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USB Port broken?

Has anyone elses USB Port broke?
Mine won't charge anymore, it wiggles like crazy. It sucks that I just rooted. I'm unrooting now so I can bring it into Sprint. They said if it's a Warranty issue they will replace it for free. I have just heard horror stories about the build quality and screens getting worst, more light leakage and screen separation. I have minor light leakage, but no screen separation.
If I do a NAND backup, reroot the new phone and then install the backup, will it work or will it be tied to hardware?
EDIT: Before it was charging, now it isn't. Hopefully I can connect it to my PC so I can unroot it.

I have the same issue with the charging/USB cord that came with the phone. The spare micro USB cord that I keep at work isn't like this, however. Before you replace the phone, make sure it isn't the cord.

chazglenn3 said:
I have the same issue with the charging/USB cord that came with the phone. The spare micro USB cord that I keep at work isn't like this, however. Before you replace the phone, make sure it isn't the cord.
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I unrooted it, found the stock rom in zip form and moved it to the SD card. It still has my custom name instead of sprint on there I did with CDMA Workshop (oops!) They sent me to the repair facility 20 miles away, took a look at it and the USB Port completely snapped. They gave me some batteries and I'm waiting for my replacement.
Can't charge or mount... Going to see if I can reroot and put setcpu on there so I can underclock and set the screen to lowest to hold me over for awhile.
EDIT: Dang, flashing stock unrooted it. Oh well.

I toasted my micro usb port last night. Working on repairing it currently. The port it's self is DONE. Ordered a new one, but have already cleaned up the board in preparation.
It sucks working in such small areas. It really really does.

Casshern said:
I toasted my micro usb port last night. Working on repairing it currently. The port it's self is DONE. Ordered a new one, but have already cleaned up the board in preparation.
It sucks working in such small areas. It really really does.
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Just solder it back on?
Has anyone returned their Evo? Is it true they just want the phone and I can keep the charger/battery? If so I'll be happy Just sucks that my phone is now unrooted and I need to let two batteries last until the next few days.
Anyone nandbackup to a different device? I did a titanium backup + nandroid before I restored my phone. Hopefully I can either nandroid the new phone and be set, or worst case reroot and titanium restore.

UrbanMuppet said:
Just solder it back on?
Has anyone returned their Evo? Is it true they just want the phone and I can keep the charger/battery? If so I'll be happy Just sucks that my phone is now unrooted and I need to let two batteries last until the next few days.
Anyone nandbackup to a different device? I did a titanium backup + nandroid before I restored my phone. Hopefully I can either nandroid the new phone and be set, or worst case reroot and titanium restore.
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The port is too hosed up to just solder it back on. I tried w/ rework station, and I tried manually.
Just too much damage to the port casing that I can't straighten out....

Casshern said:
The port is too hosed up to just solder it back on. I tried w/ rework station, and I tried manually.
Just too much damage to the port casing that I can't straighten out....
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Take it back, it's under warranty. I flashed stock and then went to the Sprint store. I'm just pissed that this, the screen & light leakage issue are wide spread.
Mine was fine, a little light leakage with no screen movement. I hope the new one is a new build and fixed. If I get a different/worst screen I'll be pissed.

UrbanMuppet said:
Take it back, it's under warranty. I flashed stock and then went to the Sprint store. I'm just pissed that this, the screen & light leakage issue are wide spread.
Mine was fine, a little light leakage with no screen movement. I hope the new one is a new build and fixed. If I get a different/worst screen I'll be pissed.
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Sprint will have nothing to do with any warranty. The phone was fine until the usb port pulled out. Sprint is also not my carrier, and i've since modded the phone's hardware. I'm in the process of making the 4 buttons on the bottom light up blue. I've got the LEDs prepped, I just need to figure out which way they go on It's my "production" phone, so I can't really have a lot of downtime on it, either.
I've got a really dirty hack on it right now to keep it charged, but it's got wires coming out of it lol. My poor phones on life support

I have a problem with mine too now, I swear that micro USB is the worst thing that happened for technology
10000 connects/disconnects is a complete lie
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My usb port is also "wiggly" I believe its just a matter of time before it goes to ****ake.

Theres another thread about it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=717204
too bad they cant be merged.. but i think this thread should be closed since it has less information.
I have a feeling this problem is going to become very common amogst the EVO's... its like HTC is turning into the Toyota of phones

Evo refuses to turn on AT ALL

This has happened once before, but just for a small amount of time to to the heat (I believe). The phone has been off for over and hour and refuses to turn on whether I hold down the volume button, don't hold down the volume button, or push the battery in at the exact time as I'm doing the other one or two. The splash screen flashed for half a second and immediately went back off when I plugged my evo charger, the usb part, into my portable ipod charger, so I believe this means there is still help available! Last time this happened, which was months ago, it seemed as if it just needed to cool down a bit, and my reading on the internet confirmed that the phones shut off when their batteries reach too high of temperatures. So what I did was wrap the phone and the battery, separately, in a large wash cloth and let them sit it the fridge for a little while. No luck, I'm running out of ideas (and I realize a ziplock bag may have been better but who cares). A few days ago I installed cm7gginggerbread7 (wimax) over cm7gingerbread2, but have not had any issues up until now and everything has run perfectly as well as smoothly. Is there any way I can turn my brick into a phone? Perhaps there's a way to adb something even though the phone wont boot (im a noob). I'm just pissed cuz I finally got every little thing exactly the way I wanted it, and now I'm stuck with a paperweight :/ I thank you for all your help, brave knights

It just suddenly shut off and won't turn back on?
And you weren't messing with anything?
If so, sounds like it's a hardware or battery issue.
Can you try a different battery?

Does the charging light come on when you plug it in? It could be a dead battery, and if the charging port is broke, it wont charge.
Otherwise, it seems like a hardware issue. I would take it to sprint, and they should be able to replace it for you.

sitlet said:
Does the charging light come on when you plug it in? It could be a dead battery, and if the charging port is broke, it wont charge.
Otherwise, it seems like a hardware issue. I would take it to sprint, and they should be able to replace it for you.
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But it has teh rootz!!!!!!!!!
Smash that mofo with a hammer and call Asurion!!!!!!
jk

matt2053 said:
But it has teh rootz!!!!!!!!!
Smash that mofo with a hammer and call Asurion!!!!!!
jk
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If they can't get it to power on then it really doesn't matter if it's rooted or not because they won't be able to find out.

Well I was messin with it a couple days ago, flashed gginggerbread6 w/ wimax over gginggerbread2 after wiping cache and dalvik and of course making a nandroid. I was thinking of smashing it but I've gotten everything they way I want it for the thousandth time. I'm also reluctant to do it because this issue has resolved itself in the past, albeit a tad quicker. For christ's sake, it even fixed itself for half a second this time, just enough to show me the splash screen lol. I'm very gentle with my evo and have never had any problems that weren't easily resolved with a little bit of work. I guess I could smash it until it works, and then if it ends up breaking then I win either way, but I'd really like to get my darling fixed. I know it's nothing compared to the cyanogenmod team, but I've flashed and flashed (almost always to cyanogenmod, what can I say it's perfect) and I have FINALLY got everything set up the way I wanted it, which includes manually going through and changing all the icons to custom pngs lol.
I guess I just don't understand why this would happen all of a sudden like this, I've onlu had it for three or four months, htc can't make that shotty of work can they? The other thing is I have a battery widget so as to make sure my battery does not get to hot, as well as having a setting in setcpu which stops overheating if it should ever occur. I really have a feeling it's something which can be fixed just because it has been magically fixed in the past and it was "fixed" for half a second today. Is there any way to adb into recovery even though the screen is black? Any suggestions help, I have important calls coming in as well as rather important calls to (hopefully) future employers. Of course I also don't want people to think that I am ignoring them, which isn't quite as bad but I still try to be as rude as possible :/
So...any ideas guys Don't wanna sound like I'm fishing for compliments, but you all are by far the best in the field. Keep up the good work (on my phone haha) Thanks so much for the advice you're going to give me on how to fix this up so I don't miss all my friends calls and texts until I get pissed off at. Later trooper
EDIT: Sry got block of text. tl/dr fix my evo that wont turn on asap thx

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Well I was messin with it a couple days ago, flashed gginggerbread6 w/ wimax over gginggerbread2 after wiping cache and dalvik and of course making a nandroid. I was thinking of smashing it but I've gotten everything they way I want it for the thousandth time. I'm also reluctant to do it because this issue has resolved itself in the past, albeit a tad quicker. For christ's sake, it even fixed itself for half a second this time, just enough to show me the splash screen lol. I'm very gentle with my evo and have never had any problems that weren't easily resolved with a little bit of work. I guess I could smash it until it works, and then if it ends up breaking then I win either way, but I'd really like to get my darling fixed. I know it's nothing compared to the cyanogenmod team, but I've flashed and flashed (almost always to cyanogenmod, what can I say it's perfect) and I have FINALLY got everything set up the way I wanted it, which includes manually going through and changing all the icons to custom pngs lol.
I guess I just don't understand why this would happen all of a sudden like this, I've onlu had it for three or four months, htc can't make that shotty of work can they? The other thing is I have a battery widget so as to make sure my battery does not get to hot, as well as having a setting in setcpu which stops overheating if it should ever occur. I really have a feeling it's something which can be fixed just because it has been magically fixed in the past and it was "fixed" for half a second today. Is there any way to adb into recovery even though the screen is black? Any suggestions help, I have important calls coming in as well as rather important calls to (hopefully) future employers. Of course I also don't want people to think that I am ignoring them, which isn't quite as bad but I still try to be as rude as possible :/
So...any ideas guys Don't wanna sound like I'm fishing for compliments, but you all are by far the best in the field. Keep up the good work (on my phone haha) Thanks so much for the advice you're going to give me on how to fix this up so I don't miss all my friends calls and texts until I get pissed off at. Later trooper
EDIT: Sry got block of text. tl/dr fix my evo that wont turn on asap thx
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If this occurred while you were NOT changing anything with the radio partition or recovery partition then it's not a brick issue.
Sounds like you have a hardware issue.
Take it to the store.
If you smash it you will be paying $100 to asurion for a replacement as Sprint changed the TEP again.

Just wondering was your battery completely dead before this happened. I have read some people here and other places have said that if the battery completely dies that it won't charge unless you put it on a actual battery charger made for it. Does the charge light come on when you plug it in? Also, like my friend before me said, take it to Sprint. Ask them if they have a battery you could try. If it doesn't work it will eliminate the battery being the issue. If it won't boot they will replace it. They won't be able to tell if it is rooted because it won't boot. If you were flashing a radio and didn't let it finish or the battery died during the process, you are bricked.

Does the charge light flash when plugged in?
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The light doesnt change

clean off the battery contacts

the same exact thing happened to me. i read in another post that the TP2 battery was a suitable replacement, so i checked the VDC and mA and they were exact and also the contacts were in the right place. (looks exactly like the evo batt just black instead of red in retrospect). It was a good call on the TP2 battery. My evos batt died on me tonight while it was charging. no light while plugged into OEM wall charger, no blinking, nothin, I wasnt even using it, never had a problem before. luckly i was just chargin up my old TP2 to give to my girlfriend. popped in that battery and the evo came right up. popped the evo battery in my TP2 and it appears to be charging. curiously the evo appears to be charging the tp2 batt now aswell. so i dont know what happened... one positive thing is that i know i have 2 batteries now. a negative is that my gf cant have my TP2 untill i get this sorted.
anyone have any insight as to what is goin on? or why this happened? if my charging port has gone bad why is the tp2 batt charging in the evo? and if the evo battery went bad why is it charging in the TP2?
i am using the stock sprint evo rom. not scared to root, just havent yet.

vespix said:
the same exact thing happened to me. i read in another post that the TP2 battery was a suitable replacement, so i checked the VDC and mA and they were exact and also the contacts were in the right place. (looks exactly like the evo batt just black instead of red in retrospect). It was a good call on the TP2 battery. My evos batt died on me tonight while it was charging. no light while plugged into OEM wall charger, no blinking, nothin, I wasnt even using it, never had a problem before. luckly i was just chargin up my old TP2 to give to my girlfriend. popped in that battery and the evo came right up. popped the evo battery in my TP2 and it appears to be charging. curiously the evo appears to be charging the tp2 batt now aswell. so i dont know what happened... one positive thing is that i know i have 2 batteries now. a negative is that my gf cant have my TP2 untill i get this sorted.
anyone have any insight as to what is goin on? or why this happened? if my charging port has gone bad why is the tp2 batt charging in the evo? and if the evo battery went bad why is it charging in the TP2?
i am using the stock sprint evo rom. not scared to root, just havent yet.
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Take the original battery to sprint. Tell them the story and get a replacement, ask for some free accessory since you've helped them isolate a reliability issue.
LOL

There are two known issues with the Evo to be aware of. The first is the charging bug. If the Evo shuts off due to low battery level there is the possibility that the charging circuit fails to recognize the dead battery as even being there and will not charge. The workaround is to charge the dead battery in another compatible phone or use an external battery charger. This is supposed to be fixed in the next update but we'll see.
The second is the thermal sensor bug. The thermal cut off starts to trigger at lower and lower temps til even freezing the phone won't work. I thought the local service center was joking til I actually saw it reproduced. This is a hardware issue and the only fix is a replacement phone.
The first issue is intermittent but knowledgeable service centers are aware of this and will either charge the dead battery or swap out with a charged one.
The second issue is reproducible but can take some time to do so depending on how far off the sensor is. Again, knowledgeable service centers are aware of this and will want to reproduce it before ordering a replacement.

Not sure what technical thong is happening, but I do know I panicked when it happened to me, bit it turns out if you try to charge EVO from a USB port while its in the recovery mode it will eventually drain and **** off. I forgot I was on recovery mode and came back to what you described. After doing the swap with my GF's EVO and realizing my battery was fine, I remembered how I had left the phone in the first place and Googled it to confirm that will cause the dead EVO scare.
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This has happened to me twice, but since I was on the extended battery from sprint, I would just pop my stock battery in and it powered up fine. Each time I just brought my battery in to sprint and they replaced it. Also, when it happened to me the charging light wasn't turning on or anything.
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OK friends, same thing happening here to me today.
Here's my story: Last night, working fine, running stock turbo rom and netarchy cfs-havs-sbc-4.3.4 kernel for about a month, working great.
Used Kernel manager and flashed to cfs-suv-nohavs-nosbc and it was working great. Figured I didnt need the extra batter life/damage risk anymore. Went to sleep, phone on my bed.
Wake up today, phone is fully unresponsive. Take the battery out, put it back in, unresponsive. nothing whatsoever when holding down power, volume, etc.
When I plug it in, the orange battery led comes on and off.
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cjh6386 said:
OK friends, same thing happening here to me today.
Here's my story: Last night, working fine, running stock turbo rom and netarchy cfs-havs-sbc-4.3.4 kernel for about a month, working great.
Used Kernel manager and flashed to cfs-suv-nohavs-nosbc and it was working great. Figured I didnt need the extra batter life/damage risk anymore. Went to sleep, phone on my bed.
Wake up today, phone is fully unresponsive. Take the battery out, put it back in, unresponsive. nothing whatsoever when holding down power, volume, etc.
When I plug it in, the orange battery led comes on and off.
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Blinking charge light means that the battery v has dropped below the required v to turn on the phone. I see 4-5 Evo's a day like this as well as the charge bug.

I actually got it booting again somehow. Now, it consistently turns on, will boot to the bootloader, but recovery doesnt work and it wont boot into the phone. It does search for pc36 image though... i might try that.

I just sit here and shake my head on a daily basis when I see people talk about problems and inevitably, and I'm not saying this is applicable in this case, but they say in their post they were using ROM or Kernel Manager.....

HD2 killed itself

So this morning was casually playing bubble jump on WP7 and all of the sudden backlight went off on lcd and the camera flash started going rampant.
hardware buttons wont work and a distinct sizzling sound and a giant pop then came from it before it became completely inoperable.
i left it for a day and the screen turns on but no light and the battery is still amazingly working.
any ideas what the problem might be, I've sent it back now just curios on people's thoughts.
to not confuse anyone it poped again which then made the device inoperable, forgot to mention that *hits head*

flynney said:
So this morning was casually playing bubble jump on WP7 and all of the sudden backlight went off on lcd and the camera flash started going rampant.
hardware buttons wont work and a distinct sizzling sound and a giant pop then came from it before it became completely inoperable.
i left it for a day and the screen turns on but no light and the battery is still amazingly working.
any ideas what the problem might be, I've sent it back now just curios on people's thoughts.
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suicide !! domestic violence !!

its the HTC auto destruct sequence. It has detected that you have enough money saved up for a new phone, has reported this fact to HTC and they have sent the kill signal. You should start recieving phone ad emails from them any time soon.

lol I would never hurt my beloved HD2 i love it too much.
and im broke i dont have enough money for a cup of tea now days lol

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bobobobobobobobobo
get a job
Whilst at it, get a new or 2nd hand hd2

flynney said:
So this morning was casually playing bubble jump on WP7 and all of the sudden backlight went off on lcd and the camera flash started going rampant.
hardware buttons wont work and a distinct sizzling sound and a giant pop then came from it before it became completely inoperable.
i left it for a day and the screen turns on but no light and the battery is still amazingly working.
any ideas what the problem might be, I've sent it back now just curios on people's thoughts.
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Maybe you were pushing the GPU aspect of the Snapdragon SOC too much.

i haven't a clue didnt think bubble jump was a demanding game, and i have a job, but ive used all my money on car insurance lol

If you can get to the bootloader (even if you can not see the screen) task 29 and reflash original Win 6.5 ROM. By doing that you can eliminate software and, if you have warranty or insurance, exercise that.
I could not possibly suggest that now is a time to get insurance and, having waited a significant time period, drop the HD2 from a great height.
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hey, couldn't boot in to spl due to the pop, i think that ultimately killed the whole system as non of my spare batteries work nor does the charger, the insurance i have on it accepted it fine and have told me i should expect a replacement in about a week.

I am very pleased that you have insurance then and will not be without your beloved HD2.
If no charge is a secondary problem then an interesting test was whether or not you could access the bootloader whilst external power is applied - in this Maglr world I believe that you can trickle charge through that method. You probably did that which I think confirmed a major hardware problem (check battery terminal pins though).
I hope it arrives quickly for you.
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well from what i could tell the pins were all still in tact and before the pop, the charger worked on it. seemed very odd why it would just do that, but I'm no electrician. thanks for the replys guys =)

Vibrator malfunctioning. Calling hardware gurus.

First, haha. Yes, vibrator. I didn't know what else to call it. Vibrating unit?
Anywho, it is still "vibrating," but it's so faint that I can't feel it; I can only hear it. I've checked my vibration intensity setting (max) and *#0*#'d it and clicked vibrate, and it does the same thing. It has persisted from EG22 back to EC05. It almost feels like the motor is going but the weight that causes it to vibrate isn't spinning.
I have not flashed back to stock yet, but that will be the next (last) thing I try.
Any ideas? Also, is the vibration unit part of the speakerphone? It doesn't look *too* hard to get to.
Jared

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First, haha. Yes, vibrator. I didn't know what else to call it. Vibrating unit?
Anywho, it is still "vibrating," but it's so faint that I can't feel it; I can only hear it. I've checked my vibration intensity setting (max) and *#0*#'d it and clicked vibrate, and it does the same thing. It has persisted from EG22 back to EC05. It almost feels like the motor is going but the weight that causes it to vibrate isn't spinning.
I have not flashed back to stock yet, but that will be the next (last) thing I try.
Any ideas? Also, is the vibration unit part of the speakerphone? It doesn't look *too* hard to get to.
Jared
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Hmmm, are you sure it's not force closes? Which it's probably not but they tend to do that. And have you ever completely wiped data when going between EC05 and EG22 because it could also be a hardware issue. But I've not seen or heard of this issue. When did it start happening? Like the first time you've experienced it not recently. Have you dropped your phone?

Yes, the vibrator module is in the speaker assembly. Taking apart this is incredibly easy. All you'll need is a Phillips and a thin, sturdy piece of thin plastic (ideally a prying tool) for the back frame (probably the hardest part, the frame's really in tight).
However, if you pay for TEP, just take it in, its a quick fix.
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@samaurai: The issue started on EG22, and I did a full wipe and went to EC05. Didn't fix it. Haven't dropped the phone. Force close? Like, single buzz followed by three buzzes? No, it vibrates at the right time, but the vibration is not right. I don't remember anything remarkable about when it started. EG22 was being a ***** and FC'ing, so I was getting ready to go back to EC05, and I noticed it then. Figured it was rom related, but it persisted after the full wipe.
@squishy: I'm not sure if I have TEP (you think I'd know), but I'll look into it. Have a good source for Epic parts if I don't?

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@samaurai: The issue started on EG22, and I did a full wipe and went to EC05. Didn't fix it. Haven't dropped the phone. Force close? Like, single buzz followed by three buzzes? No, it vibrates at the right time, but the vibration is not right. I don't remember anything remarkable about when it started. EG22 was being a ***** and FC'ing, so I was getting ready to go back to EC05, and I noticed it then. Figured it was rom related, but it persisted after the full wipe.
@squishy: I'm not sure if I have TEP (you think I'd know), but I'll look into it. Have a good source for Epic parts if I don't?
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Hmm...I'd be willing to ship you a harvested part. PM me
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Are you saying my phone isn't vibrating right because of my battery??? That doesn't make much sense...

I'm having a similar problem except the vibration has ceased altogether. I did recently flash back to SRF 1.2 , but don't think it coincides.
I don't have TEP but I'm still within my year and I have a 2 yr squaretrade warranty. Should I just contact Sammy and see what they say?
I just want to be sure this isn't a software/driver issue. I did try the diagnostics OP mentioned and no dice.
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Sounds like you have a busted bearing or brushing in the motor that spins the vibration unit (most work by spinning a little assymmetrically weighted rod). The decreased vibration is caused by the motor still spinning, but slower than normal. No fix except replacement of either the whole phone or vibration unit (may be tricky involving soldering, not sure haven't tried it myself). One thought that occurs to me right now is that it could be something physically impeding the spinning, like some hair, you could try opening it up and seeing if it's cleanable.
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vitreoush said:
Sounds like you have a busted bearing or brushing in the motor that spins the vibration unit (most work by spinning a little assymmetrically weighted rod). The decreased vibration is caused by the motor still spinning, but slower than normal. No fix except replacement of either the whole phone or vibration unit (may be tricky involving soldering, not sure haven't tried it myself). One thought that occurs to me right now is that it could be something physically impeding the spinning, like some hair, you could try opening it up and seeing if it's cleanable.
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The vibrator module is located within the speaker assembly, so there's no touching the motor. Replacing the entire assembly is super easy, it just requires one screw
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SOLVED!
Squshy sent me a couple speaker modules and walked me through replacing it. It was a fifteen minute process, and it was actually pretty easy (eight screws and some plastic popping). I was sure I was going to snap my phone in half a few times, but it finally came apart.
A million, billion thanks to Squshy7!

Anywhere we can pick up spare motors on the cheap...beats waiting for Sammy to commandeer your phone for a week and a half.
...unless it would void my Squaretrade warranty?
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Here is the first result from a Google search.
http://www.cellulardr.com/sprint-ep...amsung-android-sph-d700-intenna-assembly.html

[q] mt4g suddenly turned off itself cant turn back on...

I've been runnin the unity rom for a couple of months now( i was) with no issues at all, when yesterday morning my phone turned off itself and i haven't been able to bring it back to life. i dont know if i have the bad chip, never cared to check but i regret it now lol... any sugestions would help.... also i have tried turning on w/o sim card with a different battery, also tried to get it to bootloader but it just wont turn on at all.. thanks in advance

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I've been runnin the unity rom for a couple of months now( i was) with no issues at all, when yesterday morning my phone turned off itself and i haven't been able to bring it back to life. i dont know if i have the bad chip, never cared to check but i regret it now lol... any sugestions would help.... also i have tried turning on w/o sim card with a different battery, also tried to get it to bootloader but it just wont turn on at all.. thanks in advance
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Does the computer recognize it?
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If you're talking about no power at all, it doesn't sound like a software issue. It sounds like an electrical issue.
If the screen backlight comes on when you hit the power button, then it could be software or electronic (borked chip, broken circuit board, etc)
Plugging it in, even if it's a dead phone, should still charge the battery if the electrical circuits are good. The LED will come on at orange or green and that should tell you if there is physically electricity running through the circuits.
If you get nothing, something in the phone died. I'm starting to realize the MT4G has a pretty poor build quality.
If the battery is charging and the backlight comes out, maybe a quick vibrate to indicate charging, then you could have some kind of an electrical short in the circuitry somewhere.
Or you just have a bad power button. That's a possibly. But that's odd that it turned itself off. That's what makes me think the power button itself isn't what's wrong.
In all cases it sounds dead. If you can't get to the recovery screen there's not much you can do.

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Does the computer recognize it?
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no the computer does not recognize..thanks

Skipjacks said:
If you're talking about no power at all, it doesn't sound like a software issue. It sounds like an electrical issue.
If the screen backlight comes on when you hit the power button, then it could be software or electronic (borked chip, broken circuit board, etc)
Plugging it in, even if it's a dead phone, should still charge the battery if the electrical circuits are good. The LED will come on at orange or green and that should tell you if there is physically electricity running through the circuits.
If you get nothing, something in the phone died. I'm starting to realize the MT4G has a pretty poor build quality.
If the battery is charging and the backlight comes out, maybe a quick vibrate to indicate charging, then you could have some kind of an electrical short in the circuitry somewhere.
Or you just have a bad power button. That's a possibly. But that's odd that it turned itself off. That's what makes me think the power button itself isn't what's wrong.
In all cases it sounds dead. If you can't get to the recovery screen there's not much you can do.
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no led lights it just died lol... it wont do a thing. im starting to think that it has some kind of short between the battery and the circuit that distributes power through out the phone.. thats my best guess.thanks

You can also check to make sure the battery isn't the problem by removing it and plugging the phone in. Again, the best you'll get is a brief flash of the backlight. But if you don't get that, you can be sure the battery itself isn't the problem.
Or just put a new battery in and see if that works.
This is highly unlikely to be the cause. But it's all about narrowing the possibilities. I've been fiddling with electronics for 20 years now. One thing I'm sure of is that you should never discount the really unlikely source of a problem. It won't usually be the answer, but every once in a while something you'd just never suspect ends up being the culprit.

I had the exact same issue, earlier this year. Your emmc chip gave you the bird. Go into Tmobile store, tell then your phone won't turn on, you tried the normal tricks, but nothing works. Act a little dumb with them,I did that an got a new one under warranty for $5, came in the mail the days later. DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING BOUT YOUR PHONE BEING ROOTED. If you do, your gonna have to pay full price for a new one or though the issuance company a $130(or whatever your deductible is).
Trust me on this, it works. I'm still using the phone they sent to me back in June.
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From my fist to your face, enjoy!

Mr.Highway said:
I had the exact same issue, earlier this year. Your emmc chip gave you the bird. Go into Tmobile store, tell then your phone won't turn on, you tried the normal tricks, but nothing works. Act a little dumb with them,I did that an got a new one under warranty for $5, came in the mail the days later. DO NOT MENTION ANYTHING BOUT YOUR PHONE BEING ROOTED. If you do, your gonna have to pay full price for a new one or though the issuance company a $130(or whatever your deductible is).
Trust me on this, it works. I'm still using the phone they sent to me back in June.
If I helped, give thanks(via the button )
From my fist to your face, enjoy!
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ill try it tomorrow see if it works lol.... hopefully...thanks i was afraid of being the emmc chip.... damn it..

frankgbacoa said:
ill try it tomorrow see if it works lol.... hopefully...thanks i was afraid of being the emmc chip.... damn it..
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It's always good to be safe then sorry
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