My Captivate Glide's screen does this whenever I turn it on:
I didn't drop it or get it wet, it just started doing this randomly.
I live in the UK and ordered the phone unlocked over eBay so I can't take it into an AT&T store, sadly.
Do you guys know if there's anything I could do myself or anything someone more experienced in repairing mobile phones could do to fix the screen?
This is bearing in mind that not many people over here have seen one of these phones though.
Any help would be massively appreciated. Thanks guys.
you was using still GB right? just flash ics via odin, with one click or with a tar file
This is UCLH2 without one click
http://androidromupdate.com/2012/09/...ota-stock-rom/
And here is the latest version with bug fixes (like keyboard light)
http://androidromupdate.com/2012/11/...ptivate-glide/
and there is for one click
http://www.androidauthority.com/captivate-glide-sgh-i927-att-android-4-0-4-ics-uclg9-leak-110365/
i think that only one click wipe your internal storage. but is the bes (in my opinion). try it, dont have anything to lose
No, I already updated it to ICS. Should I reinstall it? Will that fix the screen? How will I manage to do it with the screen all messed up?
if you can put in download mode, then you can. Its weird because i only see that problem with GB. Put in download mode and then reinstall
I just tried putting it into download mode but I get the exact same thing.
Thats weird, the problem is weird because it never happen to me in download mode, maybe you can try it without battery, or let the phone without battery a couple of hours, etc.
Dont Know what you cand o, because if you cant enter in download mode, you will be no able to flash ICS
Hrm... that purple splotch in the bottom left of the screen doesn't look so good... Almost appears as if it had been dropped on that corner at some point in the phone's history. I am tempted to say that is a hardware issue, though. Reminds me of when the flex cable for my laptop's display started shorting out many years ago. Might be repairable, but, might be a costly repair depending on what all needs to be replaced. I can't imagine replacing the software on it will do much, though, sorry to say. You could give it a shot, you can verify if your phone made it into download mode without the display by loading up odin and seeing if it detects under that, and then running the one click install (or any other since you'd have odin running anyway) but I wouldn't expect much.
If you're not getting the Samsung/Rogers logo screen, you're done. Either the screen is physically damaged, or the bootloader is corrupt. There's no saving that one, sadly.
yes, try what Artemis-kun say. put in download mode and connect, and see if odin detected. Or maybe just turn on the phone and wait a little, then try to call to your phone, if the phone ring or appears to be on, then is a hardware problem.
But try what Artemis-kun, maybe you have luck
PD: now i see better the image and it seems little different from what it happens to me. if you turn on, inmediatly happen that? or screen banish slowly?
AW: [Q] Screen's gone fuzzy and weird - need help please
There should be a cable, connecting the hardware to the display. Maybe it loosened, you should check out the video of a guy tearing his glide apart, hopefully youll find something to repair there.
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Hey guys, you'll be glad to hear I finally fixed my Glide by installing a new screen assembly from Repairs Universe.
i looked at my phone and it had some purple on the screen. then it got worse and worse. now its all black and cant see anything on the phone. if im correct, i can still use the phone and its still functional but i just cant see what im doing on it. what caused this? is this fixable? something i can do?
since past couple of weeks i am getting a green mark on my screen. the screen turns back to normal in few hours. just curious to know the root cause. is anyone else experiencing the same problem?
This isn't q/a section.
When does it appear after you boot your phone?
Overheating maybe? Because of high temperatures screen can display wrong colors...
Try to turn it off, leave if for half an hour or so and then use it playing games or running some other CPU/GPU intensive apps. Tell us results.
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When does it appear after you boot your phone?
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no speific time. it happens randomly. stays like that for couple of hours.
First banch of phones bad a thermal problems with display.
If phone get heated, display would change color, it come backs to normal when it cools down.
Search for "Xperia S yellow tint" on google.
It wont damage your phone, its just annoying.
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waheebc said:
since past couple of weeks i am getting a green mark on my screen. the screen turns back to normal in few hours. just curious to know the root cause. is anyone else experiencing the same problem?
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As somebody else mentioned, it could simply be an overheating problem, turn it off and open the back cover and put your phone under a fan or something, wait for it to cool down and then reboot. If this fails you can try reinstalling your ROM or repair using SUS, if all this fails then just send the phone back to where you got coz' it could be a hardware issue which can not be manually fixed
Hi, my One X is misbehaving and I'm not sure how to fix it. Factory reset, root and installing a new ROM didn't fix it, but seemed to help it wake up. Basically the issue is that it doesn't wake up 100% of the time from sleep, although it does some times. Video link below is the same issue although not my video. Anyone know if there's any cures for this? Seems to be fine for about 30 minutes maybe then the screen messes up. It's still responsive but if I turn the screen off then it won't turn back on! Halp! Thanks if anyone knows if this is fixable or not. If you need any more info please ask and I'll try and provide it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIY0_Hy2_mA
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Hi, my One X is misbehaving and I'm not sure how to fix it. Factory reset, root and installing a new ROM didn't fix it, but seemed to help it wake up. Basically the issue is that it doesn't wake up 100% of the time from sleep, although it does some times. Video link below is the same issue although not my video. Anyone know if there's any cures for this? Seems to be fine for about 30 minutes maybe then the screen messes up. It's still responsive but if I turn the screen off then it won't turn back on! Halp! Thanks if anyone knows if this is fixable or not. If you need any more info please ask and I'll try and provide it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIY0_Hy2_mA
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BFD(black screen of dead) the only one solution is to repleace mainboard if you have warranty go and send for repear if no warranty again you must to repear but they will charge you. And one more thing turn on the dysplay and do pressure between the down right site on the main camera and display and see what will happend! It is not dysplay problem I have the same and they changed the phone with new one. SORRY MAN.
So My Xperia Play vibrates when I turn it on, The screen sort of lights up very faintly (like just the back light?). But nothing actually displays on the screen.
I have changed the battery, and I know it is a good battery as I've tested it in a different device.
I have done a lot of googling and I think maybe its a "flex cable"
Has anyone experienced anything similar and can anyone link me to Flex cable that I should try?
Thanks!