Dead Hermes?

[anheuer]

Good day,

A friend of my'n has the Hermes.
I now have it with me because it does'nt doe antyhing anymore.

Looks like its dead.
The screen is black and stays black.

Is there anyone who can suggest anything that i could try to revive it?
or is all hope gone and it realy is dead?

Thanks, Alex

p.s. just stopped working, did not get wet and was not dropped or anything.

[markafreeman]

Any lights on it? Have you tried it with the battery out plugged into the mains?

[anheuer]

No lights,
changed the battery
connected it to my pc

no reaction at all

[markafreeman]

Doesn't sound too good, see if anyone else has any ideas.

[ultramag69]

Connect to pc. If there is life there then it will sync... If not, at least its useful as a paper weight or brick....
Cheers....;)

If it syncs, install my mobiler to see what damage has been done. It could be a ribbon cable has been damaged or come loose. You may have to open and see. Lets put it this way, at this point, what have you got to loose.....

[gtw]

im having the same issue...

i tried taking the main board out and putting it into another hermes of mine, and still will not turn on or do anything. also its not recognized by the computer, so no syncing :(

[fredline12002]

Possibly try to order a new battery from HTC, or call them and ask for in-depth troubleshooting procedures. I would also suggest to open the back of the phone and see if it smells slightly of burnt electronics...:confused:

[scholbert]

Hi there,

if your device really seems to be dead, have a look over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=391047

As long as you know how to open the device and are brave enough to use a soldering iron on tiny testpoints, you may easily use JTAG to check your device.

First do some measurements on the mainboard, if there's some voltage there is some life.
You should be able to measure 3.15V, 1.8V, ~1.2V somewhere on the board after pressing the power on button. This should work even on devices that do not start any more, or do not display anything.

If you got these signs of life, try to connect to a JTAG adaptor like explained in the thread mentioned above.

There's nothing to loose :D
Good luck anyway!

Regards,

scholbert

[gtw]

is there any way to get the contacts out using the jtag method? i have about 2000 contacts in my hermes that i havent backed up and i dont want to flash it and loose all those contacts.

any help is appreciated.

[ultramag69]

Nope, No chance of recovering your contacts.. If you had synced with the pc they should be in outlook...
Cheers...:)