Hello there!
As some of you already know, but some probable don't, the B is a variation of the Galaxy S made for the regional area of Brazil, and it has some differences from the usual i9000, but hopefully not so many that someone well versed in this hardware won't be able to help me out.
A couple weeks ago, i installed a custom ROM, based on JB 4.1.1 with Devil Kernel, and it worked perfect for about two weeks, but after that the screen would go out sometimes and i would need to get the battery out and do a hard reset. I thought it was something wrong with the ROM and that the phone wasn't exactly in good terms with it. But alas, it got worse. And up to a point in which the i9000B would just power up, you would be able to hear the initial sounds of Samsung intro, and after it had completely booted up, you could feel the haptic vibrational responde from the touch of the screen, everything worked perfect, but the screen was off, the buttons light up, but the screen doesn't. Hold that thought.
With such, i tried many 'resurection' ROMs, to mixed results, but in the end the only real success i had was kind of sheer luck, for the screen would go out again after a certain amount of time, not to get back again. I really thought that somehow there had been some kind of unprovoked physical damage to the phone itself, and that was the reason for the black screen.
But these past days i sort of made a breakthrough, so much for serendipity: i found out that applying pressure (not too much, not too little) in the area immediatly above the middle of the screen, it would stay lit normally. The exact place would be the center following a line that crosses the screen beginning at the bottom of the Vol Down button.
Whole story explained, i just would like for someone more technically versed than yours truly to explain me what the hell is going on with this device, what could be causing it to act that way, and most importantly, how can i fix this, and if i fix this that nothing is going to happen again in case i install, say, CM10. Some help please? I really want to fix this phone, it is already past being a mere challenge at this point.
Regards,
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the best thing to do in this case is flash stock rom with odin ...
and claim ur warranty and let samsung pay for their defective piece,,,
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I got this weird problem... On two Xperias! My first was like this from the beginning, the other started two days ago.
I can't get the screen aligned. i got coordinates from a friends perfectly aligned screen, and it is off, not in the edges, but in the middle. I don't understand what might be wrong. I have aligned my screen 30 times, and flashed the phone two, with two different ROMs, one original UK Xperia, one Blackstone by itje.
If other people got this problem, please make a post here.
Also, if you got "perfect align screen", if you can post your coordinates from the registry here, so I can test them, it would be great!
bump. please, need to find out if other people got this problem
Lol
Looks like nobody does. Do a hard reset on your phone from the Start Menu/Settings and perform the manual align by tapping the screen.
You can't just take settings from another phone and expect them to align because it doesn't work like that, otherwise the alignment wouldnt even be necessary.
Manual align this way and let us know how it goes.
Well, it did work at first. But the day after the middle part of the screen was completely off. But I have tried hard reset, soft reset, installed different ROMs, nothing works.
Sounds weird. Of the digitizer is broken it wouldn't work anywhere correctly. Check your installed programs. Maybe something is messing with your touch-alignment.
Have same issue
do you align using ur finger or ur stylus ??....better the stylus
"i got coordinates from a friends perfectly aligned"
Now that sentence made me think about what you are doing..
just align and follow the instructions? ...
Sorry but... JERK!
I tried to align, but it just looped, as I SAID BEFORE! Please read all posts before saying ANYTHING, because if not, it WON'T help me, or others that might have the same problem.
The coordinates from my friend, which I got from his registry, on the same phone, with same language, probably the same party, worked one day, the next it didn't. I allways align with my stylus, tried with finger, didn't help. got no programs installed, have tried itje's rom, and a vanilla Xperia UK rom, same problem.
In fact, same problem on TWO Xperias, gotten from the same store, same color, but the last from a later party, which my friend got one of too.
This can't be a coincidence... I will deliver my phone to the store, but I need confirmation about the loop from other people here too, because this time, I will get my money back. I can't go half a year without a phone because SE screwed up their deal with HTC, which choose to take cheap crap-plastics and apparently screens instead of the real deal in phones priced 650$++ here in Norway. It just doesn't hold up!
alignment routine looping
i've had the alignment program problem looping issue before and eventually realised that it was because I wasn't tapping the screen hard enough with my stylus. I'm not saying smash the hell out of it but applying a little extra pressure did the trick for me.
As far as loosing the settings and hacking it using a mate's calibration I'm with the others - probably an app you've got installed that's wiping it and using somebody else's cal is pointless!
I tried tapping so hard you get the lcd-effect, the rainbow-effect on the screen. Too hard. And, only prog i got installed is regedit. Only aftermarket I got, so thats no go. Guess the touch-thingy (digitizer?) is screwed then. Well, I want my money back
It will be just a few days till may warranty will be over (1 year warranty) and my silver just got almost dead digitizer today. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't since I installed touch response before so it'll vibrate when I touch it. I hard reset my phone since I think it maybe due to a software problem, but now I'm stuck on the align screen. I guess of all the Xperia users on the whole wide world I consider myself to be the "unluckiest".
Hello folks,
I've had a kaiser now for a couple of years, but recently its developed an interesting problem/quirk.
When I first boot it up, I'll get one touch on the touchscreen, and then no more. Doesn't matter if i turn the screen off and leave it for a day, or anything, I'll get no more until I reboot.
One time recently, however, it worked for multiple touches over 30 seconds or so. When I picked it back up again later, it went back to its usual self.
I've ruled out any software issues by flashing to a much newer rom with a new radio. The behaviour is still the same.
My first thought is that there might be something pressing on one of the edges of the screen, so that I can "click", but not release. I tried cleaning out under the bevel with a pin, and although i pulled out half the contents of my pockets, the issue remains unresolved. I'm ordering some small torx screwdrivers to get the bevel off, to give it a more thorough cleaning.
Does anyone have any other ideas I could look into? I'm hoping its not a dead screen, although its very unusual behaviour if it is.
Lastly, I came across an app a long time ago that was being used to show the ability of multitouch on touchscreens. It would show the pressure/point of contact on screen. If I could get something like this, or indeed any information on the screen pressure, I would know for certain whether my theory about being able to press but not release is accurate. I've searched, but I havent managed to turn up anything. Does anyone have this cab/something like it?
Thanks for any help guys.
Hi all...
I've not really posted before so, first of all, "Hi!! " *waves maniacally*
While I know there is no best rom and they're all different, I was wondering if anyone knew of a rom that didn't need the Touchscreen??
The reason I ask is that recently the touchscreen on my X1 has been having random fits of deciding it no longer works... i thought it could help to re-flash a new rom, but when it started back again it comes to the screen alignment setup page (forgot about this) and i'm stumped, since the touchscreen won't work right now...
Know it might be a random question, and probably unlikely, but any suggestions would be great!!
probably not...
but seeing as your x1 seems to be, well, broken, you should really get it repaired, before it just goes completely kaput!
Hi,
If you leave in Holland i can fix your telephone you only need to order the part, and bring it with your telephone and i will repair it for free! Did this before with different sony ericsson phones so got some knowledge of it.
Greets,
wouter
your ribbon cable has probably worn away ( a common problem)
My touchscreen didnt wanna work when the keyboard was out for some reason lol. I sent it for repairs and they fixed it in under 48 hours. Quite impressed i was.
same reason! ribbon cable was worn away. happened to me too, unfortunealt took SE a couple of weeks (due to a postal strike perhaps)
See... that's the weird thing... I thought it was a physical hardware thing, but after loading the new rom, eaxch time i turn the phone on, there's a screen before the align screen setup that says "tap to setup windows", and when i tap that, it progresses to the next screen... It's like it's sort of working but it depends on the screen it's on??
Thanks for the kind offers, but living in ireland myself, so might just tackle it myself as a home-repair... if i can pinpoint the problem...
Happy St. Patrick's Day zac! Let's get hammmerrrrrrrrrrred!!
ive got a weird problem with my g1.
turn it on with screen open, backlight. turn it on with screen closed, no backlight.
the moment i close the screen, backlight goes off and re-opening wont turn it on.
It stays stuck in the g1 logo. i CAN get to ASR and i CAN get to multicolour recovery screen. flashing new roms etc doesnt help. ive searched my head off but can find nout. i was going to just replace it but i cant find anything as good as the G1 (kb is the most essential thing ever)
this is wifes fone, so resolving it is of upmost importance
thanks for any advice.
after much flashing woes, i got a 1.6 stock image on there. boots now, still has the back light issue. when u close the kb, the os still works, just no more backlight so very hard to see.
Sounds like it's hardware.
99.99999% of the time these types of issues will be related to hardware. MAYBE you MIGHT flash ONE ROM in your LIFE that causes this issue - and then switching to a different ROM would fix it. Best bet if you still have warranty is to get a new one. If you don't - open it up and see if you can clean it.
its almost certainly hardware, i agree. its so weird. if the screen is only 90% closed (ie, you can stil see most of the spacebar, the screen is flipped currectly as if it was 100% closed, but the issue doesnt happen. its like there are TWO switches for closing/opening the screen, and the second breaks stuff
im very tempted to just jam something in the mech so it never full closes. ugly but effective.
Well, if you have warranty I'd just get it replaced. If not I'd still open it up to see if there is anything obvious. I would be hesitant to jam anything down there and end up breaking it even more.
not under waranty unfortunatly. I shall open it up once i get one of the bonkers screwdrivers i need to open the darned thing.
I have a very weird issue with my phone. I flashed quite a few different roms and at one point I started to notice this flickering screen. It flickered no matter what screen I was on. The problem would come and go and just sort itself out somehow. Then I noticed a more serious problem. The screen would go super washed out. No display settings would fix it. This happened while using various roms. In the past it fixed itself and again, I don't know why. Today it happened again. I'm currently running an ICS rom, the Midnote 2.0 which is I think the very best ICS rom and it was running wonderfully. I was very happy with it. Suddenly the screen went crazy bright, washed out with extreme banding. It basically looked like a low resolution jpeg. Everywhere. I tried a lot of things to sort it out. I was at the point of calling tech support and I realized, there is no tech support!!! The guy from support for the US version of the Note told me that my phone was made in Japan (which sounds like nonsense) and that it would have to go back to Japan for repair. He gave me a phone number.
Eventually, after hours, I flash my Note back to it's original factory rom. The problem persisted. Then, having nothing to lose, I rooted it again and flash DarkyNote rom which also is a nice rom. After a few minutes, the screen flickered and went back to normal.
I have no idea if it will stay that way though. My fear is that this is going to happen again and who knows if it will stay that way next time. And I had no idea that there was essentially, NO SUPPORT!
I had wonderful tech support for my international HD2. I called them up with an 800 number and told them that I bricked it up by flashing roms and they replied, it's under warranty so the repair costed me like 16 dollars. LOL No problem. Samsung seems like a different ballgame. This has been an eye opener for me. This might be my last international phone.
Crap, during the space of this post, the screen has gone back to super bright.
Sounds like a hardware issue to me.
USB?
kuttyjoe said:
I have a very weird issue with my phone. I flashed quite a few different roms and at one point I started to notice this flickering screen. It flickered no matter what screen I was on. The problem would come and go and just sort itself out somehow. Then I noticed a more serious problem. The screen would go super washed out. No display settings would fix it. This happened while using various roms. In the past it fixed itself and again, I don't know why. Today it happened again. I'm currently running an ICS rom, the Midnote 2.0 which is I think the very best ICS rom and it was running wonderfully. I was very happy with it. Suddenly the screen went crazy bright, washed out with extreme banding. It basically looked like a low resolution jpeg. Everywhere. I tried a lot of things to sort it out. I was at the point of calling tech support and I realized, there is no tech support!!! The guy from support for the US version of the Note told me that my phone was made in Japan (which sounds like nonsense) and that it would have to go back to Japan for repair. He gave me a phone number.
Eventually, after hours, I flash my Note back to it's original factory rom. The problem persisted. Then, having nothing to lose, I rooted it again and flash DarkyNote rom which also is a nice rom. After a few minutes, the screen flickered and went back to normal.
I have no idea if it will stay that way though. My fear is that this is going to happen again and who knows if it will stay that way next time. And I had no idea that there was essentially, NO SUPPORT!
I had wonderful tech support for my international HD2. I called them up with an 800 number and told them that I bricked it up by flashing roms and they replied, it's under warranty so the repair costed me like 16 dollars. LOL No problem. Samsung seems like a different ballgame. This has been an eye opener for me. This might be my last international phone.
Crap, during the space of this post, the screen has gone back to super bright.
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Sorry to hear about your trials! I read on another thread somewhere about similar issues (can't remember where sorry!) The offender seemed to be the USB charging port was a bit damp and caused charging issues and weird things happening. Pushing the USB cable into the charging port and pushing it at the right angle seemed to fix it. Someone else had to use a flat blade screwdriver to get the internal USB port at the right angle.
May be totally barking up the wrong tree, but who knows - it may help? Otherwise push your local support. I'm in Australia and the Note has still not been released here officially so hope I never have to get support as there is no-one locally!
Good luck and let me know how you go!