Hi all
I have a serious problem with my Defy and I'm hoping that someone will know how to fix it, although I think the answer will probably be "replace the screen" or "it's dead".
Basically, only small part at the top of the screen is working propperly. This area, a strip of about 1cm at the top, shows everything as it should. The rest starts black and then a load of mainly white vertical bars slowly fade in down the screen. These change when the screen does, but with a delay.
The touch screen still works fine, and ocasionally the bottom part of the screen will correct itself, but only for a few seconds.
I'm really hoping there's a simple fix to this. Please help me...
Is it drop or water causing this wierd symptom??
It is a must to replace the display if it drop or water damaged.
But if it happen after flashing then it most probably caused by rom issue.
I haven't dropped it/got it wet. The only thing I have done recently is upgrade to the latest MIUI last week, which incidentally was causing battery draining issues, so I was planning to revert to my nandroid.
The problem is, I can't even do that easily as I cannot see the recovery screen. Anyone know how to get round this?
OK, quick update
I have managed to restore my nandroid through a bit of memory and guesswork (remembering where things were in recovery). Initially the screen was the same, but after half an hour it has come back. I hope this means it works, but I haven't moved the phone since, so I am not 100% certain. I'm looking into the possibility of getting an Atrix now, as I have seen them for sub-£200 on eBay and I have wanted one since they came out. Hopefully the Defy will work, and I can sell it and put the moneys towards an Atrix.
Hello all!
I have noticed that recently, my phone has been doing a very odd thing while charging. When it has been plugged in for a little while, and the screen is on and in use, sometimes the phone will crash. When it crashes in this manner, the backlight on the screen is turned on on full brightness, the screen gets a yellowish hue, and horizontal black bars start appearing on the screen. More black bars keep appearing until I reset the phone (hold the power button), and then there is no evidence of any screen problems. I also generally have to unplug it for a while, as if this happens once, it generally happens multiple times until I unplug the phone and wait. These problems seem to be occurring at odd times (a lot at night, before I am going to sleep), and have just started happening (I also recently made the upgrade from the latest version of GB to 4.0.4). I have had this device for about a year now (the second device, the first one had a physical design flaw and was replaced), and I am out of warranty right now, so any help would be appreciated!
a_p3rson said:
Hello all!
I have noticed that recently, my phone has been doing a very odd thing while charging. When it has been plugged in for a little while, and the screen is on and in use, sometimes the phone will crash. When it crashes in this manner, the backlight on the screen is turned on on full brightness, the screen gets a yellowish hue, and horizontal black bars start appearing on the screen. More black bars keep appearing until I reset the phone (hold the power button), and then there is no evidence of any screen problems. I also generally have to unplug it for a while, as if this happens once, it generally happens multiple times until I unplug the phone and wait. These problems seem to be occurring at odd times (a lot at night, before I am going to sleep), and have just started happening (I also recently made the upgrade from the latest version of GB to 4.0.4). I have had this device for about a year now (the second device, the first one had a physical design flaw and was replaced), and I am out of warranty right now, so any help would be appreciated!
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That was happening to me (for a weird reason, my devicewas new, its seems that problem is more common in the rogers version dont know why) but, if your problem is the same problem that i had, then, just install stock ICS with oneclick (dont remember the name very well)
lorddavid said:
That was happening to me (for a weird reason, my devicewas new, its seems that problem is more common in the rogers version dont know why) but, if your problem is the same problem that i had, then, just install stock ICS with oneclick (dont remember the name very well)
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Superoneclick? That's the closest I found, and it doesn't say that it supports the Glide. And, I am running a fully stock version of 4.0.4, unrooted and everything. I might need a little more help here, haha.
I mean, oneclick, is the firmware,and is about 700 mb, give me amoment a will search it
EDit: i found it: http://www.androidauthority.com/captivate-glide-sgh-i927-att-android-4-0-4-ics-uclg9-leak-110365/
I use that, when I install it, that problem gone away, try it. And then, you can flash the custom recovery and install custom roms
lorddavid said:
I mean, oneclick, is the firmware,and is about 700 mb, give me amoment a will search it
EDit: i found it: http://www.androidauthority.com/captivate-glide-sgh-i927-att-android-4-0-4-ics-uclg9-leak-110365/
I use that, when I install it, that problem gone away, try it. And then, you can flash the custom recovery and install custom roms
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Isn't that a different version though? The build number on that is UCLG9, not UCKJ3 (which is what I have right now).
I am not sure, but, if with that your problem persist, maybe is hardware, but I only do that. When I did it, that was the latest version, now there is another version but not sure what is it
I was having the same problem, except it was happening frequently after my phone had warmed up due to normal use. If the phone was already hot it wouldn't even get past the splash screen.
I put it down to hardware fault, and was successful in getting it replaced under warranty. The new one has been totally fine.
Hopefully yours isn't a hardware issue - but from how it sounds it very well could be
davidpartay said:
I was having the same problem, except it was happening frequently after my phone had warmed up due to normal use. If the phone was already hot it wouldn't even get past the splash screen.
I put it down to hardware fault, and was successful in getting it replaced under warranty. The new one has been totally fine.
Hopefully yours isn't a hardware issue - but from how it sounds it very well could be
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I really was hoping it was a OS issue, as it hadn't ever done this on GB. If I flash a new rom then, it would be fixed?
Also, I too noticed that my phone is abnormally warm when it does this. I do have a cover on my phone, but I noticed that it seems to be centered about on the horizontal center of the phone, about a half-inch below the camera. If this is related, what do you think it is?
My phone did this as well. Luckily it happened just before I rooted. The att guys said it was a hardware fault and that fault also killed my battery. I'm assuming it was a short. It started as something infrequent, but it eventually escalated to the point the second I turned it on my screen turned completely green and got really hot.
Exxon02 said:
My phone did this as well. Luckily it happened just before I rooted. The att guys said it was a hardware fault and that fault also killed my battery. I'm assuming it was a short. It started as something infrequent, but it eventually escalated to the point the second I turned it on my screen turned completely green and got really hot.
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Just great, a possible hardware problem while out of warranty. Did yours do it only when charging as well?
a_p3rson said:
Just great, a possible hardware problem while out of warranty. Did yours do it only when charging as well?
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Didn't have to be charging to do it. Could have been on the street holding it. (I was on GB as well)
Exxon02 said:
Didn't have to be charging to do it. Could have been on the street holding it. (I was on GB as well)
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Your issue sounds similar, but slightly different. Mine only happens while I am charging it, and it has only done it since a while after I made the upgrade to 4.0.4. Although, they sound similar, and my phone also gets concerningly warm, so I have no idea if it is the same thing or not...
If it's out of warranty, then you have nothing to lose by doing a backup and a clean ROM installation, which is what I would do. I guess if you do it when fully charged and while the phone is cold you should be fairly safe, especially if you use a small ROM. I've found the latest M3 10.1 ROM installs fairly quickly, so that might be worth a shot even just to see if it fixes the problem.
The only risk you're taking is that the phone might die and get bricked in the process if it's a hardware fault, so I guess it's really your call.
EDIT: On that thought, perhaps experiment with seeing if you can charge after leaving it in the fridge for about 15 minutes? It's a trick we used to use to recover data from failing hard drives, if you get them cold enough they can work for long enough to get away with things
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On that thought, perhaps experiment with seeing if you can charge after leaving it in the fridge for about 15 minutes? It's a trick we used to use to recover data from failing hard drives, if you get them cold enough they can work for long enough to get away with things
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I like that idea, as it should fix the overheating issue. However, the times that it actually has this malady aren't regular - it seems to happen more at night, but not every night. I could try putting it in the freezer when it does it though, and see if it works. If it is overheating, could it be a hardware issue then? I also noticed that my battery that I have in my phone does appear to have a slight dent near the bottom, and it is only happening when it is charging, so I am wondering if it could be a problem with the battery? When I pull the battery out after it has done this, the battery itself isn't that warm, but the phone is, so I'm thinking it isn't the battery, but does anyone else have any ideas?
Ok, so i'll start of by saying rougly 6 months ago I bought an unlocked T999V with a flashed ROM which was liquidsmooth 4.3 I believe. The phone worked perfectly fine up until a week ago. The phone was dropped off a desk and landed on its screen, nothing was broken so I thought nothing of it. The night afterwards I noticed a few darkish spots when I would look at the phone at night, only if the background was dark though (setting menu for example). The phone was plugged in when I went to turn it on and it wouldn't. Its unresponsive and I am unable to put it into DL or recovery mode. Leading me to believe its hard bricked and will need a jtag fix. But WHY? Why did dropping my phone all of a sudden mess up my screen as well as brick my phone ? Someone please help me out here :crying::crying:
yoimbeast said:
Ok, so i'll start of by saying rougly 6 months ago I bought an unlocked T999V with a flashed ROM which was liquidsmooth 4.3 I believe. The phone worked perfectly fine up until a week ago. The phone was dropped off a desk and landed on its screen, nothing was broken so I thought nothing of it. The night afterwards I noticed a few darkish spots when I would look at the phone at night, only if the background was dark though (setting menu for example). The phone was plugged in when I went to turn it on and it wouldn't. Its unresponsive and I am unable to put it into DL or recovery mode. Leading me to believe its hard bricked and will need a jtag fix. But WHY? Why did dropping my phone all of a sudden mess up my screen as well as brick my phone ? Someone please help me out here :crying::crying:
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Are you comfortable opening the device? There's a chance the fall didn't necessarily damage anything, but knocked very important cables loose. I would check every cable connection on the motherboard, and check the battery prongs, as they may not be making good contact causing dead battery. Are you getting absolutely no response from the pc when connected?
Anyway, point is, checking the connections is the easiest thing to do- and you might be able to determine if anything else is loose (ie did it land on the power button and now it's stuck? Etc) It's likely something simple- so check that first, then you can move on to other diagnostics.
The Fall damaged Digitizer. Hence the dark spots. As to unresponsiveness, remove battery and then try. If it still does not work then Power button might be stuck or has loose wires.
I don't know I thought dark spots in a dark room on a dark background were norm for this type of screen- I have them too on a brand new led assembly. Google suggests that's normal and not necessarily damage, although it could be if they're appearing under normal lighting conditions. I agree with everything else though
Wonder if s/he got it worked out?
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I don't know I thought dark spots in a dark room on a dark background were norm for this type of screen- I have them too on a brand new led assembly. Google suggests that's normal and not necessarily damage, although it could be if they're appearing under normal lighting conditions. I agree with everything else though
Wonder if s/he got it worked out?
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I brought it into a repair shop and was told the EMMC(?) chip was most likely bad and the phone needed a reflow. I put it in my oven and tried the reflow but no luck, I ended up buying a new T999 as I was quite happy with my first one.
Glad you now have a working device
So this happened last August and still no luck to this day. What happened was I saw an update for Fulmics ROM which was at version 6.0 at the time and I was still running the previous version so I updated it and the installation was successful until the screen went black while I was browsing the net. At first I figured a clean install would solve things but the problem persisted up to this day. I tried other ROMs (both AOSP and Stock) and had no luck on either. There are some days when things seem to be working fine but then the screen just turns black on its own. I was able to download some apps and even use it for a time but the screen will just go black all of a sudden. I tried wiping the storage (internal and external) and still it goes black. I tried backing up the current "working" ROM I have which is an AOSP one but then during the backup the screen went black and the file is probably corrupted at this point. I also feel that even when it "turned off" there's still power in the phone since the battery becomes drained of its charge over time. I tried replacing the battery with a new one but it didn't solve things for me. Additionally, I encountered a weird part of the recovery wherein there's an orange background and white text which really surprised me like pressing detonate. Any help is appreciated.
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So this happened last August and still no luck to this day. What happened was I saw an update for Fulmics ROM which was at version 6.0 at the time and I was still running the previous version so I updated it and the installation was successful until the screen went black while I was browsing the net. At first I figured a clean install would solve things but the problem persisted up to this day. I tried other ROMs (both AOSP and Stock) and had no luck on either. There are some days when things seem to be working fine but then the screen just turns black on its own...
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It sounds like you may be experiencing the lcd flickering/fading/dying issue some other users have experienced. It is a problem with the main board/connectors, and not the LCD itself. You can try an easy fix, but it may not be a permanent fix.
You'll need to take the back cover off of your phone and put some folded up tape or a label of some sort - something with a little thickness to it - on the rear camera connector; you can also put some on the front camera connector and the metal can that covers the processor chip, but the rear camera connector is the most important spot. Here's a pic with the spots labeled for you.
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What you are looking to do is put enough - but not too much - tape on those spots to add a little pressure to the board when the rear cover goes back on & it is screwed back together. I've done this fix on a friend's phone and it has worked well, although I ended up having to do it again about 4-5 months later.
*Follow this G3 teardown guide to step 7, carefully/gently re-seat the connectors once for good measure(optional), and then put your tape on... https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/LG+G3+Screen+Replacement/33203
**Remember that when you put your back cover on and screws in that there is one shorter screw - it is labeled in step 4 of the teardown.
***Here's a youtube video of someone doing the "fix"(I didn't make the video, so don't blame me for the classical music ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IVFA_224Aw
startswithPendswithOOH said:
It sounds like you may be experiencing the lcd flickering/fading/dying issue some other users have experienced. It is a problem with the main board/connectors, and not the LCD itself. You can try an easy fix, but it may not be a permanent fix.
You'll need to take the back cover off of your phone and put some folded up tape or a label of some sort - something with a little thickness to it - on the rear camera connector; you can also put some on the front camera connector and the metal can that covers the processor chip, but the rear camera connector is the most important spot. Here's a pic with the spots labeled for you.
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What you are looking to do is put enough - but not too much - tape on those spots to add a little pressure to the board when the rear cover goes back on & it is screwed back together. I've done this fix on a friend's phone and it has worked well, although I ended up having to do it again about 4-5 months later.
*Follow this G3 teardown guide to step 7, carefully/gently re-seat the connectors once for good measure(optional), and then put your tape on... https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/LG+G3+Screen+Replacement/33203
**Remember that when you put your back cover on and screws in that there is one shorter screw - it is labeled in step 4 of the teardown.
***Here's a youtube video of someone doing the "fix"(I didn't make the video, so don't blame me for the classical music ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IVFA_224Aw
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I followed the instructions by adding some paper/tape to the labelled areas. However, the phone now won't turn on. The last time I was able to boot it up was yesterday and it only went so far as the LG logo. The logo seemed off and broken, white lines were all over the place. I tried going to recovery but the phone just died afterwards. I tried charging it and the screen remained black but the phone gets warm specifically around the power button/volume rocker area. I was able to boot it up now and I managed to successfully install a ROM but the screen still goes black and then boot up again but I wasn't able to use the ROM. I tried entering recovery and sometimes, booting up the recovery is a success other times the screen will just go black before entering the recovery. I'm using TWRP 3.0.2 and when I tried to wipe/flash some ZIPs or just tweak some of the settings the phone will just freeze and vibrate so much to the point that the only way to stop it from vibrating is by removing the battery. What seems to be the problem in my phone? Is my phone bricked in any way?
The battery on my HTC 10 was completely shot and needed to be replaced. I'm a careful person by nature and this being my first phone repair, I bought an extra screen just in case something happened getting it apart. Followed a guide by jerryrigeverything on how to take apart the phone, got the battery replaced, everything seemed to go smoothly. When I went to test the display before screwing everything together, the new screen I installed lit up, but the right half of the display only showed as a repeating segment from the middle of the screen. Thinking the connector was loose, I disconnected and reconnected the display and made sure everything was tight: same problem. I reinstalled the original display, which I made sure had worked after cutting through the adhesive before I disconnected it, and now the old display is also showing the same issue.
The touch screen on the broken side of the display still works, I'm able to type PIN numbers and whatnot even though I can't see them properly. Only thing I can think of is maybe the connection actually got some debris or something inside of it? I don't think I damaged anything, as I was super careful, but it was also my first time opening up a phone.
Sorry for the inefficiently worded post. Any help would be really appreciated.
Did you resolve this?
I have exactly the same issue you describe after my screen replacement (with two new screens) Believing the first was a dud.
I have done many screens/batteries on my m7, m8's previously never having a problem.
I'm currently back to running my M8 and miss my 10!
Anyone reading this and has any suggestions they are all welcome!!
Thank you in advance
Exactly the same issue this guy has
https://youtu.be/RpdCuMiTOn8
I'm now wondering if it is just bad aftermarket screens?
Has anyone else replaced their screen successfully, if so where did you get the screen?
Thanks Rory
I have been having the same problem. I just tested screen number 4 that has the same exact problem. Is there a specific brand that is known to test well?
I dropped my 10 in water at work...believe it was a salty water at that. It stopped working completely. I opened the phone to check the internal components for damage and I broke the LCD doing so. I replaced the battery and the screen at almost the same time. I think it may have been a week or two apart.
The battery is still working. The screen worked initially but the phone kept getting really hot and the heat kills the phone. I tried keeping it cool at all times which kept it operational. It hasn't been activated since I quickly replaced the phone with another of my lines upgrades. I went back to the phone to check it out and try using it as a replacement for my daughter but the screen no longer works.
The battery charges just fine...the led light indicates that well. I've tried reinstalling it several times with no success getting the screen working again. I tried the original screen to check and I could see light and it was responding but its not usable so I'm stuck with a phone that has a new non-working display. I think the brand was called DIYRepair or similar.
If anyone has encountered this and has advice...I'd be happy to try anything.