Sorry if this question's been answered in another thread, I tried searching and couldn't find any question that exactly matched mine, or any response that solved the issue.
I purchased a used, unlocked Galaxy Nexus from ebay around a month or two ago, in near perfect condition -- this has been the first time I've had any problems with it. It's probably not applicable, but after the release of the dev preview for Ubuntu phone OS I rooted the phone and reinstalled the factory image "takju 4.2.2 (JDQ39)".
Anyway, a few hours ago I accidentally bumped my phone off of a counter in the kitchen onto the tile floor. I picked it up and looked it over, and noticed no visible damage whatsoever, although the plastic cover had been partially dislodged; however, the phone's screen was dark, and the phone was unresponsive. I took out the battery and replaced it, then held down the power button. The phone vibrated once, like it normally did when booting up, but the screen remained black and the phone unresponsive unless I removed and reinserted the cover again.
I've tried charging it, plugging it into my pc, removing both the battery pack and the SD card, taking the battery out and rebooting it while holding both power buttons down, but I still get no response (and my computer doesn't recognize the phone when I plug it in). After reading a post where someone had success reconnecting the display, I unscrewed and removed the casing, then disconnected and reconnected the display from the motherboard -- still nothing.
Is there anything else I can do, or is my phone beyond repair?
Did you check the other connections while you had the phone apart?
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Did you check the other connections while you had the phone apart?
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I opened it up again and took pictures, but I'm not very knowledgeable about this sort of thing, so I can't tell if anything's wrong or not. Should I remove the motherboard to get a better look at the display?
You're talking about the back cover which became dislodged upon impact? I'd say you're lucky that the phone still gives that vibrate. But it seems there are so many things that could go wrong from an impact. Do you have fastboot? [I know you said you tried holding down both volume buttons and power, but try pressing them first then tapping power.] If you don't have fastboot, then your only options would be omapflash and odin. If these do not work, it's gonna be hardware. Maybe the display is gone, if you get the vibrate but see nothing..
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So my phone fell out of my car in my driveway and apparently I ran it over when I backed out, now it won't power on and the screen is broken.
I've replaced the device, but I'd really really like to get the data off my old phone. The battery is still good, as I've put it in my new phone and it works fine. When I plug in the run over phone, the LED for charging doesn't come on, and when I press the power button, it doesn't turn on.
When I got home and realized that I ran over the phone, the home screen was still a little visible on the cracked screen, and frozen, so like an idiot, I yanked the battery in hopes that it would still power on, but it won't.
If I could just get it to power on and plug into my computer so I can get my data off it.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
So Activesync doesn't kick on when you connect the phone to the computer?
If no sign of life is visible, and your data is absolutely crucial, then the only thing to try would be to buy a phone that you can take apart, and replace if with the guts of your phone. As long as the main board was not damaged, the memory should still be intact. Try eBay or Craigslist for a phone someone is selling for parts (like one with a broken screen or something, but which still makes and receives calls).
Good luck.
Most likely you will not be able to do that anything man sorry...
So i went out on a night out and my battery went flat whilst i was out. I come to start it after charging it up and it just keeps popping up with the start up screen for a split second and then going off. It keeps doing this until i unplug the charger or take the battery out. I managed to get into the reboot screen and tried starting it from there to no avail. The battery is only a couple of months old so that should be good.
I took it to a phone repair shop and they said the board was gone and that there was nothing that could be done with it. Is this the case?
I don't generally turn it off just keep charging when it gets below 20% battery life. I did however install solitaire since i last powered it down if this might have any influence on the situation.
Check if you can get into the bootloader. Hold volume down and power.
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Check if you can get into the bootloader. Hold volume down and power.
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I have tried this but although it comes up with the bootloader screen it flashes off gain as with the boot up screen. It does not give you time to do anything in the bootloader.
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I have tried this but although it comes up with the bootloader screen it flashes off gain as with the boot up screen. It does not give you time to do anything in the bootloader.
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Are you sure the battery isnt completely dead? Did you drop the phone or do anything that may have caused this, or did it just suddenly occur?
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Are you sure the battery isnt completely dead? Did you drop the phone or do anything that may have caused this, or did it just suddenly occur?
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No i have charged and recharged it until the green light comes on. The chap at the shop tried another battery also and this had no effect on it.
I dont recall dropping it. It is in a substantial wallet holder so i would think that would take the brunt of the blow even if i had. But it worked fine all night until it powered down then it just started to play up.
Right while messing a bit further it seems to me that the on off button is constantly activating. If i just hold the return button it comes up with the reboot screen and allows me to choose the various options. If i hold the volume button the fastboot screen appears but disappears just as quickly. All of this happens with out me touching the on off button so it looks like it is constantly trying to start up. The button does not have any visible signs of damage. Is this a normal failure point for these phones?
If it charges completely while it's off, then the board should be fine. You can check the percentage in your recovery mode if you can get there.
If the board is fine, it either means that the button is stuck or you have some gunk short circuit in the button.
If it's gunk, you might get away with some rubbing alcohol, If it's in a spray can, even better. If it stuck, it should be opened and see what's keeping it pressed.
I hope this helps.
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Two weeks ago my galaxy just stopped working. it was at a decent battery; just stopped. I tried charging it but the phone would vibrate. phone would come on, then shut off. I tried it multiple times and same result; a few times the phone would make it to the samsung startup animation, sometimes it would just flash the samsung logo, once it compleley got to my screen start before shutting off.
I brought my phone to get fixed. It took a whole week and the guy said my phone was just not fixable. It would work for a few hours then shut off again, according to him. I suspect he didnt work much on it though as hed rather fix phones with easy problems as mine was a tough one.
I've had to replace my phone with an iphone now, but right now, out of curiosity, I completely took my phone apart, and started using tweezers to play the power on button. The camera part just broke off (not the actual camera) but now my phone is actually charging! The red light is on, and click the main button, it shows the battery being charged. This has not happened ever since the phone broke.
Am I bricked? Is there hope for this phone??? Please tell me there is lol.
EDIT: My phone seems to have restarted! Turned it on and it's asking for my simcard what is GOING ON LOL
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Two weeks ago my galaxy just stopped working. it was at a decent battery; just stopped. I tried charging it but the phone would vibrate. phone would come on, then shut off. I tried it multiple times and same result; a few times the phone would make it to the samsung startup animation, sometimes it would just flash the samsung logo, once it compleley got to my screen start before shutting off.
I brought my phone to get fixed. It took a whole week and the guy said my phone was just not fixable. It would work for a few hours then shut off again, according to him. I suspect he didnt work much on it though as hed rather fix phones with easy problems as mine was a tough one.
I've had to replace my phone with an iphone now, but right now, out of curiosity, I completely took my phone apart, and started using tweezers to play the power on button. The camera part just broke off (not the actual camera) but now my phone is actually charging! The red light is on, and click the main button, it shows the battery being charged. This has not happened ever since the phone broke.
Am I bricked? Is there hope for this phone??? Please tell me there is lol.
EDIT: My phone seems to have restarted! Turned it on and it's asking for my simcard what is GOING ON LOL
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idont know what you did there, but it worked plus you gotta be more specific to how the phone broke and could not boot-up to screen
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idont know what you did there, but it worked plus you gotta be more specific to how the phone broke and could not boot-up to screen
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It just randomly shut off. It was if someone would constantly be turning the phone off as soon as I turned it on. But then I couldn't even charge the phone. No red light, no screen, nothing, just vibration. I would try to turn it on sometimes it would get to the boot up, sometimes not, sometimes nothing, just a vibrate.
I literally took tweezers and lifted the green board out from around the power on button (it's an actual tiny white button on the inside). and then it randomly started working again
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It just randomly shut off. It was if someone would constantly be turning the phone off as soon as I turned it on. But then I couldn't even charge the phone. No red light, no screen, nothing, just vibration. I would try to turn it on sometimes it would get to the boot up, sometimes not, sometimes nothing, just a vibrate.
I literally took tweezers and lifted the green board out from around the power on button (it's an actual tiny white button on the inside). and then it randomly started working again
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Could be a power button failure. Happens somewhat often.
Could be battery related too, a cheap replacement battery could strike that off.
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Could be a power button failure. Happens somewhat often.
Could be battery related too, a cheap replacement battery could strike that off.
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agree with what he said, it could be a problem with the power button or battery is not working
off topic did you really get 176Mb/s download or is it fake
if its real then was it WIFI or DATA , i have never topped 50Mb/s both wifi and data) but DATA seems to be 10x faster than my wifi
Hi there,
I apologize if there is already another thread for this kind of issue but I really have no idea where else to post this. I am a complete newbie when it comes to phones but would like to know if there is anyway to help me solve my problem:
My phone is a galaxy nexus with I believe 4.2.2 JB. I've always had problems with my phone randomly resetting/crashing and wasn't able to find any solution to this problem. However, today when I was out shoveling snow on my driveway, I realized my phone was a little wet as I forgot to zip up my pocket and so my phone reset (remained on the Google) screen and would not boot up (It happens quite frequently that I thought it was just like any other reset). So I was a little impatient and took out the battery. When I tried to turn the phone back on, the power button was completely unresponsive. I thought I'd give it a second, take out the battery and sim card and reboot it but to my surprise nothing happened. I ended up looking through the forums for some solution to my problem but I don't know where to begin and what to do.
I have tried the method of plugging in the USB cable into the phone (without battery) and putting it back in. The phone is still unresponsive and to add insult to injury when the phone is plugged in the USB cable to the PC, the PC does not recognize the phone and keeps beeping (the kind that lets you know its disconnected or just cannot read the device). Right now the phone is in a bag with rice just to make sure that the phone had not suffer any water damage, but even when it was in my pocket it wasn't extremely wet..
I believe it may be the device but am not sure what actions I can do on my behalf to solve the problem. Is my phone completely gone or is it still able to be saved? Would I need to bring it into a specalist to see if they can help me out or can I do this myself? Any help is greatly appreciated and thank you for taking the time to read!
Cheers!
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Also just received an OMAP4440 while phone was plugged in... Does that mean my phone is done?
Any help?
thebeatlesdcp said:
Hi there,
I apologize if there is already another thread for this kind of issue but I really have no idea where else to post this. I am a complete newbie when it comes to phones but would like to know if there is anyway to help me solve my problem:
My phone is a galaxy nexus with I believe 4.2.2 JB. I've always had problems with my phone randomly resetting/crashing and wasn't able to find any solution to this problem. However, today when I was out shoveling snow on my driveway, I realized my phone was a little wet as I forgot to zip up my pocket and so my phone reset (remained on the Google) screen and would not boot up (It happens quite frequently that I thought it was just like any other reset). So I was a little impatient and took out the battery. When I tried to turn the phone back on, the power button was completely unresponsive. I thought I'd give it a second, take out the battery and sim card and reboot it but to my surprise nothing happened. I ended up looking through the forums for some solution to my problem but I don't know where to begin and what to do.
I have tried the method of plugging in the USB cable into the phone (without battery) and putting it back in. The phone is still unresponsive and to add insult to injury when the phone is plugged in the USB cable to the PC, the PC does not recognize the phone and keeps beeping (the kind that lets you know its disconnected or just cannot read the device). Right now the phone is in a bag with rice just to make sure that the phone had not suffer any water damage, but even when it was in my pocket it wasn't extremely wet..
I believe it may be the device but am not sure what actions I can do on my behalf to solve the problem. Is my phone completely gone or is it still able to be saved? Would I need to bring it into a specalist to see if they can help me out or can I do this myself? Any help is greatly appreciated and thank you for taking the time to read!
Cheers!
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Also just received an OMAP4440 while phone was plugged in... Does that mean my phone is done?
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The same consequences, came to my gnex, when I cleaned it, with too much liquid... Now the most unprotected parts from water of the phone are the usb port, of course, and the power and volume button. To solve, you have to open the phone (http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung+Galaxy+Nexus+Teardown/7182) and clean the contacts of the power button, for the usb port, you have to replace all the part for a few $ on ebay... (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item2c66d9064b)
Use at you own risk:
A friend of mine was kayaking and had his Samsung galaxy s3 dunked in the water for a while. it was totally wet and the screen wouldn't run on at all.
He baked t in the oven at 200 F for a couple of hours and things went back to nornal. he also stated that he has done that before and it worked every time.
Think of this as a last resort if you are unable to change the usb ribbon as stated above. Also make sure you google this solution extensively to get the right temp and the right amount.
Good luck.
So dropped the pixel in pooring rain, picked it up within 5 seconds and the screen was smashed, but the phone still worked for a little bit. Then it entered a boot loop and couldn't get out of it. I took it to a repair shop and they said the thing is toast. I did a little bit of research on line, and the verdict is that it could be the flex cable. The way to test it is to just hold down the volume down and it should go into recovery mode. I told the repair shop and they said they tried it, but no such luck. I'm not sure if they actually tried it or not, but I'm not ready to give up on this thing. I've taken it apart and while charging it, I could feel it vibrate as if it would turn on, and it would repeatedly do this every 20-30 seconds. I removed the power flex cable and examined it. It doesn't seem to be damaged, but while I had it removed, the device also stopped vibrating. Since I can't see the screen I don't know if it's off, or removing the flex cable stopped the boot loop. Any ideas from the brain trust on there's hope for this thing, or should I just trash it?
Also, I just realized that when I pulled the flex cable off and put my finger on the finger print scanner the device vibrates.