please look at this thread, i posted it there, but there dont seem much activity on there, so can you guys help me here??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=30224
i need to replace a cracked screen on my mates xda2s, i can get the screen, but need to know if i can get the equipment to do so.
cheers
any idea's???
Sure I can help
Hi.
Good to help the Gurus .
I hv opened so many times my 2s 5/6 PDA2k and have also replaced 4-5 screens.
I do not follow any std procedure...may be this is right as so far I hv not faced any problems.
1) Remove the battery and then remove the small as well as 2 big corner screws and side screws.One can use any std tool kit to open these screws.In all the whole of the device there are only two types, small and large(Dunno abt the pitch etc)
2) Slowly remove the black cover.Specially take care of the volume slider as it very delicate and tends to break.Then remove the internal entina.
3) Slide out the key board and then open the upper two screws of the front slider.
4)Important step..Very slowly remove a) Vibrator and keep it aside, b) the connector which connects to the dispay, and then totally take apart the PCBs, so that u can see the display and the other two small screws.
5) Now take a screw driver and slowly remove the front pane by creating gaps in the preiphery of the front panel and the upper slider part.Pls take care that speaker also comes out with that...take care of the connections.
6) Now there are 4 small screws, two below the and two above...remove tham slowly and you have the display out...just replace and do the reverse of the above....you hv successfully changed the diaplay...
I hope, I hv explained quite clearly...Pls let me know if u face any difficulty.
6) Now complete screen is visble
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After a few months of use...
Notifications - opens every (ear listening) call, apparently my ear shape hits the top bar and the machine thinks I want to see notifications. Since the machine knows it's orientation - it there a way to prevent an ear-activated notification request when phone is vertical, or during a call?
Screen overlays - I bought some and added one, it got scratched and I peeled it off, and now I see at least 2 more! I think I see a glass that fills the frame, a smaller overlay, and another, smaller overlay. My basic thought is to keep peeling as they scratch. I want to make sure that if I get to 'glass' that I have not messed anything up - a decorative overlay (maybe with the browser size slider markings?) or a functional part of the touchscreen assembly. Is there anything I can mess up if I just keep peeling?
Thanks any and all!
Eep, I know know if I'd "keep peeling". If you feel like the screen itself is pulling back, I wouldn't do it. Resistive touchscreens do have 'layers' if you will...
Weird, in WinMo the prox sensor should work just fine - make sure it's enabled, the screen should turn off when your face gets close to the screen.
See this video for a demo.
Thanks for reply.
I'll look for cabs that may have affected the sensor (basically OEM update + a few goodies) as I can find no HTC/WinMo setting.
Were you saying you don't know if you'd... or now know?
Should there be a factory layer, exposed the user, that I should NOT peel off? ( I knew factory touchscreen at one time, they were soft overlays over CRT's.)
THX
tshephard said:
Thanks for reply.
I'll look for cabs that may have affected the sensor (basically OEM update + a few goodies) as I can find no HTC/WinMo setting.
Were you saying you don't know if you'd... or now know?
Should there be a factory layer, exposed the user, that I should NOT peel off? ( I knew factory touchscreen at one time, they were soft overlays over CRT's.)
THX
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I have no idea, since I can't see what you're peeling. I've never completely disassembled one of these, but I've seen pics/videos. I also know a little bit about how touchscreens work (a little!) and I know there are layers that you should not be peeling back - without seeing a detailed pic or the device in person, I don't feel comfortable saying "yea, peel away" when you could be potentially damaging your phone.
OK - I removed all cabs, still not working, did reflash, same, did task 29 and reflashed, still not working.
Found something called 'Advanced Configuration', played with Light sensor settings, and now that works great, never knew it didn't before (auto did nothing).
Is there something similar for proximity settings? ( I would have thought a connector inside was loose - that's why I messed with light sensor - but that 'healed' and now I want to 'heal' Prox too!)
I peeled down to a full chrome-filling ?glass? layer that looks thick and just a bit wavy - still no Prox activity - and put a new screen saver on that - so that's not it.
Anyone know settings/cab/registry for Prox activity?
Still don't have proximity function... I'm thinking in call, object (ear) near HTC symbol should blank screen and also deny touch response.
I downloaded registry editor, and found some settings. Tried, well many combinations but no results.
I do find that some don't stay set - I change them, and reboot, and they go back to say "0". They are ProximityDetectStatus and ProximitySensorOn . I'm thinking (supposition) resistry settings are static - that they do not reflect machine activity, only editor or user's other software actually changing values to store - rather than indicators of current machine activty (button is now pressed, button is now un-pressed). Is my regedit process (change, close, boot) correct?
I'm left wondering - are registry settings reflective of current activity while regedit is open or even the moment it opened? IE, can I use regedit to show me if a switch is pressed?
Anyone else, help?
I'm on OE ROM, CHT and CHT editor
all was well with my Dinc except for I had 2 blown speakers. I ordered new ones from ebay and replaced both. After replacing both, the bottom of my screen seems to not be working correctly. Whenever I go into SMS and hit the bottom for the keyboard to come up, it doesn't. I try using Whatsapp and it does the same thing. Its weird because the "attachment" button on the bottom of a sms works fine. It might just be that bottom/middle area. Is there any way to fix this? I had a feeling once I removed those ribbons to replace my ear speaker It was gonna mess something up .
I'm on MIUI android 2.3.5.
Is there any fix to this? or am I gonna have to just live with it for awhile?
EDIT: forgot to add, when I'm in WhatsAPP and I try clicking the bottom to bring out the keyboard, it highlights the message a little bit above where the text box is at, so its not reading where I'm pressing correctly. Its reading a little higher when I press in the bottom/middle area of the screen. Hope I explained that well enough for you guys to understand
A quick way to test if your screen is buggered is to downloading a drawing app and try to draw on the parts of the screen that you think aren't working. If you can't draw there you either a.) didn't connect a ribbon all the way b.) damaged a ribbon c.) electrically damaged something.
or d.) terrible coincidence and your touchscreen was on its way out anyways
It might be time for a new touchscreen. I had a similar problem where my screen wouldn't respond to touch in certain parts. I never took apart my phone prior to that so it wasn't (i don't think) my doing. Replaced with a new screen and I was good to go.
Take apart your phone and disconnect/reconnect the ribbons to ensure they are on there good. If that doesn't solve it I'd say a new touchscreen is in your future
Hey guys, I've got two problems with my unrooted stock HOX , which both are touchscreen related
1. When I push a little harder on the upper right corner of the touchscreen while in lockscreen, the diplay recognizes 3 other inputs on the left side of the screen (all of them about 2cm apart from one another, sometimes there are even more inputs randomly placed) which are slightly shaking but always appear in the same places. When this occurs, the display doesn't recognize any other inputs for about 4-5 seconds, then the 3 faulty inputs disappear and touchscreen works again. Okay, this could be of the harder pressure but the thing is, that when I'm doing the same in my homescreen or somewhere else, it doesn't happen. The problem with this occurrence is, that I often can't unlock my phone immediately and it also appears when I get an incoming call, so I am unable to answer it the green circle won't react on my input. But the fact, that it only occurs in lockscreen makes me wonder if it could be a simple software error and not hardware.
2. Sometimes (usually in combination with problem number 1) a part of the diplay doesn't react to any input whatsoever, but the rest of the screen does. I usually recognized that while typing messages and the area affected is an about 1cm high horizontal strip which is located in the height of the letter A in the portrait keyboard and goes all over to the letter L (I hope you understand what I mean ). I made it visible via a painting programm and it's a perfectly straight area. But when I now turn the display off and on, everything is fine again, so this makes me think (and hope) that this is a software error too.
I tried factory resetting but this wouldn't work out, at least the first problem still occurs (did the reset yesterday, so I can't rule out, that the second one still exists). I don't want to send my HOX in again, because this one is apart from that very nice and has no other faults.
So the main question is: soft or hardware and what could I do against this?
Hope you guys can help!
S-pen does not work on a large portion of the screen, it only works approximately on the 1/8th of the screen (approximately drawn in the attached thumbnail). Within the area, I am able to write, and call shortcuts using the S-pen (such as screenshot, note-taking etc) but outside it there is no response, I cannot even see the pointer when the S-pen is outside this area. (Moreover, there is a very small region (point-like) within this area that when I hover the S-pen over there, the pointer occurs far away outside the box). The touch responses (without a pen), are OK for the whole screen. The problem is only when I try to use the S-pen. My initial guess was that it was a calibration issue, so I tried to reset the s-pen calibration with the Reset Spen app in the Play Store but to no avail. I also tried different S pens, the problem persists for all of them. And the S pens I used, function correctly in other tablets.
The problem occurred after I replaced the display flex cable (as seen in the attached thumbnails). To replace it, I had to remove the motherboard and disconnect some connections . Is the problem because of the different flex cable (that needs re-calibration), or is it that when changing the cable I may have introduced another problem (because I had to remove the motherboard and so)? Can I solve it using a software hack? I would appreciate any help.
Thank you.
I have the same problem but on a smaller scale , about 1/10 of the screen is not responsive to S-pen ,
I will be very glad if someone could help
Hey, I've looked in many places. My Dad has my old UK HTC M8 phone. Prior to giving it to him I updated to the final update 6.12.401.4 (Android 6.0).
We can't seem to pull down the quick menu from the top of the screen.
When the back - home and switch shortcuts are at the top of the screen they don't work.
In settings like Wifi or Bluetooth Settings I cannot toggle it on/off in there.
The strange part is that the top of the screen or those areas of the screen respond to certain actions. Swipes to change page. Pressing to open the clock. Pressing the Search icon in settings.
When using diagnostics there's about 1cm at the top of the screen I can't paint.
I'd just really like some advice as to what I can do about this, and whether there's any option available to resolve this. It hasn't been dropped or fried.
I had the exact same problem 1 week ago - well althoug I was not very comfortable with it, I bought a new screen on Amazon and replaced the old one (additionally replaced battery).
Problem has been resolved now, and screen works just fine. (50$ screen)
I do not know about your device but try entering the recovery and see if the touchscreen works there - if it works, you just have to do a factory reset instead of doing a full screen replacement.
I initially followed the iFixIt guide but I could not remove the headphone jack, therefore a executed a full disassembly (search on youtube, cannot post links yet; video is 19:30 min long and from Fixez.com) - just keep in mind to not throw the protective tape away and use A LOT of adhesive tape / glue when fixing the new screen.
Hope this helps! Have a nice day!