Fault Finding for Totally Dead Phone
Fault Finding for Flash Programming Errors
Fault Finding for Flash Programming Errors (Cont’d)
Fault Finding for Flash Programming Errors (Cont’d)
Power Won’t Stay on or Jammed Phone
The states of DSP (MAD2) after power on
The states of DSP after power on
The states of DSP after power on
The states of DSP after power on
Fault Finding for Network Registration or Call Problems
Fault Finding for Network Registration or Call Problems (Cont’d)
Fault Finding for “Insert SIM Card” Error
Fault Finding for Rejected SIM Card
Fault Finding for Broken Uplink and Downlink Audio
Fault Finding for Broken Uplink Audio with Working Downlink
Fault Finding for Broken Downlink with Working Uplink
Fault Finding for Charger Failure
Fault Finding for Charger Failure (Cont’d)
The following hints should facilitate finding the cause of the problem when the circuitry
seems to be faulty. This troubleshooting instruction guide is divided into the following
sections:
1Phone is totally dead
2Flash programming doesn’t work
3Power doesn’t stay on or the phone is jammed
4Display information: Contact Service
5Phone doesn’t register to the network or phone doesn’t make a call
6Plug in SIM card is out of order (insert SIM card or card rejected)
7Audio fault
8Charging fault
The first step to do is to carry out a thorough visual check of the module. Ensure in particular that:
•there are not any mechanical dama ges, and
•solder joints are okay.
Phone is Totally Dead
This means that the phone doesn’t take current at all when the power switch is pressed
(X400 pin 7) or when the watchdog disable pin is grounded. Used battery voltage must
be higher than 3.1V. Otherwise, the hardware of CCONT (N100) totally prevents power
from switching on.
The flash programming can be done via panel connector X201 or via system connector
X200.
In production, the first programming is done via panel conne ctor X201. After this, the
panel connector is cut away, thus other flash programming must be done via system
connector X200.
If this kind of fault occurs after flash programming, th ere may be open pins on ICs or
other discrete components. Solder joints on discrete c apacitors and resistors and open
joints on components with pins, such as D302 (SRAM), should be checked first. The soldered joints of ICs D300 (MAD2WD1), D301 and D303 (FLASH), N200 (COBBA_GJP), and
N100 (CCONT) are difficult to visually inspect since these components are CSP or uBGA
style packages.
A quick and easy way to test the solder joints on CSPs is to apply a small amount of pressure to the top of the package while powering-up the phone. If the phone powers-up
while applying pressure to a specific component (e.g., MAD), then it can be assumed that
that component has faulty solder joints.
Normally, the power will be switched off by CCONT (N100) after 30 seconds if the
watchdog of the CCONT cannot be served by software. In order to verify if watchdog is
updated, verify that X400 pin-2 is high and at the same time X400 pin-13 toggles. In
normal cases, there is a short burst of pulses every 8 seconds.
The power-off function of CCONT can be prevented by connecting a short circuit wire
from R413 (end towards N100) to ground.
This fault means that software is able to run and thus, the watchdog of CCONT (N100)
can be served.
Self-test functions are run when power is swit ched on and software has started to execute from flash. If any of the self-tests fail, contact service information will be shown on
the display. This may indicate open solder joints on components, faulty PCB, or other
damage to the phone has occurred.
“Contact Service” may also indicate that the flash software has become corrupted. The
phone may then require either a simple re-flash or, in some cases, a total erase and
re-flash.
Phone Doesn’t Register to the Network or Phone Doesn’t Make a Call
If the phone doesn’t register to the network or the phone doesn’t make a call, the reason
could be either a baseband or RF part.
Wintesla service software can be used to set the required mode and determine if the
fault is in the RF or baseband sections (RF interface measurements).
The control lines for the RF section supply both the System ASIC (MAD2;D300) and the
RFI (Cobba_GJP; N200). MAD2WD1 handles digital control lines (synthena, TxP, etc.) and
Cobba handles analog control lines (AFC, TxC, etc.)
The DSP software is constructed so that operation states of DSP (MAD2WD1) can be seen
in external flag (DSPXF) output pin J314.
After power-up, DSP signals all completed functions by changing the state of the XF pin
(see Figure 6, Figure 7, Figure 8, and Figure 9).
Check:
Supply voltage Vcp (C126) > 4.8V
Supply voltage VRX_1 (C108) > 2.7V
Supply voltage VRX_2 (C137) > 2.7V
Supply voltage VSYN_2 (C136) > 2.7V
during the receiving slot
Supply voltage VTX (C141) > 2.7V
during the transmitting slot
or
COBBA is > 2.7V?
(C201)
Yes
Analog reference to
COBBA is 1.5V?
(C200)
Yes
No
Check N100
No
Check R200, C140, C167
All OK?
Yes
No
Check N100, D300
D
Figure 10: Fault Finding for Network Registration or Call Problems
RF control lines:
AGC (R610) 0->2.3Vmax during receiving slot
AFC (C720) 0- 1.2V typ. during receiving slot
OK?
Yes
Analog data signals:
RxIP & RxIN (C640, C641) 0->1.5V DC during
receiving slot
Recieved signal is biased to DC, amplitude 50mVpp
nominal and frequency 13MHz
OK?
Yes
RF control line:
TxC (C524) 0->2.3Vmax during transmit slot
OK?
No
Check N200
No
Check N200 if DC fail
or
RF part
Yes
Analog data signals:
TxIN & TxIP (C525) 0->0.8V DC during transmit slot
No
Check N200 if TxC fail
else
Check D300
Check RF partCheck N200
TxQN & TxQP (C526) 0->0.8V DC during transmit slot
Transmit signal is biased to DC, amplitude 300mVpp and
frequency 64kHz
OK?
NoYes
Figure 11: Fault Finding for Network Registration or Call Problems (Cont’d)
The hardware for the SIM interface from MAD2WD1 (D300) to the SIM connector (X100)
can be tested without a SIM card.
When the power is switched on and if the BSI line (X102;1) is grounded by a resistor, all
of the used lines (VSIM, RST, CLK, DATA) rise up to 5V four times. Thus, “Insert SIM card”
faults can be found without a SIM card.
The fault information “Card rejected” means that the ATR message (the first message is
always sent from card to phone) is sent from the card to the phone, but the message is
somehow corrupted, data signal levels are wrong, etc., or factory set values stored to the
EEPROM are not correct.