My screen has slowly gotten worse over the months and is due for replacement. It started as a flickering green screen that was only solved by putting it into a fridge/freezer until it started working again, when it was on and got warm it would eventually tart showing ghosting of brown all over the screen until cooled down, I dropped it w/o it's case on doing something else and now it's got a crack along the bottom, the green flickering has stopped but now the top 1/4 of screen is unresponsive...time to bite the bullet.
I've found a handful of videos on YT w/ recommended places to buy a replacement screens but I'm curious about their long term longevity, quality, resolution, are they still made using Gorilla Glass, etc. Price doesn't always dictate quality (ask any BMW owner) but a quick searches idn't net any results of anyone here replacing their screens.
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So I won't bore you with all the details. My original device had severe screen separation and creaking, mushiness on the left side when held in portrait. Tried every fix (except the washer). Sent back this week and ordered my replacement.
The replacement is here.
It is much better, I don't have the creaking or mushiness. But it appears the screen is not seated correctly. When you hold it in portrait, imagine a line from the camera on top down to the power connector, my screen is listing to the right on that axis.
It is solid, no creak and not moving but you can see it is not level.
To me this is 100% better. I will probably go ahead and risk loosening the screws and re-seating it.
But for now I am pretty happy.
Next up order a OTG cable and consider rooting (never have on any of my devices)
Just got mine today too, but mine has a wicked light leak just under the camera, setup 2nd RMA within minutes of receiving it.
Got my replacement today as well, same screen lift as on my first one (that is, it's clearly not leven with the silver border, but there's no real creakiness or mushiness). No dead pixels as on the first one. However, the screen is much warmer, with a yellowish tint (vs. what I'm not seeing as a much colder, bluish tint on the first one).
So, I have to decide if I like the warmer, yellower whites or colder, bluer whites. Probably the latter, because whites do seem more white overall, but I don't know if I can live with the one dead pixel.
A bit frustrated, actually. Didn't expect to see so much color temp variation, but I don't know why I didn't expect it. I've seen it with every tablet I've had my hands on so far.
So I bought an mEdge cover from Walmart and I also installed a clearcoat screen protector on the tablet just after receiving my tablet on Dec12. A week ago I started noticing a faint purple "shadowy, airbrushed" line in the middle of my screen when there's a bright white background on. At first I thought it had to do with the screen protector, but no matter how much I'd wipe the screen free of smudges I would still notice the airbrushed line.
I then suspected that it had to be the cover since the line matched up with the middle crease of the cover's flap and wondered if the magnets had anything to do with it. The magnets were located at the edge of the flap so that was ruled out.
I then searched online and came across a forum with a person having this problem on his phone, and he found out that it was due to pressure being applied to the screen from the case, and that he was notified that was a common problem with LCD screens. That pressure to the LCD would cause a permanent distortion and leave a "phantom" outline of where the pressure was being applied.
I'm so bummed now, because according to what I've read there is no fix for this, besides changing the screen or just getting a replacement.
It's not that bad right now, since you have to "look" for it but it's noticeable on a white screen and it bothers me. I love the cover and think it's one of the best for the Nexus 7 but I'm afraid it might make it worse. Does anyone else have this problem? and what kind of cover are you using? Finally, I know I've said it's permanent, but does anyone have a solution for this besides changing the screen or getting a new Nexus 7?
HI.
I've unfortunately caught my XT890's screen with what was probably a set a of keys and have pushed the frame away from the glass at the Sim and SD card slot so that there is approx. a 4 mm gap between the glass and the frame ( the sealant is visible).
The phone's screen continued to work perfectly for about a day until I pushed the frame back into place and appear to have done some damage as the screen slowly stopped working - I had a section of black that appeared at the top of the screen and slowly crept down the screen, which went purple first then black , creeping down the sides of the screen first, then filling in the middle until the full screen is black. I think I've also lost the digitizer input, as I can no longer turn the 6am alarm off on it.. and I can't take out the battery either :S
I've "rebend" the frame to the original damage, but this has had no impact in reverting the screen to "usable".
The glass looks complete - no cracks or anything, so I'm really not sure if replacing the glass screen and digitizer pre-build as a "frame" will fix the problem, or not. At ~£30 for the part on a phone worth ~£70, I'd like to understand if its' worth the risk or just to buy a replacement outright.
Has anyone had similar experience with this?
lol, never seen that before. Looks like the liquid inside the screen slowly dropped out and damaged some internal parts. This will certainly needs replacements. But unless u can do it your self i would consider buying a new one.
How did u bend your phone sides on the first place? (i never tried it, but it seems very sturdy)
I have absolutely no idea how I managed this - I was up a ladder at the time and must of inadvertently put a leatherman or keys in the same pocket as the phone and then "trapped" it so that it pushed sideways on exactly the weak spot of the simcard slot. I'll upload a picture of the damage for prosperity.
I didn't think AMOLED had liquid in them, but that would correlate with the affect I had - it must of been a tiny, tiny hole :S.
Such as shame after 2 years of perfect operation - and I had hoped for another year instead of procuring a new phone as it did the job so well.
Yep, I'm happy to replace it myself, I've done 4 or 5 screens on a Defy before, and this looks simpler.
PS - it looked very similar to the pictures in this, so that's positive in some ways!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2456966
I cracked my screen and bought a new with digitizer. was very easy to replace just follow the youtube video about disassemble razr i.
You will also need some glue though for the stupidly placed motorola logo..
i bought mine from ebay for less than 20 euro. but it has some wierd greenish color in the top where the statusbar is. its not visible when holding the phone vertical. but when holding horizontel its alittle noticeable. not a problem at all but just be carefull going for the cheap ones.
So I've just been using my phone in low light and ive noticed there is light showing through a gap between the screen and the phones frame.
It starts just above the power button and goes for about 30mm upwards.
Going to the service centre on Sunday. I really hope they replace it rather than try a screen replacement. I'm just worried it's the battery expanding.
I've circled it in blue. The light below it is the edge of my screen protector.
For the record my phone is unmarked never been dropped.
I noticed the same issue after I had my screen replaced. There was no gap out of the box, and now I'm worried about water resistance, on top of other things.
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I noticed the same issue after I had my screen replaced. There was no gap out of the box, and now I'm worried about water resistance, on top of other things.
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Mines never been replaced.
A chat with Samsung online told me to do a factory reset ?
clax6 said:
So I've just been using my phone in low light and ive noticed there is light showing through a gap between the screen and the phones frame.
It starts just above the power button and goes for about 30mm upwards.
Going to the service centre on Sunday. I really hope they replace it rather than try a screen replacement. I'm just worried it's the battery expanding.
I've circled it in blue. The light below it is the edge of my screen protector.
For the record my phone is unmarked never been dropped.
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Most of the note 9 got it, I also do and didn't have a single problem for 8-9 months. Returning the phone like that if not really soon after purchase will lead to refurbished phone given to you (99% about that) and I think it's safe to say that refurbished phone used from someone else and having God knowns what issue fixed (hopefully) is worse than having a slight light bleed reflection.
Still, while I am saying that I strongly think that 1000 euro priced phone should not have such a QA defects (even a 300 euro one should not). Beside that my note 9 is literally flawlessly perfect and my display is also 100% perfect uniformity (you can search for that problem, part of the screen are less bright vs others... and this is a deal break).
I dropped my Exynos Note 9 several weeks ago in a case that wasn't very protective. Thought I dodged a bullet, but several days later I noticed a partial black "not quite half circle" on the edge of the screen, approximately 3-4 mm.
Then last week, a horizontal black line appeared across my screen, Ema aging from the black ellipse. The line only appears at certain brightness settings and will go away if I make the screen brighter.
The screen also flickers strangely sometimes when Coming out of Screensaver mode.
The glass is not cracked.
1) I need to replace... the screen?
2) how much would this cost to replace it myself?
Thanks. If I missed anything please ask.
Well, the best is to buy a new screen with frame, I am in Europe and you can find these on ebay for around 220-240€. The biggest challenge is getting the battery cover off in one piece. I did replace the screen/frame and back cover on my previous Huawei mate 20 pro, the screen/frame came with a fresh battery glued in. My only challenge was that the "original" adhesive provided with the new back cover was useless. Plenty on ebay but only 1 or 2 where the real thing, the others where not holding the back cover on. I had basically a new phone externally and is still in daily use by my wife.
For my note 10 plus I have bought a new back cover and screen/frame. It has a heavy screen burn and a hairline crack in the glass. I will take the opportunity to transform it from a Aura black into a Aura white...Like Jerry is saying, its like little lego. Plenty of you tube video's on how to!