GSM Phone Maintenance and Repair Paper 2, WASSCE (SC), 2017

Question 4

a) List four faults that when developed by a mobile phone would require flashing as a corrective measure.

The performance of candidates in this question is average.

 

Observation

The expected answers are:

Faults that may require flashing as solution

    - Virus in the phone  

    - Water entering the phone

    - Phone not responding when keys are pressed

    - Power related problems

    - When phone auto-restarts / reboots itself

    - Freezing/Hanging

    - Phone locked by inputting wrong pin / password