Help Dropped phone...won't power up?

[nsarlo]

Hey guys,

I've been browsing the forums for a few days trying to find an answer and haven't been able to come across anything similar to what I'm experiencing. Basically I dropped my Evo the other day getting out of the car. The phone face planted onto asphalt. The touch screen is cracked and webbed and the LCD would was blank.

Initially the phone still seemed to work besides the LCD...the orange light would go on when I plugged it in, the bottom home and search lights would light up when I pressed the power button. After taking my battery out however, nothing seems to work now. There is no light when the phone is plugged in (though the pc will still recognize the phone), and the bottom lights no longer come on. When I press and hold the power button the phone will vibrate once, and then nothing...and to get it to vibrate again I have to take the battery out.

I don't have insurance on the phone, and so I already know I'm in a predicament. Was just wondering if anyone had any ideas as to what might be wrong. At first when I thought it was the lcd I was prepared to buy and install a new one, but now that the phone is having power issues I wanted to make sure it was the LCD and that the phone wasn't just FUBAR. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

Oh, and I've tried two different charged batteries on the phone with no luck.

 

[Evulution]

An internal hardware component is damaged. You don't have the equipment to fix it so just buy another phone and get insurance on the phone this time...LOL. Did you have a case on the phone?

 

[nsarlo]

Lol...yea thats what I assumed, I just wanted to get another opinion on it. I did not have a case on the phone. Lesson learned I suppose.

 

[Evulution]

A case would have theoretically absorbed the impact of the drop. Thereby minimizing damage to external and internal components. You could have walked out of this with a cracked screen if that much damage if you had a case on the phone.