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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoshR81:
Tried to perform the reflow, and killed the phone. :(

Used a sandwich press for the bottom heat, put the board on top supported by some bolts to keep it off the surface. Checked heat using an IR wireless thermometer, and also some pieces of milk bottle plastic placed in certain locations (HDPE "2" plastic melts at 130C, which is a good temp to have the board preheated at).

Then put an 8 layer thick alfoil sheet over the board, with a cut-out for the chip in question, and put a small piece of lead-free solder right next to (on the alfoil) the chip.

When the lead-free solder melted, then i left the heat on the chip for another ~20secs.

Tried this 2 times, and the problem hadn't been solved when i tested it. So i tried a 3rd time, with more heat than previously, and tried getting a temp reading with the IR thermometer (usually doesn't work well when pointed at alfoil).

Anyway, after this attempt the phone doesn't turn on. :crying:

I highly recommend just doing the piece of plastic mod, to just push the chip down, unless you really need to reflow. In my case, i refurbish broken phones to sell, so i wanted to fix the problem long term, and not have a customer returning the phone in 2 months.

I also wanted to become skilled at reflowing chips, for future phone/motherboard repairs. Unfortunately not to be.:mad:

One thing i also did, was accidentally knock off one of the tiny resistors next to the Audio IC. It appeared that this wasn't a huge problem, but i had read some suggestions that i should bridge the board where this resistor had been. I tried to acheive this with a fine tip soldering iron and some solder, and kind of did it. But then when i tried my 3rd reflow, i was watching this solder bridge, and didn't witness the solder go chrome and glossy. So i was using this as another indicator of sufficient heat to the board. So it was as if i had heated up the area enough to fry the board, but not enough to melt the solder...? :confused:

Must a have done something wrong.:(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tuckwah:
How to remove the section? (has Sim and SD slot)

Hi Rori and All,

Sorry for noob questions...

May I know how to remove the section (has Sim and SD slot)

I have remove the black screw and unplug the cable (circle in blue, as attached photo)

How to unplug the part (circle in red, as attached photo), soldering needed?

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] j_ofen:
Hi,

Had the same trouble,

Looks as if several people suffer from that issue.

Always U604 component involved.

Why ?

Preplaned KO smartphone ??

Perhaps solder issue ? Due to leadfree solding balls for the BGA ?

I contacted SAMSUNG FRANCE (because in France).

They are not aware of that (are they lying?) they don't understand...bla bla

Now I need to make stats about that trouble to demonstrate the engineering problem about that U604 soldering process.

I need to have numbers to submit them.

Is there here a native speaker who could help me to gather the numbers on XDA ?

Regards
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hkguyor:
Really effective, thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yjosipy:
You're welcome :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oneilx:
Registered just to comment on this. I've had the same problem and searched high and low for a solution and stumbled to this thread. My phone now working again by putting credit card thickness plastic between the screwed backplate and the chip.

My advice is you can try pressing the phone yourself just to test it. Mine works if I press around that area :mad:!

Thanks yjosipy!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] konjo236:
Hi all I have exactrly the same problem with my s4,does anybody know where is that chip located on s4 ?Tnx in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sergioseiva:
CallSoundRepair.apk - Works

Oh God, recently I changed my LCD and I was so happy with it, but when the sound disappeared, I was thinking that I spent money, until read a lot topics forum, and find your apk.

I just installed and worked, so thanks a lot man.

As reminder, I was looking for another forum that has a hint to play some song after reboot, and I did it before install the apk, but later I rebooted again without any songs played and it my phone continuing working, very happy again! Tks tks tks :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaksAnkit:
i m so much upset about not finding whats wrong with the phone its motherboard costing in 6-7k . n its available new at 13-14 k in market ! :eek::eek:

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just hold it wisely n pull up slowly , it will come off of it ! :good::good:
[G2 and Desire Z General] heybobitsme:
Saw this: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...lide-and-g2-minor-updates-available-for-both/

Can anyone see if there's a new radio?
[G2 and Desire Z General] KyraOfFire:
Interesting. Thanks for the heads up :)

I hope it can improve the signal.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
Course won't be an OTA but rather an RUU , however I can see someone extracting the rom and releasing it as a "Stock Rooted" 2.16.531.6 in the development forum.

I wonder if the new radio they will have will be intended to bring up the old G2 to officially supporting Wifi Calling.

---------- Post added at 05:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:03 PM ----------

Improved signal not likely, better battery and maybe faster lock-ins , maybe. But course you get both of those already just flashing the 26.13.04.19 radio and then applying EDKey's appropriate ril/so patch.
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainreynolds:
What do you mean "officially" support wifi calling? Didn't T-Mobile add wifi calling when we got the update to gingerbread?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
No because The T-Mobile wifi calling app as far as I know only supports the 26.13.04.19 radio, and that radio wasn't officially provided to to the G2 (or phones about it's age) in an OTA update. But it's been so long since I used stock.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KyraOfFire:
captainreynolds is right, stock GB update back in fall 2011 added wifi-calling to the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
ahh ok, so that would have been the latest OTA they ever released for the G2. (when I inherited this G2, he apparently never performed an OTA update.)
[G2 and Desire Z General] heybobitsme:
Ya it's the same radio, so no update. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
Anything that could be of use for custom roms?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
Nope because we can already flash that radio for a few months now (note my signature) plus there's the ril/so patch for that radio for either CM7 or CM9, again for a few months now.

The only usefulness of that update would be for anyone who wanted a rooted 'stock' rom at it's latest.
[G2 and Desire Z General] demkantor:
well kbeezie, your primed to attempt a rom for yourself or at least begin some porting, why not choose this as your base? could be fun and probably a lot easeier than a build from source be it aosp, cm, aokp, or sense. a stock tmobile rom should be easy to root and remove bloat
[G2 and Desire Z General] kbeezie:
I guess one would have to have a desire to do so.
[G2 and Desire Z General] BossToroech:
Is it possible to flash g2 official RUU on DZ?
[EVO 4G Android Development] Noirad:
Does anyone have a working version (i.e. 2.1.5) of BlueKeyboard JP.apk for the EVO? I've been trying to figure out a way to enable HID-protocol over Bluetooth without having to flash Cyanogen. The current version through the Play Store isn't available to download. Would there be any other way to use my Apple Wireless Keyboard with my Evo?

Currently Running SOS | N 2.0.9.7 with the Underworld Sense Kernel v0.8.
[EVO 4G Android Development] CRIME INC.:
Wrong forum to post this

sent using a freaking pigeon, with a note tied to its leg.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario24601:
I just discovered Maxthon bowser, it seems great. Anyone using on N7? Jus seem like better experience that chrome, for me chrome always forgets here I'm at an have to scroll on lo when I hit back button. Maxthon seems to o his better, anyone else have experience with Maxthon?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Captpt:
No but I'm trying Firefox beta and Dolphin at the moment, liking Firefox best so far which surprises me, dumped it on my PC a few years back..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mario24601:
I have same prob with Firefox it can't remember where I was at on page when I hit back.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RknDroidFreak:
Always a Opera Mobile fan!!

I'll try maxthon though just for experience..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcat007:
I tried it the other day, don't remember why I didn't like it... but dropped it for Boat-mini (for flash only).. I use Chrome 95% of the time, it seems to render/pinch-zoom, better than others. Only one I found that pinch-zooms (or double tap) on most mobile pages flawlessly.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sirscrubsalot:
I'm always a bit weary when applications begin or become to offer all kinds of bundles and addons - I felt that way with maxthon.

Apart from stock browser, I've been somewhat partial to Boat Browser and still like Opera on occasion (as my desktop user agent go to on mobile). I used Dolphin HD for a while, but I really didn't need the extra features (sonar and gestures) and addons growing from them.

I'm not sure however if Boat browser had advertisements - I've always used AdAway from Google Play (requires root) and never noticed anything blatantly obvious.

Link to AdAway : (work friendly safe)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.adaway&hl=en
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] cwalton4077:
So I made a gow3 bootanimation of doms death. Here is the link

http://db.tt/x9l4IClw

Put it in system/media or data/local

I hope y'all like it feel free to give some feed back
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] TheLastSidekick:
Nice, (tho I myself own a PS3)

Hopefully I can re-learn how to add bootanimation sounds. Still looking into it.
[HTC Rezound] Sax1031:
Having a really weird problem.

Every time I try to make a call, the call timer starts and gets to 5 seconds before saying call ended and I get a "beep" from the phone. No dial tone or anything. Then if I call my phone number it tells me that the call can't be completed.

I have pulled the battery and sim card. I even thought it might be related to the boot looping issue. So I was going to try and see what mode the phone was in. But I can't get the *#*#4636#*#* number to work. I dial it and nothing happens.

I did confirm that I could still connect to the mobile network and was still receiving data.

Also I might add I just did the ICS OTA update a couple days ago. After that I went through the process of unlocking the bootloader and rooting the phone. Haven't flashed a rom or anything. And the phone worked fine for a couple days, and boom now I can't make calls. I did uninstall updates and disable both the blockbuster and nfl mobile app.

Anyone have any possible advice?
[HTC Rezound] Sax1031:
Ok apparently Verizon is having problems in Columbia.

This thread can be deleted by the mods if necessary.
[HTC Rezound] HowardZ:
you can get into the 4636 hidden menu by using the HZutils app.
[Off-topic] haker307:
I'm thinking of upgrading because my friends say my phone is old what do you think.???
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Depends if you actually use the game pad or not. If you do and don't want to have to get a bluetooth gamepad there's not really anything to replace it. If you don't go ahead.
[Off-topic] haker307:
The game pad is the reason why I got the phone in the first place and I love the way it looks but my friend say that it's not got much proseing power as the Samsung galaxy s 3 is that true or are they just trying to get me to upgrade
[Off-topic] WiredPirate:
The S3 does have more processing power, do you need it though? If your happy with the XP then keep it, if not trade up.
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
Why do you care? If you're happy with it then keep it. Don't just buy things because they tell you to.
[Off-topic] haker307:
I don't no just bugs me when they say it's old and paste it. But yeah I love the phone just fed up of the 2 of them ganing up on me :(
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
If that's your biggest problem you really need some priorities. Or some new friends.
[Off-topic] haker307:
Lol :) no thay are good friends thay are just the type of people who have to be right all the time.

But most probably will keep my phone as I'm a poket gamer just wanted to see what you all think :)
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
This needs to be said now that the issue is resolved.
[Off-topic] haker307:
Lol ok ok give me a break I am dyslexic but i will try my best

:)
[Off-topic] haker307:
Thanks for your opinion I think that way to :)
[Off-topic] 063_XOBX:
I'm gonna look like a **** for this but I couldn't live with myself if I didn't
[Off-topic] haker307:
Lol :) how do you sleep at night. Lol
[Off-topic] WiredPirate:
If you use it for pocket gaming and like the phone it doesn't matter what your buddies think. Do most games work with the controls?
[Off-topic] haker307:
Yes lot's of games work like gta and asphalt 7. And stuff like ps1 classics
[Off-topic] H5N1v.2:
Old

Gesendet von meinem NexusHD2 mit Tapatalk 2
[Off-topic] iANiMeX:
I was about to buy a Xperia Play the other day but the seller there told me that it's not good since there are better fast android phone out there. So I just reserved a Samsung S3 instead.
[Off-topic] ArmorD:
Yes it is dated. They've dropped support for it, there are no games specifically developed for Play anymore, and it barely runs new games. I had one couple months ago, and it's extremely slow!

Sent from my premium Mercedes
[Off-topic] glennitsky:
Yes its getting OLD :) peace
[Off-topic] haker307:
Well it doesn't matter now as the phone is now broken after dropping it :(
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Damn, That sucks, Just a screen break or completley dead?
[Off-topic] haker307:
It fell out of my pocket crossing the road and before you no it crush :(
[Off-topic] haker307:
Well got a new Sony Ericsson xperia tipo not as good I no. But for £120 bargain :)
[Off-topic] haker307:
Well have been using the phone for some time now and love it :) do miss the game pad on the old play :(
[Off-topic] whitest0rm:
@haker307, have you managed to root the tip yet? I cant find a way lol
[Off-topic] haker307:
No not yet but did see sum things about unlocking the bootloader maybe that will help??
[Off-topic] haker307:
I found it here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=30843394
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jcnbama:
Hello, I hope I can get some help from you guys about what is a petty issue I am having. I am having trouble getting my Google Calendar to sync up. The particulars are whenever I text GVENT and add a Calendar event i get the confirmation text message stating the even was added. However when I go into the Calendar it does not reflect the event was added. I can see the event on the online Google Calendar. If I manually sync the calendar the event appears on my mobile calendar. So I guess the issue is that the Calendar is not Auto Syncing. I have done the following. made sure auto sync is on, ensured the correct calendar is linked up, and even cleared data and cache. Removed account and added it back. I just reflashed this rom and it's not working now. Since I can sync it up manually is it rom related? Or something simple? Driving me crazy ! :confused:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jcnbama:
So after a day of searching I found the answer. Restoring system data in Titanium backup caused me to have this trouble. After re-flashing and restoring only certain basic apps without any system data it is fixed. Yea !:good:
[Motorola Droid 3] williep:
So my girl's droid 3 has been acting up and want to try and get a replacement but she spilled cooking oil on screen and has a dark spot on LCD which happened early March. That did not effect the performance at all but lately its been going nuts. My question is can I get a replacement and not be charged for the the LCD problem even though it didn't effect the performance? Just want to know if anybody here has had the same incident or something similar or even your input would be nice. Thanks In Advance
[Motorola Droid 3] ZionCorps:
How dark is the spot you are talking about? Are the performance issues now related to the screen response? Because it kind of sounds like now there are issues with the screen because of the oil incident.. ;]

I had to warranty my D2G awhile back. I declared a few somewhat major cosmetic problems to them as I was a jeweler at the time and had probably damaged it in some way during the course of my work. The problem with my phone had ended up being hardware related and had nothing to do with the damage and so my phone was replaced.
[Motorola Droid 3] williep:
Here's pics of the screen and the problems happened months after the oil spill
[Motorola Droid 3] williep:
But no the problem is that is gets hot and randomly reboots all day everyday the screen works perfectly except for the dark spot on screen
[Motorola Droid 3] Juicy555:
make the background pure black, avoid putting light apps where the dark spot is, and then i would bring it in lol

maybe turn the brightness down a bit also
[Motorola Droid 3] williep:
Well if I turn the light down its too dark and can't see anything where the dark spot is at. But that's not the problem I want to know can i get a replacement to fix the over heating problem and the random reboots that happens frequently. I have no problem with the dark spot on screen
[Motorola Droid 3] Juicy555:
Well if you bring it in and tell them about the spill, they will probably tell you the overheating & rebooting is from that and im pretty sure spills are not covered by the 1 year warranty. And the spill would void the warranty im pretty sure also.

If you have insurance they will replace it though.
[Motorola Droid 3] MrObvious:
You could always go to the store and see if the rep will let you exchange it. You might get a nice one. It's unlikely but withholding info I think is fraud.
[Motorola Droid 3] williep:
True thanks for the idea my girl just won't stop bugging me about it because I sent in my lg revolution about a week ago and got the nexus so she wanted to get a replacement d3 or something else
[Motorola Droid 3] Willis111:
Looks like that dark spot is over the cpu... I'd try saying the dark spot was caused by the heating issue and maybe not mention the cooking oil...
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
^^^^^^^

I second that. Tell them that one day the phone got really hot in her pocket and then this screen dark spot appeared. She had been dealing with it 'til now, but she's finally sick of it since these new issues arose.
[Motorola Droid 3] williep:
I could also try that to just don't want to send the phone in and they open it and see oil inside and they charge me for a whole new device even though it happened months ago. Does anybody know where the water censors are or the only one is in back of phone?
[Motorola Droid 3] Juicy555:
Just go in and they should replace it their if they have any in stock. Or they might offer you a different device.

It doesnt matter if it happened months ago, technically this would VOID your warranty. Like said above your best chance is to bring it in and say the it kept overheating in your pocket since a few months back and started noticing that dark spot.. If they did check the water sensors and they WERE TRIPPED then they wouldnt replace it, because that would void your warranty.
[Android General] yourbrotherrex:
Best customer service story: hope this "Flygrip" is ½ as great as the company itself.

Two days ago, I ordered a couple of these: http://goo.gl/9PSGA, and even paid an extra 25 bucks for overnight shipping because I have this certain instant gratification issue I can't seem to shake...

Anyway, I got a tracking number but noticed it was only being shipped First Class ground, which meant a 2-5 day arrival. Obviously, they made a mistake, and I was a little upset about waiting after paying more for shipping than the cost of the actual product.

So, I went ahead and emailed them this morning at 10 a.m. about the issue.

Thirty minutes later, my phone rang with an area code I wasn't familiar with.

It was a dude named "Michael" calling from Flygrip.

He began by telling me that their shipping department had, in fact, dropped the ball, and apologized up front for that.

But, he also told me that he had just personally just driven over a replacement of my entire order over to FedEx to make sure I get them first thing tomorrow morning (FedEx wasn't the original shipper; it was USPS, and those are still coming).

I was pretty blown away by the quick, personal response, but not nearly as blown away as I was a little later, after I happened to re-watch one of their other videos.

That "dude" Michael?

Yeah, he was only the owner AND founder of the company, and had taken time out of his day to personally take care of my little issue.

I was doubly impressed again, to say the least.

Now, I'm just really looking forward to getting these and trying them out, (I got one for my SGSIII, and one for my Evo4gLTE.), and also wanted to ask:

Does anyone else use the "Flygrip"?

If so, how do you like it?

Or, does anyone else have a similar awesome customer service story concerning your Android devices?

Edit: I just noticed fellow XDAer QBking77 has already made a review video of the Flygrip himself: http://goo.gl/NM5Kv
[Android General] Markuzy:
Wow this looks like a great product for my Galaxy Note haha!

No unfortunate mishaps to my online purchases so far ;)

But yeah that is some dedication that man has for his work!

Sent from my GT-N7000 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2
[Nook Color General] itesla:
I've tried two free lockscreen replacement(?) apps, but neither will allow me to install:

-GoLocker ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS5qaXViYW5nLmdvc2NyZWVubG9jayJd )

-QuickLaunch-LockScreen ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDIxMiwiY29tLmNvbmR1aXQubG9ja2VyIl0. )

On the NC with CM9, the apps don't show up when I search for them. When I go to GooglePlay and try to install from there it shows:

This app is compatible with some of your devices.

Bn NookColor

This item is not compatible with your device.

I've searched around a bit but don't see any similar issues. My CM9 is from 3/31/2012.

Anyone know how to fix this? Are there any other free lockscreen apps? WidgetLocker shows that it is compatible, but looking for free for now.

Thanks!
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brokenAndroid93:
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[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
well there are many better custom roms then the stock 1.5 or 1.6 but choice is yours of corse

before you switch do you want to still be rooted? this will make a difference in what you do to go back.

also if you want to relock your bootloader as I am assuming you are unlocked and probably s_off or fake s_on

boot into hboot and write down all that is there (power on holding camera)

now boot into recovery and write what you see (either choose reboot recovery from hboot or power on holding home)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brokenAndroid93:
Yes I would like to be rooted after install a new rom, and for now I would just like to install fresh 1.6 stock, the rest of your post I'm not sure what you are talking about.