I recently replaced the digitizer on a Galaxy Tab 4 & that part at least went smoothly. The problem now is that the tablet will only turn on while it's plugged in... and when it does come on, it displays the msg "Unable to charge. Battery temperature too low." Yes, too low.. not too high.
I've tried re-connecting the battery, letting the tablet sit for an hour & even took the battery out and applied some heat to it with my heat gun(from a distance).
Does anyone know for sure what's causing this?
You must've have disconnected a cable or damged one when you replaced the digitizer. Check back
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I thought of that also... I had disassembled it again & checked all the connectors. Everything looked ok & after assembling everything again, re-connected everything(again) just to make sure.
Oddly, I have seen posts of people having the same issue with different devices. Most of them never had the problem solved(just had the device replaced).
I had the same problem
Hi there,
althought this isn't a very popular post, I'd like to add my 2 cents, because I had this same situation.
I ran into this same problem, after changing the digitizer and reassembled the device, had the low temp problem. I've noticed too that the glass was a little loose, and if tapping it in some places, the problem solved for seconds, so I dissasembled it again and foud that forgot to put the adhesive between the digitizer and the tablet...... :silly:
The adhesive was still in the old broken glass.
Changed back to the new one, assembled again now WITH the adhesive and the glass, reseated all the connectors in the back (just in case) , and boom, it's charging again like new.
Still haven't assembled the back plastic cover yet, but I guess the result will be the same.
I don't exactly know if the problem was the loose glass or some loose connector (all seemed to be ok), but the problem solved.
Hope anything of this helps.
Regards.
Little George.
voxigenboy said:
I thought of that also... I had disassembled it again & checked all the connectors. Everything looked ok & after assembling everything again, re-connected everything(again) just to make sure.
Oddly, I have seen posts of people having the same issue with different devices. Most of them never had the problem solved(just had the device replaced).
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Before anyone jumps on me, I've been going through the Wiki and forums extensively, and found just one similar problem. Which wasn't solved...
My HTC TyTN/Hermes 200 won't boot up anymore. It is totally dead. I even can't get it into bootloader mode. Screen stays blank and the LED is off.
Put the (3 months old) battery in another Hermes to test it, and it's at 100% charge.
My Hermes shows a steady red LED when it's plugged into power without the battery in, and no LED at all when the battery is installed. The red LED turns off when the battery is installed while there's power going into the unit.
I've left the battery out for at least an hour, plugged it back in, same results. Like the other guy I tried the "pull power, pull battery, plug in power, plug in battery, reset" trick http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...6469&p=1077622 - to no avail.
Does anyone have any last resort ideas on how to get it to at least come back up to a boot loader screen ?
check the battery contact points on the phone. the hermes shows a red led when its plugged in but without a battery
... have you ever dismantled your hermes? your screen ribbon cable may have dead tracks or not be connected properly
just a test on the opposite side of the battery connectors with battery removed press firmly without putting pressure on the LCD, this worked for me when i had a white screen on power up.
if this fixes the problem you may need to actually dismantle the back and put some flame retardant electrical tape on the back over the existing tape to add an extra layer of pressure and retension
XtreMe_G said:
check the battery contact points on the phone. the hermes shows a red led when its plugged in but without a battery
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Yes, I have cleaned the contact too, nothing. And the battery is OK for sure, my colleague's TyTN runs on it without any problem.
Mattnokis said:
... have you ever dismantled your hermes? your screen ribbon cable may have dead tracks or not be connected
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In fact I have, I have totally dismantled and reassembled my TyTN yesterday afternoon, nothing.
the only other problem may be that when being dismantled you may have damaged some sensitive components, Electro Static Discharge will fry sensitive CMOS components, they do not like it at all, whenever dismantling you should wear an earth strap, any time i dismantled mine it was on a workbench with a static mat and i was earthed through the mat.
but this is one possibility, the only other idea is to swap main board and displays with another that works, finding someone willing to allow you to do this with a working hemes is the tough part.
thats as much all i can think of for now
R.I.P. my trustful Hermes 200
Thanks all for your assistance. I have come to the conclusion that my sweetheart is no longer among us. May she rest in peace.
I have obtained a (2d hand) replacement yesterday. May this one last longer.
I'll keep the old TyTN for replacement parts.
Oh well...
Weird problem but my phone has a screen that shows a distorted display or sometimes just speckles of random color. It seems the problem mainly occurs when the phone has a SIM in, gets hot, or maybe humid.
I ran stress tests on CPU and GPU for hours with no sim and it worked perfect. Then I put the sim in and later the display went crazy (this is not a touch screen issue). Then I took sim out and it went back to normal. I thought I fixed it by blowing out sim slot, but then the problem reoccurred. I had to take off back of phone (while it was on) and it was immediately rectified. It makes me think that something is getting pressed down too hard. I tried disconnecting the video cable and reconnecting it to see if that will fix it, but this particular phone has not been opened since the factory so it seems weird that it would suddenly get a loose cable.
Any ideas appreciated. I would like to fix it.
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Weird problem but my phone has a screen that shows a distorted display or sometimes just speckles of random color. It seems the problem mainly occurs when the phone has a SIM in, gets hot, or maybe humid.
I ran stress tests on CPU and GPU for hours with no sim and it worked perfect. Then I put the sim in and later the display went crazy (this is not a touch screen issue). Then I took sim out and it went back to normal. I thought I fixed it by blowing out sim slot, but then the problem reoccurred. I had to take off back of phone (while it was on) and it was immediately rectified. It makes me think that something is getting pressed down too hard. I tried disconnecting the video cable and reconnecting it to see if that will fix it, but this particular phone has not been opened since the factory so it seems weird that it would suddenly get a loose cable.
Any ideas appreciated. I would like to fix it.
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Had this issues after replacing my display!
Antenna cable is near the display eletronic parts in the lower part of the phone, near the usb connector, you've to put a tape on the eletronic, or you'll ever have this interferences when you use the antenna! (Antenna is the grey cable), display elettronic parts are a little square, betwen battery and USB connector, and have the grey antenna cable on them beacouse the antenna connector is near in this part of the phone! Sorry for my bad english, hope this help you!
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Had this issues after replacing my display!
Antenna cable is near the display eletronic parts in the lower part of the phone, near the usb connector, you've to put a tape on the eletronic, or you'll ever have this interferences when you use the antenna! (Antenna is the grey cable), display elettronic parts are a little square, betwen battery and USB connector, and have the grey antenna cable on them beacouse the antenna connector is near in this part of the phone! Sorry for my bad english, hope this help you!
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I haven't replaced the screen on this phone, but when I took off the bottom piece the connector just fell of lower control board. I snapped it back in and we will see. Maybe it simply got loosened somehow by shaking etc... Hopefully that rectifies the issue. Thanks. I was going to swap the lower board (I already swapped upper one) but maybe I can avoid that now.
sxotty said:
Weird problem but my phone has a screen that shows a distorted display or sometimes just speckles of random color. It seems the problem mainly occurs when the phone has a SIM in, gets hot, or maybe humid.
I ran stress tests on CPU and GPU for hours with no sim and it worked perfect. Then I put the sim in and later the display went crazy (this is not a touch screen issue). Then I took sim out and it went back to normal. I thought I fixed it by blowing out sim slot, but then the problem reoccurred. I had to take off back of phone (while it was on) and it was immediately rectified. It makes me think that something is getting pressed down too hard. I tried disconnecting the video cable and reconnecting it to see if that will fix it, but this particular phone has not been opened since the factory so it seems weird that it would suddenly get a loose cable.
Any ideas appreciated. I would like to fix it.
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Can you post a photo taken by other phone (not a screenshot from your G2) showing your G2's current problem?
Rei Zazie said:
Can you post a photo taken by other phone (not a screenshot from your G2) showing your G2's current problem?
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It was the lower connector like was said earlier in the post. I had already swapped the upper board with the other phone and the problem continued, when I went to mess with the lower board the connector was loose and upon tightening it down it started to work. I have had an instant of glitch two times in the long period since then, but it goes away immediately. It seems the connector need glued down or something who knows. I am happy though it is working well enough to last me until something comes along that makes me want a new phone.
I don't know if this is the right section, anyway because it isn't specifically hardware related I posted here... for admins feel free to move in the appropriate thread.
My G2 dropped on the floor and as result I got a complete broken display plus not working touch.
The device, touch apart, worked without issues so as 1st step I made a full backup of sd-like content (music, pictures, etc...) to my laptop.
note: even if touch didn't work I was able to access the device trough adb and a very useful utility (http://marian.schedenig.name/2014/07/03/remote-control-your-android-phone-through-adb/)
Next I ordered a replacement for the display, looked for instructions and changed by myself... and the phone didn't boot or even charge... nothing, the only signal of life was when attached to the wall charger the led blinking in red eight (8) times consecutively then no blink for a second and again blink for 8 times and so on in an infinite loop.
Of course I started to look for solution and tried every kind of combination but none worked.
I started to think that I missed up something during the display replacement or the battery fault or even I fried in some way the motherboard, anyway for what I read it supposed that could be that the battery gone under certain voltage or minimal charge so the motherboard circuit didn't recognize as "good or safe battery", it is simply bypassed by charge circuit.
note: I waited for the new display about 10 days and the device (fully charged) slept (turned off) in a drawer so I don't think it was totally discharged
I disassembled and reassembled again the device but nothing happened so while looking for a solution I saw a video on Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZwknmWCmOE) solving a issue similar to mine so as instructions I took an old charger (800ma), cut the charger connector and exposed the 2 internal wires (one red and the other gray/black).
Then I opened the device, disconnected the battery and attached directly into the battery connector the two charger wires (in this way mobile motherboard is bypassed).
I used a small piece of tape to stop and make touch laterally the 2 wires to the connector, something like: dark wire -> [ battery connector] <- red wire
Keep in mind that the connector is something very small like (0) where left parenthesis is for dark wire and right parenthesis for the red one.
note: you can't wrong with wires, because the positive (on the battery connector) has a small white triangle.
Of course I found a way to don't move/mess wires before connecting the wall charger... I put another piece of tape at 20cm on the table to keep the cable charger fixed near the phone, then I attached the wall charger...
remember: attach the charger to the wall ONLY when you have finished to place/fix the contacts!
Waited just 1 minute because exposed charger wires was very close and didn't want to fry something... but it was enough!!
Reconnected the battery and voilà the phone turned on!
The phone turned on with almost 80% of charge, all seemed to work... except that I found 2 issues... I suppose because the case didn't match perfectly anymore (I opened the device 4 times and disassembled-reassembled twice)
1st speaker didn't work, so I reopened the device and checked the speaker connector, I discovered that the speaker didn't touch very well so I put a small stripe of tape under the connector (the small vertical green stripe in the lower side of the phone) to lift it and making touch stronger with the speaker module (the black part the come out), here on Youtube for reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE2FPmFUrQQ
2nd GPS didn't work very well (discovered after a couple of days) so I reopened the device and applied this solution that worked perfectly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfS4LpfcLfg
This is my story in the hope to help someone, if you have apparently a total dead phone and the only signal of life is a 8 times blinking red light... now you know what to do!
Regards,
Davide
Thank u for share your story
Congrats on fixing your problem!
suiller said:
The phone turned on with almost 80% of charge, all seemed to work... except that I found 2 issues... I suppose because the case didn't match perfectly anymore (I opened the device 4 times and disassembled-reassembled twice)
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You mentioned the alignment of the phone wasn't the same as before....
Did your battery swell or change shape at all during this process?
If so could be a sign its on its way out and needs replacement.
A dying G2 lithium ion battery changes physical shape and completely alters the internal alignment of your components.
May be worth an extra 10.00 to replace your battery at this point with a new one
tiguy99 said:
Congrats on fixing your problem!
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thank you, I was a bit frustrated because I thought to have broken the motherboard, even if it wasn't very easy I didn't surrend and I won!
tiguy99 said:
You mentioned the alignment of the phone wasn't the same as before....
Did your battery swell or change shape at all during this process?
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I understand what you mean but no I don't think so... it seemed the same size
anyway battery has less than 1 year of life and never showed symptoms or bad behavior, right now is running as before... I can pass easily 24h without recharge
suiller said:
thank you, I was a bit frustrated because I thought to have broken the motherboard, even if it wasn't very easy I didn't surrend and I won!
I understand what you mean but no I don't think so... it seemed the same size
anyway battery has less than 1 year of life and never showed symptoms or bad behavior, right now is running as before... I can pass easily 24h without recharge
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Sounds good!
Have you found the source of your alignment being off?
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Have you found the source of your alignment being off?
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I checked and found nothing in particular... just a bit near the sim "area", but it seems just a sort of plastic adaptation... as mentioned before I opened, disassembled, reassembled and then closed it 4-5 times (in just few days)
I'm unsure if I'm having the same problem as a person who decided to replace his screen assembly had, but I'm in a situation where I can't tell if it's a software issue or a hardware one.
I've checked the cable under the battery and everything looks great, it even reseats just fine. the other ribbons are plugged in just fine...
I'm not sure where to begin, please help!
Any thoughts at all? I banged my head against a wall all night!
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Any thoughts at all? I banged my head against a wall all night!
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I can't imagine it would be software if it was working before you took it apart. My first thought would be dinged ribbon cable under the battery of course but you said its fine. You could check terminals on motherboard and ribbon cable with a magnifying glass or camera on zoom mode to make sure nothing got bent and no debris got into the connection when reassembling. Not the first time I've seen someone damage the display when replacing a battery on this forum unfortunately. There's a few cases of this in the oem battery thread.
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I can't imagine it would be software if it was working before you took it apart. My first thought would be dinged ribbon cable under the battery of course but you said its fine. You could check terminals on motherboard and ribbon cable with a magnifying glass or camera on zoom mode to make sure nothing got bent and no debris got into the connection when reassembling. Not the first time I've seen someone damage the display when replacing a battery on this forum unfortunately. There's a few cases of this in the oem battery thread.
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Thanks for the heads up.. the cord and connector look just fine
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Thanks for the heads up.. the cord and connector look just fine
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Sure does look fine. The only thing I notice is the debris or whatever it is on the solder pads halfway down the left hand side in the motherboard picture, it's in two spots. I wish you luck.
Nope! nothing
Mine had a problem of a pink hue after the battery replacement I did, I'm pretty sure it's because I separated the screen and LCD a little at one time..oh well least it don't die randomly
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Sure does look fine. The only thing I notice is the debris or whatever it is on the solder pads halfway down the left hand side in the motherboard picture, it's in two spots. I wish you luck.
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Sooo I got another (Broken) nexus 6p for $30 off ebay and swaped the motherboards. I plugged it in and got a red flashing light - I then replaced the battery with my new one and all that happens is when I plug it in I feel a vibrate. I try to turn it on and it vibrates... exactly like the problem I had before. Ugh, it must be the socket (? I think that would be the term) and not the screen. hm.
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Sooo I got another (Broken) nexus 6p for $30 off ebay and swaped the motherboards. I plugged it in and got a red flashing light - I then replaced the battery with my new one and all that happens is when I plug it in I feel a vibrate. I try to turn it on and it vibrates... exactly like the problem I had before. Ugh, it must be the socket (? I think that would be the term) and not the screen. hm.
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The phone you bought had a bad motherboard and good screen assembly? Anything come on screen if you hold power and volume down buttons simultaneously for 5+ seconds? Or hold volume down while plugging it into a computer. Any joy if you install your original battery from original 6p? Kind of lost without being able to see it. Just throwing out some ideas.
I have your same problem... did you solve it?
I have a problem with my Axon 7 (global). Ive decided to change battery on my own one week ago. I was super carefoul with every step i did, no cracks, no damage. I assembled everything togeather and suddenly no signal. Wifi worked perfectly. Now i have this often signal looses which persists even after reboot. Sometimes when I finally catch signal it shows me almost full 4g+, but on the other hand everythig works very sluggish. Super slow internet speeds, even for messeging via whats app for example. I tried to check if this is maybe some software issue. I was on global B03. I could not update to B04 via ota so i decided to downgrade, then install b04. I did, and this solved nothing. Problem persists and phone without wifi is unusable :/ Any ideas how to solve this?:crying:
Connector not seated properly inside it?
I also replaced my battery. The battery behaviour is now normal again but seen no differences in how it runs.
I think that it's not that, I've payed extra attention to this second time that I opened phone. All the connectors I've unplugged, then plugged it again, checked antenna as well. No visable damage to the cable or the connectors.
Thinking about my experience doing the battery, the two most difficult or potentially damaging things were separating the rear cover from it and getting the battery out. Once the cover separated it came off well. It was a hard job getting down under it. The battery was hard to start lifting but with isopropyl alcohol under it, It came up easier the more it was lifted. Maybe something around the battery has been compromised.
Thank you for your response. I did not use alcohol to remove battery, i used hairdryer, and i began to remove battery from other side (the one with antenna). Maybe i burned antenna? Is it possible? Sryly no visible damage, nothing! Everything else works. BT, Wifi, all functions - only signal problem. Any idea what part should i change? I also founded some info in iOS forum somewhere, supposedly iPhone 6 or 7 had similar issue when someone changed battery. They suggested to unplug battery and hold every button for 30-60 seconds, one after another, to "discharge components" or something. I dunno :/
You change the charger board too?
I ordered from Ali only antenna, should i order charging board as well? Anyway, why charging board? Is there some important components that i could have damage? Why not motherboard as well? Antenna is connecting charging and motherboard together. Just wanna know why do you think that i should change charging board as well, maybe Ill learn something new