Touch Screen Issues....FIX needed... - HTC EVO 3D

Hope most of you are aware of the problem, yes the ghost touches and partial touchscreen dead(1 cm above the touch buttons mostly in my case)
this is so annoying it happens mostly wen i am in urgent need...i have read many threads but nothing seemed to be working
i am using the sprint cdma version which i got shipped from the USA to INDIA and as there is n sprint store i have to deal with this problem on my own..
i love this phone and don't wanna lose it...neither do i want to spend much
as what i have realised this is not a hardware issue.... i am having hboot 1.5
s-off and locked..every thing stock
i have tried touchscreen booster also but nothing worked....
never dropped the phone and treat it like my baby...
plz someone help me...)
regards JOBAN

i hope this gets fixed as well. i was fortunate enough to have the ghost touches once out of my 9 or 10 months of having this phone

I wonder if it is really a hardware issue because when I used some of the ICS roms it never happens.... I only notice the touch issues when I use a stock based rom.
Mine doesn't happen too often but when it does its really annoying. I've tried to take it into sprint and have them fix the screen but the screen didn't act up when I took it in.... So the sprint techs wouldn't fix anything....

yesterday i did the line draw test when the screen was giving me problem...by *#*#3424#*#*
method... and the lower part of the screen acted weird... but in d morning the screen was okay and no issues were reported not even with the line draw test...
but i know the problem will come back...
and thnx for the reply guys..)
still fix needed... idk y there is no fix for the issue when so many people are facing the problem... maybe because almost ol of them have a nearby sprint store... i don't have one coz i am in INDIA.... so help me..)

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no help..

dj_joban said:
yesterday i did the line draw test when the screen was giving me problem...by *#*#3424#*#*
method... and the lower part of the screen acted weird... but in d morning the screen was okay and no issues were reported not even with the line draw test...
but i know the problem will come back...
and thnx for the reply guys..)
still fix needed... idk y there is no fix for the issue when so many people are facing the problem... maybe because almost ol of them have a nearby sprint store... i don't have one coz i am in INDIA.... so help me..)
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Maybe your best bet is to either return it to where you bought it or send it in to HTC for repair... Although I can see its a bit tough shipping thins from India.

My friend had this same issue with his EVO 3D. He had to take it in to Sprint and they replaced the digitizer/lcd and bezel from another phone that was just returned. I guess if you are in India, you could look online to see how much one would cost to get shipped in.
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same problem, i too from india. i also got an spare touchscreen, but from fews day problem has not arisen.
btw, my friend just open my phone for changing touch screen, but was unable to change it, but what he has done is tighten the touch screen cable.
now i am not facing any issue. though its just an week. i am testing it.

tnx fo reply
Yea shipping is a major issue here in India... And HTC don't just replace the digitizer,the whole assembly costs 170 $ (converted from Indian rupees around 8000) ...so if nothing woods ill buy a digitizer from eBay.....
And tightened cable sounds good... But let's see if that works..

Maybe the problem is you and not your phone Cheerz!

hello joban,
I got your pm i thought it would be better to post here,
I was getting this ghost problem very frequently. It was like in every 15 to 30 minutes. I tried various roms but moreover it was more in sense.
I was very annoyed as i also have a small white spot.
so, i thought digitizer is an issue. I order one digiter from ebay. its took around 2 months to reach india. I was having a spare fascinate so i kept evo 3d aside till that time.
as i got my digitizer,
i gone to my friend, he is having a mobile shop, i told him that there is some touch problem so i need to change the digitizer. so, he opened my phone,then he disconnect all the cables (Which are very delicate tell him that that connecter will unlock from white side not from the brown side. as the connecter are of two colors brown from the back side and white from the front side.)
after that motherboard got separated. Lower part he said that it is very delicate as its will be difficult to assemble it back. He referred me to some other dude who can do that. he repair phones but basic phones & chinese phones.
he asked me the exact issue, i told me phone behaves weirdly. He said this problem is not with the touchscreen. something else is the problem.
he told me as if touchscreen problem arise it will not work or a specific part will not work.
now. he connected my motherboard back. tighten it. and told me to check.
LOL as this problem is not frequently.
I told him i will test it and let you know. He suggested as if in case problem arises again, he will just hot air the touch screen connecter area and nearby component.
(mann mein toh doubt rehta hi hai yaar , abhi bhi saala tension hai soch raha hu fatafat nikal dallu )
but believe me its been more then a week. I have not faced this issue yet. I am on viper rom, stock kernel. also uncheck on off crt animation as i have seen its having bit problem with sense. and sometimes it act weirdly due to which touch doesnt response, you need to lock and unlock again.
LOL my spare touchscreen is eating dust now.

have you tried calibrating it with the htccalibrate app?

stevestone said:
hello joban,
I got your pm i thought it would be better to post here,
I was getting this ghost problem very frequently. It was like in every 15 to 30 minutes. I tried various roms but moreover it was more in sense.
I was very annoyed as i also have a small white spot.
so, i thought digitizer is an issue. I order one digiter from ebay. its took around 2 months to reach india. I was having a spare fascinate so i kept evo 3d aside till that time.
as i got my digitizer,
i gone to my friend, he is having a mobile shop, i told him that there is some touch problem so i need to change the digitizer. so, he opened my phone,then he disconnect all the cables (Which are very delicate tell him that that connecter will unlock from white side not from the brown side. as the connecter are of two colors brown from the back side and white from the front side.)
after that motherboard got separated. Lower part he said that it is very delicate as its will be difficult to assemble it back. He referred me to some other dude who can do that. he repair phones but basic phones & chinese phones.
he asked me the exact issue, i told me phone behaves weirdly. He said this problem is not with the touchscreen. something else is the problem.
he told me as if touchscreen problem arise it will not work or a specific part will not work.
now. he connected my motherboard back. tighten it. and told me to check.
LOL as this problem is not frequently.
I told him i will test it and let you know. He suggested as if in case problem arises again, he will just hot air the touch screen connecter area and nearby component.
(mann mein toh doubt rehta hi hai yaar , abhi bhi saala tension hai soch raha hu fatafat nikal dallu )
but believe me its been more then a week. I have not faced this issue yet. I am on viper rom, stock kernel. also uncheck on off crt animation as i have seen its having bit problem with sense. and sometimes it act weirdly due to which touch doesnt response, you need to lock and unlock again.
LOL my spare touchscreen is eating dust now.
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Hi,
Could you please help me with any mobile repairers in Mumbai/Pune who can fix broken touchscreens? My Einstien brain managed to cut the flex cable to touchscreen and its now not responding at all. I'm using Tinji i9300 mt6577 chinese phone. Reuqest your help plz. Thanks.

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[Q] Xperia x10 motherboard problem

The problem:-
1- restarts many times.
2-randomly shut down when i open Wi-Fi or apps or use it for more than 5 mins.
3-can't turn on sometimes and can't turn on using charger , only pc companion.
4-Burning Smell.
i know there's another thread talks about this problem but pleaese it's a serious common problem , i bought the mobile yesterday and i can't replace it , i've seen this post in SE forms : -
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It cost about more than 2 hours,and i sat near the engineer looked at what he was doing,everything.
1. He said before this one,he has fix 4 x10 with the same problem.He checked my phone and told me he must take the phone to parts,i agreeed.
2.The restart problem is neither a software problem nor briefly hardware problem.The reason most likely is welding procedure .Between X10's CPU and the chassis on the M/B there is no bayonet(i'm not sure it's the right word), so the closeness of them only depends on colophony(another word i use google to translate it) and solder (the third one).He said when x10 is koncked or bumped,fissure or something others may appear,and when CPU runs at a high level,the ammeter shows a number above 200mA,you can think its fever.Because goods expand with heat and contract with cold,here comes the flexibility.It may influence the contact between cpu and chassis.So the restart happens. He get the CPU off M/B,clear and rebuilt solder on them very carefully,and packed everything back.THIS COST TWO HOURS.
3.When parts became back to a phone,I push sim card,sd card back,truned it on,it booted successed.Then i run the Backup and Restore app,no problem.Before repaired erverytime i run it, the phone restarted.view www web use the brower by 3G, opened servel windows,no problem;Played Asphalt 5 for 10 mins,the phone became hot,still no problem.So i paid for it and left.That cost fuxk 500RMB,nearly 100$!!!!!!!!!!
4.When the engineer was soleing it, i talked to him,he said G7 also has a lot of problem,G7 use the smae CPU as x10,it also may restart.
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anyone tried this?????
please if anyone has fixed this problem (i know i can change the motherboard but it cost alot , I need Electric solve) . and it's not a software problem at all and n ot in the battry .
this is the best forms for PPC's so i don't have to post this in every site so better sign up and replay please maybe someone can help...
64 views and no answer -,-
and btw the phone works well when it's cold but it shut down when it's worm or using Wi-Fi or Calling . so to re-operate it you need to put it in air conditioner then but the battery back and switch on
So far no problem.
By the way the phone had no warranty?
yea , i bought it used and it looks that someone bought it from china and sell it here so the warranty doesn't cover my country.
thanx for telling me that x10 doesn't have another factory problems.
i send it today to one of those small repair places , they said the IC's are burned because of short circuit or something like that so we'll see what will happen tomorrow.
it cost me around 100$ but it doesn't matter as long it work.
sorry to say it but you buy cheap, you get cheap. might have to shell out for some repair work or ditch it and buy a new one. hard luck man.
hemo1001 said:
The problem:-
1- restarts many times.
2-randomly shut down when i open Wi-Fi or apps or use it for more than 5 mins.
3-can't turn on sometimes and can't turn on using charger , only pc companion.
4-Burning Smell.
i know there's another thread talks about this problem but pleaese it's a serious common problem , i bought the mobile yesterday and i can't replace it , i've seen this post in SE forms : -
............................................................................................................
It cost about more than 2 hours,and i sat near the engineer looked at what he was doing,everything.
1. He said before this one,he has fix 4 x10 with the same problem.He checked my phone and told me he must take the phone to parts,i agreeed.
2.The restart problem is neither a software problem nor briefly hardware problem.The reason most likely is welding procedure .Between X10's CPU and the chassis on the M/B there is no bayonet(i'm not sure it's the right word), so the closeness of them only depends on colophony(another word i use google to translate it) and solder (the third one).He said when x10 is koncked or bumped,fissure or something others may appear,and when CPU runs at a high level,the ammeter shows a number above 200mA,you can think its fever.Because goods expand with heat and contract with cold,here comes the flexibility.It may influence the contact between cpu and chassis.So the restart happens. He get the CPU off M/B,clear and rebuilt solder on them very carefully,and packed everything back.THIS COST TWO HOURS.
3.When parts became back to a phone,I push sim card,sd card back,truned it on,it booted successed.Then i run the Backup and Restore app,no problem.Before repaired erverytime i run it, the phone restarted.view www web use the brower by 3G, opened servel windows,no problem;Played Asphalt 5 for 10 mins,the phone became hot,still no problem.So i paid for it and left.That cost fuxk 500RMB,nearly 100$!!!!!!!!!!
4.When the engineer was soleing it, i talked to him,he said G7 also has a lot of problem,G7 use the smae CPU as x10,it also may restart.
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anyone tried this?????
please if anyone has fixed this problem (i know i can change the motherboard but it cost alot , I need Electric solve) . and it's not a software problem at all and n ot in the battry .
this is the best forms for PPC's so i don't have to post this in every site so better sign up and replay please maybe someone can help...
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my friend I am sorry but there is no quick fix for something like this. To repair SMT type circuit boards you need a clean room environment and also some very expensive equipment. My advice is to get a new handset, there are a few people on here that need some parts for their phones and you can off set the cost of a new handset that way.
thanx for the advice , i'll replace it with one that works and with a warranty . this will be my last time buying cheap S***, i really like it and i hope they release android 2.0 soon for it.
hemo1001 said:
thanx for the advice , i'll replace it with one that works and with a warranty . this will be my last time buying cheap S***, i really like it and i hope they release android 2.0 soon for it.
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As I said there are people who need parts, so it will not be a total loss!
where are you located? I need a few bits.
Tomorrow i'll sell it with around 150 dollar, i'll replace it with another X10 but with WARRANTY this time
just found this thread and it seems to describe my problem with my x10. If the crashing is heat related would using a cpu underclock help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831658 for more info
my phone doesnt charge the battery, but charging animation is playing, gave to service centre,they told motherboard replacement,but that told we dont do for the handsets without warranty.... pls help how can i sort this prob.
I don't agree with the first post, I had this problem too, and the problem was bad, but as soon I as I flashed with the latest firmware, that problem seems to have been fixed, gone by 2 days without any restarts.
i also have this problem.
The worse is now my charged battery will become red low batt at first and recharge itself back to normal without plug in power...i think i just solve the world energy problem here.
May have fixed the problem, for a bit.
I bought one of these used (x10a), I basically got ripped off by some guy that must have known about the issue. Anyway, I tore the phone apart down to the screen, I left that intact. I cleaned the housing, motherboard and sound jack with compressed air (lightly), cleaned contacts that looked a little dull. I noticed the foil covering the CPU and other components was a little askew and there were some heat bubbles forming. I used a mini spatula as a squeegee and got rid of the bubbles, cleaned up the edges around the foil to insure they didn't contact their neighbors and put the thing back together.
Before this I could use the phone for a call for longer than 2 minutes, the second I ended the call it would crash/reboot. Same with playing games and listening to music at the same time. Movies, forget it. I don't want to curse it because it has only been a day, but no crashes yet and I'm doing/running everything I can to try and get this thing to crash. If it was the bubbles contacting other metal in the chassis then they will probably return sometime in the future.
Who knows.
For now, I say it's fixed. I hope.
I downloaded the schematic and disassembly, reassembly instructions off the net.
UPDATE: Cleaning did not work, I really didn't think it would but it was worth a try. I did however rebake the main board in my convection oven for 10 minutes at 210 degrees Celsius and it worked. I have uploaded videos to youtube. If you're like me, no warranty and don't mind tearing things apart. Check out my videos on youtube, do a search for MrSpywhite.
I had the same problem and SE replaced the motherboard.
spywhite said:
UPDATE: Cleaning did not work, I really didn't think it would but it was worth a try. I did however rebake the main board in my convection oven for 10 minutes at 210 degrees Celsius and it worked. I have uploaded videos to youtube. If you're like me, no warranty and don't mind tearing things apart. Check out my videos on youtube, do a search for MrSpywhite.
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That sounds like good news, I have a friend with a similar problem, but his phone has the same behaviour faster than yours... did really work? any problems after the bake? (mic, speaker) ?
Sorry for bumping in a old thread but I am also facing the same problem i guess. Anyone got it to work ?
The motherboard is costing me Rs.8000 ( 160$ approx ) and its a 2 yr old phone. Cant spend that much now on such an old phone.
This solution might help on that cases, as main reason for such things are Pb free soldering (small balls between CPU and MB).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37819145&postcount=12
Of course you do it on your own risk...

htc EVO 3D display / digitizer failure.

Well, I have had the 3D since launch. After the first couple of days I started seeing phantom touches. After 1 week I started to notice this was getting far worse and that the display/digitizer was registering touches when nothing was near the device.
Called Sprint walked through a full wipe of the OS and reinstall. That was a no go and wasted nearly 2 hours of my time on the phone... However the Level 2 tech agreed that it appeared to be a failure of the device and advised that I return it to the Sprint store.
Got to sprint and showed them the video I had made of what the phone was doing. They also agreed that something was wrong with the phone and replaced it immediately.
Just in case I am not the only one that is having this problem I am uploading the video to youtube... I will share that link with you as soon as it is done uploading.
This is a video showing the issue using the "draw" application:
If you run into similar issues let me know!
I've seen some strange things happen but I figured it was the Otterbox Defender case or humidity here in Florida.
Will watch more closely now. Thanks for the report!
I've also been having strange issues, where touches are appearing out of nowhere. Had to turn off the pattern lock as a result, since I nearly got locked out of my device since it wouldn't register my pattern properly. It seems to 'reset' itself after a couple reboots, but starts acting up again at a later random time. Between the poor GPS performance and this issue, I'm starting to wonder if I upgraded from my Evo 4G a bit too early...
Same thing happens to mine while texting I would click a letter but it would click another one. It just did it once tho
never discount the existence of a true phantom pressing those screens ;p
I have heard of several people with the issue. Kinda makes me nervous. Already swapped 1 due to bad camera.
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Same thing happens to my e3d
My touchscreen is having issues lately too. It'll work fine for several hours, then the screen will either be unresponsive or register phantom movements. Sometimes it won't register the lockpattern as I move my fingers, and other times it refuses to swipe left or right between screens. I've been trying to figure out if it's some kind of software or hardware issue, but no luck. I'd hate to return it(since it's my 2nd 3D) but if it continues for the rest of the week, it's going back. I made a video clip of it jumping screens randomly just in case the Sprint store ask any questions.
*update
I installed the paint program like OP did and had similar things happen on mine with the random lines and unresponsive screens. I guess I'll return tonight for 3D #3....
Mine just started doin the same thing lately, any of you have results yet? Did you turn in your phone or did they repair it? I really dont wanna go to the sprint store and turn mine in because i dont want a refurbished unit. 9/10 in the past when ive went through insurance, the phone they send me is broken as well and then it goes round and round. Sometimes my phone will just stop responding to touch, it will have phantom touches and/or on the htc_ime mod keyboard on compact qwerty; the ui, jk, m, . column up and down wont work at all. strange to say the least, never had this happen to any of my phones before.
My launch day EVO 3D is being replaced also due to this issue. She be back up and running with my new phone Wednesday.
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Well mine developed this problem a few days ago.
The top inch or so of the screen and when I get this problem the touch sensitive buttons also dont work sometimes.
My problem and my question is that, I dont have insurance on the phone, I bought it on Amazon from a private party after my EVO 4G was stollen.
If I take it to Sprint can they just replace the digitizer, since this is a defect of the phone and would that even fix this problem?
If you don't have insurance on the phone then you need to go on ebay and search for evo 3d lcd digitizer housing. Yesterday, I paid $50 shipped from usa.
If you cant find a good listing then u can buy the lcd + digitizer (or just the digitizer) without housing. But it's hard work to do these two because those things are glued and painful to disassemble. It will definitely look jacked up after all your hard work. Just get it with the housing (front black plastic)
Here is a usa seller with what i'm talking about but he as no feedback so i didnt buy from him.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-EVO-3D-...ultDomain_0&hash=item1c20adc044#ht_2172wt_286
There is a hi res disassembly video on youtube.
I've been experiencing this issue lately as well. I've had this phone since the month it was released and it only started acting up as of a couple weeks ago. It started off as the touch screen not registering any touches, not even the capacitive buttons. Then this week it started it started doing the crazy phantom touch thing. In order to get it working, I simply shut off the screen then turn it back on again. It seems to happen less if I'm lighter on the screen. Thank gawd I'm not the only one experiencing this.
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I called a sprint store and they told me that they would either replace the digitizer or the phone for a fee of 35 dollars, since I did not have insurance.
So, I took my phone in and they had another screen that was from another phone that had a different problem.
After they replaced it, he did not charge me
I was happy until I started to drive home and I was checking it some more and realized that the new screen also had the same digitizer problem.
I guess im headed back to Sprint tomorrow hopefully they give me another phone. and I will happily pay the 35 dollars.
Wow thats a real good deal. I never considered taking it for repair. I thought it must be cheaper to do it myself. I hope they can get you a working one. I'm sure they won't try to charge you for it when you go back.
I'm having trouble with my Evo as well, not sure if its the same issue or not.. for about the past week my notification bar will be intermittently unusable, I can't pull it down at all.. then sometimes it'll work. Unfortunately the times I've been near a sprint store it's working fine.. UGH. Also it's been giving me some random letters occasionally when texting, or the most aggravating is when it "clicks" the backspace button and that sticks and it erases whatever text I just wrote. Sounds like a similar issue.. I just wish mine was consistent, sometimes it works perfect.
Call me an idiot but whats the app that you were using!?
Edit:nvm found it haha
Well today i paid the 35 dollars and will be getting another phone
A really good app for testing screen problems is call "touch test"
http://www.appbrain.com/app/touch-test/org.hermit.touchtest
Mine seem to get worse when i had more then one finger on the screen. and it got really bad with just a little bit of preasure on the screen.
I'm having a similar problem but it is only with the capacitative soft keys.
I have problems from time to time. It gets so annoying on Swype because it will leave breaks while I'm Swyping and instead of one word I'll get like four weird words instead. Very cumbersome.
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[Q] Touchscreen/digitizer doesn't work/responds well anymore after replacement.

Hello all
This is my first post here so let's hope I do everything correctly here
I have a Sony xperia Live with walkman (wt19i) which I dropped unfortunately and decided to replace it after a while because I was annoyed by all the cracks and was up for an experiment.
After a long search, I came up with this:
amazon.com/gp/product/B006MQFFZQ/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_hst_1
I also posted my findings there already to help other people who might want or need to replace their digitizer as well.
But the bottomline is that the screen sometimes just locks up or starts acting weird... then I have to lock/unlock and it is all OK again for a while.
At least once a day I have to take out the battery because the trick I explained above doesn't work anymore at all.
The hardware buttons do.
I have the idea that when I keep playing a game for too long; it locks up faster, so the device warms up.
I guess I already know the answer but I was hoping that someone had any idea's how to fix this as I already did the installment of the digitizer over again without much luck.
Thnx in advance!
Jelle
Hello! I was facing the same trouble with my Xperia Mini Pro which unfortunately expired yesterday.
I had to replace the digitizer+Lcd whichI bought off eBay (money wasted). One thing that you should see is what you use for sticking the screen unit to the phone (I am assuming that it was stuch to the phone using some kind of adhesive as this is the case in Xperias and maybe others too).
When I replaced mine, it was working fine until I used (very carefully) quick drying adhesive on the edges. My guess is that some of that got between the digitizer and the lcd by seeping in because after that, I started to experience the SAME issues as you. For me sometimes, rebooting would be the only thing to make it work again.
I hope it gets fixed for you soon. It only went downhill for me though
navneetkhare said:
Hello! I was facing the same trouble with my Xperia Mini Pro which unfortunately expired yesterday.
I had to replace the digitizer+Lcd whichI bought off eBay (money wasted). One thing that you should see is what you use for sticking the screen unit to the phone (I am assuming that it was stuch to the phone using some kind of adhesive as this is the case in Xperias and maybe others too).
When I replaced mine, it was working fine until I used (very carefully) quick drying adhesive on the edges. My guess is that some of that got between the digitizer and the lcd by seeping in because after that, I started to experience the SAME issues as you. For me sometimes, rebooting would be the only thing to make it work again.
I hope it gets fixed for you soon. It only went downhill for me though
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Hi there and thx for your reply.
Sorry to hear that you are experiencing the same kind of problems.
Unfortunately I've had this problem from the beginning, when I unpacked it, I could already see that it wasn't an original part under bright light.
I've used 1mm Wide Double Sided Layer Adhesive Sticky Tape Sticker for Mobile Phone, which I also bought on Amazon, despite of how hard it was to apply, it the replacement went fine with it.
The second time I took apart my phone just to see if I did connect everything well, I also re-applied the sticky dual sided tape.
But that did't really help.
But so i've someone has some knowledge or knows some tricks I can experiment with, that would be nice
I read something about heating up the phone like this thread here for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041943
I'm willing to try that if there is really no other option
But as I said, it's probably just a badly constructed digitizer I got from China.
Jelpot said:
Hello all
This is my first post here so let's hope I do everything correctly here
I have a Sony xperia Live with walkman (wt19i) which I dropped unfortunately and decided to replace it after a while because I was annoyed by all the cracks and was up for an experiment.
After a long search, I came up with this:
amazon.com/gp/product/B006MQFFZQ/ref=cm_cr_ryp_prd_ttl_hst_1
I also posted my findings there already to help other people who might want or need to replace their digitizer as well.
But the bottomline is that the screen sometimes just locks up or starts acting weird... then I have to lock/unlock and it is all OK again for a while.
At least once a day I have to take out the battery because the trick I explained above doesn't work anymore at all.
The hardware buttons do.
I have the idea that when I keep playing a game for too long; it locks up faster, so the device warms up.
I guess I already know the answer but I was hoping that someone had any idea's how to fix this as I already did the installment of the digitizer over again without much luck.
Thx in advance!
Jelle
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You changed the screen?! Fire! even though I can do nothing helpful....sorry...
Linnunium said:
You changed the screen?! Fire! even though I can do nothing helpful....sorry...
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No, I only replaced the digitizer.
The screen was still fine and they weren't really stuck together
Jelpot said:
No, I only replaced the digitizer.
The screen was still fine and they weren't really stuck together
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But digitizer and screen are one unit and not intended to be separated. Maybe that's the problem!
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.3
mihahn said:
But digitizer and screen are one unit and not intended to be separated. Maybe that's the problem!
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.3
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Yes, I've read that here before, but my mind cannot really get around the why... ?
It wasn't like they were stuck together that I could damage the other when replacing it.
Neither were the parts sold together.
The screen still works and the digitizer as well, it's not like it's not working at all.
The digitizer just stops working after a while and when I lock/unlock again it works fine again.
As far as I remember I also had do connect the digitizer to the mainboard, not the display itself.
It isn't an easy issue, that's for sure

Water Damaged Z2.. Trying to fix it!

Hello.
So to make a veeeery long story short, the phone leaked water in a lake at about 0.5 meters depth after a minute or two with flaps definitely closed (checked 5-10 times before submersion). The screen then flickered and died.
Phone gets sent away to a service center, tested and results unsurprisingly say its watertight so must be user fault. Sony and service provider refuse to help me in any way to fix the broken phone, so basically they say i have to pay it as normal (it was 4 weeks old at time of damage).
I received the phone back after countless phone calls to sony and service provider trying to get them to take responsibility, especially sony, but to no avail.
So now im trying to fix it myself. I took the phone apart, and the screen connector at the bottom was fried as expected. I bought a new screen and flex connector cable but still my screen wont show. The touchscreen works perfect, and so does the phone. When i connect it to my tv via MHL it works flawlessly. Every function including the new touchscreen works perfect, just that the screen is black on the device.
Am i missing something?? I really want to get this working so i can say IN YOUR FACE to this stupid company SONY. Im thinking the only thing it could be now is some faulty component on the mainboard regarding screen output, seems strange though that everything works perfect via MHL, especially the touchscreen.
Anybody have any ideas? Would be greatly appreciated if anyone can share similar experiences!
Cheers, Vincent from Sweden.
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vinnibinni said:
Hello.
So to make a veeeery long story short, the phone leaked water in a lake at about 0.5 meters depth after a minute or two with flaps definitely closed (checked 5-10 times before submersion). The screen then flickered and died.
Phone gets sent away to a service center, tested and results unsurprisingly say its watertight so must be user fault. Sony and service provider refuse to help me in any way to fix the broken phone, so basically they say i have to pay it as normal (it was 4 weeks old at time of damage).
I received the phone back after countless phone calls to sony and service provider trying to get them to take responsibility, especially sony, but to no avail.
So now im trying to fix it myself. I took the phone apart, and the screen connector at the bottom was fried as expected. I bought a new screen and flex connector cable but still my screen wont show. The touchscreen works perfect, and so does the phone. When i connect it to my tv via MHL it works flawlessly. Every function including the new touchscreen works perfect, just that the screen is black on the device.
Am i missing something?? I really want to get this working so i can say IN YOUR FACE to this stupid company SONY. Im thinking the only thing it could be now is some faulty component on the mainboard regarding screen output, seems strange though that everything works perfect via MHL, especially the touchscreen.
Anybody have any ideas? Would be greatly appreciated if anyone can share similar experiences!
Cheers, Vincent from Sweden.
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explain more about phone instead of situation and problem with service center
the touch panel is ok but display is died!
but the phone can boot with another display?!
Geeks Empire said:
explain more about phone instead of situation and problem with service center
the touch panel is ok but display is died!
but the phone can boot with another display?!
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Hello.
The phone has booted ever since it got water damaged, even with the bad screen. Yes the touch panel works perfect but no display, and i can see and use everything on the phonebon my tv via mhl cable. I even updated firmware whilst using mhl to see if it would help but still no picture on the device.
I have replaced the touch screen and the flex ribbon cable that connects screen to mainboard. I have also removed mainboard and cleaned it with 95% alcohol incase some water or dirt causing a short circuit somewhere.
The mainboard looks fine, and everything works apart from the visual screen. Nothing is overheating. Im really baffled as to what could be wrong, but it surely must be something on the mainboard?
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vinnibinni said:
Hello.
The phone has booted ever since it got water damaged, even with the bad screen. Yes the touch panel works perfect but no display, and i can see and use everything on the phonebon my tv via mhl cable. I even updated firmware whilst using mhl to see if it would help but still no picture on the device.
I have replaced the touch screen and the flex ribbon cable that connects screen to mainboard. I have also removed mainboard and cleaned it with 95% alcohol incase some water or dirt causing a short circuit somewhere.
The mainboard looks fine, and everything works apart from the visual screen. Nothing is overheating. Im really baffled as to what could be wrong, but it surely must be something on the mainboard?
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I got same issue on Galaxy S4 but that wasn't water proof so this type of damage was normal for it.
have u tried ur display on another board?
- as Sony said it was user fault... after phone get wet have u tried to dry it with heat?
+ as i read the warranty agreements when u open phone by urself or others (non official center) it will void the warranty.
anyway If ur display not working with another board so thr is problem in display panel and not anything on board.
Please Inform me if u got any info or result of this damage
Thanks
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Geeks Empire said:
I got same issue on Galaxy S4 but that wasn't water proof so this type of damage was normal for it.
have u tried ur display on another board?
- as Sony said it was user fault... after phone get wet have u tried to dry it with heat?
+ as i read the warranty agreements when u open phone by urself or others (non official center) it will void the warranty.
anyway If ur display not working with another board so thr is problem in display panel and not anything on board.
Please Inform me if u got any info or result of this damage
Thanks
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Yes the phone is thoroughly dried out. I only opened the phone after i had received it back from sony service. They said it wasnt covered by warranty because it was water damaged and was caused by the user (even though both water indicators behind the 2 flaps are still white and not been exposed to water), and they said that they never repair water damaged phones.
Thats why i decided to open it and try to fix it myself, i had nothing (more) to lose!
I havent tried the new display on another board, thats exactly what i want to do but cant get hold of a new board. I've even been taking apart previous smartphones to see if the display can be connected to it somehow just so i can confirm it works. But the probability is that it does work, as the first "broken" screen worked in the same way as this one, touchscreen fine but no display. Thats why i changed the flex cable also, i thought it must be that when the mainboard seems to be doing everything else perfectly.
Does the problem have to be in one of those 3 components? Screen, flex cable, mainboard, or have i missed something?
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vinnibinni said:
Yes the phone is thoroughly dried out. I only opened the phone after i had received it back from sony service. They said it wasnt covered by warranty because it was water damaged and was caused by the user (even though both water indicators behind the 2 flaps are still white and not been exposed to water), and they said that they never repair water damaged phones.
Thats why i decided to open it and try to fix it myself, i had nothing (more) to lose!
I havent tried the new display on another board, thats exactly what i want to do but cant get hold of a new board. I've even been taking apart previous smartphones to see if the display can be connected to it somehow just so i can confirm it works. But the probability is that it does work, as the first "broken" screen worked in the same way as this one, touchscreen fine but no display. Thats why i changed the flex cable also, i thought it must be that when the mainboard seems to be doing everything else perfectly.
Does the problem have to be in one of those 3 components? Screen, flex cable, mainboard, or have i missed something?
Thanks
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Yes, it should be those factors. From what you have stated, its most probably the connector on the main board. Before you make more purchases, try to take it to a shop and ask them to test the screen on another phone, so you can see if its the screen or not. It MIGHT be a faulty flex cable that you just purchased, hopefully, since its the cheaper solution. I actually bought one in ebay that was water damaged, changed the screen, middle frame and flex cable, and have a brand new refurbished Z2, good for me the main board was intact. I would take the board out, wash it with 95% alcohol again with a soft toothbrush to brush impurities off the connector piece. Then spray it a little with electrical spray and leave it in rice to thoroughly dry out overnight and try all the connections again. Look through the main board with a magnifying glass and see if anything obvious burned out, the smallest connection can cause problems.
If all fails, then take it to a shop to test the screen or the main board, hopefully they are friendly enough to do it.
Good luck buddy. :good:
elbello said:
Yes, it should be those factors. From what you have stated, its most probably the connector on the main board. Before you make more purchases, try to take it to a shop and ask them to test the screen on another phone, so you can see if its the screen or not. It MIGHT be a faulty flex cable that you just purchased, hopefully, since its the cheaper solution. I actually bought one in ebay that was water damaged, changed the screen, middle frame and flex cable, and have a brand new refurbished Z2, good for me the main board was intact. I would take the board out, wash it with 95% alcohol again with a soft toothbrush to brush impurities off the connector piece. Then spray it a little with electrical spray and leave it in rice to thoroughly dry out overnight and try all the connections again. Look through the main board with a magnifying glass and see if anything obvious burned out, the smallest connection can cause problems.
If all fails, then take it to a shop to test the screen or the main board, hopefully they are friendly enough to do it.
Good luck buddy. :good:
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Sounds like good advice elbello
Good to know that you have managed to fix a water damaged Z2 using the same mainboard, hopefully i can have the same luck.
So you think it could be the flex cable? Are they known to break easily?
I have already cleaned the board twice with alcohol, maybe using electrical spray might help, and i will check it with a magnifying glass aswell.
Hopefully i can find a shop that will test the screen for me, but this is Sweden, the place where no favours are done, and where everything has to be sent away and fixed by professionals!
Thanks for the replys guys
I have just checked the whole mainboard with a magnifier, and found no oxidation anywhere. I found quite a bit of dirt in some places, and i have once again cleaned the screen connector with 95% alcohol and also the other side of the board behind the screen connector. I dont have any electrical spray at this time so cant test with that.
Another thing i have realised is that there is visual damage to two contact points that are located at the bottom of the phone, very close to where the flex cable connects to the lcd screen. What are these two contacts for, and could they be causing the problem? I will attach an image of them.
Thanks.
vinnibinni said:
I have just checked the whole mainboard with a magnifier, and found no oxidation anywhere. I found quite a bit of dirt in some places, and i have once again cleaned the screen connector with 95% alcohol and also the other side of the board behind the screen connector. I dont have any electrical spray at this time so cant test with that.
Another thing i have realised is that there is visual damage to two contact points that are located at the bottom of the phone, very close to where the flex cable connects to the lcd screen. What are these two contacts for, and could they be causing the problem? I will attach an image of them.
Thanks.
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From that picture, I dont think that affects the screen at all. Bad thing is you cant try the two pieces you bought with another board so you can narrow the problem down.
I doubt the electrical spray will make wonders, it just good to clean dirt and make the contacts react better after oxidation, but if you state they are clean...
Think your only options is to consider it a loss, sell it in ebay for parts and stuff, or try getting a new flex and see if it was that, but if it wasnt, its like throwing money away. I would say the same for the screen, but those go for $100+ easily.
elbello said:
From that picture, I dont think that affects the screen at all. Bad thing is you cant try the two pieces you bought with another board so you can narrow the problem down.
I doubt the electrical spray will make wonders, it just good to clean dirt and make the contacts react better after oxidation, but if you state they are clean...
Think your only options is to consider it a loss, sell it in ebay for parts and stuff, or try getting a new flex and see if it was that, but if it wasnt, its like throwing money away. I would say the same for the screen, but those go for $100+ easily.
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Yea i was thinking about selling it for parts, but its not really worth much without a working mainboard. I will probably just keep it and wait till i can get hold of a new board. How much do you think a new board would cost? I cant find one anywhere at the moment when searching on ebay/google.
Wish i had access to a working board for testing
Hello,
I have the same problem ... black screen on the tv works perfectly, xperia z2 also drowned after 10 seconds under water .... someone back to life solved the screen, that you have replaced?
best regard.
Oscar
vinnibinni said:
Yea i was thinking about selling it for parts, but its not really worth much without a working mainboard. I will probably just keep it and wait till i can get hold of a new board. How much do you think a new board would cost? I cant find one anywhere at the moment when searching on ebay/google.
Wish i had access to a working board for testing
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Hello ..... no answer .....
I'll buy on aliexpress touch screen digitizer to replace it, anyone know if the screen will return to work? I have to replace more parts? thank you ...
Best Regard
Oscarrrr
Hello,
I'm now in the exact same position.
Water damaged, Touchscreen is still working I can enter recovery any press stuff but no display only shows black.
Had my screen replaced in a shop here but same problem prevails.
They told me to replace Mainboard 3500 THB.
But they didnt have one right then.
He could fix it?
vinnibinni said:
Yea i was thinking about selling it for parts, but its not really worth much without a working mainboard. I will probably just keep it and wait till i can get hold of a new board. How much do you think a new board would cost? I cant find one anywhere at the moment when searching on ebay/google.
Wish i had access to a working board for testing
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he could you solve your problem? It happens to me the same with a z2 . I board bought new eh and the problem persists . you could help me?
Thinking of buying a used z2 with intermittent touchscreen issues. It works but seems to be intermittent it either takes multiple taps to work or it goes mad like your pressing the keys could this be down to water damage or possibly just a software issue and need re-flashing a ftf by clean install it's a totally stock z2 in mint condition for £50
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Thinking of buying a used z2 with intermittent touchscreen issues. It works but seems to be intermittent it either takes multiple taps to work or it goes mad like your pressing the keys could this be down to water damage or possibly just a software issue and need re-flashing a ftf by clean install it's a totally stock z2 in mint condition for £50
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It's probably hardware problem. Trust me, ghost touches make people go crazy,so don't buy it.
Sent from Xperia Z2
Luckily not from an iPhone = Yesterdays technology at tomorrows prices
Ghost touches are a digitizer problem right?
You can buy a new one for about 30-50$
Gesendet von meinem LENNY2 mit Tapatalk
Haldi4803 said:
Ghost touches are a digitizer problem right?
You can buy a new one for about 30-50$
Gesendet von meinem LENNY2 mit Tapatalk
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Probably yes, but replacing it isn't so easy these days.
Sent from Xperia Z2
Luckily not from an iPhone = Yesterdays technology at tomorrows prices
try this : http://www.mobilerdx.com/2014/10/sony-xperia-z2-display-light-working-problem-solution.html
or this : http://gsm-friends.blogspot.co.id/2015/05/sony-xperia-z2-display-light-ic.html

LG V60 ThinkQ Dual screen problems?

I hopped on the T-MO B1G1 deal with my brother and after a week of trying things out, we noticed every now and then our dual screen (when both screens are active) the left one glitches. Does anyone have that problem? See picture attachment for an idea. In a nutshell, this only happens when I have both screens active and multi-tasking at times where the left screen will get a glitchy lighting error.
The glitch is either a quick shut off and turn on with the left screen or it quickly changes the left screen to be bright and colorful as shown in the picture.
If anyone ran into this problem and know how to fix it, please share it! My brother's LG v60 doesn't get this dual-screen glitch as often, only once or twice for him while I'm getting it almost everyday. I'm hoping to avoid another format, I'm wondering if it's an app or setting that is not compatible with dual screen.
Thanks
*Looks like I can't post a picture yet until I get more posts in.*
Your unit is defected. Contact t-mobile for a replacement. There are videos on youtube of a few users with the same experience.
I myself haven't had issues, I've had it for a week now
Had mine since march 25th and no issues either.
Here is the video on youtube about one reviewer with a 2nd display issue
rkingsparx81 said:
Had mine since march 25th and no issues either.
Here is the video on youtube about one reviewer with a 2nd display issue
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Thanks for all the replies! It happened to my bro's LG V60 today again and so we are pretty sure both of our dual screen is defected.
I'll try with LG Promise warranty to see if I can get a replacement dual screen first, hopefully they can take care of it faster than T-Mobile. T-mobile has been giving me ****ty customer service lately, so hopefully LG can make it right.
Thanks all.
Now normally TMobile will overnight a device if you have insurance. If you don't have insurance it's a 3-5 day wait for a replacement
Wide-mode app part of this?
I ran into this with my AT&T velvet. LG replaced it and it's been working for the past week.
Question: Did you install the wide-mode for LG app? I was wondering if that might have done something to some bit of memory somewhere. It didn't claim to support the Velvet but I tried it anyway. I don't remember if that's when it started acting up. I factory-reset the phone to see if that helped but the problem kept re-occurring. I emailed the app's author but got no reply.
I figured I'd ask. I'd like to re-install the app but don't want to possibly mess things up.
Thanks,
Frank
I got the phone over the weekend and mines glitches often i when back to t mobile and they replaced my dual screen and yet again with in a hour it still glitching
try a little tape/padding between the phone bottom port and the case usb plug, its probably a connection problem, poor design, im unable to return mine so this worked great for me.
dual Screen bad connection, maybe solved with wedge?
My dual screen case has been playing up, about 90% of the time i clip on the case the screen does not work after a few minutes due to movement. it seems LG has made a bad design with the usb c connection and poga style pins at the bottom of...
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gary776677 said:
try a little tape/padding between the phone bottom port and the case usb plug, its probably a connection problem, poor design, im unable to return mine so this worked great for me.
dual Screen bad connection, maybe solved with wedge?
My dual screen case has been playing up, about 90% of the time i clip on the case the screen does not work after a few minutes due to movement. it seems LG has made a bad design with the usb c connection and poga style pins at the bottom of...
forum.xda-developers.com
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I had to have my dual screen replaced. The screen would just turn green and fade out. Lg sent it in less than a week. There's no reason to resort to things like tape or stuff. All V60s are still under warranty. Just send the screen part back to lg and they will replace it.
pflatlyne said:
.... All V60s are still under warranty. Just send the screen part back to lg and they will replace it.
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not sure if you have travelled much, but LG warranty isn't worldwide... i cant get back to the usa any time soon, plus im getting free top quality healthcare where i am, so gonna use it as long as i can.
gary776677 said:
try a little tape/padding between the phone bottom port and the case usb plug, its probably a connection problem, poor design, im unable to return mine so this worked great for me.
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I'm in the same boat, and used the same solution. I have a thin metal disc that mates with a magnet to use as a stand, mount the phone, etc. (IM Stick). Installing that disc at the very bottom of the case gave the USB C connector just what it needed to mate correctly. Bonus: No interference with wireless charging!

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