Hi, I'm wondering if any electronics expert can help me with this. I dropped my htc m8 and the screen shattered. I decided to replace the screen my self using YouTube videos as a guide. I replaced the screen, connected everything, and powered it on and it worked flawlessly.
When I tried to fit the phone back into the silver case, I did not fit properly so I removed it. I tried powering the phone but it didn't power up. After a bit of wiggling with the top power ribbon, I managed to power it up. But the button is not stable, ie sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. Is it an issue of a bent cable? If there is a solution that does not involve buying a new board I will appreciate it.
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I need to turn my phone on without using the power button. The power button on the top left side of the phone is broken and no longer works. This corner of the motherboard is slightly exposed, and I have previously turned the phone on by touching the mobo with a paperclip, but as far as I'm concerned it's just luck. I was hoping for either turning it on by computer, or a map of a mobo that showed what I could push/touch to turn the phone, if possible. Or, any other method. Thanks.
EDIT: I don't have my USB cable, so now I can't use any computer method anymore..
EDIT2: I found the problem: The small chip/power button attached to the motherboard came off. I'm hoping I can find someone in (Raleigh, NC) to solder it back on for me, assuming that it can be soldered.
What I was doing before with the paperclip was magic.. I just touched the pins and it turned on, but I can't do that anymore
EDIT3: Shorted out the power switch pins. My new power button is my battery
nicematt said:
I need to turn my phone on without using the power button. The power button on the top left side of the phone is broken and no longer works. This corner of the motherboard is slightly exposed, and I have previously turned the phone on by touching the mobo with a paperclip, but as far as I'm concerned it's just luck. I was hoping for either turning it on by computer, or a map of a mobo that showed what I could push/touch to turn the phone, if possible. Or, any other method. Thanks.
EDIT: I don't have my USB cable, so now I can't use any computer method anymore..
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Look like your back to the paperclip then. Sorry, i had too, but seriously, I don't think it would work with the computer anyway. There's no way to communicate if it isn't on. Can you see where the button connects?
The only way to correct this is to either fix the mother board or continue using the paperclip. Unfortunatly most electronic devices like this, only have one "actual" method for turning them on. I do like your idea of bypassing the switch to turn the unit on though.
Updated. The power switch came off the motherboard.
nicematt said:
Updated. The power switch came off the motherboard.
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im no expert...but that sounds like a not-so-good thing.
I fixed the issue.. sort of. Shorted out the power switch pins on the motherboard, so it stays "on" indefinitely. My new power button is my battery
A limiting fix, I guess.. but it works.
wow..you are not gonna let this one die huh? maybe its time for some parts? or a new phone?
Why should I let it die? Everything on the phone is fine, I just lost the power switch. Now I got the thing hotwired and it works fine.
I'm locking this thread....no more need for it.
Hi there
I recently attempted to change the digitizer on my one x, breaking the lcd in the process.
I ordered one from eBay and installed it along with my new digitizer. Both went well and my one x was looking fresh again.
With the housing off still, I wasnt 100% happy with the double sided tape i used so decided to redo the bonding process.
Anyways... Long story short.
My wife accidentally spilled the tiniest bit of water on the surface my phone was on. It did get on the phone but not too much, I broke down the components and put them in a rice bag overnight. now the lcd screen is cloudy (not a problem really, can get another for £20) but the htc logo comes on with a vibration as normal but then after 3 seconds goes off and repeats. Thinking my battery could be drained I've had it on charge for at least half hour with no luck.
I hope this isn't a hardware issue. I can't afford this right now.
Trying to boot into recovery brings up the low battery text too but again reboots after 3 seconds. Ive triple checked all ribbons/cables/connections and everything seems fine.
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks
Edit: A post on this thread... http://androidforums.com/htc-one-x-xl/635327-help-my-htc-one-x-wont-stop-rebooting.html hints at it possibly being an issue with the powerflex cable attached to the power button. After a few wiggles and playabouts the phone went on to the bootanimation but then rebooted. So its possible it is the cable?! How do i go about changing this and further testing to make sure it is exactly this?
Edit II: Seems to be now the powerflex cable is faulty, as when I disconnect it from the slot, the charge LED now remains constant. I've disconnected everything else. Leaving it to charge for a while then gonna research the power cable. tried connecting the power cable but it just causes it to restart with LED flashing every 3 secs. hence why i know it restarts.
chalmizzle said:
Hi there
I recently attempted to change the digitizer on my one x, breaking the lcd in the process.
I ordered one from eBay and installed it along with my new digitizer. Both went well and my one x was looking fresh again.
With the housing off still, I wasnt 100% happy with the double sided tape i used so decided to redo the bonding process.
Anyways... Long story short.
My wife accidentally spilled the tiniest bit of water on the surface my phone was on. It did get on the phone but not too much, I broke down the components and put them in a rice bag overnight. now the lcd screen is cloudy (not a problem really, can get another for £20) but the htc logo comes on with a vibration as normal but then after 3 seconds goes off and repeats. Thinking my battery could be drained I've had it on charge for at least half hour with no luck.
I hope this isn't a hardware issue. I can't afford this right now.
Trying to boot into recovery brings up the low battery text too but again reboots after 3 seconds. Ive triple checked all ribbons/cables/connections and everything seems fine.
Any help would be appreciated. Many thanks
Edit: A post on this thread... http://androidforums.com/htc-one-x-xl/635327-help-my-htc-one-x-wont-stop-rebooting.html hints at it possibly being an issue with the powerflex cable attached to the power button. After a few wiggles and playabouts the phone went on to the bootanimation but then rebooted. So its possible it is the cable?! How do i go about changing this and further testing to make sure it is exactly this?
Edit II: Seems to be now the powerflex cable is faulty, as when I disconnect it from the slot, the charge LED now remains constant. I've disconnected everything else. Leaving it to charge for a while then gonna research the power cable. tried connecting the power cable but it just causes it to restart with LED flashing every 3 secs. hence why i know it restarts.
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you should be happy atleast your motherboard is okay now try getting a new power flex cable and check whether your htc still reboots or not with the new one,,,best ov luck :good:
Cheers mate. One is on order from eBay. I ended up removing the power cable because it just interfered with boot ups. It's a bugger having to use sweep to wake and ADB commands but at least it now works
Also no mic for calls but that's OK. Loudspeaker works still
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Cheers mate. One is on order from eBay. I ended up removing the power cable because it just interfered with boot ups. It's a bugger having to use sweep to wake and ADB commands but at least it now works
Also no mic for calls but that's OK. Loudspeaker works still
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those are minor parts you can change them well congrats um happy for your reborn HTC ONE X :good::highfive:
Hi guys. I just got a flex power cable yesterday, and I installed it onto my gnex, but I still have charging issues (Boot up, 2-3 charge up cycle animation, reboot up, 2-3 animations again, rinse and repeat).
Could it be a problem with the back cover?
I also switched out the battery for an OEM one, and the phone is still acting like a jerk.
The thing is, when I pull out the usb cable, the phone still thinks it's charging for like 2-3 seconds before it turns off.
Could it be some random internal capacitors gone to sh1t?
I really REALLY want to solve this because I am not ready to ditch my gnex.
no one has a solution?
This phone forum seems to be dying.
Edit: try a factory reset. Use the stock recovery by holding the power and volume up and volume down if you can't get to your settings the normal way
I was facing the same problem until I moved the micro usb pin towards a bit to the screen using a very small screwdriver. you can try that once. but do that very gently so that it doesn't break. you can use a small plastic pin/toothpick also.
so far, its working fine for me.
I have the same problem and I have just tried this without any solution!!
I tried pushing the pin forward towards the screen. It doesn't work. Do I have to push harder?
Hi,
I hadthe same problem where no cables i tried worked..
I had to send mine in for service to change the pcb for my usb-port. it did the trick for 6 months time. nice phone, but ****ty usb contact..
hope it helps..
Hey all, I've just done a screen replacement. It went okay apart from the phone bootlooping on the first try. This was due to the ribbon connector at the bottom of the phone (for the motherboard to display) somehow, as it was loose. I've fastened it properly since.
Now everything seems to work okay, except for the fact that the power button and the volume up button both do not work. I have to boot through fastboot currently. Does anyone know what could cause this during a repair? The buttons all click like they should and I can't see any obstructions inside the device.
Hi all,
I just upgraded the battery on my Moto 360 v1 and everything was working (including the display assembly) when I connected everything - except the side button. I opened it up, thinking there was something in the way of the button mechanism, and tried pressing the button mechanism manually. It wouldn't turn on, so I disconnected the battery for ~20 minutes. After that time I put it back together and lo and behold, it vibrated! But the screen stayed black. I put it on the charger and the screen still stayed black - but I noticed the backlight was working. Even the digitizer is working. I opened it up again and everything looks fine. The pins on the ribbon cables all seem fine, no dust/moisture. The ribbon cables themselves also seem fine.
I've already tried factory resetting via the Wear OS app, but that hasn't changed anything.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Tiny update:
After tinkering around with things, I managed to get some pixels on the screen. So chances are good I damaged the ribbon cable. I'll update if I get it sorted.
Did you get it working?
The ribbon cables are exceptionally easy to tear when working on the watch (I managed to do this *twice* even though I knew I needed to be careful), in which case you must get a replacement display assembly from aliexpress. But it may also just be that the display connector is not fully engaged.