Hi!
My Galaxy S3 Mini fell in the toilet 1,5 week ago (yeah i know, really stupid!) after laying it in a bag of rice for almost a week everything worked fine accept for my touch screen. So i took the phone apart an cleaned everything with 96% alcohol. After that the touch screen worked again but it only works for an hour and then stops working for about 10 minutes, sometimes for even more than 10 minutes.
After researching the forum the only thing i could find was that it's probably a digitizer problem which i have to replace. But because that probably gonna cost me more than 100 euro i really wanna know if there is something else i could try to fix this?
thanks a lot!
Try cleaning it again. If that doesn't work, you can get a cheap replacement here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WHITE-TOUCH...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item2a305b8042
Thank u for your quick response! I will clean my phone again tomorrow and if that doesn't work i will buy the lcd and digitizer with the front housing attached cause i can't find a good tutorial on how to only remove the lcd and digitizer.
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Has this happened to anyone before? it was in my pocket and cracked because my chapstick got stuck between my thigh and the screen
Does anyone know how i can fix this? Im not too great at taking apart things on my own (I need a how to guide ). The touch screen isnt responding properly either (100% inaccurate).
I feel like an idiot since i only got this phone 3 months ago
It's not your fault. The Kaiser screen is a piece of trash. Mine broke some 3 months after purchase too.
You can buy a replacement lcd-screen/touchscreen here:
https://blackberry8100parts.3dcarts...Touch-Screen-Digitizer-TD028TTEB3_p_0-70.html
Cool, and theres instructions on the website.
Looks like im set. Thanks!!
Titel says enough, I put my kaiser in the washing machine, and offcourse it was dead... After drying it for 3 weeks I decided to put the power back on. It seems its alive, vibrate when poweron and charling light is orange. But no display at all... :S
Yesterday after 2 months (got a new diamond from the insurance and was travelling) I hooked it up to my laptop. And strange enough, activesync found it instantly, also is the tytn registred in the wifi network and i find him with my diamond on bluetooth as well.... its also possible to explore the device and copy paste etc. etc.
So know a question to a expert, can I roughly take the conclusion that the mainboard is still intact, and that the LCD is dead, or can it also be because of a damaged/lifted flex cable etc. Is there any way to check if its because of flex cables/mainboards issues or caused by a broken LCD?
If its not to expensive Ive got a new project
edit: LCD screen has been replaced and is fully working now All functions are still up and running, GPS, cameras, wifi etc. etc. The only part that isnt working is the keyboard. Some keys react, but most of them are dead. Does anybody know a shop on the internet that sells a complete keyboard unit incl. cable? Searched ebay but i didnt fine one so fast!
thanks in advance!
ok,
I opened the kaiser completely, and after cleaning assambled him once more. After power on, I now see things on the lcd, touchscreen is working, but there is no backlight. So it isnt usable at all. For one second the backlight jumped on as well, but its now dead (flicker sometimes). Is this the LCD of is this another problem?
pls advice
cheers
There may still be soap residue inside
There may still be soap residue inside, which conducts electricity.
You may want to find a way to safely rinse what you can, then dry by surrounding components with silica gel to absorb any moisture.
I did that to a camera a while back and it worked.
joihan777 said:
There may still be soap residue inside, which conducts electricity.
You may want to find a way to safely rinse what you can, then dry by surrounding components with silica gel to absorb any moisture.
I did that to a camera a while back and it worked.
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cleaned the whole phone with gel, but the lcd screen stays on at about 50 procent brightness, whatever i changed it wont go to full (after cleaning it was at 100% for about 5 minutes)
so i guess a new lcd will do the job...
tnx for the tip!
try to imerse the phone on a bowl of RICE! yes rice for 48 hours.
my daughter droped a blackberry on the toilett and after the rice treatment
is working fine!!!!
good luck
luanda said:
try to imerse the phone on a bowl of RICE! yes rice for 48 hours.
my daughter droped a blackberry on the toilett and after the rice treatment
is working fine!!!!
good luck
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Will try that as well... however its a long time ago already!!
But the conclusion now is that its fully functional besides 2 things:
-LCD (flickers and is not at full brightness)
-Keyboard (some letters work, some dont...)
Does anyone know a site who ship these parts to norway?
The good thing is... dismantling a kaiser and rebuild it takes only 20 minutes
swiftgs said:
Will try that as well... however its a long time ago already!!
But the conclusion now is that its fully functional besides 2 things:
-LCD (flickers and is not at full brightness)
-Keyboard (some letters work, some dont...)
Does anyone know a site who ship these parts to norway?
The good thing is... dismantling a kaiser and rebuild it takes only 20 minutes
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It figures you are from Norway! (Sweden here!)
Why did you put your kaiser in the washing machine anyway? LOL
branko.savic said:
It figures you are from Norway! (Sweden here!)
Why did you put your kaiser in the washing machine anyway? LOL
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haha, its a malfunction in the brain... when you drink to much beer, and decide to wash your clothes, then it goes wrong!
skål
My daughter wears a hearing aid takes it off at night and puts it in a box type device called DryStore by Global I think. It removes ALL and ANY moisture from within.
Well one day, same thing, she washed her cell phone in the washing machine. I took her phone, took the battery out, opened it up as much as I could and put it in the DryStore for 24hrs.
After that put the battery back in, turned it on and it worked perfectly. It was not a Kaiser but the idea is the same. That thing litterally gets all the moisture out. It is an AC powered device and not a toy. I think it is cheaper than a new LCD and Keyboard. If your device is salvagable this will do it.
If you do not want to buy one then find a hearing aid store and see if they will do that for you instead
Best of luck to you!
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haha, its a malfunction in the brain... when you drink to much beer, and decide to wash your clothes, then it goes wrong!
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Okey that teaches you to "dont drink and wash!" lol
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Titel says enough, I put my kaiser in the washing machine, and offcourse it was dead... After drying it for 3 weeks I decided to put the power back on. It seems its alive, vibrate when poweron and charling light is orange. But no display at all... :S
Yesterday after 2 months (got a new diamond from the insurance and was travelling) I hooked it up to my laptop. And strange enough, activesync found it instantly, also is the tytn registred in the wifi network and i find him with my diamond on bluetooth as well.... its also possible to explore the device and copy paste etc. etc.
So know a question to a expert, can I roughly take the conclusion that the mainboard is still intact, and that the LCD is dead, or can it also be because of a damaged/lifted flex cable etc. Is there any way to check if its because of flex cables/mainboards issues or caused by a broken LCD?
If its not to expensive Ive got a new project
edit: LCD screen has been replaced and is fully working now All functions are still up and running, GPS, cameras, wifi etc. etc. The only part that isnt working is the keyboard. Some keys react, but most of them are dead. Does anybody know a shop on the internet that sells a complete keyboard unit incl. cable? Searched ebay but i didnt fine one so fast!
thanks in advance!
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Updated first post, can someone help me out with this part, it seems unable to find!
cnn.cn has this keyboard Dont think it includes the ribon cable and its out of stock.
I'd suggest keep on ebay and search for a damaged kaiser..
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cnn.cn has this keyboard Dont think it includes the ribon cable and its out of stock.
I'd suggest keep on ebay and search for a damaged kaiser..
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Nope, it doesnt include the ribbon, and i think i need that one as well anyway i will check ebay every day, but if someone has a good idea Im in for it.
I see that broken kaisers change owner for about 150 dollars, I have to admit, thats to expensive in my situation! Because everything is working ok (use it on daily base, seems ive got a fat touch cruise without the keyboard)!
cheers!!!
this?
http://www.ppctechs.com/HTC-Kaiser_971/repairs/Main-Keyboard-Assy_1091-372.htm
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this?
http://www.ppctechs.com/HTC-Kaiser_971/repairs/Main-Keyboard-Assy_1091-372.htm
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This is excactly the part i need! but I need it in qwerty, not qwertz. And 69 dollars is actually quite expensive haha
Guys!
Sad news!
I droped the X1 yesterday while getting out of the car. It was in a pouch. And damm the display does not show up anymore. I get calls and all but the display does not show up atall. I am so pissed at myself. I checked with a local guy and he said the display would cost US$ 52 (apporx) Now that cheap but then he said thats not along with the touch screen. I Wonder how come the display and touch screen are different. Does anyone know?
Also had come across a thread of a X1 being opened. Can someone gimme the link if they know it.
Regards
if i remember i think there was a video on youtube that someone was opening an xperia step by step
the digitizer shouldnt be that expensive
someone who dropped the phone had similar problems.. maybe u can find it and see if there are solutions?
deja vu
Yeh I heard someone else here did that, seems it's quite sensitive to drops, Im guessing maybe the ribbon comes loose or something if the LCD isnt actually smashed? That being said, if it's just the screen, the touchscreen should still work and not need replacing aswell?
I mean if theyre the same piece and not interchangeable surely they would come together?
my touch stop working suddently, but the screen works fine... but the thing is that i doesnt drop the phone... i dont know... im waiting for a change now...
Check this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyGUbxFqvyc&fmt=18
he also disassembles the rear here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWDurQrRt-Y&fmt=18
Dropped my X1 phone as well
I had recently dropped my phone as well and the screen also stopped working, but the phone was completely functional. The repairing people told me it would cost me approx $150+ to get it fixed. The next day i decided to turn the phone on again and the screen worked.
So hopefully, the screen will fix itself for you as well
Bummer
It sounds like the connecter behind the screen has come loose - 52 bucks to open it up and put it back sounds about right.
I'd give opening it up a try, although I remember reading the thread when the service manual for opening it was first leaked - the guys said it wasn't easy!
Is it not still under warranty or something?
no warranty?
warranty will fix it
I was the guy who dropped his and had the same problem. Sent it in for warranty (great service I bought in the UK but live in Barbados so I sent it to the US location). Got it back in two and a half weeks fixed for no charge. Mine didn't have any visible damage from the drop though so maybe that made a difference? Good luck with yours!
hey, i remove the screen protector and start working!!!
Repair manuals
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2798582&postcount=1
I had same problem, in SE service they change flat cable, cost me 25 euro.
I had the same problem yesterday. Just searching for disassemble example and it works all of sudden today!
my x1 dropped too and the display stopped working ( black screen ) , but ive only called the service and 2 days later i had a new device in my hands for free
my X1 work again!
Hey, thanks for the dissasembly links!
Mine fell down onto stone ground and i had the same symtomes, sounds, calls everything was working but not the display. I dissasembled and reassembled, and it worked again! I think the plug of the ribbon cable connecting the front panel with the mainboard in the back unit was loose.
Cheers!
Screamer
Hello guys have a problem with my htc vivid's(have 2 of them)!
To start the story with i got a cracked vivid phone from ebay and thought of replacing the screen, i also got a digitizer from some hong-kong seller, the screen arrived and i looked up some videos on youtube and fixed the screen myself, everything seemed to have gone fine, but when i switched on the phone after replacement the bottom half of the screen would not work! only the top hald of the screen worked, i assumed it was a faulty digitizer and ordered another digitizer!
Meanwhile i got another vivid off ebay, this was also a damaged one ( the seller told the LCD was dimming but digitizer was working) so i thought of replacing its LCD and got it off, this phone also arrived so i had one phone with bad digitizer and other with bad LCD i ordered an LCD also so b4 it arrives i thought i would change the digitizer from the bad LCD phone to the bad digitizer phone so i will have one complete working phone!
When i started to open the bad LCD phone i realised it was a water damaged phone, but the digitizer was fine so i removed its digitizer carefully and put onto the bad digitizer phone and switched it on, but again the same problem! top half woking bottom half not working! so i thought ill change the motherboard of the bad digitizer phone with the bad LCD phone and after doing that the digitizer would not work at all!!
i dunno what to do now i dunno where im going wrong any sort of help or duggestions would be greatly appreciated, and if you guys are having hard time understanding any part of the story let me know will try to explain that part as clearly as possible, thanks in advance! hope i get ou of this problem soon
Are you sure that both motherboards were in working order.? I would suspect the motherboard you installed is faulty...is that motherboard the one which was on the waterdamaged phone? If it were me I would put the motherboard back in that at least had the screen half on and then troubleshoot from there....I've replaced a few screens but not enough to give a good resolution...I would proceed by process of elimination on components you know, for sure, are working before you install them...and its totally plausable that a new replacement part can be faulty...I'm not sure man, just my two cents worth...I would scour xda for others who have had screen issues..one post probably won't fix your particular issue but a few different ones might...ill look too and post link if I find something...
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Not so sure what has happened this time around. I have never dropped my phone substatially, and I keep a solid case and screen protector on my phone at all times. I dropped it last night from about a foot onto hardwood floor, and he screen didn't crack at all. But it seems as if something internally went on, and the colors are all blurred on the screen. If anyone has any experience with this please let me know!! I am out of warranty so I will cost me an arm and a leg to get it fixed by HTC or Sprint. Thanks guys
The digitizer internally broke youll need a replacement or someone to replace digitizer
Not what I wanted to hear, but thanks so much! Appreciate it man
Hey they connection could have came loose aswell, but id definately assume digitizer if the screen isnt cracked