HTC EVO 4G LTE doesn't power on

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Fast_Ed
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Re: HTC EVO 4G LTE doesn't power on

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Great write up. From the looks of this, buying am otherwise working "4G LTE" with a shattered screen is a low risk option. Though it seems that that approach is like 80% of thecost of a whole working phone.

Think of all the spare parts we would have for it though!
Adam
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Bought another one off eBay with a cracked screen. Will arrive later this week. Should be an exciting swap-over, stay tuned for pics.
kevm14
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech ... 879787.cms

Yup. Lumia 800. Sort of germane to the thread...
Adam
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kevm14 wrote:Sort of germane to the thread...
But does it work on Sprint? I already know the answer........get off of Sprint.
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So I bought another one off eBay with a cracked screen.

This is about where we left off.
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There are three ribbon connectors attaching to the board. First remove the tape. Then flip the white connector up.
First two.
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Third one.
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Pop the vibrator thing out.
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From there you can remove the last two screws at the top and flip up the main board. You can then remove the antenna cable.
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Then pop out the large connector on the bottom.
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Out.
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Adam
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Take the other phone apart the same way. To mix things up, I swapped red kickstand from the black phone over to the white/silver phone. Four Philips screws on the inside of the metal frame. Fancy.
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How does this go back together again?
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Reassembly is reverse of dis-assembly.
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Functional! Also bad positioning on the flash.
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Fancy colors!
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So the moral of the story is in order to have a functional HTC EVO 4G LTE first buy one, use it for a month, buy another one, swap some bits, then hopefully you can use it for more than one more month. Time will tell.
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Adam wrote:hopefully you can use it for more than one more month. Time will tell.
Nope. It lasted for 3 days. Because it was dropped in the toilet. By the owner (not me). I'm all done with this.
kevm14
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I blame Android. Ed told me he likes to death grip his phone. Perhaps because Android and/or Samsung's touch panel require lots of repeated stabbing and swiping to get anything done?

Time for Windows Phone!

(wow that was a stretch)
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kevm14 wrote:I blame Android. Ed told me he likes to death grip his phone. Perhaps because Android and/or Samsung's touch panel require lots of repeated stabbing and swiping to get anything done?

Time for Windows Phone!

(wow that was a stretch)
The EVO 4G LTE actually fit in the hand really well. The part that you hold is metal rather than cheap Samsung plastic.
kevm14
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Yeah I guess I blame Samsung mostly. James' glossy Lumia is too slippery, also. Which is why I'd select a matte color.
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