Recent content by electricboyo

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    How can I stop my LG G3 from restarting constantly?

    I think the root cause of LG G3 "boot loops" is from bad solder connections on the motherboard. Look up the thread "Why does my LG G3 screen flicker and fades to darkness?" for another lengthy discussion of intermittent failures caused by cracked solder connections. There's a bunch of IC chips...
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    Why does my LG G3 screen flicker and fades to darkness?

    Well, the company I bought the refurbished motherboard from declined to repair my old motherboard. They said they used to do this, but it's become unprofitable. They had a lot of unhappy customers because resoldering didn't always fix things permanently. I'm going to try some local mobile...
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    Why does my LG G3 screen flicker and fades to darkness?

    My LG G3 D850 (AT&T) has been up and running for 2 days with the refurbished motherboard in it. Interestingly the replacement motherboard came with a much older Android version (KitKat 4.4.2) compared to what was in my phone when it failed (Marhsmallow 6.0). The vendor of the refurbished...
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    Why does my LG G3 screen flicker and fades to darkness?

    Two weeks ago I suddenly began having "screen flickering and fading to black" on my LG G3 D850 (AT&T version). I also had occasional problems with very weak or inoperative WiFi. After reading this thread (and others) I disassembled my G3. Nothing appeared visibly broken. For a temporary fix...