Resurecting a hermes.

[xvemokidvx]

My girl gave me a cingular 8525 today, it had come into her work and I am trying to fix it. I am a hardcore wizard user so i am very familiar with HTC, cooking and whatnot, but my 1st problem is I cant turn this thing on. The battery may be very dead, or the phone may be broken. All I have is my mini USB plug which doesnt seem to be compatible with the new phone. The hermes is squared off a little. I can get a little red light if I move the USB plug around a little. 1st thing, I have to turn this on, I have had my wizards battery be completely out of juice and I had to jumpstart sort of speak, so I was about to get on that with the hermes battery, but Im still unsure if my existing mini USB stuff will plug in with the hermes' slightly different sized plug. Anyone know? or if its just as simple as buying a new plug.

[F2504x4]

How many thread are you going to start on this issue? geez slow down a bit and you will get some help, but first start reading .

btw have you even thought about doing a battery swap huh? :rolleyes: or maybe using the right plug since you know its not the right one...i

[xvemokidvx]

bam. update, hermes is on, jumpstart solved the issue... no backlight though. checked backlight settings and they were up all the way... ideas?

[xvemokidvx]

After unlocking and flashing to farias rom and still no backlight, I think its safe to assume that the problem is in the hardware. anyone know how to replace the LCD screen or where I can get one?

[xvemokidvx]

whoa crazy another update: I left the phone alone to charge, battery is at 60% and screen just came on :) everything looks peachy! I am noticing it dimming and getting brighter occasionally though.

[xvemokidvx]

The phone is acting very strange, still unsure if its the hardware thats acting up. it went back to not working, the screen was lit up just once for maybe 20 seconds, noticed that the keyboard backlighting does not work either, but for that 20 seconds when the screen backlight was on, that was as well. Starting to think that there may be a loose connection somewhere inside the phone, or the light sensor is somehow not working and screwing it up. If the screen lit up once, then to me that means the backlight is not burned out. If anyone has any ideas, please please let me know. I know its a weird and uncommon problem but someone may have gone through it. Thanks again.

[MikeChannon]

It is probable that the internal connectors are loose and or battery connections.

Really, all the information you need is already posted several times over. So use the search. But as a starter for dismantling and the service manual see the website in my signature.

You will need some skill in dismantling and a fair bit of care and patience or you will end up with something in worse condition than now!

Mike

[xvemokidvx]

interesting update for those who dont care, it appears that I have a very sensitive light sensor, after downloading the official wm6 from at&t my keyboard now lights up in the dark, before nothing lit up, just the dial and end buttons... I wonder if it could be the software or something in the registry thats not clearing being the reason why I still have no backlight... but last night it came on for about 10 minutes afer me not touching it at all... strange little device. oh well, if theres any ideas id love to be able to replace my wizard with this...

[cmortensen]

How many thread are you going to start on this issue? geez slow down a bit and you will get some help, but first start reading .

btw have you even thought about doing a battery swap huh? :rolleyes: or maybe using the right plug since you know its not the right one...i



The chargers are the same plug. The 8525 plug is squared off for the headset. They dont want you to plug your hermes headset into your wizard:D