Charge port board replacement

[fiffan86]

Anybody know where i could find the daughter board? My pixel XL ended up the in the pet bowl for 5 seconds. The rest of the phone works, but that board is not working. (No sounds, charging, or vibration) I sent the phone to UbreakIfix (supposedly they get oem parts) They said they tried replacing it and it didn't work. When I get the phone back from them, I will look at my phone to see if they even looked at it. I don't really want to pay the deductible of 200 and wait forever for a replacement from Asurion. Plus it is a verizon model, so most likely it will come with 7.1.1.

 

[fiffan86]

Update on the water damaged pixel xl from my post in the general thread:

"I have good news, I don't think the company I sent the phone to did jack. The phone didn't look any different, even though they did a lot of work to the phone. I got the phone back today, I plugged it in and still nothing. I wanted to see for myself what was inside (ifixit wasn't enough). I tore it apart and did not see any corrosion. The water sensor is visible when you take off the screen through the mid-frame. It was 3/4 tripped (1/4 was still white). So I tried unplugging and re-plugging everything in. I plugged the charger in and the screen lit up with 0%. The phone didn't charge up after a while, even with the screen still on. I did the water recovery on the board on the bottom with the charge port. Next I only got a blinking red light and no screen lit up. I let it sit for 15 min. Tried turning it on, nothing. So I help down the power button while unplugging and plugging it in multiple times, and voila it turned on! Everything works on the phone! So I put it back together, put 3M industrial adhesive, and it is currently under clamps.

TL;DR I did my own water recovery on the phone, and I got it working!"

I did not find a replacement board, so much for modular replacement parts. I can only find screens. It doesn't help that the phone is so back ordered. Maybe when things tone down, we will see replacement parts.

 

[mac796]

Update on the water damaged pixel xl from my post in the general thread:

What is involved with water recovery on the board? Just curious Case it ever happens to me

 

[aholeinthewor1d]

Update on the water damaged pixel xl from my post in the general thread:

"I have good news, I don't think the company I sent the phone to did jack. The phone didn't look any different, even though they did a lot of work to the phone. I got the phone back today, I plugged it in and still nothing. I wanted to see for myself what was inside (ifixit wasn't enough). I tore it apart and did not see any corrosion. The water sensor is visible when you take off the screen through the mid-frame. It was 3/4 tripped (1/4 was still white). So I tried unplugging and re-plugging everything in. I plugged the charger in and the screen lit up with 0%. The phone didn't charge up after a while, even with the screen still on. I did the water recovery on the board on the bottom with the charge port. Next I only got a blinking red light and no screen lit up. I let it sit for 15 min. Tried turning it on, nothing. So I help down the power button while unplugging and plugging it in multiple times, and voila it turned on! Everything works on the phone! So I put it back together, put 3M industrial adhesive, and it is currently under clamps.

TL;DR I did my own water recovery on the phone, and I got it working!"

I did not find a replacement board, so much for modular replacement parts. I can only find screens. It doesn't help that the phone is so back ordered. Maybe when things tone down, we will see replacement parts.

Where did you find replacement screens available for sale? I know there is a 3rd party google uses to actually do the repair but I haven't seen the screens available for sale anywhere yet?

 

[fiffan86]

Where did you find replacement screens available for sale? I know there is a 3rd party google uses to actually do the repair but I haven't seen the screens available for sale anywhere yet?

The third party is uBreakiFix, they get oem parts, and they said it will not void your warranty. They couldn't get my phone going, so I took it into my own hands and got it working. They were confused how I got it working (the person on the phone) and they couldn't. uBreakiFix is 149.99 to replace the screen, and they send you a mailing slip for free to mail the phone in. I am not affiliated with them at all, I am a miniority owner/repair tech of a repair shop where I live. You can find them all over the web. My company uses fixez.com to order screens from. They obviously aren't oem, but we have had good luck with screens from them for different devices we have fixed (samsung, apple, htc, ect).

If you want oem I'd send it in to ubreakifix to get repaired. If not here is example of two sites:

https://www.fixez.com/store/google/google-pixel-xl/google-pixel-xl-display-assembly-black

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...Xpixel+xl+lcd.TRS2&_nkw=pixel+xl+lcd&_sacat=0

 

[fiffan86]

Update on the water damaged pixel xl from my post in the general thread:

What is involved with water recovery on the board? Just curious Case it ever happens to me

Basically you have to do what ifixit's tear down does. I think they might have been a bit too hasty or used too much heat getting the screen off since they broke the screen. Once I got the screen off, it wasn't too hard to get all the screws out and the mid frame off. The power and volumne flex come up with the mid frame. I cleaned the motherboard connection and cleaned the whole board on bottom with some 99.9% isopropyl alcohol and a tooth brush. After all the alcohol dried up, I hooked the flex from the mobo to the charge port board and plugged it in.