[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Its an old phone but while using or charging (i cant recall), it suddenly went dead. Tried all methods of restarting the phone (soft/hard reset/holding power button methods) etc. but it doesnt respond. No response even when left overnight for charging or when connected to laptop.

Should I call it dead? Any other method ?

[Chuck Finley69]

Its an old phone but while using or charging (i cant recall), it suddenly went dead. Tried all methods of restarting the phone (soft/hard reset/holding power button methods) etc. but it doesnt respond. No response even when left overnight for charging or when connected to laptop.

Should I call it dead? Any other method ?

Welcome to CrackBerry!!!!!! Post early and post often...... will it do anything while plugged into charger?

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Welcome to CrackBerry!!!!!! Post early and post often...... will it do anything while plugged into charger?

No, it doesn't do nothing.

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

I'd just call it dead.....

Might could be fixed by a repair shop, if it's something simple like a dead battery or loose connection. But it would cost your more than the phone might be worth.... unless you can open it up and try it messing around with it yourself.

Assume you held the power button down for 32+ seconds to do a hard reboot.
Assume you tried other cables and power blocks.

[Chuck Finley69]

No, it doesn't do nothing.

As Dunt says, dead battery or loose connector for charging. Take it to a repair shop to confirm. Probably too expensive unless you do it yourself.

[the_boon]

Battery or charging port should need to be replaced. If it's a STV100-1 model it should have wireless charging, so you could try that too if you have a QI charging pad.

Spare batteries and charging ports can be found online/eBay. It's that kind of job where you either do it yourself (Priv is one of the easiest phones to disassemble, surprisingly) or just get another Priv and keep that one as a spare.

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

I'd just call it dead.....

Might could be fixed by a repair shop, if it's something simple like a dead battery or loose connection. But it would cost your more than the phone might be worth.... unless you can open it up and try it messing around with it yourself.

Assume you held the power button down for 32+ seconds to do a hard reboot.
Assume you tried other cables and power blocks.

Thanks I guess it's worth a check for battery/charging point. Well yes, I have had multiple cables and have tried power button for more than 32 +.

Thanks anyway.

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

As Dunt says, dead battery or loose connector for charging. Take it to a repair shop to confirm. Probably too expensive unless you do it yourself.

Thanks. Will check it out

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Battery or charging port should need to be replaced. If it's a STV100-1 model it should have wireless charging, so you could try that too if you have a QI charging pad.

Spare batteries and charging ports can be found online/eBay. It's that kind of job where you either do it yourself (Priv is one of the easiest phones to disassemble, surprisingly) or just get another Priv and keep that one as a spare.

Hmm and there is no way for me to check myself whether it's a dead battery or port? I could order a battery online and replace it myself. And if it works I 'll get port changed.

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

Hmm and there is no way for me to check myself whether it's a dead battery or port? I could order a battery online and replace it myself. And if it works I 'll get port changed.

Sure you can, if you have an electrical meter and know how to use it...

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

I have a multimeter and know how to use it. But there are no terminals to hook to. Now how do I do it

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Okay. So I took it to a service center. They say motherboard is damaged and lotta parts missing, despite that I have not shown it to any repair centre before. So I ordered a new motherboard and a new battery. I assembled it myself. And voila....
No response again. I feel like smashing it.

Now what?

[Chuck Finley69]

Okay. So I took it to a service center. They say motherboard is damaged and lotta parts missing, despite that I have not shown it to any repair centre before. So I ordered a new motherboard and a new battery. I assembled it myself. And voila....
No response again. I feel like smashing it.

Now what?

Buy another phone.

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Okay. Old MB+new battery- phone powers up. No display, LEds of different colours blinking. Now what

[conite]

Okay. Old MB+new battery- phone powers up. No display, LEds of different colours blinking. Now what

Buy another phone.

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Ok thanks. But hate to see experts like you giving up

[conite]

Ok thanks. But hate to see experts like you giving up

Pragmatism must enter into the equation at some point though.

How much time and money do you want to put into a 5 year old EOL device that uses a very insecure, ancient OS?

[Chuck Finley69]

Ok thanks. But hate to see experts like you giving up

Also, buy another phone, could mean another PRIV with less problems too.

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

Ok thanks. But hate to see experts like you giving up

You can take it to a repair shop, and maybe they can figure it out without too much of a "cost". Just not much else to try beyond the battery, without it getting expensive for you.

You can try reinstalling the OS, see if you PC will recognize it enough to load. Beyond that, another used PRIV or another phone is a cheaper option than trying to fix this one.

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Thanks. So after a lotta effort, the phone powered up. Everything was fine. Used it for few hours and battery drained. Didn't charge well and phone died. Now charged it with same adapter, phone powers up but no display. Everything else works. I have let the battery die again. Hope it works again. Thanks

[Dunt Dunt Dunt]

Thanks. So after a lotta effort, the phone powered up. Everything was fine. Used it for few hours and battery drained. Didn't charge well and phone died. Now charged it with same adapter, phone powers up but no display. Everything else works. I have let the battery die again. Hope it works again. Thanks

Hopefully you took this opportunity to fully backup any data you had on it.

[Vaibhav Vishal1]

Yeah. So now check this out. Phone when put to charge shows yellow led and continues to so for an hour. That's abnormal, anyway the phone is super heated doesn't power up just vibrates but loads the boot screen without display. I can see the purple led but again nothing. After removing the charger, a faint flickering noise comes from phone near the volume buttons. I unhooked the battery, noise stops and starts as soon as I put it back. Guess this phone needs an exorcist