With only two connections, it's not an R3130N or a normal transistor.
It's most likely a diode / zener diode / voltage reference, or just possibly something like a Dallas "one wire" memory device.
You should be able to tell by what the component below connects to - the red pad on your board photo.
If that's a resistor going to some external connection, it's a protection diode of some sort.
If it's a resistor to 5V, it's likely a zener or voltage reference. Either way, that would probably make the pad nearer the CPU a capacitor
Some of the "T1" devices I found earlier were diodes, so it could be one of those.
Edit - looking back to your earlier tests on a good device, try two series pairs of back-to-back schottky diodes, such as BAT42.
(eg. wire two side by side opposite directions, then same again in series).