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My EVO is dead!

No charge light, does not respond at all. Pulled battery and everything I can think of. Nothing!!
It must of read my Facebook post that I preordered the 3D yesterday.

lol.... (not at your situation, at your FB Comment)
You should try a different battery.

HipKat said:
lol.... (not at your situation, at your FB Comment)
You should try a different battery.
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I considered that, but even with a bad battery, the charge light would come on. Nothing with several wall chargers or my car charger. Headed to Sprint for lunch today.

Different charger? Wiggle the plug? Warranty time!
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Please update when you resolve this issue and what happened at the Sprint store.

Did you give it a proper burial?
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Your charge port is fuct, same thing happened to me...took it to Sprint got a new EVO no problem...with protection plan...
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Xoom Charging Port Broke

Hi,
I was charging my Xoom yesterday and my dog ran around and tripped on the cable. The charger bent and wouldn't work anymore. I bought a new charger thinking that was the problem, but it won't charge either. I assume that the port itself broke somehow.
It's the WiFi model, i bought from Best Buy without any protection plan. Does anyone know offhand what the cost of repair would be via Motorola and turnaround time?
Or better yet, some other way to charge it? (i wish the mini USB would work)
Thanks

Put the dog up for adoption.
Go to motos website and jump on a chat to see what they say.
Don't put the dog up for adoption.
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I posted it on the Moto forums, thanks. Also, I heard the dock charges it without using the normal port, is that true? Would that work?

I too was going to suggest the dock. I am fairly certain it charges through the USB.
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fauxreal said:
I too was going to suggest the dock. I am fairly certain it charges through the USB.
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Thanks, i'll do this, but can anyone 100% confirm that would work in my situation? It would be greatly appreciated.

Dock will charge it. It charges through the exposed metal sockets you see on the bottom, not through USB. But it will work I have one.
Cheers.

You should go to ifixit.com and look for a teardown. Try and find the part on EBay or see if you can order through Moto. That sucks.
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gqstatus0685 said:
You should go to ifixit.com and look for a teardown. Try and find the part on EBay or see if you can order through Moto. That sucks.
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The dock is/was on sale at BestBuy. That's your immediate best bet.

But that's a big inconvenience. I have the dock and I think I only used it once. You'd have to have a boner to be able to rest that dock on you when you're using it in bed.
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gqstatus0685 said:
But that's a big inconvence. I have the dock and I think I only used it once. You'd have to have a boner to be able to rest that dock on you when you're using it in bed.
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Good for morning movies!
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gqstatus0685 said:
But that's a big inconvenience. I have the dock and I think I only used it once. You'd have to have a boner to be able to rest that dock on you when you're using it in bed.
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You just charge it overnight or whatever...sheesh!

smith3jk said:
Dock will charge it. It charges through the exposed metal sockets you see on the bottom, not through USB. But it will work I have one.
Cheers.
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Just a + 1 for confirmation.
I find the crappy little charge port & jack to be one of the VERY few cons about the Xoom. The 2 gold plated connectors at least offer hope that I could fabricate another charger (apple laptop style) if ever necessary.

Dropped phone in toilet, may have shorted it...any hope?

I jumped the gun and i tried to plug it in defn too soon to see if it was working. The LED flashed for a second then went off.
It was a bad plunge because it had no back cover at the time.
The battery could be trashed, but i am worried the phone could be dunzo now too.
It's been in a tupperware of brown rice for 2 full days now and no joy when i plug it in.

im sorry, no hope
you could try and replace motherboard if ifixit has them in stock, but even then,

ya i think your out of luck man
First and always take the battery out if it ever happens again and let both sit in rice for a couple of days before you attempt any kind of charge or turning it back on
Best of luck getting it fixed or getting a new one

i did take the battery out right away, but yeah i think somewhere i blew it out with plugging it in with no battery

Dillsnik said:
i did take the battery out right away, but yeah i think somewhere i blew it out with plugging it in with no battery
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Should have waited at least a couple of days just to be safe.

lessen learned...the hard way

You could try a few more days using silica (A LOT).
I had problems before that my device would stop working for weeks, and them came back to life.

I've gotten soap in my phone before. Watery soap too. Thought mine was done for but rice saved me. So hang in there.
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My iPhone 3GS went through a full wash cycle. After about 5 months I plugged it in just for sh*ts and giggles and it fired right up. Antenna is hosed though, which I could replace (probably corrosion). Sometimes the hardware comes back to life if left long enough.

CaelanT said:
My iPhone 3GS went through a full wash cycle. After about 5 months I plugged it in just for sh*ts and giggles and it fired right up. Antenna is hosed though, which I could replace (probably corrosion). Sometimes the hardware comes back to life if left long enough.
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I got my wife a Nano couple years back and that night I put it through the wash. It survived but I've never felt so bad before.
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Sound crazy but place it in a bowl of uncooked rice completely submerged, the rice should absorb the moisture.
leave it for a day.
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Atrix_Owner said:
Should have waited at least a couple of days just to be safe.
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Captain Hindsight awaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy!
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Im looking for digitizer and screen parts for my atrix. Wilt thou be willing to part for a fee?
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getyroks said:
Im looking for digitizer and screen parts for my atrix. Wilt thou be willing to part for a fee?
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Please send me your phone so I can sell it to this man for parts.
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Took a week in rice before mine started to work again (dropped in toilet too).
Resist the temptation to turn it on.
Patience is key!

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Took a week in rice before mine started to work again (dropped in toilet too).
Resist the temptation to turn it on.
Patience is key!
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What are you all doing that you drop your phones in your toilets?
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Y i had the same luck with a nano. never with a phone though. I had a 3gs that i jumped into ap ull with and as much as i tried i could not save that one.

Yeah no ****.
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sagerox said:
Yeah no ****.
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Are you implying a clean toilet?

I got lucky. Mine slipped into the hot tub this weekend. Immediately grabbed it, powered off and yanked the battery. Let it sit for a couple days and powered it on...it works! I think my incipio case may have saved it.

Fried Epic

I know this is unfixable but I want to see if you guys could know why this happened. A few months ago in winter 2012 my sister epic 4G got rained on and her battery is now pink. But nothing happened .now yesterday while she was charging her phone the charger blew and her micro USB port was broke. Just when you think it couldn't get worse when I let her use my battery I turn her phone on and it was bootlooping like crazy. When it finally booted It was stuck in safe mode and when you unlocked the phone it would reboot. I then went into recovery to wipe and it was frozen in recovery. Then when I reboot it (Battery Pull) kept rebooting into recovery. Then I kicked it out of recovery with the home button but the volume keys weren't working in recovery so I couldn't wipe. I think she has major bad luck. I never experienced something like this EVER. She in contract until July 2013 so she can't easily switch. She still in college so she needs her phone. Why do you think all this happened? She is also stock FC09 not rooted.
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Water damage doesn't immediately "show itself" sometimes... probably a delayed reaction to the water damage...

It is also possible the USB port is shorting which caused the charger to blow and the strange behavior. Try with the battery out, clean the phone port with 91% alcohol using a toothbrush. Let it dry for a half hour. Then see if you can get it into download mode and reflash stock FC09 through odin.

Ahh its done no responce with USB At all . Its officially Dead. When I wiggled the USB after cleaning the port like you said to get Odin to see it. No responce. I don't know what to tell her. She's gonna have to find an old sprint phone 1 Less Epic 4G .
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It's sad when an Epic goes down.
Moment of silence.
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If I wasn't still on contract with mine I'd be willing to send it; maybe someone will be more generous than me...
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czechpunk said:
If I wasn't still on contract with mine I'd be willing to send it; maybe someone will be more generous than me...
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Actually, I have successfully unbricked my other epic, so now I have two.... I have 2 peoplee who have dibs right now,, but if they don't contact me by Monday, it yours (or your sisters, lol)... the only thing I ask is you cover the shipping... let me know...

Still available... doesn't look like the other 2 will be contacting me... pm me if interested...

If your epic 4g is sprint and you aren't sending it in for a replacement, I'm still looking to get my hands on a dead 4g for shipping costs. Let me know if you are interested.
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I still have my old epic in mint condition with Clean GB still on it sittin in my night stand.
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Im sorry for not repling as i havent been on the forum much. She was told by a sprint rep to buy insurance and pay a deductable to get it replaced she did that.
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I'll go more in dept. She said the guy at sprint looked at her phone. Didn't even check the battery and said it looks like the phone has water damage. And to get it replace she has to buy insurance then file a claim.
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[Q] Water damage

So I got pushed in the pool and needless to say phone got wet, turned it off immediately and shoved it in a bowl of rice, after a week when I plug it in to a power source it says battery is full and boot loops now if I hold the V down it goes into the bootloader screen but the power button doesn't let me select anything. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
UPDATE: I can get to TWRP but won't fully boot up, also I noticed there isn't a battery percentage in TWRP. Battery dead?
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Have who ever pushed you in buy you a new phone.
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hegemytouch said:
Have who ever pushed you in buy you a new phone.
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I wish it was that easy, it was girlfriends dad, and apparently my phone is too expensive for him.

nmespinosa said:
I wish it was that easy, it was girlfriends dad, and apparently my phone is too expensive for him.
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You should break up with her lol
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spaceman860 said:
You should break up with her lol
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lol again not as easy, thanks for the support tho

Open it up and look inside by power button connection, it might be corroded. Just use a toothbrush and some rubbing alcohol (dont use alot just a small amount and scrub til corrosion is gone) then let it dry and put everything back together.
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nmespinosa said:
lol again not as easy, thanks for the support tho
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Since you can get into recovery try flashing a ROM and see if it boots up
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spaceman860 said:
Since you can get into recovery try flashing a ROM and see if it boots up
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That's the problem tho, as soon as I unplug it it dies, I'm pretty sure the battery is fried. I ordered another one already it was only $30 so I'll try that.