Strange Flickering Screen - Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General

Have a strange problem..
My Diamond is 40days old, till 15days of buying i did not have this problem.. I installed Spb Mobile shell 2.1, since then the lower 1/5th of the screen flickers and when i wake the phone from sleep & press volume button, in the grey background of Volume control screen exactly the lower 1/5th i can see a dull image of the letters or icons that the screen displayed just before sleep at the lower 1/5th..
What's this?? Is it a defective screen, or Spb Shell's problem..
I uninstalled Spb Shell, still no change.. Did a hard reset.. solved.. But Installed only Spb shell 2.2 (after hard reset) problem persists...
Did a search on XDA but found none other similar flickers..
1) Anyone faces this problem??
2) Any one can think of the cause of this??
3) Any Solutions
I'm running original 2G (Indian Airtel) rom 1.37.720.2WWE

if it's gone when u hardreset and it came back, it should be software related

Just curious... Is Spb shell 2.2 VGA compitable?

karkalanand said:
Have a strange problem..
My Diamond is 40days old, till 15days of buying i did not have this problem.. I installed Spb Mobile shell 2.1, since then the lower 1/5th of the screen flickers and when i wake the phone from sleep & press volume button, in the grey background of Volume control screen exactly the lower 1/5th i can see a dull image of the letters or icons that the screen displayed just before sleep at the lower 1/5th..
What's this?? Is it a defective screen, or Spb Shell's problem..
I uninstalled Spb Shell, still no change.. Did a hard reset.. solved.. But Installed only Spb shell 2.2 (after hard reset) problem persists...
Did a search on XDA but found none other similar flickers..
1) Anyone faces this problem??
2) Any one can think of the cause of this??
3) Any Solutions
I'm running original 2G (Indian Airtel) rom 1.37.720.2WWE
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Discussed in a other thread....
Something about Powermanagement.
Pull the USB/Charger out, supsend Device by powebutton and turn back on.
Problem Solved

ohhh understood something wrong

mastah said:
Ur in the wrong part of this Forum to ask this question.
First use the Search Button, if u dont find anything
http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?f=429
if u still doesent found,
ask here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=260
btw. u know how to use a Forum? They have rules etc.
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i just asked him because it might be the cause of the proble...
No need to go all gippo about it... geeeez

Noticed something.. Did a hard reset yday.. Installed nothing.. no problem overnight.. Put it for charging.. Yes i could see it agian now.. Now my question is whether this can happen due to overheated Diamond.. Coz after stopping charging the problem disaapeared.. Had a long call sometime back, when my diamond got hot again, and i could again see ghosting of lower 1/5th of screen..

that could be the problem, why whole screen seems to be flickering, but that's when i unplugged the USB whilst synchronizing with the PC after quite some time
the weird thing is, after i turn off my screen and turn it back on using the power button, it's gone

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Kaiser Touch Screen not responding.

Hey guys I have flashed my Kaiser with a clean rom last night, everything went awesome, phoned work excellent just the way I wanted, and my hands were wet as the phone rang and now all of a sudden my Touch Screen doesnt work, nothing seems to be wrong with the phone itself, everything is still displayed on the screen.
Now I might need to send it back for repairs, but I reset to factory defaults couple min ago, and it says "Tap screen to begin" and I can't get any further?
Active sync or nothing works in that stage, how is it possible that I can flash my kaiser back to factory defaults if this is the case?
Isnt there a way of skipping that "Tap screen to begin" message?
Thanks a lot, any help is appreciated.
Gozzy69a said:
Hey guys I have flashed my Kaiser with a clean rom last night, everything went awesome, phoned work excellent just the way I wanted, and my hands were wet as the phone rang and now all of a sudden my Touch Screen doesnt work, nothing seems to be wrong with the phone itself, everything is still displayed on the screen.
Now I might need to send it back for repairs, but I reset to factory defaults couple min ago, and it says "Tap screen to begin" and I can't get any further?
Active sync or nothing works in that stage, how is it possible that I can flash my kaiser back to factory defaults if this is the case?
Isnt there a way of skipping that "Tap screen to begin" message?
Thanks a lot, any help is appreciated.
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here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=335568
Yo thanks man,
I have flashed my phone back to HTC's rom, touch screen still doesn't work, I can use the phone now again, I have skipped that process where it asks you to align the screen to begin with a program called Code Factory's Remote screen alignment (RSA)
Now I'm in Bahrain (middle east) at the moment, I bought the phone in South-Africa where I used to live, So I'm gonna have to use the phone for a while until I can send it in for repairs.
So just have one more problem, I can't seem to change the Main volume in the taskbar without using the touch screen, Is there any other way of changing the volume, coz I cant hear my phone when it rings at times.
Shot guys,
to adjust the volume, move the trackwheel up or down during a call, so you're gonna have to call someone.
as for vibrating, you've got me there
Man,that must be a pain that touch screen doesn't working.
Try googling MyMobiler, install on your PC, connect your PDA and it will autoinstall itself to your PDA too.
Run MyMobiler on the PC. Next thing you know you can control your PDA without even touching it at all ;-)
Cheers!
schizo said:
Man,that must be a pain that touch screen doesn't working.
Try googling MyMobiler, install on your PC, connect your PDA and it will autoinstall itself to your PDA too.
Run MyMobiler on the PC. Next thing you know you can control your PDA without even touching it at all ;-)
Cheers!
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or get mDesktop form the net - it will give you remote desktop capabilities to your PDA + much more ....
yo guys, just wanna let u guys know, the problem sorted itself out, in the future if you guys experience the problem, put ur phone close to a TUBE T.V, and let the static fix it for u, I was busy trying to get this OLD t.v sorted out in the Hotel where we are living in Bahrain, and I couldn't see at the back, and I used my phone as a flash light to see what's going on lol, and then my Touch screen started working again.........anyone care to explain this..?
Phone is in complete working order again, happy flashing for me once again hehe.
Man, I had the same problem and I was quite desperate. I was going to replace my Vodafone 1615 (the brandized version of Tytn II) when I found your post.
I put the phone near a CRT Monitor and then magically the touch-screen was working again!
Thank you to disclose your experience.
Can anyone explain why this might work?
I had the same problems. Touched yesterday mine htc kaiser with wet fingers and the touch screen did not respond. I thought that is the same problem with humidity that I had in Amazonia. That time it got solved by heating the phone with notebook. Pillow - kaiser - notebook for few hours :-D
But this time heating did not work... With doubt I approached old CRT tv and static energy from it SOLVED mine problem too. I am happy that I did not throw it away after buying LCD one. This is the time when new technology needs some old school energy :-D
rdee said:
With doubt I approached old CRT tv and static energy from it SOLVED mine problem too. I am happy that I did not throw it away after buying LCD one. This is the time when new technology needs some old school energy :-D
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Did you have the phone off or on , did you touch it to the screen or side of tv, and how long did you hold the phone there, this would be awesome if it works, I've been freaking out the last couple of days.
me too! i brushed my phone around the tv for 30 seconds.. no luck...
ardley216 said:
me too! i brushed my phone around the tv for 30 seconds.. no luck...
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I think we were fooled.
bwnotredame06 said:
I think we were fooled.
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Static can kill touch screens
I killed my old WM2003 device by sliding down a plastic slide with my kids at the park.
Hi folks!
I had the same problem: change my at&t tilt rom/radio/spl to htc.
result: touch screen does not working!
The only way that i found is undo changes:
1º - installing and using: Remote screen Alignment to skip the first screen calibration. Just power on Tilt and wait until activesync are connected, so, run "remote screen alignment" and click skip, if the phone does not restart, do a soft reset.
2º - In the next power on, use activesync to copy JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe to your phone.
3º - use the buttons to navigate and execute JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe on the phone. (to execute JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe file use the ENTER key of the sliding keyboard).
4º- now just replace RUU_Kaiser_CINGULAR_WWE_.exe (OEM ROM i think)/ bootloader spl1.93.0/1.56 (maybe the screen problem occurs due the wrong spl/rom combination or newer spl like 3.28/3.29 ).
After these steps my AT&T Tilt touch screen is back to work!
Now i'm ready to try others roms again !!
PS: Sorry for poor english, if anybody don't understand anything just ask!
parmito said:
Hi folks!
I had the same problem: change my at&t tilt rom/radio/spl to htc.
result: touch screen does not working!
The only way that i found is undo changes:
1º - installing and using: Remote screen Alignment to skip the first screen calibration. Just power on Tilt and wait until activesync are connected, so, run "remote screen alignment" and click skip, if the phone does not restart, do a soft reset.
2º - In the next power on, use activesync to copy JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe to your phone.
3º - use the buttons to navigate and execute JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe on the phone. (to execute JumpSPL1.56-KAIS.exe file use the ENTER key of the sliding keyboard).
4º- now just replace RUU_Kaiser_CINGULAR_WWE_.exe (OEM ROM i think)/ bootloader spl1.93.0/1.56 (maybe the screen problem occurs due the wrong spl/rom combination or newer spl like 3.28/3.29 ).
After these steps my AT&T Tilt touch screen is back to work!
Now i'm ready to try others roms again !!
PS: Sorry for poor english, if anybody don't understand anything just ask!
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thank you so much for taking the time to post your solution! My kaiser was dead after it got soaked in vinegair..keys were sticky, device wouldnt charge or even turn on..
what i did is put the kaiser in a bowl of water and let it rest for a few hours. Then i took it out and put it in a bowl of uncooked rice (rice sucks up water!) and let it rest overnight. My kaiser came out great with everything working fine except....the touchscreen wouldnt respond. I flashed several roms but all to no avail.
I then followed your instructions and miraculously this strange at&t rom brought my touchscreen back to life!
So thanks again

Corrupt screen after charging over night

It have happened to me 3 times already, and I've only had my Diamond for 3 weeks...
When I leave my device charging over night, in the morning the display looks completely scrambled / distorted and the only thing I can do is a restart... Luckily it boots up normal again.
Am I the only one with this issue??
Btw... I've handled my phone with care & not ever dropped it or had it near any moisture, I guess this might be a harware issue!?
Dun worry owziee....
I having the same problem too.........
nothing but a white static/scrambled screen, right? Happens many time to me...the only thing i can do is re-insert the battery (holding the power button to restart doesnt work).
what about soft reset button ?
Sof reset fixes it. I think that the 3D chip is overheated, because it happens when I play sensory overload (a 3d game) too.
But strangely not when I play Call of Duty 2...?
Alteast we could get it back to normal with a soft-reset, kaiser had similar problem where only a hard-reset was possible after the same situations i guess..
Regards,
Carty..
i had a similar situation after i used my device to send a text, turned the screen off then turned it back on immediately, i had some strange screen with all different coloured pixels and it looked broke as hell, but i merely just pressed the power button on and off and it was fixed again :S
Yes i have the same problem and have no idea what is causing it. The most frustrating thing is when it happens my alarm does not go of... I would realy like a fix for this.
phew! It has happened once with me, and frankly it scared me a bit. Removed the battery and then it was Ok again. Weird behaviour. I don't think it has anything to do with heat tho.
I had the same issue too and I had to perform a soft reset fer it to work but after a week the touch screen of mine stopped workin no idea why i had to give to the service center fer repairs they told me it wud take a week to repair it rite now I am without a diamond
Something like the screen shots below?
I've had this problem for quite a while. If you disable Touchflo3d, you will not have this problem at all. This issue only concerns the 3d gpu.
I've since updated to v1.93 Olinex SPL and its more stable now, thou I still get it once a while, especially after a long period of not touching the phone (e.g. when sleeping).

Problem - no display on my Xperia

I have lost my display on my Xperia phone.
The back light comes on -- but that is it -- NOTHING else.
Has anyone else experienced this and more importantly - fixed it ???
if so, what did you do
What have you tried to fix it? I'd say something like this goes in order;
1. Soft Reset (since you don't have a display, use the reset button next to the battery)
2. Hard Reset (hold both hard buttons while pushing the reset button with the stylus)
3. Call someone, either your carrier or SE.
I have the same issue.
About 2 weeks ago issue started.
Waking from sleep or turning on, backlight lights up, but screen is blank.
This is starting to happen more frequently. Sometimes it will work normally, but more and more it is just staying blank.
Also during normal use, screen will become "garbled." Random bits of the screen move around to other parts.
Even during these problems the phone is functioning normally, can even push the buttons on the touch screen even though they are not being displayed.
I have an x1i, hard-spl. Was previously flashed with TouchX 10.1. When issue started happening, I flashed with a newer itje WM6.5 ROM. Same problem.
Issue of screen being blank also happens when booting to the tri-colour screen.
Any ideas?
I had the same issue screen just refused to display. I sent it back to Sony E for repair. They repaired and returned within 7 days. On the repair bill they stated it was a loose connection.
Interesting, hopefully that's it.
Out of curiousity, what was the repair worth?
Just wondering how much i'm up for if that is the case and I send it back.
lonneclark said:
I have lost my display on my Xperia phone.
The back light comes on -- but that is it -- NOTHING else.
Has anyone else experienced this and more importantly - fixed it ???
if so, what did you do
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Yeah.. I know this topic is pretty old, but I exactly have the same problem..
I have the Xperia X1 or about 1 year and a half now, everything was working fine until 2 days ago:
1. If someone calls me or I call them, they don't hear me, but I DO hear them
2. Screen responds, but remains blank (backlight only turns on)
3. Screen shows once in a while, but it pixelates.
I'm thinking of a hardware problem here, anyone knows more about this?
- Tried rebooting > no effect
- Tried soft reset > no effect
In most of all above problems it would be becouse of damaged lcd flex cable. It's not cost too much but you will have to disassemble phone and change it. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/for-Sony-Eric...ries_MobilePhoneBatteries?hash=item563a472301

xperia failure: optical joystick, standby screen, illumination

what the H E 2x L is happening to my phone?
the today screen frequently freezes but the os still works. Take battery out, wait a few seconds, replace push power (lost the stylus).
so the screen turns off (standby). just kidding its actually glowing black or dark blue or something draining my battery. i messed with the power settings and backlite settings and im pretty sure it has absolutely no effect watsoever the screen is just as brite.
now the illumination doesnt work. at least, when the phones on. when its charging and off and i just put in the battery i think it flashes green. other than that nothing. settings are normal i tried testing it under settings, no success.
the optical joystick wasnt working, so i went to settings, turned it on and it was all good, until the today screen froze again. now i turn it on and off and nothing. reset the phone and still nothing. on top of that the lights on the bottom around the diamonds dont lite up either.
conclusion: i dont kno watsup with my phone, i think theres something up with the top slider part cause the problems are isolated there. operating works fine, except the freezes.
help please?
do you guys think it might have to do with the registry?
Hard reset.... if problem is still there, come back and ask again.
orelsi said:
Hard reset.... if problem is still there, come back and ask again.
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well that definately didnt work. well hard reset didnt work but now the phone seems to be operating normal. at least for now. i took out the little memory card too if it has any correlation. if theres any updates ill come back
thanks!

Segment of touchscreen on Milestone not working?

Hello,
I'm not really sure if anyone encountered this before..
Suddenly today in the morning, I notice my Milestone's touchscreen is acting up.
I can't reach the menu button at the bottom of the screen. It always chooses Phone or Web Browser button instead :/
I use search to get to Dev Tools and Pointer Locations, and I realize there's a segment, about 1 third of the touchscreen, in the middle, unresponsive to touch.
I tried cleaning the screen, clearing cache, rebooting, it made it work temporarily, but then it returned again. I changed to stock 2.1 SBF, still no change. And now, its stuck in this state, I can't get it to work even temporarily..
I really dont want to send it to Customer Service, is there anyway to solve this?
Thanks!
Lesiroth said:
Hello,
I'm not really sure if anyone encountered this before..
Suddenly today in the morning, I notice my Milestone's touchscreen is acting up.
I can't reach the menu button at the bottom of the screen. It always chooses Phone or Web Browser button instead :/
I use search to get to Dev Tools and Pointer Locations, and I realize there's a segment, about 1 third of the touchscreen, in the middle, unresponsive to touch.
I tried cleaning the screen, clearing cache, rebooting, it made it work temporarily, but then it returned again. I changed to stock 2.1 SBF, still no change. And now, its stuck in this state, I can't get it to work even temporarily..
I really dont want to send it to Customer Service, is there anyway to solve this?
Thanks!
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Same with me, i can't reach from menu in a bottom side to upper side, maybe 10mm dead space + 7mm right side from bottom side to upper side.
Please help me!!
Sorry my english is not good
It happen to me last 2 weeks while helping out a friend's Milestone. After i flashed a kernel, the whole screen is not working. Trying to flash back to stock ROM,custom ROM,etc but still the same.
By accident i press and hold both BACK key(the bottom left) and SEARCH key( bottom right) and ON the phone. I let go of the the two,BACK and SEARCH key after the phone is completely ON. To my surprise, it works!!! Until now the phone has no problem with the touchscreen.
I hope you guys can try this out or is it an coincidence,I don't know..
bietoff0728 said:
It happen to me last 2 weeks while helping out a friend's Milestone. After i flashed a kernel, the whole screen is not working. Trying to flash back to stock ROM,custom ROM,etc but still the same.
By accident i press and hold both BACK key(the bottom left) and SEARCH key( bottom right) and ON the phone. I let go of the the two,BACK and SEARCH key after the phone is completely ON. To my surprise, it works!!! Until now the phone has no problem with the touchscreen.
I hope you guys can try this out or is it an coincidence,I don't know..
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thanks but no fix it for my phone
I had the same problem sometime last year, which I eventually fixed by clearing cache partition and rebooting a bunch of times.
Unfortunately, the problem re-appeared today. So far, rebooting and clearing cache hasn't worked.
By any chance, have any of you installed the WiiMote Controller App? I was convinced that was what was doing it to my phone. (maybe not, as I never re-installed it though)
I'm about to flash the sbf file, but as Lesiroth said, that might not work
i believe u r having GHOST TOUCHSCREEN syndrome
my touchscreen sometime do not response to my touch
it just went berserk!
the notification bar keep sliding up and down
if im in the menu, it goes up and down too!
sometime i cant unlock the screen bcos it do not respon
however, some chinese users found that this could be due to ripped/ torn ribbon
just google it
it is widely reported too!
I just want to say that I have fixed my Droid's touchscreen problem (or maybe it will re-appear in another six months).
Anyway, I just set the screen brightness to max and screen timeout to 30min and let the battery drain. I took the battery out for a second and then charged the phone with the USB that came with the phone over the wall socket.
I think the USB wire is the culprit (I was using a BB one for a while).
haroldz123 said:
i believe u r having GHOST TOUCHSCREEN syndrome
my touchscreen sometime do not response to my touch
it just went berserk!
the notification bar keep sliding up and down
if im in the menu, it goes up and down too!
sometime i cant unlock the screen bcos it do not respon
however, some chinese users found that this could be due to ripped/ torn ribbon
just google it
it is widely reported too!
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my problem seemed to be disappeared after i soft reset n use stock rom
i tot launcher pro was the culprit but it is not
so i re-install LP n use for 1 day
d only problem i had was when i went for a jog, i tucked it on my waist (no in the pocket).
after that the screen stop working at all, i have to reboot by taking the battery a few time.
after 30 min or more, the problem was gone.
tis could be due to the stress applied to the screen when im joggin (as it it as "touched" while im jogging).
however, i removed beautiful widget n its addon too, dat could the source of the problem as well.
SOLUTION: soft reset, use stock rom / launcher for 1 day
if it still persist, it could a hardware problem
jtnw said:
I just want to say that I have fixed my Droid's touchscreen problem (or maybe it will re-appear in another six months).
Anyway, I just set the screen brightness to max and screen timeout to 30min and let the battery drain. I took the battery out for a second and then charged the phone with the USB that came with the phone over the wall socket.
I think the USB wire is the culprit (I was using a BB one for a while).
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I am glad that you solved your problem. Unfortuntely the past week or so has been a really busy time for me, I could not focus on this problem. I will try your solution, although I still think it is a broken digitizer on my part.
maybe the problem is the digitizer..
try to change rom or wipe it first..
if the problem still persist i think its the digitizer..
use only the original charger..
OMFG that worked on my phone!!!
bietoff0728 said:
It happen to me last 2 weeks while helping out a friend's Milestone. After i flashed a kernel, the whole screen is not working. Trying to flash back to stock ROM,custom ROM,etc but still the same.
By accident i press and hold both BACK key(the bottom left) and SEARCH key( bottom right) and ON the phone. I let go of the the two,BACK and SEARCH key after the phone is completely ON. To my surprise, it works!!! Until now the phone has no problem with the touchscreen.
I hope you guys can try this out or is it an coincidence,I don't know..
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A segment of my phone covering the home button went dead two weeks ago.. and duuuuude did this work!! its super smooth as ever!!! thanks a ton!!
Mine did the same exact thing! The entire strip from the home button to the top of the screen no longer works!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
silverslasher said:
Mine did the same exact thing! The entire strip from the home button to the top of the screen no longer works!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
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ive the same problem, and i believe that's because of moisture. because every time when its raining except the problem with right side of screen im not even able to use the phone touch screen doesn't work at all and the phone just does something by itself! this issue started with small vertical bar from right side of screen and it growing everyday now im not able to use right side of screen till home button.
i want to know do i have to replace touchscreen or i can fix it with something to absorb humidity?
thanks in advance

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