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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #40 on: October 17, 2017, 11:00:02 PM »
how did it fry so fast?
Exactly..

A few months after buying - maybe 3 months old. Insane.

Edit: 5 months to be exact, crazy.
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #41 on: October 17, 2017, 11:37:14 PM »
So...

Bad news.

The Motherboard apparently was completely fried....  Taking along of it too much of my data that was not properly backed up >:( :'( :'( :'(


The store "fixe" the phone within 2 hours.
Funny, I had to bake my wife's G4 on 550° F for 45 minutes to get it to boot for about 24 hours so I could recover the data off it..

Anyways, sorry for your loss. It's very upsetting to lose personal data...
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #42 on: October 18, 2017, 12:39:25 AM »
Funny, I had to bake my wife's G4 on 550° F for 45 minutes to get it to boot for about 24 hours so I could recover the data off it..

Anyways, sorry for your loss. It's very upsetting to lose personal data...
Woah, why did that help????
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #43 on: October 18, 2017, 10:32:33 AM »
Funny, I had to bake my wife's G4 on 550° F for 45 minutes to get it to boot for about 24 hours so I could recover the data off it..

Anyways, sorry for your loss. It's very upsetting to lose personal data...
What's that supposed to mean?

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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #44 on: October 18, 2017, 10:35:20 AM »
Funny, I had to bake my wife's G4 on 550° F for 45 minutes to get it to boot for about 24 hours so I could recover the data off it..

Anyways, sorry for your loss. It's very upsetting to lose personal data...
Why didn't you just place it into a pan and fry it?
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #45 on: October 19, 2017, 11:45:12 PM »
Woah, why did that help????
What's that supposed to mean?
Why didn't you just place it into a pan and fry it?
It's called reflowing, basically resoldiers all the connections

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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #46 on: October 20, 2017, 12:04:42 AM »

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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #47 on: October 20, 2017, 12:16:34 AM »
It's called reflowing, basically resoldiers all the connections
not with the temperature and time you used. Also there is no way to do that and still get the warranty.
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #48 on: October 20, 2017, 12:20:01 AM »
not with the temperature and time you used. Also there is no way to do that and still get the warranty.
I didn't do anything.

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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #49 on: October 20, 2017, 12:20:49 AM »
I didn't do anything.
Sorry, that he used.
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #50 on: October 21, 2017, 08:58:46 PM »
Woah, why did that help????
Why didn't you just place it into a pan and fry it?
not with the temperature and time you used. Also there is no way to do that and still get the warranty.
Sorry, I missed these posts. Basically, @yitrap is right. http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/lg-finally-acknowledges-g4-boot-loop-problem-and-it-s-offering-a-fix-1313769

Also all G4s eventually had this issue where they would constantly boot loop. At that time, only Sprint (not even LG-they still release phones that are essentially still in beta) acknowledged the issue and would exchange it for you on the spot. However, my wife had data on the phone that for some reason, wasn't backed up. So, a common solution was to take apart the phone and bake the motherboard on 550° for 45 minutes to resolder the connection, at least for a few hours, so the data can be recovered. I'll upload some pics soon.



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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #51 on: October 22, 2017, 01:18:07 AM »
Sorry, I missed these posts. Basically, @yitrap is right. http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/lg-finally-acknowledges-g4-boot-loop-problem-and-it-s-offering-a-fix-1313769

Also all G4s eventually had this issue where they would constantly boot loop. At that time, only Sprint (not even LG-they still release phones that are essentially still in beta) acknowledged the issue and would exchange it for you on the spot. However, my wife had data on the phone that for some reason, wasn't backed up. So, a common solution was to take apart the phone and bake the motherboard on 550° for 45 minutes to resolder the connection, at least for a few hours, so the data can be recovered. I'll upload some pics soon.




wow.
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #52 on: October 22, 2017, 12:21:22 PM »
wow.
Don't ever buy LG. Every single phone I bought, for myself or family member, eventually died. And they have tons of crazy bugs that shouldn't be in a release product. At least, I managed to save the data.

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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #53 on: October 22, 2017, 01:22:59 PM »
Don't ever buy LG. Every single phone I bought, for myself or family member, eventually died. And they have tons of crazy bugs that shouldn't be in a release product. At least, I managed to save the data.
good to know thanks, then again my Samsung just dropped dead was pretty much brand new
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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #54 on: October 22, 2017, 07:33:07 PM »
Guys bottom line what is better the iPhone 8 or s8?

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Re: My Galaxy s8+ dropped dead...
« Reply #55 on: October 22, 2017, 07:49:04 PM »
Guys bottom line what is better the iPhone 8 or s8?
Lol.