Hello, i just woke up and noticed that the bottom speaker in my phone doesn't work. Yesterday everything was fine. Phone has not been dropped or spilled, stayed on the desk all night. I try "restart" and "clean speaker" option but only the top one works. what could have happened?
The speaker was damaged. The phone was returned under warranty. They replaced the motherboard (don't know why). Now works fine.
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About a couple weeks ago I cracked the digitizer(touch screen) on my Lg Thrill and replaced it. Before doing this everything was fine with the phone...I upgraded to GB and it is also rooted but like I said everything was working just fine until I replaced the digitizer. Now every time I make or receive a phone call the phone goes black like it was close to my ear. This only happen if I answer the call and if I make a call it happens right away.The phone is still on and the calls go through but the phone goes black and is useless and I can't even hang it up until the other person hangs up. Not even pressing the power button on the top helps. I have checked and nothing is blocking the sensor on the front of the phone and the new digitizer I got from ebay but again it is a perfect fit and nothing is blocking the sensors...Any Ideas or suggestions? anything would be a great help thank you!
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About a couple weeks ago I cracked the digitizer(touch screen) on my Lg Thrill and replaced it. Before doing this everything was fine with the phone...I upgraded to GB and it is also rooted but like I said everything was working just fine until I replaced the digitizer. Now every time I make or receive a phone call the phone goes black like it was close to my ear. This only happen if I answer the call and if I make a call it happens right away.The phone is still on and the calls go through but the phone goes black and is useless and I can't even hang it up until the other person hangs up. Not even pressing the power button on the top helps. I have checked and nothing is blocking the sensor on the front of the phone and the new digitizer I got from ebay but again it is a perfect fit and nothing is blocking the sensors...Any Ideas or suggestions? anything would be a great help thank you!
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The sensor that the phone uses in order to register face proximity is just to the left of the forward facing camera. Ensure this is connected nice and solid (reseat the wire if necessary) and make sure there is no dust in it as this will likely cause it to behave as it has. Simply replacing the screen won't do this, but improper cleaning before replacing the screen could. You may have to tear the phone down again just to reseat the screen itself.
ZombieWarez said:
About a couple weeks ago I cracked the digitizer(touch screen) on my Lg Thrill and replaced it. Before doing this everything was fine with the phone...I upgraded to GB and it is also rooted but like I said everything was working just fine until I replaced the digitizer. Now every time I make or receive a phone call the phone goes black like it was close to my ear. This only happen if I answer the call and if I make a call it happens right away.The phone is still on and the calls go through but the phone goes black and is useless and I can't even hang it up until the other person hangs up. Not even pressing the power button on the top helps. I have checked and nothing is blocking the sensor on the front of the phone and the new digitizer I got from ebay but again it is a perfect fit and nothing is blocking the sensors...Any Ideas or suggestions? anything would be a great help thank you!
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hmm i had the same issue BUT mine would do it when i cracked the digitizer, which is weird.. replacing my digitizer fixed the issue or it just cleared up itself, try resetting the phone.. Or like zombie said, Tear it down and clean the connectors and sensors
Cynagen said:
The sensor that the phone uses in order to register face proximity is just to the left of the forward facing camera. Ensure this is connected nice and solid (reseat the wire if necessary) and make sure there is no dust in it as this will likely cause it to behave as it has. Simply replacing the screen won't do this, but improper cleaning before replacing the screen could. You may have to tear the phone down again just to reseat the screen itself.
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I have taken the phone completely apart and used a can of compressed air to clean it I double checked the sensor connector and made sure there was no dirt or dust in or around the connections. I put the phone back together and made a test call...still doing the same thing
But I did notice that when I made a second test in a dark room the phone did not go black and when I moved the phone close to a light the phone went black....needless to say I am so confused now more then ever. I did a third test and the same thing happened. So any other ideas as to what may be going on??? Seems like the sensor is working no? just in reverse??? Maybe the tint in the new digitizer is too dark? but this still makes no sense as to why the phone goes black when it gets exposed to light. Anyway any other help would be great right about now THANK YOU!
using HTC Google Nexus One, Android 2.3.4
This is very strange, but I noticed today that my camera is no longer working. I have no idea why, but it just goes black when I select camera. I have restarted my phone, took out the battery, etc. and nothing. Also, I even tried downloading other camera apps, and they won't work either.
Even more frustrating, though, is that my phone goes black when I make or receive a call. The calls do not get dropped, but when the call is over, I can't even hang up, as my screen is black. It's weird because my phone is still "ON," but I obviously can't do anything. The only thing I can do is take out the battery, put it back in, and turn the phone back on. Then, it works perfectly normal...until I make or receive another call. I have no idea what to do.
Can anyone help? I'd really appreciate it, as I use my phone for everything!
Hi,
I had very similar issues after accidentally dropping the phone (landed exactly on its face) . The sensors no longer worked, nor the camera and the flash light.
The problem during the phone calls is most probably related to the defect of the proximity sensor. However, I managed to use the phone with a bluetooth headset. The screen could be turned on any time, and, of course, I could terminate the call using the headset's hardware button. I used my N1 this way for over a year...
Few weeks ago I dismounted the phone, and realized that upper motherboard's connetor was detached from the main motherboard. After fixing it, everything is fine again.
I followed instructions from here: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installing+Nexus+One+upper+motherboard/8025/1
I hope it helps.
Cheers,
Zoltan
Thank you for this thread
I created an xda account just to post about how this helped me.
My Nexus One camera had stopped working, auto-rotate no longer worked, and my screen was remaining dark after completing phone calls. So annoying. Was about to pony up some money for a new phone.
BUT... I followed the ifixit instructions that Zoltan posted above to take my phone apart, and low and behold, I had a loose connector. Plugged it back in, reassembled my phone without breaking anything, and it works! I have camera and auto-rotate again, and my screen acts normally when making phone calls.
Thank you!
The earpiece of my phone was very quiet so I decided to replace it.
I ordered Nokia Lumia 610 earpiece (I was told that it'll work in Droid 4).
When I was putting the phone back together, the connector of the flex cable got twisted a bit so the display wasn't working anymore.
I tried to fix the pins and put it back together. After that the display seems to work just OK, keyboard as well.
But the real problem right now is that when I'm trying to make a phone call, the whole phone freezes and I cannot do anything (the phone keypad is shown but it doesn't react to touch at all). When I blank the screen from the power button, I got the chance to hang up the call.
Anybody who would know what would've happened when I put the phone back together???
Thanks a million in advance!
Alright so basically 5 weeks ago I had my phone in the pool with me, just a shallow backyard pool. And somehow water got into the flaps tripping the water indicators.
I felt it overheat and the camera button being held down, so i basically turned it off and drained its battery. For a few days it was fine, but couldnt hold a charge and everything was fine, but some water in the screen. And then it decided to invert and flip itself. From then on it hasn't been turned on.
I sent it off to Sony but they send it right back to me unfixed, which kinda confused me, because i got a message saying the Claim was approved and they'll be sending a new device out to me. And then when i recieved it, it was my phone, with the loudspeaker grille nowhere to be found.
So now ive decided to take things into my own hands. Where do you guys think the problem is?
Currently its like this
No Water In Screen
Phone Works Perfectly
Screen Mirrored and Flipped
Top of Digitizer not responding so cant pull down menu
Ill be opening it up pretty soon so Im just trying to get an idea of where i should focus my search.
The speaker is also where the screen/digitizer is connected at.. so if there is no loudspeaker there you may have a problem because of that!
Also opening the phone is very tedious and I advise against that.. they should fix it!
There has to be some kind of app that can flip the screen.....
I will explain what happened as elaborate as possible so that some of you can help me with the problem I've been facing.
I have put my phone in water about 5 - 10 cms in my aquarium for a video. 1 was 20 seconds and as it came well. I've took another video for 47 seconds. After that I've tried checking for problem in any component of phone and everything went well. I've shared videos and then used my phone as usual for a long time and phone was completely normal.
I've placed my phone on dock for charging and the magnet didn't work in the first instant. They just didn't stick. I thought it was some issue and I just rubbed my phone to the dock twice or thrice and the magnetic action came back along with a wide array of problems.
I removed from dock while charging and the screen started to randomly blink and the touch never worked. I placed it back in the dock and it charged normally. After a while I've removed it from the dock and the screen got blank all of a sudden scaring me to death. I placed it back and again took it. This time it worked completely normal as if nothing happened and I was able to send a text message. I thought that was just for one time and placed it back for charging and that was the last time my phone touch screen worked.
I removed from the dock after a while trying to unlock the screen and nothing happens. I could use all the hard buttons on the screen. I was able to capture photos using the camera button. Change volume, lock and unlock screen. I tried switching off using the method of volume up + power button. It turned off and on turning on it got even bad. The sony logo blinks a lot it goes dim it comes bright and all sorts of weird things happened. I've removed the sim card and turned on the phone to charge and now the phone restarts after every few minutes.
Even now except the touch screen everything else works fine like the camera. I tried removing the screen protector but that didn't help.
Hoping to have an answer other than taking it to a service center.
Thanks
It seems that not all of z1s are waterproof. I had mine in the sea in about 1 meter deep for 30mins and its still completely functional ( I wash it every day too). Anyway, sorry to tell you but simply there isn't any way to fix it yourself. The only thing you can do is take it to service. And more bad news to come: your warranty doesn't cover damage from water, so you will have to pay. The only thing you can try is blowing your phone with a hairdryer for a few secs, but thats risky.
Took it to the service center. Asked them to check the flaps before they accepted the mobile and there was no water through flaps as the flap litmus is completely unaffected. They took it under warranty and the next day called me to say that it had water in the display connector and the same warranty void answer but I've requested to let me know how the water went inside and they said it was through the bottom speaker grill which clearly means manufacturing defect. Along with escalating the issue I've also asked for a quote for the repair if the warranty gets void and today they came up with this wonderful quote of ₹20,179 its wonderful because I purchased the phone for ₹17,600 just a month ago. The request for manufacturing defect inspection is under progress so I wish to get some good news.
More strange things here. I have completely lost all of my speaker grill but my phone is still 100% waterproof. It's clearly a manufacturing defect, but I doubt they will accept it . Sony support and service is just terrible