Today I had the following strange thing:
My XDA was in my cradle and everything worked fine in the morning.
At one moment I looked at my XDA and saw the screen was totally scrambled. All horizontal and vertical lines over the screen. You are not able to see what the screen should display.
Has anybody ever seen this. Is the screen broken?
I already tried a soft reset and a hard reset.
I updated my XDA to ROM 4.00.11 withou any problems about 2 months ago.
Damn I hate this!!!! Any help will be appreciated.
Rogierh, I have seen this before. The only way I was able to get my XDA working was to get it replaced by o2. However I have never tried to replace the screen. This seems to be a problem with XDAs. I have now had 5 XDAs and all of them died with the screen thing.
Gil.
Thanks for your reply.
I bought my XDA second hand, so don't have any warenty.
Think I am screwed!!!
Rogierh, if you hunt about on the forums here you will find loads of info on broken screens. You can replace them fairly cheaply and easily. So you may be ok. If you do go down this route can you let me know how it goes (I have 4 XDAs with broken screens right now).
Gil.
How much do you want for them?
That sounds like you know were, how and for what you can repair them.
Please let me know too
Sorry I dont know, just thought you might want to get rid of them.
Hi Rogierh,
Replacement screens are terribly expensive. 199 dollars at pdasmart.com. Don't know if they come any cheaper. Check http://www.xda-developers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=639&highlight= for info on replacing the screen.[/url]
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Hi all i just thought you guys maybe interested in this, on other posts people have wanted to find a place to replace their housing on their phone. Well after ring around i have found this place
http://www.apexlaptops.co.uk
The guy said they will replace the housing (grey original HTC TYTN) for £60 incVat fitting, parts & labour included. I know its hard to get this original housing and i am going to use these guys when i get my phone back.
kidd
* since my phone is with HTC for repair on the call button i asked them for a new housing cost and they said it was £69incVat fitting, parts and labour. So since its with them now i decided to let them do it instead
*Update
Just got a bill from HTC for the new housing, it was quoted as £69 but they told me thats just a quote and its actually cost me £35.25. VERY VERY HAPPY NOW
well... wait a minute before You will start to sing about how good someone is.
apex laptops is maybe the biggest repair center in uk, but believe me or not they are rubbish.
sorry to do that in here, but I was thinking about putting my opinion in this forum anyway.
to make it short - they were dealing with my broken tytn for about 2 months (I had to send it 3 times) with no luck. at the end I was informed, that they cannot repair fault and decided to give up.
don't get me wrong, but they are little bit overpriced and somehow not serious. I didn't received any invoice/receipt (part of the job was done and they took money for it). typical waiting time was not shorter than 7 days.
surprisingly I managed to find REAL specialists called GPS Midlands. Very nice bloke on the other side of the line informed me that they will replace motherboard for about 60 quid and I'll get my device back in approx. 2 working days. JOY.
I'll let You know after the weekend if it was ok.
oh yeah.. btw - XDA repairs are using apex'es services as they cannot do more complicated repairs...
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i didnt say they good just suggested a place to get their housing replaced coz there didnt seem to be places to get them changed.
I didnt go with apex in the end went with Htc instead and got a shock that they charged me little for replacing the housing compared to other places.
Its nice to know there are prices for people to see as im one of thoughs who search endlessly through forums and find nothing fully useful on this subject.
Actually looking at the prices for things at Gps Midland they are quite good. I live about 15 mins away from them too! haha see if you didnt post it i would of never knew, i can use that for future reference now.
Would of not thought there be places like these in midlands oh well cheers anyway
Not to be trusted it seems - buyer beware
see http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62954
**Update
Ok got my phone back today with new housing and button fixed, with my screen replaced too!!! i never asked for it and its definitely done because i had a slight indent on the screen but nothing that need replacing plus it had a screen protector too but thats gone too. I am really happy with the refurbishment only thing they did that i didnt want was downgrade it back to wm5 but i can change that . Definitely recommended to go to htc if you have a tytn. Cheap and good service and fast.
Hey guys, I just got my touch pro last week and now the keyboard wont work. No drops or water damage. It wont light up or anything. I dont want to have to go back to the sprint store, so if u guys have any suggestions that would be awesome. Thanks.
Sorry
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I had the same thing happen to me. I spent probably a combined total of 8 hours on the phone with different people before I got any kind of solution. I couldn't find anything online. I was out of the initial Sprint Warranty. So Sprint said, sorry, you're gonna have to pay for a whole new device. That wouldn't work, the device was just 3 months old. So I called HTC, and at first they said there was nothing they could do either, until I talked to one person who forwarded me to PCD. They were able to fix it, for free under warranty, they replaced some RFID tag (IDK what that meant, it was in this checklist of tests they sent back) and sent the phone back. All I had to pay was shipping to their Repairs center. The bad thing was, it took them 3 weeks to work on it (only 4 days were shipping there and back). I hope I have been helpful, and I am sorry about the bad news. I know the feeling.
Hey, i had the same problem but i went to sprint and change my device, the new one works perfect, my advice go back and change it.
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Hey guys, I just got my touch pro last week and now the keyboard wont work. No drops or water damage. It wont light up or anything. I dont want to have to go back to the sprint store, so if u guys have any suggestions that would be awesome. Thanks.
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i had the same problem i went to sprint and change my device, the new one works perfect, so my advice go back to the store and replace it for a new one, take care......
Not much but maybe
Had one that same thing happened. Performed hard reset and corrected it maybe temp fix though but it worked so far about a week of good use so far.
I had the same thing on my Verizon Pro, what I found was (I took mine apart) was that the cable had came loose from it's connector, I just had to reseat it and works perfect. By the way I bought it that way (got a great deal because it didn't work).
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I had the same thing on my Verizon Pro, what I found was (I took mine apart) was that the cable had came loose from it's connector, I just had to reseat it and works perfect. By the way I bought it that way (got a great deal because it didn't work).
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I have the same keyboard problem...it doesn't work most of the time, but once in a blue moon it will....the keyboard lights come on, but no input from keys work....so is that still a connector issue you think? Did you keyboard backlight come on?
2nd question: How do I open my TP?
Thanks.
Here's a link with the Touch Pro teardown, thanks to BigDiesel07 @ PPCGeeks. Hope this helps a bit...
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=49932&highlight=teardown+touch+pro
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I have the same keyboard problem...it doesn't work most of the time, but once in a blue moon it will....the keyboard lights come on, but no input from keys work....so is that still a connector issue you think? Did you keyboard backlight come on?
2nd question: How do I open my TP?
Thanks.
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I am not sure if my keys lite up or not, it has been a while, but it sounds to me like a possible connection issue with it being intermittent.
happened to me twice hopefully tp2 fixes this little issue.
same problem!!! just go to sprint, they can fix the problem... "they changed my keyboard"!!!
yah me too, i took my touch pro back to Sprint and they changed the whole touch screen part of the phone for me in 45 mins and for some reason that fixed the keyboard as well, so i guess the problem is in the touch-screen part of the phone, not the keyboard itself
Try this. Take out the battery and pinch extremely hard on the space button to re-seat the keyboard cable.
I'm not completely sure if it will work as I got my phone replaced before I found this fix.
Try it and let me know if it helped any.
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Try this. Take out the battery and pinch extremely hard on the space button to re-seat the keyboard cable.
I'm not completely sure if it will work as I got my phone replaced before I found this fix.
Try it and let me know if it helped any.
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Genius! However, i am not. Your solution worked, however i fear it may be a temporary solution? I want to get this fixed while under warranty and dumb ol' me fixing it, well, now i won't have anything to show the sprint store
zKnuckles said:
Try this. Take out the battery and pinch extremely hard on the space button to re-seat the keyboard cable.
I'm not completely sure if it will work as I got my phone replaced before I found this fix.
Try it and let me know if it helped any.
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this worked for me! thanks!!! I was getting ready to open up the phone or go to the sprint store. You the man.
this is a very common problem because this also hppened to me.
the represenstative told me that putting on 3rd party software can help the keyboard going out
USAF22 said:
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I had the same thing happen to me. I spent probably a combined total of 8 hours on the phone with different people before I got any kind of solution. I couldn't find anything online. I was out of the initial Sprint Warranty. So Sprint said, sorry, you're gonna have to pay for a whole new device. That wouldn't work, the device was just 3 months old. So I called HTC, and at first they said there was nothing they could do either, until I talked to one person who forwarded me to PCD. They were able to fix it, for free under warranty, they replaced some RFID tag (IDK what that meant, it was in this checklist of tests they sent back) and sent the phone back. All I had to pay was shipping to their Repairs center. The bad thing was, it took them 3 weeks to work on it (only 4 days were shipping there and back). I hope I have been helpful, and I am sorry about the bad news. I know the feeling.
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go to your phone carrier.
demand a NIB replacement. (new in box)
it states in the manufacturing warranty that you get a NIB replacement for the keyboard. it's a known problem, tell them to call the tech department or htc tech support and they will tell the rep the same thing.
Don't leave without a NEW replacement.
Don't take a refurb(mailed out) replacement.
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this is a very common problem because this also hppened to me.
the represenstative told me that putting on 3rd party software can help the keyboard going out
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hahahahahha.
I call BS on that one. lol.
I did it... removed bat', piched key b'. it now works... eeeeeeeeyesss
Got a 0 hour touch pro less than 2months, keyboard started lagging since 2 weeks ago, then extra spaces and duplicate letters and finally died after a charging session in a hot weather day.
Removed battery and press spacebar top and bottom very hard to resit the keyboard connector fixed the issue.
Same happened to me on my Alltel CDMA Touch Pro after having owned it for about 4 weeks. It would also not shut off the screen backlight. Was very odd. Luckily, my Alltel store is literally across the alley from my house, so I ran a full backup using Sprite Backup, walked over there, and they swapped it out for a new phone within 10 minutes. Took me another 45 minutes to restore the backup, but wasn't nearly as bad as sending it away for several weeks to be repaired.
hey guys getting a vibrant with a cracked digitizer for my g/f. correct me if im wrong but it appears to be next to impossible to replace just the digitizer from what i read.... (please comment if you have done it) i see the i9000 parts are cheaper everywhere but the buttons are different. i wont be running a stock rom on it and i plan on adding a ffc so....
1. would it be physically possible to use the i9000 replacement screen on it?
2. would the buttons be a problem? not sure what the square one on the i9000 is (trackpad?) or where the home button is if there is one....
3. does anyone have a clue or am i the first to bring this up? i have searched my self silly!
4. digitizers are cheap should i just try to replace it? whos done it and what do you glue the new screen with? (i cant find any decent write ups)
i know the i9000 and vibrant have diff roms but im hopping that has to do with the radios etc. maybe i can edit the keyboard file or something to make it work.. but not sure about that pad thing...
i know this is alot of questions and i dont expect one answer. if anyone has any knowledge on any of this id really appreciate it and thanks in advance!!! id like to join the samsung crew as ive always had htc (since g1) but always secretly wanted a samsung too haha so what better excuse than to get the gf one
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hey guys getting a vibrant with a cracked digitizer for my g/f. correct me if im wrong but it appears to be next to impossible to replace just the digitizer from what i read.... (please comment if you have done it) i see the i9000 parts are cheaper everywhere but the buttons are different. i wont be running a stock rom on it and i plan on adding a ffc so....
1. would it be physically possible to use the i9000 replacement screen on it?
2. would the buttons be a problem? not sure what the square one on the i9000 is (trackpad?) or where the home button is if there is one....
3. does anyone have a clue or am i the first to bring this up? i have searched my self silly!
4. digitizers are cheap should i just try to replace it? whos done it and what do you glue the new screen with? (i cant find any decent write ups)
i know the i9000 and vibrant have diff roms but im hopping that has to do with the radios etc. maybe i can edit the keyboard file or something to make it work.. but not sure about that pad thing...
i know this is alot of questions and i dont expect one answer. if anyone has any knowledge on any of this id really appreciate it and thanks in advance!!! id like to join the samsung crew as ive always had htc (since g1) but always secretly wanted a samsung too haha so what better excuse than to get the gf one
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Sorry to tell you but the i9000 screen wont work at all. You will mess up your phone up big time if you start messing with the screen/digitizer as its one unit. Call samsung repair and that may be your best bet for a new screen replacement.
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It's not possible.
Call Samsung, maybe you can get it replaced for free (or really cheap).
I'm guessing that you don't have a warranty with T-Mobile, because they cover this (my screen was damaged, and I got a replacement).
The 'pad thing' is actually a big iPhone style physical home key - it's plasticky and ugly, and the reason I got the Vibrant over the i9000. You definitely won't be able to use i9000 components on the Vibrant, the i9000 screen and digitizer are built to accommodate that button, not the Vibrant's four capacitive keys.
They have the same back, though, so you can use i9000 cases and battery doors just fine.
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Well if I used the i9k parts I would swap housing LCD and digitizer all together so the button and everything would be there. I'm pretty sure it would physically go on but not sure if I can get the buttons to actually work. I know you can edit the keypad file as I've done it on my mytouch 4g but not sure if that's all I'd need to do or not :/ figured someone might have been in a situation that they tried it and couldn't hurt to ask. I have warrenty and insurance on my mytouch but I'm buying the broken vibrant out right so I'd think I could buy the parts and put them in myself cheaper than anyone would charge... I've repplaced the screens on several phones already so not a problem there. Guess that's what ill do.
Another thing Id consider is the vibrant 4g screen as it has the spot for the ffc unpainted already and everything else appears identicle but only place I see it for sale there's a min 2 per order >< has anyone ever successfully replaces just the digitizer? Its sold seporate for 35 and I read you need a new ribon as its almost impossible to pull LCD from digitizer without tearing the cable.
Hey everyone. i got a sgs2 3 hours ago and ive noticed this funny bit in the top right section of the screen, should i take back to the shop tomorrow. damned it! didnt show in screen shots........ what it is is a sort of scribble pattern, about an inch squared in size...... it looks to be under the glass but it has no effect to the phone at all.
If it doesn't show in screenshots then it's definitely physical. If you've literally only just got it then I'd take it straight back to the shop and get a replacement.
Yeah thats what i rekon... Its for certain not on the outside of the screen thats for sure! Jeez it was a replacement for my faulty sgs1! Hope they replace it
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You got a SGS2 as a replacement for a SGS1? Nice!
Good luck and I'm sure they will replace it for you.
yeah they are replacing it onmonday, cant get permission until then from samsung but shop staff said for sure there was a fault and took a pic, funny thing is is that its kinda fading
was replaced today, no problems. Screen has no issue! rooted and deleted crappy Vodafone aussie apps
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was replaced today, no problems. Screen has no issue! rooted and deleted crappy Vodafone aussie apps
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Congrats! Time to start enjoying one of the best phones around
hi guys,
im having a problem with my evo 3d. it seems the lower part of the screen is not working. so i cannot unlock my phone now.
< 0 OK buttons are not working anymore but when i go to camera(no password required for some reason,) that part of the screen is working fine.
wanted to know how can i disable the password at least so i can use it and wanted to know if its a software or hardware problem
thanks
_Intel_ said:
hi guys,
im having a problem with my evo 3d. it seems the lower part of the screen is not working. so i cannot unlock my phone now.
< 0 OK buttons are not working anymore but when i go to camera(no password required for some reason,) that part of the screen is working fine.
wanted to know how can i disable the password at least so i can use it and wanted to know if its a software or hardware problem
thanks
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is the phone rooted and if so, is it a custom rom?
How much of it isn't working? And is it just unresponsive or is the display out as well?
I have a strip of my screen the doesn't work that's righty over where the top row of keys is.
hi guys,
yes rooted,
virtuous rom dont know what version..
my phone has a passkey lock and the part where the "ok" button row is not working.
please let me know that i can at least disable the password lock..
_Intel_ said:
hi guys,
yes rooted,
virtuous rom dont know what version..
my phone has a passkey lock and the part where the "ok" button row is not working.
please let me know that i can at least disable the password lock..
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So is it just a strip of the screen?
If you really really wanna be able to get it unlocked, Download the correct version of clockwork mod for our phone one that's not touch, has to use the volume rockers and fresh install the rom, Or as a matter of fact, Just boot into whatever recovery you have and clear data/factoryreset, that'll get rid of your lock pin
Hello from me too!
I have a strip on my touch screen that doesn't work. It's right where the Search button and Install on Play Store is and Clear on the Phone notifications, too.
It had the stock rom, I have replaced the screen with the digitizer when it fell down. It worked after that. I had to unscrew the phone one more time because my LCD was touching the screen and the phone had gone mad. After that, and a couple of days later, I noticed that the strip didn't work anymore. Today I finally flashed a new rom (King Cobra 3d) and nothing's changed so I figured it might be a hardware problem...
What's your opinion?
Thank you!
Common Hardware Problems on evo3D
Its the hardware. and your carrier should change it at no cost. (Sprint)
fatisis said:
Hello from me too!
I have a strip on my touch screen that doesn't work. It's right where the Search button and Install on Play Store is and Clear on the Phone notifications, too.
It had the stock rom, I have replaced the screen with the digitizer when it fell down. It worked after that. I had to unscrew the phone one more time because my LCD was touching the screen and the phone had gone mad. After that, and a couple of days later, I noticed that the strip didn't work anymore. Today I finally flashed a new rom (King Cobra 3d) and nothing's changed so I figured it might be a hardware problem...
What's your opinion?
Thank you!
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ive had the top bar just under my notification bar non working for a few months now, and its starting to pi$$ me off
I've replaced my digitizer twice myself. I got a cheaper one the first time, and figure that's what I get for trying to go on the cheap. (I was out of warranty). Sorry to say it but it could be that again.
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I think I don't have a warranty because I've changed it myself. It's my fault...
I think I'll buy a new one... I unscrewed it a while ago so I could see if sth had been misplaced or if the digitizer had scratches or sth like that.
I saw that the ribbon's top had been ripped off right where it bends on top of the LCD... Don't know if that's the problem...
p.s. I live in Greece. My carrier is Cosmote. We don't have Sprint here...
Yep, if the ribbon cable is ripped, that would be your problem. Don't go too cheap on your replacement. Good luck!
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toad6386 said:
Yep, if the ribbon cable is ripped, that would be your problem. Don't go too cheap on your replacement. Good luck!
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I wonder why is there only one part of the touch that doesn't work if the ribbon is like that, in the bending spot...
thank you! i'll try it as soon as i can and i'll get back!
If i buy a new one from Amazon will it be allright? It costs around 10 pounds... The other one that i've changed and now it has a problem i've bought it for 60 euros from a local store here in Greece...
fatisis said:
If i buy a new one from Amazon will it be allright? It costs around 10 pounds... The other one that i've changed and now it has a problem i've bought it for 60 euros from a local store here in Greece...
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The last one I got from Amazon is the one I'm using now (about a month old), and spent $20 US on it, which was NOT the cheapest of them. Not knowing the exchange rate right off hand, would venture to say the one you're speaking of is not a "cheap" one. So go for it. Just take your time replacing it and be careful with ALL the ribbon cables. Good luck!