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Originally Posted by ka9yhd View Post
I bought my N9 in 2013 through Amazon.com here in the US and it was working great until it fell out on my pocket and went through a pinsetter machine in the bowling alley where I work.
Emphasis mine, but HOLY CRAP! I've heard of getting run over by a car, but that's just insane, like only happens to cartoon characters insane! Seriously though, that kind of mechanical shock could do a lot worse than just cracking a solder joint.

You wrote you had the screen and housing replaced, implying that you took it to a shop for service. Perhaps that same place has a reflow oven and/or hot air rework tool as well. And a microscope to look for cracks in the board and busted traces, missing teeny-tiny SMT caps and resistors, etc., etc.

There's at least one thread here about doing solder reflow with a home oven, with some links to videos so you can see what you'd be getting into. But I would do a thorough inspection under a magnifier first.

Good luck and sorry about your misfortune.
 

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