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LCD color problem: Weird Teal/Blue-ish

Hey Everyone,
My LCD screen seems to not be displaying colors as well as it should, almost as if it isn't displaying all the colors that it is in fact capable of...
I had some prior problems with my phone, including a non-functional power button, a digitizer with some unresponsive blind spots along the left and right side of the screen, and a very faint/low volume through the in-call speaker.
I had been planning to go inside my phone using the teardown/repair guide, and actually ended up stripping my phone down to the LCD panel.
The good news is I have fixed all the problems that I had set out to fix while doing the teardown.
HOWEVER, my screen is now a weird teal/blue color. For example, when I equip the standard HTC skin (the one with the nice colorful bubble background) Instead of the notification bar/button being a solid steel gray, they seem to have striping pattern with some dull colors of gray but with this teal coloration.
I was wondering if it is more likely something to do with the pcb/lcd getting slightly damaged when I did the teardown, or is it possible it is something to do with a setting on my phone? (the boot screen did load up once, when I was doing the teardown and checking if my phone still worked, I chose reboot as the option)
HELP!

Well more then likely it is the conectors I've seen it to many times when people dicide to take apart phones id say take it all apart and make sure your cabbles are plugged in nice and and firm report back and tell me. Also make sure you havnt nicked anythng on the pcb boards (traces or anything) no nicked cords ect
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Same thing happening with mine, it's a week old and I've never taken it apart.

Only thing i can think of that happened that makes sense is a damaged pcb flex cable, thats it.but the weird thing is i fixed everything else. Its annoying cause videos look wack and taking photos is also messed. Ill probably go back into my phone and see what i can do, ive opened it like 8 times so wont be too hard.

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me too
Just wonderening if anyone found a solution to this problem as I am experiencing the same thing. I have never taken my phone apart. I have my own post called display color problems. Please help! This is absolutely obnoxious!

I sent mine back to Bell for repair. Took 2 weeks, don't know what they did but it works great now.

Was that an expensive repair? Wish I knew what the problem was so I could try to fix it myself.
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bglidd414 said:
Was that an expensive repair? Wish I knew what the problem was so I could try to fix it myself.
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Actually it was covered under warranty so cost me nothing.

Well thanks anyway.
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Is your phone not under warranty? If it's because you rooted it, you can relock the phone with gfree and restore the BellMobility RUU...

Yeah I guess I could but I really can't go two weeks with no phone. That's the main problem.
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Figured I'd give this thread a bump. Really just hoping that someone out there has some experience with this problem. I've searched the net high and low to no avail. I don't want to waste money on unnecessary parts if I just need one. Presently, I plan on replacing my LCD. If anyone has any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them...
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This happened to me before i first opened up my phone. I wouldn't replace the LCD because i cracked mine, and had to replace it and it still does it. Just try and get a replacement phone from your carrier or the store from which you bought it while they fix it. Easiest option.

Bone stock and bricked!!! Any suggestions???

I have a friend's bone stock incredible 2 and it "totally quit working" on him. "Wen't black and never came back to life."
It has been dropped in a toilet before (clean... haha! Or so he says...) but he pulled the battery as quickly as he could, let it dry out for a few days, and said it worked fine for quite a long time after that. And then it just "quit" one day.
He has a replacement but he says he would like to get his Incredible back.
I told him I would see if there was anything I could do since I'm the "tech guy" around our group of friends.
I plugged in the phone and it does take a charge. After the light turned green indicating full charge, I unplugged the phone and tried to turn it on...
NOTHING.
I read how to boot into fast boot mode and found that you hold the volume down + power buttons at the same time.
When I do this, the phone flashes, very briefly, the fastboot menu screen and then goes black.
If I continue to hold the volume down + power buttons, the fastboot screen will briefly flash about every three seconds.
It flashes so quick that I cannot read any of the options but can see the word flashboot outlined in blue.
Does anybody have any suggestions that I should try before telling my buddy his phone is forever dead?
Much appreciation in advance!!!

That all sounds like bad hardware buddy, maybe replace the digitizer? Wild shot in the dark from me
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jeremytn86 said:
That all sounds like bad hardware buddy, maybe replace the digitizer? Wild shot in the dark from me
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I was thinking it was probably hardware related myself. As for the digitizer... Maybe? Who knows? Maybe there'e more to "it just quit working" than my friend is telling me? It would be fairly inexpensive and somewhat easy fix if it were the digitizer. I have replaced digitizers on multiple types of devices.
I'll probably just look up the price of one on eBay and let my buddy know how much they are with a disclaimer that there is absolutely no guarantee that a new digitizer will fix the problem.
Thanks

What parts are broken in my Xplay? (Gonna repair)

My old friend has given up on me and is laying on the shelf in coma. I need your help to revive him back to life.
So I've had my xplay for about 2 years now and it worked well into the end. First the touchscreen stopped working (I could get it working sometimes by swyping the gamepad down and up but in the end it completely stopped working). I tried many different roms and etc no luck it was a hardware problem. I used the gamepad to use the phone until the screen stopped working. Sometimes a reboot could make it work again but it eventually got worse and it was dead. I can still feel the vibrations when it starts and also when it wants me to choose if I want go to recovery.
I've taken apart the phone to see if a cable was loose but there was none so I put the phone back together to see if it would be working after i cleaned and checked the flex cables. Sadly nope.
I must say that I'm not a handyman but taking this phone apart was super easy and I never thought I would be able to put it back together but that was also easy.
So here is my question. What parts do I need to replace to get the screen running again?
I appreciate all help I can get and sorry for the WALL OF TEXT. Cheers!
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99.99% it's slider flex cable. Replacing it should not be hard, since you now how to open your Play.
Touchscreen, front buttons, light sensor, proximity sensor and front camera are all connected to motherboard with that one flex cable.
Video guide might be helpfull too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRjC19j2m48
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Alright thank you. I'll order one from ebay and see if I can get it up running again.
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haverdaden said:
Alright thank you. I'll order one from ebay and see if I can get it up running again.
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If/when you get the flex cable installed and it solves the issue, please report back here if it solved your issue so others who mau have a similar or same issue can get an idea if this fixes it.

Yes, I'll report back as soon as I get the cable and I got it running again.
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Saltwater damage

I fell in the water with my phone. Salt water at that. Once I came to, my phone had a blinking light coming from the camera flash. I took battery out and let dry. Today I got up, took phone completely apart, cleaned with contact cleaner. Was ALOT of salt inside the phone. Anyways I got it cleaned up as best I could, pretty clean. Let dry again for a few hours.
Its back together now, turns on. Screen goes all crazy, pink and fuzzy. Pulsing blue led on front for about 10 seconds. Then nothing. Tried USB to PC nothing.
I found these phone don't come fully apart. I can take out main board, camera and a few plastic parts. But that's it. Lots of phone to take apart but no guides past this point and all the teardowns bring me to the same point.
Any ideas? Maybe bath the screen and what left for electrical components in alcohol?
Thanks
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Can a mod move this to galaxy s3 i747 section? My bad
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Sea water messes up components, think you should consider a new phone

Yea bro I'm gunna say that trying to fix it is more money and effort then just buying a new one

I already bought a new phone. Got another i747m. $400 didn't wanna mess with used phones again, last 3 used phones all ended up having an issue one way or another. Save a few bucks gain a few headaches.
Thanks for confirming what I thought though.
I am going to investigate fixing the phone. Still.
I got it to boot more now, pulsing boot led, vol buttons make a sound when I press them. I used my multimeter to test most of the connections. Everything I could check is fine. I think there is more salt behind the screen and behind the 2 small PCB chips that I couldn't get off. Going to try excessive force this time. Nothing to loose.
Is it safe to use the battery still? Its not swollen or nothing. Or should I not bother being as the water mark on the battery is pink?
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ronedogg said:
I already bought a new phone. Got another i747m. $400 didn't wanna mess with used phones again, last 3 used phones all ended up having an issue one way or another. Save a few bucks gain a few headaches.
Thanks for confirming what I thought though.
I am going to investigate fixing the phone. Still.
I got it to boot more now, pulsing boot led, vol buttons make a sound when I press them. I used my multimeter to test most of the connections. Everything I could check is fine. I think there is more salt behind the screen and behind the 2 small PCB chips that I couldn't get off. Going to try excessive force this time. Nothing to loose.
Is it safe to use the battery still? Its not swollen or nothing. Or should I not bother being as the water mark on the battery is pink?
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The battery *should* be fine for a while. I've used a water damaged one for the longest time but it did spend a couple days in a bag of rice.

Htc one x won't turn on

So I've been reading a lot of forums but I can't seem to get things to work. My friend recently gave me his old HTC one x to mess around with. He hasn't used it in like a year and a half, because about a year and a half ago, his phone randomly cut off while he was using it and it wouldn't cut back on.
He's not the kind of person who roots or messes around with the phone so its stock.
I am getting NO led light when its on the charger. I've tried holding the power button forever. I've tried the power + vol down combo. Currently I'm leaving it on the charger for like four days to see if that fixes it.
Anyone have any other ideas before I open up the phone?
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A new battery to begin with...if there is no visible damage to the motherboard. Like condensation, oxidation etc

SÜPERUSER said:
A new battery to begin with...if there is no visible damage to the motherboard. Like condensation, oxidation etc
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I haven't actually opened it up yet. The goal is to get it to work before that but its looking more and more like I'm gonna have to open it up
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skinzy98 said:
I haven't actually opened it up yet. The goal is to get it to work before that but its looking more and more like I'm gonna have to open it up
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Same thing happend with my One X too.. I have been using it, one day it went off and never turned on again.
No charging sign, no action on power buttons/volume.
I have tried with battery replacement too, but no luck. Unfortunately the battery tricky in HTC One X (handle with care).
If it worked in any sense, please leave your steps to fix it.

atlkri said:
Same thing happend with my One X too.. I have been using it, one day it went off and never turned on again.
No charging sign, no action on power buttons/volume.
I have tried with battery replacement too, but no luck. Unfortunately the battery tricky in HTC One X (handle with care).
If it worked in any sense, please leave your steps to fix it.
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I took it apart and got it to charge and cut on for a little bit but I noticed one of the ribbons looked awfully brown as if it had been fried. I'm assuming that's the problem in most of these