hi guys
hope someone can help
my son had his play in his school trouser pocket , and the heavens opened up
well he and his phone got soaked
the problem is
his phone will only boot up when pluged into a computer , otherwise it hangs on the sony logo
and also his touch screen does not work
i have restored it and it is still the same
any help would be great
thanks
Got to be hardware related, it must be water damaged. Use google to find somewhere to fix it. Or maybe someone knows of a good deal to be had.
Unless of course you have insurance.
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leemarie said:
hi guys
hope someone can help
my son had his play in his school trouser pocket , and the heavens opened up
well he and his phone got soaked
the problem is
his phone will only boot up when pluged into a computer , otherwise it hangs on the sony logo
and also his touch screen does not work
i have restored it and it is still the same
any help would be great
thanks
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Take the back cover and battery out of the phone, then put the phone in an air tight container filled with rice and leave for 24hrs.
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I think the accu is damaged
But that is not all
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So, I got an Xperia Play a few months ago on eBay, and everything was fine with it. But last month, my front camera started acting funny. It started showing the image in neon green, and then later stopped working in general. It would say "Couldn't access camera" or something like that. Then, a little later, my earpiece stopped working in calls. I would have to switch to speakerphone or plug in headphones to be able to hear anybody. Then, a little later, my backlight started acting funny. It would turn off sometimes, so I could see what was on screen, but not be able to interact with it. Putting it into sleep mode and back out would fix it. But soon, I had trouble pulling it out of sleep mode. I'd have to press the button like 50 times (not an exaggeration, toward the end) Then a little later, I had trouble turning the phone on at all. It would turn on, go the Sony Ericsson screen, sit for about 5 seconds, then the backlight would shut off, and it would stop doing anything. Now, 99 times out of a hundred, the phone won't boot, and if it does, I can't let it go to sleep, or I can't pull it out of sleep.
I couldn't think of any problem that could cause all of these problems. I tried reflashing the firmware, but that didn't fix the problem. Does anybody have any idea? Any help would be greatly appreciated...
KHSebastian said:
So, I got an Xperia Play a few months ago on eBay, and everything was fine with it. But last month, my front camera started acting funny. It started showing the image in neon green, and then later stopped working in general. It would say "Couldn't access camera" or something like that. Then, a little later, my earpiece stopped working in calls. I would have to switch to speakerphone or plug in headphones to be able to hear anybody. Then, a little later, my backlight started acting funny. It would turn off sometimes, so I could see what was on screen, but not be able to interact with it. Putting it into sleep mode and back out would fix it. But soon, I had trouble pulling it out of sleep mode. I'd have to press the button like 50 times (not an exaggeration, toward the end) Then a little later, I had trouble turning the phone on at all. It would turn on, go the Sony Ericsson screen, sit for about 5 seconds, then the backlight would shut off, and it would stop doing anything. Now, 99 times out of a hundred, the phone won't boot, and if it does, I can't let it go to sleep, or I can't pull it out of sleep.
I couldn't think of any problem that could cause all of these problems. I tried reflashing the firmware, but that didn't fix the problem. Does anybody have any idea? Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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When you get it to turn on use flashtool and flash a stock ftf file
I did flash stock firmware. It's still not working... I have a bad feeling it's a hardware problem.
KHSebastian said:
I did flash stock firmware. It's still not working... I have a bad feeling it's a hardware problem.[/QUOTE
Yeah sounds more like a hardware problem. Tho I might be wrong.
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Those same things were happening to my old xperia play which i dropped in water...
Hm... Well, I dunno, if anybody has any other ideas, please let me know. I don't think I ever had a situation where I could have exposed the phone to water
Green tint on the camera means hardware problem. Had those problems with the old K810 Cybershot phones.
Well, anyone know specifically what KIND of hardware problem it would be? I might try to fix the phone if it's not too expensive.
I will probably send it to repair servoce of Sony, my phone is still in warranty (relock bloader )..
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Hm... Well, I'm too poor to send the phone to Sony. I could probably buy a replacement part and do it myself, but that's only if I know what part I need. If not, I may just have to put this on the back burner for a while.
leetxperia said:
I will probably send it to repair servoce of Sony, my phone is still in warranty (relock bloader )..
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Did you unlock your phone by official method
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The green tint on the FF cam for me usually gets fixed by a wiping the cam. >.<
I did not unlock my phone. I wanted to, but I wasn't able to
the front cam failure and failure of the earpiece were 2 of the faults that I had as a result of a defective flex cable which was repaired by vodafone under warranty. as it happens, the flex cable on my phone has failed again and has again been sent away for another flex cable replacement
hope this helps
tom
adity said:
Did you unlock your phone by official method
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Who would pay for unlock is bootloader unlockable is true?
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You don't have to pay for unlocking bootloader
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hi all,
after 2.5 years with my play with no problem besides the front camera.
today on work my screen started to have a problem....
i will try to discribe it as much as i can..
when the slider is fully closed=no problem
when its fully open=no problem
when the slider is closed and i berely try to open the slide the screen goes very dark and flicking..
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video attached
http://videobam.com/wcorx
flex cable problem or what?:crying:
yea, flex cable started to crack.
masteril said:
hi all,
after 2.5 years with my play with no problem besides the front camera.
today on work my screen started to have a problem....
i will try to discribe it as much as i can..
when the slider is fully closed=no problem
when its fully open=no problem
when the slider is closed and i berely try to open the slide the screen goes very dark and flicking..
edit:
video attached
http://videobam.com/wcorx
flex cable problem or what?:crying:
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I am having the same problem as you. If you fix it please tell me how
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I had this issue with my old PLAY, the only fix is to replace the cable
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Member of the Ice Cream Speed Development Team
EeJay said:
I had this issue with my old PLAY, the only fix is to replace the cable
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-EeJay
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Hi.get my xplay from repair today the problem was flex cable,but i replaced the front camera and speaker cable too the damage was that it looked like some chips on it are go on fire lol bad quality parts from sony but by replacing it,its even solve my proximity sensor problem. Good luck 2 all that have this problem with the slide.i fell today like i get a new phone our xperia play are deserve it in the right hands its still the ultimate gaming phone.
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masteril said:
Hi.get my xplay from repair today the problem was flex cable,but i replaced the front camera and speaker cable too the damage was that it looked like some chips on it are go on fire lol bad quality parts from sony but by replacing it,its even solve my proximity sensor problem. Good luck 2 all that have this problem with the slide.i fell today like i get a new phone our xperia play are deserve it in the right hands its still the ultimate gaming phone.
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I am curious, did you overclocked your Play? Just wondering is it just bad parts or long-term damage by overclocking...
Bakisha said:
I am curious, did you overclocked your Play? Just wondering is it just bad parts or long-term damage by overclocking...
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Only to 1.2-1.4..1.6 for benchmark for couple of minutes....mostly i am on 1.2.
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Ribbon cable is glued to the backplate, don't rip it like i did the first time i opened it, that damn cable is almost 100$ and quite a pain to find. My screen died too on monday for no reason, at first i tought it was the longest wake lag i ever had. How much did you pay for your screen? Where did you find it?
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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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