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Help Bricked Device (Verizon) Randomly

sanjeeva7

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Ok first let me state that pretty much since I got the phone I unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phone. It's been working fine since launch until recently. I have an Anker extended battery. I was running 4.2.2 (JDQ39) using the Skipsoft Galaxy Nexus Toolkit. I had no custom ROMs was running just stock android.

For the last few months I have had signal issues, with the grey bar instead of blue in areas where I used to not have any problems. I've been shutting down and removing the battery which seemed to take care of the issue. For about the last week noticed any app I'd get a very faint black flicker on the screen. Out of the blue this past Saturday, I went to check my phone and it was completely blank. I know it's not the battery as I had at least 30% left, not to mention I had 2 wireless chargers with me, but the phone won't charge. I've tried to replace the after market battery with the OEM battery, still won't charge, boot up, nothing. It's a paperweight at this point and I am 4 months out from a 2 year upgrade. I don't think the lcd went out, normally when you power the phone on, it slightly vibrates. So even it was a bad screen, wouldn't I still feel that? Wouldn't my pc recognize it when connected via USB? No it's not damaged nor been dropped in water. I've had a screen protector and case since day 1. Physically it's in excellent condition.

Anyone had this issue? Randomly brick for no apparent reason? What are the odds both the OEM and after market battery are toast?
 
Doesn't sound like a bricked device, sounds like a hardware failure. If you swapped the battery and still no charging and no booting, I'm guessing some of the electronics got fried somehow or even something came loose inside. I know some people reported that a loose battery was causing their phones to randomly shut off as the contacts were, well, losing contact. Make sure the batteries are in tight and the pins on the device's connectors are making contact.

Finally, you could open that bad boy up and see if any of the connectors came loose or you see any signs of trouble.
 
I would be looking at the usb charging port on the phone or the charger. I have 2 chargers for my truck and my work roller skate. The one in the work truck will not charge the phone unless I plug the Y adapter into the charger and then into the phone. I bought a 2nd battery when I bought the phone and that came with the Y adapter.
 
At this point I was debating opening it up. What do I have to lose at this point? I just may try that, I do have a tool set that should open this sucker up.
 
Well, its pretty easy to do. It may even be worth paying $6 for the replacement USB connector on ebay. I swapped mine out a while ago. Worst case you are out $6, best case your phone works like new.
 
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