my galaxy mini was hard bricked with blank screen following a boot loader flash failure,,,
now i have given my phone at samsung service center for a paid mother board change,,,
can some one tell me how can i confirm whether they have really changed my mother board with a brand new one or just another old mb..?? i will get my phone back in 5 days.. any advice will be of great help for me as it is a paid replacement,,,
jaizkt said:
my galaxy mini was hard bricked with blank screen following a boot loader flash failure,,,
now i have given my phone at samsung service center for a paid mother board change,,,
can some one tell me how can i confirm whether they have really changed my mother board with a brand new one or just another old mb..?? i will get my phone back in 5 days.. any advice will be of great help for me as it is a paid replacement,,,
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I don't think there is actually an way to confirm if they have put a brand new motherboard . All you could do is judge it by your phone's performance .
I got my mother board changed too ... to know whether the mother board is new just see the two steel screws , which is located where sim card is inserted ... I got to knew from there itself ...
Edward Cullen
Avilove.Cullen said:
I got my mother board changed too ... to know whether the mother board is new just see the two steel screws , which is located where sim card is inserted ... I got to knew from there itself ...
Edward Cullen
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can you please tell me how much it cost you?
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.. to remove personal data and sell it for spares ?
As I understand there is nothing like an SD card inside, is it embedded to the motherboard somewhere ?
hertc said:
.. to remove personal data and sell it for spares ?
As I understand there is nothing like an SD card inside, is it embedded to the motherboard somewhere ?
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There is no way to access Internal Storage.
Hi Hertc,
I had the same problem and i had to return it back to Bestbuy guys and atleast i had insurance on the phone by bestbuy so i got the new HtC touch Diamond phone by Best buy. HTC people said its a bug in the motherboard and that is not repairable.
Regds,
Rankit
rankitt said:
Hi Hertc,
I had the same problem and i had to return it back to Bestbuy guys and atleast i had insurance on the phone by bestbuy so i got the new HtC touch Diamond phone by Best buy. HTC people said its a bug in the motherboard and that is not repairable.
Regds,
Rankit
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Mine is not covered by the warranty (hard floor impact ) and the price quoted for the MB replacement is more than they ask for a used Diamond-2 in excellent condition on eBay.
I will probably have to break it apart and sell screen, battery etc. separately destroying the motherboard .. do not want anyone accessing my personal details, could cost more than what I can get for the whole broken phone ...
Anyone needs a replacement screen ?
Need the screen
Hi. I actually do need the screen, got HTC Diamond as a gift, does turn on, I can hear the sounds but no picture. I am guessing I need the new screen. I would need that screen.
My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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Maybe.
If you don't mind facing a ***VERY*** high chance of getting ripped off by someone selling you THEIR bricked mainboard.
If you want a surefire way to fix it, I suggest you read everything in this thread before going out and getting yourself ripped off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048
yeah it can be risky..i fixed my friends by replacing it with one i found on craigslist for like 40 bucks. It turned on but had an unresponsive touch screen but from the looks of the housing, it seemed like they tried to change it which may have been the reason. Luckily there was nothing wrong with the motherboard and it worked.
Buy a j-tag and un-brick your current board.
As linked above by lbcoder: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048
No no
Thanks everyone for your replies. The board I'm buying is good, it's new not from another phone, I just wanted to make sure that it's the motherboard that needs to be changed not some other piece like the daughter-board or whatever.
It's definitely the motherboard if you're hard bricked. If it's not too late, I'd suggest trying craigslist or something along those lines. You might find a phone with a cracked screen for around the same price as the motherboard. Extra pieces and a nifty little battery charger that resembles a working G1.
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I'm from romania, there's nothing on craig's list. Thanks for assuring me that it's the motherboard.
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My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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if youre in california and wanna drive ill sell you my g1 its got a few scratches from being dropped but thats it. its still running perfect like when i bought it. i only want $120 for it cash. but you gotta hit me asap in my email [email protected] to buy it cause my cousin said hell buy it for a 100 and thats my fam price so if u come with the full 120 then u got it with a 4g sd card, and wall charger. with the original head phone jack set.
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if youre in california and wanna drive ill sell you my g1 its got a few scratches from being dropped but thats it. its still running perfect like when i bought it. i only want $120 for it cash. but you gotta hit me asap in my email [email protected] to buy it cause my cousin said hell buy it for a 100 and thats my fam price so if u come with the full 120 then u got it with a 4g sd card, and wall charger. with the original head phone jack set.
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umm.......
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I'm from romania, there's nothing on craig's list. Thanks for assuring me that it's the motherboard.
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Moved as not Development.
How do you know its good? Because they SAY so? It may shock you to find out, but most people selling stuff on ebay LIE ABOUT IT!
Vapaus00 said:
My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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dude g1's are 99$ without a contract brand new just go buy a new one....
Hello,
Some days are better than others...
I managed to break several of the small metal pins in the sim reader, don't ask me how but I did it =(
I unmounted the phone and it's really just a small circuit board linked to the motherboard with a single ribbon
I have googled for where to find this spare part but no chance so far
Would you know where I could find this part and help me revive my Nexus S ?
Thanks for your help
Thanks for deleting my useless post : just found out a link in the post below !
Sorry =(
Did you find a solution ? My sim card reader (or sim card tray) is broken too and I can't find the replacement part to buy...
Couldn't you guys just do a warranty claim? It shouldn't break that easily unless you were messing with it.
I can't claim warranty since it's "customer induced damage" : needed to insert my sim card into an Ipad. Not willing to lose my micro sim adapter, I put it in the Nexus S without a sim in an tore the pins when taking it out
Moreover, I live in Europe and Samsung has after-sales per region, if not country. they would'nt accept an US purchased handset anyway.
Didn't find any trace of this spare part on any other site but globaldirectpart and it's still showing as "Coming soon"....
I am in Brazil and the phone hasn't arrived in here so Samsung Brasil don't touch it.... despite the fact that they are going to say that this is not covered by warranty.
I did not find anywhere else too...
How about insurance then? But I'm assuming you don't have that either or can't.
Good luck to finding the part though. Globaldirectpart seems to have a tendency of inflating price.
DKYang said:
How about insurance then? But I'm assuming you don't have that either or can't.
Good luck to finding the part though. Globaldirectpart seems to have a tendency of inflating price.
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Don't have any insurance for my phones and it wouldn't work either cos I damaged the phone myself =)
I don't really mind the price since it would cost me about 50 euros including shipping due to the exchange rate between $ and €. Just missing my phone a lot and tired of waiting =)
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Don't have any insurance for my phones and it wouldn't work either cos I damaged the phone myself =)
I don't really mind the price since it would cost me about 50 euros including shipping due to the exchange rate between $ and €. Just missing my phone a lot and tired of waiting =)
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here goes the replacement part right here but they are out of stock for now
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Nexus-S-GT-I9020T-SIM-Card-Tray-p/smsng6098700.htm
Thanks but we've known that for weeks =)
The best part is the "Coming soon" !!!
Yep! We still waiting for the replacement part to be available... I read about a guy that replaced it with a Galaxy S part... but I did not figure out how.
I called a few suppliers in Asia but no luck so far
it's killing me to have my Nexus S in a drawer for a 10 bucks spare part =(
Yes, me too... that's why I love Apple and my iPhone... Samsung sucks... If I find it anywhere I will post it. I will try to find some more information about replacing it with Galaxy S part.
Do you have any link about this guy using the Galaxy S tray ?
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Anyone have an update on this? I just broke one of the pins inside the sim tray as well....I am unable to find the parts anywhere online. This is driving me nuts....I'll even pay to repair it!
How did you break yours? I can see the op breaking his with an empty micro sim adapter, but if this is breaking from normal usage, that's not good..
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Not yet. I've read that it is possible to replace it with the Galaxy S sim tray. I've bought one and I am waiting it to arrive. I should have it in one week.
It seems that this sim tray is not good at all...
Bad News! The Galaxy S connector is different from the Nexus S one. Look at the picture:
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I believe that the guy who changed it, changed only the sim part, keeping the "sim board" the same... I don't know how to do it, I will try to find out, if anyone know, please help me.
if you read the post carefully, the guy did say sim tray, you can use most sim tray, as long as the pins are position 3+3 at each sides, but you must know how to solder/desolder.
Do you know how do I do it ? I know how to solder/desolder, but I don't know exactly what should I do.
Here is a picture of the Galaxy S Sim Tray. Should I desolder this points marked by the red arrow (and off course in the oposite side) and sold it to the Nexus S board ? Is the sim tray just fixed by this solded points ?
Hi everyone I have a galaxy note and having problem with the sim tray!! I heard the only way to fix it is changing the main board. Where can I buy the main board???
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Hi everyone I have a galaxy note and having problem with the sim tray!! I heard the only way to fix it is changing the main board. Where can I buy the main board???
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Dont you have warranty?It it better to get it checked in service center first.
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Hi everyone I have a galaxy note and having problem with the sim tray!! I heard the only way to fix it is changing the main board. Where can I buy the main board???
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What's the issue you're having?
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i put a microsim to sim adapter and it broke the sim contacts on the tray!! Thats why I don't have warranty. Do anyone know what can I do???
How much does Samsung charge for this repair? I think it is better to have them repair it.
U should try diferent micro sim before u buy main board, u have two type of micro sim , sim with smaller chip and with bigger, the smaller one are causing problem, some of them are not working and some of them have problem with contact.
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i have same problem before, i wen to network and said that ive lost my micro sim and i told them that i want normal sim replacement, because normal sim have big chip, after they send me new sim i have no problem...
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Right now i have a regular sim on it and it recognize it but turns to "simcard remove please reboot phone". Someone repair the sim tray but thats what happens now.
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Right now i have a regular sim on it and it recognize it but turns to "simcard remove please reboot phone". Someone repair the sim tray but thats what happens now.
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and that someone screwed it up worse..... i should be able to fix it i pm'd you
..broke mine too!!
..did a similar thing to my Note.....the sim card caught one of the connectors in the sim tray and pulled it off!!!...found a cool video on how to dismantle it (1st video on on "dismantle galaxy note"search) on you tube....on closer inspection the connector had broken and pulled away from the circuit board too (not happy!!). Have hunted high and low to try and find someone who could supply a replacement main board....without any luck - if there's anyone out there that could point us in the write direction/add a link here....i'd love you forever!!
Really missing my Note right now!!!
New mobo for Galaxy Note? Check these guys out!!!
vicdroid84 you may be in luck......have found these guys, their based in Birmingham and are called Intercity business telecommunications (wont let me add the link here) tel:0121 643 7373.....have spoken to them, they can supply and fit a new mobo for about £130......takes about 48 hours upon them getting it to repair...am sending mine of today!!!!!........yipppeeeee!!
Samsung replaces the SIM tray. I read it is less than 50$ and sometime it is free.
Changing MOBO for a SIM tree is like changing a Car engine for a small nut
i recommend you take it to a company that's not Samsung to fix it, Samsung wont fix it if you don't have a warranty
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i recommend you take it to a company that's not Samsung to fix it, Samsung wont fix it if you don't have a warranty
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Just pointing out to the OP that the above might be misinformation. The fix should be free if it's a warranty and $50 if it is a sim issue.
and as i said earlier.. if samsung wont fix it .. i can and will... and i can say so far i havent voided a warranty as in the warranty is still good after ive done the repair.. thats how clean..... so anyone with the problem just pm me... its legit too. got pretty good at board level repairs over the past 22 years working for some big name manufacturers... just trying to help...already helped a few on here....
Sim pins
I too broke off 1 of the 3 pins pulling a microsim out. I ordered and received the sim connector from parts4repair.com. But I think I have to solder off the current connector then solder on the replacement. Am I correct?
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I too broke off 1 of the 3 pins pulling a microsim out. I ordered and received the sim connector from parts4repair.com. But I think I have to solder off the current connector then solder on the replacement. Am I correct?
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well its that or let someone else do it... as ive said pm me... i fix them and fix them well... cant even tell i was in the phone... i have references and pics of previous repairs...
i will say beware if you try it... there is quite a bit of stuff you can screw up if you dont know what youre doing...
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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.