Showing posts with label tried. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tried. Show all posts

Sunday, 25 October 2015

Anyone alrady tried few cases for the Mi4C?



How are you?

Would love to hear for your most recommanded cases for the Mi4C.

Thank you very much!



Saturday, 24 October 2015

WiFi Works but no Internet - tried everything



I am the proud owner of a TF201 that has been sitting unused for over a year because the internet stopped working after working fine for years. My WiFi shows connected with 4 bars but the wifi icon stays grey, not blue. I have put many hours into trying to get this thing to work. I have gone through all the posts on all the forums regarding various reasons and solutions for the grey wifi icon. I have made all the suggested changes to my home wifi to no avail. I have the same problem when connecting to my phone hotspot or any other access point. I don't think it's the hardware and I don't think the problem is with the wifi source. It has to be software on the TF201. So I tried all the fixes for the Android configuration and nothing worked. So finally, in desperation, I did a Factory data reset. I also went into recovery and did a data wipe. So then I boot to a new Android 4.1.1 and enter setup. I can select and connect to wifi but the google login fails because, again, no Internet. So I skip the google login and I am left with naked Android with no Internet. Then I decided maybe I could fix it by flashing a new ROM. But before I can do that I need a custom recovery. But before I can install that I need to unlock and root my TF201. So I finally get the Asus unlock tool installed and run it. Only one small problem, it won't work unless it can verify my google account across the Internet which, of course, is broken. So at this point I'm at a loss. Unless you guys can help me I guess I could sell if for parts on Ebay. I would really appreciate it if anyone has any ideas.



Has anyone tried using their Z5 underwater?



Hi all! I just wanted to ask if anyone here has already tried using their Z5 for underwater shots? I just wanted to know as underwater usage is going to be my deciding factor in buying the Z5P. I know they're IP-65 68 rated but Sony's policy for waterproofing has changed. So yeah, just curious if the Z5 still has Sony's much-touted waterproofing ability. Thanks!

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Friday, 23 October 2015

Tried to go back to stock rom and phone keeps rebooting



Hey, I was recently using the Nexus Experience ROM and ran into issues with my mobile data not working. So, I decided to go back to 4.4.4 and using TWRP I ran a backup from August and it asked me if I wanted install superSU and I installed that and it rebooted and its stuck on Preparing device. its loops from the motorola boot screen to preparing device over and over. I think ive bricked the phone. any help on how I can fix this. thanks



Wednesday, 21 October 2015

I am so dumb. Dead WIFI/BT. List of what I have tried, what can I do?



Passed out with a protein shake in one hand, brand new Oneplus 2 in the other. Woke up with the OP2 and my pants filled with a thick vanilla protein pool.

I'm special.

I wipe the phone down- not really knowing how bad I had damaged it, just looked like the screen had some of the shake on it at first glance.
[FYI: the phone was powered on it while it soaked in the protein pool for 5 hours- and stayed on. ]

I flick the notification switch and yep, still running. Immediately powered it off (was also VERY hot). I almost considered it a wash and decided to wait for another invite and keep it for parts, but I want to try to repair it.

Knowing my warranty doesn't mean jack at this point- I immediately removed the bamboo back cover, it looked as though looks like someone spilled ice cream all over the backplate and body okate, this thing definitely got a bath.
Voided the white sticker screw along with the 18 others. Removed the ‘un-removable battery’. Then let it dry (big ol’ bowl of rice). I'm not sure made it worse or better as the protein shake was very dense- the internals had hardened delicious vanilla plaque caked all over upon inspection of removing the back plate.

Visually inspecting the shame, the headphone jack had allowed the shake to trip directly into the mainboard, now half way crusted over. Areas of the part of the PCB I could see looked a little bit wet- I dabbed them with an iso pad, then dabbed with lens cloth and decided to let it sit in a rice-bowl again for another day or two..

Day 5 of drying... at this point, I decided ‘screw it- let's see what works. Put the battery back in and powered it on. LTE-working, LCD/touch/buttons, working.. No Camera/WIFI/Bluetooth/Speakers/GPS do not work at all. No MAC addresses for WIFI NIC or BT NIC.

Oddly, text/system notifications created output but it didn't seem to come from the speakers on the bottom. No music players could output anything through the main stereo speakers. Calls (earpiece and mic) worked fine.

I sigh, and stare ate the mess of a brand new OP2. It half-ass works. I almost considered it a wash and decided to wait for another invite and keep it for parts, but I want to try to repair it.
  • I took all of the internals apart minus the LCD/Digi.
    Meticulously cleaned for around 2 hours using iso alcohol for the frame edges, headphone jack, and various other parts- also used a PCB cleaner that is safe for use on various plastic polymers/butyl rubber/whatever.
    Got the main PCB and bottom PCB nice and shiney, however the items covered by the poriforated EMI shield I cant get into to clean without either a dremel (yikes) or somehow bending/cutting the top off. Any tips here? I believe the WIFI, BT, and audio amp are stored under here.
    At this point, If you looked at the internals you wouldn't notice anything had been spilled into it (other than the water-tamper stickers being red)
    I take a blowdryer to the PCBs on low and the interior to quickly evaporate the iso and PCB cleaner for about 15 minutes.
    I waited about 3 hours before putting the battery back in.


Now I have working headphone jack, speakers, both cameras, and GPS (and LTE/GSM has always worked so that's fine too). Now the only problems are Bluetooth and WIFI.. again no mac addresses and they do not allow me to toggle them on.

Full system wipe to stock, and I mean ALL the way stock. Wiped the heck out of everything except the boot loader and even flashed the stock boot loader back on. Still cannot enable WIFI/BT.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Word around here is that you cannot buy the logic board, and the only other options is to buy another or find someone who cracked their screen and use their PCB.