Hello all, my wife's kindle fire will not charge. I have tried using AC and USB power, but no luck. I have an older version of FireFireFire, so it did not charge correctly when it was almost dead. Do you have nay suggestions? I tried plugging it into a USB port and leaving it there for about an hour, but it will not turn on. If it does, it only stays on for like 2 seconds. Please help!
Does the Charging port seem loose? Mine was loose and. Just told amazon and they sent me a neone
I tried that but now it won't even boot up. Is it possible this thing is bricked?
Are you using the stock AC charger? My cheapie Micro-b from eBay broke within a month. At first I thought it was something wrong with the kindle, but switching back to the stock charger fixed all my problems.
Yeah we tried the stock charger too...
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So I have absolutely no experience whatsover with rooting anything, or any of that shennanigans, but I have just had the same problem, and here is what I did.
-Took it to an electronics shop. Apparently they often have loose connections, so tried to get that fixed up, they did that and it didn't work, so now they think it's the battery. This would have cost me $120 if it did work, which is more than i paid for the kindle second hand, but i didn't care bc I was going overseas in four days and I just wanted it to work.
-Called Amazon.If it's still within the warranty period then this is fine. They will just send you a new one, then you have 30 days to mail back the old one. If it's not under the warranty period, it will cost you $100 for the same deal. They replace it with a new model even if you have the old one which is nice, and they don't really look at them when they get them, so it shouldn't matter if it's been rooted/opened etc. The only thing is that you have to have actually registered the kindle with amazon at some point, which was a problem bc I bought mine already rooted. Also they only send to the US. Also a problem for me....
I realise that this may not have been the type of help you are looking for, but it's all I got.
I was thinking about removing the battery and charging it some other way but I'm not sure what to do right now. It sucks to have a paperweight
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Trying to force charge by inserting wire will only damage the primary cell because it then becomes the resister without normal constraints you may be able to charge it to 47% or so but the damage to the primary cell will require that the battery is replaced. Search google batteries are not that expensive somewhere in the 50$ range. As far as replacing them it`s just a matter of carefully removing the back cover disconnecting and unsticking the old one and installing the new.
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Hello and thanks for all help in advance. I've been using my Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 for almost four months now without any problems, but when I woke up this morning, the phone was off, would not turn on, would not charge, would not be recognized by any computer I plugged it into, and it would not boot into recovery mode. My phone would reboot randomly a while back, but that had stopped for a long time.There are not any close Samsung service centers where I live, and so that's a last resort. I tried calling local repair shops, and when I explained the problem to them, they told me that the "CPU was dead", and that "they would need to reprogram it", which would take a week. Is there any truth to this? Any ideas on what I should do?
Your phone probably had a sudden death ( unfortunately this is happening alot ) your mother board is fried and it's not cheap (around 200 $) you should contact Samsung and get a replacement
.. you were on 4.1.1 right?
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How the he. ll are they going to reprogram a dead cpu? That makes 0 sense:what: And yes if you were running version 4.1.1 then it's most likely suffered sds.
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Guys I have a big problem..
My cellphone gt 7100 note 2 is not giving battery backup and also not charging even..
I put my phone for charge while its switched on it takes 10 hours to be in 30 % charged.. and while its switched off it charges 60 % only.. what to do pls tell me.
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Yeah, I'm pretty sure now that it's sudden death syndrome. Thanks for the help guys. The guy was probably going to take the phone, order a
replacement motherboard and install it, and charge me extra. I'll contact a service center and order a replacement motherboard.
You can try to use a soft tooth brush to clean the USB port.
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Hello and thanks for all help in advance. I've been using my Galaxy Note II GT-N7100 for almost four months now without any problems, but when I woke up this morning, the phone was off, would not turn on, would not charge, would not be recognized by any computer I plugged it into, and it would not boot into recovery mode. My phone would reboot randomly a while back, but that had stopped for a long time.There are not any close Samsung service centers where I live, and so that's a last resort. I tried calling local repair shops, and when I explained the problem to them, they told me that the "CPU was dead", and that "they would need to reprogram it", which would take a week. Is there any truth to this? Any ideas on what I should do?
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Hey there, my sgn2 n7100 had the same problem before, I tried everything, even disassembled the phone apart, but it was still won't turn on or charge, won't be recognized by pc or Mac. One day when I repaired my mom's iPhone 4 touch screen, I found out that the USB port was so dusty. I thought may be it's all because the USB port was dusty then I picked up my sgn2 and used a soft tooth brush with a little pure alcohol to clean every corner of the USB port. Guess what? After 15 minutes I connected my phone with the USB wall charger, my sgn2 just started to charge again. Trust me guys, try to use a soft brush to clean the USB port before you give your phone to the repair store or somewhere else. Good luck!! Hope it helps.
I am reading about N7100 USB ports failing quite a bit. If your phone is charging extremely slowly, or intermittently, I suggest maybe investing $15 for a replacement part ($11 inc. postage) and the tools* to replace it ($4 for a mini slim-jim and screwdriver), if the alternative options are much more expensive.
* If you've already got a little phillips-head screwdriver, you can make a slim-jim / lever tool just by sharpening an old credit card.
So I just got this phone today from ebay and it doesn't come with the original charger , I have phew cables from my old lg and others phone which using the same port , the thing is when I try to charge it , I plugged in and the screen will not turn off , I tried to press the power button but a few seccond it turned itself back on,its keep doing that and somethings it even changed to dock mode and then disconnect even though it still plug in , HElP , what do I do now ?
you bought an incomplete phone on Ebay, and its acting weirdly....why are you surprised?
take it to an ATT store and let them look at it; they can probably sell you a OEM cable/charger, if you think thats the problem..it could be a 100 different things....
Wase is right, it could be 100 different things. I would be taking it to att for evaluation amd/or contacting the seller on ebay. You may have got hosed.
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Buyer beware here...
It is nearly impossible to answer your questions when the device conditions are unknown...g
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Could be just charger. Older ones seem to not charge it fast enough to power it on. Take it to att.
It could be the flux capacitor? ....did you examine it?
Hi All,
About a year ago, I bought an HTC One X from Three UK. I recently came to China on holiday and bought an external battery pack from a market stall. Everything seemed to be going well until one day I plugged my phone into the external battery pack and it suddenly died even though it was on ~50% charge, it wouldn't boot and it wouldn't charge when plugged into a power supply (no red LED shining). No combination of pressing buttons would work, so I decided to get it fixed.
I went to a repair guy in China who said that he would charge me if he could repair my phone, but no charge if he couldn't. He disassembled my phone but was unable to fix my phone. He said the problem was that the motherboard was 'burnt' (I'm not sure if the literal translation is correct), and that it would cost 70% of the original phone's value to repair (although he could be wrong about my motherboard being dead)
Now my dilemma is this: I'm not sure if I should send it to Three UK or ask another cheap repair shop in the UK. The problem with sending it to Three UK is I'm not sure whether they will repair it or not - my phone is completely dead and I don't know whether they will count that as improper usage. Also, now that my phone has been opened, will the repair center be able to tell that my phone has been opened before (I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to open up the HTC One X) and then deny my warranty?
Thanks for any help that you guys can give me!
~DarkyHero
DarkyHero said:
Hi All,
About a year ago, I bought an HTC One X from Three UK. I recently came to China on holiday and bought an external battery pack from a market stall. Everything seemed to be going well until one day I plugged my phone into the external battery pack and it suddenly died even though it was on ~50% charge, it wouldn't boot and it wouldn't charge when plugged into a power supply (no red LED shining). No combination of pressing buttons would work, so I decided to get it fixed.
I went to a repair guy in China who said that he would charge me if he could repair my phone, but no charge if he couldn't. He disassembled my phone but was unable to fix my phone. He said the problem was that the motherboard was 'burnt' (I'm not sure if the literal translation is correct), and that it would cost 70% of the original phone's value to repair (although he could be wrong about my motherboard being dead)
Now my dilemma is this: I'm not sure if I should send it to Three UK or ask another cheap repair shop in the UK. The problem with sending it to Three UK is I'm not sure whether they will repair it or not - my phone is completely dead and I don't know whether they will count that as improper usage. Also, now that my phone has been opened, will the repair center be able to tell that my phone has been opened before (I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to open up the HTC One X) and then deny my warranty?
Thanks for any help that you guys can give me!
~DarkyHero
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Have you tried plugging it in to a wall charger for a day or so?
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Have you tried plugging it in to a wall charger for a day or so?
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I haven't but I probably let it charge a while after my HTC One X died. Out of curiosity, why one day? It seems an awfully long time.
I'll plug it in now, and when should I take if off the wall charger? Also, what signs should I be looking for?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
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I haven't but I probably let it charge a while after my HTC One X died. Out of curiosity, why one day? It seems an awfully long time.
I'll plug it in now, and when should I take if off the wall charger? Also, what signs should I be looking for?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
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I'm hoping for a blast of life. I once thought I hardbricked mine, I left it in the wall charger and it booted up in the bootloader after being in the charger for a day. Reflashed my rom and boot.img and never have i had problems. I suggest trying to boot the phone up after a day or so, if this will not work try and charge it again and acces the bootloader right away. If you can access the bootloader you can flash custom software. Does the red LED show if you charge it? Can't you acces the bootloader at all?
Oh ok, so am I hoping for it to suddenly turn on or am I hoping that after a day or so I will be able to boot into bootloader?
I have not really used it or charged it since my phone died, but the red LED doesn't show if I charge it and I cannot access bootloader
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Oh ok, so am I hoping for it to suddenly turn on or am I hoping that after a day or so I will be able to boot into bootloader?
I have not really used it or charged it since my phone died, but the red LED doesn't show if I charge it and I cannot access bootloader
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Yes just leave it be, it's all the advice I can give to you right now.. Try it and if it doesn't work you can always get a replacement. This is a weird issue though, I also had a HTC sensation which behaved the same. Left it overnight on charger and it booted to bootloader, then I used a battery script to charge it up while it's restarting to bootloader.
Just leave it on the charger for a day or overnight, see if it turns on
The same thing happened to my previous One XL. In my case I flashed a recovery, had to reboot and the phone just "died". It wouldn't charge or turn on. Not even after charging overnight. It took a JTAG repair to bring it back to life.
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Okay, so a while back I had this same problem. My phone turned off, and whenever I plugged it in to charge it did not seem to be charging, odd. The red light was not coming on either. I was told to do 2 things, i cant remember which order so try both.
Option 1:
Plug your phone into your turned on computer with the USB cable and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge using the wall charger.
Option 2 (not likely to work):
Plug your phone into your wall socket with the USB cable and wall charger and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge through your turned on computer using the USB cable.
If neither of these work (as dumb as this may sound)turn off your phone and put your phone in the freezer for 15-30 minutes (This is done to discharge the battery, wont break your phone). When you've left it there for your chosen time, try option 1 again. If that doesn't work, turn the phone off again and put it back in the freezer for the same time and try option 2. If they don't work, i'm sorry I don't know how to help you.
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Yes just leave it be, it's all the advice I can give to you right now.. Try it and if it doesn't work you can always get a replacement. This is a weird issue though, I also had a HTC sensation which behaved the same. Left it overnight on charger and it booted to bootloader, then I used a battery script to charge it up while it's restarting to bootloader.
Just leave it on the charger for a day or overnight, see if it turns on
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Thanks, when you say it booted to bootloader, do you mean you had to press some button combination and it went into bootloader mode or did you wake up and your phone just happened to be in bootloader mode?
Also, would opening up the phone void the warranty? Because, if so, I'm not sure I will be able to get a replacement.
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
hf_onyx said:
The same thing happened to my previous One XL. In my case I flashed a recovery, had to reboot and the phone just "died". It wouldn't charge or turn on. Not even after charging overnight. It took a JTAG repair to bring it back to life.
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Thanks, what exactly is a JTAG repair?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
Mantenner said:
Okay, so a while back I had this same problem. My phone turned off, and whenever I plugged it in to charge it did not seem to be charging, odd. The red light was not coming on either. I was told to do 2 things, i cant remember which order so try both.
Option 1:
Plug your phone into your turned on computer with the USB cable and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge using the wall charger.
Option 2 (not likely to work):
Plug your phone into your wall socket with the USB cable and wall charger and leave it there to charge until the red light comes on (leave for 1-2 hours, more if you feel it necessary), then quickly put it on charge through your turned on computer using the USB cable.
If neither of these work (as dumb as this may sound)turn off your phone and put your phone in the freezer for 15-30 minutes (This is done to discharge the battery, wont break your phone). When you've left it there for your chosen time, try option 1 again. If that doesn't work, turn the phone off again and put it back in the freezer for the same time and try option 2. If they don't work, i'm sorry I don't know how to help you.
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Thanks, I'll leave my phone plugged in to my laptop and come back to it in a few hours.
Which problem would your solution be fixing? Would it be trying to fix the battery? Because, apparently, the problem with my phone is the dead motherboard
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
Yeh it would be for fixing the barging issue of the battery
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Mantenner said:
Yeh it would be for fixing the barging issue of the battery
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'Barging'? But surely fixing the battery wouldn't fix the motherboard?
Sorry, I'm slightly confused, please could you explain?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
Sorry I meant charging. I found it hard to believe that your motherboard was the problem, but if you're sure that's the issue then don't bother trying my suggestion. That really sucks man, how'd it happen?
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I think everyone is kinda missing the point here, the OP made reference to an external battery pack from a market stall which seems to be what killed the handset. Coupled with the fact that a seemingly reasonable repair shop, they didn't charge any money, said the board was dead I think it's safe to assume that the external battery pack was the wrong voltage/amperage or it was faulty. And just in case you do try to charge it, on the slim chance the shop was wrong about the board, it's no good charging on your laptop, you need to plug it into wall charger.
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I think everyone is kinda missing the point here, the OP made reference to an external battery pack from a market stall which seems to be what killed the handset. Coupled with the fact that a seemingly reasonable repair shop, they didn't charge any money, said the board was dead I think it's safe to assume that the external battery pack was the wrong voltage/amperage or it was faulty. And just in case you do try to charge it, on the slim chance the shop was wrong about the board, it's no good charging on your laptop, you need to plug it into wall charger.
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Yes, thank you so much, you are the first person to pick up on that!
I did leave my phone plugged into my laptop for a few hours, but no red charging LED. I also left my phone plugged into the wall charger overnight, but also no red charging LED. Does this confirm my fear that my motherboard is completely dead?
The guy I went to seemed reasonable, but he didn't seem 100% reliable. He didn't have a manual of the HTC One X up on his computer screen or anywhere, he just went straight in, although it might just be me being the skeptical one. I would say I don't completely trust him, so should I go to another cheap repair shop in the UK or just send it to Three and hope they don't notice the phone has already been opened?
Thanks,
~DarkEddy
Anything is worth a try if it isn't going to cost you money, although I must say I have seen a number of cases of external battery packs frying boards. I would say three would be your best option if it's still under warranty, but the there is a screw inside that has a seal over it and if that screw was removed then they will notice the broken seal, unless they are blind. They look for things like that so they can get out of repairing handsets free of charge. If the phone is dead you don't really have anything to lose. The only other option is sell it for parts
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Anything is worth a try if it isn't going to cost you money, although I must say I have seen a number of cases of external battery packs frying boards. I would say three would be your best option if it's still under warranty, but the there is a screw inside that has a seal over it and if that screw was removed then they will notice the broken seal, unless they are blind. They look for things like that so they can get out of repairing handsets free of charge. If the phone is dead you don't really have anything to lose. The only other option is sell it for parts
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Thanks so much for your advice!
When you say you've seen a number of similar cases, do you often repair mobile phones or as a job?
If I do send it in to Three for repair, and they notice the broken seal, how much will they charge me to repair it or will they even give me this option at all?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
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Thanks so much for your advice!
When you say you've seen a number of similar cases, do you often repair mobile phones or as a job?
If I do send it in to Three for repair, and they notice the broken seal, how much will they charge me to repair it or will they even give me this option at all?
Thanks,
~DarkyHero
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This is your second thread on this issue, why not continue in the other thread...I reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44370602#post44370602
To answer you dilemma directly, send it to Three and play dumb as a post. You have no idea what they're talking about...did they sell you a refurbished phone? You're outraged, blah blah.
Or you might try going to HTC directly.
With either or, I would simply leave out the details. You plugged it in to charge, which you did, and it just died. Poof. Gone.
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This is your second thread on this issue, why not continue in the other thread...I reference http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44370602#post44370602
To answer you dilemma directly, send it to Three and play dumb as a post. You have no idea what they're talking about...did they sell you a refurbished phone? You're outraged, blah blah.
Or you might try going to HTC directly.
With either or, I would simply leave out the details. You plugged it in to charge, which you did, and it just died. Poof. Gone.
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I suppose I should have continued in the other thread, I just thought my post was a bit cumbersome and overloaded with excess information.
Three did send me a refurbished phone when they weren't able to repair my previous HTC One X, but I'm pretty sure they would have tidied up the internals as well (adding their seals)??? They even sent it to me with some blue plastic tape covering the back and sides of the phone.
I could try going to HTC directly, but I suppose it would be more complicated than just asking Three, so I'll do what you said and hope for the best
Thanks,
~DarkEddy
Hello, I have an sgh-i747 it was running task650s rom and one day it just randomly shut off. I tried everything and was told to buy a jig to put the phone into download mode. I bought a jig, plugged it in, still nothing. When I plug it into the computer it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD #3 (im using a mac).
What should I do next? All I did was plug the jig into the USB but nothing happened.
This is the jig I bought
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/271353549321?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
anyone?
n023b said:
Hello, I have an sgh-i747 it was running task650s rom and one day it just randomly shut off. I tried everything and was told to buy a jig to put the phone into download mode. I bought a jig, plugged it in, still nothing. When I plug it into the computer it shows up as QHSUSB_DLOAD #3 (im using a mac).
What should I do next? All I did was plug the jig into the USB but nothing happened.
This is the jig I bought
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Is your warranty up? Did you try a different battery? Sounds like a hardware failure. How long were you running tasks650 before the problem occurred? Did you flash the ROM that is specific to AT&T? You could try contacting josh at mobiletechvideos.com. Head to his site and chat with him as he's quite knowledgeable. I don't use a mac so i'd have no idea what that error code means. Sorry i wasn't much help. Good luck
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Is your warranty up? Did you try a different battery? Sounds like a hardware failure. How long were you running tasks650 before the problem occurred? Did you flash the ROM that is specific to AT&T? You could try contacting josh at mobiletechvideos.com. Head to his site and chat with him as he's quite knowledgeable. I don't use a mac so i'd have no idea what that error code means. Sorry i wasn't much help. Good luck
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-Warranty is long gone.
-Yup tried a different battery and a different charger
-I've been running the rom for over 2 years
-Yes it was the correct one
-tHANKS ill give him a try
-I dont think its an error code its just what the device shows up in mac
When I plug in the phone without the battery the orange light pops up does that mean its not a charging problem?
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When I plug in the phone without the battery the orange light pops up does that mean its not a charging problem?
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It does sound like a hardware rather than firmware issue. Did you try another battery in the phone or try the current battery in another device? If it isn't something as simple as a completely dead battery, it could be a short somewhere on the motherboard.
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It does sound like a hardware rather than firmware issue. Did you try another battery in the phone or try the current battery in another device? If it isn't something as simple as a completely dead battery, it could be a short somewhere on the motherboard.
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Yup tried another battery and tried the current battery in another phone and it worked fine.
I did change the sim card reader when I first got the phone like 2 years ago maybe something is shorting out the MB now I'll check it out
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Yup tried another battery and tried the current battery in another phone and it worked fine.
I did change the sim card reader when I first got the phone like 2 years ago maybe something is shorting out the MB now I'll check it out
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I just got my phone back from Josh. My power button was shorted on the board so he fixed me right up. The symptoms on my phone were it would get to Samsung screen and subsequently power off. Same in DL mode so it could very well be that your power button is shorted in a manner which it just won't power on at all. Hopefully that's all it is. 40 bucks and you're back up and running
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I just got my phone back from Josh. My power button was shorted on the board so he fixed me right up. The symptoms on my phone were it would get to Samsung screen and subsequently power off. Same in DL mode so it could very well be that your power button is shorted in a manner which it just won't power on at all. Hopefully that's all it is. 40 bucks and you're back up and running
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Thanks but I think I'll just sell it for parts/not working I have a nexus 5 now and don't want to go through the hassle of having it fixed
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Thanks but I think I'll just sell it for parts/not working I have a nexus 5 now and don't want to go through the hassle of having it fixed
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I'm thinking about getting away from Samsung next go around and thinking about the nexus. What do you think? You like nexus better than s3?
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I'm thinking about getting away from Samsung next go around and thinking about the nexus. What do you think? You like nexus better than s3?
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No complaints here. Its better in mostly every way (battery life, speed, looks etc). Best part is not having to put a custom rom on it since its a nexus. Only thing the Galaxy beats it in is that it has a removable battery so you could carry around two batteries. I got a 2amp car charger and the phone charges pretty quickly on the car charger and home charger.