my brother gave me the xperia,and he said its broken.the thing is,the phone actually works,but when i slide the keyboard out,my screen goes black.i would like to fix it.the phone works whitout problems,but sometimes i accidentaly slide it,and it goes black,and wifi loads again,blah,blah...so can anyone hhelp me??
if u slide the keyboard than the screen goes blank.. maybe the problem was on the cable flexible... just googling and serching how to reassamble the X1 than se the cable flexible maybe its lax... or if its broken just by the cable flexible and replace the old ones with the new ones.. hope this will help...
yes, sounds like a ribbon issue
read this for starters and follow the advice to search for some more details
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I need some help/questioned answered and am hopeful someone here can help
I am trying to replace a broken touch screen on an att tilt but when I replace it with a new screen and turn on the phone, the touch screen doesnt work. Is there something special I need to do? ie software update/hard reset? Or on the touch screen there is the flexable cable the wraps around to the back of the lcd with 4 connectors, is there a special way of attaching it? ie glue? it looks like the old one was just held done with tape, but I did the same thing and am wonderingh if it is connecting. I can upload photos if you dont understand what I talking about.
Please someone/anyone help. all suggestions are greatly welcomed.
I am in a little bit of a rush so I dont know if I explained everything clearly, I hope so
replace lcd
Hi, I replaced mine and there is just a ribbon cable that plugs in...it can be kinda tricky but basically you just line it up and slide it in...Theres a couple of threads on here with detailed instructions you can find by using the search, thats how I learned how to do mine. The only thing I had to do afterwards was the touchscreen alignment function that you normally do when first installing the OS because it seemed my touchscreen was slightly off..after that it was fine.
Greetings Experts,
I am using X1 & after update Rom my X1's keypad is not working . after opening keyboard, screen not rotating landscape, but after closing keypad, screen shows exactly what I typed on keyboard. Sorry for my english. I flashed 4-5 different rom files today but problem is still there. Is there cab file needed to enable this ?
I am following SD card method & stuck in this problem even I dont know exact version Rom for it.
I think I tried these Roms if any one can understand my problem Please help me.
RUU_Signed_NL_Vodafone
Xperia X1.5 Kovsky
X1i_GENERIC_UK_KOV_R2AA010
Christian_WWE_3300_Full
Now Using : XPERIA_Gen_II_full_WWE_Keyboard_v.1.0
Regards,
Mansoor Ahmed
It's a hardware problem, your flex cable is worn out.
Dear harveydent,
Keybord is working but not showing in display. after opening keypad screen gets stuck & not rotating, & after closing keypad screen shows exactly what I typed on it.
Regards,
Mansoor Ahmed
I didn't say your keyboard or screen was broken. I said the flex cable was.
The hardware problem is the cable that connects your keyboard/main unit and lcd screen together (the flex cable). So your keyboard 100% works. Your screen 100% works. But when you slide open the phone, the flex cable stretches. Since it's worn out, some connections break when it stretches the main board can no longer send signals to the screen, so it appears to freeze. But the keyboard (and everything else) still work, so you can still type, only YOU CAN'T SEE IT since screen can't get any signals from the board. When you slide the phone back, the connection is restored and you can see what you typed.
Hello ,
I am having a problem with my Sony Ericsson X1 , my screen the last days is black and i need to press many times the turn off button so i can turn on / off the backlight and work , but today its not working anymore this trick .... ! i took the battery off i put it after a bit time and still the same . Also i had a problem with my keyboard and screen when i put the keyboard down my screen wasnt going down also and was stacking in the normal way like having it close... !
Any1 could give me a hand , maybe any1 knows how much the screen problem will cost?
Thanks a lot.
It's a problem where the ribbon cable that connects the phone (in the keyboard bit) to the screen is worn and then it starts to have problems with the screen. In the end, for me at least, the screen wouldn't turn on at all. I just sent it to sony for a fix, and they said it was free.
That's what your problem sounds like considering the keyboard seems to be related to the screen
my G1 was destroyed in a crash, so I buy new plastics+keybord+slider (all plastic parts) to assemble the hardware in the new cover.
All is going well, but after the boot I notice that the touchscreen is unusable... if I touch the screen it begin to slide or press random points that I didn't touch, for some seconds...
The touchscreen is going crazy!!
I tried to open again the G1, reconnect the cables of screen/touchscreen and restart android.. but I have the same issue..
What the hell is happening?
The touchscreen panel seems ok, it doesn't have deep scratches, and it seems that the fall has not damaged visually the touchscreen.
It is a link problem or touchscreen, or what??? Someone know?
I don't know what to do.. buy a new touchscreen for 20€?? I spent 20€ for the plastic, if I don't solve I would change device.. but the qwerty device in europe are not so good
I'm waiting for milestone3, or a samsung/HTC qwerty device with dual core and screen> 3.7"
Please help I don't want to bury my G1
EDIT:
I found this video that show a similar issue on the motorola milestone.
It is really similar to my isssue..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PNuXREuDxA
I'm thinking that perhaps touching the back of the touch panel I spoiled something, or something like that (perhaps I have to clean the back of touch panel with somthing?)
I'm going to try something, all reply are appreciated.
I find solution (hope)
The problem is the bus cable of touchscreen that is damaged.
I bought a new cable, I hope to solve this problem.
Sorry for this useless thread
Well, I fixed my old broken G1 with new screen, touchscreen panel, case and keyboard.
Now I have 2 issue:
1) Sometimes my touchscreen goes grazy!! If I use the touch test application I see that sometimes when I touch the screen in an area there is another virtual touch in another zone of the screen. I read that it can depend from the current source when I charge the phone.. but I'm going crazy!! I opened my phone 10 times (I thought there was a problem in the cable that link TouchPanel to LCDPanel, because when I lock the cable with the clip it tends anyway to go out from the connector, now I put some scotch tape to fix but the problem is here.. so I think is another problem).
2) My volume rocker doesn't work!!
I bought 2 new keyboard to fix this problem, but no one of that fixed the problem. I thought the first new keyboard had volume keys broken, so I bought another one, but the problem persists!!
Now the Touch problem rarely happens, but the volume rocker is completely unusable..
Someone have experience about G1 assembling/repairing ?
Thanks and sorry for bad english
if you have put in multiple keypads have the same issue i would assume that it is the connection going to the motherboard. just a guess there but its either that or you have had a bunch of faulty keyboards.
only other thing would be a software problem
does the keypad work in recovery (let you go up down throughout the list) ?
as for the touch screen, probably need a new digitizer or flex cable, both are cheap and it sounds like you have the knowhow to replace them.
Ok, but digitizer is new!! screen also is new, and I have bought a total of 4 flex cable because I see that they are fragile (I broke the first I bought).
I tried to change flex cable but the problem remain the same.
The only thing that can be damaged is the LCD cable that links to the flex cable: it has a small cut where the cable have a curve, but the cut don't reaches the contacts (the cable is transparent). I also use some glue and scotch tape to mantein lock the cable.
The digitizer cable is connected to the LCD cable, and then they go to the flex cable that connect them to the motherboard.
The strange thing is that seems a software issue, because if I turn off and than turn on the screen, the problem is fixed for some seconds, minutes and sometimes hours...
Another strange thing is the possibility to control the screen with some metal objects from the moment that the virtual touch problem appear (I can control the screen also without touch it, with hand and piece of metal)
video:
have you tried a factory reset if you think it may be a software issue? if that dosent work you can try install a whole new rom.
really it sounds like it isnt the hardware since you appear to know what youre doing. i have a had a few phones that had screen (digitizer) issues and a new rom flashed cured it just fine
since you dont mind putting a few dollars into it, and your familiar with the inside, you can always try to pick up a cheap motherboard or spare phone from ebay or what have you, then swap the motherboard and you could then hopefully find out if it is the hardware or software
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Another strange thing is the possibility to control the screen with some metal objects from the moment that the virtual touch problem appear (I can control the screen also without touch it, with hand and piece of metal)
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Huh sounds like you got a cheap digitizer than. Most good digitizers use heat to touch. If it's literally touch, then sounds like its a fake/meh digitizer. i hate the digitizers that aren't heat, but press. I see them all the time in those first samsuck touchscreen phones. And they usually die in a bit. I had a Samsung behold with a screwed up digitizer
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have you tried a factory reset if you think it may be a software issue? if that dosent work you can try install a whole new rom.
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Yes I flashed 3 or 4 roms after a wipe (I tried also super-wipe.zip), but the problem is here..
The digitizer works well some times, but sometimes get crazy (you can see in the video).
I don't that my new digitizer is fake, but I really don't know!
BTW I'm trying to repair my phone for fun (now I have desire z) and because I am fascinated by my old G1.
PS:
I see another strange issue--
If I touch the screen when the phone is on a table the screen digitizer is not very sensitive and can't take input from fingertips.
If I touch the screen when the phone is in my other hand, the screen digitizer is a lot more sensitive and it take input from fingertips.
My impression is that there is an electric field or something similar that disturbs the digitizer, and when I take the phone in my hand I discharge that field to ground. Also when I turn off the screen, seems that the electric field discharge so when I turn on the screen is ok, but after some seconds the field returns to disturbs the screen.
I really don't know, but is the impression that I have.. something that is not shielded.
Now I'll try to use my phone in airplain mode.
Thanks guys, I'm happy to see that this forum is still very active