Hi does anyone know how to turn on mytouch 4g without using the power button. And w/o adb ? My power button doesnt wotk anymore and if i am not at home im not able to use adb. So i was in my car charger trying to turn it on bug i couldn't pressing v/up+v/d + home b. Makes the phone vibrates but nothing else . Please help.
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Just plugging it in while it's off should turn it on..
Im hoping there is a combination buttons ....no nothing more than charging happens when i plug the cable in
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If your power button is broken, you can seperate the black rubber from the chrome bezel, right at the power button, you will see a silver dot with a silver ring around it,,which is the flex ribbon, and very, very small. Anyway, take a piece of aluminum foil and twist it up, now touch the silver dot and ring simultaneously, for like 1 or 2 seconds, and it will come on, if your flex ribbon is not broken. I have an extra. Mt4g with a broken power button, and I power it on this way a few times a day...takes about 10 seconds.
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If your power button is broken, you can seperate the black rubber from the chrome bezel, right at the power button, you will see a silver dot with a silver ring around it,,which is the flex ribbon, and very, very small. Anyway, take a piece of aluminum foil and twist it up, now touch the silver dot and ring simultaneously, for like 1 or 2 seconds, and it will come on, if your flex ribbon is not broken. I have an extra. Mt4g with a broken power button, and I power it on this way a few times a day...takes about 10 seconds.
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Thanks so much i thought i was never going to be able to turn on my phone
helstonrampersad said:
Thanks so much i thought i was never going to be able to turn on my phone
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Mine sat on my dresser for days until I figured it out. I also have a 4ext recovery you can flash, & then all you have to do is plug in your charger to boot into recovery. Also, you can use adb to reboot your phone, even when its completely shut off.
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Mine sat on my dresser for days until I figured it out. I also have a 4ext recovery you can flash, & then all you have to do is plug in your charger to boot into recovery. Also, you can use adb to reboot your phone, even when its completely shut off.
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Is there a video for this to be done?
I've also heard that taking the battery out, plugging the phone in, then reinserting the battery forces it to power on...?
andee777 said:
I've also heard that taking the battery out, plugging the phone in, then reinserting the battery forces it to power on...?
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You didn't "hear", you've read it.
It's a method that makes Nexus One power on when its power button fails. Since it's a common fault with Nexus One, this method was tested and worked. I suggested testing the same method for MT4G, since the power controller for those phones might be similar.
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I've also heard that taking the battery out, plugging the phone in, then reinserting the battery forces it to power on...?
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As a user with a broken pwr button, I can tell u it don't work. Now I have posted a guide how to turn it on if your flex ribbon ain't broke. I'll look for the link & post back. But basically, just open your phone up at the chrome bezel, by the power button, and u will see a silver dot with a silver ring around it, touch that with a piece of foil for like 2 seconds..it should power on. Again, that's if you haven't tore your flex ribbon.
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You didn't "hear", you've read it.
It's a method that makes Nexus One power on when its power button fails. Since it's a common fault with Nexus One, this method was tested and worked. I suggested testing the same method for MT4G, since the power controller for those phones might be similar.
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Semantics. But yessir, you are correct. I did "read" it. Just couldn't quite remember where. No offense intended.
*edit* sorry jack, I did find where I read that. I actually quoted you on that wondering if it worked Again, no disrespect, just something that stuck in my I head I thought might be helpful to OP
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As a user with a broken pwr button, I can tell u it don't work. Now I have posted a guide how to turn it on if your flex ribbon ain't broke. I'll look for the link & post back. But basically, just open your phone up at the chrome bezel, by the power button, and u will see a silver dot with a silver ring around it, touch that with a piece of foil for like 2 seconds..it should power on. Again, that's if you haven't tore your flex ribbon.
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The flex is possible to fix too, if you can probe and find out the exact pin that the power button is going to, on the main large flex. Then you can connect a bypass wire to it. Again, in Nexus One forum one of the users figured out the exact pin, so it can be done on MT4G too. Also, given proper tools and very gentle hands, one can strip the flex cable to the power button from its isolation and solder directly to it.
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If your power button is broken, you can seperate the black rubber from the chrome bezel, right at the power button, you will see a silver dot with a silver ring around it,,which is the flex ribbon, and very, very small. Anyway, take a piece of aluminum foil and twist it up, now touch the silver dot and ring simultaneously, for like 1 or 2 seconds, and it will come on, if your flex ribbon is not broken. I have an extra. Mt4g with a broken power button, and I power it on this way a few times a day...takes about 10 seconds.
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What is the black rubber and chrome bezel?
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helstonrampersad said:
Thanks so much i thought i was never going to be able to turn on my phone
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Where are those 2 things on the phone
Asterphoenix said:
What is the black rubber and chrome bezel?
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Where are those 2 things on the phone
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The chrome bezel goes all around the screen and the black rubber is right next to it. Perhaps your phone is white?
If you're on clockwork recovery just plug in your device. It should turn on on its own to recovery screen. From there just reboot.
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As a user with a broken pwr button, I can tell u it don't work. Now I have posted a guide how to turn it on if your flex ribbon ain't broke. I'll look for the link & post back. But basically, just open your phone up at the chrome bezel, by the power button, and u will see a silver dot with a silver ring around it, touch that with a piece of foil for like 2 seconds..it should power on. Again, that's if you haven't tore your flex ribbon.
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Jjbadd, you rock! I just got a 2nd, brand new looking mt4g off eBay today and that was its only problem. I can handle that for $25. Thank you and thanks to Alcoa!
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Left my phone on a wall, and someone rang it, and the vibration made it fall of the wall. No marks on it but the volume up is broke. Volume down works ok. Not a massive problems of course as everything can be adjusted on screen, but what are my options for fixing the button?
+1 mines broken too :/
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+1here the upper volume key is not working when i remove the battery cover it starts working but again when i place it, it stops
mine is working but almost torn apart. can htccare fix this problem without spending a penny?my DHD still on warranty..
+1 but I could fix my with some care and supper glue
Have a Case Mate but it is not designed to protect volume button if you are very unlucky as I where the phone hit sharp edge where the volume button is.
All I can say is at least you have buttons, mine got ripped out and lost somehow lol
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flash it back to stock and return it for repair
i think that is the only way you can get it fixed
I speak portuguese, but you dont need to understand everything.... the only thig that i says that is important is that the side with the triggers was just done and that after a day it would loses its white marks and became like the other
I have my play for a year now and it is in pretty bad state.... the construction quality is not the best...
and what more I care about is the power button because it is pretty much gone, I'm using apps to lock the screen and the home button to unlock...
found out that some one used a nail file to fix it, so I tried and it was better for the first 3 presses.... I noticed that the light was passing though the part I sanded down, so I did the same on the whole button.
I think It looks pretty cool and all the button lights up and catches more attention..
when its off, it is ice/transparent with the power icon in the middle...
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I'm the kind of guy that has no limits, if I something cool, I keep doing it till it finishes bad... but not this time!! I sanded down the side that has no triggers and it looks like a very dark wood with a lovely texture on it... have to fell it...
Tip. Try to do it all ways in the same direction, along the side so that you have these tiny lines right. Or use a very smooth(?) /for more delicate things sand paper and don't put any pressure on it...
Pics from the update here
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3UKRg_ISzYKcFJUTXBUN09WOG8/edit
Sorry because I have to accept... can't make it public somehow.... just ask permit ion and I'll give you as fast as I can...
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Wow that looks hardcore. I'm gonna try it cause I have the same issue too
That's so badass, I'm filing mine down right now even though my button works fine. It's looking awesome
I can't imagine why they covered up most of the LED to begin with...
I'm going to do that. I sanded down my other buttons so they're now black. Never thought to do the power button.
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
So if I sand down my power button it will make it do that? GENIUS. I never thought of that. Time to go find a nail filer.
Sweet. Going to try this in a few
I just tried it out, and the power button felt a bit weird so I licked my finger and got it a little wet, but with the case on you don't even feel it. But my god, it looks 100x better. Thank you dude.
Totally awesome. Made my other buttons black b4. Didn't think about power either. Awesome now I can actually see my notification light
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Beautiful!
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
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The surface between the back of the button and the back cover...
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Glad you guys liked!
I'll sand the buttons because they re wearing off anyway... didn't think of that...
Have any one though about the sides of the device, make it all black? From like the first mouth the paint/metal effect has came out a little... I'll do that when I get home
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
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I think the R button loses its springiness because of the way the phone is held. At least when I hold it its usually being pressed.
To get back on topic, how is the surface of the power button when sanded?
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What do you mean sanded down? I dont understand English much. Will the sleep button work when i mod it?
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MilkyJoePD said:
I think the R button loses its springiness because of the way the phone is held. At least when I hold it its usually being pressed.
To get back on topic, how is the surface of the power button when sanded?
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Not to go off topic again but I had to replace the back cover underneath the battery. As the triggers started to get sticky and not move as they looked liked they were pressed all the way down. So bought a new backing and bang... works like like new. Now.... back to our regular scheduled topic on hand.
I did this last night... so much nicer to finally see the danger led as the whole button rather then what looks like a pin needle
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What do you mean sanded down? I dont understand English much. Will the sleep button work when i mod it?
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Use something like this
You can find this on nail cutter or swiss army multipurpose knife. Gently scrub it on your power button. You can use sand paper also which you can find it on any hardware store, but I don't prefer sand paper because the sand will come off and run into your device
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I have my play for a year now and it is in pretty bad state.... the construction quality is not the best...
and what more I care about is the power button because it is pretty much gone, I'm using apps to lock the screen and the home button to unlock...
found out that some one used a nail file to fix it, so I tried and it was better for the first 3 presses.... I noticed that the light was passing though the part I sanded down, so I did the same on the whole button.
I think It looks pretty cool and all the button lights up and catches more attention..
when its off, it is ice/transparent with the power icon in the middle...
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Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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I had the same crack as well
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Lol that does look cool!
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Growling Clover said:
Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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Lol... I haven't noticed it before 0.o yep, its a little crack.... I got I big one on the aperture where you put the your nail to take the back cover... do you have that one too?
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Simple Question I think:
How to reboot a LG Nexus 4 when it freezes. You can´t pull the Battery out. Is there a Key combination to do so?
You hold down the power button until the device powers off.
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OK Thanks. I didn´t thought it´s just simple.
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You hold down the power button until the device powers off.
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Does this also apply when flashing roms and kernels ? I am thinking about scenarios where you have a boot loop after a bad flash, does holding down the power button still work ? This is the only thing holding me back from buying a Nexus 4.
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Does this also apply when flashing roms and kernels ? I am thinking about scenarios where you have a boot loop after a bad flash, does holding down the power button still work ? This is the only thing holding me back from buying a Nexus 4.
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Yes it does.
xdaShex said:
Does this also apply when flashing roms and kernels ? I am thinking about scenarios where you have a boot loop after a bad flash, does holding down the power button still work ? This is the only thing holding me back from buying a Nexus 4.
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nipe it doesnt work. i tested that on HOX. the only sollution is to go to fastboot and to choose recovery?
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nipe it doesnt work. i tested that on HOX.
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That is a completely different device.
Worked on the Galaxy S2 also this way, you can hold the power button while booting (bootloop) after several seconds it completely shutsdown.
It's different on different devices. On HTC it's holding +vol,-vol and power button together. On others it may differ. But any phone with non removable battery has a hard reset button combibation afaik.
I was under the impression that if you have a small phillips screwdriver nearby you can unscrew the two screws on the bottom of the device to access/pull the battery.
Works fine on HOX.
Holding power button has #1 priority.
Holding power whilst in a bootloop will turn off the device, hold it a little longer and it will reboot.
Holding power + volume down takes you to fastboot.
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Same as Gnex/ N7 I guess, hold both the volume buttons and power and you're out of any crap you got yourself in.
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On the G2x, holding Vol Up + Power does the trick, HOWEVER, there have been times when my phone has froze and that did not reboot my device and I still had to pull my battery...
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I was under the impression that if you have a small phillips screwdriver nearby you can unscrew the two screws on the bottom of the device to access/pull the battery.
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Ummm, I wouldn't make that kind of suggestion to the people around here haha. The battery is NOT meant to be removed. Can it be? Yes. Should it be? No. Especially not for a reset. You risk damaging some things or wearing down the spring antennae connectors if you are constantly opening it up just to unhitch the battery. I think it is glued in anyways.
Holding the power button on my GS2 always restarts it even if it is stuck in a bootloop. I assume this phone will work the same way.
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I was under the impression that if you have a small phillips screwdriver nearby you can unscrew the two screws on the bottom of the device to access/pull the battery.
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From what I been reading they are Torx screws.
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Many devices with the non removable battery use this - holding both volume up and down buttons and the power button - for performing a hard reset.
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Hard reset should not be an issue for XDA flashers!
Hold down power button for ~10 seconds.
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Can someone actually reply here who HAS a Nexus 4 and has actually tried whatever combination it may be to reset... rather than people coming and saying how it is on HTC or Samsung or whatever the hell... noone cares about those... the question is how to do it on the N4 and ONLY the N4 along for what IS the correct method, rather than what they THINK it is...
Thank you
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Can someone actually reply here who HAS a Nexus 4 and has actually tried whatever combination it may be to reset... rather than people coming and saying how it is on HTC or Samsung or whatever the hell... noone cares about those... the question is how to do it on the N4 and ONLY the N4 along for what IS the correct method, rather than what they THINK it is...
Thank you
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HOLD. POWER.
Wow.
I had some rain droplets get into my phone which got it wet on the inside of course.. I did the whole rice thing, took it apart, bathed the motherboard in isopropyl alcohol.. basically for about three weeks I let it dry and cleaned it..
Last night I put it back together, connected to power, and let it sit. Turn it on this morning, it gives the vibe, system boots up, makes the proper sounds, responds to touch (I feel the haptic feedback when unlocking the phone).. BUT.. the screen doesn't turn on at all. I did some testing like trying to enter the wrong unlock code and cerberus did take and email a photo to me, so it seems like everything else works. Connecting it to the PC shows all my files as it should.
Question: could the battery be damaged so that it does not have the power to turn on the display but can turn on the rest of the phone's functions? Or did I somehow screw up the display connector? Does anyone know the inner workings of the phone that can help? Are there any diagnostic tools I can run having the phone connected to my PC that would show me if there's something not connected or fried?
Oh, also, if I restart the phone by holding the power button, the LED blinks red a few times.
Maybe the screen cannot access the power due to a wet or damaged component making it partially not working correctly like the screen cannot display what the main board is outputting.
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andyabc said:
Maybe the screen cannot access the power due to a wet or damaged component making it partially not working correctly like the screen cannot display what the main board is outputting.
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Hmm could be.. not wet though.. the phone was disassembled for at least 3 weeks on my desk...only thing i saw that could have been damaged was the sim card connector though, and i cleaned it up a bit with alcohol.. the display connector and everything in its vicinity looked good
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Hmm could be.. not wet though.. the phone was disassembled for at least 3 weeks on my desk...only thing i saw that could have been damaged was the sim card connector though, and i cleaned it up a bit with alcohol.. the display connector and everything in its vicinity looked good
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Digitizer damaged in anyway?
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Digitizer damaged in anyway?
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Doesn't look like it.. and when I took it apart it didn't seem like there was any way water would have gotten under there.
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Doesn't look like it.. and when I took it apart it didn't seem like there was any way water would have gotten under there.
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Try to look really carefully for any damage, maybe there is some damage which you cannot see at all.
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It is most likely the power supply built-in to the Nexus 4 which had a malfunction due to the water causing one part of the connector not to pass power to the screen BUT it allows the rest to do so the only thing you need to replace is the power supply inside.
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andyabc said:
It is most likely the power supply built-in to the Nexus 4 which had a malfunction due to the water causing one part of the connector not to pass power to the screen BUT it allows the rest to do so the only thing you need to replace is the power supply inside.
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My friend's phone also got wet in the rain. Left it in a bag of rice for 2 days. Tried powering on got the same result. Can feel the vibrate when phone powers on but display not working. Mostly we are gonna give it a service centre.
Now the screen doesn't come on all the way. When you press the power buttton, you can see something lit up(just a bit of light), but it doesn't show my home screen or anything. It seems to still work because I can hold the button down and reboot, and once rebooted, I hear notification sounds. I already took the tablet apart, but not sure as to what to look for. Anyone know what it can be?
99% likely the display cable has come loose - happens a lot when they are dropped, the battery shifts and pulls the ribbon cable out of the board
Easy fix, open it up, find this cable and push it back in
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99% likely the display cable has come loose - happens a lot when they are dropped, the battery shifts and pulls the ribbon cable out of the board
Easy fix, open it up, find this cable and push it back in
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It worked! Pushed down and it worked. Didnt feel anything connect or click but hey it works now so that's awesome. Thank you!
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jinwu57 said:
It worked! Pushed down and it worked. Didnt feel anything connect or click but hey it works now so that's awesome. Thank you!
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Great!
Funky. I've dropped mine probably a dozen times and the bezel is scratched, dented and a little creaky on one side, but I have no issues with it.