So I replacef the LCD screen on my p930. re assembled everything and it does not turn on. i don't feel that click when i hold the power button, If i plug the phone into a AC charger and hold the power button i get 3 blinking keys on the phone.I can't even get the phone to vibrate like when it normally powers on. Anyone have any ideas of what this could be?
Try to open it up again and double check your work, Something might have come loose.
Before you changed the screen was it working properly? Why did the screen break? Was it dropped?
The battery is beyond dead. Let the phone charge for a day, if it hasn't come on by then look at all connections u touched. Last case is try another battery you know works.
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did you make sure all the snap connectors were on properly and none of the ribbons were damaged?
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if you didn't connect the new lcd properly its not going to come on, also the new one might be defective, did you get it on ebay?
did you make sure you have the right screen? taking the phone apart and putting it back togethere there is alot you can miss or go wrong, when i did mine i was so careful it took me multiple hours, i took my time with every detail these things are worth 400-700 depending on who you ask either way you can't rush it
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Try to open it up again and double check your work, Something might have come loose.
Before you changed the screen was it working properly? no, i had to replace the digitizer as well
Why did the screen break? Was it dropped? yes, from about knee level onto cement.
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The battery is beyond dead. Let the phone charge for a day, if it hasn't come on by then look at all connections u touched. Last case is try another battery you know works.
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This. Try this before you go tearing your phone all apart just to find that everything is put together correctly.
Plug it in and leave it plugged in for 10-15 at the minimum before you try using it. If the phone shuts itself down due to the battery running completely down, it will be completely unresponsive to anything unless plugged in; at which point it will only flash the bottom keys when you try to turn it on. Once it gets a little bit of charge to it, it should boot right up.
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I flashed Codename Android onto my Verizon Nexus and it worked fine, minus a little battery drain from Maps. A couple days later, the battery drains all the way and when I plug it in, nothing happens. No charging icon, no indicator light, nothing. No button combinations get the phone or screen on. I let it "charge" completely overnight, but still nothing turns the phone on. I know the charge is good because I use it with an S3 as well.
Anything I should try, or is completely dead?
Maybe adb it, it might work
Sorry I don't have the device just trying to help it happened to my dhd but turns out it was a brick
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Try following this step
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Thanks for that link! I will definitely have to try that if the problem happens again.
I connected it to the computer and nothing happened, so I took the battery out and got the connector pins wet hoping for a last ditch effort. Nothing happened, so I pressed the battery into the pins as hard as I could, and the phone turned on! I guess the pins are getting worn or something. I'll have to make a spacer so that they press closer together.
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Thanks for that link! I will definitely have to try that if the problem happens again.
I connected it to the computer and nothing happened, so I took the battery out and got the connector pins wet hoping for a last ditch effort. Nothing happened, so I pressed the battery into the pins as hard as I could, and the phone turned on! I guess the pins are getting worn or something. I'll have to make a spacer so that they press closer together.
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That's great! I'm glad you solved your problem!
I'm hard of hearing and so I need to use an alarm clock that features a vibrating pad that gets placed under my pillow, so I can wake up without having to wake up the entire neighbourhood as well. But, a vibrating pad has it's life cycle and while I was caught in a waiting time for its replacement I used my HTC Desire as an vibrating device.
So after 1 week of having it under my pillow the following morning I found it frozen. I took off the battery and tried a reboot only to find I was being kept booted into HBOOT. Since the combination to trigger that was to power-up the phone when simultaneously holding the VOL DN key thought the problem was with the volume keys.
After a little bit of a research I found an HTC Desire disassembly video that is a perfect guide as to how to dissasemble the phone. Having the phone all disassembled I placed over a towel and left it there for 1-2 days to get it dried up. After re-assembling it, it still wasn't working.
Then I put it inside a bag along with several paper enclosures of Silica Gel for another couple of days. That did not also bring the desired result.
So failing those two approaches I ordered a replacement Flex Board from eBay, which, to my dissapointment, also didn't bring the desired result.
The phone is S-OFF and was running CyanogenMod very happily.
So, I'm practically about to dump the HTC Desire for another phone, quite most probably an HTC One V or an HTC One VX. But before doing so I would like some opinions as to what else should I try before doing so, or if there is some kind of troubleshooting as to locate the exact source of the problem.
I did some research here and found some the HTC Desire (Bravo) Troubleshooting Guide that already suggests some methods to try. So, with your permission, I will document here my experience trying to salvage it BUT I'm also ASKING for your suggestions on what to try to eliminate the humidity or what you think could be the faulty part of it (provided I've already changed a flex board).
Hmm.. Silica gel is the best thing you could have used for humidity. I don't think that is the problem here.
Does your phone show any sign of life? A led, or something?
Put the phone in a socks and then putit in bag with rice and let him there for 24 hours.
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Hmm.. Silica gel is the best thing you could have used for humidity. I don't think that is the problem here.
Does your phone show any sign of life? A led, or something?
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If the phone is turned off with the its battery in place and then plugged in it's USB port then it behaves as it would behave normally when charging. An orange colored led shows while it charging and a green led when it has been fully charged.
If I press the power button I will get in the HBOOT screen and if I plug the USB cable it will go into HBOOT USB PLUG. With and without the cable it's totally unresponsive from any input from any button at all. Also, I don't know why, while it's in the HBOOT screen after a while the phone will become hot, but that could be related to HBOOT's screen being almost totally white.
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Put the phone in a socks and then putit in bag with rice and let him there for 24 hours.
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Will do and I will post back the results.
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Put the phone in a socks and then putit in bag with rice and let him there for 24 hours.
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After 24+ hours in a sock, and within a bag or rice my phone keeps booting into the HBOOT, all keys still unresponsive. I've even powered up my phone without the housing in place an the volume keys when in mid-air.
So, another idea? Anyone?
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
So you can't get into CWM or TWRP? And what Galaxy S3 Variant are you using?
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Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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I have taken the battery out and plugged the phone straight into the computer and all that i get is a red light where the notification light is and then it disappears.
As for age, its a little over a year old.
I wasnt doing any flashing at the time, it just went kaput right after a phone call.
I had a mophie case on it, but not right now. I guess ill take it a part when i can and throw som alcohol on the battery button to see if it loosens it up. But other than that, I'm at a loss.
Not trying to pay $80 for a craigslister either.
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axel4401 said:
Hello everyone.
I have been using Tasks ROM for a while now. Last night my phone had a random reboot and other than that, no troubles.
Well about 20 minutes ago, my phone just turned off and will NOT come back on at all. I have done nothing different, cant get in to get a logcat or lastkmsg. It will not even boot up to the samsung screen.
It will vibrate when I plug it in or take out the battery and reput it in.
The only response I am getting is taking everything out (batter/sim/sd) and plugging it into my comp. The response is a Red light in the notification LED and a short vibrate, then nothing.
I get a Samsung logo if I just pull battery and reinsert.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Ii it possible you may have a bad battery? How new is it?(not that age of it matters) Also, do you have a case on the phone? Check to make sure the power button is not stuck. If you can get to boot logo, then its not dead-dead. If you've had your phone for awhile, double check the battery terminals are not oxidized. Unlikley, but worth checking and maybe check battery wih voltage meter if you have access to one. Then charge it overnight and check it again. One last thing to try is plug it in with the battery out and see if that does anything. Have you flashed anything lately? Modem? Scripts?
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Man, I don't know. Sounded like a charging issue at first, but looking I'm not so sure now. Anything stuck in your power slot? Maybe try leaving battery out overnight and see if it clears anything. If it starts to boot I would go right to recovery and try flashing something. I would be concernedabout going straight to download mode and using oOdin cause of it does during the flash that is really bad...
Can you get into download mode? Pull battery plug in USB and hold volume down and home buttons I think... when you plug USB in to computer does Odin recognize it at all?
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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I just started having the same issue. I have a an ATT S3 running the newest Hyperdrive. Mine wasnt doing a random reset, but it seemed like it has been turning itself off. Totally intermittent, i couldnt pinpoint the cause.
Then just today when i went to see if i had any messages and the phone was off again (i had about a 60-75% charge) I hit the power button a few times and now i am getting the symptoms described above.
When i try to go into TWRP, i get the blue text at the top left of the screen, sometimes i make it to the first hyperdrive screen, then it goes black.
When I go to download I can get to the hit up or down screen, i hit up to go into download, i get to the next screen then it goes black again.
I did leave the battery out for about 15minutes and no dice. I even tried to leave it on the charger thinking i lost all charge or something.
I am just a mere user, but i have always been able to tinker around enough not to bother the devs and get my way out of these situations, but I think i am stuck. Anyone have any ideas?
Thank you!
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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Maybe a stuck power button? Try cleaning it out a little. .. sounds like it's rebooting itself.
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I am trying that, it doesn't seem like there is anything in there, but you never know.
If the power button was stuck on, wouldn't the phone keep trying to restart? Or no?
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I believe so, unless you pull the battery. In fact pull battery plug into usb and go into down load mode and see if it restarts. Or go into recovery without holding power button, and if you can then that means the power button is stuck on.
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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I have tried that as well. Whenever it goes into download mode the screen goes black after a couple of seconds. And it doesn't boot into recovery as well since it seems to go dead too quick.
I mainly just want to recover my pictures at this point. I am leaving the battery out of the phone for the day and see if that makes a difference this evening.
I am out of ideas, lol
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Take the six acres it and open her up, Take out button off and clean it and where it goes.
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Pretty sure the flex cable on you're power button is not working as intended, could be a short from a rain drop or just everyday wear and tear another issue could be that the battery is fried and can't hold a charge, but this seems unlikely given you're circumstance.
I always tell people to utilize pie controls to save you're everyday use from wearing out our precious hardware buttons, My power and home only get pressed to wake the device, everything else is pie control via LMT launcher
That happened to me a few months ago. I was at work when it happened. The phone would just continually restart, vibrate, restart, back and forth. I ended up taking the battery out so it wouldn't get drained. Had it out for about four hours. Once I got home, I put it back in and never had any more problems. It was just a random thing, so try keeping the battery out for a while.
I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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I'll keep my fingers crossed. I took the phone apart last night to clean it out and it was pretty spotless. But It keeps shutting off after trying to boot after a few seconds. I just hope I can get to a point where I can get my pictures off of it now.
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Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
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Hello all, as an update, I did nothing to my S3 over the weekend haping something magical could happen.
Today I went through all the normal steps again, and still a dead soldier. Now it wont ever SHow the Samsung logo however - just a short vibrate then nothing..
Still get a red light and a short vibrate when plugging into the comp without battery in though.
I have NOT taken it apart yet, but I will tonight most likely.
Thanks for all the suggestions and Ill keep this updated.
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Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
axel4401 said:
Hello again,
Some news, I am able to get it into download mode for about 1 second then the phone shuts off - just like the other person in this thread with the same issue.
I took the phone apart and used a Qtip with 91% isopropyl Alcohol to try and clean the power button (which looks surprisingly clean). Still the same thing happening.
I'm running out of ideas here, so please chime in if you have any.
Thanks
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I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
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I was going to try the alcohol tonight, but I am afraid that I will have same results. I am going to try a new battery from another s3 tomorrow. I will post the results.
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I got the qtip and scrubbed anything to do with the battery, pressed the power button, got more alcohol in by the button (not a lot) scrubbed some more terminals, and the battery terminals, etc. waited about ten minutes and put the battery in...
Low and behold, something worked and now the phone comes on.
I dont know which part of the scrubbing actually did it, but something worked.
All in all I have no idea what actually fixed it, but the point is that it works.
Thank you for who those that insisted that it was a power button issue - you were most likely right.
So here are my results as of today, and what I have tried to get to this point:
After my S3 died and wouldn't boot up into recovery i tried cleaning all the internals with alcohol. I cleaned thoroughly, and focused on the charging port, the power switch and battery terminals. The phone acted exactly the same.
I then tried putting it in a bowl of rice for about 24 hours. I was thinking that it might have been caused by some condensation. No success.
I was thinking since the power would turn on whenever i plugged the battery in, that maybe the switch was stuck. I took it apart again and tested the switch with a multi-meter. The switch seemed fine. It was responding when i pushed it, so i figured that wasn't the problem.
I kept reading that apparently this is an issue with the mother board. I tried the broken PS3 method of heating up the motherboard with a heat gun in hopes to re-seat something that may be loose. This did not work either. After this, I figured i was SOL since I was out of ideas and out of warranty (which didn't really matter anyway since I am running Hyperdrive).
Earlier today I figured the best tool in your toolbox sometimes is a hammer. I started tapping the phone on the side of my table, especially around the power button, while trying to turn it on. It didn't seem like it was doing anything either. I then plugged the phone into the charger since i thought the battery was totally dead.
A few minutes after i walked away from the phone, I came back into room and the red charging light was on. I tried turning it on, and holy cow it works...wtf...
I have no idea what made this work. It could be a complete coincidence. But, this phone has not worked since last Saturday. I just kept messing with it and may have just gotten lucky. I don't think banging your phone will fix this, but if truly was a hardware issue, maybe something in the phones mother board is becoming loose from the extreme heat they endure at times. I know my S3 has gotten pretty hot when I use it to navigate and leave it in the case.
I don't know if any of this will help anyone, but this is my experience so far of my S3 having what I think is the sudden death failure. I will followup with any updates if it decides to act up again.
Hello,
A couple of days ago I was out in the rain and my phone got a little wet. I checked the water damage indicators on the battery and underneath the battery but they didn't change colors and the phone was functioning fine so I thought I'd be okay.
Well, that morning I woke up to my phone constantly rebooting. I took out the battery and put the phone in some rice hoping it wouldn't be too late. I waited about 2 days and took it out, opened up the phone to look for some corrosion. I didn't see anything, but it would have to very obvious in order for me to recognize it...Here's a picture of the inside (it might be hard to see because of the flash, but the bottom water damage indicator close to the USB port turned pink):
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I plugged the phone back in but it would not come on or display anything.
I'm not sure what my next step should be. Should I try replacing the charging port? Or is this phone most likely shot?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Well I cleaned the phone and can get the charging indicator to come up when it's plugged in..however, it doesn't seem to be charging. I hold the power button in and it won't turn on. I hold the power button and volume up button in and it won't turn on. I took out the battery and left it plugged in and the screen doesn't display anything.
Anyone know what else I can try?
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It's kind of tough to say for sure which component or components failed.... I mean, if it were me I'd shell out for a new phone, be it a GalNex or a newer phone.
If the battery isn't charging but the phone responds to a charger being plugged in....and it rebooted a lot when it did work... It's probably the main board...
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It's kind of tough to say for sure which component or components failed.... I mean, if it were me I'd shell out for a new phone, be it a GalNex or a newer phone.
If the battery isn't charging but the phone responds to a charger being plugged in....and it rebooted a lot when it did work... It's probably the main board...
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I actually got it to boot up now. It just keeps rebooting though. I did a factory restore through bootloader mode but it still isn't working. I can't get through the initial setup without the phone rebooting..
try flashing to stock.. Odin flash.. or flash an image
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try flashing to stock.. Odin flash.. or flash an image
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I guess you could try alcohol on a cotton ball over all the circuitry... But it really sounds like you're toast. Try it though, you never know.
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try flashing to stock.. Odin flash.. or flash an image
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Wouldn't that be done when I restored it through recovery mode?
means? what did you restored? nandroid?
umm try a google image or if tht doesnt work odin flash
Okay, this is a weird one that I researched and researched on the web. I think the problem is somehow related to the USB port. It would seem that my handset thinks it is always charging. I should qualify that statement by saying that with the handset unplugged from the charger and checking the SETTINGS > BATTERY stats it says "0 seconds on the battery" presumably meaning that the handset thinks it has a freshly charged battery and no time has expired since removal of the charger. However, it knows it isn't charging because it also says "89% Not charging". The other weird thing is the handset doesn't screen timeout when unplugged from the charger. That is, I have to hit the lock button to turn the screen off otherwise the 15 second delay doesn't work. I've also checked the developer settings to verify it isn't set to force the screen to stay on. However, the 15 second screen timeout delay works perfectly when the handset is plugged into the charger. After 15 seconds the screen shuts off and the red LED charging light comes on. Lastly, with the handset sitting idle with the screen black if I receive a phone call or text message but just leave the handset sitting there the screen lights up but it never times out after 15 seconds.
Any ideas if this is a USB port problem. I know it sounds like a firmware problem but I've checked just about everything you can think of. I've gone as far as to root my phone, backup all my stuff, then re-flash JellyBean. Speaking of USB port. Has anyone changed one out on a S2 Epic Touch 4G? I know that other S2's have a USB flex cable assembly but I can't seem to find one for this particular handset.
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Okay, this is a weird one that I research and research on the web. I think the problem is somehow related to the USB port. It would seem that my handset thinks it is always charging. I should qualify that statement by saying that with the handset unplugged from the charger and checking the SETTINGS > BATTERY stats it says "0 seconds on the battery" presumably meaning that the handset thinks it has a freshly charged battery and no time has expired since removal of the charger. However, it knows it isn't charging because it also says "89% Not charging". The other weird thing is the handset doesn't screen timeout when unplugged from the charger. That is, I have to hit the lock button to turn the screen off otherwise the 15 second delay doesn't work. I've also checked the developer settings to verify it isn't set to force the screen to stay on. However, the 15 second screen timeout delay works perfectly when the handset is plugged into the charger. After 15 seconds the screen shuts off and the red LED charging light comes on. Lastly, with the handset sitting idle with the screen black if I receive a phone call or text message but just leave the handset sitting there the screen lights up but it never times out after 15 seconds.
Any ideas if this is a USB port problem. I know it sounds like a firmware problem but I've checked just about everything you can think of. I've gone as far as to root my phone, backup all my stuff, then re-flash JellyBean. Speaking of USB port. Has anyone changed one out on a S2 Epic Touch 4G? I know that other S2's have a USB flex cable assembly but I can't seem to find one for this particular handset.
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I had a similar issue a while back. All I did was clean out the gunk built up in the usb port with a wooden toothpick and the issue any away
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I had a similar issue a while back. All I did was clean out the gunk built up in the usb port with a wooden toothpick and the issue any away
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I had tried the toothpick trick that you and others had recommended. In fact it did make a positive difference but I still noticed there were still some strange things going on. I went back a second time but this time with a sewing needle and some magnifier glasses and picked it clean of lint and other junk. Of course with was done with the battery uninstalled. I think I'm back and up and running. We'll see if any of the problems come back. Thanks!
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I had tried the toothpick trick that you and others had recommended. In fact it did make a positive difference but I still noticed there were still some strange things going on. I went back a second time but this time with a sewing needle and some magnifier glasses and picked it clean of lint and other junk. Of course with was done with the battery uninstalled. I think I'm back and up and running. We'll see if any of the problems come back. Thanks!
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My aunt has a device with the exact same problem. It goes doo-doop like you connected the charger. And you can't turn it off ever because it gets on again. Did you fix it?
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My aunt has a device with the exact same problem. It goes doo-doop like you connected the charger. And you can't turn it off ever because it gets on again. Did you fix it?
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Using the toothpick/needle trick went a long way towards getting it to behave properly. Like you said, it was doing the "do-doop" thing intermittently and sometimes it would go into and out of charging mode so fast that unless you were astute you wouldn't have realized that what it did. To figure it out I went into SETTING > BATTERY and observed that the "discharge time" on the battery would typically stay at 3 seconds which told me the phone thought it had been plug into the charger.
For the last two days it would seem that I have fixed the problem. After you carefully clean out the USB port of lint and junk with a toothpick and a magnifying glass or readers you may also want to consider getting a can of compressed air to blast it clean. I'm talking about the kind of compressed air sold at Walmart or Office Depot that is used to clean electronic equipment to blast the dust away.
Let us know if you get it fixed!
I don't know if cleaning the USB port had an effect on battery time but I'm getting relatively awesome battery performance like I've never seen before. After 12 hours and very light use the cell phone still has 81% battery left on it. It used to be sitting at around 30% by this time in the day.
think im having this problem. thinking its a damaged usb port. old battery everytime you stick the battery in or plug it in it thinks its charging. new battery i just ordered does the same too. its still charging so ill see what happens after but i say charging port probably?
steveokinevo said:
think im having this problem. thinking its a damaged usb port. old battery everytime you stick the battery in or plug it in it thinks its charging. new battery i just ordered does the same too. its still charging so ill see what happens after but i say charging port probably?
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I went through the same exact thing...ordered a new battery thinking the original battery was at the end of its life and causing the phone to behave strangely. With the new battery in place the craziness continued. I was thinking the micro USB was damaged and needed to be replace which BTW isn't an easy thing to change out like some of the other Galaxy phones because the S2 uses surface mount solder connections. You'll need very good eyesight and professional soldier skills to do it right without effing it up. Luckily, doing an extensive cleaning of the USB port fixed the problem. You wouldn't think lint would be conductive enough to cause a problem but alas, it does. Use a toothpick and compressed computer cleaner air with the battery removed when you clean it.
I'll have to try with the toothpick later. It's weird when you go into setting and look at battery it knows when it's on charge and when not on charge. But soon as you put a battery in, it turns on by its self but to the charging screen and can't be turned on unless both charger and battery are in.
Will the battery percentage read accurate still I wonder?
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Yup, that is exactly what I saw when I was having the problem. Basically what that screen shot is telling me is 13 seconds ago your cell phone made the "doo-doop" sound as a temporary short within the USB port fooled the cell phone into thinking it had the charger plugged in but just as fast as it thought the charger was plugged in the temporary short went away. In fact the "short" may have come and gone so fast as make it so that "doo-doop" isn't even heard. The key here in recognizing the problem is that while your charge may have been unplugged for hours you'll note the number of seconds that have gone by since the cell phone thought it was charging will be somewhere well under 60 seconds or at least that is what I experienced. I have every confidence that you have the same exact problem and you just need to thoroughly clean that USB port of every speck of lint and dust. Also, make sure your charger USB is clean and lastly make sure none of the pins on the USB connectors is bent and that that middle portion on the cell phone USB is right in the middle and not bent up or down in any fashion.
1well now i cant even charge my phone. charging port is ****ed. great! no more phone for me!
steveokinevo said:
1well now i cant even charge my phone. charging port is ****ed. great! no more phone for me!
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How did that happen?
BTW, don't forget...if the phone doesn't seem to want to power up hold the VOLUME UP and the POWER buttons at the same time for 15 seconds until you get the reboot option.
waiting for someone to fixit now for $45
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well they couldnt fix it. now im screwed
steveokinevo said:
waiting for someone to fixit now for $45
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well they couldnt fix it. now im screwed
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I'm in the same boat now [emoji22] Just happened a couple nights ago... Phone is plugged in but not charging. Not that big a deal, as I just got some spare batteries and external chargers. But now I've got to be super-cautious when flashing stuff, as I can't just Odin back without working USB
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That's what I'm stuck doing now. I'm not gonna be switching roms anymore lol. Had to buy a universal charger for the battery
I had this issue with mine as well. At first it seemed to be the recovery but I reverted to stock unroot and it still happened sometimes shine blue to make it think it was completely charged I know this phone had a lot of hardware issues. And then I took it apart cleaned it and what not. It still happened. So after some time it just stop happening and functioned normally. I am unsure what the problem was or why it happened. The whole time I really couldn't charge my phone at all unless it was by computer only