hey guys,
i just bought a broken atrix off ebay. i just got it in the mail and took it apart and the phone is missing the flex cable for the digitizer. so i ordered a new digitizer. i noticed its blinking red so im guessing its bricked? but the lcd lights up but nothing shows up. do i need to buy an lcd screen as well?
no one has any ideas at all?
The red light could just mean that the battery is going dead. Have you charged it?
marine417 said:
hey guys,
i just bought a broken atrix off ebay. i just got it in the mail and took it apart and the phone is missing the flex cable for the digitizer. so i ordered a new digitizer. i noticed its blinking red so im guessing its bricked? but the lcd lights up but nothing shows up. do i need to buy an lcd screen as well?
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The red light could just mean that the battery is going dead. Have you charged it?
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battery still had charge, well at least that is what the guy told me. but wouldn't a logo or low battery symbol appear if that was the case? instead of the backlight turning on and black screen?
Well, could mean that the LCD is no good. Usually, if it is bricked it would show an error message. So, if nothing is being shown then it might be the display. I would put it on the charger regardless. Does the notification light go on when you plug it in while the phone is off? It should flash green and then either go to yellow or stay green.
marine417 said:
battery still had charge, well at least that is what the guy told me. but wouldn't a logo or low battery symbol appear if that was the case? instead of the backlight turning on and black screen?
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marine417 said:
hey guys,
i just bought a broken atrix off ebay. i just got it in the mail and took it apart and the phone is missing the flex cable for the digitizer. so i ordered a new digitizer. i noticed its blinking red so im guessing its bricked? but the lcd lights up but nothing shows up. do i need to buy an lcd screen as well?
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Does the phone sync to your computer via USB? When putting in the motherboard angle the usb ports first so they are fully seated. Then make sure the bottom ribbon cable (LCD) is fully seated on the motherboard, you will have room to lift it up a little. Use a razor blade to push up on the cable to make sure it is fully seated and make sure you hear a snap when push down the board. Also screw down the backplate where the LCD ribbon is located. Then plug in the phone with the battery out. If it's bricked you will still get a failure to boot screen. There are also problems with the board that could cause video problems. It's best to have a few parts phones of the same model to find the real problem.
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Well, could mean that the LCD is no good. Usually, if it is bricked it would show an error message. So, if nothing is being shown then it might be the display. I would put it on the charger regardless. Does the notification light go on when you plug it in while the phone is off? It should flash green and then either go to yellow or stay green.
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yeah the led turns green when i plug in the charger but i tried a hard reset (the vol down and power) the led flashes green but still get a blank black screen. i usually buy new parts all together just in case but the guy i bought it from said he tried to fix it himself but ended up ripping off the flex cable from the digitizer so i think the lcd is new as well. at least that is what i hope.
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Does the phone sync to your computer via USB? When putting in the motherboard angle the usb ports first so they are fully seated. Then make sure the bottom ribbon cable (LCD) is fully seated on the motherboard, you will have room to lift it up a little. Use a razor blade to push up on the cable to make sure it is fully seated and make sure you hear a snap when push down the board. Also screw down the backplate where the LCD ribbon is located. Then plug in the phone with the battery out. If it's bricked you will still get a failure to boot screen. There are also problems with the board that could cause video problems. It's best to have a few parts phones of the same model to find the real problem.
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i know, i already disassembled the phone to assess the damage. is there a way to know if the lcd is damaged or faulty visually without being plugged into the phone?
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Hello everyone,
A friend of mine destroyed his X10a, says he dropped it, but looks like it was run over by a truck... At first sight it had the digitizer destroyed with flex cable completely cutoff, broken LCD and the battery sustained some damage.
Then he told me that if I could repair it, I could have it... Naturally I though, 'replace the broken parts, let's say ~$50 and new phone for me! but before running to eBay, I wanted to be sure that it only needed a new 'screen'
The first thing I did, press the power bottom (though that if it gave any signs of life I could just put my SIM card in and call from another phone, if it rang I would smile) and... a red led blinked 3 times, when lucky. As I have never 'played' with a X10, I had no clue what that meant so my quest for knowledge began... and after reading I found it meant low battery, so plugged it to a wall charger and the only thing I got was a blinking red light, same with plugging it to PC with USB cable, which I think it's suppose to mean bad battery. So left it overnight charging... and never got anything but a red light. (no orange light, no green light, not even a steady red one) and if I pressed and hold the power bottom, it would vibrate.
Well, time to open it and see if there's anything else I haven't seen... and after opening it, found that the keypad flex cable is almost cut off and it seems to have some damage in the lower right corner of the 'motherboard' (looking to
where the battery goes) near the antenna connector? (I'm assuming it's an antenna connector, the round thing with a hole, it's a little down from where the LCD connector is, will upload a photo, but at 5:42am I'm surprised I'm still writing...)
1. How can I test the 'motherboard' ensure that it's functional?
2. Does the X10 need the battery to turn on, or can it be turned on with just the wall charger (and no battery). Will it turn any light on?
3. Does any of the damaged parts (no digitizer, LCD or keypad) prevents it from turning it on? (guessing the keypad might). Hopefully someone really brave, thirsty for knowledge and dieing to help will open their X10 and try to turn it on after various combination of disconnected components, let's say without LCD, digitizer or keypad... just to analyze it's behavior and help me...
4. Any idea? or just not my lucky day?
P.S. When I plugged it in to the computer it was as if it wasn't there... PC Companion and SEUS did not recognize it (not even windows 'sees' it)
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
almost all of phones I had ever serviced needed plugged batterry.
You may even need the thermistor (middle pin), because phone controls resistance and temperature of original baterry. I am not sure about X10i,but power supply is nessesary I`will take my multimeter and check it out once in home
But before plugging any power source, be careful about static electricity and check if any of flex cables are not short-circuited!
A also may provide complete PCB schematics if it could help you (but they are very very difficult )
A 2-year-old model that looks as if it had been run over by a truck is not worth the hassle, imho.
First test a new battery in a shop
And i think that u say keyboard then it would be x10 mini pro
iridaki said:
A 2-year-old model that looks as if it had been run over by a truck is not worth the hassle, imho.
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It depends of sense with you are using your phone - my old 3410 and K310i still looks like new. Unless batterry exploded...
My phones were used very often then
sahibunlimited said:
First test a new battery in a shop
And i think that u say keyboard then it would be x10 mini pro
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No, he spoke about keypad. But doesn`t depend on model - baterry is dead I thought.
But better is if he use stabilised power station instead.
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My phones were used very often then
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It's one thing to use and another thing to destroy!!
Hi,
My nephew smashed his lcd and digitizer and the back camera cover. The phone was still functional, i.e send and recieve calls/mms/data and so on. I ordered a new complete front panel(lcd, digitizer and frame) and a new back cover. I followed a youtube guide and was able to take it apart and reassemble. Now, the thing wont turn on, when I plug it to the wall charger it just shows green led. When connected to PC it's recognized as a MICROBOOT and shows grey led light. I took a friend's battery and tried it, nothing. My battery was fully discharged it seems, it also seems like the phone wont charge the battery. I tried volume down and/or volume up with power, nothing.
Is it fully bricked? What can I further check?
Smacks of bad connections on reassembly.
Oops on the 'thanks' as I fat fingered it. .
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I replace the lcd and digitizer, closed phone up, phone was booting up normally, htc white screen, nils business sense loading, and then nothing, screen went black. Battery is charged, and I have tried three others. When I hold the power button down, the phone vibrates on start up, but that is it, nothing else. Plug it into a computer, nothing, does not recognize it. Plugging it into a charger, the orange led is on for a few seconds, and then goes out. I checked the ribbon cables, and reseated, no dice. I even tried the old screen hardware, nothing.
Did the phone just die? Did the new lcd and digitizer do this? This is not my phone, I was just trying to help out my brother after he broke his phone. What should I do next?
Edit - If the phone vibrates while powering on, it is definitely not dead.
Any chance that you can get into the bootloader? If so, do a factory reset
Have you tried a different battery? The light coming on/off when plugged in makes me think either a short, bad battery, or something got shorted out on initial boot after you operated on it.
Good luck!
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ThePunisher said:
Edit - If the phone vibrates while powering on, it is definitely not dead.
Any chance that you can get into the bootloader? If so, do a factory reset
Have you tried a different battery? The light coming on/off when plugged in makes me think either a short, bad battery, or something got shorted out on initial boot after you operated on it.
Good luck!
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I can't get into anything, the screen is black, nothing more. I have tried 3 batteries, all of them good. I am stuck.
Help, lol....
I wish I could help, in other news, the Nexus 4 has been reduced to $249 on the playstore.
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I had that issue during my replacement. Have no fear... Check that the ribbon cables are evenly reinserted andddd that the protective orange tape that was on these cable connections is put back. Problem solved. Shower me in champagne.
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papaavi said:
I had that issue during my replacement. Have no fear... Check that the ribbon cables are evenly reinserted andddd that the protective orange tape that was on these cable connections is put back. Problem solved. Shower me in champagne.
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Tried that several times, even put the screen in so it was not grounded, no good. Tried the old screen, not go on that one either. I kinda gave up, maybe the new screen was shorted? I sent it back to the company, and got my money back. I then just purchased a cheap used phone and replaced it. I am not sure what happened?.....
In saying that it still turns on...did the screen show all black before trying to replace it...if not then something in not reconnected properly...it can be tricky so go over every little deatail including the sticky tape...make sure everything is aligned in the correct spot
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Hello,
I hope it's OK to post HW related questions on this forum.
I got an xt910 from a coworker which has a broken screen.
It does not make any bootup sound and is not showing internal memory when connected to a computer, only a white LED is glowing.
I suspect a broken mainboard, as the screen cracked when coworkers' daughter jumped on his lap. It did work for a while but then it died.
Can you confirm or overrule my suspicion?
Been hasty
I was too hasty to post the question.
After I posted this thread the phone vibrated and the buttons lighted up. It did not show any internal memory tho. After I disconnected and the cable the buttons stopped glowing. After I reconnected the cable, the white LED startind to glow again. It might be a case of dying battery.
Kwartz said:
I was too hasty to post the question.
After I posted this thread the phone vibrated and the buttons lighted up. It did not show any internal memory tho. After I disconnected and the cable the buttons stopped glowing. After I reconnected the cable, the white LED startind to glow again. It might be a case of dying battery.
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yes,the white led is when the battery is low...with the us cabled will stay for ever....charge the phone with the wallcharger for 15 minutes and use the original motorola's charger will give the right power....
When happened to me i solved in this way,hope the same for you
Almost as progress
Vallerino WR said:
yes,the white led is when the battery is low...with the us cabled will stay for ever....charge the phone with the wallcharger for 15 minutes and use the original motorola's charger will give the right power....
When happened to me i solved in this way,hope the same for you
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Thanks for your input!
I charged the phone for an hour or so via USB cable from the computer as I don't have the Motorola's wallcharger. Instead of white blinking light it shows a green one every 3 seconds. The buttons light up for a while but no connection to internal memory.
OK, so the mainboard works!
But to retrieve the numbers and data a working screen is needed. I called a service and around here it costs 15 € to access the data.
I think the digitizer is gone. Rest would be good.
You can take backup from pc itself by building recovery. I have read somewhere but i don't know the steps..
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Kwartz said:
Thanks for your input!
I charged the phone for an hour or so via USB cable from the computer as I don't have the Motorola's wallcharger. Instead of white blinking light it shows a green one every 3 seconds. The buttons light up for a while but no connection to internal memory.
OK, so the mainboard works!
But to retrieve the numbers and data a working screen is needed. I called a service and around here it costs 15 € to access the data.
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use the wallcharger not the computer....let it charge for an hour...
and use the motorola xt910 original charger,i'll give the right volts to the battery...
You'll have again your razr
Hi everyone,
I purchased a used AT&T Note 1 ( i717 ) with some cosmetic defects. Ordered new parts from various vendors. Everything on the phone worked okay prior to repairs. I replaced the front bezel and put in a new screen with glass. The screen and glass came as one unit. It was almost $200. After the minor phone surgery, which took about two hours, the phone power on. The Samsung logo shows for about a second, the the screen goes black. Phone rings when I call it. All the buttons work, but nothing shows on the screen. I can put it into download mode, and the screen displays the download mode on it. When I try to go into recovery mode, the screen is blank. Also, with the phone powered off, when I plug in a charger, all I get is an image of an empty battery with a circle in it. I ordered a new battery, and the same thing happens. Again, screen only stays on in download mode, and battery won't charge when the phone is off. Please help. I'd hate to think all the money and time spent was for nothing. Thanks.
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Hi everyone,
I purchased a used AT&T Note 1 ( i717 ) with some cosmetic defects. Ordered new parts from various vendors. Everything on the phone worked okay prior to repairs. I replaced the front bezel and put in a new screen with glass. The screen and glass came as one unit. It was almost $200. After the minor phone surgery, which took about two hours, the phone power on. The Samsung logo shows for about a second, the the screen goes black. Phone rings when I call it. All the buttons work, but nothing shows on the screen. I can put it into download mode, and the screen displays the download mode on it. When I try to go into recovery mode, the screen is blank. Also, with the phone powered off, when I plug in a charger, all I get is an image of an empty battery with a circle in it. I ordered a new battery, and the same thing happens. Again, screen only stays on in download mode, and battery won't charge when the phone is off. Please help. I'd hate to think all the money and time spent was for nothing. Thanks.
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More courage than I to do the work. All I know is you are not the first to have this problem. If you ran a search on screen replacement, you would most likely find this out and the solution.
Good luck.
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rafalbrz71 said:
Hi everyone,
I purchased a used AT&T Note 1 ( i717 ) with some cosmetic defects. Ordered new parts from various vendors. Everything on the phone worked okay prior to repairs. I replaced the front bezel and put in a new screen with glass. The screen and glass came as one unit. It was almost $200. After the minor phone surgery, which took about two hours, the phone power on. The Samsung logo shows for about a second, the the screen goes black. Phone rings when I call it. All the buttons work, but nothing shows on the screen. I can put it into download mode, and the screen displays the download mode on it. When I try to go into recovery mode, the screen is blank. Also, with the phone powered off, when I plug in a charger, all I get is an image of an empty battery with a circle in it. I ordered a new battery, and the same thing happens. Again, screen only stays on in download mode, and battery won't charge when the phone is off. Please help. I'd hate to think all the money and time spent was for nothing. Thanks.
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Go back and check the ribbon cables and the pin connectors. These are always troublesome and very easy to damage, the video cable in particular. Another thing to check is that the on/off button is not obstructed in some way by the new bezel.
Lastly, do you have an external charger for your battery? If the new battery is factory fresh you may need to charge it prior to putting it in the device just to check that the USB/charging port is working.
Good luck.
captemo said:
More courage than I to do the work. All I know is you are not the first to have this problem. If you ran a search on screen replacement, you would most likely find this out and the solution.
Good luck.
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Thank you for the quick reply. Checking now. That's a lot of posts to go through.
zancro said:
Go back and check the ribbon cables and the pin connectors. These are always troublesome and very easy to damage, the video cable in particular. Another thing to check is that the on/off button is not obstructed in some way by the new bezel.
Lastly, do you have an external charger for your battery? If the new battery is factory fresh you may need to charge it prior to putting it in the device just to check that the USB/charging port is working.
Good luck.
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Thanks for your replay. Checked the cables and the switch a few times, and it didn't correct the issue. I ordered a battery charger for Samsung batteries. Should be here Friday. I honestly believe it's a battery stats issue. At least that's the impression I get reading other posts, but I can't get into the recovery mode to reset unless there's a way to ADB without a working screen. Thanks again.
Phew... The external battery charger did the trick. I removed the battery from the phone, and fully charged it using a Hyperion Dual charger. Re-inserted the battery, and turned the phone on. At first, phone turned on with a black screen, but once it booted up, I swipe unlocked the phone. The screen flickered for a few seconds, and voila... phone is again fully functional. Thanks everyone for very thorough, and insightful posts. Xda-developers.com Rocks! :laugh: