[Q] Samsung Galaxy Express i8730 not turning on

OMIGHTY1

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My girlfriend has been using a Galaxy Express for about two years now. I had an unofficial Cyanogenmod installed on it, but it was working fine. Yesterday, when she went to use her phone, she found that it wasn't responding. Plugging it in with the battery in would show the battery charging screen for about three seconds, then nothing. Plugging it in without the battery gave a rumble, but still nothing. Pressing Vol Up + Home when plugging it in showed that it started to go into Recovery, but then shut off again. I opened up the device to replug everything connected to the motherboard, and now the device no longer even rumbles and shows nothing on the screen. However, when I plug it into my PC, it detects that it was plugged in, but then plays the unplugged sound a few seconds after. What could have happened? Should I go deeper and reset the cables on the middle bezel? There really isn't much I can do at this point, and this device doesn't even have a dedicated forum, so I put this post here.
As a side note, although she had a rubber case on, my girlfriend had dropped the phone numerous times from the couch onto the carpet. It wasn't a large drop by any means, but it happened quite often.

So, any ideas?
 

azanko

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My girlfriend has been using a Galaxy Express for about two years now. I had an unofficial Cyanogenmod installed on it, but it was working fine. Yesterday, when she went to use her phone, she found that it wasn't responding. Plugging it in with the battery in would show the battery charging screen for about three seconds, then nothing. Plugging it in without the battery gave a rumble, but still nothing. Pressing Vol Up + Home when plugging it in showed that it started to go into Recovery, but then shut off again. I opened up the device to replug everything connected to the motherboard, and now the device no longer even rumbles and shows nothing on the screen. However, when I plug it into my PC, it detects that it was plugged in, but then plays the unplugged sound a few seconds after. What could have happened? Should I go deeper and reset the cables on the middle bezel? There really isn't much I can do at this point, and this device doesn't even have a dedicated forum, so I put this post here.
As a side note, although she had a rubber case on, my girlfriend had dropped the phone numerous times from the couch onto the carpet. It wasn't a large drop by any means, but it happened quite often.

So, any ideas?
I think its died motherboard. My express died in the poket of my jeans)))Price of mother is about 34 euro. Now i am looking in some chines shops for cheap price.
 
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Ashrafyusuf112

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My girlfriend has been using a Galaxy Express for about two years now. I had an unofficial Cyanogenmod installed on it, but it was working fine. Yesterday, when she went to use her phone, she found that it wasn't responding. Plugging it in with the battery in would show the battery charging screen for about three seconds, then nothing. Plugging it in without the battery gave a rumble, but still nothing. Pressing Vol Up + Home when plugging it in showed that it started to go into Recovery, but then shut off again. I opened up the device to replug everything connected to the motherboard, and now the device no longer even rumbles and shows nothing on the screen. However, when I plug it into my PC, it detects that it was plugged in, but then plays the unplugged sound a few seconds after. What could have happened? Should I go deeper and reset the cables on the middle bezel? There really isn't much I can do at this point, and this device doesn't even have a dedicated forum, so I put this post here.
As a side note, although she had a rubber case on, my girlfriend had dropped the phone numerous times from the couch onto the carpet. It wasn't a large drop by any means, but it happened quite often.

So, any ideas?
Hi,
my name is Mr. M. Yusuf and I would like to respond to this matter fisrtly the problem is the motherboard go to eBay and type GT I8730 motherboard and It should come up if you can install it it then that’s great but if you can’t don’t buy it take it to a nearby shop that fixes phone and they should charge you a maximum of £30 so I hope this advice would be able to help you.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. M. Yusuf