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[Q] Galaxy Mini Completely Dead NO SIGNS.

Hi
My Galaxy mini is completely bricked after flashing rom on it.
The problems are as follows.
1 ..No Boot
2.No Downloading mode. tried all button combination and usb jig also still no signs ..
3.Tried flashing via all boxes including Riff, z3x but not able to flash sometime connects to this boxes and sometimes not ..cannot complete flashing process.
4. Tried everything listed on this forum but still no use ... Showed it to service center of samsung they said motherboard gone . New motherboard price is approx 75% of phones price that to without warranty..
5. Many mobile repair shops in our location tried it still no use.
Anyone here on xda can help me to come out of this problem .Or atleast give me some idea where to get galaxy mini motherboard at cheap ...
Plsss guys help me out i really luv my galaxy mini..

if any repair shop around you know about jtag and usb jig, then you have chance

kalrocking said:
Hi
My Galaxy mini is completely bricked after flashing rom on it.
The problems are as follows.
1 ..No Boot
2.No Downloading mode. tried all button combination and usb jig also still no signs ..
3.Tried flashing via all boxes including Riff, z3x but not able to flash sometime connects to this boxes and sometimes not ..cannot complete flashing process.
4. Tried everything listed on this forum but still no use ... Showed it to service center of samsung they said motherboard gone . New motherboard price is approx 75% of phones price that to without warranty..
5. Many mobile repair shops in our location tried it still no use.
Anyone here on xda can help me to come out of this problem .Or atleast give me some idea where to get galaxy mini motherboard at cheap ...
Plsss guys help me out i really luv my galaxy mini..
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Well with respect to indian currency, the motherboard is around 3k.
But i would advice you to take it to customer sare service.
They can handle this with more ease, and the price may be around the same as the latter.
Good luck.

thousandecibels said:
Well with respect to indian currency, the motherboard is around 3k.
But i would advice you to take it to customer sare service.
They can handle this with more ease, and the price may be around the same as the latter.
Good luck.
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You are right man ..but the thing is they said i wont get any waranty for replaced motherboard .. so i guess its of no use..

Well that may cost you some more bucks.
But hey atleast its official and original work unlike job done in black mart.
Rest your choice

thousandecibels said:
Well that may cost you some more bucks.
But hey atleast its official and original work unlike job done in black mart.
Rest your choice
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Please let me know if you have any idea about ..where else i can get galaxy mini motherboard other them their service center's..

Well if you ask so.
Try the underground mobile shop , ask them for motherboard replacement.
I got my old cell phone fixed the same way in chandigarh sector 22-c
But still i would recommend go for simple and full proof service center repairs.
It might be the right time to pay a visit to one of them.
Good Luck.

Water proof after board replacement?

Hey guys,
A weird question...
So I have had my phone repaired under warranty thru JB Hifi (a brick and mortar place chain in Australia). The repairer supposely replaced the board as it was completely dead (the IMEI # is different so I believe they did replace it). I am not 100% if the water "proofness" still exists now that the board is replaced...
How would I do a quick test and where would I stand in the warranty side of things if the phone dies after the test?
Anyone have any idea?
Cheers,
Yots.

yotis118 said:
How would I do a quick test and where would I stand in the warranty side of things if the phone dies after the test?
Anyone have any idea?
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Put it under water!

eclyptos said:
Put it under water!
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And if it dies?

Normally they do a waterproof test at the end ...

Try putting it under water for a millisecond or so, take it out and see if anything happened.

yotis118 said:
And if it dies?
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That mean the test was wrong. ..haha..
BTW, they repaired the phone and is under warranty , they know they job and sholud be seal well so I don't know why you are worry.

eclyptos said:
That mean the test was wrong. ..haha..
BTW, they repaired the phone and is under warranty , they know they job and sholud be seal well so I don't know why you are worry.
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I have contacted Sony support and they told me it sounds like the phone needs servicing by their service centre. They mentioned that since its not repaired by them, the water resistance feature might not have been tested/done..
Going to call them monday and organise it to be serviced me think.

[Q] No charging or booting

Hi guys, I hope you can help me out here.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, I originally purchased it in Malaysia, broke it and took it to Malaysian Samsung and had it replaced on the warranty. Fast forward 8 months later I am back in the UK, my phone is completely unmodified, original everything.
I place it on charge whilst I am using it in bed, I notice that it stops charging after a while of me using it, I assumed I must've knocked the cable, so I readjust it and carry on as normal until I put it on the side and go to sleep.
After waking up in the morning it becomes apparent that it didn't charge at all and the battery died in the night, I check the usb is still plugged into the phone and the plug socket, all a-okay. Strange. I then asked for my housemates charger, no luck still wouldn't charge.
A few days later a replacement battery arrives, also wouldn't charge. Must be the USB then surely? Well, I replaced that also, tested both batteries with it and still no luck.
Any idea guys? I'd hate to see an 8 month old phone die for no reason.
Thanks
P.S. I have tried it from a wall socket and my PC USB.

Maybe the USB port is busted? Was it hotter than normal when you last used it? Have you submerged it in water before the incident happen?

VIPNobie said:
Maybe the USB port is busted? Was it hotter than normal when you last used it? Have you submerged it in water before the incident happen?
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I have tried replacing the USB and it hasn't fixed it at all, and at no point has this one been submerged. I learned not to do that with the one that had to be replaced on warranty :/
Also all of the moisture indicators on the inside haven't been triggered, so it's not water damage.

HenriWW said:
I have tried replacing the USB and it hasn't fixed it at all, and at no point has this one been submerged. I learned not to do that with the one that had to be replaced on warranty :/
Also all of the moisture indicators on the inside haven't been triggered, so it's not water damage.
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Just to be clear, you have replaced the usb port and not the usb cable, right? Have you tried letting a Samsung rep look at it? I know that the warranty can't be claimed but you could ask them to just check on it. Ask for an approximate price to fix it, canvass other repair stores and search for the parts needed so you can do it yourself if you want.

VIPNobie said:
Just to be clear, you have replaced the usb port and not the usb cable, right? Have you tried letting a Samsung rep look at it? I know that the warranty can't be claimed but you could ask them to just check on it. Ask for an approximate price to fix it, canvass other repair stores and search for the parts needed so you can do it yourself if you want.
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Yeah I replaced the flex ribbon inside the phone itself. I was trying to get it sent into Samsung, but my Cyber Service Centre account stopped accepting my password and wouldn't accept any reset passwords, and Samsung stopped responding to my emails :/
I also emailed a British Samsung repair shop and they told me that they wouldn't look at it because it wasn't bought within the EU.

HenriWW said:
Yeah I replaced the flex ribbon inside the phone itself. I was trying to get it sent into Samsung, but my Cyber Service Centre account stopped accepting my password and wouldn't accept any reset passwords, and Samsung stopped responding to my emails :/
I also emailed a British Samsung repair shop and they told me that they wouldn't look at it because it wasn't bought within the EU.
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That's unfortunate. I can't think of anything else aside from it being a motherboard issue. If it is, it will cost a lot. If you can, try going to other repair centers around your area; you might find one who can hopefully help you. Best of luck.

VIPNobie said:
That's unfortunate. I can't think of anything else aside from it being a motherboard issue. If it is, it will cost a lot. If you can, try going to other repair centers around your area; you might find one who can hopefully help you. Best of luck.
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Thanks for trying to help anyways Nobie. I had the same thought that it must be the mobo, probably a surge fried it or something.

Note 8 Known Battery Issues: Battery dies after dropping to 0%

Hey guys, so I bought a used Note 8. The battery has drained down to 0% in the past and this wasn't an issue until a month and half after I bought it. I was watching a youtube video then fell asleep. Wake up and try to charge my phone and it won't charge. I try some tricks I find online and none works. So i go to a phone store and get the battery replaced. That was two weeks ago.
Fast forward to last night and the same thing happens and my phone won't charge. I've seen two different threads about this on the Samsung forums website. I was wondering anyone else here has had this problem and how they fixed it.
It will appear that my phone's circuit is faulty and I'd need to sell mine and buy a new one, hopefully free of these issues. Have any of you experienced this?

Exynos or Snapdragon?

akslow said:
Exynos or Snapdragon?
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Not sure.... My phone is the U.S. T-Mobile Variant

edo101 said:
Not sure.... My phone is the U.S. T-Mobile Variant
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On snapdragon it is known issue:
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-deep-discharge-protection/

akslow said:
On snapdragon it is known issue:
https://www.xda-developers.com/samsung-galaxy-note-8-deep-discharge-protection/
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Thanks I'll look into it. So buying a new T Mobile NOte 8 wouldn't be worth the risk cause the issue might show up again?
I'm gonna go after that tool but now I wonder if this issue would happen again if my battrey deplets over time even if my phone is off

It's NOT a Note 2!, It's a Note 8. It still has warranty. Same thing happened to mine, 0% and would not come back on nor charge. The service center changed the charge port and battery and still no charging. Then they changed the mainboard and now it works fine. WARRANTY

There was a guy on here who managed to fix it without changing hardware.
Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk

One fix for 0% battery is to plug-unplug charger for 30 minutes or so until it gets enough power to turn on(didnt work for me). Another fix I read about was to open phone and "shock" battery back to life. I like my solution....WARRANTY. If the phone is dead, and there is no physical damage and no water damage when they open it, then they WILL fix it.

Does this occur with the Exynos variants?

TRoN_1 said:
One fix for 0% battery is to plug-unplug charger for 30 minutes or so until it gets enough power to turn on(didnt work for me). Another fix I read about was to open phone and "shock" battery back to life. I like my solution....WARRANTY. If the phone is dead, and there is no physical damage and no water damage when they open it, then they WILL fix it.
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TRoN_1 said:
It's NOT a Note 2!, It's a Note 8. It still has warranty. Same thing happened to mine, 0% and would not come back on nor charge. The service center changed the charge port and battery and still no charging. Then they changed the mainboard and now it works fine. WARRANTY
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I bought it pre owned from swappa but what I did do was slap a Warranty Life wrranty on it. Its $50 deducatable. I used it to get it open and replaced the battery last time. And it was quick and painless except for the 50 bucks from the local repair store that supported Warranty Life. Are you saying Samuing itself would take the phone? Even if I bought it second hand? I thought you'd need to pay for their premium care thing

edo101 said:
I bought it pre owned from swappa but what I did do was slap a Warranty Life wrranty on it. Its $50 deducatable. I used it to get it open and replaced the battery last time. And it was quick and painless except for the 50 bucks from the local repair store that supported Warranty Life. Are you saying Samuing itself would take the phone? Even if I bought it second hand? I thought you'd need to pay for their premium care thing
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Yes Samsung would take it in for repair. I did not provide an invoice when I brought to repair center(UbreakiFix). They know its under warranty because the phone is under 1 year old.

TRoN_1 said:
Yes Samsung would take it in for repair. I did not provide an invoice when I brought to repair center(UbreakiFix). They know its under warranty because the phone is under 1 year old.
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Free of charge?! YOu just took it in and they did it free of charge?

iceepyon said:
Does this occur with the Exynos variants?
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I don't know, but I drained mine to zero once by accident, so I plugged it in for a bit and it booted up fine.

edo101 said:
Free of charge?! YOu just took it in and they did it free of charge?
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Step 1: Called Samsung and told them phone is dead. They asked for my name and phone number(just for the call not for warranty purpose), and asked for IMEI
Step 2: Gave them my Postal Code(Canada) and they found an authorized service center near me(in this case it was a UbreakiFix. They are now Samsung authorized and everywhere).
Step 3: Brought it to UbreakiFix and they did not ask for anything but my name and phone number, to call me when it was ready.
Step 4: Picked it up a week later(because they had to order a new mainboard). If it was just a battery or usb charge port, probably would have been a day or two.
Step 5: Walked out of the service center having not paid one cent for the repair (usb charge port, battery and mainboard all changed, something like $700 repair cost)...because it is under WARRANTY. The phone is less than one year old(released in September 2017 here in Canada) and it comes with a standard one year warranty.
The repair center looks for physical damage and water damage(once it's opened). If they don't find damaged caused by the user, they fix it. The only problem I had with Samsung was with an S7 a few years back. The screen started to flash(blink) and they refused to fix it. No physical damage at all but it was rooted. They said too bad we won't fix(even though root did NOT cause this problem). The screen was defective and phone was a few months old. What I should have done was fried the f*ckin mainboard (can't see if rooted) and they would have fixed it. Live and learn....
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I don't know, but I drained mine to zero once by accident, so I plugged it in for a bit and it booted up fine.
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Not all Note 8s have this problem. Definitely some out there do and Samsung has acknowledged this.

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Not all Note 8s have this problem. Definitely some out there do and Samsung has acknowledged this.
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I know, I was just replying to the guy who asked if it specifically affected Exynos. You're right though, it seems to be a problem with some units but not all devices.

TRoN_1 said:
Step 1: Called Samsung and told them phone is dead. They asked for my name and phone number(just for the call not for warranty purpose), and asked for IMEI
Step 2: Gave them my Postal Code(Canada) and they found an authorized service center near me(in this case it was a UbreakiFix. They are now Samsung authorized and everywhere).
Step 3: Brought it to UbreakiFix and they did not ask for anything but my name and phone number, to call me when it was ready.
Step 4: Picked it up a week later(because they had to order a new mainboard). If it was just a battery or usb charge port, probably would have been a day or two.
Step 5: Walked out of the service center having not paid one cent for the repair (usb charge port, battery and mainboard all changed, something like $700 repair cost)...because it is under WARRANTY. The phone is less than one year old(released in September 2017 here in Canada) and it comes with a standard one year warranty.
The repair center looks for physical damage and water damage(once it's opened). If they don't find damaged caused by the user, they fix it. The only problem I had with Samsung was with an S7 a few years back. The screen started to flash(blink) and they refused to fix it. No physical damage at all but it was rooted. They said too bad we won't fix(even though root did NOT cause this problem). The screen was defective and phone was a few months old. What I should have done was fried the f*ckin mainboard (can't see if rooted) and they would have fixed it. Live and learn....
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Not all Note 8s have this problem. Definitely some out there do and Samsung has acknowledged this.
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Hmm so you think replacing my mainboard would stop this from happeneing again? Replacing the battery the first time this happened fixed the issue? When yours was fixed, did it do it again? or was it the mainboard was fried?

edo101 said:
Hmm so you think replacing my mainboard would stop this from happeneing again? Replacing the battery the first time this happened fixed the issue? When yours was fixed, did it do it again? or was it the mainboard was fried?
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The mainboard was not fried. When they changed the damaged usb charge port(and the battery as per Samsung policy), it powered up, but would still not charge. So the next step was a new mainboard. From my understanding, and what the tech guy told me, these authorized Samsung service centers follow Samsung's procedure when warranty repairing a device.
It's been more than a month and no problems so far. It's like I got a new phone

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The mainboard was not fried. When they changed the damaged usb charge port(and the battery as per Samsung policy), it powered up, but would still not charge. So the next step was a new mainboard. From my understanding, and what the tech guy told me, these authorized Samsung service centers follow Samsung's procedure when warranty repairing a device.
It's been more than a month and no problems so far. It's like I got a new phone
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Yeah they do. I'm sure I'm gonna have the same issue again. If I purposefully let the battery drain to 0, i'm sure this stuff will happen again. I don't want to be caught with my pants on the ground. I'm thinking, get the mainboard/pone replaced will stop me from ever having to fret again.
Have you ever tried letting the battery go to 0% with your new phone?

It's very rare my phone goes to 0%. I always charge at night because I want a fully charged phone in the morning. I don't want to experiment or test this new repair by killing the battery on purpose. From what I have been reading(and I read a lot when this happened to mine), it not a good idea to completely discharge lithium batteries. That doesn't mean if you do, the battery should fail, it's just better for the life of the battery.

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It's very rare my phone goes to 0%. I always charge at night because I want a fully charged phone in the morning. I don't want to experiment or test this new repair by killing the battery on purpose. From what I have been reading(and I read a lot when this happened to mine), it not a good idea to completely discharge lithium batteries. That doesn't mean if you do, the battery should fail, it's just better for the life of the battery.
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So you haven't tested to see if it'd happen again? I've heard this is an issue with like 25% of them. I had drained my battery to 0 like once or twice before this happened. I don't want this to happen anymore and I am sure if I were to sell this to somoen else, they'd have gotten to a point where the drained to 0%. Most avg user don't know this and I dont' want a phone that can run into a danger of doing it

High temprature shutdown solved from service center?

Did anyone of you go to a service center for those high temprature automatic shutdown problems!? What was the response? Was the device fixed? What was the problem?

My phone went for a warranty and repair service for about 16 days and my motherboard was replaced. I got it today.I am currently not facing the problem of high temperatures , shut down while charging and gaming but will let you know as I've got my phone today. Also I ran geekbench to make my phone heat while charging but it didn't shut down let's see l ll post more after two to three days of usage.

Niks6164 said:
My phone went for a warranty and repair service for about 16 days and my motherboard was replaced. I got it today.I am currently not facing the problem of high temperatures , shut down while charging and gaming but will let you know as I've got my phone today. Also I ran geekbench to make my phone heat while charging but it didn't shut down let's see l ll post more after two to three days of usage.
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So did they replace it for free or charged something!? Because mine was rooted they are asking for 5k which I think is pretty generous considering the motherboard's real cost is 26k or something! I am just asking was your phone in warranty or not and how much they charged you!?

BlasterBro said:
So did they replace it for free or charged something!? Because mine was rooted they are asking for 5k which I think is pretty generous considering the motherboard's real cost is 26k or something! I am just asking was your phone in warranty or not and how much they charged you!?
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My phone is in warranty n was non rooted. the problem is gone as of now I think. The phone is not shutting off while charging or playing games and also phone is going above 40 degrees to 43 degrees while playing it's not shutting down like before .Its solved in my opinion .replacing the motherboard will solve the problem.

Niks6164 said:
My phone is in warranty n was non rooted. the problem is gone as of now I think. The phone is not shutting off while charging or playing games and also phone is going above 40 degrees to 43 degrees while playing it's not shutting down like before .Its solved in my opinion .replacing the motherboard will solve the problem.
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Okay! Thanks for the info! I will get my motherboard replaced then!

BlasterBro said:
So did they replace it for free or charged something!? Because mine was rooted they are asking for 5k which I think is pretty generous considering the motherboard's real cost is 26k or something! I am just asking was your phone in warranty or not and how much they charged you!?
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Are you from the Philippines bro? That is cheap already.. what is the location of that service center?

oberio28 said:
Are you from the Philippines bro? That is cheap already.. what is the location of that service center?
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No I am from India, you can convert it in your currency. 5k rupees.