Hep needed pronto!
My wife dropped her S3 & despite having a cover and screen protector, the glass screen shattered but phone was fully functional.
I got a new one from an ebay seller and removed the broken glass successfully following this youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITFHge38Pig. Unfortunately, I was too zealous at the bottom end and sliced through the menu return flex cable. However the phone was still operable.
I got a new flex cable which I installed as per this youtube video last night http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o59-_9PPaZ. After connection of the cable to the motherboard, the phone was reassembled, powered up and display, touchscreen & menu buttons illuminated and functioned correctly.
I then removed the residual screen adhesive with the help of a little, heat cleaned the touch screen and placed 2mm adhesive strips as per the video. All was going great or so I thought. I placed the new glass screen, again gently heated all around the edges the soften the adhesive, placed a screen protector and powered up. To my horror the phone booted giving the samsung tune, menu buttons illuminated but no display. The touch screen works as clicks can be heard as do the menu/back buttons but no display. I have taken the glass off and reversed all I did and reinstalled but still no display.
I have tried installing kies and connecting but I keep getting device driver & connection errors (windows 7) as I read I could get the contacts and data off. Do I need to be logged in somehow in Samsung My Phone? I do seem to be able to see the faintest of images from the lock screen so perhaps the backlight or inverter have failed.
Therefore has anyone any ideas as to why I've lost the display when it did work and also why kies is not connecting?
I need answers before my wife slices me up wrecking her phone!!:crying:
Thanks in advance,
Geoff.
Too much heat is the most likely cause of the screen death, less is better with electronics. Your contacts will be in your Google account and I believe you may be able to extract data using adb pull in download/recovery mode (you'll need to search this as I've not tried it myself).
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So, being clumsy, I left my Streak in my hoodie pocket. Well, we can all see where this would end badly once I bent down to pick something up. I did, dropped my phone and cracked the screen.
I quickly went and bought a replacement glass + lcd display, and replaced the unit. But, upon turning the phone on, I noticed if I hit it a little too hard on one corner, It would restart, and the vibrator motor had ceased to work.
So I figured, hey, I'll just rebuild it again. So I took it apart. Looked through everything, took my time in putting it back together, because maybe everything wasn't fitting snug.
Now, When I turn it on, every thing is on, buttons light up, and the screen is lit up, but it is black. I never even get to the Dell logo. After about a minute the buttons dim, as if in idle. So i believe the phone still works, but maybe the connections on the MoBo is faulty? Any help would be nice, thanks.
check to see if the ribbons are snugged in place.
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check to see if the ribbons are snugged in place.
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I agree take it apart and chech your work. I had problens with my camera and flash. It was tge connector not being fully seated
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
Well, I just took off the rear cover and reseated all 3 connections, pushed em in as smoothly and far as they would go. But, same thing. Black screen. But the LED is still working...
I'm having the very same problem. This is my second replacement screen and neither displays anything except black screen with backlight on, and the home + settings + back buttons remain lit. I can hear my phone starting up and receiving messages, but I cannot see anything. I've taken the phone apart and put back together five times between two replacement screens.
Does anyone know what ribbon cable might be at fault for this particular issue? The largest ribbon cable was shipped bent across the circuit board on both screens; there is a permanent creese in both ribbon cables, but I'm not certain this is causing the issue.
Any insight or assistance with this issue would be greatly appreciated!
Hello everyone. A few months ago, my phone screen broke, and I replaced it. Ever since then, my digitizer has been funky. When I turn my phone on the top half of the screen is static and the bottom half is black. It shows a bunch of moving parts (the boot animation) then goes black. It also prohibits me from using Amon Ra which is my favorite recovery because the whole thing is static. When I press the power button after the boot animation, my homescreen is on & my phone is fine. I broke my screen again (don't judge me lol I see you looking at me with that face ) and instead of putting ANOTHER screen on, I bought both the screen and digitizer already put together. So last night I lost all touch capabilities of my digitizer, when I did swype it did the mark of satan by itself (possessed rezound?) and overall was just terrible. I opened it up, cleaned up the ribbon, put it back, and 95% of touch worked. Did the same thing today and 100% works, however, I still get the weird static-turn-on thing. I assume it's the ribbon port for the digitizer..so my question is, is it possible to clean that? I was thinking with a really soft toothbrush w/ alcohol on it but I don't wanna ruin my phone for good. Thanks in advance
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Hello everyone. A few months ago, my phone screen broke, and I replaced it. Ever since then, my digitizer has been funky. When I turn my phone on the top half of the screen is static and the bottom half is black. It shows a bunch of moving parts (the boot animation) then goes black. It also prohibits me from using Amon Ra which is my favorite recovery because the whole thing is static. When I press the power button after the boot animation, my homescreen is on & my phone is fine. I broke my screen again (don't judge me lol I see you looking at me with that face ) and instead of putting ANOTHER screen on, I bought both the screen and digitizer already put together. So last night I lost all touch capabilities of my digitizer, when I did swype it did the mark of satan by itself (possessed rezound?) and overall was just terrible. I opened it up, cleaned up the ribbon, put it back, and 95% of touch worked. Did the same thing today and 100% works, however, I still get the weird static-turn-on thing. I assume it's the ribbon port for the digitizer..so my question is, is it possible to clean that? I was thinking with a really soft toothbrush w/ alcohol on it but I don't wanna ruin my phone for good. Thanks in advance
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Use what i do for computers. Take a new pencil, never used eraser, and use the eraser to clean the connectors. take q-tip with alcohol. brush across it, and fan it dry. about 2 minutes is good. Alcohol dries pretty quick. Hopefully this works for you.
I have been having some problems as well. I replaced the digitizer myself and the phone boots up completely fine and normal. I just have some "dead" spots on the digitizer which I cannot seem to calibrate. I have tried apps and everything. Is there anything I can flash through recovery?
Has anyone come up with a fix for this?
Thanks in advance.
My wife dropped her S3 and broke part of her digitizer so I knew I had to replace it. I found one on ebay and it was delivered days later. First thing was hooking the screen up for testing before pulling the phone completely apart. With screen attached the phone boots up success the touch screen works. I shut the phone down, pull it apart, remove broken screen, attach new screen and reassemble...Phone boots and looks great but now the touch screen doesn't respond!!!
WTF is going on?! I tested the thing before hand. Used a hair dryer so there wasn't any excess heat and used kitten gloves during assembly.
Any idea what I can do to get the touch screen to start working again?
TLR - Tested digitizer before installing after installation complete touch screen doesn't work.
the only possible answer you're gonna get is that you did something wrong. and there's no way for us to know what. so try again
My screen was totally unresponsive after installing a screen protector using a mild detergent and water spray. This is an easy trick that allows you to position the new screen protector, then squeegee, and let dry 24 hours for a perfectly positioned dirt free screen protector installation.
So now the problem, my screen wouldn't respond to any touch. I immediately removed the screen protector thinking that was the problem, but it didn't help. I tried restarting, pulling the battery, drying with a hair dryer, and leaving it set over the floor heat register, trying to dry out any water that may have seeped in through the home button or speaker. Still, no response to touch.
I found this recommendation from the DROID Forum -
"Touchscreen not working at all (solved)" -
*** Yesterday I was navigating, when I touch the screen to activate an app, the touchscreen froze, I reset the cellphone a lot of times but still stuck, and also reset to factory settings and wipe data, not working, finally hours later of search I found the issue to be the digitizer, it is responsible for touch reactions of the screen, located in the superior left corner, the only thing you do is press for 5 seconds in that area and the screen working right again, I hope so this thread helps a many persons with this trouble. ***
So, I tried holding my finger over the top left extreme corner of the screen (the white part above the screen) for 5 seconds and it worked! I don't know if this was coincidence or what, just thought I share this info.
Many thanks to mikedomo from the DROID Forums
Hi.
My z4 lte has recently started shutting down without warning after displaying the flat battery icon. This happens even if the battery has over 80% charge. The tablet reboots normally if left for a few minutes and on restart will show the same battery level as before the shut down. This is happening more and more frequently.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks.
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My z4 lte has recently started shutting down without warning after displaying the flat battery icon. This happens even if the battery has over 80% charge.
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This is definitely a defect battery. Have the same problem on my tablet Z4 and before already twice on Xperia Z1compact. The phone battery was replaced the second time now. With new battery no problems anymore. (seems to last arround 2 year, then it starts again. Looks like poor battery management by Sony )
Only solution: replace battery!
Sadly the only way is by disassembling the display:
https://de.ifixit.com/Anleitung/Sony+Xperia+Z4+Tablet+Repairability+Assessment/79131
Did anyone managed this successfully without breaking the screen? I replaced a broken screen on my Tablet Z and its true, they are really delicate and new screen is ~250 Euro! (Battery ~50 Euro incl. glue).
(By the way: the Tablet Z battery is still fine, and even if, it would be accessible through back cover. Was really the best tablet by Sony. @Sony: WHERE IS THE SUCCESSOR of TABLET Z4??? How about skipping at least once this useless "every 6 month a worse phone" cylce (XZ2: :crying: :silly: ) and develop instead a new tablet!? )
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Did anyone managed this successfully without breaking the screen?
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Since my battery became almost unusable, I took the risk to replace battery myself.
And it was successfull!
Here some hints:
First of all: Make sure you have good tools, mainly:
Only use a very thin and a bit flexible opening tool (I used iPlastix tool, the plastic version)
Use a good heatgun with small opening adapter (< 1cm). Make sure the heatgun can be set to low temperatures, I strongly suggest one that can be set to exact values (In my case "Steinel HL 2020E", can be configured from 80 degree upwards in 10 degree steps)
Build yourself some kind of stand for your heatgun that you can heat the display while having both hands free (I used a small camera tripod and tape)
If you do not have ordered the new adhesive yet, use a internet photo of it to see where the adhesive is located and how deep it reaches. (the edge where adhesive does not reaches edge is headphone jack). Choose a spot with thin adhesive (not an edge) to start.
Heat up this spot (in my case: heatgun on 90 degree celsius, 5 cm distance from outlet to surface) and while still heating, carefully insert opening tool. Do not use force, heat longer if needed. Than slowly move around the tab by heating and dragging your tool. (here the mentioned stand for heatgun helps a lot). After you opened some way, insert a thin piece of platic to prevent adhesive from reattaching.
Again: NO FORCE. When old adhesive is warm enough, you can easily "cut" it with your tool. If you still feel resistance, you need to heat more. (on spots with larger adhesive areas I switched to 100 degree). When you are around, the display should be able to lift, if not, heat again remaining spots and use opening tool until screen can easily be detached. (never bend/pull) There is not adhesive in middle of display, only at corners as you see on new adhesive.
The opening itself was surprisingly easy. More annoying was to remove the old adhesive remainings. I tried isopropylalkohol, but it did not help much. Most of it was removed with some plastic blade, mooving/scratching/pusching permanently against the end of the adhesive trail. It takes time, but it removes it in 0.1 mm steps (maybe someone has a better idea).
Make sure that you work on good mat/base that you can put force without bending screen. I had some sticky but flat remainings on display surface, but this should not be problem.
Removing battery adhesive: use colored edge of pull tab ONLY to grab it. As soon as the white part gets visible drag always on the part that is just coming out behind battery. The first tab teared for me because I did it wrong and it was difficult to remove the remaining. The second tab could be removed completely with ease. (How to detach the cabling, see the youtube teardown videos)
At this step I suggest to replace the main camera lense if the lense coating is broken (as usually on Sony ). Do not remove lense from inside, only the round part gets replaced. Heat up lense and push from inside outwards! (see attached photo)
Replace pull tabs and battery, reconnect cable and TEST tablet before attaching new adhesive! (you may use sony test menu by calling *#*#7378423#*#* in phone app)
Another tricky part is to apply the new adhesive. You have only one chance, as soon as the adhessive touches a surface it sticks, if you try to detach it again it will stretch and stay stretched, so better don't try. Seems the adhesive has to be applied to display first, so detach cable of display, test carefully how to hold and handle before removing plastic covers of adhesive and then: good luck... (Result was "almost" ok in my case. If result is tolerate able, keep it that way. Trying to change again will just worsen the result. Cut parts sticking out display edges)
Reconnect remaining display cable, test functionality again and glue the other side.
Congratulations, you got 2-3 years more of tablet lifetime. Lets hope the guys at Sony get it done to bring a successor until then...
I succeded open my tablet and replace battery.
Now it does not power up.
The red led is lighten up, blinking 4 times, ligten up again and the went off. Repeating again and again after some while.........
I cannot get in touch with the tablet again. I cannot see anything broken or destroyed by open it.
Is the led an error code?
Is there any reset button hidden somewhere?
Sorry to hear ?
Did you tried hard reset? (Press Volume up + Power for more than five seconds)
What happens if you boot to FastBoot, does USB connection shows up on computer at least?
Is device charging?
Is screen backlight starting? (Try in dark room, you should see at least a little lightning if backlight switches on)