hey guys, i have a big problem. the center of my MDA's screen will not work. I noticed this while playing warfare incorporated.... I have re-flashed it and it goes to the align screen step and obviously i cant get past this point.........
Any ideas, im sure its hardware but what would make just the center die?
i was just thinking of selling my phone (work provides free crackberry) and this happens.... anyone want an MDA with a (partially) bad touchscreen?
please let me know any ideas you may have.
Thanks guys
Try this...
slide the stylus all around the edges of the screen. I dunno why, but that usually works.
It kinda sounds like your touch screen is going bad. It can be replaced, and there nt to expensive. Try ebay!
Hi Tsumi,
I am also having this issue with a UK XDA Mini S that is about 13 months old.
If I go into 'Notes' and draw Horizontal straight lines across the screen they are straight at the top and bottom but curve around the middle of the screen, very annoying. Brilliant phone apart from that.
no go
i tried the "around the screen" thing and that didnt work.... i think i may just have to sell it. I dont want to replace the screen b/c thats just more money spent on a phone im going to sell..... I hate to do it, I love this phone, it has saved me from boredom soooo many times.... (sniff) ill miss it.
Its like 14 bucks for a new digitizer. I am sure that it will be more than a 14 buck difference in sale price if you fixed it.
Rest2137 said:
Its like 14 bucks for a new digitizer. I am sure that it will be more than a 14 buck difference in sale price if you fixed it.
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I am sure but i just dont want to dive into this phone... if i break something else...... im more screwed....
[email protected]
send the info i will paypal you did not read assuming you have proof of life meaning light
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send the info i will paypal you did not read assuming you have proof of life meaning light
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??? does this mean your are are interested and want to see a pic of the alignment screen??? if so, not a problem!
your word is good enough
But im slammed so why diont you use my email
as discussed just disclose everything and tell me what im getting thank you
box books?
wires
cool thanks got to go
So I sold my original vibrant which was in pristine condition and had the box and all accessories to my sister in law for $150.00 plus her upgrade so I could get the Nexus S for $199.99 from best buy. She was happy to do it since she knows how much I love android and she wanted a Vibrant anyway. I love my Nexus S, but I was missing my vibrant and all the cool development with eugene's deadhorse kernel being compatible with the I9000 roms, the release of Krylons Bionix Frost, source code, etc. Which all happened within a week of me getting rid of the vibrant. So, I kept my eyes peeled on craigslist for a good used Vibrant. Bare in mind this is more of a toy for me than a phone.
So Friday I see an add for a Vibrant for $100.00 so I send the number a text inquiring about it and they say "The phone is in great condition, nothing wrong with it." I tried to low ball them and scared them away. So Saturday I text from my wifes phone as a different person. LOL. So I offer $80.00, they say yes, can you meet me in Rose Hill (a little hick suburb right outside the city). So I say "sure, be there in 45 minutes. I'm leaving now." We meet up, she comes over to my car and says she just reset the phone and hands it to me. She's a young, typical, overweight, suburbanite girl. It's booting up so I wait for it to actually boot while I look over the physical condition of the phone. It's in good shape. The phone boots, I unlock the screen, click around on the screen a bit, hey it works. Cool. I give her the eighty bucks and roll out. While driving I get the phone out and immediately realize the capacitive buttons don't work. All four will light up, but no response or vibration. "****!". I reboot...nothing. So I text her "Um, why do the buttons not work on this pone?" She immediately gets defensive "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? IT WORKED FINE FOR ME? BLAH BLAH BLAH." So I just reply "weird". I know she knew what was wrong with it. I open the back to check the water exposure indicators. The phone is ok and doesn't appear to have been in water (Haven't actually taken it apart yet). The battery indicator is red though. "Well, ****, she ****ed me" I think to myself. I figure I can at least get my money out of it for parts or even use an app like Button Savior which I have on my Nook Color to replace the capacitive keys.
So the wife and I have a dinner and movie date and we have to head out immediately after i get home from making the buy so I can't really mess with it right away. We get home around midnight, I connect the device to the computer, put it in download mode, flash Stock JFD via Odin, it reboots, and voila the keys now work. I'm stoked.
So this is the text I just sent her. "Hey, just wanted to let you know I fixed the issue with the buttons. Just had to reinstall the stock firmware. Took about five minutes. Thanks again for the phone. Oh and BTW, just so you know, resetting the phone does not format the internal SD card. All your pictures and videos are still on the phone. Thanks again"
She has tons of Myspace style pics of herself on the phone including her with her bare ass, in her underwear, and bathing suit. LOL.
Alkaloid said:
So I sold my original vibrant which was in pristine condition and had the box and all accessories to my sister in law for $150.00 plus her upgrade so I could get the Nexus S for $199.99 from best buy. She was happy to do it since she knows how much I love android and she wanted a Vibrant anyway. I love my Nexus S, but I was missing my vibrant and all the cool development with eugene's deadhorse kernel being compatible with the I9000 roms, the release of Krylons Bionix Frost, source code, etc. Which all happened within a week of me getting rid of the vibrant. So, I kept my eyes peeled on craigslist for a good used Vibrant. Bare in mind this is more of a toy for me than a phone.
So Friday I see an add for a Vibrant for $100.00 so I send the number a text inquiring about it and they say "The phone is in great condition, nothing wrong with it." I tried to low ball them and scared them away. So Saturday I text from my wifes phone as a different person. LOL. So I offer $80.00, they say yes, can you meet me in Rose Hill (a little hick suburb right outside the city). So I say "sure, be there in 45 minutes. I'm leaving now." We meet up, she comes over to my car and says she just reset the phone and hands it to me. She's a young, typical, overweight, suburbanite girl. It's booting up so I wait for it to actually boot while I look over the physical condition of the phone. It's in good shape. The phone boots, I unlock the screen, click around on the screen a bit, hey it works. Cool. I give her the eighty bucks and roll out. While driving I get the phone out and immediately realize the capacitive buttons don't work. All four will light up, but no response or vibration. "****!". I reboot...nothing. So I text her "Um, why do the buttons not work on this pone?" She immediately gets defensive "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? IT WORKED FINE FOR ME? BLAH BLAH BLAH." So I just reply "weird". I know she knew what was wrong with it. I open the back to check the water exposure indicators. The phone is ok and doesn't appear to have been in water (Haven't actually taken it apart yet). The battery indicator is red though. "Well, ****, she ****ed me" I think to myself. I figure I can at least get my money out of it for parts or even use an app like Button Savior which I have on my Nook Color to replace the capacitive keys.
So the wife and I have a dinner and movie date and we have to head out immediately after i get home from making the buy so I can't really mess with it right away. We get home around midnight, I connect the device to the computer, put it in download mode, flash Stock JFD via Odin, it reboots, and voila the keys now work. I'm stoked.
So this is the text I just sent her. "Hey, just wanted to let you know I fixed the issue with the buttons. Just had to reinstall the stock firmware. Took about five minutes. Thanks again for the phone. Oh and BTW, just so you know, resetting the phone does not format the internal SD card. All your pictures and videos are still on the phone. Thanks again"
She has tons of Myspace style pics of herself on the phone including her with her bare ass, in her underwear, and bathing suit. LOL.
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hahahhaha!
What a ***** lol.
Anyways, i'm hoping you delete those pictures... i mean i wouldn't want pictures of "a young, typical, overweight, suburbanite girl" on my phone.
**** load of profit for you there.
Plus one for you dude!
xriderx66 said:
hahahhaha!
What a ***** lol.
Anyways, i'm hoping you delete those pictures... i mean i wouldn't want pictures of "a young, typical, overweight, suburbanite girl" on my phone.
**** load of profit for you there.
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I hear that, Bro. They're already gone, but she doesn't need to know that. She deserves the embarrassment. She could have and should have been honest about what was wrong with it and she could have probably still sold it for what she was asking.
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So I sold my original vibrant which was in pristine condition and had the box and all accessories to my sister in law for $150.00 plus her upgrade so I could get the Nexus S for $199.99 from best buy. She was happy to do it since she knows how much I love android and she wanted a Vibrant anyway. I love my Nexus S, but I was missing my vibrant and all the cool development with eugene's deadhorse kernel being compatible with the I9000 roms, the release of Krylons Bionix Frost, source code, etc. Which all happened within a week of me getting rid of the vibrant. So, I kept my eyes peeled on craigslist for a good used Vibrant. Bare in mind this is more of a toy for me than a phone.
So Friday I see an add for a Vibrant for $100.00 so I send the number a text inquiring about it and they say "The phone is in great condition, nothing wrong with it." I tried to low ball them and scared them away. So Saturday I text from my wifes phone as a different person. LOL. So I offer $80.00, they say yes, can you meet me in Rose Hill (a little hick suburb right outside the city). So I say "sure, be there in 45 minutes. I'm leaving now." We meet up, she comes over to my car and says she just reset the phone and hands it to me. She's a young, typical, overweight, suburbanite girl. It's booting up so I wait for it to actually boot while I look over the physical condition of the phone. It's in good shape. The phone boots, I unlock the screen, click around on the screen a bit, hey it works. Cool. I give her the eighty bucks and roll out. While driving I get the phone out and immediately realize the capacitive buttons don't work. All four will light up, but no response or vibration. "****!". I reboot...nothing. So I text her "Um, why do the buttons not work on this pone?" She immediately gets defensive "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?? IT WORKED FINE FOR ME? BLAH BLAH BLAH." So I just reply "weird". I know she knew what was wrong with it. I open the back to check the water exposure indicators. The phone is ok and doesn't appear to have been in water (Haven't actually taken it apart yet). The battery indicator is red though. "Well, ****, she ****ed me" I think to myself. I figure I can at least get my money out of it for parts or even use an app like Button Savior which I have on my Nook Color to replace the capacitive keys.
So the wife and I have a dinner and movie date and we have to head out immediately after i get home from making the buy so I can't really mess with it right away. We get home around midnight, I connect the device to the computer, put it in download mode, flash Stock JFD via Odin, it reboots, and voila the keys now work. I'm stoked.
So this is the text I just sent her. "Hey, just wanted to let you know I fixed the issue with the buttons. Just had to reinstall the stock firmware. Took about five minutes. Thanks again for the phone. Oh and BTW, just so you know, resetting the phone does not format the internal SD card. All your pictures and videos are still on the phone. Thanks again"
She has tons of Myspace style pics of herself on the phone including her with her bare ass, in her underwear, and bathing suit. LOL.
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HAHA what a win. Lesson here today kids....... Be a douche, get exposed.
Is camera working as well?
If it does then 80bucks for vibrant...that's like 100- 150 profit!
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Is camera working as well?
If it does then 80bucks for vibrant...that's like 100- 150 profit!
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Yeah, man, camera and video camera work perfect. both speakers, mic, line out port, everything that you'd think would be damaged if the phone was exposed to water works. The only thing that's acting up is when the internal SD card is mounted to the PC it will randomly unmout then remount itself sometimes. I'm gonna reformat the internal SD, and flash a new rom and see if that helps takes care of that.
Now That's a funny story.......... Ugh! the only trumatic part of the story is seeing pixs of her big nasty Butt...............
damn $80?? i wish i find a deal like that for CM7.
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Man good buy on that...i got a deal too for 120 bucks and only problem was the guy forgot the puzzle lock pattern. Lol. And yeah same here crazy nasty pictures. Hahahaha..deleted it right away...
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Where them pictures
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Knowledge is power :-d
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Where them pictures
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I lol'd.
Good buy man.
Sucks that people don't just search around read.
I'm pretty sure half the things people sell cause they're 'messed up,' are easy fixes, they just don't bother searching enough/trying things.
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I lol'd.
Good buy man.
Sucks that people don't just search around read.
I'm pretty sure half the things people sell cause they're 'messed up,' are easy fixes, they just don't bother searching enough/trying things.
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You're totally right about that, man. A good friend of mine owns a few Cell phone stores around town. They are pretty much the most reliable place in town for physical and software repairs, Jailbreaking iphones, rooting androids, etc. You wouldn't believe the deals they get on phones because people think their devices are ruined. Funny thing is, most of the time it's people trying to be sneaky and thinking they are getting one over on the store. LOL.
The funny thing about my situation is if she would have just been honest about the condition of the phone she more than likely could have sold the phone for parts for what she was asking.
EDIT: Just realized I already said the bit about being able to sell it for parts previously in the thread. Whoops.
Oh, and I fixed the SD mounting issue. Phone is now perfect.
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So the wife and I have a dinner and movie date and we have to head out immediately after i get home from making the buy so I can't really mess with it right away. We get home around midnight, I connect the device to the computer, put it in download mode, flash Stock JFD via Odin, it reboots, and voila the keys now work. I'm stoked.
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So instead of enjoying the evening with your wife, you go straight to the computer to mess with your phone? Missed opportunity, methinks. But otherwise, nice deal! You can probably sell that for at least double what you paid for it.
Didn't interfere with time with my wife at all. Took me five minutes. Literally. That was all I was going to try last night too. I figured I'd try flashing via Odin to see if that would fix it and if it didn't I'd mess with it more in the morning. Mission complete before the wife even knew I had sat down at the computer.
:thumbsup:
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I had somewhat of the same situation but when I bought a mytouch slide. Slides go for around 150 to 200 bucks on CL. I had some chick selling a red one for 80 bucks. Supposedly the only thing wrong was the back case had glue on it??? So I do the meet up thing and check it out. The screen is flawless and the back is pretty messed up. No biggie. It turns on and everything seems good. So off I go with the phone. Well she takes off almost instantly, which seemed odd. And I take a look at in sitting in the truck for a second and set it in the cupholder and it turns off. I thought maybe just the screen shut off. Nope. You couldn't even open the KB without the phone shutting off.
So long story short... I get home and take it completely apart and one of the battery contacts had glue on it. Again, I have no idea why. So I scrape the glue off the contact and BOOM. Works like a champ. And 10 bucks for a new back plate on amazon and its practically brand new.
I got the slide just as a backup for my vibrant and to have another phone to play around with.
Just thought I would share.
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I had somewhat of the same situation but when I bought a mytouch slide. Slides go for around 150 to 200 bucks on CL. I had some chick selling a red one for 80 bucks. Supposedly the only thing wrong was the back case had glue on it??? So I do the meet up thing and check it out. The screen is flawless and the back is pretty messed up. No biggie. It turns on and everything seems good. So off I go with the phone. Well she takes off almost instantly, which seemed odd. And I take a look at in sitting in the truck for a second and set it in the cupholder and it turns off. I thought maybe just the screen shut off. Nope. You couldn't even open the KB without the phone shutting off.
So long story short... I get home and take it completely apart and one of the battery contacts had glue on it. Again, I have no idea why. So I scrape the glue off the contact and BOOM. Works like a champ. And 10 bucks for a new back plate on amazon and its practically brand new.
I got the slide just as a backup for my vibrant and to have another phone to play around with.
Just thought I would share.
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Nice one, man. I don't know why people feel it necessary to pass their own ****-ups onto others. I feel like here I am, a guy who works hard for his money so he can support his family and here's this little brat that probably has her parents hand her everything. Did she really need my eighty bucks that bad? Honestly if the phone would have been broken and she pulled that **** on me ten years ago it wouldn't have ended well for her. Not to sound like some kind of macho jerk, but it's the truth.
Heh, reminds me of the G1 I bought from a pawn shop. They didn't even bother doing a factory reset on it, I powered it up and some ****ty rap music started playing, and a bunch of "Text not sent" notifications popped up. Still had all the ugly broad's texts, calls, contacts, pics, music, etc.
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Nice one, man. I don't know why people feel it necessary to pass their own ****-ups onto others. I feel like here I am, a guy who works hard for his money so he can support his family and here's this little brat that probably has her parents hand her everything. Did she really need my eighty bucks that bad? Honestly if the phone would have been broken and she pulled that **** on me ten years ago it wouldn't have ended well for her. Not to sound like some kind of macho jerk, but it's the truth.
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Yeah man. I hear you on that. I was pretty furious on the drive home but wanted to make sure I wasn't jumping the gun. So I got home checked it out and got it back to normal and wasn't pissed anymore. But had the phone turned out totally screwed, it would of been another story.
She will get hers, though. Karma is a [email protected]
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ok it makes me mad...this is my second device(lost my original on a roller coster) i'm short on cash at the moment so i been doing research trying to find out if i could get a different device but it turns out i would have to pay full price...should i just file a claim and get the same device or would att let me renew my contract and get a different device....my last upgrade was in early april
Hi kilme14,
Thats to bad! What exactly happened to your second Surround? Does still function at all? Can you tell us if or what it does, or if its just doesn't turn on at all?
Is it not covered by warrenty?
Tough to say if they would let you renew your contract that early, and i think if they did you would still be paying almost full price for your new phone. I know I try with my phone companies and depending on how they determine when you get an upgrade its a tough shot.
Hopefully we can figure this out, or your phone company gives you a new one.
Thank you,
Coockoo
it wouldn't load past the white htc screen, and today i got an error about my storage card....but i finally got att to send me a new phone but i'm going to trade it in for a different phone...the windows phone isnt working for me
Alrighty cool, I'm glad they sent you a new one!
If by chance you end up keeping that one or go through this again. The stem of that problem comes from the SD. Its happened to quite a bit of people and replacing the 16GB SD that comes with the phone fixes. I've done this myself as they wouldn't give me warranty and it works just like brand new. I've done and there are several others who have fixed that same issue with the replacement of the SD.
I like windows phone but i keep jumping back and fourth between my desire HD and Surround. they both have so many cool aspects about them and i really can;t wait for MANGO to be released, it looks pretty nice.
Hopefully your new phone fairs a bit better! What are you going to try and get?
Take it easy,
Coockoo
oh man .
if you get eror - storage card is not working . either swapped either unavaible ( or something like . )
just hard reset phone and THATS all .
1. turn off
2. hold volume down key .
3. after screen says promt about factory settings - hit volume down again
dont be drama queen man ..
Damn, I feel bad for you man..
Got my 3GS stolen about half a year ago and I was pissed. Not the same thing that happened to you, but I hate being phoneless, and it dying must suck
Don't worry you'll get another phone soon enough !
Guys. Just playing around with my used Vibrant. I flashed it with a few odin variations from I9000 (noob me). I guess you know what happens. It failed to boot up with a scary screen of Phone-!-PC sign (of course Odin didnt complain at all).
I tried so many combinations of keys (in panic) to get it to download mode and nothing worked. That horrible sign would just be there as soon as the phone is reset thru all methods...(3-buttons, 2-buttons, battery pullin, usb pullin, hair pullin)
However, then I noticed Odin screen say "Added!" message with a yellow comport sign while I was still trying in panic...and feeling hopeless as the screen is still with the deadly sign Phone-!-PC.
So I thought it probably was a fluke since there's no Android Download sign on screen... I decided to push my luck and flashed a different version with Odin. It worked!
Just a tid bid to share in case you hit this condition. If Odin sees the fone, you might have a chance.
UPDATE: Forgot to mention how it gets to the "Added" message on Odin. I hit power button and reset fone until it comes up. Then hit vol +/- buttons at once. Odin would says "Added!" message... you're good to go.
This is well known by most of the community and has been covered multiple times.
No troll intended.
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Lol when I saw the pc to phone sign I immediately bought a $15 jig and didn't notice that it was in download mode still until the day I received the jig
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Rofl, Alan, fail, you noob. <3
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Duh for me. Now I'm at a worse nightmare. I dont think its been solved. While I was successfully flashed the Vibrant to new 2.3.4 firmware. I got mixed up with my 2nd Vibrant by plugin the cable to my SGS4G. As I had laid it on the same work table while trying to get SIM card out for testing. It is hard-bricked!
No power activity no lighting whatsoever after the successful flash. So... i set out to build a USB JIG... after many trials. The JIG worked well on the Vibrant everytime, yet still not able to resurrect the SGS4G...
God damn these fones are almost exactly the same. Anyone got directions to build a time machine? I wish I can just turn back the knob to the second before I hit the start button on Odin. I wonder what I can do with a $200 SGS4g hard brick.
Hmm.... very stylish paper weight?
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Rofl, Alan, fail, you noob. <3
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I had a blonde moment!
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bricked1t said:
Anyone got directions to build a time machine? I wish I can just turn back the knob to the second before I hit the start button on Odin. I wonder what I can do with a $200 SGS4g hard brick.
Hmm.... very stylish paper weight?
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I'm really Stephen Hawking. I can build you one for $550,238,295,588,299.99 OR you can just buy yourself a new phone. I think the new phone is a much wiser option since it's 2,751,191,477,941 times cheaper.
But really... just because you're phone is a paper weight doesn't mean you can use the parts. Just look at what you have. The 4g camera itself is at least $25. There are people that want to use the battery cover and spend at least $10 just for that. Then there are other things such as the digitizer, etc. Look at this here. This person is selling his/her phone for $100 as a broken device. Just some advice.
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Duh for me. Now I'm at a worse nightmare. I dont think its been solved. While I was successfully flashed the Vibrant to new 2.3.4 firmware. I got mixed up with my 2nd Vibrant by plugin the cable to my SGS4G. As I had laid it on the same work table while trying to get SIM card out for testing. It is hard-bricked!
No power activity no lighting whatsoever after the successful flash. So... i set out to build a USB JIG... after many trials. The JIG worked well on the Vibrant everytime, yet still not able to resurrect the SGS4G...
God damn these fones are almost exactly the same. Anyone got directions to build a time machine? I wish I can just turn back the knob to the second before I hit the start button on Odin. I wonder what I can do with a $200 SGS4g hard brick.
Hmm.... very stylish paper weight?
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You can try selling it on ebay or CL. I've seen some listings there. But before you do that, PM me first.
Got it back
Hehe. Yeah thanks u all posting good advices. I did search around for options for a bit while keep marveling it on my desk... just a beautiful piece of gadget.
Parting it out, the screen would be $100+ already. I saw some on eBay $115~$130 range. And quite some time and effort to get it sold....
I registered on Samsung with the IMEI number, it shows still in-warranty. Talked to the tech, obviously it's a user service issue since I caused the brick. They say its a flat-fee service of $75. Whoa! ... got my heart jumped again. I was about to send it in... then I saw some CL items with cracked screens (of the 3G model)... bought one for $45 and decide to take the risks.
You know what I gonna do. ...I gut the SGS3G and use the screen/frame of my dead SGS4G. Of course, this'd be a downgrade dead 4G->3G. I tested the cables/plugs & parts (mainboard doesnt fit yet), put in battery, hit power button and voila! it came to life!
The circuit board of the 3G doesn't fit flush into the 4G screen frame. it has 2 protruding thingy about 1mm high... Just clip off those 2 metal markers and replace the 3.5mm jack/earpeice/light sensor assy over from the 3G and its all perfect again (the plug is slightly/wider & different in the 4G model, though layout/design & fit is exactly the same).
PHEW! A hasty second costs me $45 and quite a few hours on the net. I thanks to this forum for most of the help. This is just great.
P.S: The flat-fee service is for ANYthing except screen replacement which is around $165 parts & labor (in case some of u wonder, i did too since some ppl selling really cheap busted screen SGS3G out there)
Hi DZ owners, I want to share a story with you:
*walloftext*
I had my DZ for about a year.
Then it was stolen one evening in a place full of people. I never thought I would see it again.
But then after about half a year I got 2 parties, which accused each other of having it.
Through intimidation on luck of one of them still having it I have got it back.
That imbecile did neither sell or use it. He just had it lying around in a cupboard as a kind of trophy, propably even smasehd it on ground some times... (And I wondered why I couldnt track it.)
Now the phone is a terrible mess. The battery was empty for a long time, degraded to not even last a day. The display (not the glass) was broken.
Then I bought a new battery and display for about 30€ replaced the display and while opening one of those small fragile connectors at the side of the board (I dont actually know what they connect, can someone tell me?), the lower one broke but I kludged it with a small piece of tape in place.
Fine everything worked, my Virtuous Unity install boots with /data as I left it.
The reading of my notes and contacts from that time really got me a nostalgia flash.
The sdcard was gone (I actually searched that guys box of stolen phones). Putting a new one in, phone mounts and stops complaining. After that I turned it off, wanting to sleep. The next day I loaded a fresh rom, QuadraSense because Virtuous Unity uses too much ram. Put it on SD and guess what? The SD (any of 5 microsds i have.) cant be mounted, not with FAT, not with EXT. Can the broken connector from the insides cause this?
But when I shake the phone the display brightness varies, (the kludged clip is not really stable) so I guess the connector is either for the display energy or the sensor but it could be multipurpose.
When I have fixed that, what will propably be the next problem with this phone?
Should I invest more time/replacement stuff into it or just buy a new one? Are there newer phones with physical keyboard?
I had a Motorola Milestone 2 for a while for really cheap but their keyboards suck because the keys stop working or stick, it seems like the existing MS2s have reached their end of life. (I have tested 4 MS2s all the same.)
I am thinking of a Galaxy Note if not keyboard. Anyone here knows about the openness and rom diversity? (I am browsing that forum right after this post so this is not just a lazyass question, more of an if someone just has the info in mind right now.)
lol at the existing tags!
sounds like the connection to the sdcard slot is damaged as well as the main flexcable as it sounds like you replaced the lcd
I don't know your situation but if it were me id find it gratifying to kick the guys ass and demand a brand new g2, but to each there own
personal opinion there isn't a better phone on the market right now than the g2/dz, at least not for my needs so it may be worth your time fixing this one
(that guy sounds like the kind of *******s that deserve very bad things)
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What cell phone does this guy use? You should just take it out of his hand and tell him you're even. I did that to a guy who stole my skateboard once. He was on steroids and weighed 50lbs more than me, but I guess I used the f word enough times loud enough that he realized he was wrong? I don't know if i'd try that again though hahaha
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I fear it might be the end of your DZ and tbh if it was me in your position I would go with a Note or may be the SG3
I'll pay him a visit today when hes back from work, I think hes got enough money to buy a new one. His currently used phone is an old Sony Erricson thing. As for if I am even with him, dont know my physical condition is not the best but with the power of ale one can not fail. XD
EDIT: Thats the broken piece inside:
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Urgh phones get so filthy when you zoom in.
the parts aren't that expensive. U you can get them on eBay and repair it yourself
If you get a new phone. I'd get an sgs3
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Illidan Pornrage said:
I'll pay him a visit today when hes back from work, I think hes got enough money to buy a new one. His currently used phone is an old Sony Erricson thing. As for if I am even with him, dont know my physical condition is not the best but with the power of ale one can not fail. XD
EDIT: Thats the broken piece inside:
Meh embedding doesnt work with 3 MB pics, just the link: http://gheddo.biz/pic/desirez.JPG
Urgh phones get so filthy when you zoom in.
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Just so you know my post was half joke. Yes, I think he owes you a new phone, but I don't want to find out you got in a fistfight with him b/c of my joke advice. haha but still, if he knows he's wrong, you'd be surprised sometimes how compliant a guilty person can be.
Good luck! Let us know what you decide and how it turns out =)
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