My phone started acting up where the screen would only turn on some of the time. The digitizer was working while the screen stayed black. I called up Verizon and had them send me a replacement (covered under warranty) only to find the replacement was on ME7. I was going to take the display off the new s4 and use it on my old one, but after watching a video I decided it was too messy. Then i realized I could just take the board from the old s4 and put it in the new one. I booted the new s4 with the old board in and it worked, however I discovered the problem with the old s4 wasn't the display, but something with the board itself. The new s4 had the same problem as the old s4 but with a different screen.
Is there anything I can do or am I stuck with ME7?
Pretty sure you're stuck with ME7, unfortunately.
Also, keep in mind that the IMEI and S/N are tied to the board, so you would be sending back a phone with the same IMEI and S/N as the replacement instead of the defective phone. It might cause problems.
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My mom still has a Samsung stratosphere (verizon) and her upgrade isn't until December and we don't really have the money to go out and buy off contract :/... OK so the past few months it's been laggy and glitchy a lot but recently she dropped it and the screen went entirely black. The phone still turns on but the screen won't do anything. She's taken it to the vzw store and they said they can't do anything. Currently she is using an intensity 1 as a backup (ancient brick). She had a lot of data on her phone so I tried plugging it into a pc to transfer and it won't even read it. Tried plugging her SD card in, computer goes unresponsive and crashes. So I know a friend with an old working stratosphere so do you guys think it would work if I switched my mom's hardware from her phone into a working phone? I would try and replace the screen but they are around $100 and for how old it is its not worth it. is this an option that would work or should I give up and burn the damn thing?
PS: I posted on this thread because I could not find a Stratosphere thread..
I bought a samsung galaxy s3 SGH-T999RWATMB from ebay. The seller said it was brand new but did not include a sim card. I was suspecting that the phoen was refurbished or used and being sold as new because normally new tmobile phones come with an new unused sim card in the box. Once I received it in the mail I saw that it was shrink rapped. So I thought it is brand new. I opened the box and after picking up the phone I immediately noticed that the back cover was not properly clipped into place. So maybe it was tampered with and the ebay seller shrink wrapped it to make it seem like it is brand new. I did not see the traditional tmobile plastic cover on the screen that says "do not use your old sim card. use the new sim card provided in this box". Instead, it was a colorful one that said it had a quad core processor.
Once the phone was turned on I immediately noticed that I was getting the Edge connection. I tried to update the apn settings to avail. It showed 4G but then after a while it kicked me off of 4G and automatically showed the Edge connection symbol. The internet is extremely slow on the phone. I had tmobile phones before and I would get strong 4G signals at home. the listing on ebay said it was a 4G capable phone, but obviously it is not. this is an older model I think. I called a tmobile store and the rep told me that all S3s have 4G capability except the one not sold by tmobile which is an older model that came out before tmobile had 4G, but the back cover of the phone said tmboile. So to make a long story short I think I got the short end of the deal on this transaction.
I am confused more than ever over this. Should I just return the phone or is there a fix for this? by the way, when I boot up the phone it displays the "android 4G" splash screen.
I am thinking maybe this phone was rooted or something.
The android OS version on the phone is 4.1.2.
dial *#0*# to check if is original
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dial *#0*# to check if is original
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I dialed that and I get a series of buttons on the screen. Seems like a diagnostic interface or something.
So ive had my original for almost 2 years. Well i shattered the screen last week. Didn't want to do it but got a replacement thru insurance and the replacement phone came to me on 4.4.2 my old phone is rooted on 4.1.2. I just got thinking this morning.
Is it possible?
Has it been done?
To take the new phone, unplug the screen, and basically swap the guts out from the old to the new? Basically running old internals with the new screen? Any input would be great.
I pulled my old phone apart already so it's not a matter if i can take the phone apart. I just didn't know if that would create problems with the phone.
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So ive had my original for almost 2 years. Well i shattered the screen last week. Didn't want to do it but got a replacement thru insurance and the replacement phone came to me on 4.4.2 my old phone is rooted on 4.1.2. I just got thinking this morning.
Is it possible?
Has it been done?
To take the new phone, unplug the screen, and basically swap the guts out from the old to the new? Basically running old internals with the new screen? Any input would be great.
I pulled my old phone apart already so it's not a matter if i can take the phone apart. I just didn't know if that would create problems with the phone.
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Hi JTProuhet,
Yes, that's possible to do if you know how to. I'd check ifixit for more instructions.
However, if you claimed insurance on your phone, don't you need to return the old phone to the insurance company? If you reported it as lost/stolen, then the original phone will be blacklisted and swapping screens wouldn't fix that. The screen itself has no identifying data that would lock it to a certain motherboard, though.
Have a good one, and good luck.
Yes i have to return my old phone. No i didn't list it as stolen. I was just going to swap out internals, and send old phone with new phone internals. I just didn't know if there was anything they could do, or if they would even know. I just can't deal with this 4.4.2 it's crashed more in the past couple days than my old one did running 4.3 leaked ota.
Thank you for your quick reply redjoker
I think it's more trouble than its worth. You'd have to make sure the IMEI number matches that of your old phone, and who knows if they check that indepth or just the sticker.
It probably would have been cheaper to buy a new LCD/Digitizer on ebay and swap out, than to do a mix and match of both phones (for logistical reasons). You can always try, but if it backfires, you might have to pay a fee (cost of the phone, I believe).
You can always click the thanks button instead of writing a new post, too
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Yes i have to return my old phone. No i didn't list it as stolen. I was just going to swap out internals, and send old phone with new phone internals. I just didn't know if there was anything they could do, or if they would even know. I just can't deal with this 4.4.2 it's crashed more in the past couple days than my old one did running 4.3 leaked ota.
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It's dishonest people like you that are ruining this world. This is theft.
Theft? How? I paid for the replacement phone. Not like i was talking about taking the guts out completely and not sending them back, phone would still work. So not sure how you say theft cause it really wouldn't be stealing anything.
Don't worry chief.. Im not going to do it.
I replaced a smashed screen and damaged LCD on an LG Optimus L90 D415 (T-Mobile) and the digitizer is responding in a mirror-image fashion. That is if I touch an area on the right side of the screen, the touch is registered in the same congruent location on the left and vice versa. This is consistent across the whole area. I turned on the Pointer Location in the Developer's Option and it did show the trace on the opposite side. Could this be a firmware issue rather than a hardware defect or damage?
I'm a phone repair technician, and I am comfortable with the repair I made. There was no damaging mistake in the installation. Visually, the part looked fine. And there was not mistake like a reverse or upside down connection (not possible with the design of this phone).
I don't know the history of the phone but TWRP and a custom ROM had been flashed to it. (Thunder XBlast? I think) . I then flashed Cyanogenmod 11 and then flashed a stock ROM that didn't include stock recovery or bootloader. With all three ROM's the same problem occurred.
The problem didn't seem consistent with a physically damaged or defected digitizer - no ghost touches, dead zones or inconsistent behavior. So because it had been rooted and a custom ROM flashed I thought it may actually be a firmware issue, so I brought it to this forum. Any ideas?
did you happen to solve the problem with the Lg L90 digitizer being mirrored? I'm experiencing the exact same problem with the LG L90 T Mobile version that I replace the digitizer on. I put a white one on as opposed to the black that it originally had from the manufacturer and was purchased on ebay and shipped from Westminster, Ca- I'm leaning towards it being a defective part-please let me of any solutions you came by-thank you so much for your time (phone is stock, not rooted)
Unfortunately, I have not found a solution to my digitizer problem, but your information is quite helpful. I too opted to get the white screen version off eBay from a company in Westminister, CA. It was what was most available and best priced. And the listing claimed it was compatible with D405 and D415. Mine is the T-Mobile version and was factory black. It appears then that it may not be a defect issue but a compatibility issue. And apparently it's not an effect from rooting or flashing a custom ROM since the same thing happened on your device that wasn't rooted. It would be nice if there was a software fix that would render it compatible. Incidentally, I paid around $30 for both the LCD and digitizer. Looking back on eBay just now I noticed the company has bumped the same parts up to almost $90. I'll have to check and see if I can still get an RMA and send it back. Let me know if you have any luck.
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Having the same issue here, purchased the black ebay version from a seller in MO and installed today. Are the contacts on the small ribbon cable reversible?
Installed on an unrooted tmobile L90 D415, bought the phone about 3 weeks ago before it dropped (my case came in the mail that same day).
Im wondering if there's a "good" version of this digitizer available, wouldn't mind paying a few more bucks on a part that actually works correctly.
Hi all,
So I went to T-Mobile for a replacement for a 2 month old S5. It has been randomly rebooting and not taking phone calls for a couple of weeks now, and hopefully, was just a defective unit.
I have root on my current phone, and plan to root the replacement, but since I have a new phone with guaranteed stock, untripped knox, is this a good time to play around with roms on the old defective unit? I have a few days before I have to send the old one back. Does T-Mobile check stuff like that on defective units, or do they just send it to a refurb facility or junk it?
My s5 has the same issue as yours. I called T mobile and the support guys recommend me to remove the sd card. However, after 24 hours, my phone randomly restarted one time, when I open the Youtube. I am no idea what cause the phone reboot. I am think about call T-moblie again for a replacement. any idea?