Hello.
I've shattered screen on my Atrix and replaced digitizer with a new one. It seems to work but 1/4 inch on right side doesn't register touches and I can't enter letter "P" in portrait mode.
So I assumed the new digitizer is defective and got another one from different supplier. After installation same 1/4 inch on right still not registering.
The odds that I got another defective digitizer is near to none, so what else could cause this?
I've tried different roms all have same issue, so it's not software either..
Any ideas?
Thank you.
Unfortunately it might be... I bought a digitizer and eventually it became completely unresponsive. so another replacement and I'm all good
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But two different manufactures (one has square'ish holes for sensors), but same issue - hard to believe it's coincidence...
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Hey,
I have an ATT tilt 2, running an Energy rom. It worked great till 3 days ago, when I noticed a "light" spot on the screen (about 50mm in diameter) , like something had scratched some film away.
I disregarded it as just that, a scratch, but the next day the screen was completely unresponsive. If I press on the spot, it "fills" with a darker color, I am guessing this is the digitizer pressing into the LCD screen, the screen then becomes responsive for a few seconds (Just long enough for me to reset my alarms!), but not always.
I have ready through these forums and online, and it sounds like I damaged something, digitizer or LCD, but I am not sure which I need to replace.
Also, I have read that replacing just one or the other can be problematic as they need to be aligned just so and with no particles in between, but I cannot find any Digitizer+LCD assemblies online for Tilt2...
So I guess what I am looking for is:
Based on above, do I need just Digitizer or LCD or Both?
Can you point me in the direction of a good vendor? The ones I have found are either selling just tmobile or generic replacements (which if I understand are incompatible with the att version cause of camera placement?) or are very unclear which version they are selling and do not clarify it in emails...
Thanks XDA Forums, keep up the good work!
gryswynd said:
Hey,
I have an ATT tilt 2, running an Energy rom. It worked great till 3 days ago, when I noticed a "light" spot on the screen (about 50mm in diameter) , like something had scratched some film away.
I disregarded it as just that, a scratch, but the next day the screen was completely unresponsive. If I press on the spot, it "fills" with a darker color, I am guessing this is the digitizer pressing into the LCD screen, the screen then becomes responsive for a few seconds (Just long enough for me to reset my alarms!), but not always.
I have ready through these forums and online, and it sounds like I damaged something, digitizer or LCD, but I am not sure which I need to replace.
Also, I have read that replacing just one or the other can be problematic as they need to be aligned just so and with no particles in between, but I cannot find any Digitizer+LCD assemblies online for Tilt2...
So I guess what I am looking for is:
Based on above, do I need just Digitizer or LCD or Both?
Can you point me in the direction of a good vendor? The ones I have found are either selling just tmobile or generic replacements (which if I understand are incompatible with the att version cause of camera placement?) or are very unclear which version they are selling and do not clarify it in emails...
Thanks XDA Forums, keep up the good work!
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Do You Have A Screen Protector On Your Phone?
@ Doo Doo
Nope, deluded myself into thinking I was careful enough to not need one... that mistake won't happen again ><
gryswynd said:
@ Doo Doo
Nope, deluded myself into thinking I was careful enough to not need one... that mistake won't happen again ><
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If it's under warranty, do an exchange. That would be the easiest/cheapest option. HTC provides a 15 month warranty normally. Going through your carrier would be a better option, however, as they usually just swap out the headset. If you have no warranty, then just search eBay or Google for the digitizer and LCD. They normally come together. Based on your description of the problem, you'll need both anyhow. Some come with instructions, and some don't. YouTube has a few videos detailing the replacement, though.
I have had a very similar problem on two Tilt 2s now. Looks like the glue leaks out of the side of the plastic over the lcd. Both phones did this on the right side of the screen.
Just in case anyone turns this up in a search like I did and can't swap the phone thru their carrier....
Global Parts Direct sells the ATT versions of these, though the LCD was out of stock at the time of this posting. (I'm too much a newb to post a direct link.)
I just had the same thing happen to me and I was able to swap the phone out with AT&T.
Oddly enough, the bubble wasn't there when I called AT&T but showed up the next day. My screen was unresponsive, called, went through a ton of questions but I had gone through this before with a couple of Fuze phones.
One thing I noticed before this happened which appears to be symptomatic before the phone becomes unresponsive is a large rectangle appears on the phone's LCD. It doesn't obstruct the viewing or anything I have just noticed that it has been on all my phones that have had trouble with the LCD/digitizer.
Has anyone else noticed this?
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?
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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?
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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 )
Good Day folks, here is the long and short of it.
Galaxy s 2 fell and the screen broke
I bought a new screen
Replaced the screen BUT two big problems occured.
1. The screen appears to have less colours than my original screen
2. NONE OF THE SOFT KEYS WORK, HOME, MENU AND BACK DO NOT WORK.
Number 2. is the big problem. Does anyone have any idea how these buttons work?
Even when I press the buttons directly with my fingers with the buttons off they still do not work.
Im baffled. Please help.
I also have attached pictures of the button area
It happened to me, I removed the screen, I replaced from beginning and it worked...
Hi Collado, do the white things behind the buttons have any electronic functionality or are those just things to make it stick?
To all future readers. I found out what the problem was. Basically,
The home, back and menu keys are all connected to a single ribbon. It appears there is a tiny piece, connected via the back key. That was torn while i was ripping off the the screen and digitizer.
See the picture attached
How much did you pay for your replacement screen and where did you get it. My digitizer is broken due to a drop. My front glass is perfect but the digitizer is completey shot. How difficult was this project?
Hi Johnboy
I cant remember the price of the digitizer offhand but make a check on ebay.. that is where i got it.
Difficulty is high as you need the minature tool set to do this effectively and a gentle touch.
However, it still appears as though the screen I bought has less colours.
Sorry to jump in and unintended hijack
I also dropped my S2 and cracked the screen, and after checking around dropped it in to the Geek Squad at CPW. Who duly replaced the screen and digitizer for £80. Only problem is the screen seems less bright and if moved off the central viewing angle the screen dims, as if it wasa standard lcd and not the orginal AMOLED screen. Does anyone know if they make lesser screens or was it fitted badly.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
DM.
I would go back with it and complain.If you dont get satisfaction then do an impression of the guy that goes into the pizza shop in "rise of the foot-soldier" film.
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My wife dropped her Rezound and smashed the screen. After purchasing and installing the screen it works, but not always. It seems to get random screen taps towards around the first quarter of the screen so it is always canceling what she is doing or typing extra letters when she is typing. I've taken it apart a couple more times to inspect it and it seems like all is connected soundly. Any idea on how to fix this?
Many thanks!
You can never be sure with 3rd party replacement LCDs and digitizers.
Greys right I bought a third party digitizer for I'm incredible and I seemed like some spots just didn't touch right, also you need to make sure there's nothing pinching the wire ribbon and its in strait, that could cause these problems as well. Hope this helps, remember always go OEM, batteries, screens, digatizers.. these components are made to a certain standard by HTC that third party manufacturers don't care about.
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Thanks for the advice. However when I power off the screen, and press on the digitizer and turn it back on it seems to work better for a while. Might there be a loose connection I'm missing?
Where's the best place to buy an OEM digitizer?
Thanks again!
I'm not sure if you can buy an OEM digitizer.
Only from an old unused rezound as far as I know..
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i have the same issue on a digitizer for my rezound. i have to turn the screen off and back on to fix it.
Hey everyone I'm new here, unfortunately my first thread here is bad one. I dropped my phone and the screen is now not working. Let me explain in more depth, the screen appears to be cracked on the inside of the phone. It can be viewed at certain angles, it looks like black streaks. The outside of the screen is fine. Now the phone is not completely black, the top left section pixels are lit up, but you cant make out anything. The bottom lights don't turn on from what I have tried. Can anyone tell me what exactly I need replaced and point me in the right direction? Or what else I should do to troubleshoot the problem? I can also provide a picture if needed. Thanks everyone!
Most likely you need to replace the entire digitizer/screen because if it was just the glass that broke, the screen would still come on just fine. Good luck!
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ctcollins9 said:
Most likely you need to replace the entire digitizer/screen because if it was just the glass that broke, the screen would still come on just fine. Good luck!
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Okay quick update so I can ensure I know exactly what I need replaced. So that top left of the screen that still works but is distorted, I can still see stuff and click on them so it works. And sounds also still work. So is it a digitizer issue? I thought digistizer was to control touches. Can the digitizer break in certain places and work in others? Well based off that what exactly do I need to replace and what did you mean by screen? Thanks for your help!
Can I see a picture?
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I had a similar problem with my moms HTC Rhyme... Except she broke the digitizer in a way that there was a black area on the phone's screen, which quickly grew to cover 90% of the screen. You will have to replace the entire screen assembly(glass, digitizer, LCD, etc) Since you damaged the glass, the digitizer or the screen.