hello i got some flickering on the screen so i took out the screen and put the screen cable back and now its works great but i see low or no signal and i dont know whats the problem i took apart the phone and cheeked everything like cables and contacts even changed the frame and with different sim card. any help?
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Hi i have had an x1 since august but within a month its been dropped and then it was unable to show the screen, i opened my device to try and fix my problem but messed with nothing whatsoever, when i put everything back together it wouldnt even turn on anymore! all it did was charge and when it was fully charged there was a red light. can anyone help me? please im desperate to fix my phone. My first paycheck was spent on this and i loved it despite the numerous flaws! also i havent charged it in over 2 - 3 months. Also when i opened it the tape that connect the rear and the front is kind of messed up, would that effect anything?
The tape that connects the front and the rear is the cable for the screen, so if it's messed up, you might need to get a replacement.
here is a pic, the red part where its circled is where i think the problem is, it looks ripped off, i did have a hard time opening and putting it back together the first time also.
Sounds like (Or rather, looks like) you're screwed, as far as I can tell, if it's really ripped. Otherwise attempt to clean the contact points with some cleaning alcohol and Q-Tips - something might have made it's way in when you disassembled the unit and blocked the electrical signals.
ill try it, but if that doesnt work, would i be able to replace the flex ribbon? would acteone work?
got this checked out by my friend, he told me its the flex ribbon cable, thanks for the help btw. Does anyone know the cheapest place to get a flex ribbon cable from?
Still would like confirmation if its my flex ribbon cable before i spend 40 bucks on a new one. thanks!
Hi, I am new to this forum. Sorry for posting here but I think I have similar or same problem with my xperia. Few days ago I drooped my xperia and then I could not turn it ON. I opened unit, the flex cable was detached.
After attaching the flex cable. I could turn the unit and it booted normal but no response on touching screen I even tried to align it but it did not respond. I turned off the unit. After trying turning it back ON only back light of the screen turned on (no sony logo, no xperia logo no winmo).
I tried to turn it on few times but same result. Even tried to soft reset and hard reset it but no difference only back light. Is it because of flex cable or because some thing else? I can`t even go in to 3 color screen. Please help. Sorry for my bad eng. Thanks.
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
Here's what is going on...
My Galaxy S I9000 (Bell Canada) was water damaged, after being dried for many days it turned on, but the battery almost immediately drained. I left the phone and forgot about it. Bought a new cheap phone without a SIM.
More recently I got a new battery for it and it turned on and was working great, staying charged and everything. When I went to the service provider to get a new SIM for it, we powered down the phone, pulled the battery and SIM card and put the new SIM in followed by the battery. Afterwards the phone would not power on, but the two face buttons on either side of the 'Home' button lit up and would react to touch. I tried removing the battery and SIM a few times and would get the same result.
After bringing my phone home and leaving it with the battery out for a few days, I thought I would try it again. It powered up again as if nothing was wrong. To test it again, I pulled the battery and SIM, replaced them, and my black screen/won't turn on problem returned.
Every so often it will power on and be useable. It is recognized by Kies, I've flashed it to firmware 2.3.4.
I'm looking for any helpful suggestions for what might solve my problem. I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem and short of isolating the part of the phone that is faulty and replacing it, the phone is toast.
Thanks for your time, and I apologize for the length of my post.
My friend has dropped the SGS into a pool before. Problem was fix after buying a new battery.
Either: Damaged screen + Contact. Or the reaction with water and the battery. hydrogen gas prevents screen from connecting to main-board.
It still turns on occasionally, and when it powers up, it's as if nothing is wrong. Screen works, displays everything fine, colour is crisp, screen reacts to touch. The big problem is it won't turn on all the time. Would what you said still explain this?
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It still turns on occasionally, and when it powers up, it's as if nothing is wrong. Screen works, displays everything fine, colour is crisp, screen reacts to touch. The big problem is it won't turn on all the time. Would what you said still explain this?
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The only thing I know (assuming the screen or motherboard is 100% functioning) is hydrogen gas being present. You might know TV remote with old battery casually respond to presses. After cleaning contacts it should work again.
I disassembled the phone and cleaned all the contacts on the main board with rubbing alcohol, I did not do anything to the screen though. Should I try taking it apart again and breaking it down further? (ie. separate the screen?)
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I disassembled the phone and cleaned all the contacts on the main board with rubbing alcohol, I did not do anything to the screen though. Should I try taking it apart again and breaking it down further? (ie. separate the screen?)
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No, I am starting to think it's a hardware fault if that didn't work
Hi, I recently dropped my phone and now the screen is blank. When i turn on the phone the whole screen is blank, the phone vibrates when it powers on but nothing is visible. Even when i get calls i cant attend them. There are no scratches or cracks on the screen after the fall. This is the first time i have experienced this and any help is appreciated. Thank you
I think the LCD is connected to the phone's main board by a connector that snaps into place. If you dropped the phone, I think it's a possibility that this connector could have popped out. It would only take a few minutes to open it and check for this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A4zbBKkcKU Skip to 2 minutes and 50 seconds into the video and you will see this connector.
Unfortunately it's possible that when you dropped it, the LCD screen was damaged even though you can't visibly tell just by looking at it.
thank you very much will try it
I turned on my phone earlier to notice that the screen was suddenly completely white at full brightness whenever it was on, still touch responsive as I can hear it. This is happening immediately upon boot, not even showing the Samsung nor AT&T logos, so I believe it is a hardware issue. Has anyone else had this happen? If so, is there a solution short of getting a replacement? Maybe tearing it down and reseating the connector or something? I don't know, just a bit upset and rambling, sorry
Tore it down and undid and reseated every ribbon cable I saw, didn't help. Ordered a replacement should get it in a few days, might sell the old one for parts to recuperate some of the costs or maybe pick up one of the media docks that does TV out and USB host as well as charging, see if I can convert it to a set top box, assuming the dock will work without any setup on the phone itself