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Motorola XPR 7550

btritch

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I have a Motorola XPR 7550 that is having issues. When I turn it on it shows the Motorola Screen but will not go any further. I have tried removing the battery but that doesn't seem to help. I have also tried to read it and reprogram it or flash it but when I do that it tells me that either it doesn't recognize the cable or the the USB device cannot be recognized. My other XPR 7550 that is working properly will read no problem with the exact same cable. Am I wrong in assuming the board is messed up and it's only a paperweight now or is there a fix that I'm missing?
Thanks for any help.
 

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Sounds like it's cooked and someone tried to do things to it they weren't supposed to. Send it back, get a refund.
 

btritch

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Thats what I was afraid of. Last week it would turn on but took some work, and when you turned it off the Motorola Screen never went off, I was able to take the battery off and manage to get it to work for a bit but not long. I figured it was time to use it as a paperweight, I just wanted to verify first.
 
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