Carlos Oulman

Bad battery, software or hardware issue. Could be either of these. How long have you had this device? More than a few years? Very likely then it could be due to a bad battery.

Where are you getting your parts from? Could be low quality replacements. It could also be the way you are folding the cables for the digitizer. Apple parts are very particular about how you fold the cables sometimes. Fold it the wrong way and you loose functionality our damages the part. Look at the original and bend the cables just like they are on the original.

There are a ton of these budget Samsung models. They may look very similar however parts for them differ slightly from model to model. You could have the wrong part. Could also be a low quality replacement since you got it from Ebay. I steer clear of these sites for parts since you never know what you are going to get.

Typically when we see water damaged devices the screen has to be replaced. We try to dry out any moister from screen however in most cases it doesn’t work. Just kinda the way the screens are built.

I would say you want to return the part if you can. Usually to do a glass only repair you have to have special equipment since you have to separate the old glass then re-adhesive the new glass to the old LCD and make sure you don’t have any defects or get anything trapped under the glass when doing it. I have never done a glass only repair but I hear it’s something that takes some skill. We always but the full assembly when it’s a fused LCD model like this.

Let’s start with something simple. Could it possibly just be adhesive that was holding on the screen? I’m guessing not. I would probably venture to say that this looks like parts of the LCD have been damaged. Could also be something with the motherboard but I’m going to guess it’s damage to the LCD itself. In this case, I would say you probably need to replace the whole LCD panel on the device.

Are these connected to a GFCI Outlet? These are the ones that have the two little buttons on the wall outlet. These are often installed in areas around water such as kitchens and bathrooms. These are designed to work like a breaker but at the outlet level. If you see two little buttons try and press the one that says reset.

After looking at the pictures above, I have two thoughts. Either pressure was applied in the wrong spot and this caused a small crack in the LCD. This usually results in white or pink lines however. It’s also possible that this was a defect in the screen manufacturing or there was just a random line of dead pixels.

My guess, a bad battery. You said it was not charged when you got it. This is an older device so who knows how long the battery you got has been sitting around for. Lithium-ion batteries don’t hold up well when they are discharged and it can actually cause damage to the battery. I would try another battery from a reputable source and see if that makes a difference.

If I had to guess, could be a bad battery. More likely, it’s something to do with either the Charge IC Chip or the whole charging port itself. If you have access to another charging port I would try that. Sometimes you can get away with just disconnecting and reconnecting the charge port. We’ve seen that work before.

This guide does not show how to do a factory reset but rather shows how to force the device to restart.