Water damage - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

A friend of mine with s3 mini accidentally drop water to his phone... The phone e works properly now but the screen can't stay off... With power key or screen off time the screen keeps enabling... I make factory reset but still nothing... Any thoughts?

pikachukaki said:
A friend of mine with s3 mini accidentally drop water to his phone... The phone e works properly now but the screen can't stay off... With power key or screen off time the screen keeps enabling... I make factory reset but still nothing... Any thoughts?
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If it's in guarantee give it back to the store for replacement and tell him to make the duck! :silly:
If it's not in guarantee tell him to buy a new one. :crying:

jstath1972 said:
If it's in guarantee give it back to the store for replacement and tell him to make the duck! :silly:
If it's not in guarantee tell him to buy a new one. :crying:
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So it isn't software fault... On the wakelock detector it show that the keuguard is keeping the screen on.. It is possible that it's hardware problem but the software keeps the phone on?

pikachukaki said:
So it isn't software fault... On the wakelock detector it show that the keuguard is keeping the screen on.. It is possible that it's hardware problem but the software keeps the phone on?
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In normal situation when you press the button you activate the keyguard and it going to sleep after a few time. The software (keyguard) follows the hardware (button). In your case because of the damage of the hardware the button is always on and holds on the keyguard. Maybe i'm wrong but one other solution is to install a custom rom and deactivate the hardware button with the problem. You can activate and the navigation bar if you want. I think that can solve the problem also.

I would have opened up the phone and take a look. Disconnect/reconnect all cables inside and hope for the best

tys0n said:
I would have opened up the phone and take a look. Disconnect/reconnect all cables inside and hope for the best
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I will try this I had to wait to find another phone for his work... And then I will try it...

pikachukaki said:
I will try this I had to wait to find another phone for his work... And then I will try it...
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Don't open the phone if its still on warranty, just get it to the repair center. If you have no luck with getting your phone repaired for free try opening it as your last resort
EDIT: its obviously no software issue, it would be fixed by making a factory reseT/install custom ROM but you say you have already done that.

NickVXD said:
Don't open the phone if its still on warranty, just get it to the repair center. If you have no luck with getting your phone repaired for free try opening it as your last resort
EDIT: its obviously no software issue, it would be fixed by making a factory reseT/install custom ROM but you say you have already done that.
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It isnt on warranty...and if it is its water damage and 99% they won't fix it!!!

Sometimes there is only a rest of water in phone. (Also same days later)
Put the phone without accu a few days in uncooked rice! (Maybe it is to late. Immediately after the bath rice is the best you can do)

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Broken Kaiser or it's a software issue? please help! I can't start my phone

Htc tytn II.
It happened already once before two weeks and today again and i can't start my kaiser. First time i manage to start it somehow i don't even know how and i thought it won't happen again. When i push a start button only green color light appears on it, and nothing on screen. like it didn't start at all.
After that i can't do anything except soft reset which only shut down phone and green light gone then. Or take battery out! so i tryed everything later and now can't even start my phone anyhow!
I flashed rom in past and have some of dutty's rom in there
Please help me and tell me what is wrong with my phone and how to repair this problem?
now i can't even get green light. now is completely dead. I am worried if i send it at service with warranty that they will see i have no official rom (i'm on dutty's)
kaiserivica said:
now i can't even get green light. now is completely dead. I am worried if i send it at service with warranty that they will see i have no official rom (i'm on dutty's)
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Flash it back to stock, all the details are in the wiki, you just have to read. Then you can warranty it.
kaiserivica said:
now i can't even get green light. now is completely dead. I am worried if i send it at service with warranty that they will see i have no official rom (i'm on dutty's)
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If it is dead and won't start how are they going to find out you don't have a stock rom?
It is not like they have a bunch of brilliant guys sitting around HTC miraculously reviving dead phones. They through it in the dead phone pile and use it for parts.
Could be a battery issue (highly unlikely as I havent really heard of this happening ever) but still, its possible. So, if you have a replacement battery try it out. Also, has it been water damaged, have you dropped it multiple times or has something hit it hard? These things could also brick a tilt, something like that happened to my friend when a door slammed his wizard.
I doubt its a software issue, a software issue would still allow it to turn on.
bubbleking2 said:
Could be a battery issue (highly unlikely as I havent really heard of this happening ever) but still, its possible. So, if you have a replacement battery try it out. Also, has it been water damaged, have you dropped it multiple times or has something hit it hard? These things could also brick a tilt, something like that happened to my friend when a door slammed his wizard.
I doubt its a software issue, a software issue would still allow it to turn on.
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now i tryed again in the morning and green light on phone again works. but only it!
So it is now a battery issue then ?!
doesn't help anything else again. didn't had any hard hit in it. i was yesterday at Prodigy music concert so maybe there get some hit but it should not be anything seriously.. For the first time it didn't get any hit.. It was rainy here yesterday and i had it in my pocket, but first time when this happened it wasn't rainy, than it was on hard sunny day and for the first time i thought it was because of sun! Now was quite rainy and wet day...
hm. i have news now here, when i leave it on green light started for a longer period, i get those multiple lines colors on screen i see. it's approx. 10 colors lines... and it stays for a 10 sec. approx. and after that it shuts down itself! And now again i cant even get green color. Disaster!
KD8DNS said:
Flash it back to stock, all the details are in the wiki, you just have to read. Then you can warranty it.
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how to do that when i can't even start my phone to work!
kaiserivica said:
now i tryed again in the morning and green light on phone again works. but only it!
So it is now a battery issue then ?!
doesn't help anything else again. didn't had any hard hit in it. i was yesterday at Prodigy music concert so maybe there get some hit but it should not be anything seriously.. For the first time it didn't get any hit.. It was rainy here yesterday and i had it in my pocket, but first time when this happened it wasn't rainy, than it was on hard sunny day and for the first time i thought it was because of sun! Now was quite rainy and wet day...
hm. i have news now here, when i leave it on green light started for a longer period, i get those multiple lines colors on screen i see. it's approx. 10 colors lines... and it stays for a 10 sec. approx. and after that it shuts down itself! And now again i cant even get green color. Disaster!
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I suggest trying another battery as was said before. Or it can be also broken screen or something.
Mikulec said:
I suggest trying another battery as was said before. Or it can be also broken screen or something.
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it's not broken screen because first time i somehow manage to start it and it works normal for 2 weeks.. so it must be a battery...
i will try with other battery later from friends kaiser
kaiserivica said:
it's not broken screen because first time i somehow manage to start it and it works normal for 2 weeks.. so it must be a battery...
i will try with other battery later from friends kaiser
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ok, let us know if that worked.
i tried with friends battery and it's not a battery problem. With his battery same problem, and when i put in my battery in his phone it works normal...
looks like I'll need to go to htc service using warranty... i hope it won't be some problem with them because i have dutty's rom
argh... not good!
now i got phone call from servicer who manage to turn on phone. And he saw in there dutty's rom, not official and my warranty now won't worth
now everything what he will do with phone i will need to pay by my own money.
Now he started phone and he says that he will return it to official rom and see will phone work then normal. If not he said he should change whole mother board to fix this problem which is really huge expense. He told me price almost same as new kaiser!!! terrible!
disaster, now i heard with service and the phone is not working well even with official rom now. I don't know what to do! He said he need to change motherboard and the cost for that is like new phone! Terrible. So, to be honest, this rom flashing is total mistake because could easy loose phone just like i do.
i would like to sell it but don't know how now because he don't work properly!
kaiserivica said:
So, to be honest, this rom flashing is total mistake because could easy loose phone just like i do.
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That's the risk you take when flashing a non OEM rom. If the rom your using isn't worth that risk, then don't flash it.
I bet the rom you were using didn't cause the problem either.
kaiserivica said:
disaster, now i heard with service and the phone is not working well even with official rom now. I don't know what to do! He said he need to change motherboard and the cost for that is like new phone! Terrible. So, to be honest, this rom flashing is total mistake because could easy loose phone just like i do.
i would like to sell it but don't know how now because he don't work properly!
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The problem can be or can not be caused by rom flashing. It could be just some hardware fault which has nothing to do with rom flashing.
Mikulec said:
The problem can be or can not be caused by rom flashing. It could be just some hardware fault which has nothing to do with rom flashing.
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i agree. i also don't thing it's because of rom flashing. probably some hardware failure...
but problem is when i can't start phone i can't change official rom offcourse
anyone know how much new motherboard cost and can i get it online somehow? here in croatia is not easy to find this because very few this phones are available... same with parts of this phone
kaiserivica said:
i agree. i also don't thing it's because of rom flashing. probably some hardware failure...
but problem is when i can't start phone i can't change official rom offcourse
anyone know how much new motherboard cost and can i get it online somehow? here in croatia is not easy to find this because very few this phones are available... same with parts of this phone
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dont know, but try to ask this question in kaiser accesories section.

Help: My HD has suddenly gone dead

My hd has suddenly gone dead. The battery light does not turn on even if plugged in. I have tried to reset while plugged in but nothing happens. Connecting to the pc also doesn't help. Also tried to put it into bootloader without success. This does not feel good. Any ideas what might be the problem?
might be the usb connection. could be loose or bad
Have you tried to remove the battery, and put it back in..had a littel problem like (during unlock) that would turn on, removed the battery for 10s and put it back in and it turn on.
apap said:
My hd has suddenly gone dead. The battery light does not turn on even if plugged in. I have tried to reset while plugged in but nothing happens. Connecting to the pc also doesn't help. Also tried to put it into bootloader without success. This does not feel good. Any ideas what might be the problem?
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HI Bro Iknow ur pain, this happen to my diamond also, one day just didnt turn on after unplug from my vista machine. Only thing I could think of is that maybe there was a short circuit somewhere between pluging to the computer with usb.
You will have to send it for repairs unfortunately
forget what i said.
i thought ur phone turns on but doesn't charge.
duttythroy said:
HI Bro Iknow ur pain, this happen to my diamond also, one day just didnt turn on after unplug from my vista machine. Only thing I could think of is that maybe there was a short circuit somewhere between pluging to the computer with usb.
You will have to send it for repairs unfortunately
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The problem is that I have installed a custom rom...and no way of reverting to original...does this void my guarantee?
Came back ...for now
VIPPER2004 said:
Have you tried to remove the battery, and put it back in..had a littel problem like (during unlock) that would turn on, removed the battery for 10s and put it back in and it turn on.
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I tried this and it magically came back. The strange thing is that I had been taking the battery out and putting it back in many times ...but perhaps I had not left the battery out long enough.
The battery also seems full which is kind of strange since I had been using the phone all day without charging.
In any case, I will leave it charging over night and report back tomorrow.
Thanks for your help!
VIPPER2004 said:
Have you tried to remove the battery, and put it back in..had a littel problem like (during unlock) that would turn on, removed the battery for 10s and put it back in and it turn on.
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Hi,
Sorry for "using" the thread, and I am glad that it was resurrected, but... VIPPER2004, in end were you successful for the unlock? I have exactly the same problem, and so far have not succeeded... Any suggestions?
Thanks,
P.
Glad its working...
pdc4 was a mistake i made using htccode soft, im clumsy but everything went okey
apap said:
I tried this and it magically came back. The strange thing is that I had been taking the battery out and putting it back in many times ...but perhaps I had not left the battery out long enough.
The battery also seems full which is kind of strange since I had been using the phone all day without charging.
In any case, I will leave it charging over night and report back tomorrow.
Thanks for your help!
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You'd better reflash a stock ROM and keep it for a while until you are reasonably sure that it was just a case and won't happen again.
VIPPER2004 said:
Glad its working...
pdc4 was a mistake i made using htccode soft, im clumsy but everything went okey
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Hi again,
I am also trying to use the same soft, but no luck... could you please, eventually by PM, tell me the steps that worked for you?
And it can be in Portuguese... ; )
Thanks,
P.
Dead again
Well...it did happen again. This morning I found it dead again while plugged in. Unfortunately, I did not reflash it to stock rom. I can now only hope that I get a second chance to reflash before sending it off. Any other ideas are welcome.......
entering the new year without my blackstone
Looks like my hd has to take a trip to the factory.
Quick question: since I didn't manage to revert to initial rom does anyone know what the policy is on repairing an htc with custom rom?
That is indeed unfortunate...
What custom ROM have you installed? Have you checked in the thread if someone else had similar issues? And have you installed any particular program?
Also, you had no such issues while you were on the original ROM?
If you have this type of issues, trying to flash a stock ROM without being sure about the cause for the issues might be a little dangerous... There would be, I suppose, the risk that something might go wrong during the flashing process. And you would risk having a lovely brick...
Regards,
P.
I have installed Panosha's light version. No one else seems to be having this problem. Is there a chance that the battery is faulty? Can I have it repaired even though it has a custom rom installed?
Hi,
It might be a problem with the battery, but you could only try this possibility if you used other HD... by the way you have been using the wall charger or the usb cable attached to the PC?
Regarding the possiblity of having it repaired, under warranty, it could depend on the repairer itself. At the limit they could refuse to repair it under warranty, because a non-official ROM has been installed, and, specially, because a non-original HSPL is in place... but they could also overlook this, or do not notice it.
I would make sure it can not be "ressurected" and properly flashed before going to HTC service.
Regards,
P.
apap said:
Looks like my hd has to take a trip to the factory.
Quick question: since I didn't manage to revert to initial rom does anyone know what the policy is on repairing an htc with custom rom?
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If you do, then please tell us. That's exactly what I was wondering.
pdc4 said:
Hi,
It might be a problem with the battery, but you could only try this possibility if you used other HD... by the way you have been using the wall charger or the usb cable attached to the PC?
Regarding the possiblity of having it repaired, under warranty, it could depend on the repairer itself. At the limit they could refuse to repair it under warranty, because a non-official ROM has been installed, and, specially, because a non-original HSPL is in place... but they could also overlook this, or do not notice it.
I would make sure it can not be "ressurected" and properly flashed before going to HTC service.
Regards,
P.
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I have tried several times to resurrect it without success. On one ocassion I had the power light turn on for about 2 seconds then dead again. The only thing I have not tried is to try another battery. I will probably find one by tomorrow to test. Otherwise on Friday it will head to the repair shop...and fingers crossed. I will let you know what the repair policy seems to be here in Greece.
apap said:
I have installed Panosha's light version. No one else seems to be having this problem. Is there a chance that the battery is faulty? Can I have it repaired even though it has a custom rom installed?
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Your phone is not broken!
Duttys ROM does not have this problem. I have had the same with Panosha's ROM and with Touch of HD ROM. The screen goes black and only removing the battery brings it back.
Vatt said:
Your phone is not broken!
Duttys ROM does not have this problem. I have had the same with Panosha's ROM and with Touch of HD ROM. The screen goes black and only removing the battery brings it back.
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I wish this were the case, but even after removing the battery I cannot get it to function. Even when plugged into an outlet the power light does not turn on, so it's clearly more than a blank screen.

Problem! Please help! G1 goes to sleep and doesn't wake back up.

I don't know what caused this.
I got my G1 today. It worked for probably 2-3 hours perfectly fine.
I had an app freeze (either Barcode Scanner or Lock 2.0) and had to do a full hard reset.
Now, whenever the phones screen darkens or I put it to sleep manually, it WILL NOT come back up.
I have factory reset three times now to try and get this to work.
When the screen is black, all buttons on the phone still light up and so does the LED indicator up top. I had my phone set to use a locking pattern screen at one point during one reset to test out and when the screen went black, I was still able to try and log in by doing my pattern. It unlocked, but still showed nothing on the screen.
Please help!
I've tried:
Turning Wi-Fi off
Turning 3g Off
Disclaimer: Yes, I've searched. I can find other users with the same problem but none of them seem to have a solution.
Phone is NOT ROOTED and has the factory ROM.
Update 1: Update: It only freezes/blacks out when I try to wake the phone from one of the front key buttons.
If I'm sliding to unlock, it seems to be fine.... (but if I've already tried to open from the front it doesnt)
Update 2: If I mash all the buttons in random orders for about a minute or two it seems to come back. Anyone have any idea?
Update 3: I'm thinking this has to be an issue with none of the buttons waking the phone up when closed. If I lock the phone with the "END" key, and then click the front "END" Key again, nothing happens. If I slide the phone open, and click it twice - the phone wakes up.
Update 4: Confirmed update 3. Phone will not unlock via front keys unless it's slid open (or open enough to trigger).
I would really, really appreciate help with this.
Hate to bump this, but I've added some detail on the top and bottom. Have to leave for work, hopefully someone might have an idea by the time I get back.
Well you can try to reload the factory rom or root it and try a custom rom and see if the problem still exist. If it is still happening then it would be a hardware problem and need to be sent in. And yes you will still be covered under warranty with HTC since the phone is still less than a year old.
I had a problem with exactly the same symptoms. It turned out that the SD card was cocked-up so home, core, and some other process would hang trying to read it and the phone would not wake-up the screen any more.
Did you try removing the SD card and seeing if that helps?
Karolis said:
I had a problem with exactly the same symptoms. It turned out that the SD card was cocked-up so home, core, and some other process would hang trying to read it and the phone would not wake-up the screen any more.
Did you try removing the SD card and seeing if that helps?
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Removed the SD card and rebooted the phone.
No change ( still acts the same way ).
Did you factory reset after or was it an instant change?
I don't mind losing data to fix this.
supremeteam256 said:
Well you can try to reload the factory rom or root it and try a custom rom and see if the problem still exist. If it is still happening then it would be a hardware problem and need to be sent in. And yes you will still be covered under warranty with HTC since the phone is still less than a year old.
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Wouldn't I have to root to reload the factory rom? Is there a rooting tutorial based just on that?
zeabrid said:
Wouldn't I have to root to reload the factory rom? Is there a rooting tutorial based just on that?
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If you use the official update you don't have to have root. There are some links on here. I'll see if I can find it for you.
https://android.clients.google.com/updates/signed-gfh-CRB43-from-CRB21.c88b03d2.zip
That should be it, but can't confirm since I'm on my work computer.
Some thoughts--may be useful, or not:
Mine was doing that too, but it was caused because I dunked mine underwater during an urban exploring mission. I dried it out, replaced the LCD screen, and everything worked until it would go to sleep. Then I had to do a variety of button mashes and opening the keyboard to get it to come back to life. Sometimes it just wouldn't come back. The problem grew worse over time.
If wiping and reflashing (no need to use a stock ROM) gets you nowhere, then I would suspect a deeper hardware issue. I see you bought it used, can you contact the seller?
If you want to check for water damage, take out the battery and look at the tiny circular sticker in the battery chamber--if it is not white, it has been water damaged. (And the warranty will not be honored.)
Other Lesson: No urban exploring with G1s.
The link didn't work, btw.
derfolo said:
Some thoughts--may be useful, or not:
Mine was doing that too, but it was caused because I dunked mine underwater during an urban exploring mission. I dried it out, replaced the LCD screen, and everything worked until it would go to sleep. Then I had to do a variety of button mashes and opening the keyboard to get it to come back to life. Sometimes it just wouldn't come back. The problem grew worse over time.
If wiping and reflashing (no need to use a stock ROM) gets you nowhere, then I would suspect a deeper hardware issue. I see you bought it used, can you contact the seller?
If you want to check for water damage, take out the battery and look at the tiny circular sticker in the battery chamber--if it is not white, it has been water damaged. (And the warranty will not be honored.)
Other Lesson: No urban exploring with G1s.
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Zero water damage.
That's great news zeabrid! In that case, I agree with an earlier poster--you should be covered by warranty. Wipe and flash a good rooted rom, and if that doesn't work, revert to stock and demand a new phone.
derfolo said:
That's great news zeabrid! In that case, I agree with an earlier poster--you should be covered by warranty. Wipe and flash a good rooted rom, and if that doesn't work, revert to stock and demand a new phone.
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Do you have a link to a guide that teaches how to do this (with the stock rom)? I can only see a few that're spread out.
I'm not entirely sure my phone can boot into safe mode/disk mode, so we'll see about that.
Another update: When I boot into safe mode, the same problem exists.
Edit: Just emailed HTC.
This can officially no longer be considered a software issue.
I just rooted and installed a standard ROM. Same issue.
It happens all the way at boot now, just realized this.
HTC emailed me back and told me to call them directly. Will do that tomorrow.
if I find a solution I'll post it immediately.
Alright, my phone is officially ****ed.
Restored back to the original rom.
New problem now: When I close the screen, the backlight goes out and doesn't come back on. (I can still barely see everything, but there's no light).
Calling HTC today.
Edit: Called T-Mo support. They suggested deleting programs to free up space (I only have 2 downloaded and to reset (already done)
=(
Edit2: Called and placed a RMA with HTC after talking to two of their customer support reps. Thankfully, they forwarded me up the support tier after only about a minute with each person when they realized I had already tried all other steps.
The RMA process was surprisingly easy. I have everything set up, and when I get paid (tomorrow) I'm going to ship the phone out. I was given an estimation of 7-10 business days for full repair and return shipping (which sounds great in my opinion - I've never sent anything in for warranty work before).
I'll update you guys once I hear from their repair team on whether or not I'm going to be covered under warranty (I told them that the phone was a gift to me), and if not what the cost is going to be. Like I said earlier in the thread, all water damage indicators are clear and I have unrooted my phone, so I should be covered hopefully.
Thanks to anyone who posted in this thread.
zeabrid said:
Alright, my phone is officially ****ed.
Restored back to the original rom.
New problem now: When I close the screen, the backlight goes out and doesn't come back on. (I can still barely see everything, but there's no light).
Calling HTC today.
Edit: Called T-Mo support. They suggested deleting programs to free up space (I only have 2 downloaded and to reset (already done)
=(
Edit2: Called and placed a RMA with HTC after talking to two of their customer support reps. Thankfully, they forwarded me up the support tier after only about a minute with each person when they realized I had already tried all other steps.
The RMA process was surprisingly easy. I have everything set up, and when I get paid (tomorrow) I'm going to ship the phone out. I was given an estimation of 7-10 business days for full repair and return shipping (which sounds great in my opinion - I've never sent anything in for warranty work before).
I'll update you guys once I hear from their repair team on whether or not I'm going to be covered under warranty (I told them that the phone was a gift to me), and if not what the cost is going to be. Like I said earlier in the thread, all water damage indicators are clear and I have unrooted my phone, so I should be covered hopefully.
Thanks to anyone who posted in this thread.
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Yea it defitenly sounds like a hardware issue and needs to be fixed. Glad your getting it fixed and you'll be covered no problem.
Do you know if they charge return shipping if it's covered under warranty? I have to pay my own shipping there, and they had me put a credit card down on file in case I either bail when its already there or they need to charge for repair.
zeabrid said:
Do you know if they charge return shipping if it's covered under warranty? I have to pay my own shipping there, and they had me put a credit card down on file in case I either bail when its already there or they need to charge for repair.
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To be honest I don't know the answer but would like to say they would pay for it. But they would have to let you know of the charge before they apply a charge to a credit card.
wow its weird cause im just having a similiar issue now.. in landscape mode.. phone and back light work perfectly. but one i close the screen everything goes virtually blank, everything is running perfectly just the screen light wont turn on..
will try some of your previous methods.. hopefully it works on mine..=/
thanks, for the info zeabrid

[Q] Is my device finished?

My 6903 went into sudden death during the day. no signs, no symptoms, no lags, nothing.
i have tried soft reset using power and vol up.
i have tried red button reset.
i have tried vol down plus usb into download mode
i have tried to force flashtool, no device detected, hence no flash.
i have tried a battery pull and reconnect after opening up the back. still nothing.
there are no leds whatsoever, no vibrations, nothing. simply dead, on android 4.4.4 kitkat official build.
is there any other method anybody can suggest to get the device started somehow so i can reflash?
btw, the battery is full, i have charged the phone on usb, direct, and dock, about 12 hour each time, to retest and retry start up. nothing so far.
Was phone modded at all? Also, is your phone still under warranty? However, you opening the phone may have voided your warranty; not sure of warranty agreement terms.
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fx.dcny said:
My 6903 went into sudden death during the day. no signs, no symptoms, no lags, nothing.
i have tried soft reset using power and vol up.
i have tried red button reset.
i have tried vol down plus usb into download mode
i have tried to force flashtool, no device detected, hence no flash.
i have tried a battery pull and reconnect after opening up the back. still nothing.
there are no leds whatsoever, no vibrations, nothing. simply dead, on android 4.4.4 kitkat official build.
is there any other method anybody can suggest to get the device started somehow so i can reflash?
btw, the battery is full, i have charged the phone on usb, direct, and dock, about 12 hour each time, to retest and retry start up. nothing so far.
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May I suppose hard brick/worse?
I'd say use the warranty, but you probably voided it in a thousand ways :/
ruggyboss said:
May I suppose hard brick/worse?
I'd say use the warranty, but you probably voided it in a thousand ways :/
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Yes, warranty voided in a number of ways. Screen protector/shatter resistant film replaced with tempered glass, phone opened and battery removed to charge externally, then replaced.
No life in the device whatsoever.
I fail to understand how a device can be hardbricked while on official ota updates.
fx.dcny said:
Yes, warranty voided in a number of ways. Screen protector/shatter resistant film replaced with tempered glass, phone opened and battery removed to charge externally, then replaced.
No life in the device whatsoever.
I fail to understand how a device can be hardbricked while on official ota updates.
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This may have something to do with it
phone opened and battery removed to charge externally, then replaced.
You may have done something by accident inside the phone that you did not notice or borked the battery while you charged it externally...
Well , I think I know the way but you must open the phone again :silly: . What Windows do you have on your PC ???
-XperiaMan- said:
Well , I think I know the way but you must open the phone again :silly: . What Windows do you have on your PC ???
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Win 8
fx.dcny said:
Yes, warranty voided in a number of ways. Screen protector/shatter resistant film replaced with tempered glass, phone opened and battery removed to charge externally, then replaced.
No life in the device whatsoever.
I fail to understand how a device can be hardbricked while on official ota updates.
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Nope, the battery was pulled for the first time since phone would not recover from sudden death. was a very happy xperia user till this happened.
fx.dcny said:
Nope, the battery was pulled for the first time since phone would not recover from sudden death. was a very happy xperia user till this happened.
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FELLOW I717 USERRRR, and yes this sounds very strange, did you drop it any by any chance during the day? Near strong magnets?
You must have win 7 or XP in order to follow the guide :crying:
-XperiaMan- said:
You must have win 7 or XP in order to follow the guide :crying:
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Send me a link to the guide, i'll find a win xp.
LaosPerson said:
FELLOW I717 USERRRR, and yes this sounds very strange, did you drop it any by any chance during the day? Near strong magnets?
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nope, phone was in my shirt pocket the whole time. took/made calls all day, and then, suddenly, without notice, as i tried to view the home screen, i noticed there was, well, nothing. just a dead brick.
OK my friend heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405
Good Luck Follow the steps carefully !!!!!!!! Its dangerous ....
****** Keep in mind that im not responsible for any damage you may cause to your phone ******

Desperate for help on proximity sensor

Hi there everybody.
Just bought an Xperia Z3+,its been 4 days from now and since i did all updates,my proximity sensor doesnt work and screen stays always off during call and i cant bring it back.And i cant even end or close the call if the other part doesnt end the call.Sometimes it work and sometimes not.I dont use any cover or protection.
Its been 4 days till today since im mad,i tried searching everywhere and every app people advised but none seems to fix it.
Really desperate for help or an advise.I love this phone,but this problem is driving me crazy.
Thank u very much.Waiting for your answers.
If it´s only 4 days old you should take it back to the dealer and complain.
Btw... have you made a hard reset?
lastsamuraial said:
Hi there everybody.
Just bought an Xperia Z3+,its been 4 days from now and since i did all updates,my proximity sensor doesnt work and screen stays always off during call and i cant bring it back.And i cant even end or close the call if the other part doesnt end the call.Sometimes it work and sometimes not.I dont use any cover or protection.
Its been 4 days till today since im mad,i tried searching everywhere and every app people advised but none seems to fix it.
Really desperate for help or an advise.I love this phone,but this problem is driving me crazy.
Thank u very much.Waiting for your answers.
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Before you do resets or return it, restart it and if that doesnt help do the volume up + PWR button for 5 secs when the phone is on. If neither of these work open up the SIM card port and above the sim card slot there is a white button, get a pin or something and hold it for a few seconds. If this also doesnt workdo a reset via PC Companion and lastly if this does not work just go back to the shop and tell them whats happening and they will probably give you a new one if its only been 4 days
Manneman32 said:
If it´s only 4 days old you should take it back to the dealer and complain.
Btw... have you made a hard reset?
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I did a repair with PC Companion and tried all possible apps in play store related to proximity and screen still stays black.Sometimes it comes up,but most of the time it wont.
They will keep it for at last 2 weeks on service.((,.
Im really sad with this as i love this phone and paid a lot of moneys.Never had this issue with any other phone before and this is my first Xperia.I dont use case or any kind of covers
hasona said:
Before you do resets or return it, restart it and if that doesnt help do the volume up + PWR button for 5 secs when the phone is on. If neither of these work open up the SIM card port and above the sim card slot there is a white button, get a pin or something and hold it for a few seconds. If this also doesnt workdo a reset via PC Companion and lastly if this does not work just go back to the shop and tell them whats happening and they will probably give you a new one if its only been 4 days
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I will do it now.
Thanks a lot.
@hasona
Still the same.:crying::crying::crying:
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@hasona
Still the same.:crying::crying::crying:
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Oh thats kinda sad, you probably got a bad one, they should be able to just swap it if its been 4-5days otherwise I think you will have to send it to service :/ But hopefully after that it will work fine
@lastsamuraial
Try these to see if your proximity sensor is working or not.
1) Dial this in your phone dialer:
*#*#7378423#*#*
This will take you to service stuff. Next, go to:
Service tests > Proximity switch
Move your hand or anything over the sensor which is located to the right of "SONY" on the front of your phone. It should go "On" when it detects something and "Off" if it doesn't.
2). Another test you can do is found at:
Settings > About phone > Diagnostics > Test > Ear Proximity
This will also test your sensor.
Thanks to all for your help,but i send it back and a new one is coming.
You can also use Z-Device Test from the Play store to test just about everything on your phone.

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