I replaced the display frame on my oneplus 5, it seems to be working again but when I try to start the phone it boots in fastboot mode & keeps scrolling through the menu options. I can't select anything when it does that, though pressing volume down stops it from scrolling. When I hold down the power button for a few secs it powers down. It also does this without the backcover mounted so I don't think it's stuck.

I've already removed the motherboard once again to check out the connections under the motherboard. Could it be I reseated the connectors slightly off and that's what's causing the problem?

Thanks for your time!

Edit: When I hold down the volume down when powering on it starts up normal, everything works as it should be except the volume buttons. I can use volume down but volume up is unresponsive. Volume stays at set level, so it's not stuck always pressing volume down. I think I somehow broke it when I moved it to the new frame maybe? Still interested in your thoughts.

⟐ Answered January 31, 2025 at 23:20 MST

additional info:

-I used 70% isopropyl alcohol on the battery to remove it, i was carefull to remove all fluid i could see afterwards -could it be water damage?

-the screws for the speaker got mixed up on reassembly -are they not all the same lenght?

⟐ Answer accepted May 05, 2024 at 18:34 MST

My device went it safety mode and I had to do a recovery start. There, I reset the cache and the wipe but when I start up the device, it turns off and get the LED turning blue. How can I restart my device? Or do I have to reinstall everything on the phone?

Thanks, your help will be grateful.

⟐ Commented July 20, 2023 at 11:22 MST

⟐ Commented November 24, 2022 at 9:29 MST

⟐ Edited by author July 23, 2022 at 16:52 MST

My Oneplus 5 stops charging after a few minutes. I get a little buzz as usual when I plug the cable in, the LED shows green & the battery shows a lightning symbol but mostly after a few minutes the charging stops. Sometimes it does charge fully but often not. The problem persists with different cables and chargers.

I used a torch and magnifying glass to look closely at the port and it was quite dusty. I gave it a blast with a canned air blower & then used a carefully shaved down toothpick to give it a gentle scrape and it's now charging normally again.

Cheap fix!

David

⟐ Answered May 18, 2022 at 6:23 MST

Recently my OnePlus 5 was on low battery at night, so I plugged it into the charger. When I woke up in the morning, the phone was dead and I could not turn it on anymore. This has been the state since then, I have not been able to turn it on and the phone also does not show a LED when plugged in to the charger etc.

I have already tried a few things mentioned on the forum, such as different combinations of the volume and power buttons, but nothing worked so far.

Mainly I am trying to figure out now how determine whether either the charging port is dead, or the battery, or the motherboard:

- If simply the battery was dead (and nothing else), would the phone then show an LED when plugging it into the charger, or not?

- If the charging port was dead (and nothing else), such that it did not charge and just shut down on its own, would I be able to power it on at least for a second or so before it dies again?

Just trying to figure out if the motherboard is actually dead, or if there is still some hope for me. Thank you very much!

Let me know if you have any ideas - thank you!

⟐ Answer edited April 27, 2022 at 12:45 MST

⟐ Answered January 01, 2022 at 1:34 MST

Thank you for your time and patience

Fabio

⟐ Commented November 18, 2021 at 1:20 MST

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⟐ Commented July 07, 2020 at 4:30 MST

Thanks in advance.

Before and after images from cleaning:

Will that work?

⟐ Answer accepted April 15, 2020 at 23:54 MST

It has been almost 3 years since I bought my OnePlus 5, taking good care of it from the beginning, so that its longevity is maximized. For the past couple of months, I’ve been having to deal with a problem, that I have not been able to fix by any software, reboot or other non-teardown ways.

The indicator/number for the battery-charge on the screen is just completely out of sync with the actual battery capacity. If I drain it completely, charge it to 100%, then it will dip to 1% within few hours and then stay there for over a day before shutting down (in the middle of a task, let’s say). There are very few instances, where I’m able to get the indicator close to reality, but this includes precision and timed charging time, which is just inconvenient and quite random.

I’ve waited for couple of updates, but no fix came, so I’m now quite confident in that it is a hardware issue, given that most smartphones last merely 1-2 years these days.

My set of questions…

1. Could you confirm this is most likely a hardware problem?
2. Would a battery replacement most likely fix this problem?
3. …or is there some other part responsible for the monitoring of battery capacity?
4. Additionaly; does battery replacement make the phone lost its water resistance?

Thank you :)

I’ve narrowed it down to having something to do with the backplate. If I take that off and power the phone it will have somewhat decent bluetooth although not the normal full range. But the moment I click in the upper part of the backplate my bluetooth headset starts losing signal and eventually dropping out entirely.

So what is the deal here? I am pretty sure it has something to do with all of those little contacts that the backplate activates, but it isn’t exactly mentioned anywhere which of these is used in bluetooth communication and what I can do about it.

⟐ Edited by author February 14, 2020 at 9:14 MST

⟐ Answer accepted August 01, 2019 at 9:53 MST

I read here that it can come from the version of Android installed on the phone, but I don’t have a screen to perform the downgrade.

Any idea about what could have caused it/how to fix it ?