Hi there!
Well I know what I did wrong: I dropped my phone onto the hard ground. Since then the touchscreen hasn't been working properly. A horizontal strip about a third of the way up the screen doesn't accept any touch input now.
I found the X10 Mini Pro service manual online, so I'm fairly confident I can take it apart and find parts of eBay if needs be.
But before I take it apart or order any parts can anyone tell me the most likely fault, given that it was dropped and that only part of the touchscreen isn't working?
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Has anyone had any success fixing the hardware on these units? As I have mentioned elsewhere on these boards, I dropped mine and now two things have happened: Firstly having successfully upgraded the ROM/firmware to XDA, the touch screen has stopped working almost completely. Occasionally it does respond to the touch, and the bits which respond are uniform but aren't the bits where you have touched!
Secondly some vertical lines have started to appear to the extreme right 2-3mm of the screen, indicating that there is some type of chip at the edge of the screen??? (someone suggested the digitiser but when I tried to ask a question about this, no one seemed to know what or where a digitiser was) In addition, when I press on the casing at where the lines emanate, the lines get worse.
I took the back off and found that it does seem very difficult indeed to get at the screen to replace it. Secondly, there are some difficult-to-identify bits floating around inside it (they may be just retaining pieces for the lower left hand case screw which is missing)
As there has suddenly appeared a job lot of 100 of these (obsolete?) screens floating around New York I was wondering whether it was in practice possible to replace one or is the amount of work involved cost-prohibitive?
It would be kinda nice to get this unit operational again (especially now that I have successfully loaded your ROM and unlocked it) if this could be done at not too great a cost.
The digitiser is also known as the glasstop and it's the pressure sensitive cover over the top of the LCD - it is a seperate unit although attached firmly to the LCD it can be replaced.
Try www.ppctechs.com for a price? It's farly easy to remove the screen if you want to do it yourself - I've seen a few guides on the internet.
Richard.
p.s how much / where was the job lot of screens?
china
They seem to be originating in China though I had a disastrous time getting hold of some. I got two. not sure if they are the sony originals but will try to install and report back if I can figure out how to get one in.
Where did you see the instructions on taking this thing apart?
Hello,
yesterday I installed some new games on my p4350 and let a friend play with it,
unfortunally he pushed to hard with the stylus and the screen got damaged . the screen is still working but it got a dent.
now I wanna replace the screen myself, anybody can give me instructions how to do this?
Also i wanna know if the soft layer on the top(not the screen protector) and the lcd, is one thing.
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC Herald Sevice Manual.pdf
download and read that ,it will show you how to disassemble the herald and take the screen out
Replacing digitiser on Herald as opposed to Hermes
Scuse me for butting in but I have both just bought a Herald with a broken screen AND have done a few screen replacements on Wizards, Blue Angels and Hermeses.
On this Herald I had just assumed that you could basically follow the video on YouTube which shows how to replace a screen on a Hermes? I see that the PDF file is quite complicated and is designed to show you how to take off every tiny part if it has failed. The screen replacement is far easier that this, right?
Secondly, I see that you can buy the screen separately from the 'protector' which is I assume the bit with the hole in on your unit? I have to say, I had never seen these replaced separately before: Is this something special to the Herald or can you replace this digitizer separately from the screen on other units as well? If so, how on earth do you get it off the screen please? And is there a reliable way of getting one back on? (There is no reference to this in the pdf manual but the digitizers are suddenly being sold on ebay for about five bucks)
So the question is whether this is still as difficult on the Herald as threads on the Hermes suggest?
I've opened my Herald, and to reach the screen you have to disassemble the whole thing.
It's not that difficult (albeit while following the service manual, since there are a lot of tricky areas like removing the Keyboard), you just need to have patience and not rush it.
Any way to set up device after flash with no touch screen.
The digitizer or screen is not functioning, before i take it all apart as shown anybody no of a way to bypass the touchscreen setup.
before trying to change the digitizer...
(and i know this is crazy but worked for me after replacing the cable going from the screen to the board)
install a screen protector and try again!
I had the same problem after opening my Herald, and right now the screen only works if i have a screen protector on. If not then nothing happens
digitizer replacement is actually very easy.
Jeffreyr1 said:
Hello,
yesterday I installed some new games on my p4350 and let a friend play with it,
unfortunally he pushed to hard with the stylus and the screen got damaged . the screen is still working but it got a dent.
now I wanna replace the screen myself, anybody can give me instructions how to do this?
Also i wanna know if the soft layer on the top(not the screen protector) and the lcd, is one thing.
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As I have now posted on a different thread, the digitizer replacement is actually very easy. You just slip a razor blade under the tabs and lever it off after removing that yellow tape on the back.
moullas said:
I've opened my Herald, and to reach the screen you have to disassemble the whole thing.
It's not that difficult (albeit while following the service manual, since there are a lot of tricky areas like removing the Keyboard), you just need to have patience and not rush it.
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I agree. It was not difficult at all. I took apart and put together the phone a few times after just to develop a feel for it.
We have a tendency to get nervous about it but if you relax it becomes easier.
I have a a extra digitizer that I never used. If anyone wants it, pm me.
Second and/or third opinion. All areas of the screen do not respond to touch on a normal basis. Soft keys work fine. 3 different ROMS tried, froyo, gb, and eclair.
Informed opinion is saying digitizer is not working?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
Terror_1 said:
Second and/or third opinion. All areas of the screen do not respond to touch on a normal basis. Soft keys work fine. 3 different ROMS tried, froyo, gb, and eclair.
Informed opinion is saying digitizer is not working?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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My money is on the informed opinion at 20:1
The digitizers can be replaced for about $30 if you are a little bit handy - this post over on AF contains a link to a useful video of the procedure on YouTube. I suppose it's feasible that the problem is as simple as a "loose connector", but that's still a hardware problem, not software.
http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/371983-help-save-brick-5.html#post2941531
Search around (both here and on AF) in the Eris forums for "screen replacement" or "digitizer"; you might find some links to inexpensive sources for the digitizer and cover glass
cheers
bftb0
Yeah, that's what I thought. Good to have a second opinion though. Haven't used this phone in about a year anyway, not sure if I have a plan for fixing it or not to be honest.
FYI, it occurred to me that many of the folks that have replaced their digitizer did so because of one or two different scenarios:
- they dropped their phone and cracked or smashed the cover glass
- portions of the touchscreen stopped working.
In your case, because you don't have partial functionality of the touchscreen, the possibility exists that the problem is elsewhere (for instance in the electronics or wiring which "talk" to the digitizer).
It would be disappointing to go through the trouble of replacing the digitizer only to find out that you had spent the money for no result; but cut-n-try is the name of the game in electronics repair.
I mentioned the other possibility of a simple case of a loose connector - before you spend the money, you might try popping the Eris open and then disconnecting and reconnecting the flex-cable connectors to see if its an easy fix like that.
bftb0
Since I don't use it and it has been in a drawer since September of 2010 I might get around to it but I really don't think so.
I am half tempted to just mail it off to the first person that wants it.
i just recently replaced my digitizer, but like the previous post said, the problem was that only certain parts had no touch. i actually started to have another problem where pushing the back soft key would then initiate a barrage of pushes from all over the screen. honestly, if the soft keys are working and the rest of the screen isnt, i doubt that its a loose connection.
i found my digitizer on ebay for around $30 give or take a dollar or two. and its honestly not too hard to replace if you watch youtube videos on it. the only hard part is taking off the original digitizer (seriously u feel like its going to snap from how much pressure you need to put on the adhesive they used before) and trying to clean all that adhesive they had on before. but i was very pleased after replacement to have my eris working wonderfully, lol mainly because my upgrade at the time wasnt for another month!! and just think, with the condemned soul wifi fix for non-serviced phones, you can have the almost equivalent of an ipod touch with $30 n a little bit of handywork )
Does anyone know how to replace touch screen glass on sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
THX
Me to
I also have this problem, if you have sorted this can you let me know how you went about this.
Thanks, tjpearson
i have a link to video on Yt.Pm me
i have no permission to able link from outside forum.
Thanks for reply
That would be good, I've mailed you.
If and when I repair this phone I'll create a slide show with instructions, already done that for a few gadget repairs.
The latest is detailed view on how to solve the A/C cut out with Compaq Presario R3000 if anybody is interested, saved me £300 plus doing it myself.
Help is what these forums are all about.
I have the service manuals with lots of pics and details to fix neo. I don't know if I can upload them here. Maybe you can find help in those. Google them or pm me your email if you need them.
I actually have the manual as well, devrruti but sadly it doesn't provide much info on how to stick the touch screen back to the frame, only tells us to use something like a "pressure tool" set at 60N and press the touchscreen towards the frame.
But we don't have that kind of tool so there must be a workaround...
DO NOT try to change the touch screen yourself, unless you first find a way to safely detach the touch screen from the front face body of the Neo.
I tryied myself and have not yet managed to separate the two things, it seems it is glued or something like that.
If anyone finds out the way to pull it off, please let me know.
I managed to find a similar guide, but for the Xperia Play. It's a different device, but it's probably based on the same principals. http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing-Sony-Xperia-Play-Digitizer/7593/1 ... BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN DOING THIS!
I managed to disassembe the device. The problem that I have now is that I cannot prevent dust from getting in between the lcd display and the touch screen glass at the moment I connect them back.
Any ideas? any practical recipe to avoid dust?
Hey guys,
Just a quick question. I've got one of the first release Huawei mate 10 pros. Dropped it from about a hip height onto tile, no visible crack or damage to the exterior or screen but since then I haven't been able to use the touch screen.
I get a bit of the slide from the bottom and everything else works but I can't actually use the screen because I can't swipe patterns or type in, it's basically a dead screen, but if the whole screen was out of commission I wouldn't get any slide action at all.
Need the phone for work, any quick responses with experience in the area would be much appreciated.
Cheers.
I'd say its definitely hardware related, as in broken.
You'd have to get it replaced.
Even if you get no cracks the digitizer can be broken.
Aw man, I was really hoping there was some sort of software bug that was causing this, well I'll stay hopeful that this has happened to someone else until I have to claim the warranty
ericthenguyen said:
Aw man, I was really hoping there was some sort of software bug that was causing this, well I'll stay hopeful that this has happened to someone else until I have to claim the warranty
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It has happened to me (sort of), but I got a crack and the touch screen below the crack didn't work at all, top part worked fine. Or vice versa, can't remember but one part was still working. This was on a Samsung though.
And on an iPhone the screen completely shattered, but touch was working fine. So the digitizer wasn't hurt there, but it still required a touch + digitizer replacement as they are glued together.
If there's no crack, then it might also be a loose connector.But even so, you would need technical assistance.
If the warranty is still valid and there are no visible signs or scratches from that fall, maybe Huawei will repair it for free.
Yeah I'll be following it up with optus because it's still on a plan. I shattered and bent my mate 9 and as soon as there was a crack the digitizer went. Might as well use the warranty because if I open it up myself it'll void it for future use.
Thanks for your input guys.