Replaced mainboard - Now camera not working but worked before - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Hello and thanks for the help. I have an ATT Samsung Galaxy 3 i535. The phone got wet initially, I completely dried it out, turned it on and things seemed to be working great. Only problem was my mic fried, so no one could hear me talking on the phone. All other functions were flawless, camera, screen, etc...
So I ordered a new motherboard off Ebay with a clean IMEI for the i535 version of the Galaxy 3. The first mainboard I recieved was unlocked, and after installing, I noticed everything worked fine except I was recieving the "camera failed" message when I tried to open the camera app. I cleared the cache, downloaded a different camera app, same results. Camera would give me the failed message as soon as I opened it.
Thinking that the problem was possibly related to the unlocked replacement mainboard, I returned that item and ordered a second one. Installed fine, same results, "camera failed."
If I just put back in my original water damaged board, the camera works great. Could their be some incompatibility issues with my camera and the new boards? All boards are for a i535.
Phone Info:
SCH-1535
Android Version 4.1.2
Baseband Version I535VRBMF1
Kernel Version 3.0.31-1152558
[email protected] #1
Build Number JZ054K.1535VRBMF1
Hardware Version I535.10
Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks!!!
Steve

Hey Steve, it's pretty cool to see that other people actually take their phones apart other than me
Anyways, I never came across a problem like that before. The worst I did to my phone after taking it apart so much was that I somehow broke the speaker. I got the whole phone replaced though, so that solved my problem. Are you under any warranty with your phone? If so, have you done anything too obvious that voided it? (other than taking your phone apart.)
When I returned my phone, I just said the speaker kept deteriorating until it was completely mute. If you can try to just say that your problem happened all of a sudden.
And have you considered trying a new camera module for the motherboard?

chistoefur said:
Hey Steve, it's pretty cool to see that other people actually take their phones apart other than me
Anyways, I never came across a problem like that before. The worst I did to my phone after taking it apart so much was that I somehow broke the speaker. I got the whole phone replaced though, so that solved my problem. Are you under any warranty with your phone? If so, have you done anything too obvious that voided it? (other than taking your phone apart.)
When I returned my phone, I just said the speaker kept deteriorating until it was completely mute. If you can try to just say that your problem happened all of a sudden.
And have you considered trying a new camera module for the motherboard?
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Thanks for the reply. I'm a little worried as well that if I continue taking it apart I'll eventually screw something up!! I know the module itself is okay since it still works great with my original motherboard. The problem seems to be something relate to an incompatibility in the software. I'm thinking of following the instructions in the sticky to install a new ROM, and maybe that will do the trick. Im hoping someone posts a suggestion as to which I should start with since there seems to be a ton of options. Thanks for the advice though!!!

Well I've hammered through various posts and instructions, and eventually tried to root my phone and installed the Synergy ROM in hopes it would solve my problems.
Synergy install went great, but the camera is still failing when I open it. After more research, it looked like I needed to change my kernel to be compatible with Synergy Rom (r484) as well. I flashed the KT747 kernel in hopes that it would resolve the camera issue. Still no go.
Just to recap, the camera is working fine with my original stock motherboard, just not the replacement boards. To me, that would seem to rule out a hardware problem with the camera module itself... but I can't understand why I can't get it to work with either of the replacement boards.
Should I switch to a different ROM? Any ideas on which might be best? Thanks.
Any advice would be mucho appreciated! Thanks!!

during the replacement mainboard, you did plug the little connector from the camera back into the mainboard correct?
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Well I've hammered through various posts and instructions, and eventually tried to root my phone and installed the Synergy ROM in hopes it would solve my problems.
Synergy install went great, but the camera is still failing when I open it. After more research, it looked like I needed to change my kernel to be compatible with Synergy Rom (r484) as well. I flashed the KT747 kernel in hopes that it would resolve the camera issue. Still no go.
Just to recap, the camera is working fine with my original stock motherboard, just not the replacement boards. To me, that would seem to rule out a hardware problem with the camera module itself... but I can't understand why I can't get it to work with either of the replacement boards.
Should I switch to a different ROM? Any ideas on which might be best? Thanks.
Any advice would be mucho appreciated! Thanks!!
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[Q] Wifi stuck "turning on" - Galaxy Nexus

Hi all,
I recently sent my GN (Running 4.0.2 stock, yakju build) back to be repaired because my phones wifi stopped working. what happens is that the phone's wifi seems be stuck "turning on", but never actually does. No wifi icon or anything appears. wifi hotspot doesnt work either. I had my GN from about a week after it was released (I'm in australia so that was about the 22nd December), and around the 15th January is stopped working. This issue cannot be fixed with a reboot, a hard reset, flashing stock roms, toggling airplane mode or anything trivial like that, as I (and others) have tried.
Now i have searched a while on google while i have been without my phone and I'm finding this problem is surfacing for other people too. From what i have seen there seems to be a correlation between 4.0.2 and this issue. Also, it seems to happen some time into the phones life; they do not have this issue when first purchased. I am concerned that this may be a recurring issue which surfaces over time, due to a design flaw or some sort of software issue. If so, this problem will start affecting a lot more people. If anyone who reads this has the same problem, could you please post when it started occuring and what rom, build etc (and anything else which may be helpful) you are running so we can shed a little light on this issue. which many more users i am sure will experience. cheers in advance
just incase anyone actually reads this Galaxy Nexus was sent back, and it was found that the printed ciruit board (PCB) needed replacing. More forums have surfaced since i last checked up on this problem so numbers are slowly rising. Once again, post here if you get the issue, we need numbers
Hi same issue i have butni solve i am living in turkey and i use habertürk news and i saw this application make notification wifi turning om.i reset my phone i load factory firmware but nothing happen ...always say wifi turning on...you need to change your system language another still write wifi turning on on screen in eglish and a application cause to this like my haberturk app
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same problem
Hi,
i had the same problem, wifi mac info was not showing anymore on the Nexus. Reboot and factory reset didn't help. Wifi wouldn't come on anymore.
Ask for a replacement, that's the only thing you can do
Can i ask what version of android you guys had? I'm wondering if this is going to be a recurring problem with hardware due to software issues or if it is purely a design flaw (PCB burning out, etc..) Cheers!
I have the same problem which happened last Saturday and it frustrated the hell out of me, i flashed to different versions of OS....didnt help...
restored to factory firmware and didnt backup the pictures and stuff on the phone!! (FML)
and brought it in to Fido on monday to have it serviced....
talking about bad luck...sigh....
they told me the turn around time is 10-15 business days... (N)
will report back once i hear from them
Before the issue happened, did your phone have any other issues? Say heating up while charging or running the WiFi?
I received a device in for repair with this issue and the customer reported it got really hot before the issue started happening. Everything looked fine on the motherboard - the WiFi antennas were intact. Reloading the software did nothing which means it's a hardware issue..
So very strange. I wonder what's causing this.
i remember when my wifi stopped working i was running 4.0.2. I was actually on holidays in Japan at the time and i was wifi hopping quite a lot around the airport (i was walking around and the wifi would go out of range, latch on again... etc) not sure if that had anything to do with it. Hopped on the plane home and i remember i was on airplane mode using an app called colornote. the phone hung pretty hard and i had to pull the battery. rebooted and tried again and after 10 mins, phone crashed again doing the same thing. Got home and the wifi wasnt working. Not sure if any of this had anything to do with it, but maybe. Didnt notice any overheating, but then again i was around snow haha
hi mrmiklepower
just wondering if your phone has been good since you got it back from repair?
i noticed the phone would reboot itself over and over again after i flashed it back to the stock rom. I just called the third party repair shop that my carrier sent the phone to, they told me its still being fixed.
Oh i hope they will return me my phone soon.
My phone is actually still being repaired also. It's been a total of 2 months since i sent if back! they contacted me and all i know so far is that the phones PCD needed replacing. when my phone arrives i will update as soon as i can. should receive it sometime this week, but its not certain. the majority of my ownership of this phone has been me waiting for its return
Holy mother of lord...
I actually called the third party repair shop that my carrier uses to check on the status of the repair. And they told me its actually In quality control which means the problem was fixed and they're just testing it before they send it back to the store where I brought the phone too. Hoping they'll send it in on Monday so I can either pick it up on the day of or the next day.....keeping my fingers crossed.
Will keep you posted on the status of it too.
Sigh
Ok I got my phone back today.
on the reference sheet I got from the repair shop
it states REPLACED PBA, BGA Failure
I looked it up online and PBA means Printed Board Assembly
which probably means the motherboard was defective and had to be replaced.
and now the phone is working fine. So i guess when this phone was made, there were some flaws with the motherboard on it, thus causing this problem.
Anyways, I hope this information helps with others who experience the same problem
Thanks for letting us know! O got mine back today with the same thing. So looks like there is no way of fixing besides sending it back. Good luck to anyone else who gets this problem
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So it seems there's no fix for this?
I've been doing some research and it doesn't seem anyone can fix this.. I tried reflashing, wiping every possible thing, etc.. even flashing the stock software via odin. Still no luck.. It seems that we are indeed stuck with sending it back in for a supposedly defective part which seriously blows.
My other question is.. you guys who already received your phones back, did anyone end up with the problem again?
PLEASE if anyone knows how to fix this.. chime in!!!
I had an issue similar to that with my transformer and to fix it I just flash a new kernel im not sure itwill fix the problem for you but it's worth a try
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Since getting my phone back the problem has not occurred again. I don't think there is anything that can be done as a component needed to be changed apparently. Good luck :/
Zeon45 said:
I had an issue similar to that with my transformer and to fix it I just flash a new kernel im not sure itwill fix the problem for you but it's worth a try
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Thanks, when returning to stock it flashes a new kernel. Also tried it again for the hell of it with faux's kernel, still no luck .
This sucks! This very same thing happened to me yesterday! I Odined back to stock.. no luck! Now after finding this thread, it looks like a hardware issue! That blows! I'll have to give Sprint a call tomorrow!
Hmm sucks to hear it's still cropping up around the place, I heard someone say this issue entered quality control. But anyway, if it helps I've had my phone back for about a month and a bit and its still going strong. hopefully it doesn't happen again though. good luck, hopefully it won't take too long for your phone to come back!
Hi,
I'm with Telus in Canada and had the exact same problem and had my GN repaired. It took only 2 weeks and I just got my unit back. I had already read a lot online about this issue so I asked the Telus rep to tell me what the issue was. She told me that the report states that the board was replaced. This is definitely a hardware problem. I'm hoping that the new board doesn't have this problem and my phone won't need to be repaired again,
I run 4.0.1 on my phone. Telus hasn't released an update yet. I was going to update mine by switching to yakju, but that's when I noticed that the wifi is not working and I thought it's not a good idea to change the stock ROM.

WiFi and BT won't connect.

Hi All,
I searched and read a dozen post for this and have yet to find a solution. I made repairs to this Note 2, replaced the USB/charger board. The phone had been wet. This fixed the first problem, but now I have a new one.
I installed CWM recovery and installed a stock rom in order to obtain root and,,,,,,,,,you get the idea. I have flashed back and forth between several roms, inc Jedi and three or four stock versions. Yesterday I had WiFi for a few hours. This morning when I got up and turned it on, I can't get it to connect to WiFi or BT. It just says "turning on" and does nothing.
The phone is unlocked and on AT&T network. It has 4.1.2 JZ054K. UVBMD1 in it. I've tried many combinations of modems, kernels and roms. I've tried to match them and tried combos. No luck.
Because I had it apart, I fear a hardware issue. I'm hoping someone will have a suggestion that will allow me to keep the "unlock" and connect to WiFi. When I flashed the custom rom, it appered I lost my "unlock". Of course I got it back when I flashed back to stock.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Got it figured out.
stevespens said:
Got it figured out.
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What was it
TWEAKED 2.5
BACARDILIMON said:
What was it
TWEAKED 2.5
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When I repaired the board, I had it disassembled down to having the mother board out. Evidently when I was handling the mother board, I pushed down the little contact tabs that make contact with the back body panel which make contact with the antennas. I found a video which showed me which antennas were which. Once I reassembled the phone, it worked fine.
So it turned out to be a hardware issue after all,,,,,,,,,of course I caused the issue.
stevespens said:
When I repaired the board, I had it disassembled down to having the mother board out. Evidently when I was handling the mother board, I pushed down the little contact tabs that make contact with the back body panel which make contact with the antennas. I found a video which showed me which antennas were which. Once I reassembled the phone, it worked fine.
So it turned out to be a hardware issue after all,,,,,,,,,of course I caused the issue.
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Good to know.
TWEAKED 2.5

LG G3 (LS990) Rear-Facing Camera Glitch/Failure

I've had my G3 for two years now, and decided I was happy enough with it to keep it past the contract period. My device is rooted, and for a time I'd just been using Xposed on the stock ROM. However, within the last month, I started using different ROMs - Fulmics 5.3 most recently. After some time, my rear-facing camera stopped working. It started as odd glitches, and then progressed (very quickly) to the camera app crashing immediately. I can only get the front facing camera to work now.
First, I tried flashing the backup of the factory ROM - no luck. I wiped the cache through recovery - no luck. Different camera apps either crashed upon trying to access the front camera, or simply showed a black screen. Thinking it was a hardware issue, I ordered a replacement camera and installed it. Nope. I still have the same issue, however now, whenever the camera decides to work for a matter of seconds, it's blurry, but that's another issue.
Here you can see the effects I am receiving.
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At this point, I'm not sure exactly what I should try aside from buy a new phone, however I'd really like to avoid that since this is the only issue I'm having with this device. I'd appreciate any input on this. Thanks!
Hey, I'm experiencing the same issue? Did you solve the problem? I have the same effects you show but on the back camera. Please help!!!
Chiri2230 said:
Hey, I'm experiencing the same issue? Did you solve the problem? I have the same effects you show but on the back camera. Please help!!!
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Unfortunately, I still haven't found a resolution to this problem. I still can't find any info on this issue, and nothing I've tried has worked. I may just end up buying a new device. It really is unfortunate. I wanted to keep this device for much longer, and I am buying a new one simply due to a camera malfunction.
I've the same problem. I look for solutions in nets and nothing since two weeks. Will The maybe experienced user XDA help?
j959 said:
I've the same problem. I look for solutions in nets and nothing since two weeks. Will The maybe experienced user XDA help?
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It's surprising that no one here has experienced this and found a resolution to the problem. If anyone who has posted here finds a fix here or elsewhere, please post the fix or a link for the rest of us. It would be much appreciated.
Information for all which they want, can and be able to help.
Telephone LG G3 (D855, F400), system stock MM 6.0, not root.
They don't have the influence on introduced by the colleague above problems: hard, soft resets (after soft reset sometimes camera starts some once, but only once. Then as above), cleaning the memory, reinstalls the system, installing different camera applications, micro sdxc or sdhc: sams'g., adata, kinst., goodram, others. PLEASE HELP !!! Is this software or hardware problem? PLEASE HELP !!! LG G3 is the perfect telephone and the loss to throw out him. PLEASE HELP !!!
XDA ended. All experts, specialists went on the meadow, to sunbathe. Who does not have to help. That is why I will help myself. I will prompt all as the novice which they have the problem as was described higher. Above mentioned symptoms are lack of point of the contact on slat sticking the tape of the camera in main board LG G3 in version F400. The pin which unequatly clamps the point of the contact stands from the laser plate over the connector of the camera. Sticking on connector or the single board of the laser of foam about the thickness approx. 1,5 mm. It fixs the matter at me. The apparatus works as he should. I greet all with problems with the cameras. And also experts and willing helping. I greet the novices.

Camera (stopped working) issues (H815 europe)

I'm having some rather annoying issues with my G4, the camera barely works, sometimes it opens but i get a black screen, like my finger is on the lens, but it's not. Sometimes that results in an error message "Unfortunately, camera has stopped" or "camera unavailable", sometimes it just stays black and sometimes the phone reboots.
And now lately i can't use the flashlight anymore, says it's already being used.
The camera works again after i reboot, but most of the times i have to reboot multiple times.
I read quite a few forums and even threads here and tried pretty much everything (clearing cache, uninstalling LG Smartworld or something like that, removing the battery, etc.) and nothing really worked, so yesterday i finally decided it was time for more drastic measures and i unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP and then installed Imperium ROM v14 and it seemed fine but today i get a black screen again. I didn't restore any of my previous apps and settings on purpose, to see if they were causing the problem.
Someone here suggested (to someone else) to try flashing KDZ or something like that, i and probably the other guy, have no idea what KDZ is or where to get it.
I bought this phone used almost 2 years ago, so i have no warranty. Didn't have any issues until about 6-9 months ago and they seem to be getting worse, battery life isn't what it used to be either.
My only options are to try a non-stock rom like CM, to go back to an android 5.0 based rom, or to sell the phone as a semi-defective product, maybe i can get a used S5 for it.
This is very frustrating and somewhat ironic, since i bought this phone because it had the best camera at the time and i barely use it for anything else than taking pictures.
I'm never buying LG again.
This is a fairly common issue, maybe common enough that it should be a sticky.
Got the same issue after display repair. Camera got broken. I always needed to reboot phone so camera gets working again. Only fix was to send it to repair. They replaced camera, after that it worked again normal.
For me it was guarantee because before display repair I didn't have issue like that.
You can replace your camera, I don't think it's so difficult.
It's also not that expensive:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Rear-Ma...949757?hash=item2a7e1545bd:g:r-IAAOSwB-1Y4yFb
about 20-30€
JoeGP said:
I'm having some rather annoying issues with my G4, the camera barely works, sometimes it opens but i get a black screen, like my finger is on the lens, but it's not. Sometimes that results in an error message "Unfortunately, camera has stopped" or "camera unavailable", sometimes it just stays black and sometimes the phone reboots.
And now lately i can't use the flashlight anymore, says it's already being used.
The camera works again after i reboot, but most of the times i have to reboot multiple times.
I read quite a few forums and even threads here and tried pretty much everything (clearing cache, uninstalling LG Smartworld or something like that, removing the battery, etc.) and nothing really worked, so yesterday i finally decided it was time for more drastic measures and i unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP and then installed Imperium ROM v14 and it seemed fine but today i get a black screen again. I didn't restore any of my previous apps and settings on purpose, to see if they were causing the problem.
Someone here suggested (to someone else) to try flashing KDZ or something like that, i and probably the other guy, have no idea what KDZ is or where to get it.
I bought this phone used almost 2 years ago, so i have no warranty. Didn't have any issues until about 6-9 months ago and they seem to be getting worse, battery life isn't what it used to be either.
My only options are to try a non-stock rom like CM, to go back to an android 5.0 based rom, or to sell the phone as a semi-defective product, maybe i can get a used S5 for it.
This is very frustrating and somewhat ironic, since i bought this phone because it had the best camera at the time and i barely use it for anything else than taking pictures.
I'm never buying LG again.
This is a fairly common issue, maybe common enough that it should be a sticky.
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yea replacing the camera is very easy and isnt worth sending it in for shouldnt take more thn 10 or 15 min even quiker if uve been inside the g4 before its one of the most simple phones to copletly tear down
TheMadScientist420 said:
yea replacing the camera is very easy and isnt worth sending it in for shouldnt take more thn 10 or 15 min even quiker if uve been inside the g4 before its one of the most simple phones to copletly tear down
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OK, that's something i didn't even think of, so it's definitely a hardware issue ?
I read up on this KDZ thing and it seems to be a firmware updater for LG phones, would using that help ? and/or is the risk of bricking he phone too great ?
JoeGP said:
OK, that's something i didn't even think of, so it's definitely a hardware issue ?
I read up on this KDZ thing and it seems to be a firmware updater for LG phones, would using that help ? and/or is the risk of bricking he phone too great ?
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It is hardware issue. I had exact same issue. I was in stock. Didn't modify anything. After display repair they completely reflashed it. Of course you can try other firmware, but really had the same issue.
I didn't spend so much time on it, therefore don't remember exactly if i got force closes.
I only remember that the camera worked, later i got black screen, i could see the buttons, but no pic. After restart it worked again.
I also thought software issue because after restart it worked. Tried really everything which was possible without unlocked bootloader, but didn't worked.
I can't say it is definitive, could be also a motherboard issue. Or an other part of the camera (flash light, ir sensor), I only tell you what was replaced on my phone.
I would try it, camera is not so expensive.
yener90 said:
I would try it, camera is not so expensive.
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You convinced me, i just ordered a used one, it will be here be thursday i think, the guy also said it could be a motherboard issue, i imagine that isn't very cheap or easy to replace ?
Also lately i have been getting flashlight issues too, says it's already in use, so maybe the flashlight is broken too or the camera is causing that too.
JoeGP said:
You convinced me, i just ordered a used one, it will be here be thursday i think, the guy also said it could be a motherboard issue, i imagine that isn't very cheap or easy to replace ?
Also lately i have been getting flashlight issues too, says it's already in use, so maybe the flashlight is broken too or the camera is causing that too.
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Flashlight is camera related. I believe i had the same issue with flash light.
I think I tried to use other camera apps, i always got the message, that it is in use.
If it is mainboard, you should buy a new phone. Mainboard is too expensive.
But I don't believe in it, mainboard issue your phone wouldn't start anymore as we know how sensitive G4 is.
Flashlight would only freeze camera while making photos. You can check ir sensor, use an other camera and check out if there comes light from sensor.
I don't think that would be the reason to stop the camera from working.
So if the back camera is broken then why doesn't the front one work ? is it because they both run in 1 app and are kinda tied together ?
The replacement back camera should be arriving in 1-2 days.
JoeGP said:
So if the back camera is broken then why doesn't the front one work ? is it because they both run in 1 app and are kinda tied together ?
The replacement back camera should be arriving in 1-2 days.
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I have had it where there camera crashed out the box
Back on my g2. It was a refurb. And ended up being corrupted firmware and or kernel. After a reflash of firmware worked great. Ures sounds firmware related if the front aint working either. Have u tried any 3rd party camera apps to see if same results
TheMadScientist420 said:
Ures sounds firmware related if the front aint working either. Have u tried any 3rd party camera apps to see if same results
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Strange way to write 'yours', so using KDZ to update or reflash the firmware might help ? is it risky ?
I haven't tried it since i installed the Imperium Rom, but with the stock rom any and all apps that used the camera wouldn't work.
This all started after i sideloaded the google camera app (to take VR photos), which was not supported by the G4, i wonder if doing that is what caused all this.
JoeGP said:
Strange way to write 'yours', so using KDZ to update or reflash the firmware might help ? is it risky ?
I haven't tried it since i installed the Imperium Rom, but with the stock rom any and all apps that used the camera wouldn't work.
This all started after i sideloaded the google camera app (to take VR photos), which was not supported by the G4, i wonder if doing that is what caused all this.
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There havebeen a few camera failures and a good majority have been hardware related.
As long as u dont downgrade ure firmware not risky. And yes if thats when ure issues started i would safely say that is the issue. U may just try reflashing the rom ure on clean wipe all but ext sd. And start over and see if it persists
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U may just try reflashing the rom ure on clean wipe all but ext sd. And start over and see if it persists
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Well i just went from stock to Imperium and while unlocking the phone everything was wiped anyway so doing that again won't change anything, unless there is some cache or something i don't know about.
Anyway, i ordered this new camera so i'll wait for it and if that doesn't work then i'll try reflashing the firmware.
Are newer LG flagships (G5, G6) just as poorly built ? cuz i'm pretty sure i'm going back to samsung after this.
JoeGP said:
Well i just went from stock to Imperium and while unlocking the phone everything was wiped anyway so doing that again won't change anything, unless there is some cache or something i don't know about.
Anyway, i ordered this new camera so i'll wait for it and if that doesn't work then i'll try reflashing the firmware.
Are newer LG flagships (G5, G6) just as poorly built ? cuz i'm pretty sure i'm going back to samsung after this.
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I think they are. Dont know forst hand. I love my note 5. My battery xied in it the other day so im waitin on a bettery hopefully it works. Im been so fed up with lg.
got the new camera but haven't installed it yet since my phone has other issues right now, like freezing, random restarts, the quick toggles are gone, my wallpapers seems to have been removed, etc. and now it's stuck on booting (not bootlooping though)
I would like to reflash the firmware (KDZ) but the get the right one i need my IMEI number (the one underneath the battery seems to not be the one) or to see what software version the phone is running, i would need a working phone for both.
Would reflashing the Imperium rom fix this ?
The imperium rom is v20P, but there is no kdz firmware like that only V20D or V20G
Have that for months
That freakin camera issue is haunting me for months. I have tried reflashing EVERY freaking rom(stock,cm,everything) and it doesnt change anything. I have teardown my g4 to parts,plug them in and still the same.Sometimes works for a week,sometimes doesnt work for 1 month. I don;t get it. Finally someone with my problem! Man can you replace the camera module and tell me if that works so i order mine?
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That freakin camera issue is haunting me for months. I have tried reflashing EVERY freaking rom(stock,cm,everything) and it doesnt change anything. I have teardown my g4 to parts,plug them in and still the same.Sometimes works for a week,sometimes doesnt work for 1 month. I don;t get it. Finally someone with my problem! Man can you replace the camera module and tell me if that works so i order mine?
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Did you try reflashing the firmware ? (the KDZ thing)
Also no, i can't try that for you right now, like i wrote previously i got bigger problems, also i got my camera locally for like $15, if you tried everything else that is not a lot of money to spend, and if it doesn't fix your problem then you can just resell the camera. Now go do it.
JoeGP said:
Did you try reflashing the firmware ? (the KDZ thing)
Also no, i can't try that for you right now, like i wrote previously i got bigger problems, also i got my camera locally for like $15, if you tried everything else that is not a lot of money to spend, and if it doesn't fix your problem then you can just resell the camera. Now go do it.
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i reflash using kdz and other programs. To give you the prespective that even deletes the twrp and fully wipes all phones data and flashes the new ones.If you flash yours it sould be fine because i have flashed nearly all the letters (ex. v20d,e etc). Flash it see that the camera is not fixed and then change the module to tell me..in greece new camera costs 30 euros so it's not that cheap for me to spend and then does not fix nothing
ntelas said:
in greece new camera costs 30 euros so it's not that cheap for me to spend and then does not fix nothing
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Well i didn't buy a new one, i bought a used one from local listings site (like craigslist in the USA or Kijiji in Canada, every country has their own) and if the new camera doesn't work you can sell it for the exact same amount, all it will cost you is shipping and time.
If i can fix the booting issue and i still have camera issues i will install the new camera, but don't wait for me, it could take weeks, or i could just get angry and buy a used Samsung Galaxy S5 and throw this in the trash (or most likely sell it for parts)
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Well i didn't buy a new one, i bought a used one from local listings site (like craigslist in the USA or Kijiji in Canada, every country has their own) and if the new camera doesn't work you can sell it for the exact same amount, all it will cost you is shipping and time.
If i can fix the booting issue and i still have camera issues i will install the new camera, but don't wait for me, it could take weeks, or i could just get angry and buy a used Samsung Galaxy S5 and throw this in the trash (or most likely sell it for parts)
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Ok..well there are no that kind of shops here that sell used cameras etc. only used phones. So if myne breaks again for sure then i ll buy one and ill se..But even if that doesnt work then there is nowere to sell it! In greece there are no that kind of shops
ntelas said:
Ok..well there are no that kind of shops here that sell used cameras etc. only used phones. So if myne breaks again for sure then i ll buy one and ill se..But even if that doesnt work then there is nowere to sell it! In greece there are no that kind of shops
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It's not a shop, it's a website like ebay, anyone can sell anything there, you have many sites like that i'm sure, every country does. 99% of things sold there are by regular people like you and me.
Google "used lg g4 camera for sale" (in your language) and the first 5 websites will probably be what you are looking for.
This is what ours looks like https://www.olx.ro/oferte/q-lg-g4/, there are at least 10-20 smaller sites, there are even facebook groups, where people post the stuff they don't want anymore.
You're saying you have none of these ?

Persistent sound issue no matter what

I've done just about everything. There's a log cat below. EVERY ROM, EVERY KERNEL STOCK OR CUSTOM, this issue is there after the first reboot. Im only going to answer every question that goes like "have you tried...." With a full rundown of what I did and results. I will remind I've tried every custom nougat rom, stock or custom and I've tried stock marshmallow rom to. Also some roms haven't even had sound on first boot. Some roms will work for a bit then they will do a soft reboot that takes 30-45 minutes to complete. Then have no sound. I'm open to taking my phone apart since my screen is fu*ked up. Im begging at this point I love this phone, I've had it for 2 months, I don't want to have to buy another one.
Tried unbrick tool yet? That may have a slightly different effect than just flashing stock ROM (as it completely nukes the device and installs everything again).
Anyways, you may have a hardware issue. In that case taking the phone apart won't do much ... You can only check the connections, that's about it.
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Explorer23 said:
Tried unbrick tool yet? That may have a slightly different effect than just flashing stock ROM (as it completely nukes the device and installs everything again).
Anyways, you may have a hardware issue. In that case taking the phone apart won't do much ... You can only check the connections, that's about it.
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I did actually brick it awhile back trying to solve that damn sound issue. I used the mega unbrick guide to fix it, I can try again. Cause hell who knows it might fix it. Thanks for the recommendations.
Found out it is hardware i narrowed it to the aux port board which is what the fingerprint sensor, microphone, speaker connect to. I'm ordering a new part tomorrow for it
Did you find any solution? Im having the same issue and trying to figure out how to fix tihs
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Found out it is hardware i narrowed it to the aux port board which is what the fingerprint sensor, microphone, speaker connect to. I'm ordering a new part tomorrow for it
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Please give me the link to buy. Im having same issue too. And i think its hardware
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Please give me the link to buy. Im having same issue too. And i think its hardware
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Well, when I bought the new part and replaced it, it didn't do anything. But I can still give you a link, I need up getting a htc 10 cause I was sick of the phones bs. https://m.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Earphone...%3Ac0cbdf2615e0ab10a81ff986ffd94c65%7Ciid%3A6
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Well, when I bought the new part and replaced it, it didn't do anything. But I can still give you a link, I need up getting a htc 10 cause I was sick of the phones bs. https://m.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Earphone...%3Ac0cbdf2615e0ab10a81ff986ffd94c65%7Ciid%3A6
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You mean this not rix the problem?
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xsetiadi said:
You mean this not rix the problem?
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It could for you, but it didn't change a thing for me. Every phones diffrent.

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