My touch screen recently stopped working on the right hand side of the screen maybe about 1/4 of an inch of it. I purchased a new digitizer installed it and now I have the same problem but on the left hand side of the screen (yes i installed it right side up you can only instal it one way). Is it possible the replacement also has a problem or is there something wrong with the digitizer processor(not sure if there is such a thing). I also took it apart and cleaned the jaw bone connector but I still have the same problem.
Thanks
Im sure you tried this but try reinstalling the stock rom, not just format, it could always be a software problem depending on whats broken.
Ive had colored bars across my screen from buggy roms thinking my screen cracked/broke.
Not saying this is the exact issue you're having, but I did encounter a similar problem with my OG Droid. I bought a cheap replacement digitizer off eBay for an issue exactly like yours. When I installed it, the problem was actually worse than before the replacement. I bought one from a better reviewed manufacturer on Amazon and it worked like a charm. So I would say there's definitely a chance that you just got a bad replacement. They do seem to be somewhat fragile by nature.
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Hello,
My wife recently had the misfortune to drop her newish HTC Desire A8183 on the kitchen floor, thanks to my daughter's over eager grab. The digitizer has some lovely cracks all over it now... :-(
Needless to say, my wife is dismayed, and my daughter (she's only 3 and didn't mean it) is very sorry.
I thought I'd try replacing the digitizer myself, having read many tales of repairs taking 3 weeks and costing 300+ dollars.
Bought a new digitizer, took phone apart (even had a handy little "oven" that I could set to 60 degrees to melt the glue).
Phone taken to pieces quite happily.
Put in new digitizer, reassemble.
Now start up phone, all looks good.
BUT... only a small section of the screen is responding to touch (where the 7,8,9) keys are when entering SIM PIN. The row below has also worked (although intermittently) and the emergency call button too...
So my question:
Is this a problem with the digitizer I bought? Is there a particular model number of digitizers that I should be using? I note that the old digitizer had an "I2" printed on the pcb, whereas the new one has an "E5", the old one has a sticker with SHAB1 on it whereas the new on has SHABN...
I'm not sure that this is important - but given that the thing only partly works, I think it might be.
Anyone got any ideas/hints for me to try... I'll phone the supplier tomorrow and suggest to them that the part is faulty, as I can't see any threads out there where this has happened to someone else.
EDIT: I thought I should add that the old digitizer despite looking like a spider's web, still actually works - which really make me think it is a problem with the new one...
Thanks for any help!
Chris
I can't really help you from experience all knowledge.
But I did read somewhere that you have to use specific digitizer for specific Desires.
I could be wrong
Did you work out any solution for your replacement digitizer issue?
I have a similar problem and I just realized the different ghost pattern of the screens (original has diagonal, new has square arrangements of dots) and also the electronics of the digitizer is slightly different (Original: Synaptics 940-663-1R1, replacement: Synaptics 940-682-1R2)
Hello,
I'v got the same problem, i even bought two digitizers from different sellers. I thought that it is because i did something wrong when I disassembly and assembled the phone but I put my old digitizer again and it works ok ( except the corner where it's crashed ).I asked my sellers if there are some different digitizers and they replayed that no and the one I'v got are checked and ok ( the electronics is identical, the only difference are white big number E2 and G2 ). What can I do more to repair my poor thing?
Stan
Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
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Hey guys,
I tried replacing my DINC digitizer again and everything went smooth until I booted the phone up. The middle of the touch screen doesnt work very well. I checked the cable to see if it was loose multiple times but that didn't work.
So I took the whole thing apart again and looked at it closely and realized the Krazy glue I applied was applied on the side roughly where the problem lies....
Is it possible it is messing with it so that it is detecting a touch there or something? I used krazy glue on there because I thought it would be like plastic.
Or is this just impossible and the digitizer I ordered is defective? It works besides the middle section of the screen.
on the contrary superglue is insulative which could also be the issue since the digitizer needs to be grounded not sure what it is like under the digitizer but is the area it gets glued to kinda metallic if so that could be your issue if not then it could be a bad digitizer i dont think i would have not used superglue i would have used double stick tape or something like that... or hell with how my case i have on mine is designed i would not have used any adhesive just left my case to hold it onto my phone incase it ever got broke again...
Hmm, ah so perhaps it is just not allowing that part of the screen to be sensed.
In any case, I replaced my "new" digitizer with the old one that is slightly cracked for now. I used krazy glue and it worked perfect this time, but then again i was careful with the application.
I will clean off the "new" and try one more time, but I suspect now that the "old" is working so good that it was in fact a defective one.
sorry to thread jack, but since there is discussion already started, I have an slcd dinc, can I directly swap the amoled screen into it? Would you guys happen to know?
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sorry to thread jack, but since there is discussion already started, I have an slcd dinc, can I directly swap the amoled screen into it? Would you guys happen to know?
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it will not work. the board requires different drivers and i think a different power output. (i could be wrong) but its like if you bought a plasma tv and swapped for an lcd panel.
kind of figured that. thanks makes sense.
It looks like I should have done a little more research!
I have a Sprint Galaxy S3 and I dropped it on pavement and cracked a little bit of the corner of my screen. This is where I should have said "okay, the touch screen works, just don't mess with it any more because you know how this ends."
But I didn't... I got replacement glass first and totally screwed up that repair and left the phone in worse shape than it started. Now with the LCD and digitizer it became a slightly more expensive repair but still something I thought I could handle.
So I bought a whole LCD assembly off ebay and installed it with few problems. I bought a Samsung Galaxy S3 R530 Metro LCD Screen Touch Digitizer Frame. I stripped my phone down, moved all of the parts to the new frame and started to install the motherboard. Then's when my problems begin...
The new frame has a slightly different placement of the motherboard screw and doesn't seem to fit quite right in line with the power button. Everything else is fine and fits just right, it's just that something isn't fitting quite right. Any suggestions?
Also, my home button doesn't work any more (that's the only thing, though, so it's still a vaguely successful repair).
It sounds like I should have done some more research and I would have found that a black frame can't possibly work fully for a Sprint phone because Sprint S3s are unique for whatever reason. I'm just hoping maybe someone has a solution? A part of the frame to file down or other suggestion?
At this point I would suggest taking it somewhere to be repaired properly. Especially if you are not comfortable with the process.
Hello!
Today dropped my phone and screen got covered in spider web. The display itself looks fine, but its covered it spiderweb. The touchscreen doesnt respond at all.
What do i need to do now? I looked at local repair shops, they ask atleast 100 euros. But on ebay i can find lcd display+screen digitizer for 55 euros shipped, or screen digitizer starting from 10 dollars!
Can i buy only screen digitizer (as i understand that top layer of glass thats cracked is screen digitizer?) and replace it? Or changing LCD display along with screen digitizer is a must?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOIR-VITRE-...Pièces_de_rechange_outils&hash=item27f98e5d31
So this should fit..right? And are all 3 models LS970, E975 and e973 really same size? Cuz i`ve read people have got smaller screens than original from some sellers on amazon.
Replacing a digitizer is pretty hard and time consuming, that's why people usually replace the whole lcd+digitizer+glass assembly. You will also need adhesive and a heater/appropriate tools. It can be a great learning experience if you don't mind potentially busting your phone. There are no shortage of instructionnal videos on youtube on the subject.
Also, a new G2 is only 190$US .... Just saying ...
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Replacing a digitizer is pretty hard and time consuming, that's why people usually replace the whole lcd+digitizer+glass assembly. You will also need adhesive and a heater/appropriate tools. It can be a great learning experience if you don't mind potentially busting your phone. There are no shortage of instructionnal videos on youtube on the subject.
Also, a new G2 is only 190$US .... Just saying ...
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As i have two other phones. The g2 mini with Tegra and a razrHD. I'll give a try, thanks for the tip.
Well, i ended up ordering that LCD+Digitzer from ebay. Everything was fine for 2 months, now i have quite large spot that doesnt respond to touches. (See attachment) i already tried disconecting the lcd and digitizer..still same. Is it worth trying to flash another rom? I already flashed stock kdz (had stock before too..)
This happened just today, right after ghost touches went crazy and rondomly oppening everything.
EDIT: That spot is changing sizes..form remains, but it got a bit smaller now. Its truly weird. I put the phone outside for few minutes (its +9C outside) and touchscreen works fine now! What is going on?
EDIT 2: After few minutes of usage, the spot is coming back
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EDIT: That spot is changing sizes..form remains, but it got a bit smaller now. Its truly weird. I put the phone outside for few minutes (its +9C outside) and touchscreen works fine now! What is going on?
EDIT 2: After few minutes of usage, the spot is coming back
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I had dropped my LG (more than a couple of times) on its face and it seemed to suffer stroke-like symptoms: one side of the screen was completely dead to touch, and the rest of the screen would occasionally act as though I was touching everywhere which opened programs and messed with the keyboard. I was stubborn and just lived with it and over time, it stopped trying open programs and whatnot. Recently, dropped it again, this time it was a bit more serious. Still no visible damage to the screen, but the "dead spot" moved to the centre of the screen, and again, occasionally tries to open programs and add words to my messages.
At first I thought it all could be related to a software issue. Unfortunately, after installing new ROMS, it never fixed the problem. I bought a digitaliser screen from Ebay as well. I'm waiting on the adhesive tape still so I can't say if this will fix anything. I kind of have a suspicion that its a loose connector (the top middle part of the screen gets super hot only after a couple of minutes of being left on).
I'm just wondering if you have tried taking it apart again to recheck the wiring? I think we may have similar problems (your situation is the first I've come by on the internet that is anywhere close to what's happening to my screen). Thanks so much!
So a little while ago a friend of mine broke his z1's screen. We went and got a new one but because we wanted to save a bit of money we went and got one from a chinese site. Now I have just installed the screen and it works pretty damn well but there is a bit of a problem. The phone isn't showing the touches where they should be. they're accurate on the left side but as you go to the right the touch location lags behind your finger. This is probably just the digitizer being a bit cheap and crap but seeing as I just installed the screen with adhesive and all is there a way that we could modify the touch calibration to get it in line? Note here that the phone ISN'T rooted although if the solution needs it we certainly can root it.