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!
Here's what is going on...
My Galaxy S I9000 (Bell Canada) was water damaged, after being dried for many days it turned on, but the battery almost immediately drained. I left the phone and forgot about it. Bought a new cheap phone without a SIM.
More recently I got a new battery for it and it turned on and was working great, staying charged and everything. When I went to the service provider to get a new SIM for it, we powered down the phone, pulled the battery and SIM card and put the new SIM in followed by the battery. Afterwards the phone would not power on, but the two face buttons on either side of the 'Home' button lit up and would react to touch. I tried removing the battery and SIM a few times and would get the same result.
After bringing my phone home and leaving it with the battery out for a few days, I thought I would try it again. It powered up again as if nothing was wrong. To test it again, I pulled the battery and SIM, replaced them, and my black screen/won't turn on problem returned.
Every so often it will power on and be useable. It is recognized by Kies, I've flashed it to firmware 2.3.4.
I'm looking for any helpful suggestions for what might solve my problem. I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem and short of isolating the part of the phone that is faulty and replacing it, the phone is toast.
Thanks for your time, and I apologize for the length of my post.
My friend has dropped the SGS into a pool before. Problem was fix after buying a new battery.
Either: Damaged screen + Contact. Or the reaction with water and the battery. hydrogen gas prevents screen from connecting to main-board.
It still turns on occasionally, and when it powers up, it's as if nothing is wrong. Screen works, displays everything fine, colour is crisp, screen reacts to touch. The big problem is it won't turn on all the time. Would what you said still explain this?
tacotbone said:
It still turns on occasionally, and when it powers up, it's as if nothing is wrong. Screen works, displays everything fine, colour is crisp, screen reacts to touch. The big problem is it won't turn on all the time. Would what you said still explain this?
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The only thing I know (assuming the screen or motherboard is 100% functioning) is hydrogen gas being present. You might know TV remote with old battery casually respond to presses. After cleaning contacts it should work again.
I disassembled the phone and cleaned all the contacts on the main board with rubbing alcohol, I did not do anything to the screen though. Should I try taking it apart again and breaking it down further? (ie. separate the screen?)
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I disassembled the phone and cleaned all the contacts on the main board with rubbing alcohol, I did not do anything to the screen though. Should I try taking it apart again and breaking it down further? (ie. separate the screen?)
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No, I am starting to think it's a hardware fault if that didn't work
Hi Fellow Citicens
My screen turns off occuationally. The screen just fade off during couple of seconds. Especially if I have navigation turned on, screen will fade away less than after15 minutes.
I need to shut phone off and make it little cooler if I want to get screen back.
So what do you think. Could it be sw problem or is my screen/sensor just broken and I need to get phone fixed by professional service?
Thanks for your support,
.i
Illodin said:
Hi Fellow Citicens
My screen turns off occuationally. The screen just fade off during couple of seconds. Especially if I have navigation turned on, screen will fade away less than after15 minutes.
I need to shut phone off and make it little cooler if I want to get screen back.
So what do you think. Could it be sw problem or is my screen/sensor just broken and I need to get phone fixed by professional service?
Thanks for your support,
.i
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Take it to service for repair. Just to be sure everything is covered. But i think it is H/W problem. Not sure, but i can only guess.....
My Xperia fell today and when I picked up I saw the screen was broken (im talking about the inner part which is the LCD I believe)
Its kinda like this [Seach on youtube "My LCD Xperia X8 Cracked" since I can't post links ] (That is not my device but the problem seems to be the same, even tho on mine its only a small part (just the top edges))
Everytime I turn on the phone now it just shows the lanes then turns itself off.
Is there any way to fix it? If so, would I have to buy a nex LCD? And if so, would it be hard to change it myself? I live on a small town and trusting your device to some technician is like giving away your money.
Thank you ^^
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My Xperia fell today and when I picked up I saw the screen was broken (im talking about the inner part which is the LCD I believe)
Its kinda like this [Seach on youtube "My LCD Xperia X8 Cracked" since I can't post links ] (That is not my device but the problem seems to be the same, even tho on mine its only a small part (just the top edges))
Everytime I turn on the phone now it just shows the lanes then turns itself off.
Is there any way to fix it? If so, would I have to buy a nex LCD? And if so, would it be hard to change it myself? I live on a small town and trusting your device to some technician is like giving away your money.
Thank you ^^
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use warranty....or
this is cheap screen http://www.tvc-mall.com/details/LCD...r-Sony-Ericsson-Xperia-X8-Shakira-SONl-X8-01/ (try to find more safer web pages than this)
its not hard to replace lcd...if you need help about replacing contact me via pm :good:
fotak-x said:
use warranty....or
this is cheap screen (try to find more safer web pages than this)
its not hard to replace lcd...if you need help about replacing contact me via pm :good:
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Thank you for the fast reply. Yeah I think I'll try checking my warranty even tho I believe is off warranty already as I have this device for over a year now.. I'll prolly end up changing the LCD however, is it sure that changing the LCD will fix the problem or it might have another broken thing inside there? Today I just tried to turn it on and it won't even turn on now it just pops the red LED when I press the button (I think it ran out of battery, but then I try to charge it and it won't).
Thank you again
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Thank you for the fast reply. Yeah I think I'll try checking my warranty even tho I believe is off warranty already as I have this device for over a year now.. I'll prolly end up changing the LCD however, is it sure that changing the LCD will fix the problem or it might have another broken thing inside there? Today I just tried to turn it on and it won't even turn on now it just pops the red LED when I press the button (I think it ran out of battery, but then I try to charge it and it won't).
Thank you again
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I have the same issue every time the phone dies from lack of battery. after poking it a bit on USB (connect it for 20-30 times) I saw that the device sometimes switches on in Flash Mode and after a while, FlashTool wil recognize it and do s strange thing. It allows you to start flashing what you want but after starting to gather device info, it freezes. after doing this a few times (10-15 times) Windows recognizez new device and the FlashTool asks to choose my device. Then the phone reboots and starts up in Android.
Usually this works and phone starts to charge but today after it started it was not charging and the batt level was saying Batt 0% and that it won't last if unplugged. I've left it like taht for an hour but still nothing. Then I decided to reboot the phone from the power button menu and after restart it started charging. It took a while but then it returned to normal and now it works again.
I have this issue only on custom kelners both NAA and ALFS but it's ok on stock kelner...
It would be great to find a fix for this as it is very annoying and time taking just to make the phone start charging...
Actually I charge mine via USB connected to my PC everyday (as its more comfortable) but I tried to charge it with the regular charger plugged in to the wall's socket and it charged.
I guess I'll buy a new LCD and try to change it myself.
I haven't seen this posted anywhere so I figured I would post for anyone having a similar issue with their One.
Recently my phones backlight stopped working. It would not work at boot or in the ROM. I tried flashing to stock and tried optimizing the proximity sensor, but no luck. It was clearly a hardware problem.
Not seeing any solution to this issue other than people saying it is the screen or the motherboard I decided to order a new screen.
Well installed the new screen, still no backlight. I was about to give up on it and just buy another phone, but I got the feeling that the light sensor may still be my issue. The backlight on the capacitive buttons would not turn on unless I helded down the power button to force shutdown. This meant the backlights for the buttons at least worked and something else in the phone was preventing them from turning on.
I decided to remove the light sensor from the daughterboard (opposite the power button connector). Booted it back up, and the screen came right on. The phone works great without it, other than auto brightness. The screen still turns off when against face during calls.
So long story short if your LCD and button backlights aren't working don't order an LCD or rule your phone dead right away. Open it up and take out the light sensor, it could be the culprit.
I'm going to order a new sensor and can update with results after installing if anyone is interested. In the meantime I'm using the phone without it, no hiccups so far.
htc one screen backlight issue
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I haven't seen this posted anywhere so I figured I would post for anyone having a similar issue with their One.
Recently my phones backlight stopped working. It would not work at boot or in the ROM. I tried flashing to stock and tried optimizing the proximity sensor, but no luck. It was clearly a hardware problem.
Not seeing any solution to this issue other than people saying it is the screen or the motherboard I decided to order a new screen.
Well installed the new screen, still no backlight. I was about to give up on it and just buy another phone, but I got the feeling that the light sensor may still be my issue. The backlight on the capacitive buttons would not turn on unless I helded down the power button to force shutdown. This meant the backlights for the buttons at least worked and something else in the phone was preventing them from turning on.
I decided to remove the light sensor from the daughterboard (opposite the power button connector). Booted it back up, and the screen came right on. The phone works great without it, other than auto brightness. The screen still turns off when against face during calls.
So long story short if your LCD and button backlights aren't working don't order an LCD or rule your phone dead right away. Open it up and take out the light sensor, it could be the culprit.
I'm going to order a new sensor and can update with results after installing if anyone is interested. In the meantime I'm using the phone without it, no hiccups so far.
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hey
i'm having the same problem are you sure that it is a hardware issue and not the software issue my h/w buttons doesn't light at all and my screen stays black for some time after unlocking the phone it comes back but the brightness is too low
any suggestions would be appriciated
Mine was a hardware issue, the backlight did not turn on at all, even on the htc start screen. The capacitive buttons would only flash when holding down the power button. If ypurs is intermittent and your phone is rooted you cantry insralling an app fhat alows you to change the proximity settings, sorry, cant remember the name of the app i tried. If the app can't detect the sensor it is likely broken like mine was. If that doesnt work try a different rom.
If neither of those help it is likely a hardware issue.
i used the app both light senor and proximity sensor are working fine
any other tips that i can try
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i used the app both light senor and proximity sensor are working fine
any other tips that i can try
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Sorry for taking so long to respond, just noticed your reply.
Did you ever get it working? If a different rom did not solve your issue maybe your sensor is just dirty. You could try cleaning it with a can of compressed air. Not sure how effective it would be, but it may help.
Hi @nsodmordex, my HTC One M7 is in the same situation as you describe, no backlight, but working. I'm going to try your suggestion of removing the light sensor, but I'm unable to find it, I'm not sure where the light sensor is.
Please, can you tell me which component is the light sensor? This is a photo of the daughter board:
htt ps://d3nevzfk7ii3be.cloudfront.net/igi/ALPJIMWqGsLwul5Y.huge
Thanks!
Found it... it's located behind the daughter board, at the two little holes of the front cover of the phone. I have removed it but no luck, the screen continues black, but the mobile is working good.
it seems a screen related problem, I'm going to try to change the screen and see if it comes to life again.
Drain battery
Hi all,
I also have this problem and found out that if I drain the battery completely and wait about 1 hour, it turns back on when I put the charger in the phone, if the screen doesn't turn on, drain and wait longer, if it does turn back on then power the phone. Do not wait till it has a little bit power because than it fails again and you must drain and wait again.
It works for me and I will make a video of it and post a link later.
Hope it works for you all!
Tip: use a led flashlight to see what's on the display
Ps. Stock m7
Whats the definitive solution for no backlight screen?
jvpag said:
Whats the definitive solution for no backlight screen?
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Clean / replace the lightsensor
Dippie83 said:
Clean / replace the lightsensor
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I had removed it and the backlight isn,t working
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I had removed it and the backlight isn,t working
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Than the lightsensor is broken, are the contacts on the back of the sensor 100% clean, in my case it was dust that created the error.
Is the display not broken?
Dippie83 said:
Than the lightsensor is broken, are the contacts on the back of the sensor 100% clean, in my case it was dust that created the error.
Is the display not broken?
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The display is ok because I can see what is on the phone with the LED flash of a Galaxy S2 so I think that the display is not broken.
The backlight doesn´t turn on with the light sensor and without it either. But i can remember that the last time that it worked the Autobrightness was fine
Edit: I tried rebooting on fastboot and recovery via ADB and the screen is without backlight too
PD: Sorry for my English
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The display is ok because I can see what is on the phone with the LED flash of a Galaxy S2 so I think that the display is not broken.
The backlight doesn´t turn on with the light sensor and without it either. But i can remember that the last time that it worked the Autobrightness was fine
Edit: I tried rebooting on fastboot and recovery via ADB and the screen is without backlight too
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In my case, if it worked it was ok also the autobrightness.
I think the sensor is broken and if you replace it the backlight comes back on (sensor is +- 10€ in holland)
Just give it shot
Have you tried the battery drain?
Hehe my english is also not very good
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In my case, if it worked it was ok also the autobrightness.
I think the sensor is broken and if you replace it the backlight comes back on (sensor is +- 10€ in holland)
Just give it shot
Have you tried the battery drain?
Hehe my english is also not very good
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But as I read, if I remove the sensor and turn on the phone without it, will it work?
In this moment the phone has 0% battery and if I plug the charger i can see the red light and if i use a flashlight, i can see "the battery with the lightning" on the screen
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But as I read, if I remove the sensor and turn on the phone without it, will it work?
In this moment the phone has 0% battery and if I plug the charger i can see the red light and if i use a flashlight, i can see "the battery with the lightning" on the screen
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No i dont think thats gonna work, push the power button (whitout charger) every time till the battery is really empty, than wait an hour.
If you connect the charger and the screen will not turn on, wait longer. a night is even better.
If the screens comes on then turn direct the phone on dont let it dim itself or else you can wait again.
This worked in my case but my lightsensor was dirty and after a cleanup it worked normal and it stil works.
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No i dont think thats gonna work, push the power button (whitout charger) every time till the battery is really empty, than wait an hour.
If you connect the charger and the screen will not turn on, wait longer. a night is even better.
If the screens comes on then turn direct the phone on dont let it dim itself or else you can wait again.
This worked in my case but my lightsensor was dirty and after a cleanup it worked normal and it stil works.
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Okay, thanks, it worked once, but with the phone turned on and the backlight working, if the screen turns off, the backlight runs away again.
can you repeat point by point what i need to do?
when you say "drain" the battery, you mean leaving the phone on till it turns off? then what should i do? wait an hour and plug the charger to see if it works right? okay, and later if the phone turns on what i need to do?
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Okay, thanks, it worked once, but with the phone turned on and the backlight working, if the screen turns off, the backlight runs away again.
can you repeat point by point what i need to do?
when you say "drain" the battery, you mean leaving the phone on till it turns off? then what should i do? wait an hour and plug the charger to see if it works right? okay, and later if the phone turns on what i need to do?
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By 'drain the battery' i mean continuously turning the phone on with a empty battery till it does nothing, not even vibrate.
It must be so empty that the phone not knows its a phone.
And yes if the screen comes on just power it on, thats it.
1 drain
2 wait
3 plug in charger
4 screen comes on
5 turn phone on
6 done
1 drain
2 wait
3 plug in charger
4 screen stays off
5 drain and wait longer
that are the steps that worked for me
Thanks @Dippie83 , it "worked" draining the battery and waiting forma a night to turn it on but when i turn on and i push the power button yo lock the screen, the backlight stops working
Any idea?