Hi everyone, last night my friend dropped his Xperia U from a chair to the floor, and now the screen is all blank, it light up but nothing shows up, and the phone works on the background, you can hear the sounds, and the vibrations of the touchscreen
I tried to open it up and see if something was unplugged, but everything seems to be fine, any advice??
Is there something I can do, before taking it to a Repair Service?? It will be cheaper just to buy a new phone??
Thanks in advance n_n
So this a hardware problem....it can only be repaired by service center...so just take it there... If you are rooted then try to unroot it...but it's not necessary...I mean ofcourse after rooting you loose your warranty...but don't worry take it there..tell them that it was an accident and if they ask about rooting and other stuff just act dumb like you don't know anything..I hope everything will workout just fine
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Hey, I'm trying to get a friend's x10 mini pro up and running again.
A few weeks ago she complained of a non working earpiece in calls (speakerphone worked) and the notification light not working. And then the whole thing just gave up on itself.
Managed to get it turn on by using an apple usb charger, but all I get is a blank black screen with the backlight on.
Used SEUS to see if I could get it to turn on by reinstalling 2.1 eclair but to no avail.
Are there any suggestions at all as to what I could do?
Anything would be appreciated.
Thanks,
phish
I don't really know to suggest. Try leaving it on charge, plugged into the mains, for a few hours. That might do something..
phishious said:
Hey, I'm trying to get a friend's x10 mini pro up and running again.
A few weeks ago she complained of a non working earpiece in calls (speakerphone worked) and the notification light not working. And then the whole thing just gave up on itself.
Managed to get it turn on by using an apple usb charger, but all I get is a blank black screen with the backlight on.
Used SEUS to see if I could get it to turn on by reinstalling 2.1 eclair but to no avail.
Are there any suggestions at all as to what I could do?
Anything would be appreciated.
Thanks,
phish
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Bro its the flex which is broken or probably damaged which comes from the motherboard.. Go to nearest service center n get it replaced..
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Left it charging for 8 hours and then some last night. No luck. That blank screen still being the only sign of life and slight vibrate.
Bro its the flex which is broken or probably damaged which comes from the motherboard.. Go to nearest service center n get it replaced..
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I guess that's what i'll have to do. i'll poke around the insides myself beforehand because its out of warranty and I have free reign over what I can do to it regardless of whether it works in the end or not.
Thanks for your help/
phish
faiyyaz said:
Bro its the flex which is broken or probably damaged which comes from the motherboard.. Go to nearest service center n get it replaced..
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+1 on this my girls phone just did like that.
Same exact issue...
My girlfriend's phone started to have the same exact issues, unresponsive screen, failure on the earphone, and display distortion. So I got her the new Mini Pro, and took the U20i...rooted, and placed a rom in it...so far so good. Then I decided to open the thing...see if there was something that could be repaired. So once I took it apart, which is not hard, just needs some patience, got to the flex. The darn thing was broken, but in a weird fashion, I mean, the right part of the flex itself broke, but not the left part. Anyways, I decided to move it, and voila, I finished damaging the flex. It starts, but stays blank. I have decided to take it to a repair center to check the price to repair. If not, then I will buy the pieces one by one, they come around at $55.
Hey there XDAers! I really need some help, i accidently drowned my phone in coke, the drink not the drug and it didnt start for a while, but now it does and its been over a week since it happened, but my problem is that the hardware buttons except the power button stops working after a couple of minutes of the phone being on, they work a couple of minutes if im lucky,
anyway i can fix this? sorry if my description is a little bad but im quite tired and need my phone because my operator signup thing doesnt end until 6 months so cant get a new phone yet
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Hey there XDAers! I really need some help, i accidently drowned my phone in coke, the drink not the drug and it didnt start for a while, but now it does and its been over a week since it happened, but my problem is that the hardware buttons except the power button stops working after a couple of minutes of the phone being on, they work a couple of minutes if im lucky,
anyway i can fix this? sorry if my description is a little bad but im quite tired and need my phone because my operator signup thing doesnt end until 6 months so cant get a new phone yet
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Its due to the sticky liquid. When u turn on, the heat melts it and button stops working. Take it se service center. Even if it's in warranty u will be charged as its damaged due to spill.
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I need some help here friends, my cousin bought in the states an Xperia U, and he was watching youtube when the phone died completely, i dont know exactly what happend, but i'm trying everything in this device and nothing works, no flashmode, fastbootmode, no power and volume up trick, nothing.
its a really weird case, because every time I plug in the usb charger led stays red, and no change form there, nothing seems to work, any ideas, has anyone faced this issue, i cant ask for warranty because i live in Ecuador, and is kinda far you know lol
Leave it charging for an hour
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Leave it charging for an hour
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thanks for your reply bro, but i have left it over the night and the led is always red, i have switched batteries with other U's but same issue, i don't know what happens
Xtrifer said:
I need some help here friends, my cousin bought in the states an Xperia U, and he was watching youtube when the phone died completely, i dont know exactly what happend, but i'm trying everything in this device and nothing works, no flashmode, fastbootmode, no power and volume up trick, nothing.
its a really weird case, because every time I plug in the usb charger led stays red, and no change form there, nothing seems to work, any ideas, has anyone faced this issue, i cant ask for warranty because i live in Ecuador, and is kinda far you know lol
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Well, if you tried everything then the phone has a hardware problem
Try to go to Sony Tech Service in your country, there is no International Warranty so you can take the phone to the Sony Tech Service to repair it, if it is too expensive (and I think it will be) then contact Sony to send the phone to Sony USA
I had a problem with a HTC Nexus One in 2011 that I bought from Amazon and two weeks later the power buttons does not worked anymore so I contacted to Amazon (the first 30 days Amazon cover the warranty) and I sent the phone to Amazon and they paid the shipping that it was like 50$
Another problem was with the HTC Nexus One of my brother (we bought two Nexus One from Amazon) problems with 3G connection, heat problems and sometimes the phone sudenly reboot, so he contacted HTC and he just sent the phone (no box, no back cover, no battery, no cables) to HTC USA and 15 days later the phone came repaired and still works, I dont know how much it was the shipping
Try these options and obviously dont try to open the phone
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Try these options and obviously dont try to open the phone
Sorry for the long post
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thanks bro ill do that, hope its not to expensive, but there's no other way, if anyone knows something, please help me, if not i'll be shipping this phone back to the states, as i think it's a hardware issue too
Hi there i'm just posting here as my girlfriend got her Xperia U last month and up until last night everything was fine until she went to the toilet and it fell out her jacket pocket, down the toilet >.>
So she came waltzing out saying what happened, it was still working after it had been down the toilet but the touch buttons starting going, funny? If that's the right word? So I told her to remove the battery, and the sim but then I wanted to try and see if it worked, I place just the battery inside and booted it up and it would first vibrate, show the sony logo, proceed to the Xperia logo, and then the screen would go black and repeat the process (Bootloop). So I thought to place it in an airing cupboard or wrapped in tissue on a radiator just to see if anything happens, to help dry the inside out or something like that, but now the phone doesn't even turn on, and I plug the device into the USB charger or my laptop and nothing happens.
I've had it on charge 30-45 minutes and it's not booting, but whilst it was on charge I could see a faint pink/red led light to the right of the Sony logo at the top?
If you are reading and want to know, this hasn't been rooted or flashed in any way or form, I updated the device a couple weeks ago via Sony PC Companion to get the new software update Jellybean and this succeeded fine and improved the device performance.
Thanks for reading
You shouldn't have turned it on, there is a chance that it's permanently broken because of shorting.
You could try to open the phone up and get some 99,9% alcohol and then use a brush to get the parts which are affected cleaned.
Also next time if you get your phone waterdamaged you should put it in a bag of rice and then wait for about 2 days and see if it works. The rice removes the liquid inside the phone and it might work.
How in the world did you get an official jelly bean update for Xperia U? :|
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If an electronic device drop in water, do not try to turn it on, remove battery as fast as you can.
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You shouldn't have turned it on, there is a chance that it's permanently broken because of shorting.
You could try to open the phone up and get some 99,9% alcohol and then use a brush to get the parts which are affected cleaned.
Also next time if you get your phone waterdamaged you should put it in a bag of rice and then wait for about 2 days and see if it works. The rice removes the liquid inside the phone and it might work.
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How in the world did you get an official jelly bean update for Xperia U? :|
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I understand and I take your advice for future reference after researching I seen a post from someone relating to my model and that I should try using Sony's Update Service software, not the PC Companion. I followed on screen instructions and my device is now back up and running running on 4.0.4 (sorry if I called it jellybean I am clearly senseless). Everything is working perfectly fine apart from the wi-fi, there is a widget on the homescreen which allows you to turn off services like (data, sync, wi-fi, bluetooth etc etc.) and the wi-fi in the widget is turned on and looks as if it's scanning, when I go into the Settings, the on/off button for bluetooth is highlighted (allowing me to select it on/off) but above that is wi-fi, which is not highlighted, but when I select it, it then opens up and says 'turning on wi-fi' and just remains at that stage.
I kind of gather the water must of damaged the wi-fi component or I may be wrong, is there anything I can do?
Cheers.
The phone might break a while after the water because of corrosion, u should put it in rice or open it up and clean it.
devstaff said:
The phone might break a while after the water because of corrosion, u should put it in rice or open it up and clean it.
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Thanks for your advice it's really appreciated I think the best we can do is find out if we are covered as this is a contract phone, I'm just worried they might turn round and say 'Well it's your fault, you dropped it in the water.' lol, but we'll see eh?
Thanks again!
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Thanks for your advice it's really appreciated I think the best we can do is find out if we are covered as this is a contract phone, I'm just worried they might turn round and say 'Well it's your fault, you dropped it in the water.' lol, but we'll see eh?
Thanks again!
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They wont fix it, youvwill have to pay to get it fixed. The water indicators is already messed up by the water and I bet it have staryed to get a bit weird inside too.
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Hello everyone!
My sister accidentally detached the screen of my phone because she was taking it from me. After that, we take it to the repair center (a store only in a mall) and they said that the screen is unavailable for now. The repairman suggested to take out the battery from the phone until the screen is available to order. One day I tried to turn on the phone with its battery inserted to see if it still works without the screen, I thought of the phone was still working fine because it still vibrates when you powered it on and I immediately removed the battery after doing the testing. It almost took 2-3 weeks until the phone was repaired (the screen replacement has no warranty). Then we got home and played with my phone. Suddenly, the touch screen doesn't work, I have waited for a few second then it works again. It keeps happening like that and there are times that the screen completely doesn't respond to my touches until I reboot my phone. The apps that I were using that time are responding well only the touchscreen does not responds well.
I am using a custom ROM while my phone is being repaired.
So here's my question:
Will touchscreen problem exist or occur if you didn't turn it on or use it (powered off) for a few weeks?
The phone that I'm using is Xperia Mini Pro SK17I. I have also tried other custom ROMS like CM10 and CM10.1 but it just makes my touchscreen worse.
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Hey there.
What a coincidence, I just went through this kind of problem. Sorry to tell you this, but the screen assembly you bought is defective and there's little you can do about it, save for flashing back to stock and hoping for the best.
I ruined my xmp's screen and had to get a replacement part. I was in a rush so I bought a new display from the first store I came across with. Result: the touch digitizer was deffective, pretty much useless on CM10.1. It worked for a few minutes, but then it stopped responding until the next reboot. Touch response was sloppy, and two-finger gestures were all messed up.
Flashing back to stock ICS helped a bit, but it was far from ideal. I had to cope with it until it finally drove me crazy and I threw it to the ground. The glass shattered, many pieces flew off from the phone. Saved enough money for another screen and I'm just fine with it. No problems even after doing exactly what you described.
Word of advice: get a new screen assembly, and flash back to stock while you're at it.
Would you tell us how much the good assembly costs? Just for reference.
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I usually buy these from a local store for about $40. Check the display and touch digitizer quality before buying when possible. If you plan on buying one online, don't go for the cheapest alternative you can find, you could end up regretting it.
I'd recommend buying from "formymobile.co.uk"
Some people might not know this, but the display and touch glass on the xmp cannot be separated. This is good and bad at the same time.
Pixelado said:
Hey there.
What a coincidence, I just went through this kind of problem. Sorry to tell you this, but the screen assembly you bought is defective and there's little you can do about it, save for flashing back to stock and hoping for the best.
I ruined my xmp's screen and had to get a replacement part. I was in a rush so I bought a new display from the first store I came across with. Result: the touch digitizer was deffective, pretty much useless on CM10.1. It worked for a few minutes, but then it stopped responding until the next reboot. Touch response was sloppy, and two-finger gestures were all messed up.
Flashing back to stock ICS helped a bit, but it was far from ideal. I had to cope with it until it finally drove me crazy and I threw it to the ground. The glass shattered, many pieces flew off from the phone. Saved enough money for another screen and I'm just fine with it. No problems even after doing exactly what you described.
Word of advice: get a new screen assembly, and flash back to stock while you're at it.
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I am now dissappointed with myself because I didn't take my phone for repair to the store where I bought my phone. I have already brought my phone there before because of screen replacement too and they replace it with a good and functional one then that store move its location that was far away from us and that takes us to bring the phone in the nearest mall here in our place.
We found a store inside the mall, they fix it and TA-DAAAAA, a phone with a defective screen. And yes, the gestures are not working properly. I really love this phone but I can't take it anymore for another repair.
I am planning to buy a new phone but not a Sony Ericsson phone. I will buy a local branded phone [Cherry Mobile (Android phone) - search it on Google to see it] here in our country (Philippines). It is much cheaper but has a good quality. I am just a student so it will took me a long time to buy a new phone.
Unless my parents decides the buy me a phone because they also use my phone for playing.
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fundre said:
Would you tell us how much the good assembly costs? Just for reference.
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The 1st screen replacement that happened to my phone (it was the good one) costs me $77 (based on Philippine Peso to US Dollar)
While the 2nd replacement which is the bad one costs me $55
My country is Philippines.
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Hello everyone! Downgrading my phone to Stock Gingerbread does help but it still stops responding (not always) unlike in JB that stops every minute.
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