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Help TALK AND END Buttons dont work on my G1!!!

hey guys
Iam new to the site so sorry id this is in the wrong section.
I recently bought a G1 ( i know Iam late but i never relle liked T-Mobile ). I unlocked my "USED" G1 and been using it for a week or so. Heres the problem..
I dropped it "once" from a very small height and as soon as I pick it up, the phone didnt wanna turn on at all. I went home tried charging it and it worked...
BUT when I turned it on, I noticed that neither does the "TALK" "END" or "HOME" buttons dont work. All the other buttons seem to work fine, includint the touchscreen. My friend owns a cell phone store and tells me its gonna cost me 50 dollars if not more to fix this issue, besides the fact that I spend 90 on the phone + 20 to unlock it.
Please help on wheather I could fix this problem myself or if its fixable at all.
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this long paragraph and try to help me solve my dilema.
Andrew.

andrewjackson said:
hey guys
Iam new to the site so sorry id this is in the wrong section.
I recently bought a G1 ( i know Iam late but i never relle liked T-Mobile ). I unlocked my "USED" G1 and been using it for a week or so. Heres the problem..
I dropped it "once" from a very small height and as soon as I pick it up, the phone didnt wanna turn on at all. I went home tried charging it and it worked...
BUT when I turned it on, I noticed that neither does the "TALK" "END" or "HOME" buttons dont work. All the other buttons seem to work fine, includint the touchscreen. My friend owns a cell phone store and tells me its gonna cost me 50 dollars if not more to fix this issue, besides the fact that I spend 90 on the phone + 20 to unlock it.
Please help on wheather I could fix this problem myself or if its fixable at all.
Thank you very much for taking your time to read this long paragraph and try to help me solve my dilema.
Andrew.
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Hi Andrew,
There are two possibilities here. One is that the ribbon to the button panel has fallen out. The other option is that the ribbon / button panel has been damaged,
Either way, you'll need to open it up. If you feel uncomfortable opening it, then I'd suggest finding a friend who is comfortable with opening small electronics.
Sorry, I don't have any pictures of the connection. It should be a removable ribbon cable, however.

the ribbon probably didn't come off... That one is taped and has a good connector.. Best thing about where it is, is that it comes out easy.. Like 7 screws and a little pry action.. If its not the connection I have a spare daughter board... Pm me for details..
There is a good g1 teardown tutorial on youtube... Search g1 disassembly..
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[Q] Closed OneClick Downloader while it was working...

Dumbass me did exactly as the title says. Now the phone won't do jack, won't even go into download, don't see a bootscreen, just stays black and off. Tried all the button combos and ****. Am I ****ed? I'm still under warranty. What do I need to do? Do I need to get a JIG or will that not do?

Did u try pulling the the battery, opening the one click, plugging usb in then holding volume up and down only (no power button) then putting battery in. should go straight into download. If not that I would look into a jig. Captivates are pretty hard to permanently brick. The guys here on xda are pretty awesome. Helped me out of more than one hair losing situation
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Lencias said:
Dumbass me did exactly as the title says. Now the phone won't do jack, won't even go into download, don't see a bootscreen, just stays black and off. Tried all the button combos and ****. Am I ****ed? I'm still under warranty. What do I need to do? Do I need to get a JIG or will that not do?
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First please watch the swearing in The threads. Second if you can't get into dl mode by the method above then a jig may be your only hope. There are videos that will show you how to make one or how to order a pre made one. A search will get you where you need to be.

Sqb said:
Did u try pulling the the battery, opening the one click, plugging usb in then holding volume up and down only (no power button) then putting battery in. should go straight into download. If not that I would look into a jig. Captivates are pretty hard to permanently brick. The guys here on xda are pretty awesome. Helped me out of more than one hair losing situation
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Yes, I'm not a noob, I said I tried all the button combos, how else do you think I even got OneClick to work on my phone in the first place... Doesn't go into download mode.

don't get smart with someone trying to help you...if you knew completely what you were doing you would have NEVER closed odin while it was flashing...just sayin.
my guess is you closed it while it was flashing bootloaders and its now bricked and nothing short of jtagging it or a warranty replacement will get you a working phone. next time wait until its done before you touch anything

JIG did the trick.
And don't be a smartass yourself, I screwed up, I said that, Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-never-screw-up. I don't know what you do for a living, maybe you can go play Xbox with your friends from school while your phone is restoring, but I need to be able to use my computer for business at all times.

Lencias said:
JIG did the trick.
And don't be a smartass yourself, I screwed up, I said that, Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-never-screw-up. I don't know what you do for a living, maybe you can go play Xbox with your friends from school while your phone is restoring, but I need to be able to use my computer for business at all times.
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Dude, you need to relax. There are disclaimers all over the place. We do this because it is a pass-time for us as well as a hobby. By no means does anyone have to come in here and bow to your demands or be berated by you because you are frustrated at a problem with your phone. Use of the search function would have yielded the answers you so douchebaggedly demanded.
Using your computer for more than one task is possible. Run Odin all you want but this "windows" or other operating system you may run has this nifty ability to more than one thing at once.

... it's like watching a guy holding a hornet's nest and saying, "I don't care what you say, I'm punting this thing and that's that!".

Lencias said:
JIG did the trick.
And don't be a smartass yourself, I screwed up, I said that, Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-never-screw-up. I don't know what you do for a living, maybe you can go play Xbox with your friends from school while your phone is restoring, but I need to be able to use my computer for business at all times.
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Was your computer made in the 90's or something? It's easy do this stuff on the computer your work on in your spare time, just make sure you're a little more careful next time.
I'm glad the jig worked.

[Q] So upset, just bricked my 2 day old P1010.

Hey guys,
I'm really starting to think that my Tab is well and truly uber bricked. I tried (stupidly) to update it to gingerbread stock forgetting the flooping fact that the P1010 differs hugely to the P1000.
It was so weird, I got no error messages from Odin everything looked like it was going well, until I tried to get the device into download mode again. It won't turn on, I can't access recovery or download mode. It does try to come on when doing button combos but just shows a black/blank screen and turns off again as soon as power button is released. No icons or logos.
Another thing is that when off it flashes the creen every 10-15 seconds. Not sure what to try as battery will be running low by now and scared to let it go flat.
Anybody else got this, I feel like a right twat, don't even wanna know how much samsung will charge for repairing this.
If anyone has any more button combos to try please feel free to tell. I'm pretty deperate.

Josh at MobileTechVideos has helped me out when in similar circumstances.

sikodemon said:
Hey guys,
I'm really starting to think that my Tab is well and truly uber bricked. I tried (stupidly) to update it to gingerbread stock forgetting the flooping fact that the P1010 differs hugely to the P1000.
It was so weird, I got no error messages from Odin everything looked like it was going well, until I tried to get the device into download mode again. It won't turn on, I can't access recovery or download mode. It does try to come on when doing button combos but just shows a black/blank screen and turns off again as soon as power button is released. No icons or logos.
Another thing is that when off it flashes the creen every 10-15 seconds. Not sure what to try as battery will be running low by now and scared to let it go flat.
Anybody else got this, I feel like a right twat, don't even wanna know how much samsung will charge for repairing this.
If anyone has any more button combos to try please feel free to tell. I'm pretty deperate.
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Actually, that's the call...just return it and play dumb.
I forget the part that it was just a couple days.

I disagree with that advice. I hate dishonest people.

Just tell them the truth and see if theyvreplace it. What's the worst that can happen? They don't send you a new one. You won't be any worse off than you are now. Its worth a try.
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the best drama ever you can do
1- go and do not smile , chicken ..
2- be shocked all the time during you are talking and blame them
3- say , how come i sleep than i woke take out my tab from the charger i couldn't turn it on . is this can happen because of the ELEC ? ? Act like stupid ,
they will ask you did you try to update it via kies , say how i update ? ? ? after u say this , trust me , you'll get your tab in 3-5 work days

Wow, lots of dishonest people here. Use the de-bricking service, pay for YOUR mistakes, and chalk it up to a valuable lesson to read and pay attention to what you're doing in the future.

Just something i did when i thought my tab was bricked. I turned it on even though it wouldnt show anything on the screen. I then let the battery drain, next day I plugged it in and pwered it on, it worked.... is there any type of mode that you can get into?

GldRush98 said:
Wow, lots of dishonest people here. Use the de-bricking service, pay for YOUR mistakes, and chalk it up to a valuable lesson to read and pay attention to what you're doing in the future.
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This is what I'm saying. Contact the guy from above and see if he can help you. You may pay for it, but some mistakes cost you money. If that doesn't work for you, then you're out $350 because of a mistake you made. If paying $350 for a mistake you made is the worse you end up paying in line, you're better off than most.

sikodemon said:
I tried (stupidly) to update it to gingerbread stock forgetting the flooping fact that the P1010 differs hugely to the P1000.
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you didn't 'forget'... you didn't know. just nitpicking
I also support the return-it route. once it's back at samsung they can easily re-flash it to their proper software and sell it as a refurb.

I made your mistake today and I got the errors you've gotten ..
what did you do with your device , have you find a solution for it ?

I did this years back on the very first phone I flashed, a Sony 750i which I was trying to flash to 800i software. It usually would have worked as its same hardware but unfortunatley for me they had recently changed bootloader or something that made mine incompatible.
Since it was only a couple of days old from Orange shop I simply took it back to shop and played dumb, said I left it charging over night and now all I get is a white screen. At first they wanted to sent it off for repair and I kicked off because I didnt want to pay all that money for a faulty/repaired product, I kicked up a bit of stink in front of other potential customers and manager decided to give me full replacement.
Now I know that isnt honest but I meh I dont give a sh1t, Its not as if they would have had to pay for it, it would have simply got back to manufacturer.
If you have a new device and dont want to shell out a load of money or wait weeks/months just take it back and play dumb and if they refuse ask to speak to manager and kick off.

I PM'd you the details mate.

Same mistake here
Hi!
I know this is an old post, but this just happened to me today.
Just like you, i flashed a P1000 ROM to my P1010 galaxy tab.
The process went perfectly with no errors nor warnings in ODIN. When it tried to reboot, a black screen came up. The symptoms are the same you had. Black screen, no image of any kind, no possibility to put it in download nor recovery mode.
When i press the power button for about 5 seconds, backlight coms up, but still a black screen. When i let the power button go, the backlight goes out and the screen keeps black.
Could you please tell me how you solved this?
Thank you VERY much!

mattogodoy said:
Hi!
I know this is an old post, but this just happened to me today.
Just like you, i flashed a P1000 ROM to my P1010 galaxy tab.
The process went perfectly with no errors nor warnings in ODIN. When it tried to reboot, a black screen came up. The symptoms are the same you had. Black screen, no image of any kind, no possibility to put it in download nor recovery mode.
When i press the power button for about 5 seconds, backlight coms up, but still a black screen. When i let the power button go, the backlight goes out and the screen keeps black.
Could you please tell me how you solved this?
Thank you VERY much!
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Try the same thing (Power +Volume down 5 seconds), but plug your tab to your PC before doing it and see if ODIN can pick it up. If odin can pick up your tab, flash the right ROM.

I think if black screen and then buttons lights up briefly when you touch, you somehow need to force it down first.
Try holding power button for at least 10 seconds to bring it down completely.
when it then doesn't response to touch, then do what yappoe said.
Hope your battery hasn't been drained by now.

I already tried both of the solutions you propose. I really appreciate that.
The screen keeps black, but the lights of the buttons doesn't turn on. Not even briefly.
I followed a guide that says i should tape the power button to keep the backlight on the entire night until the battery drains, so i can get out from an infinite loop. Then to plug the tab in the wall charger and the battery logo shoud appear. Then try to turn it on in download mode.
I did all that. Battery drained out, but at the moment of plugging the tab at the wall, it does not show the battery indicator. Screen is still black. No backlight, no nothing.
Do you think a JIG could work? any other ideas? it's kind of dead!
Sorry for my english and thanks again.

I don't know.. but you should assume it is still charging. Leave it for more than 4hr charging then try yappoe suggestion.
If all fails, then repair.
Next time only flash rom made for your device...
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Raider doing nothing ! HELP !

I have been working with android phones for over a year now and have never had this happen ! I went to the software update in the phone and clicked check now button and it said software update available. So I went ahead and downloaded the software and when it was finished downloading went ahead and started the install and left the phone when I came back to it the screen was black and nothing was happening ! By the way I left the phone for at least 2 hours so I tried turning it on and got nothing I put usb to see if it needed to charge and got orange light but still not turning on. Tried to go into fastboot power volume down and got nothing what is going on with this device why won't it turn on ? What can I do to fix this ? please help me !
Thank you in advance for any help I can get !

Maybe the battery is dead, I'd try a noun charged battery and see if it works then.

Bigtjmc said:
Maybe the battery is dead, I'd try a noun charged battery and see if it works then.
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No it is not the battery as it will light the back lights when I plug in the usb cord and it also shows the orange charging light until it is fully charged I have now tried the unbricking process but the computer can not see the phone I have to fix this thing soon or else I will have to buy a brick for more than it is worth !
Please if there is anyone who can help me solve this I would be very grateful !

Have you tried to get in hboot ? pull the battery Hold Vol - and then pwr till it opens h boot .

Bigtjmc said:
Have you tried to get in hboot ? pull the battery Hold Vol - and then pwr till it opens h boot .
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Yes as I have said I tried to use vol - + pwr but I get nothing but back light or just nothing at all !

Dang , well there is a tread on unbricking the vivid , I think its called the unbricking project or something like that if you wanna check it out maybe it can help , if ya can't find it I will try and link it for ya just lmk , I'm the mean time maybe some of the other guys can help .

Bigtjmc said:
Dang , well there is a tread on unbricking the vivid , I think its called the unbricking project or something like that if you wanna check it out maybe it can help , if ya can't find it I will try and link it for ya just lmk , I'm the mean time maybe some of the other guys can help .
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Yes I have tried the unbricking and it can not find bricked device ! This is driving me crazy ! I don't need a brick I have a wood house and fireplace needs no repair I would like phone back !

just one thing I didn't ask , you did pull the battery and tried to hboot ? I know that may be a dumb question but its worth a shot .

Bigtjmc said:
just one thing I didn't ask , you did pull the battery and tried to hboot ? I know that may be a dumb question but its worth a shot .
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I do believe that to get into H-boot with this device you have to remove the battery ! So to answer your question yes I did pull the battery then tried to get into H-boot. And I think that I have also stated that I have been working with android phones for over a year but I think it has been more like two and have rooted and sim unlocked many androids so for this to happen to me at this point is just not acceptable I have a clean record as far as bricks go and would like to keep it like that I have even unbricked phones for people that have bricked them ! Thanks to xda and others for all the help along the way ! I hope someone here can help me solve this !

I did read the first post but it was a few days ago so I have forgotten some , I'm just trying to come up with anything I can to help so I guess I am at a loss and can't help in this situation but I'm sure some one can and hopefully they will .
Good luck hope you get it fixed .

Bigtjmc said:
I did read the first post but it was a few days ago so I have forgotten some , I'm just trying to come up with anything I can to help so I guess I am at a loss and can't help in this situation but I'm sure some one can and hopefully they will .
Good luck hope you get it fixed .
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I must thank you for trying and I appreciate the fact that you took the time to respond I also wish that you could have solved this for me but it looks like we both don't know what to do ! Is there anyone else out there that can help ! Or even tell me if I am wasting my time and to put my first brick in the wall ?

Well...im assuming you were stock since you were doing a software update...
So why don't you just send it to HTC? They have a year warrenty on every device that should cover this since it is a software update malfunction...even if it was rooted with custom Roma and a different hboot, they likely wouldn't even know since you can't even get to hboot
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mg2195 said:
Well...im assuming you were stock since you were doing a software update...
So why don't you just send it to HTC? They have a year warrenty on every device that should cover this since it is a software update malfunction...even if it was rooted with custom Roma and a different hboot, they likely wouldn't even know since you can't even get to hboot
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This might be an option but I don't know if bootloader was unlocked and don't know if they can tell if it was or not ? And this is not my phone just doing this for a friend and still haven't told her that her phone is a brick ! Sending it to htc would take weeks if not months and she was thinking I would have already returned the phone to her two days ago ! Pulling my hair out and banging my head against the wall needing fix for this !

pimpcorey said:
This might be an option but I don't know if bootloader was unlocked and don't know if they can tell if it was or not ? And this is not my phone just doing this for a friend and still haven't told her that her phone is a brick ! Sending it to htc would take weeks if not months and she was thinking I would have already returned the phone to her two days ago ! Pulling my hair out and banging my head against the wall needing fix for this !
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They won't be able to tell since you can't get in hboot...and it wouldn't take long at all...all they would do is send you a replacement after they receive yours...tjeyre not gonna thoroughly.examin it...they don't have the time...they go through hundreds if not thousands of replacements everyday
Anyways...your friend would have to send it in since its her phone...just let her decide...don't think there's much else.you can do
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I don't know what carrier your friend is using and how long she's had it but att gives me a yr and will send me a refurb and it only takes a day or so to get

mg2195 said:
They won't be able to tell since you can't get in hboot...and it wouldn't take long at all...all they would do is send you a replacement after they receive yours...tjeyre not gonna thoroughly.examin it...they don't have the time...they go through hundreds if not thousands of replacements everyday
Anyways...your friend would have to send it in since its her phone...just let her decide...don't think there's much else.you can do
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Well I have contacted HTC and this was there response
"Dear My Name,
I am sorry to hear your device is no longer powering on after an update. I will be glad to assist you with this.
Can you press and hold the power button for about a minute to see if the device will power on? If this does not work, try removing the battery and then place the battery back in the device and try to power it on.
If this does not resolve the issue, My Name, we will need to perform a factory reset. Please note that this procedure will delete all personal data, customizations, and files from your Vivid, so be any information on the device that is not already backed up will be permanently deleted. If you have an SD card in the device, please remove it prior to factory resetting.
1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the Volume Down button, and then briefly press the Power button.
2. Wait for the screen with the 3 Android images to appear, and then release the Volume Down button.
3. Press Volume Down to select Clear Storage or Factory Reset, and then press the Power button.
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Once the factory reset it complete, the device should power on and then will prompt you to set the device up with your email accounts, etc. If this does not resolve the issue you will need to speak with your carrier for more information on having your device repaired. They will be able to answer any questions you have about the warranty and repair process.
If I have successfully answered your questions, I would like to invite you to participate in our customer satisfaction survey about your experience with HTC Technical Support. Corey, you will need to close your ticket with us and you should receive a pop-up asking if you would like to take the survey. To do this, please follow the link below to reply to this message and select "Close" next to "Action" to close out the ticket and the pop-up should appear asking you to take the survey. I hope you have a great week!
LOL I think htc thinks I'm a noob ! But joking aside looks like I have to contact Bell Canada and see if they are going to replace the device or maybe they will want me to do a factory reset as well lol I will keep you updated ! Thank you all for your suggestions and if there is anyone that can tell me how to fix this thing you would be saving me a whole lot trouble !

My moto X suddenly died

Hi!
This is the first time I post a thread on xda since I had my Xperia Arc .. good times. Then I switched to Windows Phone and a couple months ago I returned to android with a Moto X 2nd gen.
I never installed a mod, rom or even unlocked the bootloader or root my phone, I really wanted only use my phone for my regular tasks.
The problem is today I was going to check my messages and the screen won't turn on, I supposed it was the battery so I pluged my phone to the power source and.. nothing.. It's just dead :/
I connected my phone to my PC to see if I can see any signal of life and I've noticed when I plug my phone to my PC and press and hold the power button a green led turns on for 2 -3 seconds and then dies again .. My PC can't detect the phone , I just get "unknown device"...

The phone was new or used before you?
If it was used perhaps you need a new battery. If it was new you must go at motorola service center to fix it by your warranty.

Jim_C30 said:
The phone was new or used before you?
If it was used perhaps you need a new battery. If it was new you must go at motorola service center to fix it by your warranty.
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It was new, I ordered from the page .. that's sad

Have you already tried volume down + power?

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Have you already tried volume down + power?
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yep, I've tried many combinations like press and hold volume down then press and hold both volume - and power for 2 minutes .. and nothing..
Is just strange, no idea why this happened !!! ..
Tomorrow I will call support and see what happens

Plug it into the charger overnight. Check it in the morning. Try holding out Vol +, Vol - and power for 30 sends.

So is support willing to help you? When my Moto X suddenly died they didn't want to help me...

Support..?? Really.. I will tell u something... I wanted to contact them through email and checked web site, so I could see contact us options - but when I checked that the link was broken... So I decided to get to service support chat.. But u know what they said..?. They can't five me their e mail....what..?. Seriously?? They can't give something that I can't access but it's publicly posted... They are waste.. Don't waste ur time on them..
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Sorry to hear about your phone.
I'd be interested to hear the outcome of this..
The same thing happened to my MotoX. After months of discussions with Moto Support I ended up getting the phone repaired "outside of warranty". They refused to cover the repair because I had moved to Australia. (ridiculous for a 'global' company.)
After paying a huge amount to repair the phone, I booted it up and realized they had replaced the 'main board' with the wrong part. My 32gb phone was now a 16gb model.. The repair cost me more than a brand new 16gb model off the shelf!
I've tried to contact moto to resolve the issue but have had radio silence from motorola and the repair center ever since.
I hope you have better luck, and more free time to keep hounding them than I did...