Hi guys,
My Vibrant screen recently broken hence I ordered a new screen from ebay. Got the screen today and while removing the old faulty screen, I accidentally tore a thin wire which was connected to the 4 buttons at the bottom. Out of the 4 buttons, 3 of them just came off the screen. So now I have successfully replaced the faulty screen with the new working screen. Everything works except the 4 buttons at the bottom. I press those buttons but nothing happens, not even the backlight comes up.
I believe I have done some serious damage to the buttons. What's my best options now? Should I take it to Samsung Repair Center? Will they even be able to fix this issue?
Its so frustrating because if I open any app I cant go back. I have to restart the phone to be able to use any other app.
Please help,
Dinesh.
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So my phone is in perfect condition i've had it under a month there has been no major damage to it, it looks new and has been in an otterbox all its life with another screen protector on it.
But when i woke up this morning the touch screen wouldn't respond. I could use all the buttons and they worked i could even pull up s voice by holding the home button and then pressing back button and get to android home menu with the app. But the touch screen would not detect my fingers at all.
I don't see how its possible it has got any damage it is in perfect condition.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I think i read somewhere about resetting the digitizer?
And as far as resetting it to factory and or going to a different firmware. Since i cannot access my apps i cannot really backup my phone and it has really important info that i can't lose. So i'm stuck in between 2 walls and i am screwed.. Any suggestions?
Oh and i also removed the otterbox and screen protector to make sure nothing trapped underneath it was causing interference. No luck. :crying:
zaxies said:
Oh and i also removed the otterbox and screen protector to make sure nothing trapped underneath it was causing interference. No luck. :crying:
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if not rooted send it for warranty, and if it is rooted unroot it first and check download mode status before claiming warranty.
use a usb otg cable and usb mouse to navigate the screen.
You can make a backup using adb
zaxies said:
So my phone is in perfect condition i've had it under a month there has been no major damage to it, it looks new and has been in an otterbox all its life with another screen protector on it.
But when i woke up this morning the touch screen wouldn't respond. I could use all the buttons and they worked i could even pull up s voice by holding the home button and then pressing back button and get to android home menu with the app. But the touch screen would not detect my fingers at all.
I don't see how its possible it has got any damage it is in perfect condition.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I think i read somewhere about resetting the digitizer?
And as far as resetting it to factory and or going to a different firmware. Since i cannot access my apps i cannot really backup my phone and it has really important info that i can't lose. So i'm stuck in between 2 walls and i am screwed.. Any suggestions?
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My phone is in the shop for that and beeing repaired, probably a digitizer malfunction (hardware related). Buttons work but touch does not work. Send it in for repair. They will replace the whole screen.
Hello! So my Xperia Mini pro has been broken, it doesn't show any image anymore, I think there is a problem with the screen but I want a confirmation or recommendation to find out what the problem is.
First the screen "touch" capability stopped working, and then two weeks after that, the back and option buttons stopped working too. And a week after that ,there was like a screen "flickering" (I tried to recreate the problem in the attached image) when I tried to either open or close the slider.
Finally the screen stopped working anymore. I tried to connect the phone to the PC but says that windows cannot recognize the hardware. And there's one more thing: I can turn on the phone, it vibrates, but the keyboard lights seems that are not working, they are permanently off.. and when I try to Increase the volume it doesn't sound either... There is only the black screen and a backlight.
Please Help me to find out what is the problem, I'm thinking to buy a screen replacement on eBay, but some people told me that is the "flex" cable. I'm not sure if there is a fix for my phone's problem.
Thanks!
Hey there.
Based on my experience, yes, your problem is most likey a flex ribbon issue. Your flex has been ripping apart lately, causing many of its wires to break. This can cause a lot of unpredictable problems, such as a misbeheaving notification LED, inactive ambient light sensor, or "dead" display/touch digitizer. Your problems have gotten worse over time, which is clearly a symptom of a broken flex.
You phone is no longer booting up to android because the kernel no longer detects a proper "response" from the display driver and halts the bootup. This is why you can feel the phone vibrating when pressing the power button, but nothing else happens. Your screen assembly is fine, I can assure you that, unless your glass is broken, of course.
Here's one hell of a good teardown guide: http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Sony+Ericsson+Xperia+Mini+Pro+SK17i+Teardown/7275
I used that very same guide when I repaired my own xmp. I regret messing with my screen assembly because I destroyed it and had to buy a new one, which is costly
Thank You so much for the advice ! Now I'll try to repair it, It doesn't seem too difficult. Thank You Again!!!
Hello guys,
While I was using, all of a sudden, the soft keys and and the lowest area of the touch screen is not taking any responses. The touch screen works fine in other areas. I tried enabling navigation keys on screen which comes at the bottom end and hence that didn't work. .The screen is responsive above that. phone never fell down. It was well protected.
Tried resetting, didnt work. Same issue is there even when I open TWRP. The navigation keys on twrp also will not work
What do You guys think? Is the keys dead?
Kindly help
dittualex said:
Hello guys,
While I was using, all of a sudden, the soft keys and and the lowest area of the touch screen is not taking any responses. The touch screen works fine in other areas. I tried enabling navigation keys on screen which comes at the bottom end and hence that didn't work. .The screen is responsive above that. phone never fell down. It was well protected.
Tried resetting, didnt work. Same issue is there even when I open TWRP. The navigation keys on twrp also will not work
What do You guys think? Is the keys dead?
Kindly help
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That's a hardware fault. If you believe that it has not suffered any external damage, you may want to open it up & make sure the ribbon cable for digitizer is completely seated to the board.
Otherwise, you may need a new phone.
I'm sure there was no external damage. Well protected with case, Screen guards on, Never fallen from my hand. Not even a single scrach on phone
Will it work if I change the digitizer?
:crying: I have same problem too
I'm gonna try replacing the Digitizer.
Hello, last week I had to replace my phone's digitizer. I bought one that included its frame to make sure I don't break the flex cable, I hooked up everything and I'm sure as hell there's nothing wrong. Randomly when Im going to unlock the screen doesn't respond, also noticed that when it happens the menu button is always "pressed" even if you don't touch the display, is there a way to fix it, my brother has a redmi 3 too and after he replaced screen same things happen. He has lineage OS and he can reboot because screen doesn' turn unresponsive
Hello XDA.
The screen on my LG G3 Verizon (vs985) has been acting weird and I really would like a second opinion about if I have a screen issue on my hands or if it is a motherboard problem. I included pictures below.
Screen responds to double-tap-to-wake, and buttons still work. I'm able to turn phone off by pressing power button (as long as it normally takes to display Power Menu), then tapping on where the Switch Off button ought to have been displayed. Apparently, motherboard sends stuff to screen, but screen unable to visibly display it.
I've been using motherboard since it was bought new 6 months ago so I really doubt it's the motherboard, but I could be wrong. Screen is over 4 years old. The best way would have been to try another trusted motherboard (if screen is still not normal, then it's DEFINITELY screen's fault). So in the absence of such a conclusive test, I would appreciate opinions.
Thanks.
Pictures (L-R): When booting (picture taken with flash), when booting (picture taken without flash), after booting into Android, phone charging with screen switched off.
SOLUTION: It turned out to be a screen problem (screen was replaced and voila!).