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Blew my SGS2 up...

couldnt believe it. had my phone since day release and loved it so much, been using CM7 since 1st nightly and i plugged it into my hifi to play some music and as soon as i pluged the headphone jack into the phone it fried it lol.. everytime i plugged my batt into the phone it instanly got very hot.. no screen nothing. tried using jig but no luck.. just a major hot phone around the camera and screen.
took it to be repaired under manafacture warranty...
just cant beleive it!

I feel sorry for you, man.
Something similar happened to me a few days ago, after a buggy shutdown phone got really hot.
Luckily I've touched it before it fried so I removed the batt and let it cool down, scary as hell!

goodey said:
couldnt believe it. had my phone since day release and loved it so much, been using CM7 since 1st nightly and i plugged it into my hifi to play some music and as soon as i pluged the headphone jack into the phone it fried it lol.. everytime i plugged my batt into the phone it instanly got very hot.. no screen nothing. tried using jig but no luck.. just a major hot phone around the camera and screen.
took it to be repaired under manafacture warranty...
just cant beleive it!
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Oh my GOD!If that had happened to me,I'd have gotten a heart attack,a stroke and my balls would fall from the rest of my body!I am really sorry man.
And I am overclocked at 1.6GHz...Jesus!

Thread was a dissapointment.. Was hoping for a story about you being a demolition guy and had left your phone by the tnt and accidently blew it up
But anyway, Unlucky dude, Do you have it rerpaired yet?

So they got you covered, even while you have CM7 installed. Will they like that? I'd really expect them to ignore the whole custom firmware aspect. Maybe the hardware is this damaged, they can't check that.

prodygee said:
So they got you covered, even while you have CM7 installed. Will they like that? I'd really expect them to ignore the whole custom firmware aspect. Maybe the hardware is this damaged, they can't check that.
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well they will never know.. its proper ****ed tbh... just dead..i reackon myhifi some how pumped voltage thru to the phone and blew up some resistors or sumut on the phone.
i made sure after i realised i couldnt get anything from the phone that they wouldnt get it fixed as i cooked it to make sure... i left batt in and charger to fry it even more to make sure...
+ tnh honest its hardware related.. cant see why even if they could find out jtagging it they would blame a rom for the cause...

MacaronyMax said:
Thread was a dissapointment.. Was hoping for a story about you being a demolition guy and had left your phone by the tnt and accidently blew it up
But anyway, Unlucky dude, Do you have it rerpaired yet?
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sent it off y'day.
take a few days to sort. but they already told me its 95% chance its a straight replacement...

UPDATE
Finally after 20+ days i got my phone back today.
they replaced the whole board inside..(damn i wanted a whole new phone)
anyway at least im bk up and running

goodey said:
UPDATE
Finally after 20+ days i got my phone back today.
they replaced the whole board inside..(damn i wanted a whole new phone)
anyway at least im bk up and running
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Great stuff..Now go and blow it up again
just messing man hope everything goes good for you..i could not live with out my beauty now

if i were you, i must be sad coz there is no more excuse to get the new Galaxy Note :/

bah im gonna wait a bit tillit gets a few more scratches and break it and claim on insurance... fuk it

You scared me a bit. brb checking the temp of my phone.

Dropped mine down the toilet yesterday its dead, on my 3rd s2 now after breaking a screen aswell

rojdag said:
Dropped mine down the toilet yesterday its dead, on my 3rd s2 now after breaking a screen aswell
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damn! u guys are tough!
How did you manage to break a GORILLA glass???

henrychukx said:
damn! u guys are tough!
How did you manage to break a GORILLA glass???
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Feeded it to a dinosaurs I guess

pcboyy said:
if i were you, i must be sad coz there is no more excuse to get the new Galaxy Note :/
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Haha
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Harsha Raj said:
Feeded it to a dinosaurs I guess
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Hahaha. This post made my day! Lmao!
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rojdag said:
Dropped mine down the toilet yesterday its dead, on my 3rd s2 now after breaking a screen aswell
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I wish i could meet such people in real who could handle such expensive device so carelessly .... U guys are god ... Till date ,i must nt say, i havent dropped my phone i care the fone like a baby ....U know wat i refrain my self taking da fone out of house when i m partying with frnds always in thought some thing bad will happen .... Such a scared s...r i am ..
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Harsha Raj said:
Feeded it to a dinosaurs I guess
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rofl.... yea, it never ends well when dinosaurs are involved

Mine had i problem with the usb.
The S2 kept thinking it was charging which kept the wifi on and caused mayor battery drains.
Luckily I got the phone back to stock when it was a bit stable on the usb and could send it back after doing the jig connect.
Got repaired in 1 1/2 week
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Is this phone worth saving, or trash it.

Oh and sorry to all the princesses on here who cant even wait for a person to sleep through the night before bring out the lynch mob and pitch forks.
Next time I will PM each one of you individually so you will get minute by minute updates of my life.
ANYWAY
Is this have any value for me to keep in parts.
It powers on but the LED screen does not come up, about all that seems usefull to me is the back and battery. Is there anything else worth saving?

No insurance on the phone? I was going to say get a replacement screen on ebay but I just checked the prices and my god its not worth it.

Would probably be worth keeping it. Parts prices will fall in the next few months and could replace the screen pretty cheaply if you hold on to it.

Why did you not ask this question in the other thread you started?

I'll buy it off of you. pm me

You could use the HDMI out and use it as a Linux PC.
*shruggs*

holy crap what did you do to it

Jfree3000 said:
No insurance on the phone? I was going to say get a replacement screen on ebay but I just checked the prices and my god its not worth it.
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Vdubtx said:
Would probably be worth keeping it. Parts prices will fall in the next few months and could replace the screen pretty cheaply if you hold on to it.
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I need the actual LED display also, not just the glass.
I do have insurance, but at the time it was still on the road so I claimed it lost, it was still there when I came back home so I picked it up.

dhmgejs said:
holy crap what did you do to it
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Forgot it on top of the car and did a little driving, got ran over when it fell off

jcbofkc said:
Why did you not ask this question in the other thread you started?
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It go over ran by ignorant people so it got shut down

mikeschevelle said:
It go over ran by ignorant people so it got shut down
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Fair enough. I did not notice it was locked. Good luck!

save it for a rainy day. spare battery or whatever isnt damaged. i dont see the need to start a thread to help make a decision about something that does not help anyone else on XDA.
If anything we now know, not to leave our expensive device on a car and drive away. Thank you for the insight.

mikeschevelle said:
It go over ran by ignorant people so it got shut down
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people are mad.. because..
you only post a broken galaxy s3 pic + "booo" word.
just boooo word.
it just like you somehow
make a statement that galaxy s3 is a bad and so fragile device.
which is not,
it got ran by a truck,
of course it's broke.
anyway..
just wait for the parts price down,
it's still rare and pricy for now.
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mikeschevelle said:
Oh and sorry to all the princesses on here who cant even wait for a person to sleep through the night before bring out the lynch mob and pitch forks.
Next time I will PM each one of you individually so you will get minute by minute updates of my life.
ANYWAY
Is this have any value for me to keep in parts.
It powers on but the LED screen does not come up, about all that seems usefull to me is the back and battery. Is there anything else worth saving?
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300$ AU + a do it yourself video: http://youtu.be/_70-W9JjVjg

mikeschevelle said:
Oh and sorry to all the princesses on here who cant even wait for a person to sleep through the night before bring out the lynch mob and pitch forks.
Next time I will PM each one of you individually so you will get minute by minute updates of my life.
ANYWAY
Is this have any value for me to keep in parts.
It powers on but the LED screen does not come up, about all that seems usefull to me is the back and battery. Is there anything else worth saving?
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Didn't you say you had insurance and were getting it replaced?
Don't you have to send it back?

marhensa said:
people are mad.. because..
you only post a broken galaxy s3 pic + "booo" word.
just boooo word.
it just like you somehow
make a statement that galaxy s3 is a bad and so fragile device.
which is not,
it got ran by a truck,
of course it's broke.
anyway..
just wait for the parts price down,
it's still rare and pricy for now.
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I get that, but I posted late at night and got up the next morning to a lynch mob, its not like I abandoned the thread. I would have never thought anyone would intentionally damage such an expensive thread so it was rather pathetic to see that was the direction of the thread before I had a chance to respond.

Kreeker said:
Didn't you say you had insurance and were getting it replaced?
Don't you have to send it back?
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I claimed it as lost, It fell off on a very busy road and I wasnt to keen on trying to stop traffic to get it. On the way home it had worked its way closer to the side of the road and traffic was a lot lighter so I decided to venture out (mainly just to see if my SD made it). I had already made the claim though as lost, since I didnt plan on trying to retrieve the phone.

mikeschevelle said:
I get that, but I posted late at night and got up the next morning to a lynch mob, its not like I abandoned the thread. I would have never thought anyone would intentionally damage such an expensive thread so it was rather pathetic to see that was the direction of the thread before I had a chance to respond.
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i feel you man. people bandwagon and gang up way too easily.

It's sad really
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Weirdly Dead SGS3

This is my friend's SGS3. It was working perfectly normal till today.
Then after pressing the power button(the phone was locked), it didn't respond.
I tried to go every way I could. No download mode/ Recovery mode.
The phone was stock.(Never touched for any mod, not even rooted).
But now it just keeps rebooting irrespective of the mode I try to boot into.
Even with the power cable in, it just shows the battery bar and just keeps rebooting.
This is really irritating. The phone is hardly 4 months old.
It's a type of sudden death. But a weird death where the phone hasn't died nor is it alive.
I can go to the service center as I didn't have any modifications done, but it is really annoying that so many SGS3's die so quickly.
Any responses will be appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1nLF_v17t8

I think I know the issue, I would need to see the device though
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frictionbuster said:
This is my friend's SGS3. It was working perfectly normal till today.
Then after pressing the power button(the phone was locked), it didn't respond.
I tried to go every way I could. No download mode/ Recovery mode.
The phone was stock.(Never touched for any mod, not even rooted).
But now it just keeps rebooting irrespective of the mode I try to boot into.
Even with the power cable in, it just shows the battery bar and just keeps rebooting.
This is really irritating. The phone is hardly 4 months old.
It's a type of sudden death. But a weird death where the phone hasn't died nor is it alive.
I can go to the service center as I didn't have any modifications done, but it is really annoying that so many SGS3's die so quickly.
Any responses will be appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1nLF_v17t8
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Maybe it's a stupid question, but did you try removing the battery?

FDisk80 said:
Maybe it's a stupid question, but did you try removing the battery?
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Yes. Even in the video you can see I tried to remove but the phone just keeps restarting.
Its annoying as hell!
I've loved Samsung since SGS1 and now this is really disappointing!

DroidModder said:
I think I know the issue, I would need to see the device though
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Anything you can suggest?

frictionbuster said:
Anything you can suggest?
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35481235#post35481235
I suspect your only option now is a Tier 3 warranty repair :crying:

Probably you getting the 1st batch S3 as well.
This out of sudden dead was famous in S3 now, mine also happen on 16/Nov/2012.
See this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044

Welcome to the exclusive club......
.....of user with a quite expensive paper weight!!
I will go to my "nearest" (it's a 100 mile trip!) service station Monday next week and hope that they fix it very fast!
Just take yours to the service station indicated by Samsung in your country and it should be fixed at no cost!
Good luck!!!!
// Ohamn
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DroidModder said:
I think I know the issue, I would need to see the device though
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Also keen to know what you know mate!!!
// Ohamn

Ohamn said:
.....of user with a quite expensive paper weight!!
I will go to my "nearest" (it's a 100 mile trip!) service station Monday next week and hope that they fix it very fast!
Just take yours to the service station indicated by Samsung in your country and it should be fixed at no cost!
Good luck!!!!
// Ohamn
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Also keen to know what you know mate!!!
// Ohamn
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Yeh just when I though I'll do that the phone came to life out of nowhere.
It stared booting up.
I don't exactly know what the problem was, but now it seems to be fixed *hopefully*. :fingers-crossed:
Thanks everyone.

frictionbuster said:
Yeh just when I though I'll do that the phone came to life out of nowhere.
It stared booting up.
I don't exactly know what the problem was, but now it seems to be fixed *hopefully*. :fingers-crossed:
Thanks everyone.
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Lucky "bastard"!!!! :laugh:
Guess that you have been really good this year and that Santa gave you an early present!!
Good for you!
// Ohamn

[Q] can't be heard

Well,just this week nobody can hear me when I make calls or they call me.
I've had my phone work perfect since September 2nd when I bought from Verizon.
It runs 4.4.4 totally stock. Tried clearing out the microphone port and only helped a tad.
Is there a way to fix it without a return exchange?

ironside2011 said:
Well,just this week nobody can hear me when I make calls or they call me.
I've had my phone work perfect since September 2nd when I bought from Verizon.
It runs 4.4.4 totally stock. Tried clearing out the microphone port and only helped a tad.
Is there a way to fix it without a return exchange?
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I would take it back, mine has been flawless since I got it shortly after the release date.

maybe
I was thinking about that. But maybe a factory reset would help

ironside2011 said:
I was thinking about that. But maybe a factory reset would help
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That's the first thing I would've tried !! I mean heck, if my phone isn't working, it's time to drop 5 yards and punt ...

Chopstix9 said:
That's the first thing I would've tried !! I mean heck, if my phone isn't working, it's time to drop 5 yards and punt ...
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Well yeah, but hard resets are always a pain. And most of the time don't fix what's wrong

ironside2011 said:
Well,just this week nobody can hear me when I make calls or they call me.
I've had my phone work perfect since September 2nd when I bought from Verizon.
It runs 4.4.4 totally stock. Tried clearing out the microphone port and only helped a tad.
Is there a way to fix it without a return exchange?
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Go exchamge it. My first S5 (this is my third) had a microphone issue where my voice was muffled and hardly audible. Exchanged it and never looked back.

BigBot96 said:
Go exchamge it. My first S5 (this is my third) had a microphone issue where my voice was muffled and hardly audible. Exchanged it and never looked back.
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I'm gonna go Monday to exchange it. Hopefully it doesn't decide to work while I'm there. Happens a lot to me.

simonkelso said:
I'm gonna go Monday to exchange it. Hopefully it doesn't decide to work while I'm there. Happens a lot to me.
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Lol yeah... Same here. They didn't believe me but I was within my 14 days so they swapped it with a new one. My second S5 had a black speck right in the middle of the display.. Like a peice of bark under the digitizer. 3rd times the charm lol
Good luck!:good:

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Lol yeah... Same here. They didn't believe me but I was within my 14 days so they swapped it with a new one. My second S5 had a black speck right in the middle of the display.. Like a peice of bark under the digitizer. 3rd times the charm lol
Good luck!:good:
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Unfortunately I'm beyond the 14 day exchange policy... Hopefully they be nice about it. Since I can't really use like intended

simonkelso said:
Well yeah, but hard resets are always a pain. And most of the time don't fix what's wrong
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You said U R running totally stock. What's the pain of a hard reset? Backup appz and it's a snap to restore phone to pre-wipe state. I have odined back to stock, gone through the whole process to root again and restore everything a couple of times now. If anything, that would be considered a pain but it really ain't chit ...
You can be sure that's prolly the first thing the rep is gonna try in the store before giving you a new phone.

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You said U R running totally stock. What's the pain of a hard reset? Backup appz and it's a snap to restore phone to pre-wipe state. I have odined back to stock, gone through the whole process to root again and restore everything a couple of times now. If anything, that would be considered a pain but it really ain't chit ...
You can be sure that's prolly the first thing the rep is gonna try in the store before giving you a new phone.
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Yeah I know.... I just don't like the whole hard reset process. I'm lazy about it

simonkelso said:
Yeah I know.... I just don't like the whole hard reset process. I'm lazy about it
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If there is a problem might be best to go through Samsung for a repair instead of Verizon to just get a refurbished device. That's what I'd do.

Before you reset/return...take your battery out for 10 min. or so...and then restart your device...maybe the battery voltage or calibration is causing the speaker interference...it's worth a shot.

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Before you reset/return...take your battery out for 10 min. or so...and then restart your device...maybe the battery voltage or calibration is causing the speaker interference...it's worth a shot.
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I did notice its been getting rocket hot a couple of times this week.
I haven't made any calls or received any since I factory reset it 2 days ago. Maybe it works again, I'll try tomorrow than go to Verizon

Well I think it was the battery. The microphone seems to work now. Did 3 voice recordings. All of them came out crystal clear with and without background noise.

Good to hear...it wouldn't hurt to purchase a new charger too.

I'm gonna hang on to the charger, its the first offical charger I've had in awhile. My DINC, nexus and gs3 all burned through their real charger oddly quick. I think its the weather where I'm from its been 111°-120°f for all of September

Hot damm...try to stay in the shade...lol

shroyede said:
Hot damm...try to stay in the shade...lol
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Yeah, i leave it inside now unless I need to bring it with me

[Q] Is it bricked?

So I've been lurking here since I got my Nexus 4 (over two years ago) to find answers to my problems and usually I've been able to find an answer.
Now, I think my trusty Nexus 4 has finally given up the ghost. I powered it off Thursday night and when I went to power it on Friday morning, I got nothing. It had over 50% battery when I turned it off, so I don't think it's the battery. I've tried to boot it just about every way I can find, but nothing. It's been plugged in most of the weekend and still nothing.
So I'm thinking it's time to start looking for a new phone , what do you all think? If anyone thinks they've got a way to get it to boot up, just let me know, I'll give it a shot.
Thanks!

It sounds like it died. I don't have any suggestions on how to get it running if it doesn't even turn on.
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Does your PC detect it at all? Also have you looked in the Nexus 4 General section as there are a few threads about unbricking your Nexus (if that is, your Nexus is bricked and not dead), I'll try and find a few links for you now.
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Does your PC detect it at all? Also have you looked in the Nexus 4 General section as there are a few threads about unbricking your Nexus (if that is, your Nexus is bricked and not dead), I'll try and find a few links for you now.
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*edit - Ok here's a few links, I'm going to have to do them one at a time though as I'm on the phone!
•Nexus 4 Unbricking Thread (QPST)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2208289

bbeanss said:
Does your PC detect it at all? Also have you looked in the Nexus 4 General section as there are a few threads about unbricking your Nexus (if that is, your Nexus is bricked and not dead), I'll try and find a few links for you now.
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No, if I plug it in to the PC it doesn't see it all.
I read through http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/tutorial-how-to-unbrick-n4-t2347060
but I don't think it will work because I can't get it to boot into any mode I've tried.

If you're running Windows 7 go into Start->Control Panel(view by large icon for ease of use)->Device Manager and go to Action and scan for hardware changes with the Nexus connected just to be certain that it's just not being detected properly in its current state.
Also there was another guy with a very similar problem that managed to fix his (does require dismantling the phone, but it's not too complicated)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2975391
Beans

bbeanss said:
If you're running Windows 7 go into Start->Control Panel(view by large icon for ease of use)->Device Manager and go to Action and scan for hardware changes with the Nexus connected just to be certain that it's just not being detected properly in its current state.
Also there was another guy with a very similar problem that managed to fix his (does require dismantling the phone, but it's not too complicated)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2975391
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Thanks for all the help, I saw another similar thread about the battery, but since it was about 50% when I shut it down on Friday night, I didn't think about doing it. I guess it will be the last shot. I have one more day left of time off from my knee surgery, so I might give it a go tomorrow and see what happens. I'll let you know how it goes.

jgill33 said:
Thanks for all the help, I saw another similar thread about the battery, but since it was about 50% when I shut it down on Friday night, I didn't think about doing it. I guess it will be the last shot. I have one more day left of time off from my knee surgery, so I might give it a go tomorrow and see what happens. I'll let you know how it goes.
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Giving thanks using the 'Thanks' button is always appreciated!
I hope the surgery went well and that both you and your device are up and running soon! If there's anything else you need don't hesitate to ask
Beans

bbeanss said:
Giving thanks using the 'Thanks' button is always appreciated!
I hope the surgery went well and that both you and your device are up and running soon! If there's anything else you need don't hesitate to ask
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Asking for thanks is kind of gauche. If it comes it comes
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It may well be, but nobody seems to thank anybody without incentive on this forum any more :sly: I know this from experience, I've been here since the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 days!
*Edit: Ahh they were the days, with developers such as @nobodyAtall and @doixanh !
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What what @bbeans ? I heard me got mentioned
@jgill33 : try charging it for some more days.... perhaps its battery is having problems.

No way, I just fanboyed way too hard then @doixanh, where have you been for the past 2/3 years?
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bbeanss said:
If you're running Windows 7 go into Start->Control Panel(view by large icon for ease of use)->Device Manager and go to Action and scan for hardware changes with the Nexus connected just to be certain that it's just not being detected properly in its current state.
Also there was another guy with a very similar problem that managed to fix his (does require dismantling the phone, but it's not too complicated)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2975391
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OMG!! I just got done doing the battery thing and it worked!! The odd thing though is that the battery was no where near dead. I only charged using that method for about 10 minutes and then it restarted the phone with 30% battery. I have no clue what the problem was . . . but I think I might take this scare and upgrade . . . maybe, lol.

jgill33 said:
OMG!! I just got done doing the battery thing and it worked!! The odd thing though is that the battery was no where near dead. I only charged using that method for about 10 minutes and then it restarted the phone with 30% battery. I have no clue what the problem was . . . but I think I might take this scare and upgrade . . . maybe, lol.
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Brilliant news mate!
If anything I'd say put a new battery in there (£17~) and you'd have peace of mind in the fact that it will be unlikely to happen again any time soon, plus you'd save anywhere upward of £150 on buying an upgrade!
Beans

@bbeans: I've been taking care of this for the past 2/3 years
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No way, I just fanboyed way too hard then @doixanh, where have you been for the past 2/3 years?
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