My uncle bought a new phone so he gave me his old Xperia Z, which I intended to use as a secondary device
Here's the issue:
-The Z charges only when it is powered off, and that too very slow. Charging it overnight brings it from 0 to 65%
-I can't get my desktop to even detect the phone when it's connected either switched off or switched on. I see nothing in devices and printers
-I ripped apart an old charging cable and tried to charge it through the pogo pin slot (image attatched) it charges alright but that's the only way I can charge the device. Since I intend to install a custom ROM on it, I need to unlock the bootloader, and that's impossible without connecting to a computer
-Also when I connect a usb drive through USB OTG it just glows its led and does not blink it
I'd like to know what the issue might be and what are possible solutions
I think the problem is in hardware and the connections of one of the data pins of the USB port is broken.
Here's the issue:
-The Z charges only when it is powered off, and that too very slow. Charging it overnight brings it from 0 to 65%
-I can't get my desktop to even detect the phone when it's connected either switched off or switched on. I see nothing in devices and printers
-I ripped apart an old charging cable and tried to charge it through the pogo pin slot (image attatched) it charges alright but that's the only way I can charge the device. Since I intend to install a custom ROM on it, I need to unlock the bootloader, and that's impossible without connecting to a computer
-Also when I connect a usb drive through USB OTG it just glows its led and does not blink it
I'd like to know what the issue might be and what are possible solutions
I think the problem is in hardware and the connections of one of the data pins of the USB port is broken.
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