Yes, it's a motherboard issue. Basically the heat that the phone generates is causing the adhesive that connects the components to the motherboard are cracking. These cracks then cause the components to lose their connection to the rest of the phone.
You have two options. Get a new motherboard, which is expensive. Or you have have the board reflowed, which heats up the motherboard to the point where the adhesive remelts and reestablishes the components' connections.
Professional reflow is very expensive, so some people will remove the motherboard from the unit and place in in their oven. If you do this, you need to take extreme caution, as there is a fine line between a temperature high enough to reflow, and a temperature high enough to damage the components. You might want to max out at 250 degrees, which should be enough to get your phone working for a few days (long enough to back anything up). But do your research on this first.
If your phone is under warranty, disregard all this and contact the ISP.
I have reflowed two things in my life. I had the original fat PS3 with backward compatibility. It got the yellow light of death. I reflowed it and it worked for another year before it failed again. In that year, I paid for Playstation Plus, so my game saves would automatically upload to the cloud. So I bought the cheap 12GB PS3 with no hard drive, added a 500 GB hard drive, reinstalled everything, and got all my saves back from the cloud.
The less successful reflow was my phone last fall. I reflowed at a low temperature, and got it working for about three days. In that time, I backed up everything. When it failed again, I tried at a higher temperature (too high) and fried the motherboard. Had to slum it with an old Galaxy S3 for two months before I got my Pixel.
Yes, it's a motherboard issue. Basically the heat that the phone generates is causing the adhesive that connects the components to the motherboard are cracking. These cracks then cause the components to lose their connection to the rest of the phone.
You have two options. Get a new motherboard, which is expensive. Or you have have the board reflowed, which heats up the motherboard to the point where the adhesive remelts and reestablishes the components' connections.
Professional reflow is very expensive, so some people will remove the motherboard from the unit and place in in their oven. If you do this, you need to take extreme caution, as there is a fine line between a temperature high enough to reflow, and a temperature high enough to damage the components. You might want to max out at 250 degrees, which should be enough to get your phone working for a few days (long enough to back anything up). But do your research on this first.
If your phone is under warranty, disregard all this and contact the ISP.
I have reflowed two things in my life. I had the original fat PS3 with backward compatibility. It got the yellow light of death. I reflowed it and it worked for another year before it failed again. In that year, I paid for Playstation Plus, so my game saves would automatically upload to the cloud. So I bought the cheap 12GB PS3 with no hard drive, added a 500 GB hard drive, reinstalled everything, and got all my saves back from the cloud.
The less successful reflow was my phone last fall. I reflowed at a low temperature, and got it working for about three days. In that time, I backed up everything. When it failed again, I tried at a higher temperature (too high) and fried the motherboard. Had to slum it with an old Galaxy S3 for two months before I got my Pixel.
I brought it in to a repair place and he didnt heat it but is handy around those mother boards. I hope it lasts until the next verizon sale. Do you like the pixel? Im leaning towards that one.
Yes, it's a motherboard issue. Basically the heat that the phone generates is causing the adhesive that connects the components to the motherboard are cracking. These cracks then cause the components to lose their connection to the rest of the phone.
You have two options. Get a new motherboard, which is expensive. Or you have have the board reflowed, which heats up the motherboard to the point where the adhesive remelts and reestablishes the components' connections.
Professional reflow is very expensive, so some people will remove the motherboard from the unit and place in in their oven. If you do this, you need to take extreme caution, as there is a fine line between a temperature high enough to reflow, and a temperature high enough to damage the components. You might want to max out at 250 degrees, which should be enough to get your phone working for a few days (long enough to back anything up). But do your research on this first.
If your phone is under warranty, disregard all this and contact the ISP.
I have reflowed two things in my life. I had the original fat PS3 with backward compatibility. It got the yellow light of death. I reflowed it and it worked for another year before it failed again. In that year, I paid for Playstation Plus, so my game saves would automatically upload to the cloud. So I bought the cheap 12GB PS3 with no hard drive, added a 500 GB hard drive, reinstalled everything, and got all my saves back from the cloud.
The less successful reflow was my phone last fall. I reflowed at a low temperature, and got it working for about three days. In that time, I backed up everything. When it failed again, I tried at a higher temperature (too high) and fried the motherboard. Had to slum it with an old Galaxy S3 for two months before I got my Pixel.
I brought it in to a repair place and he didnt heat it but is handy around those mother boards. I hope it lasts until the next verizon sale. Do you like the pixel? Im leaning towards that one.
Love the Pixel. It's a great phone. I previously have had the HTC Incredible, the Galaxy S3, and the LG G3. Rooted them all. This one, haven't felt the need to. Maybe because it's not loaded with Verizon bloatware.
You have two options. Get a new motherboard, which is expensive. Or you have have the board reflowed, which heats up the motherboard to the point where the adhesive remelts and reestablishes the components' connections.
Professional reflow is very expensive, so some people will remove the motherboard from the unit and place in in their oven. If you do this, you need to take extreme caution, as there is a fine line between a temperature high enough to reflow, and a temperature high enough to damage the components. You might want to max out at 250 degrees, which should be enough to get your phone working for a few days (long enough to back anything up). But do your research on this first.
If your phone is under warranty, disregard all this and contact the ISP.
I have reflowed two things in my life. I had the original fat PS3 with backward compatibility. It got the yellow light of death. I reflowed it and it worked for another year before it failed again. In that year, I paid for Playstation Plus, so my game saves would automatically upload to the cloud. So I bought the cheap 12GB PS3 with no hard drive, added a 500 GB hard drive, reinstalled everything, and got all my saves back from the cloud.
The less successful reflow was my phone last fall. I reflowed at a low temperature, and got it working for about three days. In that time, I backed up everything. When it failed again, I tried at a higher temperature (too high) and fried the motherboard. Had to slum it with an old Galaxy S3 for two months before I got my Pixel.
You have two options. Get a new motherboard, which is expensive. Or you have have the board reflowed, which heats up the motherboard to the point where the adhesive remelts and reestablishes the components' connections.
Professional reflow is very expensive, so some people will remove the motherboard from the unit and place in in their oven. If you do this, you need to take extreme caution, as there is a fine line between a temperature high enough to reflow, and a temperature high enough to damage the components. You might want to max out at 250 degrees, which should be enough to get your phone working for a few days (long enough to back anything up). But do your research on this first.
If your phone is under warranty, disregard all this and contact the ISP.
I have reflowed two things in my life. I had the original fat PS3 with backward compatibility. It got the yellow light of death. I reflowed it and it worked for another year before it failed again. In that year, I paid for Playstation Plus, so my game saves would automatically upload to the cloud. So I bought the cheap 12GB PS3 with no hard drive, added a 500 GB hard drive, reinstalled everything, and got all my saves back from the cloud.
The less successful reflow was my phone last fall. I reflowed at a low temperature, and got it working for about three days. In that time, I backed up everything. When it failed again, I tried at a higher temperature (too high) and fried the motherboard. Had to slum it with an old Galaxy S3 for two months before I got my Pixel.
I brought it in to a repair place and he didnt heat it but is handy around those mother boards. I hope it lasts until the next verizon sale. Do you like the pixel? Im leaning towards that one.
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Yes, it's a motherboard issue. Basically the heat that the phone generates is causing the adhesive that connects the components to the motherboard are cracking. These cracks then cause the components to lose their connection to the rest of the phone.
You have two options. Get a new motherboard, which is expensive. Or you have have the board reflowed, which heats up the motherboard to the point where the adhesive remelts and reestablishes the components' connections.
Professional reflow is very expensive, so some people will remove the motherboard from the unit and place in in their oven. If you do this, you need to take extreme caution, as there is a fine line between a temperature high enough to reflow, and a temperature high enough to damage the components. You might want to max out at 250 degrees, which should be enough to get your phone working for a few days (long enough to back anything up). But do your research on this first.
If your phone is under warranty, disregard all this and contact the ISP.
I have reflowed two things in my life. I had the original fat PS3 with backward compatibility. It got the yellow light of death. I reflowed it and it worked for another year before it failed again. In that year, I paid for Playstation Plus, so my game saves would automatically upload to the cloud. So I bought the cheap 12GB PS3 with no hard drive, added a 500 GB hard drive, reinstalled everything, and got all my saves back from the cloud.
The less successful reflow was my phone last fall. I reflowed at a low temperature, and got it working for about three days. In that time, I backed up everything. When it failed again, I tried at a higher temperature (too high) and fried the motherboard. Had to slum it with an old Galaxy S3 for two months before I got my Pixel.
I brought it in to a repair place and he didnt heat it but is handy around those mother boards. I hope it lasts until the next verizon sale. Do you like the pixel? Im leaning towards that one.
Love the Pixel. It's a great phone. I previously have had the HTC Incredible, the Galaxy S3, and the LG G3. Rooted them all. This one, haven't felt the need to. Maybe because it's not loaded with Verizon bloatware.