IT ALL STARTED when my wife dropped phone and cracked the screen slightly and touch in some areas stopped worked.
Me being a technical person, went ahead and bought an lg g2 lcd+digitizer replacement off ebay and made sure it was OEM and had the LG logo on it. The phone is an ATT phone by the way and made sure it was for D800.
The part arrived and I went on my merrily way to replace it VERY CAREFULLY. The screen fit in perfectly and I reassembled everything carefully, connector by connector screw by screw.
When the time came to turn it on, it actually turned on and booted normally and the screen worked, the touch worked (altough some letters on the keyboard were douple/triple tapping,etc.) I ignored that and ran into a problem where when being on a call, the screen turns black as normal, but won't turn back on at all until a hard reboot is done. I went out and researched that this was the proximity sensor malfunctioning and that the replacement screens do not come with some sort of grommet that holds it close to the screen and blocks peripheral light. Well, I was annoyed, and went ahead and opened it again to see If I can remedy the proximity problem.
After some adjustments by the proximity and reassembling the phone, it booted up. I saw the LG logo, followed by the ATT startup chime and then, poof. All dark!! So what follows is a succession of fail after fail to try to get it back up and running:
-reopened phone, reseated connectors, nothing, same problem
-reopened phone, found that i hadn't routed the antenna wire correctly and that it had some metal part in between the wire that may need to be making contact with the metal on the frame. Still nothing, same problem.
-a bunch of hard resets, same problem.
-Try to go into restore mode, clicked yes on restore. Even worse after restore all I get to is the lg logo.
-As a last resort, went into download mode by plugging in USB to computer and phone, holding UP vol button. It went into 'download mode' and I went ahead and followed instructions on restoring the factory firmware flash. The process was 15 percent complete when it died, shut off.
-tried the flash process one more time and it went to 22 percent and died.
-knowing it's a hardware thing, I reopened phone and triple checked everything again. After reassembly, phone is TOTAL BRICK. No power, no LG logo, with usb charger and power outlet charger. No restore mode, no download mode, NOTHING NOTHING. Last known battery level was 13 percent when I was doing firmware flash attempt.
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS WRONG. Any experts know what I can check at all?
I managed to revive the power some how by disconnecting battery ribbon cable and holding power button to drain residual charge followed by reconnecting battery cable and plugging in charger.
I started the firmware flash and it failed at 8 percent because phone shut off. I swear to god..
nevermind. After the last post it wouldn't start again, disassembled, and basically found that the lcd ribbon cable connector pins were jammed beyond use. I'm pretty sure this wasn't the problem though in the first few times I opened it because screen worked fine. I disassembled more and found that the super glue I used totally burned into a small portion of the frame where the back of the lcd sits on as if it were some kind of acid or something. These may have been the culprits but I still think there was something else going on. If it hadn't been for that piece of **** proximity sensor this wouldn't have happen. The phone is a total loss and threw it in the trash. Done, RIP.
event3horizon said:
If it hadn't been for that piece of **** proximity sensor...
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Thought you were going to say wife haha. Sorry to hear about your phone, just don't go giving your phone to your wife anymore . Thanks for sharing your sad story .
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Ok i got an extremely bad problem
i brought a hd2 from ebay with a fault, which was the person said he dropped the phone and the screen cracked then he replaced it with new screen and digitizer, but he said after he did that the phone only starts up sometimes, anyway i won the bid and when i recieved it i put the charger in and it turned on by itself and was stuck ar htc screen i took the charger out and the phone went off, so i put the charger back in again and it didnt turn on this time, tookout battery and did reset and hard reset and still nothing? the phone doesnt have hardspl.
so i opened the phone up and look to see if anything was lose which it wasnt and i also manged to damage the volume flex cable and the bottom buttons flex!
so i left my phone overnight and in the morning i put the battery in and put it on charge and A RED LED LIGHT CAME ON!!!! which means it was charging so i thought if i press the reset button it come on, so i pressed the soft reset and nothing came on and the red light dissapeared and it doesnt come back again?
Can anybody help me whats wrong?
Since the previous owner has dropped the phone, anything could have went wrong.
First, check the battery pins on your phone, and make sure they are straight (not bent, not eve a little)
Hi I tryed that but it still don't work, also to follow up I put my htc in fridge for 5 mins and put in usb and orange light comes on so I left it for couple of hours and after it finished charging it virbrates and screen comes on but it just stays black so I took out battery and it didn't startup, so battery is fully charged and I. Put phone back in fridge and put usb back in and orange light came on again, so this time I pull out usb cable and the light is still on??? And I pull out battery and it goes off I don't know what's wrong???? Its driving me nuts!!!
Edit - ignore what I wrote above, okay I left phone in fridge and I put battery in and then I put in usb and orange led light comes on then the phone vibrates and the htc logo screen comes up but it is frozen there and I can't reset because I have no buttons because I broke the flex ribbon. I pull out battery and it turns off and it doesn't come back on so I put usb in and then battery and nothing but I can feel a tiny bit of vibration but not as strong as before. Its soo wierd the phone only powers when I leave it in fridge.
really need a solution fast
Please guys I really need a solution, don't leave me hanging. I was going to buy a new motherboard but I don't know whether its worth it because I font want to waste money.
I can't answer your question. But I know for fact that if the hd2 overheats monsterously the processor melts off it's spot or something and the phone starts to reboot at 25-30 Celsius degrees and that could explain cooling it down lets it boot. My suggestion is to sell the phone on Ebay as SLIGHTLY damaged Hahahah!
infact thats what i done i put it on ebay if anyone wants it let me, mint condition except boot failure I don't think it the processor because I can connect to usb and it comes as qualcomm data
The phone tries to turn on because I see the vibration motor turn once but nothing else happens?
facepalm.
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Was there any need of facepalm makes you look like a retard. Don't do it please
I was running Android ICS for a while, and all went great. My brother used the phone and it had some trouble, so I needed to reinstall. I rebooted, tried to get to recovery, failed to push the buttons on time, and it went on booting normally. I then removed the battery to restart faster again. I putted the battery back in, and the phone wouldn't react anymore, no power on, no charging, no nothing.
It worked great, but is it bricked now?? Is there anything I can do?
Turns out that there was something wrong with the battery connectors. Fiddling around with them suddenly made it poweron again.
they bend very easily, it happens a lot, and the first response to 'suddenly wont power on' is always check the battery pins.
my phone did not power on before because the bad pin too.
This happened to me once and i thought i bricked my phone. Turns out you need to make sure the metal connectors on the phone are tucked in and touching the metal pads on the battery.
Hi, I bought a G2 (Verizon model) off eBay with a cracked screen. When it arrived I plugged it in to see if it would boot, it had a red LED come on and windows made a USB noise but nothing was displayed on the screen. I waited a few minutes and tried to turn it on. It said it was on 4% battery and not enough power to boot. Fair enough, seems to be working. I unplugged it and took it apart then transplanted the parts into a new LCD I got from aliexpress. Was a pain in the ass, that glue and tape is tough to fight with but I finally managed to wrangle free all the parts and get them over.
Put the phone back together and now when I plug in the USB cable there is no LED and no USB noise. I'm sure I plugged all of the parts back in. I don't know what a part at the bottom near the charger is though, could it be as simple as this part being responsible?
Here is an album of my phone if anyone can spot anything I missed
http://imgur.com/a/7GXGM
My phone had been working perfectly fine, as well as charging perfectly fine. Recently, I accidentally let it drop to 0%, which I don't usually do. I went to plug it into the same wall outlet as always, but instead of the usual charge process, the battery icon with the lightning bolt in the middle simply flashes on the screen and then turns off, which happens over and over again.
It should be noted as well that about 3 weeks ago my phone get fairly wet. After that incident, I turned it off till it dried, powered it up, and everything appeared to be totally ok. No problems since then until this.
Other facts:
-I can safely get into the recovery menu (power + vol down), which is stable, but any menu selections result in the Motorola splash screen for a quick second and then the phone powering down.
-The computer will recognize the connection to the phone.
Attempts to resolve:
-New cable, new usb hub, new wall outlet
-Trickle charge from the computer (same flashing)
-Phone in rice to remove moisture
-Toothbrush cleaning of Micro-usb port (suggestion from another thread)
I'm pulling my hair out, and I am considering prying off the back and replacing the battery. I have searched other threads, but have seen various solutions none of which worked for me. If anybody has any idea how I can fix this please help!!!
Thanks in advance.
Unfortunately most probably is the hardware problem. I had similar issue with razr. Splashed it on the beach, quickly washed with tap water, dryed it and for couple of days like nothing happened. Then suddenly digizer stopped working. It was motherboard. Luckily one xda member donated me the same phone with broken screen so I replaced motherboard by myself.
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Zeljko1234 said:
Unfortunately most probably is the hardware problem. I had similar issue with razr. Splashed it on the beach, quickly washed with tap water, dryed it and for couple of days like nothing happened. Then suddenly digizer stopped working. It was motherboard. Luckily one xda member donated me the same phone with broken screen so I replaced motherboard by myself.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Well, I got it back working again, by charging it for 5 hours straight and then not charging it for an hour. Now it appears to be functioning alright, with the exception that it once went from 40% bat to 15% to 0% in a matter of seconds and I had to repeat the procedure to get it back on. I have another turbo with a broken digi that I could cannibalize but I have no idea what to replace... the battery? Bizarre issue, but I guess that comes with the territory of water damage.
Maybe some part is still wet. If another Turbo has only broken screen, then is probably the easiest solution to take screen from the (ex)wet and put to another one. You just have to have proper screwdriver.
Replaced battery now Droid turbo flashing when I charge?
Hello Devs, OP fans, lurkers alike
So I've had quite the quirky experience recently. Thought I had a brick in my hand for a while. Then strangeness.
Last week, I left my phone on top the car after gassing up. Half mile down the road, it slides off. My music from BT goes out. I return to find the screen smashed, display black and unresponsive.
Back inside the car, BT connects immediately and my song picks up right where it stopped. The capacitive hardware still works, vibrates when I tap or hold the BackHomeRecent, turns the "screen" off when I hold home.(or at least Android thinks its turning off).
So I decided to replace the screen and digitizer assembly with a new one. After transferring all the components as per a 50 step procedure found on ifixit, I go to power on. Nothing. No lights, motorcars, not a single luxury.
Maybe charging will help? AC USB yeilds nothing. But then my pc recognized it as USB Bulk 9008. At this point, I'm just about to give up and go buy another phone, figured its Bricked enough for me.
An hour later, my Android alarm clock for work goes off. Screen still black, but the led lit up. I had to pry it open and remove a screw to detach the battery connector to shut it up.
Obviously Android still works. Defective replacement screen, perhaps? Maybe I Fudded the reinstallation Elmer style? Is there hope to save my device?
PS. Dev Options were off during the accident, PC didn't even recognize anything while it had its cracked screen.