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Google Pixel 3: Ear speaker ribbon tore

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 13:55:19 -0700

While trying to fix the screen on pixel 3 I ripped the cable off the ear speaker when I took the motherboard out just wondering if anyone has seen that part for sale cause I’ve spent the last three hours trying to find a replacement with little success. I also tried re-soldering the cable back on but no sound still.

⟐ Answer deleted January 09, 2020 at 13:55 MST

Google Pixel 3: Green lines after battery replacement

Thu, 04 Jul 2024 18:04:55 -0700

I just completed iFixit’s Google Pixel 3 Battery Replacement guide. Upon powering my phone back on, I was greeted by the sight of beautiful green vertical lines.

I was wondering where I might have messed up; do any of the steps shown in the aforementionned guide present a risk to the display if done by a poorly skilled technician such as myself?

I ended up using some 99% isopropyl alcohol to loosen the pull tabs on the old battery. Could an excess of that be responsible for my current problem?

The problem “evaporated” on it’s own. I guess it was the alcohol, after all…

⟐ Answer edited July 04, 2024 at 18:04 MST

Google Pixel 3: Pixel 3 shut off

Thu, 31 Aug 2023 09:32:05 -0700

Phone shut off while playing music in my pocket. It will not turn on, nor does it respond at all to any wired chargers. I sat it on a wireless charger and it did get hot after some time. No response to the power button at all.

⟐ Answered August 31, 2023 at 9:32 MST

Google Pixel 3: Where can I get a back glass

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 11:13:17 -0700

where can i get a back cover for a google pixel 3

⟐ Commented August 20, 2024 at 11:13 MST

Google Pixel 3: Thick vertical green line in display after replacing charging board

Wed, 26 May 2021 10:29:36 -0700

Hi - followed the instructions for the Pixel 3 charger board replacement, and really thought everything went well (and the USB-C port works again!) but now I have a thick vertical green line going through the display. Anyone ideas what the issue could be? Thanks!

⟐ Answered May 26, 2021 at 10:29 MST

Google Pixel 3: Pixel 3 dead, what will fix it?

Tue, 25 Oct 2022 07:45:21 -0700

My Pixel 3 is completely dead. No light, no vibration, no reaction to any button presses. If I put it on a wireless charger, the charger recognizes it, but then stops charging immediately. If I plug it into a USB-C power meter, it recognizes it's connected but doesn't charge. If I connect it to a computer, it doesn't list it as a newly connected USB device.

I noticed the battery was bulging, so I replaced that with the ifixit replacement. It still is dead.

So I'm wondering what might account for these failures? A bad replacement battery? A bad charging port? A bad motherboard? A cabling issue?

⟐ Commented October 25, 2022 at 7:45 MST

Google Pixel 3: pixel 3 constant battery drain

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 12:07:37 -0700

I recently replaced my 2 year old pixel 3 battery and charge port due to poor battery life and not being able to charge on the google issued usb-c charger (possible water damage).

While both of those issues are fixed now, I’m seeing a crazy amount of battery drain on the tune of 5-10% an hour. It is possible that this was occurring before the replacement, but I just didn’t notice due to the poor battery life.

Even after doing the battery calibration and turning on battery saver, airplane mode, safe mode, factory resetting, etc, I am still seeing constant battery drain per hour. The last test I did was to turn to turn the phone off overnight at 80%; when I woke up in the morning, it was dead at 2%!

This makes me think it might be a hardware issue, or something isn’t allowing the phone fully shutdown.

Does anyone have any ideas what it might be, or what else I can do to try and fix this? Thanks!

⟐ Answered July 08, 2021 at 12:07 MST

Google Pixel 3: Won’t turn on after battery replacement

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:11:48 -0700

I replaced my Google Pixel 3 battery and then plugged the phone into a charging cable. After about 3 hours, I went to turn it on and all it did was give me haptic vibrations whenever I would touch the fingerprint sensor or power button, otherwise completely bricked. I reconnected all the ribbon cables twice and still the same issue. Any thoughts?

⟐ Answered April 12, 2021 at 0:11 MST

Google Pixel 3: SIM tool accidentally inserted into top microphone hole. Help!

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 07:43:39 -0700

Help, in my haste I accidentally tried to eject my SIM card using the top microphone hole. Yikes! I had used the normal amount of force required to eject the a SIM tray and felt a pop. Has anyone torn down a Pixel 3 and poked a SIM tool in the top microphone to see what would be damaged if anything? If so, I would love to know your findings. I have searched Google and found nothing so far for the Pixel 3. This seems to be a common occurrence if in a hurry and you assume the tray is on the top like a majority of phones. My mistake for sure. Thanks.

⟐ Commented September 27, 2020 at 7:43 MST

Google Pixel 3: Not booting up software after battery replacement

Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:30:48 -0700

I changed out my battery. I broke my fingerprint scanner cable and a piece of the wireless charger board. I planned to change then eventually. I continued battery replacement but once I finished the phone won't boot up the software. The screen comes on with a failure to load. It won't even load to tell me it's charging. Is there anything I can do to save it at this point?

⟐ Answered August 29, 2020 at 13:30 MST

Google Pixel 3: What adhesives for Pixel3 screen repair are needed?

Tue, 30 Apr 2019 21:09:16 -0700

What adhesives for Pixel 3 screen repair are needed? What else, besides the screen, do I need to buy?

⟐ Commented April 30, 2019 at 21:09 MST

Google Pixel 3: My power button is too sensitive

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 20:53:01 -0700

My power button wakes the phone up by simply touching it (not pushing it) or sometimes even because of the table vibrations.

Is anyone have a solution or can someone create a tuto to show how to change it?

⟐ Edited January 11, 2022 at 20:53 MST

Google Pixel 3: Which GPS module does Google Pixel 3 uses?

Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:20:26 -0700

I have been searching on almost all the phones teardown guide but could not find “GPS” or “Navigaton” (android and iPhone - Smartphones and Tablets). I could not find the GPS module , the device uses. Is it embedded or kown by some other name?

I know there is navlink 5 and 6 from Texas instruments but never find it in any teardown guides?

What is it called?Where it is hidden?Or we just use the antenna and GP module is integrated in the motherboard of the device?

Say I tried looking for GPS chip used in the Google Pixel 3?but no result.Crazy !!

I am pretty sure it has gps. :) !

Please enlight me !

Br,

⟐ Comment deleted January 14, 2021 at 10:20 MST

Google Pixel 3: USB C Port Charges only one side

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:08:10 -0700

USB C port on my pixel 3 behaving wierd. It charges only one side on any USB C cable. Replaced the USB C internal module with the flex cable. Still the problem persists. So the problem doesnt seem to be on the usb c port.

Examined the flex cable socket for any issues, seems fine.

Any suggestions for next trouble shooting step?

⟐ Answered August 23, 2023 at 21:08 MST

Google Pixel 3: Water logged, no - is there a way to get pictures off of it?

Sat, 17 Sep 2022 20:34:32 -0700

In short, my pixel 3 met with shallow salt water for 5 minutes. upon exit it was still on! But then turned itself off. Now it will not power on. I'm told the motherboard was likely impacted.

I'm not ultra concerned about the phone fully working again. I am totally concerned about losing my photos....

Is there a way to get the photos off of this phone???

⟐ Answered September 17, 2022 at 20:34 MST

Google Pixel 3: Adhesive for camera and fingerprint when repairing back panel?

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:33:38 -0700

Just wondering aside from getting a new back panel and the adhesive for it … what would i need to properly get the camera lens and fingerprint scanner installed on the replacement back cover? This is my first repair so I am just making sure I’ve covered everything I need.

⟐ Answer accepted March 17, 2021 at 18:33 MST

Google Pixel 3: Pixel 3 Battery USB C port don't work, drain while idle, getting hot..

Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:16:58 -0700

Hello,

my brand new pixel 3 , I'm still enjoying it but I'm sad and stuck with all these problems happening at the exact same time.

- USB C to C cables don't work, including original and working cables from Google and Anker, they don’t work anymore both ways (They were working several days ago in one way, if you flip the USB cable it will not register a charge but now both ways don't work) but USB A to USB C using a computer or any wall brick with USB A seems to be working.

- Original USB C buds don't work although it works in other phones.

- Battery is draining so fast, loosing about 15% per hour while phone is idle.

- Phone is getting extremely hot.

- Phone won't start until you connect it to a charger.

Tried all things that people recommending over internet including factory/hard reset, cleaning USB port...

Not sure 100% if it is a software/hardware problem

I’m willing to buy a battery and a charging port assembly from here

My main question: is this a problem with battery and the port, will replacing them solve those issues?

Please assist!

Thanks

⟐ Commented June 24, 2020 at 19:16 MST

Google Pixel 3: Rear glass panel cracked repair?

Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:09:14 -0700

I dropped my phone and cracked the rear glass panel and the glass on the rear camera lens? Everything still works perfect but is it possible to change the back glass panel?

⟐ Commented April 06, 2019 at 9:09 MST

Google Pixel 3: Main camera lens glass shattered

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 11:24:44 -0700

Pixel 3, most definitely requires a case. The camera glass sticks oit beyond the back of thfe phone. Must have bumped into something while it was in my pocket. Can the lens be replaced?

⟐ Answered November 29, 2018 at 11:24 MST

Google Pixel 3: WIFI and BLUETOOTH stop working suddenly

Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:28:46 -0700

hi so few weeks ago my phone dropped, and the back glass broke, after a while bluetooth and wifi turned off at the same time and didnt start up, i tried restarting the phone some times and then it worked magically, but then after a while same thing happened and this time while restarting it show some software error ( idk how can there a software error after a drop)

so i changed the phone software ( i did it from googles website through chrome, all you have to do is keep the laptop connected with phone select the phone and software version and it will unlock bootloader and install the new software and then lock is back up automatically. )

after this software change the issue did still happen once in few days but very less frequent, but today wifi and bluetooth stop working completely i have tried restarting the device multiple times and now i believe it is a hardware fault so can someone tell me where the wifi and bluetooth are located on board and there anteena are ? so i can check if theres anything wrong with them or not.

⟐ Commented June 28, 2023 at 23:28 MST