The Galaxy S4 of a friend of mine fell some time ago, but still worked perfectly after the drop.
After a few days the phone died.
The S4 doesn't boot and doesn't show charging logo when connected to power.
I also tried putting another battery in it and I checked the insides. (nothing out of the ordinary)
Does someone know what's wrong with the phone or what steps I can take?
Bas. said:
The Galaxy S4 of a friend of mine fell some time ago, but still worked perfectly after the drop.
After a few days the phone died.
The S4 doesn't boot and doesn't show charging logo when connected to power.
I also tried putting another battery in it and I checked the insides. (nothing out of the ordinary)
Does someone know what's wrong with the phone or what steps I can take?
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You can try a jtag to see if it gonna boot.If it didn't then the phone is already dead.
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Mine dropped twice already , once accidently while taking it out from my pucket while drunk and the next time falling from a table, no issue till now, guess was lucky
Any ways unless it doesn't get wet its possible to fix if u take it to the right place or u may get a replacment if there are no sign for an impact or havey scratch and u have valid warranty good luck
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Hello everybody
I purchased the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 not too long ago (about few weeks ago). I rooted it, and I installed the needed applications for gaining the superuser access and then the camera mod by kevinrocksman and nothing else.
Then some water was spilt on top of my pocket where the phone was, and some of it got into the pocket. I mean the phone was not soaked wet or anything, it was slightly wet on the surface. Then I noticed some screen flickering, and after that it got worse. It barely responded to the power button, and when it did, the lock screen appeared with green flashes and went away. Then I could randomly start the phone and maybe get to the lock screen, everytime accompanied by this green effect. Then the phone seemed to go down to the Sudden Death Syndrome stage, where while pressing the power on button nothing happens other than an vibration, and blue notification light, and that's it. Is there anything I should try to do with it? Even when connecting the phone through the original USB-cable, it shows no files in there. Do you think it had something to do with the rooting, or was it hardware failure due to the water? It surely seems like a hardware failure, but it's strange that it didn't really get that wet. It was of course stupid risk to take to root warranty-active phone, but I think I should be safe with the warranty since the phone seems to be so destroyed that there is no traces left of the rooting process whatsoever.
Any tips would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
Best regards
Northlogic VFX
Sorry for your loss but you should have pulled out your battery immediately & put your phone in rice bag when screen flickering was there.After few days you should have turned it on.Probably the little water damaged the screen?
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That is true. Maybe I could change the screen digitizer.
"Suddenly" dying? ?
It's water damage. It doesn't need to be sunk in water to be affected, sometimes all it takes is a few drops. And if that's the case, then you're not covered by warranty, so root is irrelevant.
Having said that, I'd personally pretend to be clueless and send it to Samsung nonetheless, saying "Don't know what happened, it just stopped working". Good luck!
Put in on rice for day or two (without battery) and try again. I had phones submerged in salt water (ocean). I soaked them in destiled water for few hours to flush salt water from inside, dried them on rice for a week and they still working.
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Hi
I have my s7 edge for 3 weeks now, and I started to notice that when I press the edges of the home button it sometimes won't register a click.
What I do is just press an edge of the button with my fingernail with low amount of pressure to create this issue.
I can't return it because it's been too long, and I'm afraid to use my warrenty because I'm afraid it won't remain water proof...
What would you do?
I have same thing. It's waterproof. Don't worry about it.
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I have my s7 edge for 3 weeks now, and I started to notice that when I press the edges of the home button it sometimes won't register a click.
What I do is just press an edge of the button with my fingernail with low amount of pressure to create this issue.
I can't return it because it's been too long, and I'm afraid to use my warrenty because I'm afraid it won't remain water proof...
What would you do?
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Mine does the same. You have to press the middle.
No. This is absolutely not normal. My old device had the issue and I made a video of it and exchanged it. My new one doesn't have the issue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9vZ0aQnLdw
Mine doesn't have that issue. The "edges" react the same as the middle of the button.
DroidBiteApple said:
Hi
I have my s7 edge for 3 weeks now, and I started to notice that when I press the edges of the home button it sometimes won't register a click.
What I do is just press an edge of the button with my fingernail with low amount of pressure to create this issue.
I can't return it because it's been too long, and I'm afraid to use my warrenty because I'm afraid it won't remain water proof...
What would you do?
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Had this too.... It drove me nuts...its a button shouldn't have to think about pressing it in the middle everytime.... If your still in your grace return period I would exchange it....
I thought I could live with mine but after 2 days I had to return it.... Replacement was perfect...
Edit* Oops noticed you've had it for 3 weeks.... Most companies give you only 14 days...... Guess you may have to just live with it........Is your fingerprint sensor working good?.... The biggest problem I had was I always hold my phone in my left hand then use my thumb to press the home button.... But hitting it on the left part of the button worked 1 out of 5 times.... You'll just have to get used to pressing in the middle
Galaxy S7 edge
DroidBiteApple said:
Hi
I have my s7 edge for 3 weeks now, and I started to notice that when I press the edges of the home button it sometimes won't register a click.
What I do is just press an edge of the button with my fingernail with low amount of pressure to create this issue.
I can't return it because it's been too long, and I'm afraid to use my warrenty because I'm afraid it won't remain water proof...
What would you do?
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I have the exact same issue with mine, strangely it only became more apparent after about 3 weeks of owning it, meaning I would have to send my device off for repair now; I've decided to live with the issue for now and see how it goes. Main reason is I don't have a 2nd phone to use whilst this goes off for repaid [emoji20]
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Mine is the same. New device. It's a widespread manufacturing issue.
ookubanjo said:
Mine is the same. New device. It's a widespread manufacturing issue.
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mine doesnt have this issue
maverick1103 said:
I have the exact same issue with mine, strangely it only became more apparent after about 3 weeks of owning it, meaning I would have to send my device off for repair now; I've decided to live with the issue for now and see how it goes. Main reason is I don't have a 2nd phone to use whilst this goes off for repaid [emoji20]
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Actually not too big a deal... Just that I was under the return period so I swapped.... One display unit does it at best buy also... So it probably is a wide spread issue....
Galaxy S7 edge
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Actually not too big a deal... Just that I was under the return period so I swapped.... One display unit does it at best buy also... So it probably is a wide spread issue....
Galaxy S7 edge
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Yeah I've read more people with the issue than not, will be interesting if Samsung comment.
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maverick1103 said:
Yeah I've read more people with the issue than not, will be interesting if Samsung comment.
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Personally I don't think they will say anything.... Samsung quality control has always been a little shady.... Actually this was the first Samsung phone I didn't have to take back since the S2.... But after a couple of days I realized people could barley hear me cause my microphone was I supposed to and out.... Got replacement and everything was perfect ? except the damn home button!.... So one more return later and now I have a perfect screen and a buttons work great
....... I'm really picky and OCD about phones when I get them.... I took my S6 back twice also.... Had a home button rattle and also dust under the screen...... If you ever get sick of it... I use button Savior app.... It replaces all your hardware buttons but you can gesture it or put an onscreen trigger to open it..... I like it better than other onscreen buttons because its always hidden until you need it
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Mine does the same thing even when I pressed in the middle. I had to click twice since it didn't register the first one. Happened about 5 times but since I received an update from Tmobile, it doesn't happen anymore, or yet... Hopefully it'll stay that way.
Kjc99 said:
Personally I don't think they will say anything.... Samsung quality control has always been a little shady.... Actually this was the first Samsung phone I didn't have to take back since the S2.... But after a couple of days I realized people could barley hear me cause my microphone was I supposed to and out.... Got replacement and everything was perfect except the damn home button!.... So one more return later and now I have a perfect screen and a buttons work great
....... I'm really picky and OCD about phones when I get them.... I took my S6 back twice also.... Had a home button rattle and also dust under the screen...... If you ever get sick of it... I use button Savior app.... It replaces all your hardware buttons but you can gesture it or put an onscreen trigger to open it..... I like it better than other onscreen buttons because its always hidden until you need it
Galaxy S7 edge
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What was wrong with the screen?
Kjc99 said:
Personally I don't think they will say anything.... Samsung quality control has always been a little shady.... Actually this was the first Samsung phone I didn't have to take back since the S2.... But after a couple of days I realized people could barley hear me cause my microphone was I supposed to and out.... Got replacement and everything was perfect ? except the damn home button!.... So one more return later and now I have a perfect screen and a buttons work great
....... I'm really picky and OCD about phones when I get them.... I took my S6 back twice also.... Had a home button rattle and also dust under the screen...... If you ever get sick of it... I use button Savior app.... It replaces all your hardware buttons but you can gesture it or put an onscreen trigger to open it..... I like it better than other onscreen buttons because its always hidden until you need it
Galaxy S7 edge
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Yes I have OCD with phones too, only this time I didn't spot this issue until it was too late, hopefully an update fixes it, but we'll see.
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It's kinda nice to know that I'm not the only one who cares about those annoying issues...
When i realized i have an issue it was already 2 days passed the 14 days so...
When i approached a samsung rep he told me that this is how the button works, and that i can send it to the lab but its going to take a few days so i passed..
Anyways i dont want my phone to be opened, I'm too scared waterproofing will be lost...
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DroidBiteApple said:
Anyways i dont want my phone to be opened, I'm too scared waterproofing will be lost...
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This is something a certified repair center can easily handle without losing the waterproofing. Certified centers have been trained to fix these models, and they have all the tools to do so, while uncertified repair centers won't necessarily have the training, and they won't have the official tools, so they can't guarantee that the waterproofing is still intact after a repair. If an official Samsung rep told you it could be fixed or whatever, then I'm sure it should be fine. You have warranty, and it should be used for things like this.
If you send it in, you'll probably sit where you are now in a week or so with a fully functioning device, or you can just ignore it and still sit where you sit now in a week with a defect device. I would do it.
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This is something a certified repair center can easily handle without losing the waterproofing. Certified centers have been trained to fix these models, and they have all the tools to do so, while uncertified repair centers won't necessarily have the training, and they won't have the official tools, so they can't guarantee that the waterproofing is still intact after a repair. If an official Samsung rep told you it could be fixed or whatever, then I'm sure it should be fine. You have warranty, and it should be used for things like this.
If you send it in, you'll probably sit where you are now in a week or so with a fully functioning device, or you can just ignore it and still sit where you sit now in a week with a defect device. I would do it.
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I would send it in too..... But sometimes it can take 6 weeks... I had to send an S4 in once and it came back almost 2 months later.... If it's something you can't live with send it back..... But you should have a 1 year warranty if anything actually goes wrong with it...... It is a pretty widespread issue in the Galaxy S7 edge line hopefully they get it fixed in later batches.... But if it were me I would probably deal with it rather than send my brand new phone out... Unless they can guarantee you a return date
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Well Note 4 fell in the water and now the screen doesn't turn on, just the light goes on and it vibrates on start. What do you think is the problem?
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Well Note 4 fell in the water and now the screen doesn't turn on, just the light goes on. What do you think is the problem?
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Mine felt in water and i couldn't find it after 7 days i found it..
i was shocked because it was not working ?? JK
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Put it on a bowl of rice for 2~3 days and after that try to power it up again... it will work . or keep it on a dry place for 2 days at least & try to power it up ... let me know
Take the battery out first before putting the phone in a box full of rice
Thanks, I already did all that couple of weeks ago.
I'm guessing the LCD is faulty, maybe motherboard?
I decided on packing up my s8 and use it later.
I charged it up to a 100(shutdown) at 4:30 used it for a bit and then shut it down kept it back in the box.
Around 7:00 i took it out to extract the sim card but when i took the phone out it was so hot that I couldnt hold it so i put it next to the AC.
My question why it overheated and if I have harmed the battery how do I check the harm done?
Unrooted s8 g950fd
What else harm has ovverheating done to my phone?
Return it asap.
drew272011 said:
Return it asap.
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Why?
Am115h said:
Why?
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Cause a phone that is powered off should not get warm, let alone get so hot you can't touch it. You have a serious hardware defect that is likely very dangerous. Perhaps you've heard of the Note 7?
Words right out of my mouth , You can't touch it ???? Something is Really wrong
You sure it didn't get turned on by accident, overheated then shut off?
There's always that possibility the power button got pressed while it was in the box. Cuz there was no air flow in the box, the heat got trapped in.
Still sounds unlikely so to be on the safe side return the device and get it swapped for one that isn't faulty.
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