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ok everyone my first post here and I am not very familiar with the technincal stuff so please explain the fix properly (if their is any)
I have the o2 xda orbit and I never tried to modify it (change firmware, rom etc) or upgrade to WM6. Everything is original the way that it came. I have been using the orbit for about 6 months now and I had bought it off ebay.
Just yesterday I was chargin the orbit through the usb cable and I removed it since i had to go out and i just put it in my jeans pocket and after 5 min when i took it out there was a blank white screen. I took the battery out overnight and turned it on in the morning but still the same thing happens. The images below show exactly what shows up on my screen
I dont know what to do The minute i turn it on that is the only screen i see. No windows logo nothing. I removed the sim card and memory card. But still no luck. Can i change it through warranty eventhough I live in Canada? ANy help is appreciated!! I would be glad to give more information to you if I can.
If you know of any other forums where i can get better help, please let me know.
Switch it on but hold in the voice record button when you do it, do you get a Red/Green/Blue screen?
Maybe, it saw a ghost?
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Switch it on but hold in the voice record button when you do it, do you get a Red/Green/Blue screen?
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nope same blank white screen with a line in the middle.
Looks like a serious hardware death there. Did you buy it off an ebay shop or private? If from a shop you may be able to make a warranty claim, if not you'd have to post it to a repair centre and cross your fingers.
I am presuming here that you have tried a Hard Reset too, ie holding down both softkeys whilst resetting, then releasing the softkeys when you get a confirmation message.
if i press the reset button nothing happens. Orbit only responds to the power button. I bought it off ebay and hence the problem. Do you think it is only a screen malfunction and if i buy a replacement screen I should be able to solve the problem? is it easy to replace the screen by myself?
I DONT KNOW IF IT'S WORK for you BUT... I work in a big shop where a lot of clients buy differents models from Htc and, 2 months ago, somebody have the same problem (with 2 lines) WITH a Tytn. We have flashing his tytn with the original rom and the problem has gone !
Have you try to make a connection with you pc ??? If activsync work...(maybe the bootloader work and ... of course, you can't see if the htc is running because you screen d'ont work for the moment)... you have nothing to loose if you try... If activsync dont work, try to put a original signed rom from htc to the root directory of your microsdcard and follow this tread from the xda-wiki section : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
REALLY, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL BUT I REALLY THINK THIS IS MADE BY SOMETHING WRONG (FOR ANY RAISON) IN YOUR ROOT DIRECTORY AND THE SCREEN CAN'T WORK NORMALLY... oF IT'S MEABY DUE TO A BAD CONTACT BEETWEEN YOU SCREEN AND THE "MOTHERBOARD" FROM THE PDA.
I HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU.
derooseolivier said:
I DONT KNOW IF IT'S WORK for you BUT... I work in a big shop where a lot of clients buy differents models from Htc and, 2 months ago, somebody have the same problem (with 2 lines) WITH a Tytn. We have flashing his tytn with the original rom and the problem has gone !
Have you try to make a connection with you pc ??? If activsync work...(maybe the bootloader work and ... of course, you can't see if the htc is running because you screen d'ont work for the moment)... you have nothing to loose if you try... If activsync dont work, try to put a original signed rom from htc to the root directory of your microsdcard and follow this tread from the xda-wiki section : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Artemis_SD_Card_Flashing
REALLY, I'M NOT A PROFESSIONAL BUT I REALLY THINK THIS IS MADE BY SOMETHING WRONG (FOR ANY RAISON) IN YOUR ROOT DIRECTORY AND THE SCREEN CAN'T WORK NORMALLY... oF IT'S MEABY DUE TO A BAD CONTACT BEETWEEN YOU SCREEN AND THE "MOTHERBOARD" FROM THE PDA.
I HOPE THIS CAN HELP YOU.
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Could you give me step by step instructions on flashing the xda orbit rom. Out of frusturation i tried updating the orbit to WM6 and it successfuly updated according to message on my computer screen. So i have wm6 on my phone now but still the same problem.
I exctacted the file and put it in the root of my sd card and pressed the voice button and power button. Now how do i know that the ROM is being flashed? (since i just see the white screen). Even for the orbit should i just name the file on the microsd card as ARTEIMG.nbh ?
Thanks for all your help..but since i am new to this could you please explain teh process in more simpler terms?
Thanks again
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ok everyone my first post here and I am not very familiar with the technincal stuff so please explain the fix properly (if their is any)
I have the o2 xda orbit and I never tried to modify it (change firmware, rom etc) or upgrade to WM6. Everything is original the way that it came. I have been using the orbit for about 6 months now and I had bought it off ebay.
Just yesterday I was chargin the orbit through the usb cable and I removed it since i had to go out and i just put it in my jeans pocket and after 5 min when i took it out there was a blank white screen. I took the battery out overnight and turned it on in the morning but still the same thing happens. The images below show exactly what shows up on my screen
I dont know what to do The minute i turn it on that is the only screen i see. No windows logo nothing. I removed the sim card and memory card. But still no luck. Can i change it through warranty eventhough I live in Canada? ANy help is appreciated!! I would be glad to give more information to you if I can.
If you know of any other forums where i can get better help, please let me know.
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Sorry to tell you dear friend but your LCD is cracked, you can see it very clearly on the first picture, bottom right hand corner.
simple way to test if true is to connect to the pc and see if its recognised.
sorry to give you some bad news.
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Sorry to tell you dear friend but your LCD is cracked, you can see it very clearly on the first picture, bottom right hand corner.
simple way to test if true is to connect to the pc and see if its recognised.
sorry to give you some bad news.
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i dont mind the bad news. So if i just buy a replacement lcd from ebay would that work? How hard is it to replace LCD? Is it something that i can do by myself? What should i be buying THIS OR THIS. You guys know of any other cheap places where i can buy lcd screen? My computer does recognise the orbit once i connect it to the computer and activesync successfuly completes the operation. So i am guessin there is something wrong with the lcd screen.
If You Put Out Your Battery More Than 30 Second, It Make The Same ?? And In The Same Place???
NOW YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOOSE... if is it the screen, you must change it...
But before, try to flash one more time your artemis with the original wm5 and, for sure, begin to make it supercid before (so you are sure you dont make a second problem !).
The client with a same problem (but not with the little trace at the right side from your screen) is happy now ! Play also a littlebit to make hardreset, softreset, usb bootloadermode ... And maybe you will see the color coming back!
I said one more time, i am not a professional for this problem but, "still trying" is never bad.... And for the screen... if you command him, you must waiting... so... try it first and if you have no more solution to try, send the pdaphone to htc... And if it's the screen, pay the replacement to htc and dont make it you self ( ebay?? are you sure 100 % the screen you buy its working???!!!??? ).
Yeah, if your computer recognises it, it'll just need a new screen.
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Yeah, if your computer recognises it, it'll just need a new screen.
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Ok, first bit, there is a section on this forum on linking where to buy a lcd with touch screen, and there is also a guy who has done this, you can read up on it, but it will take you some time and hours removing the covers ( trying not to damage them ) and also hours of painfull cleaning, dust is the worst thing you could ever imagine,as soon as that nice lcd comes out of the package you will have dust all over it and once you have the phone back together the smallest amount of dust trapped inside will drive you crazy.
The best action for you to do would be to send it off for repair, in the end you will have your phone fully working.
the price of the replacement LCD is around 80 Euro's + sending cost.
the price you have to look into for a repair could be double.
but look into this carefully and ask yourself these questions.
1. Have you ever done this before.
2. Do you have the right tools.
3. Do you have a lot of paitience.
4. Is it worth doing it yourself and causing more damage to the phone ?
if you cannot say yes to all of these points that the solution is to send it off to repair.
hope this helps.
Regards.
Neil Hardy
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Does anyone know, where can it be send for repair to?
I have a bricked phone (even bootloader is not started).
And it was bought at eBay, so no any warranty or so.
This is XDA Orbit and I'm in Austria, where O2 has no representation.
Could you, please, advice the companies/possibilities to reapir it (chip change or direct reflashing - not via USB).
Alex
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Ok, first bit, there is a section on this forum on linking where to buy a lcd with touch screen, and there is also a guy who has done this, you can read up on it, but it will take you some time and hours removing the covers ( trying not to damage them ) and also hours of painfull cleaning, dust is the worst thing you could ever imagine,as soon as that nice lcd comes out of the package you will have dust all over it and once you have the phone back together the smallest amount of dust trapped inside will drive you crazy.
The best action for you to do would be to send it off for repair, in the end you will have your phone fully working.
the price of the replacement LCD is around 80 Euro's + sending cost.
the price you have to look into for a repair could be double.
but look into this carefully and ask yourself these questions.
1. Have you ever done this before.
2. Do you have the right tools.
3. Do you have a lot of paitience.
4. Is it worth doing it yourself and causing more damage to the phone ?
if you cannot say yes to all of these points that the solution is to send it off to repair.
hope this helps.
Regards.
Neil Hardy
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Thanks for letting me know..i though it was a pretty simple thing to do by myself. But now I definitely dont want to take that chance. I will shop around for some local cell repair shop. But since this phone is not available in canada I dont know where to go. Does anyone know of a repair shop in Toronto?
I would think the quickest turnaround would be throught HTCamerica. Its located in Houston Tx...
http://www.america.htc.com/support/service-repairs.html
thats just my two cents, turnaround time is like 5 to 7 days after receipt... if they service your phone, they do p3300, you would have to call to find out
Hey Buddy
dealsoutlook said:
i dont mind the bad news. So if i just buy a replacement lcd from ebay would that work? How hard is it to replace LCD? Is it something that i can do by myself? What should i be buying THIS OR THIS. You guys know of any other cheap places where i can buy lcd screen? My computer does recognise the orbit once i connect it to the computer and activesync successfuly completes the operation. So i am guessin there is something wrong with the lcd screen.
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I can help u. just reply. I have gone thru such case. OK Post me and I will guide U
Cheers
This happened to mine too,and screen was not broken.Working internally but white 'screen of death' showing.Sent back to 02 but no mention of fault on return.I think rom suffers corruption since it was after x close, fix.Not sure though!
hi
i more or less accidentally bought a blue angel (o2 xda III) without a camera a few weeks ago. i simply didnt check if it had one. since i don't necessarily need one it is not a big deal but still it would be nice to have one.
so i thought about buying a broken BA to get the camera and back-part of the case from it and put it in mine.
so the general questen, is that possible at all? is the connector whatever i need for the camera on the mainboard though the device actually was not planed to have one?
did someone already try that? because i did not find anything via the search
do i need any extra software, especially rom (i am using sun_dreams wm6 at the moment)?
and just btw can i also use let's say a vpa3? i am not sure since the front-case looks different but the back seems to be the same...
thx in advance
fleity
Every device as HTC Blue Angel (whether S66, xdaIIs, MDA IIIor pda2k) will carry same hardware...I wonder why the previous onwer tempered the BA for ya
anyway, U need a camera with its connection strip/cable. all u need to do is the lift off the plastic metal covered mount on the camera place. and search for a bare connector on motherboard. you can follow Blue Angel Wiki to dis-assemble ur BA and find the right spot to put the camera in.
and NO, u wont need any specific software/OS update too, coz every cooked rom here comes with every driver needed to make components on BA work.
Happy Hacking. just find a broken BA with a WORKING camera and transplant it to urs
thanks a lot for the answers
i will make some photos and post some links here as soon as i got a cheap broken BA and did "the operation"
Hello all
i have read through these forums found a range of ideas but have found no specific answer to my problem.
heres a few details (i am not up to scratch on the technical details but will do my best)
a coupe of weeks ago i did something to my phone (rooting i thinkit is called ) where i created a partition on my sd card so i could use the app sdlink. the reason for this was after every app update i was getting low memory and my phone was very sluggish so i wanted to shift it all to that partition. i managed to do this no problem, the phone worked absolutly fine afterwards.
over the weekend i was away and i noticed my phone getting slower, when ever i wanted to take a picture the camera would take ages to load. this just got worse and worse to the point of the screen hardly coming on when i activated it, the only thing that got the screen up was sliding the gamepad open and shut a few times.
it also became extremly sensitive, i could use the screen when i got it back on but the slighest nudge on the slide mechanism and it would go blank.
when i got home i tried the repair open on pc companion and it went completly black.
i have tried this a few times, i have flashed with ftf files i have used SEUS many times and nothing. it will occasionally come on, load up but the slighest touch and it goes blank.
Is the phone usesless?
shall i keep trying? i have rang up my insurance and they will want me to send it to them in a few day, i want to keep trying myself though because the excess i cant really afford to pay at the moment.
Thankyou, any help would be greatly appreciated
That sounds like a hardware fault - something wrong with your screen or a cable. I'm afraid your only option is to get it repaired
well, i am going to have to concede its a hardware problem. my phone rang and i didnt even realise it was on. it showed on my screen i lightly touched it and it went blank but continued to ring. thanyou anyway
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1252038
If the screen came on, then flipped back off, I highly doubt that process will fix it. You're better off just getting it exchanged.
Did you look into a warranty replacement? The phone, itself, is not quite a year old, so you should still be under warranty. Reverting it to stock using the .ftf process would have gotten rid of root, so your warranty shouldn't be voided anymore.
Edit: Maybe the phone is a year old, but do look into it. You have a year manufacturer's warranty that, unless you got the phone right when it was released, should still be in effect.
xperia play dead!!
my case my xperia play is totally off, its only vibrate whn i press power button. Some days ago my play working perfectly but whn i slide up or down my screen display goes off but my mobile is on & thn i press lock button and thn press unlock the screen, but oneday i was using my mobile and suddenly my mobile display off again at tht time mobile on only screen off thn i pulled out battery and restart my mobile but thr was no luck, my xperia play dead only vibrate. i flash my mobile several time through flashtool but no luck. I think its slider cable issue or may be motherboard, is thr any luck to send my mobile to sony repair center bec i am a secnd owner but no purchase slip or any bill. kindly confim me, is thr any chance that sony repair my mobile???
your early response in this regard will be highly appreciated..
The infamous slider flex cable. Same thing wrong with mine.
I'm starting to think that slider is a faulty design. More and more people are having issues. After taking apart my xplay, I can tell you the way it's designed puts a lot of stress on that cable. The engineers weren't doing their job..
Sony needs to do a warranty extension/recall because of this IMO
Maybe we should all make a petition.
So I have a rooted CDMA xperia play running 2.3.3, my question is is it possible to unlock the bootloader of my phone? Cuase from my reading CDMA xperia plays are unable to have the bootloader unlocked
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So I have a rooted CDMA xperia play running 2.3.3, my question is is it possible to unlock the bootloader of my phone? Cuase from my reading CDMA xperia plays are unable to have the bootloader unlocked
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The only way is to pay to have it unlocked
Hello everyone, im kinda sad/mad/idk, yesterday i was texting on my Xperia S, everything normal, when i got a text and i wanted to see it i noticed that the touch wasnt working, i tough well maybe it crashed, i did the power buton+ volume up, restarted all good, when it came to put the PIN the touch wasnt working at all, thats when my heart started beating very hard, i turned off waited, turn on and still nothing, touch wasnt working, i tough gonna try and repair with PC Companion, thats what i did, i did a backup of my data, then started the PC Companion, it repaired etc. when it was done, the touch was working i was like OH tnk you Lord! i choose my language, press OK, all good, it asked for my sim, i put my sim, it restarted, then the same ol happen, touch wasnt working, i did the same i had previously, but this time it didnt work at all.
I dont know what to do i mean, i live in Portugal, i got the Phone in UK, i know there r Sony Centers in Portugal, but i dont know if the Warranty will work?
I mean is there anything i can do?
would it be hardware problem or software?
Since it stoped working then when i run the repair it started working then it stoped again.
i Really love this Phone.
and i didnt had any yelow tint on my screen or my screen was hot, it was all normal.
Peace. Hope yall can help me
Could always try flashtool to put the latest 2.55 software on and see what happens?
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
Ben36 said:
Could always try flashtool to put the latest 2.55 software on and see what happens?
Sent from my Jellybean Xperia S
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Unfortunaly i dont know how to do that.
and another question, doesnt this Mobile has the Sony Warranty?
Since the mobile never had any problem i never installed any costum ROM or unlocked the bootloader.
kaladoo said:
Unfortunaly i dont know how to do that.
and another question, doesnt this Mobile has the Sony Warranty?
Since the mobile never had any problem i never installed any costum ROM or unlocked the bootloader.
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Just reflash the device using SEUS.
mracer164 said:
Just reflash the device using SEUS.
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can you give me the Full name please so i can download it?
kaladoo said:
can you give me the Full name please so i can download it?
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Sony ericcson update service (SEUS), but today the real name is sony update service (SUS),Or you can use pc companion
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1900091
Hit Thanks if I helped
panchuckles said:
Sony ericcson update service (SEUS), but today the real name is sony update service (SUS),Or you can use pc companion
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Like i said, i used the PC companion and it updated all good, but the problem its still there, touch isnt working still.
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Does it matter wich version of flashtool should i use?bc the version 9 its giving an error when i try to install
I tried that with flashtool but still it doesn work
the touch isnt working
I, m afraid it's hardware problem and you might have to get your Phone serviced.
Sent from my Xperia S using xda app-developers app
Just to say i managed to get my phone touch working without Sony or spending any money.
Thank for all the help.
Peace
Dial *#*#7378423#*#*
Go to service tests and touchscreen
Draw randomlines there
If they are not getting drawn
Its a hardware problm
Sent from my ST25i using Tapatalk 2
Share with Us how did you get it working so everyone with the same problem could solve it please
Sent from my Sony Xperia S rocking JB
Well since i got my xperia from UK, and i Live in Portugal, and i left the papers there, Sony would charge me to get my phone fixed, well out of frustration, and since my phone didnt had Warranty, i said "f*ck it", my phone never had the yelow tint thing, i never let it drop on the floor, always use cover and the screen thinggy. i Disasembly all the mobile, and i noticed that at the bottom, some pins were like bent, and i saw on youtube that the same thing had all pins right.(Sorry i dont know the name of the thing im talking, all i know its the 2 things on the bottom that connect the lcd to something). Anyways, with 1 lil screwdriver, i managed to put all the pins straight, then i mount all the mobile, and Voilla!!Touch was working, i was so Happy man, i would had paid alot of money for 1 lil thing, and im sure sony would say they changed the LCD.
Well i hope this helps some1, if ur phone isnt in Warranty, dont be afraid to disasemble it, u might save a FEW EUROS/DOLLARS/POUNDS.
Peace
kaladoo said:
Well since i got my xperia from UK, and i Live in Portugal, and i left the papers there, Sony would charge me to get my phone fixed, well out of frustration, and since my phone didnt had Warranty, i said "f*ck it", my phone never had the yelow tint thing, i never let it drop on the floor, always use cover and the screen thinggy. i Disasembly all the mobile, and i noticed that at the bottom, some pins were like bent, and i saw on youtube that the same thing had all pins right.(Sorry i dont know the name of the thing im talking, all i know its the 2 things on the bottom that connect the lcd to something). Anyways, with 1 lil screwdriver, i managed to put all the pins straight, then i mount all the mobile, and Voilla!!Touch was working, i was so Happy man, i would had paid alot of money for 1 lil thing, and im sure sony would say they changed the LCD.
Well i hope this helps some1, if ur phone isnt in Warranty, dont be afraid to disasemble it, u might save a FEW EUROS/DOLLARS/POUNDS.
Peace
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Mine is having intermittent problems too. So frustrating when you can't do anything at all (can't receive calls!) when the screen stops responding. Will try opening it up and see if the "pins" are not straight.
Thanks.
DO NOT FLASH YOUR PHONE IF YOU DONT KNOW HOW! If you haven't flashed your phone or anything but using it normally, than you can just go to a Sony center, tell them that your touchscreen isn't responding.
If you haven't flashed your phone before, your warranty has NOT been void! So you can go to a Sony center with your warrant.
Sent from my LT26i using xda app-developers app
hey bro i have XPERIA ZL its having prob with the charging port.. its having loose connection.. is there anyway to replace it.. coz SONY Service Center is saying they need to replace entire mobo..
am from kolkata, INDIA
imranaryan said:
hey bro i have XPERIA ZL its having prob with the charging port.. its having loose connection.. is there anyway to replace it.. coz SONY Service Center is saying they need to replace entire mobo..
am from kolkata, INDIA
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Yes, it is possible, if you can find 1) the part, and 2) someone with proper skills and tools to do it. There is absolutely no way any of the Sony service centres would do it -- they would most definitely replace the whole board, just like they told you. Unfortunately, component-level repairs are now thing of the past...