Hi guys, i'm having a probelm with my cell phone screen. I had a Boxwave screen protector on that i took off yesterday. As soon i took it off, i noticed under "white light", that there appears to be some sort of deposit in form of square shape in the middle of the phone screen . Now this is wierd because wiping off the screen doesnt do anything. If i stayed under "ÿellow light" this "deposit is not visible". Ive tried cleaning with soap and water, but its still there. I also tried 70% isopropyl alcohol all to no avail. I dont think its inside the screen, because i havent dropped it in water or nothing. Anyone had any experience with this or any ideas??
Just sent ur device for warranty under dead pixel situation
monx® said:
Just sent ur device for warranty under dead pixel situation
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i bought it off of ebay!!
Then u hv to send it for repair.
I heard the screen is quite expensive.
HTC legend. Screen behave very strangely.
When you turn phone on its kind a OK, but in some time strange things happen.
Some parts of screen are unresponding. Or for example if you slide at the bottom of the screen it acts as if you pull status bar down.
Some times every touch tries to pull status bar down. But then again it will be normal.
Is that a hardware or software problem.
I tried hard reset too, didnt help. So is it screen itself then?
I would change it, but still not sure about it. Why its not bad all the time?
Thanks for all the help.
Search for TouchRecalibrate in Market maybe that helps.
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hardware i'm afraid.
had the same problem after my phone got wet along with me in bat-****-crazy storm.
you don't need to replace the lcd, just the digitizer.
i picked one up off ebay for £10.
the replacement process is kinda scary in places - mainly prising the digitizer off the lcd.
if you're still under warranty and the damage wasn't obviously caused by yourself (that includes getting water inside the casing - the water residue gives it away unfortunately) i'd flash back to stock and rma it.
Well I thought it will be digitizer too.
Already ordered one. And yes, my missus dropped it in to a toilet after just 2 months since she bought it new. Just didn't had time to get to it till now. And warranty doesn't apply for this
She should have bough same like me - Defy
My Xperia S sometime have this hated problem.
After an observation period I've noticed that:
1) Is not a temperature problem (put it in the freezer for half hour when yellow ghost appeared, it remain)
2) The yellow ghost appear only when use some USB charger or when I connect it to my PC (dell e6420).
Conclusion:
Perhaps the yellow ghost is caused by a over tension, under charge.
Some other ideas?
On my phone it also randomly pops up, but mostly when I'm using a lot of apps, or set the CPU to overclock or performance mode so it also has to do with temperature
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The yellow ghost screen is affected by the screen temperature.. If ur fone is overclocked, the yellow screen will keep on poping up. If u can troubleshoot, flashing a stock rom would be a nice kdea to see kf the yellow screen reappears.
Reappearing means u have a hardware failure..
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Mine is not over clocked and yesterday when appeared the yellow ghost, to verify if the cause of it was the temperature, I've put my XPS in to the freezer for an half hour and then... when the phone was at -20 the yellow ghost was there
Perfect display here. (3 months)
And a friend have one 100% fine too.
why would you put your phone in a freezer? thats going to mess up your screen even more
crickyo said:
why would you put your phone in a freezer? thats going to mess up your screen even more
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It must be able to operate at -10DegC without fault, perhaps -20 is a bit extreme for it
It is a heat problem. Its the glue around the screen heating and melting. Freezing won't make it go away. Some people are lucky and it evaporates away, some it just dries and sticks there.
It was apparently only an issue on the first batch of handsets and Sony recognised the issue and offered free replacement handsets to anyone with the problem. ( i had it and got mine replaced for free)
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It must be able to operate at -10DegC without fault, perhaps -20 is a bit extreme for it
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I wasnt questioning the phone working at low temp just the idea behind putting a phone thats overheating/hot into a freezer creating condensation along with other problems :highfive: lol
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I wasnt questioning the phone working at low temp just the idea behind putting a phone thats overheating/hot into a freezer creating condensation along with other problems :highfive: lol
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No condensation if you use a vacuum box
I'm crazy but not idiot...
Hello guys,
two days ago I got myself stuck in heavy rain, with my xperia ray in my pocket. Whenn I got home I checked whether there was water in the phone.
Luckily it was just a bit at the bottom of the rear side and everything seemed normal, but when I pushed the home button, the white light changed into yellow, and, for I have CWMrecovery, there was no more blue light at boot. A while later even the home button and volume rocker did not respond anymore (which now is fixed). Has this to do that some water actually got in the phone and ruined the LED notification light, or what could it be?
Thanks in advance
Try cleaning your phone board using IPA..
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Hello guys,
two days ago I got myself stuck in heavy rain, with my xperia ray in my pocket. Whenn I got home I checked whether there was water in the phone.
Luckily it was just a bit at the bottom of the rear side and everything seemed normal, but when I pushed the home button, the white light changed into yellow, and, for I have CWMrecovery, there was no more blue light at boot. A while later even the home button and volume rocker did not respond anymore (which now is fixed). Has this to do that some water actually got in the phone and ruined the LED notification light, or what could it be?
Thanks in advance
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Hi there ,First of all..when u got to know that phone is wet..you should immediately disconnect the battery to avoid internal short circuiting..I suppose its hardware..If its software u can see if SEUS fixes your problem but before operating phone you have make sure its not damaged by water..
If u havent done that water might permanently damage the circuitry inside your phone..
Clean your phone with IPA isopropyl alcohol,which might fix the issue..
The Rain water after getting dried up might leave salt traces on the board which may conduct (even when water is dried out) causing damage to the board so use IPA to clean it off by disassembling your phone..
You can google Ray disassembly, or have a professional do it for you..
If your phone was completely submerged your battery might not be working fine anymore..check your battery once..
It can be dangerous operating with a faulty battery..it might melt or even worse explode so make sure your battery is good..
Water can be a serious threat for electronics..so i dont guarantee that your led will work anymore but still its worth a shot ..:good:
Clean the board to see if everything else is working fine..but you may have to give up on that led..good luck
Hope i helped
regards..
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Hi there ,First of all..when u got to know that phone is wet..you should immediately disconnect the battery to avoid internal short circuiting..I suppose its hardware..If its software u can see if SEUS fixes your problem but before operating phone you have make sure its not damaged by water..
If u havent done that water might permanently damage the circuitry inside your phone..
Clean your phone with IPA isopropyl alcohol,which might fix the issue..
The Rain water after getting dried up might leave salt traces on the board which may conduct (even when water is dried out) causing damage to the board so use IPA to clean it off by disassembling your phone..
You can google Ray disassembly, or have a professional do it for you..
If your phone was completely submerged your battery might not be working fine anymore..check your battery once..
It can be dangerous operating with a faulty battery..it might melt or even worse explode so make sure your battery is good..
Water can be a serious threat for electronics..so i dont guarantee that your led will work anymore but still its worth a shot ..:good:
Clean the board to see if everything else is working fine..but you may have to give up on that led..good luck
Hope i helped
regards..
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Many thanks!
I already figured it had nothing to do with software, because several apps even confirmed that vibration and haptic feedback should work fine on the phone.
I did disconnect the battery and saw that only the lower side of the rear side (opposite to the LEDNOTLIGHT) was a little wet.
Apart from the problems I mentioned earlier I am 100% sure nothing else was damaged by the water, or as you stated, the left-over salt.
I'm definitely gonna try the IPA, thank you very much!
I'll keep you up-to-date
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Many thanks!
I already figured it had nothing to do with software, because several apps even confirmed that vibration and haptic feedback should work fine on the phone.
I did disconnect the battery and saw that only the lower side of the rear side (opposite to the LEDNOTLIGHT) was a little wet.
Apart from the problems I mentioned earlier I am 100% sure nothing else was damaged by the water, or as you stated, the left-over salt.
I'm definitely gonna try the IPA, thank you very much!
I'll keep you up-to-date
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Glad i helped you..Just hit thanks instead of sayin it bro..u know u have got a button there
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Glad i helped you..Just hit thanks instead of sayin it bro..u know u have got a button there
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How do you recommend cleaning the board? Drip the IPA on it and wait for it to dry, or what´s the best way?
Does this IPA work for the vibration and haptic feedback too? since those are practically located next to eachother
Nanostray said:
How do you recommend cleaning the board? Drip the IPA on it and wait for it to dry, or what´s the best way?
Does this IPA work for the vibration and haptic feedback too? since those are practically located next to eachother
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You have to physically disassemble the phone first,then use a microfiber cloth,dip it in ipa and clean the board .. stillI dont think your phone got wet enough for water to get in so much..
Still google for videos on disassebly..here is one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pylypRqumTM..
but its aint english..
REMEMBER Dont disassemble if u r not confident enough to reassemble..u dont wanna make a mess out of your phone just in case
Shower?
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You have to physically disassemble the phone first,then use a microfiber cloth,dip it in ipa and clean the board .. stillI dont think your phone got wet enough for water to get in so much..
Still google for videos on disassebly..here is one..
but its aint english..
REMEMBER Dont disassemble if u r not confident enough to reassemble..u dont wanna make a mess out of your phone just in case
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If it's not caused by water damage as you said, could having it put away in the bathroom with a hot shower on have caused it? Maybe because something caused the H. feedback to stop working and the LEDNOTlight to freak out?
Moisture from hot shower may cause damage but not sure....
To be simplelease keep your away from water..unless u have a Xperia Z or ZR or V or whatever.....
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a|\|droid_user said:
Moisture from hot shower may cause damage but not sure....
To be simplelease keep your away from water..unless u have a Xperia Z or ZR or V or whatever.....
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I just confirmed that it is not software related. Repaired two times with SEUS and Flashtool, and still both times no vibration and yellow light instead of white
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I just confirmed that it is not software related. Repaired two times with SEUS and Flashtool, and still both times no vibration and yellow light instead of white
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Disassemble phone and clean with IPA or hand it over to sony service center they will do it for you..but i guess they will charge you heavily..unfortunately you have no other option...
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Disassemble phone and clean with IPA or hand it over to sony service center they will do it for you..but i guess they will charge you heavily..unfortunately you have no other option...
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Unfortunately your IPA did not work. All I got was a short white light i.o a yellow light, but it turned into yellow immediately. I guess there's no other option to buy a new phone? I'm gonna pay more than my phone costed. It's over an year old and water damage of course isn't covered by the waranty
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Unfortunately your IPA did not work. All I got was a short white light i.o a yellow light, but it turned into yellow immediately. I guess there's no other option to buy a new phone? I'm gonna pay more than my phone costed. It's over an year old and water damage of course isn't covered by the waranty
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Sorry for you..I guess the led is gone..but otherwise is the phone fine ?
Eureka?
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Sorry for you..I guess the led is gone..but otherwise is the phone fine ?
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Well, the white and blue light are back, but the haptic feedback unfortunately not, and somehow the LEDlight doesn't flash anymore when a whatsapp message comes in, but that might just be me not paying attention..
Any idea how to deal with the vibration not working?
The vibration is made with a small motor with an off - centre weight on it, I have changed them before on my old Nokia ,I think most newer phones use the same type.
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The vibration is made with a small motor with an off - centre weight on it, I have changed them before on my old Nokia ,I think most newer phones use the same type.
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I don't think I have the knowledge to change the vibration thingy. So I guess I just gotta wait 'til I get a new phone
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Alright, what happened 'til now is that LED notif is back, unthough the yellow light still somes pops up instead of the white light. Vibration neither working, but nothing else seems to be not working properly. If anyone knows how to fix the two things I mentioned above, tell me
Backstory: It's been 2 years when I had water damaged my phone. The whole device was completely filled with water. The
phone went dead. I shook most of the water off via micro usb and sim card slot. That's when I realised both of my camera
lens were fogged inside, I tried to open up the glass back of the phone (to remove the battery and dry them up).
Unfortunately, the glass back was shattered but still mostly in place as it was glued tightly. I have no choice but to ditch
my phone and kept it in my desk. After years of ignorance, I finally went back to check out to find out that the lens are dry
(all of the water might as well have been evaporated. I charged it. Surprisingly, the notification light lit in red. After charging
it for 2 hours, I decided to power on the phone.
Issue : The display seemed dead, but I managed to take a few screenshots using -vol + power button. Just by listening to the sound of the
screenshots I took, I don't know if my phone is considered to be fully functioning (minus the LCD screen).
Can someone please tell me if my phone is still working fine as it can emit sound because I'm considering replacing the LCD screen
Put your phone in a rice tub with all the flaps opened and let it wait there for 1-2 days, the water should be gone completely.
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Put your phone in a rice tub with all the flaps opened and let it wait there for 1-2 days, the water should be gone completely.
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Alright, I will try my best to make it dry. Also, thanks for the quick reply mate! :good::laugh: