So today I was out with my friends and I was swinging a tree branch (don't ask why) and I dropped it on the back of my phone which was in the pocket. The screen was already broken but this time the internal LCD look warped out. I opened up the back and the battery was dented. Nothing but random dots of colors appeared at the bottom of the screen. I'm almost certain it still works because I got a text message and it rung. I have an HDMI cable and I hooked it up to a TV but only the Motorola "M" shows up. So, my question is: How do I get the image to show up? I can unlock with my eyes closed, I just don't know were to press to choose the HDMI settings! Also, can anybody give me a website for a cheap screen repair? All the website i've been to are 200 $
Zangrande said:
So today I was out with my friends and I was swinging a tree branch (don't ask why) and I dropped it on the back of my phone which was in the pocket. The screen was already broken but this time the internal LCD look warped out. I opened up the back and the battery was dented. Nothing but random dots of colors appeared at the bottom of the screen. I'm almost certain it still works because I got a text message and it rung. I have an HDMI cable and I hooked it up to a TV but only the Motorola "M" shows up. So, my question is: How do I get the image to show up? I can unlock with my eyes closed, I just don't know were to press to choose the HDMI settings! Also, can anybody give me a website for a cheap screen repair? All the website i've been to are 200 $
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Motorola will fix it for about $179. Although you will have to send it to them, and be without it for about a week to 10 days. Motorola will tell you it takes about 5-7 work days from the time they receive it until you get it back in your hands. I sent a RAZR MAXX to them, and they misplaced it. I did get the phone back, and they waived the repair cost for losing my phone. But it was a big headache to go through. So, make sure you have everything documented when you send it to them. Just something to think about.
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I just brought my new archos 101 home from the post office. Turned it on, set it up and then the LCD crapped out.
It is displaying like 8 colours and is really dark.
The TV Out seems to work ok via the HMDI cable but the actual LCD is like the display driver didn't load or something (reminds me of what used to happen when you put a new video card in windows 98).
Anyone who has an archos seen this? Please tell me it's not DOA because I will likely kill someone.
Since the forums think I am spamming because I am trying to post a link you will have to copy/paste.
mcmonkey.net/img/misc/archos_screen.jpg
never heared about that before.
but it looks like inverted. ( don´t know the right word)
can be driver. have you tried a reset? >press power button for 10 seconds<
hope this helps.
greets
Looks pretty dead to me. Like squirlier said... reboot.
If the splash screen is the same as the screenshot, then (I reckon) you can be pretty sure it's dead. If it's not but it dies again while inside android, you could try flash the firmware again.
Never come across anything like this before though, so I am only working of guesses.
The splash screen is all white background with black text and a blue "your".
Will try the reboot when I get home from work in the morning.
Not looking forward to sending it back since I only just got it.
Did a reboot, no luck. Still the same problem as before.
Guess it is time to contact archos.
Looks like a loose connection to me. But I wouldn't recommend voiding your warranty to crack it open and check it out. Better to send it back.
Well it's officially dead.
Sent an email to archos and they have responded by telling me to ship it back to them.
Hello Guys,
I have just received my G-Tab and I only even start it two times, first time before applying the screen protector and the second time after applying it, I left the protector to dry all night long as per instructions and left the charger attached to the tab, in the morning it reached 98% and the protector was good to go (it is a wet screen protector).
After navigating on the stock ROM, and playing angry bird (I have the woot version), I left it a while and then next time I checked it, screen was showing very disturbing colors, I feel like there are missing colors on the screen.
I hadn't installed anything yet, didn't even used any custom ROM it is still with its original ROM.
I have tried to reset the device but the problem persist.
Navigation on the Recovery console showing correct colors but as soon as I exit it, back to its current state, showing very anoying colors even from the first screen of Viewsonic logo!!!!
Need help guys, I paid double its actual price to get it here to me in Egypt (
Even replacement is a very bad choice to me...
Very disappointing!!!!!!!!
Still waiting an answer guys?
Should I jump and open the tab and check the video cable or is it a software problem?!!
OHHHH My God!!
I was trying the “Love Tab” method described in this Post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878624&page=2
Look into post #20.
And YES, it appears that is the solution…
Oh My God, how would that be true what a QA they have at VS….
It gets back to where it was now, the faulty colors, the same time I’m writing this post, I think I will need to open it and check the cable directly (WTF, I have just received it, out of the box)..
Bye Bye ViewSonic, you have just lost a loyal customer!!
Will appreciate if someone helps me to decide to open it myself or ship it from Egypt to US and let them do it…
Fixed..
I have attached a photo of the cable as soon as I managed to remove the board a little bit, as you can see from the image the cable wasn't that loose but I see it was some kinda twisted so I straighten it a little bit and pressed hard on both side of the cable and made sure that they are correctly aligned and connected and voila, screen now is BACK..
I would say that I doubt that my tablet wasn't that new, as I felt when I was unscrewing the board, it was already open I think it was returned fixed in quick and put it back as new, Thanks VS that would be the last time I buy anything from them.....
For Reference I have used these 2 videos as a guides:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PswxJ96gXbs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M7lxllGOyc&feature=related
As well as the previous post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878624&page=2
Post #20
Thanks guys...
Thx XDA..
Okay... So my phone's flex cable ripped a few months back and my phone's display went out. I replaced the LCD and broke my digitizer in the process, only to find that it wasn't the lcd. I just replaced the flex cable and now my phone turns on and what not, but because I broke my digitizer, only the top half of the screen works, meaning I can't put in my pattern and am locked out of my phone. I ordered a new lcd a while ago, but as I wait for it to get here, I have the urge to play with my phone. I remember reading somewhere that there's a way to get into the phone, but I'm not able to dig it up.
It's just strange 'cus no matter how many times I input the incorrect password, it won't bring me to the 'sign into google to verify' page so I can just log into my google and have it unlock. Though that might be due to not having it activated currently, since I've had another phone activated on my account since then. But if I could just get it to sign onto the wifi I'd be fine. My phone has a keyboard so it's not too hard to navigate or type. Any solutions?
Anyone?
hey, everyone...
quick question to see if anyone has come across this particular issue.
i've been running dirty unicorns, toast kernel alex uses for that rom.
woke the phone up yesterday am after spending the night on the charger.
still plugged in, i checked the time.
pushed the power button again to put it back to sleep.
nothing...the screen stayed on, but frozen.
unplugged it from the charger, screen powered down.
haven't been able to get the screen back on.
strangely, the home, menu, back and search buttons do manage to light up, though.
oddly, enough...the phone still works normally.
i can guess as to what my security pattern is, hit the magnifying glass to power up google now and ask it questions.
i can also receive phone calls and swipe to take or hang up the call as usual.
once on the call, i can guess as to where the red bar is for hanging up.
phone works like normal...as long as i can guess as to where everything is.
also, when in lock screen mode i can side swipe to get to the camera and take pictures.
so, essentially, screen doesn't work...but, it still recognises and accepts touch input.
i just can't see a damn thing.
any idea?
took it to a sprint corp store and they changed the housing for me...for free.
changed the screen, top housing, etc.
they said it looks like it might be the board.
any ideas beyond that?
thanks again, everyone!
also, on a weird note...my battery is bulging in the middle.
i guess it's on the way out...with everything else.
I've had this phone for years and am having this issue too. Anyone have an idea?
yeah, it turns out that my screen's fried.
at least that's what the sprint tech told me.
pretty much everything works perfectly.
impeccably...i just can't see it.
i guess that's it for the phone unless i want to replace the screen.
they're rather inexpensive...depending on where you source it from.
(UPDATE: Here is a link to a short video of my issue: https://youtu.be/YqKW3tU4Fhw)
So I cant seem to find ANY info relating to this issue aside from results for the LG G4, but the solutions for said phone are all over the place. Some are bad screen, some are related to sim tray, some are related to water damage and battery etc. So basically, about a month after buying this phone (KIW-L24 US version), the screen started to artifact and flash in and out randomly. There is nothing that seems to trigger it. I have set the phone down on a table while on the homescreen and watched the lightshow. It is basically a mixture of the problems seen in these videos (Feat. LG G4).
https://youtu.be/gAUkXLR7eQI And https://youtu.be/QstOH66pfiU.
Symptoms:
Screen will randomly start to flicker and fade in and out. I will also get crazy artifacting lines. (Think de-gaussing an old CRT monitor or simillar to what is seen in the second video)
If i see the problems happening, locking the phone and unlocking again will sometimes fix it temporarily. Other times the problem continues after i turn the screen back on.
Sometimes the screen will refuse to come back on. The backlight turns on, and the digitizer responds, but the screen is still black. Making sure the screen really is off, I can come back to the phone a few minutes later and it will turn on. Other times ill have to hard reset the phone (hold power button 10 sec) and it usually brings the screen back to life.
Background:
I bought the phone "used - Like New" from amazon. It came with all the original accessories and even still had the film protector on the back of the phone. I may have noticed these problems after I received the phone, but they really only started to show about a month after purchase.
At first I though it could be software related as I was running CM13 and something could have been corrupted, so i did not just a factory restore, but a full reflash. This didn't solve the issue. Restarting my phone and the reflash did help, but the problem returned. The inability to turn the screen on persists through a reset and I have to wait till the phone boots again to get the screen back. Sometimes takes more than one reboot. This pretty much confirms a hardware issue right? If i put the phone on a black screen, i can see three small fuzzy "dots" in a triangle shape in the top left quadrant. Could the screen have been damaged by whoever owned it before returning it? They are not dead pixels per se, but seems more like areas where the backlight is showing through ever so slightly more. Not visible unless you are on a black screen in a dark room. Ill upload a video showing some of the issues. Any help is appreciated!
im afraid you need a new display brodar...
Seems to be hardware issue. You can visit the nearest service center to get it fixed for few bucks if you don't have warranty.
Yeah that's what i figured, i just needed conformation. I was able to get amazon to take the return even though I was out of the return period. So at least ill be able to get a refund. Ill just pay the extra for a new one this time haha.
One question : Do u have over heat problem with ur phone ?? If u feel ur phone is more than work from the back dont replace . U'll damage the new screen also . Some ppl erported over heat cpu issue with honor ! ;.
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(UPDATE: Here is a link to a short video of my issue:
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So I cant seem to find ANY info relating to this issue aside from results for the LG G4, but the solutions for said phone are all over the place. Some are bad screen, some are related to sim tray, some are related to water damage and battery etc. So basically, about a month after buying this phone (KIW-L24 US version), the screen started to artifact and flash in and out randomly. There is nothing that seems to trigger it. I have set the phone down on a table while on the homescreen and watched the lightshow. It is basically a mixture of the problems seen in these videos (Feat. LG G4).
And
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Symptoms:
Screen will randomly start to flicker and fade in and out. I will also get crazy artifacting lines. (Think de-gaussing an old CRT monitor or simillar to what is seen in the second video)
If i see the problems happening, locking the phone and unlocking again will sometimes fix it temporarily. Other times the problem continues after i turn the screen back on.
Sometimes the screen will refuse to come back on. The backlight turns on, and the digitizer responds, but the screen is still black. Making sure the screen really is off, I can come back to the phone a few minutes later and it will turn on. Other times ill have to hard reset the phone (hold power button 10 sec) and it usually brings the screen back to life.
Background:
I bought the phone "used - Like New" from amazon. It came with all the original accessories and even still had the film protector on the back of the phone. I may have noticed these problems after I received the phone, but they really only started to show about a month after purchase.
At first I though it could be software related as I was running CM13 and something could have been corrupted, so i did not just a factory restore, but a full reflash. This didn't solve the issue. Restarting my phone and the reflash did help, but the problem returned. The inability to turn the screen on persists through a reset and I have to wait till the phone boots again to get the screen back. Sometimes takes more than one reboot. This pretty much confirms a hardware issue right? If i put the phone on a black screen, i can see three small fuzzy "dots" in a triangle shape in the top left quadrant. Could the screen have been damaged by whoever owned it before returning it? They are not dead pixels per se, but seems more like areas where the backlight is showing through ever so slightly more. Not visible unless you are on a black screen in a dark room. Ill upload a video showing some of the issues. Any help is appreciated!
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Try moving to stock once , if it fixed stick to it for few days . 99% of possible cases for hardware issue .
So better request for a replacement from huawei . but don't mention them that u bought it used . tell them u bought it new