Hi everyone,
I have worked out that its heat that causes the phone to start to flicker. I put my phone in the freezer for about seconds seconds (don't advice anyone else to do this) and boom the flicker went away for a while.
So this means its not the screens which are faulty looks like a hardware design fail to me. Whats the long term effect of this on the device? Could it cause the phone to stop working? Who knows but i cant belive HTC did not catch this during testing.
evo6 said:
Hi everyone,
I have worked out that its heat that causes the phone to start to flicker. I put my phone in the freezer for about seconds seconds (don't advice anyone else to do this) and boom the flicker went away for a while.
So this means its not the screens which are faulty looks like a hardware design fail to me. Whats the long term effect of this on the device? Could it cause the phone to stop working? Who knows but i cant belive HTC did not catch this during testing.
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I played Glowball for at least a half hour yesterday and my display didn't flicker. So it's not all of them.
mate flicker is a defect, end, my hox heats to 53deg n no flicker
Definitely not heat related, I noticed the flicker as soon as the several I've had were delivered, they were freezing at the time, as they'd been in a couriers van all day in cold weather. If anything it then became more intermittent as it warmed up.
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Hi all, just want to describe some problems I've been having over the last week or so.
Basically, my Orbit suddenly developed the habit of randomly freezing and displaying wierd patterns on the screen and requiring a soft reset and also just randomly restarting.
I first noticed this about a week ago, the phone did fall out onto the driveway a few days ago but it wasn't nothing it hasn't been through before and the screen is FINE, no dead pixels nothing. This is the ROM I had on it when it first started happening: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=912989
My initial thought that it was something do with something installed on it, perhaps a software issue so I did a hard reset but same problems. I changed the ROM a few times but same problems. It's getting to the point where I have to look to buy a new phone.
It's quite difficult to describe what happens when the device freezes. I will try and get a picture or video but it's at random . The best way I can describe it is that it the device freezes, a section of the screen goes black slowly before the remaining section fades to black completely sometimes showing white lines. Moreoever, when I say the screen goes black, I don't mean that it goes off, the screen remains on but black.
Perhaps it is a hardware issue with a loose/faulty connection somewhere? My first thought was that it could be down to the screen connection but when the phone is working, the screen is absolutely normal.
Any suggestions are welcome. Please bear in mind that I've got no trouble in opening the device if needs be (had to change the LCD screen myself, I know, I know, go me! ). Thanks in advance!
Just noticed something. I've had it lying around re-filling up the inbox from a backup but as soon as I attached the charger, the problem occured, so could it be down to something from that as a result?
I've just managed to take a few pics. Theres quite a bit of glare unfortunately however this type of pattern doesn't always occur, sometimes it's less noticable than that.
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hi dude,
my first thought was battery but now thinking you might have a loose connection with the motherboard and lcd.
i would check lcd ribbon that connects to motherboard first, obviously you know exacly what i meen, if that is not the problem i would buy a new battery (charge while off, do not turn on untill fully charged new battery)
if both of these do not do the trick then i would consider buying a new device. (unless anyone else has any ideas??)
thanks
Rn
Hello and thanks in advance for helping me.....
I had accidentally dropped my HTC Desire HD on the floor from quite some height. Later on I started noticing a big amoeba-shaped blotch on the screen which spots inside in grid pattern.
The touchscreen is as responsive as ever but the blotch still remains.
Interestingly the grid pattern seems to reduce every time I pull out the battery and let the phone stand for a couple of hours but it reappears after a few mins of re-use.
I would be taking the phone to the service center but would like to know if there could be a way to solve this on my own.
I wish I could try a hard reset but the Volume Down button has also stopped responding.
Any help regarding the issue would be gr8.....
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Hello and thanks in advance for helping me.....
I had accidentally dropped my HTC Desire HD on the floor from quite some height. Later on I started noticing a big amoeba-shaped blotch on the screen which spots inside in grid pattern.
The touchscreen is as responsive as ever but the blotch still remains.
Interestingly the grid pattern seems to reduce every time I pull out the battery and let the phone stand for a couple of hours but it reappears after a few mins of re-use.
I would be taking the phone to the service center but would like to know if there could be a way to solve this on my own.
I wish I could try a hard reset but the Volume Down button has also stopped responding.
Any help regarding the issue would be gr8.....
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its better to visit your customer care center,if you have the warranty period.
I've had a few cameras that have done that before. Does the stuff ooze at all from your phone? And does it move around like liquid? It could be the LCD crystals damaged. If it does start to ooze, the stuff is probably toxic, so...yeah.
If you're in warranty, see what your carrier can do. But since it's accidental damage I don't know...but it never hurts to try!
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I've had a few cameras that have done that before. Does the stuff ooze at all from your phone? And does it move around like liquid? It could be the LCD crystals damaged. If it does start to ooze, the stuff is probably toxic, so...yeah.
If you're in warranty, see what your carrier can do. But since it's accidental damage I don't know...but it never hurts to try!
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Thanks MoHi96,
The screen seems to clear off when I let it rest for a while without the battery but it does reappear when I use the phone for sometime.
PS. Also, the phone is not under warranty.
I encounter this problem too. But for my case,that blotch recover itself, so I hope it applied to yours too
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Anyone else getting the ghost touch problem?
I couldn't work out what was causing this on my phone so I enabled show touches in the development menu and it shows.
It goes from 2 to 3 spots on the left hand side of the screen.
It's not a major problem but happens at least 3 times a day and won't snap out of it unless I put the phone back into sleep a couple of times.
Do you think maybe scratches on the screen cause this?
TIA
Is your phone connected to a charger when this occurs? It might be it, since im experiencing the same thing since htc desire hd.
miHah said:
Is your phone connected to a charger when this occurs? It might be it, since im experiencing the same thing since htc desire hd.
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No. Can happen at anytime. Quite random.
It takes a few on and offs with the sleep button to stop it.
Can't get off the lock screen until it goes away because I can't move the unlock slider.
Very annoying.
I had the same problem - the first day i got my hox. With and without the charger (with charger a litte bit more often i think).
I pushed the complete left side of the screen (top) carefully and now it works well. No more ghost touches ^^.
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I had the same problem - the first day i got my hox. With and without the charger (with charger a litte bit more often i think).
I pushed the complete left side of the screen (top) carefully and now it works well. No more ghost touches ^^.
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Ok. Once I pushed around the screen edges, the left side has some play and moves maybe a mm with a slight creak.
I push it in but still that little bit of play on the left side.
It's quite impossible to show the service centre the problem because its so random but now I can show them this.
Cheers.
I hope you'll get a new "perfect" hox and i'll not have the same problem later :fingers-crossed:
I am facing an issue with the touch screeen on my one v.... scrolling on the touch screen causes inadvertent clicking of app shortcuts ... this happens only occasionally and most of the time the screen works fine.... sometimes the phone goes haywire and likes to start every app available on the screen at the time.... any guesses to what this could be... this problem started about a month after buying the phone
anyone?
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I am facing an issue with the touch screeen on my one v.... scrolling on the touch screen causes inadvertent clicking of app shortcuts ... this happens only occasionally and most of the time the screen works fine.... sometimes the phone goes haywire and likes to start every app available on the screen at the time.... any guesses to what this could be... this problem started about a month after buying the phone
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If you use a 3rd party cable and/or charger it can cause this error, when plugged in. Other that it is digitizer malfunction probably.
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thanks for the reply ,
I dont use any 3rd party accessories..
would a digitizer malfuction cause this problem to appear only occasionally?
Try just touching your stove when phone is acting up with your free hand or the water faucet even.
I'm wondering if you're building up a load of static electricity and causing it yourself inadvertently.
Long shot, but worth knowing an ruling out.
WR
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Can static electricity really cause this? I tried what you suggested but it did not help when the phone was acting up.
Twas a long shot that it might be building a surface charge on the phone, sorry it didn't help.
WR
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loche said:
Can static electricity really cause this? I tried what you suggested but it did not help when the phone was acting up.
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It can, but really unlikeley. Stacic charge discharges quite quicly, so it will be a second for the phone to recover from it.
The most possible problem I think will be at the digitizer chip. It is earthed, an protected by a farraday-cage (i think at least), but if the galvan connection is out (means it is not soldered in place good), the phones electro-magnetic field can cause malfunction. I'm not in posession of a detailed blueprint so I don't know how it is earthed. If the phone is stock as it can be (so not unlocked) try the service.
I happened to have this error in my former Samsung Galaxy Spica, but it was a software error first, then the digitizer itself gave in, but changed it, it works even now.
Hello xda,
Today I was using my XS as usual I was playing a game. The phone then became a bit hot ( I wouldn't say it overheated just got a little hotter) then out of nowhere my screen went darker, flickered a bit and has remained really dim since.
Initially I thought it may be a software issue so flashed to stock .55 ics but that didn't make a difference.
The only thing that does help is cooling the phone, (in a fridge ) which brings the screen back to normal until the phone warms up again, this made me think there could be a loose /faulty connection somewhere inside the phone but I can't check as I need the correct tools.
So my question is, has anybody else come across this problem?
If you have how did you fix it? (if it's possible to fix)
Or is my lovely XS just dying :'''( ?
P. S. My phone has taken a lot of abuse so that may be the reason lol
Thanks to any help in advance
The screen dims to keep it from overheating. Its a safety action to keep your phone from burning.
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No man you don't understand my phone screen is PERMANENTLY dim and it didn't overheat because previously I've felt the phone get hotter than it did.
Im nearly sure of the cause now, it must be some form of loose connection. I will report back with facts once I can take it apart.
Any other ideas still welcome, would be nice to hear from someone who's fixed this before.
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