Just wondering if anyone/everyone has the same issue of the power connect being VERY loose. Mine is loose to a point of where if I move the nexus player it would shut it down. I'm not saying the whole plug falls out but it comes out just enough to shut it down. It definitely doesn't have that 'click' feeling when plugging in.
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Just wondering if anyone/everyone has the same issue of the power connect being VERY loose. Mine is loose to a point of where if I move the nexus player it would shut it down. I'm not saying the whole plug falls out but it comes out just enough to shut it down. It definitely doesn't have that 'click' feeling when plugging in.
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mine is the same.
I had the same behavior, until I found something: try to push the connector with a bit of energy (you should hear a click). Now you're good to go!
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I had the same behavior, until I found something: try to push the connector with a bit of energy (you should hear a click). Now you're good to go!
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I just got my Nexus Player a couple days ago and kept loosing power over the slightest movement as well. I also found that I was not pushing it in far/hard enough. Since I heard the click, the cable has not come loose at all.
I signed up to say that I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one with the issue. I just got mine a few days ago and noticed when I tried to turn it on that it had turned off and I ended up having to repair the remote with the Nexus after figuring out the cord was the issue. Did anyone come up with any makeshift fixes for the issue? I was thinking of trying tape, but I'm unsure if that's dangerous near electrical cords lol.
push it in more...til it clicks, so there isnt any space between barrel and player.
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I cant believe this happened to my lovely Shift.
The plastic that separates the USB pins inside the USB port came off long time ago. I have been saying i will try re-attach it with some super-glue or something but delayed before doing so.
So the other day I was watching some football World Cup game on tv and decided to power up my Shift to check up something. I was totally unsighted. Guess what I ended up doing? You wont believe this but I ended up inserting the power pin into the USB port!!!!! And since the plastic was not there the power pin went in smoothly. As fate would have it the wall socket was already switched on.
As soon as I made the mistake I noticed and removed the power pin, straightened one of the usb middle pins that was bent inwards. Tried powering up the Shift but nothing doing. It wont come on; not even the winmo side. Tried switching on even with the battery alone but still nothing. In other words my Shift is as dead as dodo now.
So what did I damage? I understand that in the worst case scenario is a question of short-circuiting whereof I ended up doing a "12V Power In" instead of the usual usb "5V Power Out". If thats the case some serious barbecue went on inside the shift. But then it could just have been a simple case of shorting the usb pins without loading the 12v in. Either way something got burnt.
Anyone got any idea what I ended up frying inside my shift and whether ther is absolutely any hope of resurrection. I love the Shift and the thing was as good as new without any blemish at all......
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Ed
Sorry to hear about this sad news.
I'm no expert on 'cooking roms' but I can suggest the basics:
Have you tried removing the battery for a few minutes to flush any static from your shift? Give it 10 minutes in your case.
Is there any new smell? If so, you could possible open up your shift and follow the smell with your nose.
Do ANY of the lights flash? Did you leave HSDPA ebabled? does the HSDPA green light flash anymore after attempting power up?
Flanimal said:
Sorry to hear about this sad news.
I'm no expert on 'cooking roms' but I can suggest the basics:
Have you tried removing the battery for a few minutes to flush any static from your shift? Give it 10 minutes in your case.
Is there any new smell? If so, you could possible open up your shift and follow the smell with your nose.
Do ANY of the lights flash? Did you leave HSDPA ebabled? does the HSDPA green light flash anymore after attempting power up?
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Thanks for the advice. I will remove the battery and keep it out for a while as suggested. There is no smell coming out of the shift. And all the led lights are off. They were onm before the accident. The only light that comes on is the one for charging the battery when i plug the wall charger in. No other lights come on when i try switching on.......
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Thanks for the advice. I will remove the battery and keep it out for a while as suggested. There is no smell coming out of the shift. And all the led lights are off. They were onm before the accident. The only light that comes on is the one for charging the battery when i plug the wall charger in. No other lights come on when i try switching on.......
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Just as a note, I had something similar happen to a notebook of mine several years ago, and I thought it was wasted. I removed the battery let it sit a few days because I was mad and thought it wouldnt work again anyway and 3 days later I plugged the battery back in and powered on and it worked.
Todays (and even yesterdays by the Shift's account) electronics are a lot more resiliant than people give them credit for.
I wish you the best, but I think youll be ok! PUT SOME TAPE ON THAT USB PORT in the mean time, dont make a mistake like that again, that way when you do get to fixing the port, you'll be ok!!
Best of luck.
Yes a few days without batteries or power could well discharge any static charges that are causing problems. If that fails, you could try connecting EARTH to the USB points to give your shift a flush from the same points where the unintended power went in.
I'll keep my fingers crossed for your Shift...
Thank you guys for your encouragement and prayers during this time of sorrow....
Sure I have taken out the battery will wait another day or 2 and report back any progress. Keep praying for us
Hey guys, my LCD broke, It was a AMOLED not SLCD, I bought this piece off ebay:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/260900702599?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
I put everything back for the second time now, first of all the device doesn't come on, but when I plug the AC power it shows charging light.
I'm pretty sure my old screen is AMOLED..
I made sure all the connectors where tight on the board. any help?
It wont power on, did I break something?
I'm pretty screwed guys, been at it for like 5 hours I'm done for tonight
Here is what I've conluded. I detached the digitizer from the lcd I made a mistake and removed the factory "tape"
Is and in the process the little power button came off.
So what are my chances now?
Can the digitizer be taped back to the lcd? or Do I need to get a new digitizer which includes an LCD? so as to preserve the factory tape?
As far as the power button goes, I'm not talking about the plastic bit, I'm talking about the actual button underneath. It seemed to be holding on my a little thread anything. Is that "thread" a connector or the button functions fine without it?
I put iit back and sealed the phone up, it seems to be pressing. But of course the phone wont still come on :/
Have you tried the "jump start" method for people with broken power buttons? ie, plug the phone into the wall with the battery out and insert the battery. It might take a few insertions for it to work.
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Have you tried the "jump start" method for people with broken power buttons? ie, plug the phone into the wall with the battery out and insert the battery. It might take a few insertions for it to work.
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How many seconds? It didn't work :/, the charging light just comes back on.
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How many seconds? It didn't work :/, the charging light just comes back on.
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Might have to give it a few tries. Like up to 10.
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Have you tried the "jump start" method for people with broken power buttons? ie, plug the phone into the wall with the battery out and insert the battery. It might take a few insertions for it to work.
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this happened to me last weekend when i replaced my trackball. my power button gave out.
That cable is a major issue with our N1s. You can order a replacement on ebay (or other sites) for usually around $40. It is called the flex cable.
The jumpstart method should work assuming nothing else is screwed up. But it isn't an exact science. Usually if you have your charging cable plugged in, you pull out the battery and put it back in, the phone will vibrate after a few seconds and start booting. If it doesn't, pull the battery out and try again.
Well someone on craigslist is selling an A500 for $80, the only issues with it is the screen intermittently does not respond to touch and it wont charge over 12%. Doing a quick google search both of these problems might be easily fixable. So my question is, is it worth the $80 and if any one has any suggestions to try to fix those two problems. Thanks.
EDIT: Upon talking to them they said the charger cable has to be held at an angle to charge, so that could just be the cable or possibly the jack. I guessing it still doesnt charge past 12%.
Might have talked him down to $50 now, which makes the deal a little sweater if I can fix it for nothing!
I went ahead and bought it and looked at it for awhile lastnight but havent figure out whats going on but these are the problems its having.
1. It will not charge, if you plug it in it says the battery is 12 percent, if you remove the power cable it turns off.
2. Touch screen unresponsive at lockscreen, tried a factory reset it just sits there on the screen that says android system in the top left corner and you can see the back/home/wifi/power icons at the bottom of the screen.
3. The power cable fits very loose in the jack, I popped it open, lifted the jack out from where it sits and plugged it back in. It works just fine until you wiggle the power cable inside of the jack, at that point the device will shut off and if you keep moving the cable you can hear what sounds like a possible short, but only if you wiggle the cable inside of the jack. Somewhere over on the left side of the device you can hear little pops or kind of sounds like paper being crumpled.
I feel like maybe all of the problems are releated to the power issue. I have yet to get another power cable but I think thats where I will start and go from there (Just because I feel like it should not be sooo loose inside of the jack). If any one else has any suggestions I would love to hear them!
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I went ahead and bought it and looked at it for awhile lastnight but havent figure out whats going on but these are the problems its having.
1. It will not charge, if you plug it in it says the battery is 12 percent, if you remove the power cable it turns off.
2. Touch screen unresponsive at lockscreen, tried a factory reset it just sits there on the screen that says android system in the top left corner and you can see the back/home/wifi/power icons at the bottom of the screen.
3. The power cable fits very loose in the jack, I popped it open, lifted the jack out from where it sits and plugged it back in. It works just fine until you wiggle the power cable inside of the jack, at that point the device will shut off and if you keep moving the cable you can hear what sounds like a possible short, but only if you wiggle the cable inside of the jack. Somewhere over on the left side of the device you can hear little pops or kind of sounds like paper being crumpled.
I feel like maybe all of the problems are releated to the power issue. I have yet to get another power cable but I think thats where I will start and go from there (Just because I feel like it should not be sooo loose inside of the jack). If any one else has any suggestions I would love to hear them!
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A good universal charger is a good start. At least you rule that issue out.
Checking (visable) around the input jack will rule out anything else.
As far as 12%, I would say, EC PWR control. It's quite possible he fubarred the pwr ctrl with some really bad flashes. It happens. This would explain the unresponsivness at the screen.
A good flashing with a stock 3.0x rom might shake some life into it. Might have to do it a few times. Or even a 3.1 or 2x rom.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
A good universal charger is a good start. At least you rule that issue out.
Checking (visable) around the input jack will rule out anything else.
As far as 12%, I would say, EC PWR control. It's quite possible he fubarred the pwr ctrl with some really bad flashes. It happens. This would explain the unresponsivness at the screen.
A good flashing with a stock 3.0x rom might shake some life into it. Might have to do it a few times. Or even a 3.1 or 2x rom.
MD
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Ill try flashing it once I get home, it doesnt have CWM or anything on it so I am assuming I can do that through the stock recovery? and would this ICS one fix my problems? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1624908
And there doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the jack, but I don't get how the power cable would be too small for it. Its really loose, you barely move and it just slide out.
EDIT: Well you were right I follow this How to unbrick your tablet!!!!!!!!!!!!! - xda-developers got everything working fine except the power cable having to sit at the right angle to charge, but it did charge past 12%, now im off to get a new cable.
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EDIT: Well you were right I follow this How to unbrick your tablet!!!!!!!!!!!!! - xda-developers got everything working fine except the power cable having to sit at the right angle to charge, but it did charge past 12%, now im off to get a new cable.
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Great! You got a bargain of a tablet! Just needed a full rom flash with EC.
As with the charging port, I've heard of some others with the same issue, but be advised, you could break it for good if you go messing with it too much. I would guess the "prong" that sticks out a little on the side of the jack, got flattened in somehow. (I have a TV that mother in law did the same thing to). Now the jack has to be taped to the side to get proper contact.
THEN AGAIN if you have a soldering iron you could remove the port , find another at radio shack ,and re insert>solder the new port and now you have a new tablet for 50 bucks ,I had to do that for my Windows Phone 7 Samsung Focus phone , never had a problem since (that was for a usb port, the power port shouldnt be any different)
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THEN AGAIN if you have a soldering iron you could remove the port , find another at radio shack ,and re insert>solder the new port and now you have a new tablet for 50 bucks ,I had to do that for my Windows Phone 7 Samsung Focus phone , never had a problem since (that was for a usb port, the power port shouldnt be any different)
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Ill have to see if I can find the same port and just remove the wiring from it. If not I found the whole part for $25 online.
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I bought 2 nexus 7's for my sons.I have tested them this month and installed the same apps on them both. This morning one of them is working fine, but the other won't switch on. When I connect it to the mains it just flashes, if I connect it to the PC it flickers with static like an old CRT TV. It won't respond to holding the power button, holding the power and volume up button or holding all 3 buttons.
Anyone one have any suggestions or is it broken?
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I bought 2 nexus 7's for my sons.I have tested them this month and installed the same apps on them both. This morning one of them is working fine, but the other won't switch on. When I connect it to the mains it just flashes, if I connect it to the PC it flickers with static like an old CRT TV. It won't respond to holding the power button, holding the power and volume up button or holding all 3 buttons.
Anyone one have any suggestions or is it broken?
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This is really sad, I got my 2 kids nexus 7s as well and they love them, I really wish there was something I could do to help but it sounds like you have allready tried everything I would've tried. I did see where someone said to hold the power button down for 10-20 seconds.
Hope someone reads this that can help. Good Luck
Was Just reading and someone posted to hold down both volumes and power for at least 30 seconds, no less. Hope one of these helps.
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I bought 2 nexus 7's for my sons.I have tested them this month and installed the same apps on them both. This morning one of them is working fine, but the other won't switch on. When I connect it to the mains it just flashes, if I connect it to the PC it flickers with static like an old CRT TV. It won't respond to holding the power button, holding the power and volume up button or holding all 3 buttons.
Anyone one have any suggestions or is it broken?
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I would take it back and get a replacement.
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I would take it back and get a replacement.
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Yeah, it sounds like a hardware fault. Take it back for a new one.
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Yeah, it sounds like a hardware fault. Take it back for a new one.
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yeah
I had this happen on two, and one of which was exchanged for the second. It is most likely the battery cable. I used a guitar pick to separate the cover and re-seated the plug and all is right with the world and my daughter is enjoying her tablet. Do not loosen one side then lift, slide the pick all the way around to loosen all the clips, and at which point the cover should just lift away.
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L3YTH said:
I bought 2 nexus 7's for my sons.I have tested them this month and installed the same apps on them both. This morning one of them is working fine, but the other won't switch on. When I connect it to the mains it just flashes, if I connect it to the PC it flickers with static like an old CRT TV. It won't respond to holding the power button, holding the power and volume up button or holding all 3 buttons.
Anyone one have any suggestions or is it broken?
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SOB!!
The one I got my wife is doing the exact same thing. 32gb wifi I bought from Newegg.
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I had this happen on two, and one of which was exchanged for the second. It is most likely the battery cable. I used a guitar pick to separate the cover and re-seated the plug and all is right with the world and my daughter is enjoying her tablet. Do not loosen one side then lift, slide the pick all the way around to loosen all the clips, and at which point the cover should just lift away.
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This worked. I used my fingernail and ran it around the perimeter until the back came loose. The battery connector looked like it wasn't plugged in all the way. I fully unplugged it and re-seated and snapped the cover back on. Pressed the power button for a few seconds and BINGO. We are in business.
Mine did that when it went fully dead, kicker being the stock charger wouldn't kick out enough juice to fully charge it. I used the 2.1A charger from my HP Touchpad and the tablet turned right on.
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Today I was using my phone when it locked up, made a strange buzzing noise and then went dead.
It was on charge at the time but now if I plug in the charger I do not get the usual charging display and the phone won't switch on regardless of how long I hold down the power button with or without the volume +/- buttons.
If I connect it to my computer 'adb devices' doesn't find it either and that was working recently.
Is it time for a new phone or is there some other way of reviving it?
R.
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Today I was using my phone when it locked up, made a strange buzzing noise and then went dead.
It was on charge at the time but now if I plug in the charger I do not get the usual charging display and the phone won't switch on regardless of how long I hold down the power button with or without the volume +/- buttons.
If I connect it to my computer 'adb devices' doesn't find it either and that was working recently.
Is it time for a new phone or is there some other way of reviving it?
R.
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Sounds like you need a new battery.
Yeah battery or a power related issue. Easy to fix if you know your way around these things they have videos explaining how to do the battery and stuff. But if you take it to a phone repair shop they should be able to fix it and not very expensively either
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Yeah battery or a power related issue. Easy to fix if you know your way around these things they have videos explaining how to do the battery and stuff. But if you take it to a phone repair shop they should be able to fix it and not very expensively either
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Do batteries fail catastrophically like that? I've never had one do this before.
R.
dicko99 said:
Do batteries fail catastrophically like that? I've never had one do this before.
R.
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Of course. Could of been something in the connector or ribbon. Just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it won't.