplane mode over and over again.
5) Flashed several aftermarket roms.
6) Toggled the test mode in phone settings using the hidden menu (*#*#4636#*#*)
For a short period of time last night i was able to get the phone to display up to 3 bars of service using the method described in #6 I NEVER got data working and i could only temporarily call out. My girlfriend would see me calling in on her phone but immediately upon answering it would drop my call. The phone never rang on my end and it cannot receive calls. Also cannot send text messages.
I thought for sure i could fix this one, but for some reason it is being stubborn. Please Help me XDA!!! Your my only Hope!!!
P.S. As an aside i did take the phone apart and check to make sure nothing was damaged. All the components look top shape and all the little snap connectors are securely fastened. No metal contact prongs are bent and everything is clean of dirt and debris.
does it display your IMEI *#06#?
maybe some NV_DATA corrupted or it can be hardware issue
Does indeed show imei and I had it checked for lost / stolen / blacklist by Verizon. At the store now to get it checked out.
And that is actually meid that that code pulls.
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And the verizon store could not do any good. Has anyone ever ordered a replacement back casing from ebay or anywhere else on the web? Im thinking it may be a ribbon cable somewhere. Maybe even the bottom board that houses the headphone jack and a series of winding antenna leads.
I am still open to suggestion though so anyone with any information on the matter please let me know.
EDIT: Been looking at Cell phone repair shop and they have the antenna / headphone replacement in stock. They also have the back mid frame with all the antennas on it as well.
I feel like this is a 50/50 shot in the dark as to which part i need to fix this problem. Gonna give them a call tomorrow and see.
I've ordered a new mid frame in the hopes that there is a torn ribbon cable somewhere in the old one. I'm still not certain that's what it is though.
Anyone with some insight please get back to me.
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Bump.
Still need some help guys. This is a very perplexing problem that i would like to fix.
Anyone? Mods? Admins? Devs? I need some help here. Don't let me down xda!!!
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sounds like a unconnected/torn radio cable to me.
Zepius said:
sounds like a unconnected/torn radio cable to me.
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I've been all through the device and checked all the connections and hardware. Everything has a firm connection and is in top shape. I even replaced the back midframe cover with a brand spanking new (OEM Samsung) one. Its behaving like a software problem in that I can toggle between 3G and 4G and get 3G for a brief moment and can even call out, but the moment that someone answers the call it drops service and i have to start the process all over again.
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I've been all through the device and checked all the connections and hardware. Everything has a firm connection and is in top shape. I even replaced the back midframe cover with a brand spanking new (OEM Samsung) one. Its behaving like a software problem in that I can toggle between 3G and 4G and get 3G for a brief moment and can even call out, but the moment that someone answers the call it drops service and i have to start the process all over again.
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Try fastboot flashing the factory images from google.
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blackhand1001 said:
Try fastboot flashing the factory images from google.
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I've done this as well several times. 4.2.2 and 4.2.1 and yes i made sure i had the correct firmware for my version of the phone. Verizon toro.
Edit: Has anyone ever sent in their phone to Samsung for RMA? I called and talked to someone and tried to work through the problem and she came to the conclusion that I should send it in at no cost and that I wouldn't be charged anything unless I authorized them payment before. Essentially they will run through the phone and check everything out for free and see if it can be fixed.
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I've done this as well several times. 4.2.2 and 4.2.1 and yes i made sure i had the correct firmware for my version of the phone. Verizon toro.
Edit: Has anyone ever sent in their phone to Samsung for RMA? I called and talked to someone and tried to work through the problem and she came to the conclusion that I should send it in at no cost and that I wouldn't be charged anything unless I authorized them payment before. Essentially they will run through the phone and check everything out for free and see if it can be fixed.
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I did the same thing. Bought one from ebay in good shape. Was told it functions. I have the HTC Rezound so the sim wouldnt fit. Went to Verizon and they put in the mini sim and no service. Reset the phone and even tried a new sim. I have since tried different roms and radios, but still no service. Luckily the seller has a 100% guarantee so looks like this one is going back. From what I have read, these are prone to radio issues.
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I did the same thing. Bought one from ebay in good shape. Was told it functions. I have the HTC Rezound so the sim wouldnt fit. Went to Verizon and they put in the mini sim and no service. Reset the phone and even tried a new sim. I have since tried different roms and radios, but still no service. Luckily the seller has a 100% guarantee so looks like this one is going back. From what I have read, these are prone to radio issues.
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Yeah. I've read multiple threads about radio issues, but here's the thing. Every one of them claiming to have signal issues also had the random reboot issue. They all were even having problems flashing any Roms or anything else for that matter.
I on the other hand have had zero problems flashing anything. Fastboot works 100%, Recovery flash works 100% and I can unlock and lock the boot loader without issue. Its an odd problem.
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Yeah. I've read multiple threads about radio issues, but here's the thing. Every one of them claiming to have signal issues also had the random reboot issue. They all were even having problems flashing any Roms or anything else for that matter.
I on the other hand have had zero problems flashing anything. Fastboot works 100%, Recovery flash works 100% and I can unlock and lock the boot loader without issue. Its an odd problem.
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I've had an issue flashing, it would abort for no reason. I would also have issues getting into CWM. After playing around with it all night, I don't think its a software issue. I've been reading the antenna has given other people issues and some have even tried to replace them. a Rep from Verizon thought it was the sim reader. I don't believe that because the phone registers a sim and the number tied to it (which is my number). Under status, I does read different every time.
Network: searching for service
Signal strength is usually at: -120dBm 99asu
Mobile network type: (varies) CDMA - 1xRTT:7 or LTE: 13 or unavailable
Service state: out of service
Roaming: not roaming
Mobile network state: (varies) Disconnected or Connected
I've tried different combos such as CDMA and Home LTE Automatic and so on. I think its just a poor design. Seems to be only the CDMA devices tho.
Did OP ever arrive at a solution or at least pinpoint the cause of this problem? I am currently experiencing a pretty much identical problem to the one described (with the exception that I don't even get a 3G signal -- complete lack of signal). My problem started after a brief Airplane mode toggle yesterday and I haven't been able to get on the network since.
Thanks.
I think it's a hardware problem tbh.
I modded mine to work with the palm pre touchstone inductive charging kit. In the process wires were soldered, rear housings were mutilated and the phone was tortured a bit. I was never happy with Samsung's **** build quality so I eventually just ditched it altogether.
I decided to repair it and give it to a family member so I replaced the back housing and USB port with parts ordered off ebay. Ever since my repair work the thing cosmetically looks almost mint. However no OS will recognize it anymore (windows throws an "invalid descriptor" and won't install a driver) and 3G/4G/wifi reception is almost nonexistent. Switching roms or radios doesn't seem to help, and obviously I can't odin a factory image. Pretty much boned.
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Did OP ever arrive at a solution or at least pinpoint the cause of this problem? I am currently experiencing a pretty much identical problem to the one described (with the exception that I don't even get a 3G signal -- complete lack of signal). My problem started after a brief Airplane mode toggle yesterday and I haven't been able to get on the network since.
Thanks.
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Had a similar problem in regards to a lack of signal. It just completely gave out while driving a couple days ago (interestingly enough, the music I was streaming via Soundcloud stopped right as I passed the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, which ironically is a 4G dead zone for Verizon). This was a refurbished replacement device that I got about 15 months ago, and was running the latest OmniMetal rom flawlessly for the last few months.
I arrived at this thread and followed all the steps that OP took to try and fix it. Ended up reverting to an earlier 4.2.2 rom and reflashed the radios thinking that might solve the problem. Upon reboot was able to connect to mobile data and make phone calls briefly, but about an hour later the same thing happened. Brought it to the store and swapped out the SIM card for a new one, no dice.
Fortunately VZW is doing open enrolment for phone insurance, so I added it for $10/month to get an extended warranty. Now I'm going to restore everything to stock, lock the bootloader and send it back for a new one. Assuming there are no problems with the replacement, I can cancel the insurance plan, bringing the cost of the replacement Gnex to just 10 bucks.
Was anyone out there able to successfully modify the radio hardware for cheap?
coltronathon said:
I think it's a hardware problem tbh.
I modded mine to work with the palm pre touchstone inductive charging kit. In the process wires were soldered, rear housings were mutilated and the phone was tortured a bit. I was never happy with Samsung's **** build quality so I eventually just ditched it altogether.
I decided to repair it and give it to a family member so I replaced the back housing and USB port with parts ordered off ebay. Ever since my repair work the thing cosmetically looks almost mint. However no OS will recognize it anymore (windows throws an "invalid descriptor" and won't install a driver) and 3G/4G/wifi reception is almost nonexistent. Switching roms or radios doesn't seem to help, and obviously I can't odin a factory image. Pretty much boned.
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I did the same mod, and other than losing my pc connection (which frankly is never needed) it's been great. You have to be very careful and take your time. I'm not even convinced that my pc connection issues are related to the Palm mod, I think they just happened to coincide. Either way, I don't need it so I never bothered tracing it down.
I just purchased this phone a week ago off of Craigslist, the phone worked great up until today. I noticed that I didn't have any service. I use a microcell at home so it was no big deal, thought that it had messed up like it does every now and again, however I got out to town where I usually have near full signal and still had none. I opened up settings and "Mobile Data" was turned off, I tried to toggle it back on and it will not allow me to do this. I went in to the "About Phone" part of the settings and the phone shows "Unknown" for cell phone number and IMEI.
This is the stock AT&T version G Pro that has not been rooted. I contacted AT&T thinking this may be a sim card problem or maybe I bought a stolen phone, but everything on their end seemed to be clean. I tried out a friends sim card and still had no luck. Called LG and they said I would need to send it in with a receipt. I don't have a receipt and I won't pay for them to repair the phone, because I'm sure the bill will wind up being more than the phone is worth.
Has anyone else had this problem? Are their any fixes anyone can think of that doesn't involve rooting the device? If not, what steps will I need to take to recover my IMEI so that the phone will actually make/receive phone calls and texts?
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I just purchased this phone a week ago off of Craigslist, the phone worked great up until today. I noticed that I didn't have any service. I use a microcell at home so it was no big deal, thought that it had messed up like it does every now and again, however I got out to town where I usually have near full signal and still had none. I opened up settings and "Mobile Data" was turned off, I tried to toggle it back on and it will not allow me to do this. I went in to the "About Phone" part of the settings and the phone shows "Unknown" for cell phone number and IMEI.
This is the stock AT&T version G Pro that has not been rooted. I contacted AT&T thinking this may be a sim card problem or maybe I bought a stolen phone, but everything on their end seemed to be clean. I tried out a friends sim card and still had no luck. Called LG and they said I would need to send it in with a receipt. I don't have a receipt and I won't pay for them to repair the phone, because I'm sure the bill will wind up being more than the phone is worth.
Has anyone else had this problem? Are their any fixes anyone can think of that doesn't involve rooting the device? If not, what steps will I need to take to recover my IMEI so that the phone will actually make/receive phone calls and texts?
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Are YOU SURE you did not do anything to the phone? Cause loosing an IMEI requires the USER to do something wrong, like flashing other carrier Versions.
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Are YOU SURE you did not do anything to the phone? Cause loosing an IMEI requires the USER to do something wrong, like flashing other carrier Versions.
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I've had my phone do that before. Wasn't rooted or hacked in any way. I didn't even know of a way to do it. What fixed mine was a **** load of factory resets. And I mean a **** LOAD!!! Luckily it came back and I've been good ever since. Don't know what happened or how but that was very weird.
Note to the wise: I don't care who says what about what! NEVER buy a phone off of craigslist or from anyone for that matter other than a carrier or authorized reseller. Because when it breaks, you can't do **** about it!
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Are YOU SURE you did not do anything to the phone? Cause loosing an IMEI requires the USER to do something wrong, like flashing other carrier Versions.
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Well I have no reason to lie about something like this. I've only rooted one phone of the dozen or so I've owned and that was a old Galaxy Note.
This morning when I got home from work the phone had 76% battery left, woke up and it was dead. It powered up and showed 2% battery. I went into battery under settings, android system used 26% of the battery. Not sure that's enough to drain the batter while I was asleep.
Must be something definitely wrong in the phone.
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I've had my phone do that before. Wasn't rooted or hacked in any way. I didn't even know of a way to do it. What fixed mine was a **** load of factory resets. And I mean a **** LOAD!!! Luckily it came back and I've been good ever since. Don't know what happened or how but that was very weird.
Note to the wise: I don't care who says what about what! NEVER buy a phone off of craigslist or from anyone for that matter other than a carrier or authorized reseller. Because when it breaks, you can't do **** about it!
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Yeah, lesson learned. Craigslist is usually where I do my cell phone trading and buying.
I'll keep trying resets to see if this fixes the problem. Thanks!
Try to re flash a stock using an LG flash tool it might work as what other users did on their G Pro have the same issues
Still haven't found anything that works.
I'm guessing something has malfunctioned in the phone.
Hi All,
My Samsung SX II SGH-T989D is not booting up. I put it in charging and few hours when i checked, it was switched. When i tried switching it on, its not at all booting up.
I am in India and the phone was bought in Canada. So samsung service centres will not do anything to repair it.
Can anybody help me whether its is dead forever or something can be done to bring it back to life?
Thanks
Indumathi said:
Hi All,
My Samsung SX II SGH-T989D is not booting up. I put it in charging and few hours when i checked, it was switched. When i tried switching it on, its not at all booting up.
I am in India and the phone was bought in Canada. So samsung service centres will not do anything to repair it.
Can anybody help me whether its is dead forever or something can be done to bring it back to life?
Thanks
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does it vibrate? battery may have shorted/died
Fasted12 said:
does it vibrate? battery may have shorted/died
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No it doesn't. I checked the battery with 2 to 3 service centers and it is in good condition according to them.
Indumathi said:
No it doesn't. I checked the battery with 2 to 3 service centers and it is in good condition according to them.
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Did you ever spill water inside? Maybe defective hardware.
Charger could be messed up, try a different cable.