SDA1 gpio test reports 0 when nothing is connected and i2cdetect -y 1 detects all addresses active?

Question

I am fairly new to raspberry pi so if I am not providing enough information please let me know. Im working with a new Raspberry Pi 3.

My issue is that the command i2cdetect -y 1 is returning all addresses as active. I read online that you can perform a GPIO test when no devices are plugged into the raspberry pi. I ran the test using ./gpiotest and it reported that my pin 2, SDA.1, failed. I also ran gpio readall and it showed that my pin 2, SDA.1, is low when nothing is plugged into it.

I am not sure if this is a hardware or software issue. What I did later was that I downloaded and flashed a blank Raspbian image from https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ . I ran the same test and my Pin 2 is still failing the GPIO test.

Something that is curious is that I have an Adafruit 3.5'' screen and it works fine with my raspberry pi. I would think that if pin 2 is messed up, the screen shouldn't work.

Aside from the screen, I have a mouse, keyboard, and HDMI linked screen to my raspberry pi.

If this is a hardware issue is there any way to work around it? For example, is there any way to deactivate SDA.1 and just have the PI read addresses from SDA.0?

I appreciate your feedback!

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Edit: When I say Pin 2 above, I am refering to Pin 3 the SDA.1. Sorry for the confusion.

Answer 1

The symptoms indicate that something is pulling SDA to ground. You had nothing connected so it is not an external device.

Check around pin 3 for any debris. If you can't find any it sounds like the GPIO is broken. It can not be fixed and in that case the GPIO will not work in any mode.

Are you sure your screen actually uses pin 3?