Hi
I have a blue angel with a mostly non-functional keyboard. the backlight doesn't work and about 80% of the keys wont respond. i changed everything over to a new chassis a few months ago and it all worked but i tried the keyboard yesterday and it's gone bye-bye
i've checked the cable and it's firmly in place and all i can think is that when moving the keyboard onto the new chassis i've somehow damaged the membrane. It's weird because it worked fine for quite some time and the BA has been sitting in it's box for a couple of months since i got a wizard.
I've been looking for a new keyboard which i'd fit myself because O2's repair service are quoting over £100 to do the repair. Has anyone seen one in the uk for not too much money ?
Thanks in advance!
Martz
Take a look here:
http://search.ebay.de/_W0QQsassZfluffcat1QQhtZ-1
and ask him...
good luck
thanks! i found a guy on ebay uk with lots of spars - just waiting for the new keyboard to arrive
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
Hello,
Could anyone advise on my issue regarding my S3 (I9300)?
My problem started a few weeks ago, when after my kid did something to it (supposedly drooled over it, or smashed on the floor), it just didn't response to the touchscreen. It booted with no errors (if rested by battery removal) , volume and home button and power worked just fine.
After several days it started working again, with nothing done to it, just left it on a shelf.
But after one week it did not response to its touchscreen, (i forgot to mention that both the display and the hole case don't have any issues, cracks, etc) and it stayed like that for almost a month.
Meanwhile, I have placed an order for another phone and last night, when I just wanted to see if I could got my contacts out of my old I9300, I found out it started to work again!!!
I have to mention, I went to several Samsung Service Centers, in my town and they all said it has broken "the touchdisplay - motherboard" system and to fix it means to replace those two and the cost is like I would've bought a new device. Is that true? How come it "comes to life" over and over?
Any hints, tips?
Regards,
miborion said:
Hello,
Could anyone advise on my issue regarding my S3 (I9300)?
My problem started a few weeks ago, when after my kid did something to it (supposedly drooled over it, or smashed on the floor), it just didn't response to the touchscreen. It booted with no errors (if rested by battery removal) , volume and home button and power worked just fine.
After several days it started working again, with nothing done to it, just left it on a shelf.
But after one week it did not response to its touchscreen, (i forgot to mention that both the display and the hole case don't have any issues, cracks, etc) and it stayed like that for almost a month.
Meanwhile, I have placed an order for another phone and last night, when I just wanted to see if I could got my contacts out of my old I9300, I found out it started to work again!!!
I have to mention, I went to several Samsung Service Centers, in my town and they all said it has broken "the touchdisplay - motherboard" system and to fix it means to replace those two and the cost is like I would've bought a new device. Is that true? How come it "comes to life" over and over?
Any hints, tips?
Regards,
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anyone?
Hi guys,
my Nexus 9 started to randomly shutdown around 40-50% with some strange noises and screen artefacts. I know some people faced that as well. I've tried to go trough that google support bull*hit and finally when we agreed it's battery issue, they stopped answering - seriously.
So I've removed the back cover - it's pretty easy. The battery is 2 pieces, one is ok, the second is probably dead - very bloated. So I need a new battery and it will probably be ok. BUT the battery is impossible to buy
I've contacted our local HTC partner repair centre, but they told me, they no longer do repairs, they just send it to HTC, so they cannot say how much will the battery replacement cost :silly:
So finally the question - is there any way how to get a new battery for the Nexus 9? Swap is super easy and paying half a price of the tablet for battery replacement, which I can do in 3 minutes is just lame.
Anyone saw Nexus 9 battery as spare part? Anywhere? I've found a guy in Poland, but he's not replying to my emails.
Thanks!
chroust said:
Hi guys,
my Nexus 9 started to randomly shutdown around 40-50% with some strange noises and screen artefacts. I know some people faced that as well. I've tried to go trough that google support bull*hit and finally when we agreed it's battery issue, they stopped answering - seriously.
So I've removed the back cover - it's pretty easy. The battery is 2 pieces, one is ok, the second is probably dead - very bloated. So I need a new battery and it will probably be ok. BUT the battery is impossible to buy
I've contacted our local HTC partner repair centre, but they told me, they no longer do repairs, they just send it to HTC, so they cannot say how much will the battery replacement cost :silly:
So finally the question - is there any way how to get a new battery for the Nexus 9? Swap is super easy and paying half a price of the tablet for battery replacement, which I can do in 3 minutes is just lame.
Anyone saw Nexus 9 battery as spare part? Anywhere? I've found a guy in Poland, but he's not replying to my emails.
Thanks!
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Don't waste your time putting a new battery in it. It's a hardware issue. My first N9 thr exact same issue after 4 months of use and ultimately had to be replaced. There's another forum here on XDA pertaining to the exact same issue. Under 50% screen locks up with a scrambled image and loud noise from the speakers. It's a bad motherboard and the only fix is a new motherboard or new Nexus 9. Trust me on this. You can replace the battery, but it won't help this issue. Sorry
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GibsonSGJ said:
Don't waste your time putting a new battery in it. It's a hardware issue. My first N9 thr exact same issue after 4 months of use and ultimately had to be replaced. There's another forum here on XDA pertaining to the exact same issue. Under 50% screen locks up with a scrambled image and loud noise from the speakers. It's a bad motherboard and the only fix is a new motherboard or new Nexus 9. Trust me on this. You can replace the battery, but it won't help this issue. Sorry
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Furthermore, both Google and HTC know of this issue. I swear they instruct their tech people to play dumb.
Sadly that make sense. After I've send a few photos, when I was quick enough to take a photo of the display before shutdown, google support went silent!
These are not a good news, but I thank you for reply and sharing some light on it. I will consider buying a new tablet then.
GibsonSGJ said:
Don't waste your time putting a new battery in it. It's a hardware issue. My first N9 thr exact same issue after 4 months of use and ultimately had to be replaced. There's another forum here on XDA pertaining to the exact same issue. Under 50% screen locks up with a scrambled image and loud noise from the speakers. It's a bad motherboard and the only fix is a new motherboard or new Nexus 9. Trust me on this. You can replace the battery, but it won't help this issue. Sorry :
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Makes sense. My N9 has had minimal use (displaced by Pixel-C). Brought it out of hibernation a while back, and it kees crashing (even when on charge!)
I've had this problem with crashing and loud noises several times. Previously I had a charging issue, under warranty the mainboard was replaced. A long while after that the problems with scrambled screen and loud noises started. I then disconnected the battery, and reconnected it, and the problem went away for a long time. But it has returned and even returning more often.
So I ordered a replacement battery via ebay (straight from China), and yesterday I finally found some time to replace it. First thing I noticed the tablet is more responsive, snappier.. It hasn't discharged enough to reproduce the problem, but I had trouble lately with updating apps when it wasn't on the powersupply, which convinced me it was a faulty battery. Now it's updating without charger no problem at all.
2,5 weeks after replacing the battery, and the problem did not come back. I'm happy with it.. pretty easy fix..
So the same problem has been happening to me also, got the N9 up to 7.1.1 and this started to happen a lot more. Seems to be when the battery is low (under 50% or 40%, somewhere around there) and usually when I'm looking at the Chive app, mostly again with animated GIF's they have. I'm not sure it's happened with games since I mostly game on my N6 since it has more RAM so it plays a bit better where the 2GB on the N9 is too laggy.
Any way, so this happens now too. So some say bad motherboard, others say bad battery. Has anyone gone through the trouble of the motherboard replacement? Or have actually had HTC replace the motherboard on warranty? If yes, has it made the problem go away? Has anyone else bought a battery off eBay (I can't find them new OEM anywhere and I hate the idea of a Chinese knockoff so close to my hands and face - ya know, fire) and had the problem go away?
I've replace all manners of parts from various phones so I know I can do it to the N9, which is just a large ass phone. I have to give up my N9 for some Samsung tablet (sorry 7" tablets are too small). I love having a 8"-10", pure vanilla Android tablet. I wish Google would make another one that was like the N9.
DeathAdder666 said:
So the same problem has been happening to me also, got the N9 up to 7.1.1 and this started to happen a lot more. Seems to be when the battery is low (under 50% or 40%, somewhere around there) and usually when I'm looking at the Chive app, mostly again with animated GIF's they have. I'm not sure it's happened with games since I mostly game on my N6 since it has more RAM so it plays a bit better where the 2GB on the N9 is too laggy.
Any way, so this happens now too. So some say bad motherboard, others say bad battery. Has anyone gone through the trouble of the motherboard replacement? Or have actually had HTC replace the motherboard on warranty? If yes, has it made the problem go away? Has anyone else bought a battery off eBay (I can't find them new OEM anywhere and I hate the idea of a Chinese knockoff so close to my hands and face - ya know, fire) and had the problem go away?
I've replace all manners of parts from various phones so I know I can do it to the N9, which is just a large ass phone. I have to give up my N9 for some Samsung tablet (sorry 7" tablets are too small). I love having a 8"-10", pure vanilla Android tablet. I wish Google would make another one that was like the N9.
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Some people have just unplugged and replugged the battery and had great success.
I changened by battery last week. The problem is gone and I have 6h oof screentime back. Change is easy, would recommend everyone to do so.
jupppo said:
I changened by battery last week. The problem is gone and I have 6h oof screentime back. Change is easy, would recommend everyone to do so.
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I couldn't figure out how to unplug the cables.
You need to pull it vertically from the board. I used a guitar pick to make it a bit looser, then I pulled it of.
jupppo said:
I changened by battery last week. The problem is gone and I have 6h oof screentime back. Change is easy, would recommend everyone to do so.
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can you provide a link to the battery you purchased.
enriquejones666 said:
can you provide a link to the battery you purchased.
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Mine came from eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/282260137225
Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 9 met Tapatalk
Mine from Amazon
amazon.de/gp/product/B01MR3AW8Z/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Anyone know a link to a reputable seller for a new N9 battery?
jupppo said:
I changened by battery last week. The problem is gone and I have 6h oof screentime back. Change is easy, would recommend everyone to do so.
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Is it still working?
I am pretty sure is the battery connector. I unplugged and replugged the connector and the problem was gone for a few days. I could finally solve it applying a contact cleansing spray to the connector and then using a special kind of glue which is typically used to prevent screws for unfasten. It has worked perfectly since then, no need to replace the battery.
Zurko said:
Is it still working?
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Ähm yes, why shouldn't it?
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Ähm yes, why shouldn't it?
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Just wanted to be sure this was the root cause.
Already exchanged my battery in the meantime.
Thanks anyway!
I installed a replacement battery six months ago due to shortening run times on the original battery. I purchased it from newpower99.com for $60. They have an instructional video on their site that shows how to replace the Nexus 9's battery. It worked well for me, giving me a run time that was comparable to the run time when the Nexus 9 was new.