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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
I have the following problem.
When I broke my phone's screen and before I found a replacement on ebay I took my phone to a local dealer to try and find a screen locally and fix it. It was a no-guarrantee deal since I bought the phone from the Uk (I'm from Cyprus) and all the risk was on me. Anyway, he eventually couldn't find a replacement here so I got the phone back.
When trying to switch on the phone back home I noticed that before I took it to the dealer the screen did switch on just a bit on the top. After I got it back the screen didn't work at all although I could hear the phone operate. I thought that the damage would be repaired with the new screen sent through ebay but after I replaced the screen today the screen still doesn't switch on at all although I can hear the phone operate.
I am sure that I have plugged in everything correct and now I am afraid that the motherboard could be damaged.
Have you ever come up to something like this? Could the dealer damage something on the phone's motherboard and now the phone operates without the screen switching on? Do you have any suggestions which might help me get my phone's screen back on?
Most likely culprit is either the phone was failing or your repair job .
jje
Or the guy you gave it to swapped out your good board for a dud thinking you won't know any better. Is he trustworthy?
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Don't think so, he is a vodafone reseller, recommended by a friend. Also when I connect the phone to the computer through kies I can see the kernel version I got from here plus all my contacts reminders ect.
Any other ideas as to how to try and make it work?
My LCD cracked internally and although i had never dropped it Dell wouldnt cover it under warranty. It broke whilst removing the backing. So i figured i may aswell try and fix it myself ... Ordered a faulty streak off ebay with a working screen. Pulled it all apart and salvaged the screen, opened mine up, removed the cracked screen and fitted the working one. Finally put it back together and powered her up.
Initially i saw the warning message telling me to fit the backing. Fitted the backing and powered up again only to be met with a white screen. Tried again, removed the backing, still a white screen. I've double and triple checked all my cables atleast 20 times over and they are inserted fully. Everything is secure so i just cant figure it out.
I suppose its possible that the screen i salvaged is also bad but then when i tried inserting my cracked screen again thats white too. Other than the white screen the phone is still working, i can hear the sound when i plug in a usb so its booting up fine. I just cant see anything !
I see other threads with the same issue but i cant find a definate answer so figured id post a new one.
Any ideas ?
Thanks
So what you should have done is posted in one of those threads.
Anyway what you may can try is to reformat innerSD and see if it revives
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The other threads werent very detailed so i believe others will appreciate this being brought up again as a new thread.
Anyway i have already tried reformatting using the qdl tool and it hasnt fixed the white screen. There were no errors either. At this stage i can only assume my salvaged screen is also faulty so i may have to try another. Problem is these screens are becoming extremely difficult to get hold of, on ebay i've seen them sell for £120+.
I'll keep a look out on ebay and post back when i try another screen.
cdzo72 said:
So what you should have done is posted in one of those threads.
Anyway what you may can try is to reformat innerSD and see if it revives
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The thread over on MoDaCo is as detailed as it gets
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cdzo72 said:
The thread over on MoDaCo is as detailed as it gets
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Could we have the link please ?
I never got a link to the detailed modaco thread so decided to take the plunge and bought myself yet another faulty streak off ebay. I paid around £80 though so even the faulty streaks are becoming ever more difficult to get hold of. Anyway the good news is the new screen i salvaged from the faulty streak worked perfectly in my streak and its back on its feet, im happy . The bad news i now have two faulty streaks and i have no solution for the white screen only that you should try another screen as it worked for me. I searched all over modaco but couldnt find anything relating to this white screen shortly after seeing it working so unless a link is posted i've yet to see this detailed thread on the issue. I'm guessing its relating to an entirely different issue which is why its not finable. So i can only presume the the problem is a) a faulty screen or b) something fried the screen shortly after powering on.
Strange indeed. If the new screen worked in your original Streak - then perhaps it was the screen issue. What's wrong with the two faulty Streaks you bought on eBay? Was it bad motherboard? PDMI connector issue? Something else? Maybe you could "Frankenstein" them together into a working Streak and see if the screen works on the newly hacked one?
By the way, if you have a working motherboard you should consider sending it to our great developer kibuuka who recently damaged a PDMI connector on his Streak and due to that the ICS development for the Streak has pretty much stopped. This is just a suggestion since you seem to be in Europe and he is in Russia and you have two faulty Streaks that may still be salvaged for kibuuka's needs.
streak4m3 said:
Strange indeed. If the new screen worked in your original Streak - then perhaps it was the screen issue. What's wrong with the two faulty Streaks you bought on eBay? Was it bad motherboard? PDMI connector issue? Something else? Maybe you could "Frankenstein" them together into a working Streak and see if the screen works on the newly hacked one?
By the way, if you have a working motherboard you should consider sending it to our great developer kibuuka who recently damaged a PDMI connector on his Streak and due to that the ICS development for the Streak has pretty much stopped. This is just a suggestion since you seem to be in Europe and he is in Russia and you have two faulty Streaks that may still be salvaged for kibuuka's needs.
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I can only presume it was a faulty screen but there was no explanation as to what was wrong with the faulty ones i bought. Just a simple note on the box 'fault does not function' so they could have anything wrong with them, i was lucky to get a functioning screen off them really.
I did try swapping various bits between the two faulty ones i have but couldnt get a response from either one... I'm currently away from home though so cant say for sure, i'm just going off memory but i recall no lights or recovery working, neither would power up or charge. I did notice the driver warning popup when plugging into the pc so atleast they were being recognised there, so flashing over adb might fix them but its unlikely.
If i cant fix them i'm sorry to say that both will likely be going back on ebay for spares to get some cash back. The screen replacement has really set me back a bit, so much that a new phone would probably have been cheaper ... I will however consider sending a motherboard, depending how much the first goes for.
It may also be worth asking the current uk ebay sellers if they'll post to Russia as theres quite a few faulty streaks on there. The going price seems to be around £60 - £85 but with p&p on top !
Hi.
So suddenly my tablet just decided that its screen dont wanna work!
I thought it died altogether, but I got notification sounds coming from it, indicating that it was still on.
I plugged it into my TV through HDMI and it works, so basically the screen is up **** creek.
Anyone know if this is repairable at home through some troubleshooting? Or if i have to RMA it?
Secondly, because of this problem, coupled with the fact my camera started showing green lines, and also that the system was laggy as hell, AND also because this is the second major issue i had with it, - first time its screen died for some reason after an update and it never turned abck on..
i personally would prefer to get cashback for the tablet, or a brand new device...
is this 'legally' possible in australia?
Gabroo said:
Hi.
So suddenly my tablet just decided that its screen dont wanna work!
I thought it died altogether, but I got notification sounds coming from it, indicating that it was still on.
I plugged it into my TV through HDMI and it works, so basically the screen is up **** creek.
Anyone know if this is repairable at home through some troubleshooting? Or if i have to RMA it?
Secondly, because of this problem, coupled with the fact my camera started showing green lines, and also that the system was laggy as hell, AND also because this is the second major issue i had with it, - first time its screen died for some reason after an update and it never turned abck on..
i personally would prefer to get cashback for the tablet, or a brand new device...
is this 'legally' possible in australia?
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if you are able to RMA it, i would highly suggest to RMA it
if there is no physical damage, not unlocked you should be able to RMA the tablet
once you open it up and try to fix it your self, your warranty will be void
Gabroo said:
Hi.
So suddenly my tablet just decided that its screen dont wanna work!
I thought it died altogether, but I got notification sounds coming from it, indicating that it was still on.
I plugged it into my TV through HDMI and it works, so basically the screen is up **** creek.
Anyone know if this is repairable at home through some troubleshooting? Or if i have to RMA it?
Secondly, because of this problem, coupled with the fact my camera started showing green lines, and also that the system was laggy as hell, AND also because this is the second major issue i had with it, - first time its screen died for some reason after an update and it never turned abck on..
i personally would prefer to get cashback for the tablet, or a brand new device...
is this 'legally' possible in australia?
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I'd also say RMA it. Most likely the LCD cable came loose inside... But it is also likely that the LCD decided to die. Either case, it's warranty repairable, as is the green static camera. Opening the device WILL void your warranty, so I'd suggest against it.
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Hello everybody, this is my first post here, and I hope that I'm not posting in wrong place, if I did that, I am sorry. Now, as the title says, i have problem with the digitizer on my WT19i, the thing is that I cracked my original digitizer, but it was still working great, even broken as hell , than I went to a local mobile shop, where I've been told that the replacement brand new digitizer will cost arround 40 bucks, and arround 50 with their installation and it will be truly genuine part, but after I saw how they were repairing mobile phones with parts flying all over the shop, I decided to replace the digitizer by myself, i mean how hard could it be right? Turned to be a little complicated, but nothing special at all, so I replaced it with new double sided glue tape (don't know for the real name for it), and I assembled the phone like it should be, and I was maximum careful during the process (took me about 5 hours ), but when I turned it on, I noticed that the digitizer was not very precise, and sometimes was stuck in non-workable state, the hard keys work all the time, but the digitizer doesn't, it seems like it has mind of it's own, he decides when to work and how, so I opened the device again, reinstalled everything, cleaned ports with alcohol, and reassembled it very careful again, but still the same issue. Then i tried everything to eliminate software mistakes, but when I opened flashtool, and connected the device, it said "your device is not recognized", so I dissasembled the device, and put the old digitizer in, turned the device on, and imagine, the digitizer was working even it is with missing pieces from it, and Flashtool then recognized the device, installed busybox to the device ( I am sure that I had busybox before, and the device was working great ), but nevermind, I put back the new digitizer, and has been recognized in Flashtool, so I relocked bootloader and installed GB factory rom, v58, so the device is in the factory state right now, but guess what, the same problem is still here, tried hard reset, and many other stuff, but no luck. I tried to go to the shop and they told me that I didn't mounted it properly , I guess it's because I didn't pay to them to mount it, however, they won't replace the part and no money back .. I don't know exactly how to see is the digitizer genuine/faulty, or is some other hardware or software fault, but I've noticed that on the original digitizer it has some barely visible horizontal and vertical lines, and on the new digitizer the same lines are diagonally placed, and I can tell that the new part looks kinda cheap and low quality. So if someone has some kind of a solution, I will be greatly thankful to him. Please help me, because I become desperate about this, spended my money and now I am still in the same mess. sry for the bad english, it's not my native language, and sry for the long and exhausting post.
I guess you won't have luck
Just a short summary:
-Your digitizer was bricked
-You bought a new one for 40 bucks (instead of 50 including replacing in the shop)
-You opened the device and replaced it
-It was not working properly
-You put on the old one and it worked
-You went to the shop and told them it's not working, but they are angry because you tried to do it by yourself and so they didn't want to replace the new digitizer
-The new digitizer looks cheap and you can't get back the money...
Did I get that right?
Hmmm.....when buying original digitizer, make sure there come with tools included in the packages....if your digitizer only then make sure its not from china.....
it's not hard to spot original digitizer and cheap digitizer...original digitizer comes with warranty and the cheap one can be spot by looking at the ribbons....also original digitizer fits perfectly on any LWW while the cheap one will have a small gaps from the cover....
as for you problem, you should ask the shop if the digitizer comes with tools and if there a warranty for it...if it doesn't then you should just lets the shop replace the digitizer cause if somehow any problem came out then you can blame them
mihahn said:
I guess you won't have luck
Just a short summary:
-Your digitizer was bricked
-You bought a new one for 40 bucks (instead of 50 including replacing in the shop)
-You opened the device and replaced it
-It was not working properly
-You put on the old one and it worked
-You went to the shop and told them it's not working, but they are angry because you tried to do it by yourself and so they didn't want to replace the new digitizer
-The new digitizer looks cheap and you can't get back the money...
Did I get that right?
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Yep, you got it.. is there any solution available for it or should I bent my tail and go buy new one from another mobile shop?
I finally solved the problem. I went to the authorized service, and they said that my digitizer is just fine, charged me 10 bucks, BUT, i was kinda suspicios about the repair, because they told me that the software was reinstalled and the problem was solved, which was ridicilous, because I personally changed and tried every possible software and kernels that I could find, so I tested the device right in front of them, holding other customers behind me waiting until I check it , turned out that the same problem is still present, I was pissed off, they were stunned that I found them lying to me, they took the phone back, changed the digitizer, charged me plus 30 bucks, and here I am, with finally fully working device. I just can't believe that Sony is allowing this to happen, I am totally disapointed in their customer care, and I just wanted everyone who has the same problem, broken digitizer etc. the original digitizer comes with the whole front cover, not only the glass, but the whole thing. I hope this post can help someone to not go through my pain and costs.