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How to fix my GNex now.!!

Quite some time ago, the microUSB port on my Galaxy Nexus started having problems after it got wet in the rain. I have been using it as such ever since, the device does charge, but doe not go into USB mode no matter what I do. Also, during the last flash, my entire storage, including sdcard + system + data got wiped. Is there any way to get it back working without getting it serviced. Also, I have repaired my laptops before, no matter how serious the problem may be. How much more difficult, could it be to install the new replacement part myself.
PS: I live in Delhi, India, so there is no servicing available for the device as of now. Samsung refuses to be able to provide any support at all.

Take the phone apart ( pull battery, etc) and put it in a bag of rice. For a couple of days. Just to remove the moisture. Also dont use it. It can harm the phone as it became wet.
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thegtfusion said:
Take the phone apart ( pull battery, etc) and put it in a bag of rice. For a couple of days. Just to remove the moisture. Also dont use it. It can harm the phone as it became wet.
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i have already done that... my problem is my phone is entirely wiped, no ROM on it plus no ROM on the internal sdcard as well....
Also, the microUSB port does not work any longer... so the think I was asking is ... is there a way to transfer a ROM zip without having to repair the USB port which in my case i'll have to do myself as there is no support available for the device.
If so, how can i confirm the make of the chip since there seems to be many revisions of the same available....

agent47er said:
i have already done that... my problem is my phone is entirely wiped, no ROM on it plus no ROM on the internal sdcard as well....
Also, the microUSB port does not work any longer... so the think I was asking is ... is there a way to transfer a ROM zip without having to repair the USB port which in my case i'll have to do myself as there is no support available for the device.
If so, how can i confirm the make of the chip since there seems to be many revisions of the same available....
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Sure. Use cloud storage (google drive, dropbox, box.net, etc) or access a shared folder on your computer via Wifi with a file manager such as ES File Explorer.

Petrovski80 said:
Sure. Use cloud storage (google drive, dropbox, box.net, etc) or access a shared folder on your computer via Wifi with a file manager such as ES File Explorer.
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plz read the entire post before replying.... as I said there is no ROM...... i CANT BOOT IT....

Scout eBay for a replacement microusb port board, then take your nexus apart, then replace it. Ifixit have a good documentation on how to take it apart.
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[Q] Looping + Volume down not working

Hi
I have a serious problem. In short, my phone is starting normally until it reaches to the Lock Screen it hangs there for a sec then it will restart and keeps like this until it is out of battery. Also for me the volume down button doesnt work at all meaning I cant reach to Bootloader.
Details:
One day my HOX fall into my fish tank but I was able to take it out immediately and put it into bag of rice and it survived with two things not working: headset input and the Volume Down button.
Ok. I had no problems without them until last night. I have Android Revolution HD but dont know which version I dont remember. I wanted to go back to stock. And here what I did as much as I can remember:
- Flashed secure BOOT.IMG. I took it out from RUU 1.29.415.
- Flashed Recovery also took it from RUU.
- Relocked it.
Until now I had no problem I was able to use HTC Quick Root to restart to bootloader. Actually After relocking it was rebooting always to bootloader. I was never able to go to Recovery at all.
The real problems started when UNLOCKED it again.
Now what is going on is that it is looping as I mentioned at the beginning. I CANT go to bootloader because of the button problem. And Mainly the HTC Quick Root cant recognize it when I connect it to My Laptop although I'm sure the laptop does.
I tried RUU a time and it showed me version error.
Please advise. I am desperate I cant afford buying a new phone.What should I do?

Hope those fishies didnt fry !

Wilks3y said:
Hope those fishies didnt fry !
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No the tank was empty I was filling the tank only.
Update:
I have just uninstalled HTC drivers from my laptop and installed them again. When I connect my HOX - it is turned off- I got the following :
USB Composite Device --- Ready to use.
USB Mass storage --- Ready to use.
MyHTC -- Ready to use.
HTC Android Phone USB Device --- Ready to use.
But the problem remains as it is.

You seem to have (re)discovered that electronics and water don't mix.

BenPope said:
You seem to have (re)discovered that electronics and water don't mix.
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Please with all due respect. I am burning in hell to solve my problem. We can laugh about my actions later but please if you can help do otherwise keep it until later.

AALJAM said:
Please with all due respect. I am burning in hell to solve my problem. We can laugh about my actions later but please if you can help do otherwise keep it until later.
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Take it apart and wash it with isopropyl alcohol. You should be able to find some guides for this type of thing.

BenPope said:
Take it apart and wash it with isopropyl alcohol. You should be able to find some guides for this type of thing.
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I will look for it and give it a try. Thanks.

AALJAM said:
I will look for it and give it a try. Thanks.
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OH no man. Just looking at the video scared me out. I dont have the skill doing that I know I will damage it.
Well, the question is Why the program wont see it connected while it will be recognized by the laptop even if the mobile is off ? I just need a way somehow to go to the bootloaders.

AALJAM said:
I will look for it and give it a try. Thanks.
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The more you use it, the less likely you'll be able to fix it. You need to disconnect the battery.
Impurities in the water will short the electronics and fry them.
The alcohol will help dissolve the impurities and clean the components, it will evaporate without leaving a nasty residue.
Good luck, but don't hold out too much hope.

BenPope said:
The more you use it, the less likely you'll be able to fix it. You need to disconnect the battery.
Impurities in the water will short the electronics and fry them.
The alcohol will help dissolve the impurities and clean the components, it will evaporate without leaving a nasty residue.
Good luck, but don't hold out too much hope.
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Well, the water accident happened months ago. So I guess it is too late to do that.

AALJAM said:
Well, the water accident happened months ago. So I guess it is too late to do that.
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Find a repair shop and see if they'll take on a water-damage repair. If they dont seem confident (like they've done it before - they might confidently express doubt!), try another.

WOW. I was able to go to Fastboot simply by pressing the Volume down hard, REALLY HARD.
So now I am confused and scared what to do.

flash a rom!!
AALJAM said:
WOW. I was able to go to Fastboot simply by pressing the Volume down hard, REALLY HARD.
So now I am confused and scared what to do.
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I suggest to flash a new rom,( if your hox bootloop or stucks at bootloader)... if battery is empty, charge it with a charge script.
hope it help you.
sorry for my bad english.

[Q] "Bricked" After Overheat Auto-Shutdown - Desperate To Retrieve Data

JimBadger said:
Hi,
I'm genuinely sorry if this is an often repeated thread, but I couldn't find anyone here suffering from exactly the same symptons as me.
I've had my One X for a couple of months, it's completely unrooted and has nothing on it you can't get from Google's app market. I'm with Orange, in the UK, so the phone's running all their default stuff.
My phone's been running quite hot ever since I got it, but, today, I had it in my pocket while I drove to work (20) minutes, and it must have overheated and turned itself off.
I couldn't turn it on, and, in my panic, I held the power button for ten seconds, and saw the buttons at the bottom flash. Since then, nothing at all, no charging light (from USB or mains). I've tried all combinations of power/volume button presses and absolutely nothing has happened at all. Nothing at all since the first button flashes on the first long power button press (10 seconds). Now, it's been like that for about 8 hours and has been on and off charge all day, to no avail. (no LED at all, at any point, red nor green).
I've just got back from holiday and have a tonne of pictures and vids I have probably lost, but want to try to recover. I'd be really, really grateful for the assistance of the experienced people here. I'm, as you may have picked up, a hopeless newb.
When I connect via laptop to USB, the computer (Windows 7) detects an APX device, whatever that is, but the automated driver installation fails. Nothing shows up in Windows explorer.
Is there anything I/You/We can do?
My last resort is to send it back to Orange, and ask if they can retrieve data, but I expect they'll just send a new phone and wipe/refurbish my old one for someone else.
Is it possible to send phones back to HTC for repair, without losing data?
And finally, although I've not seen anything on the screen at all, no bootloaders, no recovery screen, nothing, might some combinatin of my button-mashing have already wiped the phone?
On a scale of One to OH DEAR...how screwed am I?
Please help me, XDA!
Edit: Ah, I can see it as a device, actually. Shows up as an "APX Device", but I can't do anything with it.
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I had the exact same issue as the above user, only change is that my phone has been rooted... is it still worth sending off to retrieve data on the SD card or will they refuse to fix it as it is rooted?

OneX94 said:
I had the exact same issue as the above user, only change is that my phone has been rooted... is it still worth sending off to retrieve data on the SD card or will they refuse to fix it as it is rooted?
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HTC would fix ur device provided u pretend not to have rooted it ... but they wouldn't retrieve the data for you, though.

[email protected] said:
HTC would fix ur device provided u pretend not to have rooted it ... but they wouldn't retrieve the data for you, though.
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There is absolutely no chance of data being retrieved, even if requested? And sure I can pretend I didn't root it but will they not find that it has been rooted? It was still on the stock rom but not stock recovery

OneX94 said:
There is absolutely no chance of data being retrieved, even if requested? And sure I can pretend I didn't root it but will they not find that it has been rooted? It was still on the stock rom but not stock recovery
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Sorry, but no chance at all, the Htc service technician would directly replace a new board on your phone and discard the old one, meaning they wouldn't even bother try repairing the old board, and all you data would be on the old board.
and since the phone doesn't turn on, as i told u previously they wouldn't take the pain of repairing the old board and finding out if ur phone was rooted or not, they would directly replace the entire board. (at-least that's what they did to me, when i tried it :laugh: )
out of curiosity, didnt u use the auto-upload dropbox feature ?
u pics would be on dropbox.com if u did. u could log in with ur id and pass
Let me know what happens :good:

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Sorry, but no chance at all, the Htc service technician would directly replace a new board on your phone and discard the old one, meaning they wouldn't even bother try repairing the old board, and all you data would be on the old board.
and since the phone doesn't turn on, as i told u previously they wouldn't take the pain of repairing the old board and finding out if ur phone was rooted or not, they would directly replace the entire board. (at-least that's what they did to me, when i tried it :laugh: )
out of curiosity, didnt u use the auto-upload dropbox feature ?
u pics would be on dropbox.com if u did. u could log in with ur id and pass
Let me know what happens :good:
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Aah well what's gone is gone...
Yes I had but there was other personal data that I would've really have like to have kept :/
Edit: Will do, Thank you

http://www.modaco.com/topic/335416-nvflash-setup-instructions-drivers-links-active/
This isn't an answer but might be of interest for research. No idea if similar recovery exists for hox. If you could get back to Cwm at least you could mount sd and get your data...
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[email protected] said:
Sorry, but no chance at all, the Htc service technician would directly replace a new board on your phone and discard the old one, meaning they wouldn't even bother try repairing the old board, and all you data would be on the old board.
and since the phone doesn't turn on, as i told u previously they wouldn't take the pain of repairing the old board and finding out if ur phone was rooted or not, they would directly replace the entire board. (at-least that's what they did to me, when i tried it :laugh: )
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I'm not sure if your information is just from personal experience but the reason why any official repair center won't retrieve data is because of the action of doing so is tangled up in many privacy laws and it's not worth the hassle.
As far as I am aware HTC will repair anything that's within their skill set which is pretty much anything, but the cost of their labour is high and given the HTC One X is currently a £350 phone, it may not be worthwhile.
@OneX94 I can completely sympathise with you – such a ball ache to lose em after a holiday!
Can I ask about some of the more particular details of your phone? You said it was rooted – did you have a custom rom and CPU frequency adjustment apps etc?

leonforthewin said:
I'm not sure if your information is just from personal experience but the reason why any official repair center won't retrieve data is because of the action of doing so is tangled up in many privacy laws and it's not worth the hassle.
As far as I am aware HTC will repair anything that's within their skill set which is pretty much anything, but the cost of their labour is high and given the HTC One X is currently a £350 phone, it may not be worthwhile.
@OneX94 I can completely sympathise with you – such a ball ache to lose em after a holiday!
Can I ask about some of the more particular details of your phone? You said it was rooted – did you have a custom rom and CPU frequency adjustment apps etc?
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Stock rom, set cpu installed and was allocated high levels of cpu frequency as i had almost full battery... why ask?

landwomble said:
This isn't an answer but might be of interest for research. No idea if similar recovery exists for hox. If you could get back to Cwm at least you could mount sd and get your data...
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I have cwm as my custom recovery but the phone won't start, go into hboot or anything :S

OneX94 said:
Stock rom, set cpu installed and was allocated high levels of cpu frequency as i had almost full battery... why ask?
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I was wondering in case you have overclocked it etc.
You insured by chance?
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Hmmmmm the mysterious APX mode a lot of developers are trying to go to..........
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.

XxVcVxX said:
Hmmmmm the mysterious APX mode a lot of developers are trying to go to..........
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.
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I haven't read back through the thread, but APX means write-off. Its dead, an ex-phone, not coming back to life. Ever.
Claim under statutory rights or HTC warranty.

leonforthewin said:
I was wondering in case you have overclocked it etc.
You insured by chance?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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not insured, and i may have overclocked a tad.... :S The courier came to pick the phone up to take to HTC this morning, have i just made a huge mistake in doing that?...

BenPope said:
I haven't read back through the thread, but APX means write-off. Its dead, an ex-phone, not coming back to life. Ever.
Claim under statutory rights or HTC warranty.
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Yeah, its most probably dead.
Sent from my faster than SGS3 HOX.

remove internal SDCARD

my wife's One X is pretty busted, broken screen, now the thing wont turn on.
she doesnt want a warranty repair due to a bunch of baby photos being on the internal sd-card
thinking of just biting the bullet and i am wondering if i disassembled the phone, whether the internal sd-card is removable, and i can just take it out and put it into another sdcard reader or something?

gjw00 said:
my wife's One X is pretty busted, broken screen, now the thing wont turn on.
she doesnt want a warranty repair due to a bunch of baby photos being on the internal sd-card
thinking of just biting the bullet and i am wondering if i disassembled the phone, whether the internal sd-card is removable, and i can just take it out and put it into another sdcard reader or something?
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nope it's not like a normal micro sd card...it's like a ssd and it's on the mainboard so a normal remove wouldn't be possible...

****, is there no way that card can be read then? bugger, she never signed in to google+.. no other backups.

gjw00 said:
****, is there no way that card can be read then? bugger, she never signed in to google+.. no other backups.
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the phone is really not turning on anymore? if not i think no way...except of asking in store if you want to repair with warranty that they don't touch the private photos etc...but normally they aren't touching them and even don't see them...they just repair the phone look if the screen or so is working again and yes..

Data recovery

Hi are there any services or is it possible to recover data from fully dead phone (water damage) ?
regards

Pull the rear cover and disconnect the battery.
If not damaged by corrosion it may be salvageable.
Otherwise a profe$$ional service might be able to.
How long since it happened?
What kind of water?

it fell in the pool. i already took it to 2 repair shops 1 being the official samsung center. official said that corrosion damaged everything. Other shop were trying 1 week until they said cant retrieve anything. So now im thinking to look for specific data retrieval companies

wpjohn13 said:
it fell in the pool. i already took it to 2 repair shops 1 being the official samsung center. official said that corrosion damaged everything. Other shop were trying 1 week until they said cant retrieve anything. So now im thinking to look for specific data retrieval companies
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The chipset with the internal flash memory will need to be removed and remounted in a test jig or same model phone. Even that may not work.
You have a SD card slot in that phone. Why weren't you using it as a data drive? All critical data should have been on there. Although that should've been backed up as well, the card likely would have survived.

sd card was not used. i had "mega" as a backup but i dont know what happened when i checked mega only had empty folders

wpjohn13 said:
sd card was not used. i had "mega" as a backup but i dont know what happened when i checked mega only had empty folders
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Use multiple hdds for backup. Copy/paste/verify for size /readability files and folders to backup.
Maybe nothing can be done now, but in the future you can prevent this from happening again.
More lessons from the U of Hard Knocks... been there, done that. I lost a whole database that was 30 yo and not replaceable

30y of data ouch..well mega was added after screen was broken and replaced so data would not be lost. and yet again managed to mess it up

wpjohn13 said:
30y of data ouch..well mega was added after screen was broken and replaced so data would not be lost. and yet again managed to mess it up
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Yeah backup is a pain. I do it manually even the sync. You want multiple copies that are time staggered. I have lots of old hdds that store extra copies just in case. I may lose some data but never all.
An OTG flashstick can be used as a quick "dirty" backup but make sure most of the data is backed up to at least 2 hdds that are physically and electronically isolated from each other and the PC.
One near lightning strike can wipe a device...
You can use a cloud service but even then I still use hdds on top of that.

thanks for the tips