So yeah, it was more like a throw than a drop and a very bad throw too (the phone went from around my head height and managed to go around 15 feet ahead of me). Still, being lucky the only external damage the device has was some scratches on the back. The front remained unharmed, however I could not turn the screen on, the backlight would turn on but no colour appearred other than a small white crack in the corner, meaning the screen inside broke or some. The phone can still register touches, vibrate and play sound. I managed to blindly enter the pattern lock, go inside and power the phone off. So I think it's the part that produces color that broke. I would like to know how a repair of that will approximately cost and what actually broke in the phone.
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So yesterday my toddler son was playing with my Sprint Diamond when I saw him drop it onto the carpeted ground. The phone probably fell maybe about a foot but I guess the angle it hit the ground caused the battery cover to pop off.
When I picked up the phone, I noticed the screen was off and assumed it was in sleep mode because the battery didn't dislodge or anything. But when I pressed the power button, the phone wouldn't come on. I tried pulling the battery, hard resetting, etc but the screen still won't turn on.
While I was playing around with it, holding down the volume down button, power button and enter button at the same time, I could see the screen come on for a bit, then go blank again.
Physically there's no visible damage, there isn't even a scuff or scratch on the corners where the phone probably hit the ground. However, by some freak chance I think the fall caused something to go wrong internally, maybe the LCD digitizer became loose?
When I pull the battery and restart the phone, it vibrates as if it were powering up. But the screen never comes on.
Considering I don't have insurance on the phone, taking it back to Sprint is not an option and I'm out of the warranty period. Has this happened to anyone before? Any advice? Anyone have experience disassembling a Diamond? How hard was it? Thanks in advance.
the diamond (sprint) is a layered device.
you will need some very small screwdrivers lots of light and patience.
the screen is glued to the digitizer and the front housing, removal from the housing WILL crack it.
the boards and lower button pad con be removed safely, for inspection/reseating of plugs.
if the problem is not a loose plug,than a new screen and digitizer is in order and available on ebay from china
I have been given a captivate from a friend who said he dropped it in the toilet, it turned off when he grabbed it.
He said he stuck it in a bowl of rice over night after removing the battery.
First thing i did was wipe it, odin came back a full success no errors.
When i boot it i see the at&t thing & the little 3g fly by, but the screen is all cloudy. Once its booted up i see the screen locked deal and i can swipe it to unlock and and even change the pages. After a few seconds i will notice the screen starting to fade to black, all this time still being cloudy. If i manually turn the screen off with the power button for a couple minutes, i am able to turn it back on and see the cloudy screen again.
My questions are these.
Seems to me the LCD is messed up, Can i just replace the LCD?
How do i know if anything else is damaged?
Ive read about the battery indicators, both of which are still white.
ive already taken it apart , "comfortable when its a free phone", and notice a slight burn mark from a resistor on the LCD to the metal shielding that it is pressed up against.
Any ideas would be helpful.
SRobby said:
I have been given a captivate from a friend who said he dropped it in the toilet, it turned off when he grabbed it.
He said he stuck it in a bowl of rice over night after removing the battery.
First thing i did was wipe it, odin came back a full success no errors.
When i boot it i see the at&t thing & the little 3g fly by, but the screen is all cloudy. Once its booted up i see the screen locked deal and i can swipe it to unlock and and even change the pages. After a few seconds i will notice the screen starting to fade to black, all this time still being cloudy. If i manually turn the screen off with the power button for a couple minutes, i am able to turn it back on and see the cloudy screen again.
My questions are these.
Seems to me the LCD is messed up, Can i just replace the LCD?
How do i know if anything else is damaged?
Ive read about the battery indicators, both of which are still white.
ive already taken it apart , "comfortable when its a free phone", and notice a slight burn mark from a resistor on the LCD to the metal shielding that it is pressed up against.
Any ideas would be helpful.
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To test whether all the sensors, vibration, touch screen, LED colors, magnetic sensors works properly, install and use SGS Tools..
There are lot of tests and testing modes available there.. hope this helps
I noticed that my camera button wasn't operating, so I prised it back into position with a small thin piece of plastic.
After that I pressed the button and noted that it worked.
But at a cost of my screen
At first the screen was viewable, just had the banding across the LCD. But when I woke up the next day, the whole screen had gone (with a dirty great black crack that had spread), and in the bottom right corner I could make out the screen for memory card errors (with option of emergency call/turn off).
While I know it is able to be fixed, I don't feel confident enough to try and fix it myself (as I know I'll end up botching the digitizer which still works), and I'm not too enamoured with paying up to £100 for it to be fixed.
Question is, what do you reckon the value would be for "spares & repair" on ebay, etc?
just want to share my experience.
i just found out today my sxl have this screen won't turn on problem and the cause is at the bottom part where you push a click to open the back cover. when i applied pressure on it with the back cover on, the screen hangs but i can still feel the vibration when touching the four 'buttons'.
i don't know if i can fix it by myself as it requires few tiny screws to be opened. so, all of you who owns sxl, be cautious when you open and close the back cover as you can accidentally damage it. time to get s3 or one-x? any suggestions?
So two/three weeks ago I dropped my Turbo. It fell about 7 feet, as the first corner hit the floor, it rebounded and spun the phone so the opposite corner hit the floor next, then the device settled on the floor. Upon inspection the Turbo was off. No damage to screen.
So I turned it on... familiar vibrate... but no backlight... not even the faint lcd displays anything... okay... now the touch "hardware" buttons light up... as if its booting... okay.... wait... no sound at all but now the power button wakes/sleeps the phone (you can tell but the menu buttons lighting up or going dark)... but after about another minute, it reboots.... rinse and repeat...
I've NEVER seen a phone that looses sound and bootloops over a cracked/broken (even tried disconnected) lcd....
*edit, turns out the nexus devices do the same thing with a broken lcd! Boot loops! Watchdog
At a guess I would say most likely the LCD got damaged.
Rather than go through attempting a repair, you may want to just send it to motorola. They do a flat rate Out of Warranty repair for $125 + tax. Pretty good deal if you ask me.
https://motorola-global-portal.cust..._detail/a_id/102487/p/30,6720,9277#repair-fee
well, i bought a WORKING LCD/Digitizer w/broken outer glass for 20$ on ebay. Should come in tomorrow or the next day. I'll post results a bit later. If it works, I'll do a glass repair on the lcd and use the glass from my "broken" lcd.
Also, I've heard from a few people that a broken LCD can cause bootloops on the nexus devices! So that can explain that.
The only thing not explained is the two red looking pices of "glitter"
Its ALIVE!! The replacement screen fixed ALL issues!
So it seems the nexus line has a watchdog set up, and if your LCD is broken to the point the phone doesn't see it, the phone will reboot on its own.