Received as is. Trying to figure out why , when after i have put this in the freezer, and taken the battery, sim and micro SD card out, its still resetting! the furthest it gets is to the windows screen, and then vibrates once and does it all over again. I even updated the ROM to 3.14.531.1 from t-mobiles website. is there any hope?
Check the battery pins and make sure none of them are slightly bent. If the battery pins are good, then your cpu is probably bad.
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Hey guys, I just flashed firmware ver 1.66.707.1 and upon removing the battery and putting my SIM and microsd card in, I put the battery in as normal (put in facing connectors, then slot down gently but firmly to put in place just like the user manual says). I did this and then tried to do a hard reset but no joy, so I tried to turn it on normally. Nothing. I take it out and notice the connector is pushed up and not fully making contact with the battery. I panic thinking ****e, I flashed this and now I broke it.
Connectors seem a bit elevated, but I managed to slot it in gently enough that they all stay down and connect. Has anyone had this issue? my HD2 is working fine now I think! Could you guys check and see if your connectors are normally flat pointing or slightly elevated, I can move mine but they are attached firmly which is a good sign.
I think I was being clumsy/paranoid but I believe it's something that should be given some attention.
Its a 16gb Att and ive had it for about a year and few months. This started happening a while back but never this bad. I would feel the phone get really warm in my pocket. The heat comes from right under the Sim/SD card tray. CPU? So eventually i get so hot it gives me the invalid SIM/ no sim message and rebooting my phone fixed it. About a month ago i read here that it might be a corrupted or damaged SD card. And what do u know, i pull out the card and no more heat/ sim issues. I thought it was my card 64 GB Class 10 Sandisk. But no, every SD card i pop in that isnt empty starts this meltdown. So i had to replace the charger port so i swaped out that board, same issue. Replaced the SD/Sim card tray same issue. I put my finger on the piece the card tray sit on before i stuck on the new one (ribbon cable connected with SD card in slot) and almost burned my finger. I flipped on Dev options and checked off "show cpu ussage" and i see that everytime i pop an SD card in, my CPU usage goes NUTZ, like its low at idle then in shoots to 100% and stayes there for a little, then back down, then back to 100%.
Anyone know whats going on? Or how to fix this? Im out of warranty and the only way i can use my phone is to remove the SD card. And 16GB for me isnt enough.
Hey everyone,
Followed the ifixit guide to replace the screen on my i337. I didn't seem to run into any troubles during the process, but when I went to charge the phone again (it's been dead for a few weeks), nothing seemed to be happening. So I pulled it apart, checked all the connections, and without replacing the midframe popped in the battery to check my work, to my surprise the screen came on and it started to charge.
So, back goes on the midframe, and it's not working again. After a bunch of trial/error I seemed to figure out that when I put in and tighten the screw next to the SD card slot, it seemed to be shorting something out and the screen would turn off immediately.
I was still in the process of trying to figure out what was shorting out and how to stop it when all of the sudden everything stopped working, no more charging, screen no longer turned on, etc. At this point it's not pulling any current from the charger when I plug it in (0W on my kill-a-watt, it was as high as 9W previously when I plugged it in above).
I tried putting everything back on the old screen, but nothing is different, still not charging or pulling current. Tried different USB cables (known to work on other phones), different chargers, no difference.
Not sure where to go from here, if I've someone killed the motherboard, killed the charging port, killed the battery, etc and don't want to go around throwing money at a phone that might be totally broken. If anyone could give some insight on how to test if the usb port or the battery are what's ****ed up, or if you have any other ideas, that would be great.
Thanks in advance!
After months of various SD cards not working (phone not detecting them, bootloops when they're inserted, etc), I eventually decided to try out one last SD card that I know works with my brother's phone. Inserting the SD card wouldn't let the phone boot up, as I expected. But even removing the SD card fails to rectify the problem. Now, whenever I try to turn on my phone, the area near the SoC package gets very hot, and I have to remove the battery to power it off and let it cool down. The screen stays blank, and nothing seems to work. I have found out that plugging the phone in while the battery is removed and then reinserting the battery while the phone is still plugged in shows the battery charging icon, but the screen quickly goes blank after that.
Be honest, do I have a bricked phone? Or is there a way to somehow get it to boot, at least into recovery? I have the ZE551KL model.
if u still have warranty asus should take care of ur phone. from what u discribed there is a Short circuit on ur motherboard i don't know if it is possible to repair or not but it is definitly inside ur phone
Hi.
This is a friend's stock P8 Lite ALE-L21.
He asked me to look at it because it had stopped recognicing the SIM card. He had taken it to a repair shop, and they told him the battery was bad, and replaced it. But after opening... i'm not sure they replaced it, it looks "too stock".
In any case, that didnt solve the problem.
I took the phone apart, cleaned everything with small brushes and contactt cleaner, and inserted my phone's SIM card because he was using his on another phone for the moment. IT WORKED! I could make a call from it and connect to the LTE network.
So i remove the SIM card and give the phone to him. Next day he says that he's put his card on the phone and it wont take it. I take the phone again, try with mine, and no luck.
I have taken it apart again and checked with a multi-meter that every pin on the SIM card tray has a connection with the mainboard, and that all pins are positioned well. I dont think the slot is the problem.
A weird thing happens, also. The phone sommetimes reports 0% battery when you turn it on, even if you just charged it. Just now, it was at 50% battery, i rebooted it, and it reported "battery depleted, the phone will turn off in 30 seoconds". And then i booted again and it reported 12%.
Are this symptoms familiar to someone? Is the board toasted?