Alright, so I very stupidly got curious and took apart my x10.
After putting it back together (very carefully and precisely) when I turned the phone on the screen lights up in the background but briefly displays colored scan lines in random directions for about a second. I've taken it apart and put it back together multiple times to assure I've attached all the cables and wires.
The thing is that the phone works since my computer recognizes it (i can hear the USB charge sound), and I managed to maneuver my way into the notification area and enable USB Connect and was able to view the SD card contents on my computer.
What could possibly be wrong? I didn't damage anything while taking it apart since I was very careful, but the screen just doesn't display anything. I'm very confused.
It would be nice to be able to fix this with some opinions instead of bringing it in and paying $100 to fix it or sending it in and having to wait 2 months.
Thanks in advanced.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668132
Maybe you can get some help here! Good luck!
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Thanks for the link, I've posted in that thread also.
I'd still like to get some opinions in here tho.
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I bought the phone thinking i could fix it... i have tried all the suggestions on resolving white screen... i have attempted to load Schap's cooked rom 4.22 and not luck... the phone powers on, syncs up i can access the files thru windows explorer... it charges... but still just shows the white screen...
Now after multiple attempts at loading the rom, i was able to get the today screen up once, but then it went away...
I have the phone, battery, charger, usb cable and software cd....
Since i can access the files thru explorer... is there anything i can do that way to see if i can get this phone working? maybe some files i can delete or replace...
I have tried the hard reset and soft resets adn nothing helps..
when i try to load the TNT rom when it gets to the part that its going to begin loading, it kills the activesync and then complains that its not connected or has been disconnected...
Anything else i can try?
Read this page, maybe you'll find the necessary help.
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_Unbrick
cubangt said:
I bought the phone thinking i could fix it... i have tried all the suggestions on resolving white screen... i have attempted to load Schap's cooked rom 4.22 and not luck... the phone powers on, syncs up i can access the files thru windows explorer... it charges... but still just shows the white screen...
Now after multiple attempts at loading the rom, i was able to get the today screen up once, but then it went away...
I have the phone, battery, charger, usb cable and software cd....
Since i can access the files thru explorer... is there anything i can do that way to see if i can get this phone working? maybe some files i can delete or replace...
I have tried the hard reset and soft resets adn nothing helps..
when i try to load the TNT rom when it gets to the part that its going to begin loading, it kills the activesync and then complains that its not connected or has been disconnected...
Anything else i can try?
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Two things to try if you've not...
1) Open it up (it's quite rugged!) and check the screen connector is plugged in OK. A lot of white screens are simply loose cables apparently. There is a thread discussing this here. Also Mikechannon is your hardware guru and his website has some excellent information about disassembly/reassembly that should help you out.
2) Try using the application "mymobiler" (freeware) - which allows you to see your hermes screen on your desktop PC when connected over activesync. I've put a mirror of the setup file here until 23/01 as the www.mtux.com site was timing out occasionally while I was looking this up for you (might be my end tho!)
Finally - I don't recommend attempting to flash any more ROMs until the screen issue is updated as you can't see whats going on and there is a risk you could end up with a weirdo hybrid-type brick
Good luck - Hope you get it working and if all else fails (I know you don't want to hear this) but I'm sure some of us here would be interested in slipping you a few quid for spares if the worst came to the worst...
I had almost given up on the phone once i was offered money for it.. i originally took it apart and only checked the connections on the main motherboard.. and that didnt work.. after reading the HTC tech manual and noticing that the LCD also had a cable that connected to a slot and not physically part of the screen i decided to open the LCD casing also.. and sure enough it was the LCD screen cable.. unless you really paid attention you would have never notice.. but i could see a slight angle on the cable connection, it was barely lose on one corner.. i re-seated the connection closed it up and less than 5 minutes the phone was working...
THANK YOU!!!!
I was able to fix a phone i bought for $75 and loaded TNT rom on it lastnight.. and have been customizing it the rest of the night and today...
Funny part is the guy who sold it to me, said it only need to have the ROM reloaded on it..
THANKS again for the suggestions and links... i have saved and booked marked everything..
I guess i spoke to soon... after posting that i was on my way with a nicely used $75 phone. The screen started to fade white....
Using My Mobiler i can see my desktop of the phone.. i can access and do everything... but the screen is white.. and it still functions as far as touch screen, so if guess at where things are i can tap on them and the phone reacts...
So now im back to square 1 with the phone, but atleast this time i know that it is functional software wise just cant see anything..
I opened it up 2 times since it went out and re-verified all connections.. everything has been reseated.. still no improvement.. if im lucky, it will come up to display but once i start tapping around on the screen it will slowly fade out to white...
I have noticed that alot of people have mentioned that after getting the white screen they load another rom on the phone and works for a while then starts to act up again.. can someone tell me how they are loading a rom on a phone with a white screen?
I mean i know the phone works besides the display since i have My Mobiler i can see and do anything i want on the phone.. but thats only good with a active connection thru activesync...
I dont want to try and reload a rom on the phone and mess it up more than it already is..
The screen will display for a few seconds sometimes.. and then fade out to white..
Hello, guys.
I was swiping around with my phone today when I found out that to move an icon out of the dock became annoying. I thought it was just the phone got slow for so many apps running but even after a reboot it did the same.
It turns that if the phone is plugged in a PC (I've tried with two different PC's and two different O.S., Crunchbang and Windows 7) that part of the screen, about 3 squared centimeters, stops responding as it should. It doesn't hold a drag and drop swipe, for example. If you pull out the device from the PC, voilà, perfect. I tried with different official ROMs, installed wiping everything, even internal storage and always get the same problem.
I am using Android ICS (compilation 453 UK) and would appreciate your opinions, mainly to know if I am the only one with this issue, if this can be fixed or my phone will go right away to Sony in order to be fixed.
Thanks in advance!
P.S.: I'm rendering a video to show you clearly the issue...
Since you have tried anything on your hand to make it work, this might even be a dumb suggestion, but have you tried to plug the phone using another USB cable? Maybe it's the cable causing some sort of interference or something.
Thanks for your suggestion but I tried with two different cables. The original that comes with the phone and an HTC from my previous Nexus One.
This is really a weird and impossible to understand for me issue. I mean, I could understand if the phone gets a bit slower being connected to the PC due to the I/O operations of the Internal Storage or even more if it is connected in Debug mode but the fact just a 3 CM2 portion of the screen becomes iresponsive is getting me crazy.
Sony Tech Support just recommends me to send the phone back to them.
Turn it off for a while 3 hours let it chil.
Could do something.
Sent from a Galaxy far far away.
I just did what you said, left the phone switched off all night long and this morning switched on with the same results.
Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, it was really something I didn't think of before.
viva_zidane said:
I just did what you said, left the phone switched off all night long and this morning switched on with the same results.
Anyway, thanks for your suggestion, it was really something I didn't think of before.
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Well u could return it now it is HW issue i supose.
Sent from a Galaxy far far away.
That's exactly what I'll do. I just hope this is not a plague of defective devices or a common issue. Know only a folk with the same problem.
Enviado desde mi LT26i usando Tapatalk 2
The other day, I went to turn on my Prime and the screen didn't come one, so I thought the battery was dead. But even after charging it overnight, the screen still didn't come on, so I took a closer look and figured out that the tablet is powered on, but the screen is entirely black.
I know it's on because it makes the tone when you plug in or remove the power cable, and when I connected it via USB to my Win7 machine, it immediately installed the drivers and correctly identified it as a Transformer Prime.
So basically I have a running tablet with a black screen; no boot animations or text, just nothing. I would assume it's a hardware problem rather than software, unless anyone out there has a better idea.
I bought it used on Ebay, so I know I'm probably SOL in regard to warranty, but will Asus fix it for a fee? Or is there a market for mostly-bricked tablets out there?
Thanks
Hmmmm...motherboard could have died. I'd at least check with Asus, but barring that id open it first to make sure the LCD ribbon inside never came off.
As a final option you could let someone with a busted LCD but working prime try it out.
Have a look at the post by youngnex in the RMA Question thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33281353
I'd say send it in and see what they say. But then I'm biased as I bought mine on eBay too and want to know! Lol
Seriously, though, for $20 I'd send it in to see.
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Cool, thanks for the info. A loose cable would explain it, but I'm not too keen on opening it up. I'll look around for instructions on how to do it, but if it seems over my head I guess I'll try to send it back and see how it goes.
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Cool, thanks for the info. A loose cable would explain it, but I'm not too keen on opening it up. I'll look around for instructions on how to do it, but if it seems over my head I guess I'll try to send it back and see how it goes.
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Might want to start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479664
Have you actually tried to reboot it by holding down the power button for 10s? My i9000 sometimes does this and a reboot always fixes it.
So, the screen doesn't light up at all? Not even any edge lighting?
In that situation, I'd be connecting it via HDMI cable to an external HDMI screen. You'll need to get a micro-HDMI adapter in order to do this. You can get them from monoprice.com pretty cheap ($2ish).
Opening your prime isn't hugely difficult. There's videos on the internet on how to do it. The real key to opening it is that there are locks that hold the screen down that you need to slide open -- they're under the rubber stoppers that cover the docking station holes.
Now, changing the LCD is a HUGE, difficult pain.
Yes, I've tried to reboot it with a long power hold. I get the quick vibrate after about 10 seconds, but nothing at all on the screen.
It does sound like it might be just the LCD ribbon, so maybe I'll try to open it up this weekend.
For the sake of future Googlers, I wanted to post an update saying that I went ahead and opened it using the instructions linked in the post above, and was able to re-seat one of the ribbon cables, and everything works fine now. Thanks to everyone for the help.
I need to get the pictures off my phone, its 100% bricked. I took it into Sprint and they couldn't fix it. I can't turn it on, can't get into recovery, absolutely nothing. Please help!
Anyone?
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Anyone?
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Im sorry but i think you're SOL, if the phone is in an unbootable state then there is no way of getting your pictures off it, just a friendly word of advice, either have all pictures save to the Micro SD or back it up (auto upload) using Google+/Dropbox Etc.
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Im sorry but i think you're SOL, if the phone is in an unbootable state then there is no way of getting your pictures off it, just a friendly word of advice, either have all pictures save to the Micro SD or back it up (auto upload) using Google+/Dropbox Etc.
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Pretty much my thoughts on the matter, as well. Even if you can revive the phone via a process like Jtag, you'll most likely end up losing everything that's stored on the phone. You might try shooting a PM to XDA member Zarboz regarding the issue, as he has a Jtag RiffBox and is familiar with the process.
Also, I saw your other post regarding the phone dying on you. Have you tried charging the phone for an extended period of time? I've seen some wonky cases on here where the phone died and acted as though it were bricked, only to power back up after being charged for awhile.
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I ran into the same issue with a 2 month old Evo. Try this:
Pop off the upper back cover. Get a torx screwdriver, remove the screws holding on the opaque charcoal-colored cover that goes over the camera. using the edge of something not too sharp, gently push the left side of the grey cover to the right *GENTLY* to get the clip on the right side to release. Now, using that same tool, pry the grey cover from the bottom slightly. Be careful, as there's adhesive attached to the cover and camera lens. Now, once you've removed the grey cover, you'll see a wiring harness with 3 pairs of wires in the bottom right corner. use something to remove that harness very carefully - this is going to be an actual 'battery pull'. 10 seconds later, press the harness back into place *DO NOT FORCE IT*. Now, try powering the phone on.
This fixes my phone for however long as I leave that charcoal cover off of it. As soon as I put it back on, watching logcat I believe it's triggering a faulty thermal sensor which there isn't a fix for. I was able to pull all my wife's stuff off her phone as well as factory reset it before I send it off to HTC>
Got a unique issue with my G5. Have had it in a Lifeproof case for awhile now.
Last night, it spent most of the time riding in my back jeans pocket where it always does. I've had zero issues with sitting in the car, and whatnot....as I'm not a hipster that wears tight jeans that could possibly damage the device. Anywho, I got out of the car, dropped the phone into my pocket, and went about my evening at work - which involved ZERO sitting.
I go to pull out the device to make a call, verify my fingerprint, and nothing. Well, almost nothing. Its as if half of my screen is "disconnected", and the other half is out of sync. I've attached a youtube video to see what I'm talking about. ( https://youtu.be/357GcnV2-9Y ) My first thought was the ribbon cable became partially dislodged from its plug on the motherboard. I first tried flexing the phone, to see if it magically worked, or changed. Nada.
This am, brought it to the VZW store, expecting a quick fix, but since it shows no damage at all I got nothing but a warranty replacement request, and a promise it would be delivered within 3 days. Thats not good enough, as I use this thing for work. So I looked at alternatives...
I've browsed the teardown on ifixit, and was surprised at its simplicity. I pulled it apart, and re-seated the display ribbon cable, to no avail. Still apparently toast.
I've managed to get through the boot up pattern security I set up, and the phone is active. I just cant get it into MTP mode to copy my crap as I'm guessing I need to pull down and click on the notification to switch it.....which, of course, I cannot see. Basically, I just want to get my crap out of the internal storage before I ship this one back. Obviously I'm going to wipe it with the Android Device Manager before I deactivate, but still would like to salvage something.
Anybody have any thoughts? Or maybe is there a second ribbon cable somewhere that wasnt mentioned in the teardown?
Youtube link: https://youtu.be/357GcnV2-9Y
I have no advice as to how to get your files off, I'm sorry about that.
But I wanted to confirm that this isn't an isolated occurrence and it happened to me! I also babied my phone and never dropped it and it was always in a case.
I don't know what to blame as the cause, I'm hoping just bad quality control. I was hoping it's not due to flexing because it's not as sturdy due to the bottom of the phone not being physically attached.
Photos of the same thing on mine: https://imgur.com/a/eEAmA
This happened 15 days after I bought it and Best Buy returned it for a new one which three weeks later started bootlooping which was a whole fiasco to get repaired and took over a month. LG's quality control is horrible.
+1 as I am having this issue on a Sprint G5, sent to LG for repair after Sprint was no help. 29 days after purchase.
Hello. A few quick searches on my part found a thread here on the forums for controlling your device from your PC. It also includes a script to run when your phone is in recovery to enable USB Debugging. Try it out ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786395 ). Hopefully I have helped. If you want to just salvage files, you can enable USB Debugging and pull everything through the USB. However, if you want to still use your apps, or harvest app data, or even use titanium backup or the like to make a complete backup to transfer to the new device, enable USB Debugging, then control your phone. Follow the above thread's instructions to do so.
Thank you for your time,
Xzanah