Ok I've figured out the Bluetooth and wifi problems.
There are two boards in the ZR. Main board 1 has CPU and most stuff. Second board 2 seems to just act as a sound card/connector board.
The second board has conductive contacts to the top board (bluetooth) and to the WiFi aerial in the frame.
However, second board is not glued or fixed in position, it is free to pivot and move toward and away from frame and main board. This means over time or with knocks, heat etc. the second board tilts, disconnecting the contacts. Bluetooth and WiFi both go because the connections are in opposite corners, though WiFi has better contact because the board is better positioned in that corner.
It was an Idiot who designed this connection, the second board should have been sitting on plastic shelf or spacers, not floating around in there.
FIX
You'll need to open phone - guide here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz7Dwu_ItpM.
You don't need to disconnect second board. I used stacks of the screen adhesive and placed under the corners of the second board. This holds second board in position and forces up against top board. You'll need to experiment with the right height of the stacks. In addition I suggest placing conductive copper tape squares on the second board's conductive square (2) and the frame's two conductive squares under the opposite corner.
Reassemble, test and see if it's fixed. :fingers-crossed:
I've attached pictures showing the bluetooth pin 1 that needs to contact the conductive plate 2.
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My Bluetooth and wifi are now fixed. Yay.
PS, don't blame me if this doesn't work for you or if you break screen disassembling.
Is your bluetooth still working ??
wifi
if you please tell me where is the wifi position?
Sold phone, presume so.
ady3004 said:
if you please tell me where is the wifi position?
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Wifi is under bottom board in opposite corner to the square labeled 2. I think there are two pins under there.
Silverdace said:
Wifi is under bottom board in opposite corner to the square labeled 2. I think there are two pins under there.
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Bottom right corner when looking at the picture.
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Hi guys, as some of you may have seen my earlier post about my problem with the USB port, here is some guide on how to replace it.
This is the link to my problem with the USB port:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1634683
Surprisingly enough, by simply changing the USB flex, it will fix the problem.
The USB flex looks something like this
http://www.parts4repair.com/htc-incredible-s-charging-connector-flex-cable/
You can get it off ebay with the keyword 'incredible s usb flex'
As you know, when you do this your warranty will be VOIDED
First of all I take no responsibility if you device is damaged, you get hurt during the process, or your dog eat your phone, etc etc. Do this on your OWN RISK
Heres the guide on how to open the phone:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/68923799/HTC%20Incredible%20S%20Dissassembly%20-%20Reassembly.pdf
Here is some quick guide on what is relevant to changing the usb flex:
Tools that you need:
-Torx Screw driver T6 (* screwdriver)
-Phillips Scew Driver 00 (Its a really small + screwdriver)
-Tweezers
-Anti static wrist strap
Procedure:
-Step 0 wear the anti static wrist strap
-First remove the battery cover
-Pull out the batter,SIM card, and microSD
-Remove 7 torx screws
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-Open the housing, this can be a little but tricky, just make sure you are gentle with the side, and NEVER pry from the USB port. You might also wanna check for some latches around the phone, make sure you loosen it first before crack open it.
-Remove the volume rocker plastics and the usb housing shield
-Next remove 2 phillips screw on the motherboard (Make sure you remember the position of the screw on the left picture, the first time i did, i put the screw back in the wrong hole)
-When you remove the phillip screw on the right, the headphone housing will come off, make sure you don't lose them.
-Take out the vibrator (you don't have to disconnect them, just remove it from the housing)
-Remove 2 stickers on top of the flex connector
-In the picture above, I indicated the flex connector lock in RED circle. Lift that lock upward very gently, then pull the flex out of the connector. (total of 2 locks and 2 flex)
-Next lift the motherboard, this can be tricky, make sure you lift it from the top side of your phone, and wiggle the motherboard gently toward right direction. The thing that secures the motherboard the the chassis is the housing of the vibrator. Do this carefully as motherboard is a bit fragile.
-Next flip the motherboard around, you have to be careful, there is a flex that connect the lcd to the motherboard, you don't need to remove them, just flip it.
-After you flip the motherboard you will see the usb board, just remove the sticker, unlock the lock, remove the board, replace it with the new one.
You are DONE! Reverse the procedure to assemble and you are good to GO!
If you follow all of my procedure, the only possible problem that you will have is:
-Black screen (The long flex is not secured tightly)
-Home,menu,back,search button didn't light up (The short flex is not secured tightly)
If you have any question just post a quick reply or PM me
Hope this post will help some fellas that have a problem with USB port, if you like it please hit the thanks button.
So...after flapping about for over a year I finally got around to fixing my old HTC. It worked a treat...charging properly and being recognised by the computer again...but THEN, after 3 days of perfect operation, the bloody touchscreen stops responding....new messages pop up and sit there taunting me while I swipe about to no avail.
I've tried few things suggested by the internet, including the one where you hit the screen corners, but no luck.
Is it possible that ive loosened a connection somewhere when I changed the USB flex or is it just a really annoying unrelated coincidence and I should just accept that my phone had reached the end of its life?
I got bored and my battery was having issues where it doesn't update correctly on the status bar so I decided to open the tablet up.
Everything seem to be in place and no loose wires, Here we go. Attempt this at your own risk.
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--> Remove the screws in each housing where the dock will go. Be careful the screws are very small.
--> Stick that screw driver in there. after removing the screw, use the screwdriver to push on the screen upward from inside the housing. Push gently.
And you can go along the screen with a plastic prier to lift the rest of the screen. Once you done that
--> Here's the inside.
--> lift up the white strip tab to remove the cable. Be Gentle ( located on the left side of the tablet )
--> Lift up the black strip tab to remove the cable. Be Gentle ( located on the back of the screen )
--> removing these cables will disconnect the screen from the tablet itself.
--> A interesting find. The metal housing where the dock goes was loose when i opened up the tablet. (I dont have a dock yet) so the housing was loose out of the box. This is probably what was causing all the loose locking mechanism for the tablet and dock. (Dat arrow)
Terrible quality control by Asus :|
Wow, I could have used this about 24 hours ago. I ended up just winging it anyway, I was actually regretting not taking pictures so I could post a teardown like you just did.
I was also going to post the possible WiFi fix I attempted. When the tablet is opened up, there are four little springy tabs (pogos?) on the top right corner of the motherboard that connect to the screen when assembled (two for WiFi, two for GPS). My suspicion is that they were not connecting fully from the motherboard to the back of the screen. I had been having problems with WiFi dropping out which coincidentaly started around the time my tablet developed screen click. In an attempt to fix the screen click, I pressed firmly around the bezzel which I suspect pushed my pins down far enough to create connection issues.
What I did was simply stretch the pins back out towards the screen contacts. It did seem to help a little bit, but I have been brainstorming a better way to ensure contact.
All that being said I am no developer. I got the idea from here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgx2Kpfi-Ps
Also, I take no responsibility if you try this method, and break your device.
My speakers had become distorted or blown so i bought 2 replacement speakers, i took the phone apart and replaced the lower speaker but when i got to the top speaker i noticed that i had received the wrong speaker. As i wont be getting a replacement speakers for a few days i decided to part reassemble the phone , all ribbon cables have connected, have replaced some but not all of the screws and slightly replaced the rear case but not fully clipped it back in place as i want to be able to easily remove it again once the top speaker has arrived.
Upon powering the phone on i have notice that a certain area of the screen doesn't seem to be responsive any more, it seem to be a vertical area going down the screen where the 'W', 'S' and 'Z' keys are on the keyboard!. Is this because i haven't fully reassembled the phone or have a buggered part of the touch screen when taking the phone apart?
Have downloaded the screen touch test app from the appstore and ran my finger over the screen and you can clearly see where the screen isnt responding....
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Its a veritcal bar running the length of the screen and is perfectly straight!!. Any ideas what could cause this, have i note fitted something correctly back in and its putting pressure on this area of the screen ??
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Have downloaded the screen touch test app from the appstore and ran my finger over the screen and you can clearly see where the screen isnt responding....
Its a veritcal bar running the length of the screen and is perfectly straight!!. Any ideas what could cause this, have i note fitted something correctly back in and its putting pressure on this area of the screen ??
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most likely the digitizer is damaged or the flex cable is damaged
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most likely the digitizer is damaged or the flex cable is damaged
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Really? seems odd as i didnt have any real issues after getting the case off, everything else came apart easily so not sure how the digitizer or flex cable would have got damaged. Is the digitizer easy to replace?
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Really? seems odd as i didnt have any real issues after getting the case off, everything else came apart easily so not sure how the digitizer or flex cable would have got damaged. Is the digitizer easy to replace?
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I don't know if you replace the entire led + digitizer + glass all in one or not .. I have never disassembled the phone.
did you have to unhook the screen from the Motherboard ?
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I don't know if you replace the entire led + digitizer + glass all in one or not .. I have never disassembled the phone.
did you have to unhook the screen from the Motherboard ?
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Errr yeah that was a ribbon cable that came from the digitizer/screen to the main board...maybe its just not correctly inserted back in the socket. Odd thing is if i touch the area that seems to be unresponsive i can still get the screen to scroll up and down, just doesnt want to seem to work on the keyboard, If i try and press either the w, s or z keys it just presses the key next to it
Yeah this phone doesn't take to being taken apart very well
It sounds like you damaged your parts disassembling or reassembling the phone.
The wife took her AT&T S6 Active in the pool today to grab a quick pic (for the thousandth time in the two years she's had it) when it reset, and now it's having all kinds of crazy random screen tap inputs without being touched, randomly rebooting, and even doing this:
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(I don't know why, but I can't get the image to embed to save my life. Tried 3 different hosting services, no love. WTF, XDA?)
Anyway...if the pic didn't work, it's a blue screen talking about how custom OSs can harm your device.
So yea...sure seems to me like water damage. How is this a thing?
Nvm. I'm nuts.
The blue screen talking about custom OSes is the download mode warning. It should say something like press volume up to continue or volume down to restart. If you didn't intentionally hold home and volume up, some buttons may be jammed.
I've had the same issue just from having it in the bathroom when I take a QUICK shower. It's water "resistant" basically, and the water "proof" feature is pretty give-or-take. Honestly, my S4 Active seemed much more durable when it came to water; maybe that was due to the rubber piece that covered the charge port, I don't know.
I wouldn't intentionally get it wet anymore and would look at it more as a feature to protect you from accidental damage from this point on. I know that it sucks because we bought this phone due to the fact that we wanted to do things like this, but I've had so many issues with it at this point that I'm just thankful it's still working. The screen taps (I have the feature enabled where I can see where I tap the screen, a small white circle, so I could physically see the ghost-taps all oveR) and random restarts... it's all gone away by now, but my phone will still randomly shut off at times. Even worse, it will boot back up with a black screen; I can hear the sound and it's all running, just no screen. Sometimes I'll have to force-restart it up to TEN TIMES to finally get the screen to come on.
Be thankful it's still working at all and, as much as it sucks, I'd treat it like any other "water is death" phone from now on.
I've noticed these lines appear on screen when my finger touches it. Horizontal lines appear, they seem to actually be in a fixed location, fading away after a second of no contact and then reappearing in the same location.
I have tried:
Restarting
Booting into safe mode
Remove screen protector
Changed screen brightness
Went into developer mode, there was a setting there to show where you press and it was turned off already.
Anyone know what on earth it is?
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This must be a hardware problem. If you're still under Huaweis warranty, send the phone in for repair.
Hint: print the photos you made and put them directly beside the phone, so the repairman can see the problem.
I had the exact same problem and they disappeared after a couple days.
I noticed that this lines appears after I activate "glove mode", but when I disable it, reduces the lines. Only stops this "bug" after a restart. Verify if you have glove mode on (settings > smart assistance > glove mode)
I got this problem too. Very rare and I think it's a hardware thing.
A colleague of mine made the screen do this when touching it but if I did the same nothing happened. The effect (he had) on the screen went away after a few tries.
I blame it on static electricity but might be something else...
I have a similar problem except I have 3 faint white vertical lines running down through my screen, barely noticeable though, so im not sure what the problem is
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Anyone have further information? Im worried sick because I got this problem a couple hours after puting a "smart case" (cheap knockoff) on the device (has a magnet on the back and on the side) and a "glass" protector. I'll remove these for now and see what happens.
UPDATE: I'm almost certain it had something to do with my cheap screen protector (I haven't removed it tho). In any case, it took about two weeks before these lines seemed to stop appearing. Haven't seen them for 2 or 3 weeks now.
Electrostatics
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White stripes (or lines) on the IPS displays appear as a result of electrostatic voltage. This problem has been confirmed for a number of smartphones other manufacturers: Huawei P10 Pro, Sony Xperia XZ1 and XZ2, HTC U11 and U11+.
for example, Sony says:
Sony Mobile is committed to providing the highest standard of product quality and customer service for all of our products. Due to the characteristic of the display, you may see stripe patterns as a result of electrostatic in some models. This is not a functional defect and usually the stripe patterns fade away as the electrostatic disappears.
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"Electrostatic voltage is still just voltage. Materials that can store electrostatic charges are insulators (or are insulated by something), so the charge cannot leak away."
IMAO, this problem is not a global one, but it seems to me that it is related to hardware defects in the assembly of smartphones.