okay so sometimes my G2's screen will have spots in the screen where the color and outline of whatever is on the screen on fuzzy blue and red, i would show you but whenever i use shootme to capture my screen it shows up normal. whenever i slide the screen open it gets worse, so ill get lucky when the screen finally goes back to normal sometimes. but i got used to it and now sometimes the screen will flicker and shut off. i cant even get into recovery or the bootloader because of the screen problem. its becoming quite annoying, is there anyway i can replace the screen? or how could i go about getting the top part of the phone replaces as i believe its a problem with the connecting ribbon inbetween the two halves of the phone? bleh
Help would be greatly appriciated
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Sounds like the ribbon cable between the screen and the keyboard may be damaged.
redpoint73 said:
Sounds like the ribbon cable between the screen and the keyboard may be damaged.
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yea thats what i was thinking, it seems like the most obvious choice. everytime i google replacemnt screen ribbons all i can find is camera and keyboard ribbons or something. do you know anything? im think my upgrade is soon and G2xs are free so im just gonna get one of those, they any good compared to the G2?
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hi all! couldn't find a similar thread here.. so here goes..
my BA has been working fine until yesterday, when i slid the keyboard out,
the screen turns reddish!
but it only happens when the keyboard is slid about 75%, beyond the top roy of keys..
when i slide it back, then screen turns back to normal!
i'm guessing there's a cable loose in there, some hardware prob?
haven't dropped it, nor installed any programs recently..
yes it is very probably flex cable malfunction
same problem here.... haven't dissambled it or anything, but when i slide the KB out like even just a bit, sometimes the screen whites out.. have to turn it off and on again for screen to return to normal (sometimes it works). and always, when the slide is moved even a few millimeters, the TS would be misaligned.
Same problem The screen turns white almost always now.. Think it will die soon. The flat cable to the screen can't be changed. I think the only way to solve this is by opening the cable and drawing broken contacts with liquid silver (used for tv remote control buttons).
Anyone got any other solution??????
same problem...in fact its growing nearing the part where i jus touch the slider to move out....im gonna be in helluva trbl wen this thing breaks....anyone help....
To be honest, I think that the only solution is to glue it when it's closed... :baby:
have the same problem here. i know its a flex problem. i just dont use the keyboard anymore so that it wont get damaged further.
So my Desire Z has been working fine all day. However when i turned the screen on right now. I was just greeted with vertical lines. They change colour randomly but mostly black and white. Attaching picture now. Anyone got any idea about what's gone wrong and any potential fixes? I bought it off ebay couple months ago so no warranty unfortunately :-(
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So my Desire Z has been working fine all day. However when i turned the screen on right now. I was just greeted with vertical lines. They change colour randomly but mostly black and white. Attaching picture now. Anyone got any idea about what's gone wrong and any potential fixes? I bought it off ebay couple months ago so no warranty unfortunately :-(
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i dono, is the ribbon cable damaged?
evilcuber said:
i dono, is the ribbon cable damaged?
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Well possibly. If i slide the keyboard in/out the lines on the screen changes. The cable looks fine but im not really much of an expert to notice if something was wrong with it.
kishan4910 said:
Well possibly. If i slide the keyboard in/out the lines on the screen changes. The cable looks fine but im not really much of an expert to notice if something was wrong with it.
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if it changes when u open the kb id say the ribbon cable is loose.
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When closed my screen works just fine, and when I open for the keyboard it STILL works just fine, except that the whole screen shifts upward, so that part of the taskbar is actually off of the screen. If I open it slowly it seems like about at 10% open the screen flips horizontal, as it should, but then at about 80% of the way open the whole screen shifts upward until part of it is offscreen. Its not nonfunctional at all, but it is a nuisance, especially when playing any games I have the hardkeys setup as a controller. I've tried a full wipe and rom re-install and that didn't fix it. Also it seems like I've had to do a factory wipe more than once recently because the Home and Search touch areas have stopped working. Is there a weird software glitch going on or is my touchscreen on the way out?
I'm either going to just replace the screen for 35 bucks because its already kinda screwy, but if that won't also solve the weird screen shift issue ill just buy a new phone, any ideas?
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Ok - so I think its hardware because the screen shifts even when the phones still booting. Would a new lcd fix this maybe?
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I had the exact same problem. Your issue is in your ribbon cable, I was able to get my phone replaced but if that isn't an option for you, you can buy a ribbon cable and follow a very easy tutorial to install it
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awesome, I've taken apart the phone a few times before, so now that I know the issue I can repair it finally! thank you so much for replying!! Which Ribbon cable are we talking about?
It is the ribbon cable that connects the screen to the keyboard through the z-hinge. I've never replaced it myself, but if your phone is completely normal closed and then distorts as it opens, then it definetely sounds like the ribbon cable has bad contact as it's stretched. It's really one of the only things it can be, if it were your lcd then the distortion would persist even in portait I would think
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I must agree with the above poster, seems like its the ribbon too!
A relative of mine also owns a G2 but recently they experienced a weird issue. They just picked up the phone just to see that the screen went bad. Wasn't in the process of flashing anything. The phone ran CM7.0.2 for the longest time. It was all black with a white line running across the screen and the capacitive buttons are stilll lit. After a week or so, the white line disappeared and its just a black screen now.
There's no water damage as it went nowhere near water and the water damage indicator is still white. Could the screen be broken? A loose connector? Any help?
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I don't know much about the g2 but try and enter the bootloaders. If they come up then its programming. Something like that happened to my hd2 cuz a bad flash.
If they don't then its prob the screen.
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You think just ordering a new screen from Amazon or eBay and replacing it will do trick? And yeah I just thought about bootloader as I wrote the question.
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The phone ran CM7.0.2 for the longest time.
Could the screen be broken? A loose connector? Any help?
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if it ran a long time i would guess a hardware failure (if it doesnt even show up bootloader)
so you need to replace the display.
does the display even initialize when powering up the phone?
when switching the phone on you see its "switching" from black to dark gray (lighter black as it is when powered off)
cause if it doesnt even get power, it could be something on the phone too which doesnt give (enough?) power to the display...
Yeah. but I'd take it apart if u know how just to check
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Try to connect with adb just to make sure your phone is still working before you spend money on a screen. Unless it rings when you call it or something.
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Hey,
Just curious if anyone has had an issues with a Vertical Black Line on there screen,
i notice it mainly with things that are orange or red,
everything else seemed to be fine had the phone a few months,
i sent it in for repair,
but just curious if this is a common thing,
I've never personally heard of that happening, and its definitely not happening on my phone. Did you grab a photo before you sent it back at all? Curious.
Sounds like a hardware issue, such as screen gone bad, or ribbon cable or other connection becoming loose.
The issue of vertical lines on the screen popped up fairly occasionally back in the days when slide or flip-open keyboards were in vogue. The moving joint between the screen and the rest of the phone would sometimes cause the ribbon cable to fray or become loose.
same issue
got it back from repair . same issue said on the slip they flashed software.
issue still there mainly when u look at red images
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got it back from repair . same issue said on the slip they flashed software.
issue still there mainly when u look at red images
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That's pretty f... up! This is most definitely hardware issue and they should have taken care of it. Problem is always to describe the problem to repair center good enough to make them see it.... Next time you should leave a pic on the phone with which the prob is easily recognizable and make them look at it.
Yes ,
A red background will be on it when its sent back, and nothing elese but the background,
i explained it pretty good to them , but will certainly be sending it back again
got it back ,screen replaced and bezel ,software says official now and not tampered and says relocked its workin great