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Woke up to a [possibly] bricked Atrix :(

Yup. Left phone on charger overnight - woke up and the camera was flashing every 2 seconds. That's all it will do. Whether it's hooked up, unhooked. As long as the battery's in that's what it does. No rom changes in over 2 weeks. No damage of any sort.... no recovery or anything

Well you can probably do a warranty exchange.
I voided my warranty and your mum.

I had something similar with my nexus one. Except it wasnt the camera but the trackball... changing kernels around seem to help a bit but eventually i took it for water damage. Take the battery out and let it dry off for a day or two. You can also try to pry it open and have your hand at any corrosion if you find any. However i wouldnt recommend that unless you know what yer doing.
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guybanda said:
I had something similar with my nexus one. Except it wasnt the camera but the trackball... changing kernels around seem to help a bit but eventually i took it for water damage. Take the battery out and let it dry off for a day or two. You can also try to pry it open and have your hand at any corrosion if you find any. However i wouldnt recommend that unless you know what yer doing.
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He said it was left on the charger, not fell in water.
I'd crap my pants if this happened to me.
CM7 Drugged

ac7brier said:
He said it was left on the charger, not fell in water.
I'd crap my pants if this happened to me.
CM7 Drugged
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I realize that but like i said i had the same experience and my phone didnt get noticably wet at any time could have been a single drop of water and corrosion takes a while to build up.
Still...
Im wondering if you used your original charger when this happend because i can personally say ive seen my atrix behaving strange when connected to some cheap random charger (touch screen not working for example). Didnt believe it could cause permenant damage though.
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guybanda said:
I realize that but like i said i had the same experience and my phone didnt get noticably wet at any time could have been a single drop of water and corrosion takes a while to build up.
Still...
Im wondering if you used your original charger when this happend because i can personally say ive seen my atrix behaving strange when connected to some cheap random charger (touch screen not working for example). Didnt believe it could cause permenant damage though.
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It was hooked up with a Blackberry charger, actually.
Still acts the same.

Check the charger to see if its power ratings are different than your otiginal one.
Also... does the device boot up in any way or is the screen simply black and the flash flickering no matter what?
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Check the charger to see if its power ratings are different than your otiginal one.
Also... does the device boot up in any way or is the screen simply black and the flash flickering no matter what?
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Looking at it today, I noticed that the charger port (or inlet if you will) is very structurally loose. The voltage on the blackberry charger is about 3/5 that of the stock Atrix charger, if memory serves me - somebody at work switched out the chargers the day after I got the phone. It took a good 6 hours to charge...
ATT said that it would be full cost of phone, because it's personal damage.
I'm looking into the Mi-One.
EDIT: No, the screen will not even begin to come on. Camera flashing is the only indicator of any power. Used an external battery charger, and two different batteries.

The MI-One looks sweet!!!!

smoothtaste said:
Looking at it today, I noticed that the charger port (or inlet if you will) is very structurally loose. The voltage on the blackberry charger is about 3/5 that of the stock Atrix charger, if memory serves me - somebody at work switched out the chargers the day after I got the phone. It took a good 6 hours to charge...
ATT said that it would be full cost of phone, because it's personal damage.
I'm looking into the Mi-One.
EDIT: No, the screen will not even begin to come on. Camera flashing is the only indicator of any power. Used an external battery charger, and two different batteries.
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Moto will probably either fix it or send you another phone. I know people who bricked from trying to downgrade and they got another phone. I'm sure you could too. I would try that before you buy another phone.
ETA: Now that I think about it not being able to put the rom back to stock would probably be an issue if they can get it to turn on but if they can't they might replace it.

smoothtaste said:
Looking at it today, I noticed that the charger port (or inlet if you will) is very structurally loose. The voltage on the blackberry charger is about 3/5 that of the stock Atrix charger, if memory serves me - somebody at work switched out the chargers the day after I got the phone. It took a good 6 hours to charge...
ATT said that it would be full cost of phone, because it's personal damage.
I'm looking into the Mi-One.
EDIT: No, the screen will not even begin to come on. Camera flashing is the only indicator of any power. Used an external battery charger, and two different batteries.
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I also think you should bring it up with motorola. Waking up to find your phone bricked is hardly what id call personal damage. You also shouldn't bring up the charger issue. And as for the usb port i'd say it would take too much effort to discern the connection with that and the phone acting as it is, and im sure they would rather just send a replacement unit.
A usb port malfunctioning is hardly an account for personal damage. The usual case is they simply stop working, but definitely not brick your entire phone.
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dropped my nexus now it only charges while off

well as I'm sure you all did.... the first thing I did when you got your N7 was to unlock and root it so you could load up all the games that you worked hard at on your phone... everything was great until it slipped off of my car seat when I got home and now it will not recognise the USB port while its powered on... my computer will not recognize the device at all to transfer data either... luckily I have already unlocked/ rooted and loaded team win recovery...
so here is my question... where can I look to see if something got broken when I dropped it... I took off the back cover and and everything looks ok...
my other question is will google replace it if I send it back saying that the cable does not charge while powered on... I can not relock/ return to stock without usb/adb connection
the length of turn around time that I hear about with the 16gb models I might wait it out to see if I can deal with it... I have a wifi web sharing app that I can use even though its very slow compared to a direct cable

If you can get back to the stock rom ...I'd sent it back if it's all possible.The Rma is quick and painless if your tablet was bought on Google Play.
- The turn around time for me on a 8gb and 16 gb tablets from Google play was just a few days. (Under a week from the time I called until the time I got my tablets in my hands. )

Well I let it charge off for the night and it is charged 100%... I guess I'll just rely on wifi connectivity for a while and see if I can manage before I try and return it
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That really sucks man typically they won't replace a device that has been unlocked. Have you tried a factory reset yet? I I know it sounds unlikely but I have had accelerometers go to "sleep" from being dropped and or a faulty rom and a factory reset brought it back. Its really weird since you do get a charge when its off.. if it was broken hardware I would think you wouldn't get a charge at all. Make sure you do a nandroid backup before so you can get your apps back if it doesn't fix your problem.
Also about the RMA for the 16gb I believe now they are actually out of that model at the time. They may have a stash just for returns but if you decide to try a return I would make sure to find out what the estimated wait time would be.
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Yea that's the weird part... But I did flash it back to stock ROM but nothing worked... If I could get USB to work I could flash it back to stock and lock it... Its a loose wire somewhere inside I'm thinking
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My N7 16gb charged properly on the first charge. Now on the second charge, it will only charge while powered off. My device is stock and has not been dropped.
I plugged it in last night, while powered on, and woke up to find the battery in about the same state that it was in 8 hours earlier. That was with it plugged into a 2.5 amp HP Touchpad charger. I tried plugging it into a 1 amp charger and got no indication that it e was charging, until i turned it off. Then it put up the charging indicator. I will try using the N7 charger and see if that makes any difference.
It is possible, but very unlikely, that the device is doing a handshake with the charger when the device is powered on, and if it fails then refuses to charge. If that were happening i would expect to see a warning pop up on the device.
UPDATE: My device will charge properly off the asus charger that came with it. It totally sucks that the N7 appears to do a handshake with the charger. My advice to the OP is to make sure you only use the original charger.

Does ADB wireless work? Might not help you with fastboot, but you could push/pull files...

Yes all wireless connections work fine... But I guess I'm just going to have to live with this issue since it was my fault but at least I am already rooted with custom recovery so I might get lucky and have a kernel that might be able to fix it...
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Based on the post about the charger "handshake," maybe it's the charger that's gone bad, and not the device?
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I dropped it cracked screen and can't unlock the screen, UK Repairs
Hi, hope someone can help :-0
I dropped my Nexus (oh dear!) and the screen's cracked. It powers OK, just I can't unlock as the touchscreen is not responding.
Asus UK can repair it, but can't quote me a price (because they've had so few repairs in yet)
Questions:
1. Anyone dealt with Asus UK repairs? Or any ideas of the costs of replacing a broken screen?
2. Can I reset the device by just using the on/off and volume keys as the touchscreen is dead
Thanks

As long as you have adb connection you can reset it to stock... I've got no USB connection so I cant... wugfresh toolkit has all the proper files to flash the stock image...
I've been doing OK with no USB... I charge it at night and I last me all day easily
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Loosing battery while charging

recently I noticed that my n7 is loosing battery even when charging, I was running cm10 with the kernel that came with it, and I tried switching to rootbox, but that didn't help... I'm using OEM charger with OEM USB cable, I just called Asus and they created an RMA for me, but I just wanted to find out before I send it in, if there's anything I can do to solve my problem on my own.....
Thanks,
Aryeh
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The first thing to check I think is if the cable and/or charger is defective by using another cable. If not, you can restore the original 4.2.2 Android and ROM with Nexus Root Toolkit. If nothing changes, inspect the micro USB port for damage as they are extremely fragile. Asus’ warranty claims that your warranty is void if non-authorized personnel tamper with the device. So you should be careful if you decide to open the back to inspect if the battery is properly connected to the motherboard as I have heard stories of them not being connected properly. The last thing is to inspect if the battery itself is defective.

I hate restoring back to stock... Backing up my internal SD took almost a whole day... But but I guess I'll have to do that anyway if I send it back to asus
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I would +1 with the cable idea. My USB cables get man handled like crazy so I am never surprised if they misbehave.
Also, I don't think it'd be too far-fetched to try a different type of 'power brick' if you have another (preferably Samsung) charger around. But I know these are less likely to cause issues for most users. However, if you're that adamant about sending your tablet back I would try this last.
In addition, does the tablet charge normally when powered off when plugged in?

When the screen was off i got from 13% to 100% in 4 hrs
I ordered another OEM charger from amazon and if it doesn't solve the problem I'll return it
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Suddenly...... Nexus 7 is not charging up

I have been using my nexus 7 2012 for a year now .. it worked brilliant .. but now this horrible issues has sprung in from nowhere .. the battery wont charge up, or rarely it does,, but very slowly. i am running stock 4.4 unrooted . i have checked my ports for dust, swapped several cables and chargers (also used the original charger and cable). but with no luck. Surprisingly the problem appeared suddenly, one day it charged normally , the next day i left it on charge at 60% and returned to find it on 59%.. help me .. this is driving me crazy

Install the Battery Monitor Widget - should give you an idea of charging/power consumption. I'm assuming you've tried using the stock charger and cable?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559758

Mroid said:
Install the Battery Monitor Widget - should give you an idea of charging/power consumption. I'm assuming you've tried using the stock charger and cable?
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Yes i used stock and non stock chargers and cables .. i am using battery widget reborn app to monitor the battery stats.. i also attached the screen shots but for some reason they are not showing up

I think your battery connector is messed up. U might have to open your tablet and disconnect then reconnect the cables.
Please ignore my spelling mistakes. English is not my native language.

xateeq said:
I think your battery connector is messed up. U might have to open your tablet and disconnect then reconnect the cables.
Please ignore my spelling mistakes. English is not my native language.
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What should i do now coz the situation is worsening now .. it isnt charging up at all .. instead it discharges while plugged in

abdullahsulman said:
What should i do now coz the situation is worsening now .. it isnt charging up at all .. instead it discharges while plugged in
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Search in the forum people have fixed it many times u have top open up your tablet and dc/rc yout battery.

]I too have this same issue....
I have the official dock and never had any charge issues until yesterday....
While it's in the dock, it clearly shows it charging and yet the battery meter appears to be losing charge...
I have tried with the original cable and plug among other cables and yet nothing...
The only way for me to get charged is to turn the unit off and yet it still charges painfully slow...
Anyone with a solution other than opening the thing up and hoping it's the plug?
I am running 4.4.2

Mine's having the same problem. It seems to be a hardware problem.. It's charging very slowly or can't be fully charged.
* I have other devices running 4.4 without charging problems.

Mine started with the 4.4.2 update....
It's very strange... If I turn it off and charge... it charges (again) very slowly.... 3 hours and I went from a 2% charge to 59%...
Doesn't matter if I use the dock or plug it in direct.....
So, to me... I would say a software problem... I just don't want to do a full reset and re-install if I don't have too...

my wife's was all the way dead today after not being used and wouldn't turn on. left it plugged in for 30 min and it powered on with only 2% battery. i t is stock unrooted and everything was all good until 4.4.2 is now charging very slowly. I switched to a non oem usb wire with the asus charger to see if it helps. it is the only stock android in my home (out of 7 devices) and I plan to keep it that way for now.

I've been having this issue for about a week and its not fixed. Anyone here can link me to the post where the guy DC/rc his cables? I'll try anything
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iXanza said:
I've been having this issue for about a week and its not fixed. Anyone here can link me to the post where the guy DC/rc his cables? I'll try anything
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You can find it on youtube.. Just search for Nexus 7 battery fix.. I've tried on both my wife's and my Nexus 7 but it's not helping. Be careful not to break any connectors..

iXanza said:
I've been having this issue for about a week and its not fixed. Anyone here can link me to the post where the guy DC/rc his cables? I'll try anything
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N7 is very easy to open and close back.
I had the EXACT same issue 2-3 times this year and disconnecting the cable and reconnecting it back fixes it EVERY TIME.
The battery cable is short and the battery is loose so movement pulls the cable out. Not all pins are touching so it results in poor contacts or no contact at all.
Its a design flaw that can also be fixed by sticking a folded paper under the battery.
Voilà!
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ren2008 said:
N7 is very easy to open and close back.
I had the EXACT same issue 2-3 times this year and disconnecting the cable and reconnecting it back fixes it EVERY TIME.
The battery cable is short and the battery is loose so movement pulls the cable out. Not all pins are touching so it results in poor contacts or no contact at all.
Its a design flaw that can also be fixed by sticking a folded paper under the battery.
Voilà!
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I'll try that when I get home. My n7 has not been charging for so long its starting to scare me. I tried pushing the cables in but it seems like its pushed as far in as it'll go.
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Ok...
I have opened it up and reset the battery cables...
They originally looked pretty secure though... pretty tight....
Here's hoping that unplugging and plugging the battery back is solves the issue...
I be back....

ren2008 said:
N7 is very easy to open and close back.
I had the EXACT same issue 2-3 times this year and disconnecting the cable and reconnecting it back fixes it EVERY TIME.
The battery cable is short and the battery is loose so movement pulls the cable out. Not all pins are touching so it results in poor contacts or no contact at all.
Its a design flaw that can also be fixed by sticking a folded paper under the battery.
Voilà!
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Tried unplugging and replugging but it's still the same. I think it's my charging connector though. It randomly disconnects when I plug it into the PC. Tried with 3 different cables even the stock one. But I'm not sure if it's the port or the battery. It charges up to < 60 slowly but it doesn't go beyond that and starts draining. Thinking of selling it and getting a flo instead
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iXanza said:
Tried unplugging and replugging but it's still the same. I think it's my charging connector though. It randomly disconnects when I plug it into the PC. Tried with 3 different cables even the stock one. But I'm not sure if it's the port or the battery. It charges up to < 60 slowly but it doesn't go beyond that and starts draining. Thinking of selling it and getting a flo instead
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Just a thought, but another possibility is that the ribbon cable to the USB/headphone jack flex assembly has worked loose to the point of intermittent connections. See "step 10" of iFixit's N7 teardown
Or, if the connector itself is mechanically damaged, maybe there is some way to buy just that Asus sub-assembly. Anyone have a source?
picture of sub-assembly ->
Edit - wow, folks are selling them on eBay for US $50. yikes.

I have the same problem, I purchased a nexus 7 charging dock from Amazon and it charges flawlessly. The dock charges using the 4 pins on the side of the tablet. BTW...The charging dock is under 24.00+ Shipping.
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[Q] S4 is not charging

Hello guys
My galaxy S4 is not charging :crying:, I checked the charger and it worked on another phone, So I think the wrong is in the phone.
Oh, and sometimes it charges but after 10 or 15 minutes charging it starts to connect and disconnect continuously from the charger.
What is the solution?
Edit: The wall charger.

7mada said:
Hello guys
My galaxy S4 is not charging :crying:, I checked the charger and it worked on another phone, So I think the wrong is in the phone.
Oh, and sometimes it charges but after 10 or 15 minutes charging it starts to connect and disconnect continuously from the charger.
What is the solution?
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Car charger or wall charger? I noticed my car charger does not plug into the phone as snug as the wall charger & have similar issues you described. However, wall charger works flawlessly.

John The Rhino said:
Car charger or wall charger? I noticed my car charger does not plug into the phone as snug as the wall charger & have similar issues you described. However, wall charger works flawlessly.
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wall charger
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7mada said:
wall charger
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Perhaps go to At&t store & see if you have the same problem with a charger there. If so, then it could be a hardware defect which I presume is covered by warranty.

John The Rhino said:
Perhaps go to At&t store & see if you have the same problem with a charger there. If so, then it could be a hardware defect which I presume is covered by warranty.
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Could it be a software problem?
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7mada said:
Could it be a software problem?
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Anything is possible but always start simple. Most likely it is the charger, start there. If you try different multiple chargers and get the same results, BINGO there's your problem. Warranty replace phone, (you're already at the At&t store) you're Golden.

John The Rhino said:
Anything is possible but always start simple. Most likely it is the charger, start there. If you try different multiple chargers and get the same results, BINGO there's your problem. Warranty replace phone, (you're already at the At&t store) you're Golden.
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It always says "Dock connected" from time to another.

7mada said:
It always says "Dock connected" from time to another.
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Yes you may be connected, but perhaps the pins are damaged, missing, dirty or don't line up to the phone port properly to charge the phone. Start with the charger first. Save yourself a lot of time & guessing.

Any other help?

Mine did the same thing. So I went down and did the next thing and got the note 3 for the taxes and monthly payments. I also ordered the USB motherboard off eBay since I've takin one apart before. Going to replace that so it will be fixed and on eBay it goes. The phones in mint condition but have to charge and swap batteries. I couldn't handle it. Believe it or not, what started it was I had charger plugged into phone and unplugged charger from wall and took phone into another room and plugged into another plug without ever unplugging from phone. When I plugged it in wall it had a small little arc and that was the last time it charged.
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7mada said:
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There really is no other help. You gotta figure out if its your charge port or the charger.
If u can't replace with warranty there is 2 other options.
1. Buy the s4 wireless charge kit. Its like 80 bucks on eBay.
2. Get a universal battery charger and 2 spare batteries. And just swap batteries everyday.
3. Buy the charging port on Amazon or eBay and pay a electronic store to swap it out. Or do it yourself if u can handle it

Fixed mine today. Took maybe 15 min. And $7.00. To eBay it goes.
Simple as pie, just use ifixit to do it.
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sandman7793 said:
Fixed mine today. Took maybe 15 min. And $7.00. To eBay it goes.
Simple as pie, just use ifixit to do it.
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I am in the same situation and have just ordered the parts. I did a sample teardown and it appears to be pretty simple to do it. I'll report back in a few days, but my USB is for sure dead as it won't read either on a PC or Mac, or charge via a car, wall, or USB cable in a computer. I bought the Samsung S4 battery charger and kit, and the old battery works in there, so I know it's not the battery. However, the battery's "water damage" sensor is now pink, so I presume that the nasty humidity in North Texas this spring has killed the USB board. At any rate, hopefully, the fix is en route.

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I am in the same situation and have just ordered the parts. I did a sample teardown and it appears to be pretty simple to do it. I'll report back in a few days, but my USB is for sure dead as it won't read either on a PC or Mac, or charge via a car, wall, or USB cable in a computer. I bought the Samsung S4 battery charger and kit, and the old battery works in there, so I know it's not the battery. However, the battery's "water damage" sensor is now pink, so I presume that the nasty humidity in North Texas this spring has killed the USB board. At any rate, hopefully, the fix is en route.
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Well, the part and tools arrived and it was an easy replacement. The phone now charges like original. However, and this is a much larger issue, I cannot get and mobile data or any sort of non-wifi connectivity. I am thinking this board, which supposedly contains the antenna, is defective. It appears I can have EITHER network connectivity or sound, but not both. When I put the small plastic cover that also contains the speaker back on, it instantly kills my GSM connection to AT&T. With it off, I am getting a solid 4G LTE connection, and with it on, no signal at all other than wifi.
I've searched here and on the web, and the only thing I see so far is sending back the new USB board and hoping that the next one works in all areas.
Anyone have any ideas?

nrhpd527 said:
Well, the part and tools arrived and it was an easy replacement. The phone now charges like original. However, and this is a much larger issue, I cannot get and mobile data or any sort of non-wifi connectivity.
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Double check the antenna cable connections at both ends. If you still have problems, try installing your old board back and see if data/wifi works. If it does, then the new board is probably defective.

dwestall said:
Double check the antenna cable connections at both ends. If you still have problems, try installing your old board back and see if data/wifi works. If it does, then the new board is probably defective.
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The new board was defective, but they sent a replacement that worked better than the original. I also ended up finding out that the 1st replacement board had shorted the antenna cable, so I replaced that. My my son is now using the S4 with no problems. Long story short, he left his S3 on my car and it got destroyed, so I got an S5 and he got the S4...
All in all, to get back on track, this was an easy repair for anyone. I was surprised at how easy replacing just about anything other than the screen itself would be.