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Does someone know if the HTC shift can be charged via the USB port?
This might allow: 1) use of an external power supply via USB; b) hot swap of standard Shift battery 3) Emergency power in a pinch...
Should it be possible?
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Does someone know if the HTC shift can be charged via the USB port?
This might allow: 1) use of an external power supply via USB; b) hot swap of standard Shift battery 3) Emergency power in a pinch...
Should it be possible?
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No
The shift needs alot more powere than what a usb port can provide, so it's newer going to happen
Yup = the charger outputs 12 v and USB is of course 5 v - Too bad WOuld have been cool to hot swap the battery though...
another charging-related question
My SHIFT has stopped recognizing when the external power supply is plugged in: no orange LED, no icon toggle, no switch to the plugged-in power management profile. The battery charges okay, so I can live with it, but it is annoying. I suspect a component in the charging electronics has failed, but am curious about alternative theories, and if anyone else has this problem.
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My SHIFT has stopped recognizing when the external power supply is plugged in: no orange LED, no icon toggle, no switch to the plugged-in power management profile. The battery charges okay, so I can live with it, but it is annoying. I suspect a component in the charging electronics has failed, but am curious about alternative theories, and if anyone else has this problem.
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I guess that's something for the HTC repair service - i really hope they're better than the company that does HTC service in germany...
HTC Red light of Death
Guys,
I am a service tech for HTC. I would like to tell you couple of things.
When there is red right, Battery will not charge with the chargers (Electrical or USB). It will flash with Car Charger as the charge is high in Car charger.
If you see Red light..your Battery is fine. there is no point of changing the battery.
There are two IC in the motherboard of HTC. One is the Charging IC & the other one is Power Consumption IC. You need to Change the Power Consumption IC, which will cost around 10-20$.
Dont follow unnessary steps as it will affect your PDA ROM sometimes.
YOur HTC will work fine for ever.
thank you for your answer
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Guys,
I am a service tech for HTC. I would like to tell you couple of things.""
so you said you are working for htc ? if so i suppose you re not allowed to give us some clues about the very specific clio hardware, like the sd card link with the snap vue side..
anyway i think you are very welcome here!
woooooooow ur welcome here defenatly, at least we can pick ur brains with few things, plz plz plz make our shift upto expectations by giving us clues not solution but pointers for making BT and SD work
looking at his lack of spelling and grammer i think he might be a joker especially his last part " YOur HTC will work fine for ever. " erm he would no thats not true if he really worked for them.
tho i hope im wrong and they can get us a shift that works with the odd lil leak of info.
reb4252 said:
Guys,
I am a service tech for HTC. I would like to tell you couple of things.
When there is red right, Battery will not charge with the chargers (Electrical or USB). It will flash with Car Charger as the charge is high in Car charger.
If you see Red light..your Battery is fine. there is no point of changing the battery.
There are two IC in the motherboard of HTC. One is the Charging IC & the other one is Power Consumption IC. You need to Change the Power Consumption IC, which will cost around 10-20$.
Dont follow unnessary steps as it will affect your PDA ROM sometimes.
YOur HTC will work fine for ever.
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Hello friend,
I am unfortunate I damaged my Shift when power accidentally went in through the USB port thus damaging the power consumption IC in the motherboard. Unfortunately I dont seem to get the replacement part anywhere. You had mentioned that specific part in the post mentioned and I was hoping that you might be able to assist me.
Here is the thread about my unfortunate Shift..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701950
Car power adapter 15-25 for my htc shift is it possible?
Hi to all.
Yesterday I bought via internet a car power adapter like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/15-24V-80W-Car-DC-Power-Adapter-Auto-Charger-Laptop-/180476771054
But my HTC SHIFT can be recharged with 12volts typical so question is:
CAN I USE 15Volts (minimum output from my new car adapter) to power my HTC SHIFT or is just a little bit more. I suppose max 20% more is just good but not more than this.
I must put a zener diode ... to reduce a little bit or as in your opinion I CAN USE IT WITHOUT PROBLEMS.
Thanks
sullivan2002
Thanks for the idea! I would defenitly put a zener between there just in case. Do make sure you use a high amp zener. I could build a boost converter to get from 5 to 12V but that would cut the amps in more than halve but it could be nice to use an external USB battery to swap my shifts battery. I have 3 battery's so that would be nice. Any idea how much a sleeping shift uses? The converter won't be able to put out more than 200mA becouse of the USB restrictions. Is it possible to keep it from charging when swapping battery? Becose i think that charging uses a lot but a sleeping shift almost nothing(not hibernate).
Guys be very careful when using chargers that are above the Shift's specific power rating. My experience with the Shift confirms that HTC did not think about safety measures when putting the Shift together. I had a small freak accident with the Shift when power entered through the USB port and instead of just blowing a fuse the entire motherboard got fried! You dont want to fry the motherboard coz getting a replacement motherboard is as difficult as swimming across the Atlantic. Ask me how I managed to swim across I will tell you.
So I would advise you to tread very carefully. For me what I did is that I had a 12V, 2A car charger for a different device lying around. I simply cut off the power jack on that car charge and replaced with one similar to the Shift wall charger jack and all is good. Of course you also have to be precise about the polarity. The Shift has several week points that you dont want to mess with
They say that the charger of an EEE PC 901 an the Asus R2H have the same charger as the shift. That is only partially true. The specs on the charger is the same but the shift uses a slightly smaller jack. The eee and the R2H are interchangeble. I have a friend with a 901 and it charges my R2H just fine. Shame becose I have 2 chargers for the R2H and only one wonky one for shiffy.
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They say that the charger of an EEE PC 901 an the Asus R2H have the same charger as the shift. That is only partially true. The specs on the charger is the same but the shift uses a slightly smaller jack. The eee and the R2H are interchangeble. I have a friend with a 901 and it charges my R2H just fine. Shame becose I have 2 chargers for the R2H and only one wonky one for shiffy.
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True it has been confirmed that Shift Charger and eee Pc is one and the same. Only difference is the jack.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502548
So if you have a eee pc or similarly rated charger lying around you can replace the jack and you will be good to go. You can pick the Shift size jack from any elctronics shop. Thats how I managed to rig myself a Shift car charger
Hi new member and new owner of a 4G shift
to answer the OP 's original question of "can you charge off the USB"
it depends on your motherboard, I have a Gigabyte X58-UD4P and with the USB power switches enabled my phone will charge while connected to the USB port
I have 4 PCs set up and my personal rig is the only one that will do this
Now a Lap top is a different story, I would suggest checking with the manufacture
of the Lap top to see if the USB can be used for this function
usb
i charge mine vis pc usb sometimes.
works but a lot slower than the stock charger.
Could you explain if it's necesarry a especial cable or how do you conect the Shift's USB port to a energy usb porwer source?
so i think my charging port has gone bad but im still rooted... so i cant take it back till i unroot it any ideas. Ive got the factore cable and charger let it sit overnight and it does nothing. doesnt even give me the low battery screen. Any help would be helpful.
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so i think my charging port has gone bad but im still rooted... so i cant take it back till i unroot it any ideas. Ive got the factore cable and charger let it sit overnight and it does nothing. doesnt even give me the low battery screen. Any help would be helpful.
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sorry to hear about your troubles. it is 'rare' to hear about the factory cable & charger going bad. they seem to be 'very good quality' like the NT. . could it be that the tablet is in a 'hung / locked up' condition where its drawing plenty of milli-amperes even when it 'looks' like its off ? ? ? . if you look at the display, at an extreme angle, can you see the back light 'on' ? . did you try holding the "N" button down for twenty seconds ?
ok so a bought a new cable from barns but it doesnt have the charge light on it just has a "n" but without the light. while at barns i had them try to charge it and they had the charger with the light. it would give the message while there that battery is low and needs charged i dont get that with the current cable. the bottem right side of the nook does get hot though after its been on the cable for a bit. ive tried the power button the 'n' button both of them and i dont see a change in the screen. im headed to barns to replace the cord i bought for one with the light. ill update after that.
Power cable bad
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ok so a bought a new cable from barns but it doesnt have the charge light on it just has a "n" but without the light. while at barns i had them try to charge it and they had the charger with the light. it would give the message while there that battery is low and needs charged i dont get that with the current cable. the bottem right side of the nook does get hot though after its been on the cable for a bit. ive tried the power button the 'n' button both of them and i dont see a change in the screen. im headed to barns to replace the cord i bought for one with the light. ill update after that.
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I have found that the power adapter is very good quality. However, the Nook cable -- not so much. It is especially vulnerable at the end that plugs into the Nook. It is the same adapter/cable that the Nook Color uses and I have had to replace two of them plus a friend recently had to replace one.
If you call the B&N Tech Support, they will send you a new cable for free. (At least they did for me. They even sent it 2-day.) Even if you buy a new one at B&N, still call and get the broken one replaced and you will have a spare.
Note: You CAN use a standard (non-B&N) Micro-USB cable to charge the Nook but it will not charge as fast as the B&N cable - and it may not even keep the device charged if the screen is lit. They built the B&N cable to add extra connections to carry a heavier load and therefore it charges the Nook much faster. That is why you CANNOT use the B&N cable on a non-Nook device. You CAN use the B&N adapter to power a standard USB cable & attached (NON-B&N device) though.
To answer your original question. There are certainly very technical ways to unroot the device without charging the battery. But for normal users, there is none that I can imagine.
I have found the Xperia Z2 to be an extremely slippery phone and it dropped to the floor quite a few times already, but the last fall seems to have finally damaged it. Now, when I connect it through USB to either a PC or power outlet, it will no longer charge. I can exchange data with my PC, view the external storage etc. just fine, but the charging icon will keep appearing and disappearing irregularly, about once per second. Meanwhile the battery gets drained instead of charged.
I now charge my phone through the magnetic port one the side of the phone, which is working fine. I would like, however, to know if there is a way to repair the USB port of my phone.
Many thanks
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I have found the Xperia Z2 to be an extremely slippery phone and it dropped to the floor quite a few times already, but the last fall seems to have finally damaged it. Now, when I connect it through USB to either a PC or power outlet, it will no longer charge. I can exchange data with my PC, view the external storage etc. just fine, but the charging icon will keep appearing and disappearing irregularly, about once per second. Meanwhile the battery gets drained instead of charged.
I now charge my phone through the magnetic port one the side of the phone, which is working fine. I would like, however, to know if there is a way to repair the USB port of my phone.
Many thanks
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Seems like hard to repair. You would need to disassemble the whole device. I'd suggest you send the phone for warranty repair. Just do not mention you let it fall
Jackos said:
Seems like hard to repair. You would need to disassemble the whole device. I'd suggest you send the phone for warranty repair. Just do not mention you let it fall
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The whole glass back panel was into pieces. I replaced it, so I'm afraid that is not an option
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The whole glass back panel was into pieces. I replaced it, so I'm afraid that is not an option
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Look into the Z2 disassembling videos, but I guess you should bring the device into a professional phones repair service.
@MrTheMan I think I know what bricked your USB port. The damage wasn't from the fall, you just connected the Magnetic charging cable upside down... Didn't you?
If you keep tightly in some points, dies it charge then? If not and still charges intermediate then there are two things. Either one of the lines if the port is damaged or the battery is of center. Remove and reconnect. First clean it's contacts with.a brush and pure alcohol. Do the same on the port.
Mine does the opposite, USB is fine(as long as I disconnect at 100% and don't charge with MHL adapter) but magnetic has the issue.
Sent from my D6503 using Xparent Red Tapatalk 2
Upside down Magnetic charging cable
Jackos said:
@MrTheMan I think I know what bricked your USB port. The damage wasn't from the fall, you just connected the Magnetic charging cable upside down... Didn't you?
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Hi,
I did connect my magnetic charging cable upside down. And my magnetic port is messed up now. It keeps charging and discharging when connected. It doesn't charge from a USB port and i need to plug in the adapter to a wall outlet for it to charge.
Is there anything i can do to fix this?
Xperia Z2 Charging Problem
hi, i have also xperia z2. i have also micro usb and magnetic charging problem, charging icon will keep appearing and disappearing irregularly, about once per second. how can i solve the problem? thanks
MrTheMan said:
I have found the Xperia Z2 to be an extremely slippery phone and it dropped to the floor quite a few times already, but the last fall seems to have finally damaged it. Now, when I connect it through USB to either a PC or power outlet, it will no longer charge. I can exchange data with my PC, view the external storage etc. just fine, but the charging icon will keep appearing and disappearing irregularly, about once per second. Meanwhile the battery gets drained instead of charged.
I now charge my phone through the magnetic port one the side of the phone, which is working fine. I would like, however, to know if there is a way to repair the USB port of my phone.
Many thanks
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Jackos said:
@MrTheMan I think I know what bricked your USB port. The damage wasn't from the fall, you just connected the Magnetic charging cable upside down... Didn't you?
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Hi, I have a Xperia Z2. My phone have the same problem after my sister put the magnetic charger upside down. My phone right now can only charge with the mangetic charger. My phone warranty already expired. I want to know is it really the usb port bricked? @MrTheMan, Have you repair your phone?
imranclick said:
Hi, I have a Xperia Z2. My phone have the same problem after my sister put the magnetic charger upside down. My phone right now can only charge with the mangetic charger. My phone warranty already expired. I want to know is it really the usb port bricked? @MrTheMan, Have you repair your phone?
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The Mainboard is bricked.
Jackos said:
The Mainboard is bricked.
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Oh, I see. That will cost a lot of money to repair it.
imranclick said:
Oh, I see. That will cost a lot of money to repair it.
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I'm sorry for your loss. It would be extremely hard to repair that by yourself. If you're out of warranty there is nothing you can do about it.
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I'm sorry for your loss. It would be extremely hard to repair that by yourself. If you're out of warranty there is nothing you can do about it.
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Cannot repair it at all? Oh,well. Thank you very much for the reply. :crying::crying::crying:
imranclick said:
Cannot repair it at all? Oh,well. Thank you very much for the reply. :crying::crying::crying:
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If I remember correctly there is one diode on the PCB that get's damaged :/
I have the same problem, due to magnetic charger..
Surely this is covered by warranty? I'm still under warranty so I will try to get a replacement.
How could they design it so poorly that it can be damaged like this....
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If I remember correctly there is one diode on the PCB that get's damaged :/
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Oh, I search some info. The diode just allow electric current pass one direction only. No wonder my XZ2 keep restart after I pressed shutdown because the diode allow the electric current from battery can pass through in opppsite way.
I don't believe it is a hardware problem. You dropped the phone but the USB port is not likely to be physically damaged by a knock. I had the same problem, on a Z2 provided by my company. I have requested a change, got a new one and in a few days the second handset had the same issue too. Two phones, both new, both never dropped, used with maximum care, both with the same problem. The second one wasn't even charged more than a couple of times before failure. And I had tried it as soon as I had it in my hands, just to be sure it worked, and it did, at first. I connected it to a laptop thru USB port (3.0) and it charged. Then updated apps and system to Lollipop, connected it again and it failed. In a couple of days. I'm sure nothing physical happened, unless my USB port fried it. Notice however, that data connection is working perfectly and everything else I connecrt to that port works as well.
I have some mag chargers too, and I don't believe I've ever connected them upside down. The plug is made in such a way the it does not connect if reversed, having one contact circular shape and the other elliptical.
I checked on the Web and there is a number of Z2 owners complaining for the same issue: there's even a video on Youtube showing this exact behavior. Sony seems to ignore it.
I must admit, however, that I'm unable to explain why a factory reset does not solve the problem. Now I'm trying to flash a stock ROM (mine is branded Telecom Italia) and see what happens.
imranclick said:
Hi, I have a Xperia Z2. My phone have the same problem after my sister put the magnetic charger upside down. My phone right now can only charge with the mangetic charger. My phone warranty already expired. I want to know is it really the usb port bricked? @MrTheMan, Have you repair your phone?
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Did you repaired your device. Please relpy this
Phone 2 years.
1. Charged through the USB port on the network 220 (native charger):
It reaches 81-83% of charge and starts to go crazy: flashing red LED charging and says that is / is not going to charge.
In fact, no charges.
I tried different cords and chargers - so everywhere is going crazy with a 80% interest
2. Charged via USB from the cigarette lighter in your car or the external battery:
It's okay - safely charged up to 100%
3. Charged through the magnetic cable:
It's okay - safely charged up to 100%
These are symptoms of what is dying?
Thank you!
Hi,
Please, be patient while reading this post, this is a looong explanation of the brick I am facing...
I recently was given a non working XTZ SGP311 and tried to get it back to life. As I have another one SGP311 (this one is perfectly working), I am able to check many things.
I read most of topics about XTZ unbrick but can't find any way to get it back working.
The problem is that I can't have any signal from usb (data or power). I use a genuine Sony USB cable and genuine Sony charging adapter (coming from the working SGP311). The led always stays off.
I tried the different combos as described (vol- and power ; vol+ and power ; vol+ and vol- and power) during 5, 10, 20, 30 seconds (yes, quite complete tests).
I did a cross check of batteries and inside usb connector ribbon (yes, had to open both tablets for that), the working tablet continues to work with the 2 parts coming from the faulty one (battery coming from dead tablet was 0% charged), so the problem is not on the side of the inside usb connector neither on the side of a supposed dead battery. The faulty tablet doesn't boot, even with a fully charged battery inside.
I luckily own a XTZ dock (SGPDS5) that allows to charge without using usb connector (it uses the 2 contacts located on the left side of the tablet). That's the only way to get something...
Soooo, when I put the bricked tablet on its dock, the red led flashes very slowy (say, 1 second off, 1 second on red, and so on).
When I press vol- and power, nothing happens (no matter 5/10/15/20/25 seconds).
When I press vol- and vol+ and power, idem.
When I press vol+ and power : I got the sequence blinks once white led / blinks 3 times white led (after that goes to slow red blinking about if I keep the keys pressed). So not completely dead.
If I unplug it from the dock right after the third white blink, plug the usb cable to the tablet, plug it to my laptop (with emma running, tried with pc companion too), and press vol-, then....nothing happens. Really nothing. No led lit. No detection of anything from the laptop (or device manager as well). It would have been the same if I would have kept it unplugged.
To sum it up, the only thing I can have is 1 or 3 white blinks after having plugged the SGP311 on its docks.
IMO, the trouble comes from a faulty component inside the tablet. Maybe the one that manages the connection from the usb ribbon plug. I checked the tiny plugs inside the tablet (once dismantled and back repacked too), all seems in order.
Your help is welcome !
This is similar to an issue I have it sounds like, you can still flash stock rom by holding power + volume till it blinks 3x then plug USB in and hold volume down immediately.
This gives flash mode, you can use flash tool to put stock rom on with this. The issue happens when it's acting like there's no OS it seems. Problem is mines doing this everytime I flash a custom rom, it's fine with stock aside from **** wifi
Thanks for your help. I tried that yesterday and it did not work.
This may be related to the way of reset I use (but I can't have any other).
As I can't get any white blinking led when connected by the tablet micro-usb port, the one and only way to get the 3 times white blinking led is when the XTZ is on its dock (SGP DS5, power connection only by lateral contacts).
What I tried yesterday was to get the 3 time white blinking led (vol+ and Power), then output the tablet off the dock and connect a usb cable to a laptop running Sony Emma (from micro usb tablet port to usb laptop).
Precision : I kept VOL- pressed when pluging usb cable to laptop.
No result at all. No detection (either Emma nor windows).
Any idea ?
jzk01 said:
Thanks for your help. I tried that yesterday and it did not work.
This may be related to the way of reset I use (but I can't have any other).
As I can't get any white blinking led when connected by the tablet micro-usb port, the one and only way to get the 3 times white blinking led is when the XTZ is on its dock (SGP DS5, power connection only by lateral contacts).
What I tried yesterday was to get the 3 time white blinking led (vol+ and Power), then output the tablet off the dock and connect a usb cable to a laptop running Sony Emma (from micro usb tablet port to usb laptop).
Precision : I kept VOL- pressed when pluging usb cable to laptop.
No result at all. No detection (either Emma nor windows).
Any idea ?
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let it charge for a night period. Then try to flash again.
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let it charge for a night period. Then try to flash again.
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Thanks for your advice, I appreciate.
But I swapped batteries from the working XTZ to the non-working one and put a (about) 60% charged battery into the bricked XTZ (both batteries are charging when set into the working XTZ). I will try anyway.
The problem is that the non working XTZ does not charge either through usb or through the dock. The only interest of the dock is that this is only situation where I can have the "triple white led blink" (but nothing more).
That's why I need the working XTZ for charging before doing anything with the non working one.
What I could try would be to connect the lateral contacts with wires to the dock in order to keep an access to the usb tablet micro port and connect it to a laptop.
But this may be hairy as this would give 2 ways for power (one by the dock and the other by the USB port), and may produce a short circuit...
Any XTZ power experts around ?
Hello, Did you find a solution to this issue ?
Hello, did you find a solution for this issue ? Look like that I had the same.
jzk01 said:
Thanks for your advice, I appreciate.
But I swapped batteries from the working XTZ to the non-working one and put a (about) 60% charged battery into the bricked XTZ (both batteries are charging when set into the working XTZ). I will try anyway.
The problem is that the non working XTZ does not charge either through usb or through the dock. The only interest of the dock is that this is only situation where I can have the "triple white led blink" (but nothing more).
That's why I need the working XTZ for charging before doing anything with the non working one.
What I could try would be to connect the lateral contacts with wires to the dock in order to keep an access to the usb tablet micro port and connect it to a laptop.
But this may be hairy as this would give 2 ways for power (one by the dock and the other by the USB port), and may produce a short circuit...
Any XTZ power experts around ?
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Hello, did you find a solution for this issue ? Look like that I had the same.
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Well, not a real solution...
I bought a cheap xtz with broken screen and got its working motherboard and put it instead of the other one.I got the lte component too with its antenna and put it into the 1st xtz that was not supposed to have lte.
So now, on one side I have a xtz with faulty motherboard and broken screen, and on the other side a refurbished xtz with LTE !
I like very much this tablet. Very handy, easy to dismantle and easy to swap its components.
The only drawback is no more support for Sony.
Thank you for the answer
So, you are saying that if I replace the motherboard I can fix that ? I'm looking for motherboard on ebay and I found one for $28 usd + shihpping.
Thank you for answering and take care.
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Well, not a real solution...
I bought a cheap xtz with broken screen and got its working motherboard and put it instead of the other one.I got the lte component too with its antenna and put it into the 1st xtz that was not supposed to have lte.
So now, on one side I have a xtz with faulty motherboard and broken screen, and on the other side a refurbished xtz with LTE !
I like very much this tablet. Very handy, easy to dismantle and easy to swap its components.
The only drawback is no more support for Sony.
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So, you are saying that if I replace the motherboard I can fix that ? I'm looking for motherboard on ebay and I found one for $28 usd + shihpping.
Thank you for answering and take care.
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Yes. I think this should be good.
Don't care about the exact matching of the product code: as long as it'll be xtz, it'll be good (16 or 32 gb, with or without lte, and any region should match).
Did you opened it already ?
Yes, I opened 2 years ago cuz my son broke the power jack connector then I replaced that twice.
I'm also tech guy, I can replace that, but won't expend more than $50 for a new motherboard. I'm looking on ebay now.
Thank you
jzk01 said:
Yes. I think this should be good.
Don't care about the exact matching of the product code: as long as it'll be xtz, it'll be good (16 or 32 gb, with or without lte, and any region should match).
Did you opened it already ?
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So i found a usb cable at work so i decided to take it home and use it. When I plugged my tablet in, it seemed a bit loose so I decided not to use it. But when I plugged my original charger, it wouldnt charge....that was 2 days ago and still no charge.
Im pretty sure its bricked because it doesnt turn on, doesnt show its charging...nothing. I guess i just want someone else to tell me that its done for and time throw it away or maybe have someone more knowledgeable repair it..
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So i found a usb cable at work so i decided to take it home and use it. When I plugged my tablet in, it seemed a bit loose so I decided not to use it. But when I plugged my original charger, it wouldnt charge....that was 2 days ago and still no charge.
Im pretty sure its bricked because it doesnt turn on, doesnt show its charging...nothing. I guess i just want someone else to tell me that its done for and time throw it away or maybe have someone more knowledgeable repair it..
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So what makes you think it's a brick? Is it just a dead battery? Did it boot before? Have you opened it to check the battery connection?
I replaced the USB daughterboard on mine. Like $10 and 15 minutes. Couple screws and ribbon cables
madbat99 said:
So what makes you think it's a brick? Is it just a dead battery? Did it boot before? Have you opened it to check the battery connection?
I replaced the USB daughterboard on mine. Like $10 and 15 minutes. Couple screws and ribbon cables
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didn't think it was that easy...ill work on that and keep u posted
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didn't think it was that easy...ill work on that and keep u posted
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sorry took so long had to go away for a bit...installed new daughterboard and still nothimg, ill check the connections again
i3am5not8real13 said:
didn't think it was that easy...ill work on that and keep u posted
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Does the white light at the bottom flash when you try to power it on while it charges?
try this:
Plug your N9 into a good 2.4amp output USB brick
hold down the power button
If the led doesn't flash 3 times annoyingly then you are out of luck. I don't know how to fix it. I have a broken N9 and a good one and the broken one has a dead mother board and sounds the same, but I DOUBT a loose USB cord destroyed your tab.
Galaxyninja66 said:
Does the white light at the bottom flash when you try to power it on while it charges?
try this:
Plug your N9 into a good 2.4amp output USB brick
hold down the power button
If the led doesn't flash 3 times annoyingly then you are out of luck. I don't know how to fix it. I have a broken N9 and a good one and the broken one has a dead mother board and sounds the same, but I DOUBT a loose USB cord destroyed your tab.
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Mine died too, but the led does flash 3 times. Is that a good sign? My USB port began failing and it was getting harder to charge. I left it plugged in over the weekend (forgot about it) and on Monday.... Nothing. But it does flash the led 3 times when I plug it in, sometimes. I probably need to replace the USB board again. Leaving a USB otg stick plugged into it for movie viewing in the truck is what keeps damaging my USB ports.
Update: I finally got it to charge and boot. Just had to hold the cord just right, and plug it into an outlet I have converted to USB next to my couch. New USB daughterboard ordered and on the way.
Try putting it in APX mode and charging it. Plug it into a computer and hold power, vol+, and vol- until the tablet is detected. Leave it overnight, then hold the same button combo for 15 seconds.