I was a little bit shocked.
My Kaiser was connected to a USB power source from my desktop.
Then somebody called ... I answered, put the phone in my ear ...
and I got electrocuted !
Not hard, but intense ... and I felt quite hot in my ear.
Did you experience the same?
Do you know how to fix?
gogol said:
I was a little bit shocked.
My Kaiser was connected to a USB power source from my desktop.
Then somebody called ... I answered, put the phone in my ear ...
and I got electrocuted !
Not hard, but intense ... and I felt quite hot in my ear.
Did you experience the same?
Do you know how to fix?
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Most likely a static electricity. Don't wear synthetic clothes.
gogol said:
I was a little bit shocked.
My Kaiser was connected to a USB power source from my desktop.
Then somebody called ... I answered, put the phone in my ear ...
and I got electrocuted !
Not hard, but intense ... and I felt quite hot in my ear.
Did you experience the same?
Do you know how to fix?
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Ouarf ! hopefully you are still here ! .. (ok I get out...)
gogol said:
I was a little bit shocked.
My Kaiser was connected to a USB power source from my desktop.
Then somebody called ... I answered, put the phone in my ear ...
and I got electrocuted !
Not hard, but intense ... and I felt quite hot in my ear.
Did you experience the same?
Do you know how to fix?
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That's what you get for using a Kaiser without buying me one! j/k
I tend to agree about the static theory. The voltage and current output of a USB port is very low and you'd probably feel nothing even if you were wired directly to it!
The phone also has no exposed metal and again unless it was half drowned in water there would be no connection to you.
There is one small note of caution, something you might want to check if you are concerned. Check the mains plug of your computer and ensure the live and neutral wires are not reversed. If they are your Desktop PC will work fine, but it can lead to the casing and possibly the USB earth registering a charge. I had a TV that gave me shocks on a regular basis for years. When I changed plugs to a fancy colored one I noticed the Live/Neutral reversal. It never shocked me again after it was corrected.
Mike
Thanks for all your input, I will check that.
I still have it connected now.
When I touch and grab the area near the "orange" light, I feel a little bit vibration ...
I tested again, no electrocute btw ... but that vibrate feeling, still there.
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Thanks for all your input, I will check that.
I still have it connected now.
When I touch and grab the area near the "orange" light, I feel a little bit vibration ...
I tested again, no electrocute btw ... but that vibrate feeling, still there.
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The vibration is very odd - does it only do that when on USB?
Does it do it on mains charger?
Does it do it when not plugged in at all?
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Your PC is probably not well earthed and you feel some bleeding current. The ear is much more sensitive to this than you fingers so that might explain why you only feel it this way. I would check the PC earthing as this might lead to some dangerous situations if not well earthed OR isolated from mains.
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Your PC is probably not well earthed and you feel some bleeding current. The ear is much more sensitive to this than you fingers so that might explain why you only feel it this way. I would check the PC earthing as this might lead to some dangerous situations if not well earthed OR isolated from mains.
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Good point. The vibration may be a 50Hz mains "hum" that you certainly should not be noticing.
Mike
gogol said:
When I touch and grab the area near the "orange" light, I feel a little bit vibration ...
I tested again, no electrocute btw ... but that vibrate feeling, still there.
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I'm not sure about the phone, but the vibrating feeling can be a sign of 'wild-electricity' (i.e. something that isn't designed to be there). I have the same problem with my 3.5" portable hdd, and my wife's IBM X32 notebook. If you were to glide your finger over it's surface, you will feel as though as the surface is.. rough, much like a vibrating sensation (i.e., rough surface gives you a peak-groove-peak-groove feeling, which a vibrating surface gives you, i.e. up-down-up-down). You won't feel a thing if you were to touch it with your usual skin (i.e. finger tips), but try using your sensitive area (let your imagination runs wild here). Anyway, I would suggest you to try using the skin on the un-exposed side of your forearm, near the wrist. That would give you a bit of shock.
Anyway, as mikechannon said, USB do not give enough power to shock you, considering that it is only 5V and 500mA max, that would be like 2.5W. However, as the thing you are touching is on the surface, I'm suspecting that your 'ground' is at fault, that is your PC. To test this, try touching the USB cable, plugged into the PC (without the phone) and touching the outer-side of the cable socket (i.e. the part of the socket that actually goes into the phone), with your sensitive skin
You need to add the following to your registry:
UserElectrocute=NO
Lol ...
Btw, I think that is correct ... the power in my desktop pc is not properly grounded.
nukenine said:
You need to add the following to your registry:
UserElectrocute=NO
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There is one small note of caution, something you might want to check if you are concerned. Check the mains plug of your computer and ensure the live and neutral wires are not reversed. If they are your Desktop PC will work fine, but it can lead to the casing and possibly the USB earth registering a charge. I had a TV that gave me shocks on a regular basis for years. When I changed plugs to a fancy colored one I noticed the Live/Neutral reversal. It never shocked me again after it was corrected.
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How dangerous!!!
Could have killed you know.
I remember when I had the Universal the metal plate on the outside of the lid would behave exactly the same way. When plugged in and trying to glide your finger tip over the plate would give you a vibratory feeling.
At that time this was much discussed in the Universal threads but as far as I remember everyone concluded that it was not a concern / dangerous
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Hi,
Can anyone confirm this by doing test using this step?
1. charge ur kaiser
2. using finger scrub it to ur titanium and can u feel some kind magnetic or low electirc power flow?
or u also can try like this,
1. charge ur kaiser
2. use ur pone by srub it to ur ear u will feel the electric flow.
sorry for my bad english just want to confirm.
thanks
sometimes when using wifi or playing a game, my hand -holding the ppc- gets numb. I believe thats an electric flow, but that shouldn't be an issue . if it is get a protective case/ wear rubber gloves?
well, we pay a lot for this baby. Should we get spoil one? Just want confirm either all kaiser got this issue, or its only me so i can return to them. Well i dont feel the electric flow when normal usage, this only happen during charging, and u can feel it on titanium plate not on plastic cover from kaiser.
thanks
The same thing happens on my wizard also, when at charging it sometimes it emits electric flow. I dont know what is but i am starting to feel it lately. And yes i feel it when charging with USB via computer.
Had the same on al my HTC phones, especially my Magician with the metal casing. Charging and calling at the same time could be painful, sometimes I got a little electric shock. With the Wizard, TyTN and TyTN II this is less severe, due to the mostly plastic casing.
I did see this reported here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330529
Mike
While I'm charging my Diamond, I occasionally get electroshocks.
A few days ago, I experienced it for the first time, the shocks first increased in size exponentially until I just had to drop the phone.
I've just had the same experience again, but the shocks were strong from the first time now.
I'm not talking about some tickling tiny current that's flowing, it feels more like pure 230V going trough my fingers (yes, I know how that feels from experience ).
I know that's not possible as the Diamond charges on USB (5V), but still... I get shocks sometimes when I touch the metal sides.
Is anybody else having this?
Hmm , no and I would check the earth in your socket on the wall .
Yeah check the earth in the socket or extension you have your computer plugged into.
Also check that the computer actually uses an earth pin. If its a laptop its a super common problem because alot of them don't use earth pins!
Yeah, should've guessed that one... Of course my laptop doesn't have an earth.
Still, it shouldn't give me shocks like that, I except all metal parts on the outside to be completely isolated.
Twabi2 said:
Yeah, should've guessed that one... Of course my laptop doesn't have an earth.
Still, it shouldn't give me shocks like that, I except all metal parts on the outside to be completely isolated.
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Its an age old complaint... The ground wire from the USB is tied to the ground of the phone, and so this is effectivly the 'earth' of the phone.
There are good arguments to say any metal on the outside should be grounded, and alos good arguments to say it should be completly isolated.
In the end it doesnt matter too much which way you go, charge will always build up, with the meterial between forming a diaelevtric.
Don't worry its not dangerous, it just bloody hurts
Excellent explanation. I wouldn't put it better.
HastaSSSS
LOL, Sorry I couldn't resist, & after I will chastise myself & delete my own post, but where is in the world are you guys that they call it the "earth"? Us yanks call it the ground wire & I was just curious as I've never heard the term "earth" used for this?
just my 2 cents..
earthing is a term used for the return elec current to be diffused. this is done by keeping a reference point as earth.. as for the ships, the current is grounded in its hull coz the mass of the hull is considered as a reference point known as earth
that way the body of the phone is considered as a reference due to the mass and the body is considered as earth for the phone
now the current flowing through the phone is not too much but the return current from the power socket or ur laptop is transfered to the body of the phone thats why u get the shocks. check and prevent this to avoid any damages to ur phone
Earth is the common term used here in Blighty. Electricity was developed in many parts of the world fairly recently (yeah I know it's been known about for thousands of year - hence the term developed) so our respective terms probably evolved from whatever was locally popular at the time...
UK & USA; "...two countries separated by a common language"?
p.s. You can tell how bored I am waiting for the Postie to bring my new phone...
AFAIK the term 'earth' comes from a long long way back when a coper wire was run to an iron anchor placed into the earth (mud, earth, soil, whatever you wanna call it!). There's an interesting way to make a radio using such an earth anchor, without any additional power - but its bloody quiet!
Usually the term 'Earth' is used to signify the lowest grounding potential you can find in a system - like the example given, the hull of a ship. Its usually used when you talk about electrical wiriring etc.
'Ground' is usually used in electronics to signify the lowest potential for a circuit. You can have multiple grounds at different potentials, such as when you combine analog and digital circuits with optocouplers.
Essentially they both mean the same thing, but its just convention over here. If you said Earth when talking about a digital electrical circuit you may get laughed at, and saying 'ground' you wouldn't.
But if you said 'is that TV grounded?' when talking about the wiring in your house it would seem normal, just as saying 'is that TV earthed?'.
So its not an exact science just like most words over here!
I got similar problem when using TyTN II. The shock occurs few times when charging on my laptop with USB cable. Since my ear got shock (not my hand), so, I feel the shock is come from the ear piece slot.
I've got a problem with my HTC earphones (or myself) and I'm just wondering if anybody else had the same issue or if anybody can guide me on what to do.
Basically, after listening to the earphones I would get what I believe is a mild electric shock in my ear every now and then and obviously I don't keep it in my ear after that as it could potentially be fatal (?) and it isn't a nice feeling ! I rang up my contract peoples and they sent me a new set of the handsfree earphones which I received earlier today but after about 5minutes of listening to them I experienced the same 'shock' feeling !! I also tried the first earphones in my iPod whilst at the gym and I got the 'shock' then too and the iPod wasn't even turned on. Hopefully this has happened to somebody else (not hopefully in a bad way) as reading this back makes me sound a little crazy lol !
Thanks for any advice too,
- Ash
Haha
You're most likely wearing some jumper or other clothes that cause a static electricity buildup when the phone cord rubs it. I remember having that with a particular jumper some time ago
Solution, try changing clothes and no, nothing dangerous about it, just annoying.
yeah sounds like static to me
AshleyNG2 said:
I've got a problem with my HTC earphones (or myself) and I'm just wondering if anybody else had the same issue or if anybody can guide me on what to do.
Basically, after listening to the earphones I would get what I believe is a mild electric shock in my ear every now and then and obviously I don't keep it in my ear after that as it could potentially be fatal (?) and it isn't a nice feeling ! I rang up my contract peoples and they sent me a new set of the handsfree earphones which I received earlier today but after about 5minutes of listening to them I experienced the same 'shock' feeling !! I also tried the first earphones in my iPod whilst at the gym and I got the 'shock' then too and the iPod wasn't even turned on. Hopefully this has happened to somebody else (not hopefully in a bad way) as reading this back makes me sound a little crazy lol !
Thanks for any advice too,
- Ash
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Stop worrying Ash
As already said it's probably static electricity from your jumper/coat/shirt jumping from the metal parts of the earphone to your ear. (unless you got one of those ear/nose trimmer things that has left you with spiky little hairs in your ears )
Technically there is almost totally zero chance of there being a high voltage fault in your HD2 and you already proved that it isn't the phone as you get the same shock from the 'phones in your iPod.
Carry on using the phone and headphones but stop buying nylon jumpers and shirts at Primark, get some nice cotton ones instead
HTH
i get a electric shock if i use the headphones in my laptop dunno why
Nothing to do with mobiles, but I get static electricity shocks from my metal cased 'in-ear' phones on the treadmills in the gym.
The treadmill "belt" being a good insulator; Similar in principal to a Van de Graff generator.
Keeps me on my toes....
You need to ground yourself.
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You need to ground yourself.
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And avoid dry atmosphere.
is your phone connected to ur pc/laptop via usb? i sometimes get a shock when i touch my phone whilst its connected.
You know I have been having the same thing with my iPod just lately, using a pair of Sennheiser CX 300 II headphones. And it's only ever in my right ear, very strange.
Hello Everyone,
That's not a shock.This is a shock
Shock therapy?
I have this problem with my HD2 too!
When i use my phone on battery the shock is very small, just a little bit annoying, sometimes i don't even notest it. But when i connect my phone to a computer using the USB connector, the shock is really intense sometimes. Just 5 minutes ago i got a shock that even made me a little bit dizzy. Changing earplugs doesn't solve the situation.
I'm not using my earphones anymore when my computer is connected to the phone, witch is not acceptable! Too bad the phone is such a good phone, so going back to the shop is not a option. I hope HTC will have a fix for this, but i think that it will stay with me hoping for a solution.
MonnieRock said:
Hello Everyone,
That's not a shock.This is a shock
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Jesus! What was going on there! Scared the **** out of me, was he dead?
williamsean said:
Too bad the phone is such a good phone, so going back to the shop is not a option. I hope HTC will have a fix for this, but i think that it will stay with me hoping for a solution.
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HAHAHA
The phone has nothing to do in that, only dry air and static electricity, you'd have the same with another phone or mp3 player
When you connect the device to USB, you connect it directly to ground through the PC, and just give an even better path for the static electricity you're holding to escape
These days where it's so cold outside here and thus the air inside is so dry, every time I walk through my flat I get loaded and will get a serious shock whenever I come too close to something that's grounded. The other day I managed to make my desktop PC crash and reset on its own by going to fetch my headphones and plugging them in without thinking to discharge myself by touching the case first...
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Jesus! What was going on there! Scared the **** out of me, was he dead?
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My assumption is, that guy was on a suicide mission. The minute he touched those high voltage lines, he was crispy inside and out. Not the mention he dehydrated so quickly from the voltage,he caught on fire like a piece of petrified wood.
I have a bigger problem
Today at work I got an electric shock thru earphones and the touchscreen sensors died within....screen works but no response.
Wonder if warranty will cover repairs/replacement?
Still nice to get some oldschool lobotomy-shock treatments, wakes me up at work
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I have a bigger problem
Today at work I got an electric shock thru earphones and the touchscreen sensors died within....screen works but no response.
Wonder if warranty will cover repairs/replacement?
Still nice to get some oldschool lobotomy-shock treatments, wakes me up at work
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Were you on battery power or plugged into AC power?
Thank you,
Monnie
MonnieRock said:
Were you on battery power or plugged into AC power?
Thank you,
Monnie
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Battery power, on my way to work
No music at work and no HD 2....devastated.
And now I read a thread about plastic replacement screens for HD 2
Thanks for the waring... will stick with bluetooth
Electric shock? Phew... I never tried the earphone pieces and from the looks of it I don't want to either... So if I read this right the shock can disable touch function from the screen? Perhaps it is better if you all try out a bluetooth headset instead?
spaanplaat said:
Electric shock? Phew... I never tried the earphone pieces and from the looks of it I don't want to either... So if I read this right the shock can disable touch function from the screen? Perhaps it is better if you all try out a bluetooth headset instead?
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It doesn't matter now that the screen is damaged.
HD 2 is made of metal, don't think it matters if I have a wire or not.
But I'll give it a try when I get it back from the repairs.
Funny thou, I had to go back to my Blackstone and no electric shocks, made of plastic
Any tip of some good BT headset/earphones?
Guys it has been almost 5 weeks that ive purchased the device and ive been getting slight electric shock from the metal frame when i use it with the shock case when i charge !!! Also the touch and finger print sensor seems to be a bit messed up while charging ..is it any thing serious? And is every body facing this issue?
And its not earthing issue I've tried it with different wall sockets extension chords and everything
What you describe does not make sense. The stock cover covers up the sides pretty well, so how can you touch metal while with cover on?
Also the fingerprint sensor is built into the screen, so are you saying there is shock when you touch the screen? Also very unlikely as glass screen prevents that amount of electricity being passed thru, it wouldn't be enough to shock you.
Better be safe than sorry, you might want to take a video and return the phone.
ive seen a video on youtube from an indian user who was also getting shocks from the phone and eventually it would not switch on anymore so he had to get another one through the warrant. I am looking for the video but i didnt find it yet.
Lol sounds interesting. Would like to see the video.
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What you describe does not make sense. The stock cover covers up the sides pretty well, so how can you touch metal while with cover on?
Also the fingerprint sensor is built into the screen, so are you saying there is shock when you touch the screen? Also very unlikely as glass screen prevents that amount of electricity being passed thru, it wouldn't be enough to shock you.
Better be safe than sorry, you might want to take a video and return the phone.
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I dint mean the sides when its on charge just slightly touch the upper metal portion of the frame!!!most probbaly with out the cover the shock is not noticed cuz a large part of frame is in contact and thus the electricity passes throug!! And i dint mention shock coming out of fingerprint!!! I told the finger print scanner struggles a bit while charging ...not sure if its cuz of any internal shock
Sounds like earthing issue, get local electrician to check your cabling
Sent from my Redmi K20 Pro using XDA Labs
Now the device has started hard restarting occasionally
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Now the device has started hard restarting occasionally
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Like I said.....Service centre, return it for warranty...
My device has the same issue please help
I have just bought it from flipkart and i also feel the shock while charging the phone with the included case.
I also tried removing the case and shock was gone so really confused about the situation as everything is shout due to corona outbreak so I can't take it to service center.
So please give me update if it will hard the device or explode the device if I continue to use it
Check earthing wire.
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Sounds like earthing issue, get local electrician to check your cabling
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Check earthing wire.
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Chargers supply DC current through the USB cable. 'Earth' makes no sense in a DC circuit, therefore it cannot be an earthing problem.
Also, virtually all USB chargers have a plastic case and so will invariably have no earth connection. Even if the plug for the charger has an earth pin, the chances are that it is not connected to anything.
I using k20.. during charging I feel vibration(current flow)in metal plat..why?? No earthing problem or charger problem
Robbo.5000 said:
Chargers supply DC current through the USB cable. 'Earth' makes no sense in a DC circuit, therefore it cannot be an earthing problem.
Also, virtually all USB chargers have a plastic case and so will invariably have no earth connection. Even if the plug for the charger has an earth pin, the chances are that it is not connected to anything.
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Bro it's about earthing, my house have the same problem, if it happens only while charging I'm sure earthing
addidas_85 said:
Bro it's about earthing, my house have the same problem, if it happens only while charging I'm sure earthing
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The battery in the phone supplies DC current and requires a DC current to charge. The charging brick delivers DC current to charge the battery.
If there is an AC current going to the phone when charging, you'll instantly kill the phone.
Any electric shock perceived when charging is not a result of a residual AC current on the phone case.
It is NOT an earthing problem.
have you replaced ur handset ?
Shubhamk763425 said:
I have just bought it from flipkart and i also feel the shock while charging the phone with the included case.
I also tried removing the case and shock was gone so really confused about the situation as everything is shout due to corona outbreak so I can't take it to service center.
So please give me update if it will hard the device or explode the device if I continue to use it
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please tell me have you replaced your handset , because i also bought yesterday facing same problem please tell me.
I cracked my screen a while ago and just got the time to do the install, but as some of you may know the adhesive holding this turd together is very tough. After blasting with a hair dryer and buying an automotive suction cup I finally got the glass off but it cracked too bad to be reused. I cant do anything with the device now. I've held all buttons for a restart but the broken pixels light up for a split second and then it vibrates for a quick second. as i continue to hold it runs through that process over and over. Even plugging it in to the wall I cant even get a charge light. The only cause i could think of is too much heat. i replaced the screen on a note 5 with no issues. It just makes no sense that it doesn't do anything from peeling the rear glass off. Unfortunately I'm at the parents house where I'm the only android user so i cant plug into a PC as i have the 2 sided typeC cable.
Any Ideas?? As I'm Stumped. And to top it off my spare phone an unlocked Pixel 2 is having the No Sim issue.... Fun times.... It just finished the factory reset and still wont detect my Verizon SIM or ATT. So that's cool, haha.
Thanks for the help. Much appreciate2
Bananas HD said:
I cracked my screen a while ago and just got the time to do the install, but as some of you may know the adhesive holding this turd together is very tough. After blasting with a hair dryer and buying an automotive suction cup I finally got the glass off but it cracked too bad to be reused. I cant do anything with the device now. I've held all buttons for a restart but the broken pixels light up for a split second and then it vibrates for a quick second. as i continue to hold it runs through that process over and over. Even plugging it in to the wall I cant even get a charge light. The only cause i could think of is too much heat. i replaced the screen on a note 5 with no issues. It just makes no sense that it doesn't do anything from peeling the rear glass off. Unfortunately I'm at the parents house where I'm the only android user so i cant plug into a PC as i have the 2 sided typeC cable.
Any Ideas?? As I'm Stumped. And to top it off my spare phone an unlocked Pixel 2 is having the No Sim issue.... Fun times.... It just finished the factory reset and still wont detect my Verizon SIM or ATT. So that's cool, haha.
Thanks for the help. Much appreciate2
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Stupid question did you reconnect the fingerprint sensor back in? It might need that to be connected to work.
Recheck all the connections again and ribbon cables for any damage maybe it got loose or heat damaged or cut.
BluePhnx said:
Stupid question did you reconnect the fingerprint sensor back in? It might need that to be connected to work.
Recheck all the connections again and ribbon cables for any damage maybe it got loose or heat damaged or cut.
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Yes its been plugged in and the only thing i damaged was the foam on top of the lock button but its barely peeled back. no visible damage to the cable its self. and with the back cover the only part i took off the only exposed cable is really the fingerprint scanner. The scanner does though have some visible heat damage. there's little spots on it that wasn't there before. I think that's the cause of the problem.
could it be possible that i overheated the battery and now the device is in some kind of protection mode? the device could be thinking that it could catch fire or something? I know that Li-on batteries are pretty fragile to temperature.
Thanks for the help
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Yes its been plugged in and the only thing i damaged was the foam on top of the lock button but its barely peeled back. no visible damage to the cable its self. and with the back cover the only part i took off the only exposed cable is really the fingerprint scanner. The scanner does though have some visible heat damage. there's little spots on it that wasn't there before. I think that's the cause of the problem.
could it be possible that i overheated the battery and now the device is in some kind of protection mode? the device could be thinking that it could catch fire or something? I know that Li-on batteries are pretty fragile to temperature.
Thanks for the help
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If you have a multimeter you can check the battery voltage. If you have voltage then it should be okay but maybe the life of it won't be as long as before. Does the phone charge when you plug it in?
The fingerprint sensor might be the problem. I would replace it as with the battery as well.
Best bet have a Samsung service center look at it, it might be something else.
Good luck with it hope you get it figured out!
BluePhnx said:
If you have a multimeter you can check the battery voltage. If you have voltage then it should be okay but maybe the life of it won't be as long as before. Does the phone charge when you plug it in?
The fingerprint sensor might be the problem. I would replace it as with the battery as well.
Best bet have a Samsung service center look at it, it might be something else.
Good luck with it hope you get it figured out!
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good thinking on throwing a meter on it. will do that when i get home. it doesn't charge or do anything when plugging into a computer or the wall. any idea what the voltage should be on the battery? is there anywhere i can get values like that for different components of the device? thanks
Bananas HD said:
good thinking on throwing a meter on it. will do that when i get home. it doesn't charge or do anything when plugging into a computer or the wall. any idea what the voltage should be on the battery? is there anywhere i can get values like that for different components of the device? thanks
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Battery specs should be 4000 mah, 15.4 Wh and 3.85 V.
Even though it will show voltage it might not have enough amperage to run. So might check for amperage as well.
Might want to hook up a light circuit to the battery and place the meter in between the + battery to + side of light (meaning the same line) to measure amps.
If it doesn't charge from the wall might as well replace the battery.
If that doesn't work most likely a dead phone (motherboard).
For any voltage values for the motherboard, sorry no idea if you can find that info.
You've been quite the help Blue. Thank you so much. Will be home tmrw and will check on the device. I'll be sure to come back with findings to return the favor. Thanks again! Hope you had a good holiday and Happy New Year!