• CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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    3 hours ago

    Have you tried removing the battery out? I assume you did, but have you tried taking it to a repair shop and ask to short the charging pin to the battery power pin?

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      3 hours ago

      Yep, been there, tried that. I used to work as a mobile device hardware tech for over a decade, though I didn’t exactly get the opportunity to experiment with every device that came across my bench ya know…

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        1 hour ago

        Then I had to wonder, does the cellphone still refuse to work even though the battery Vcc pin is wired to the wall charger? Do you think it was trying to talk to the battery in a protocol? I don’t remember third-party batteries being so sophisticated.