UPDATE: Screen is back on, but no touch sensitivity. Probably hit a brick wall on this one.
Hello all... so I think I may have bitten off more than I could chew Someone stopped on my phone and cracked the screen. After doing some research online, I found the Universal Repairs site, and bought a replacement screen and the necessary tools. The instructions didn't look too bad. Got the package, opened it up and proceeded to do every step in the guide as cautiously and carefully as possible. Thought I was doing pretty well too, until I had the whole phone put back together and tired to fire it up...
I popped in the battery, held down power, and felt the small rumble. That was good, but all the phone proceeded to give me was a blank screen, and after about 30 seconds, the LED turns purple briefly and shuts off. Plugging the phone in doesn't yield any LED color at all. I am able to get a blue light when entering fastboot mode, so that's something... I am unlocked, and was running a fairly recent version of FXP/CM 9.1. Right now I am downloading the latest CM 9.1, and will attempt to flash the kernel to see if that breathes any life back into the phone, but I'm a little pessimistic at this point.
I searched the forums for any approximation of this particular issue, but came up empty handed. Does anyone know if there's any hope for recovery in this situation? What does the purple LED indicate in this case? If flashing the kernel doesn't help, what other options do I have? Is it possible to try and find a service center and have the phone repaired/replaced at this point? Thanks very much in advance for any helpful responses.
It looks like I'm going from bad to worse. I tried using the Sony PC Companion program. It seemed to recognize the phone at first, but now it won't go into fastboot mode or flash mode at all. No more purple LED, all I get now is blinking red. I've never been very good at quitting when I'm behind.
EDIT: Nevermind, that all appeared to be just a symptom of a low battery. After charging it up for a little while, I'm back to the purple LED, and being able to go to flash mode or fastboot mode. However, flashing a FXP ftf did not do me any good, so I'm back to square one. If flashing the kernel didn't do any good, I doubt using fastboot to flash the ROM again would make any difference. Please help if you can, thanks.
I ordered a screen from them. Install was really easy but there was no touch sensitivity. I've been arguing with the company for over a week about it. And there 800 number didn't work.
You may want to take it apart again and check your connections, mainly the ribbon cables.
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Hi slayer. I thought there was no way that would do any good, with the amount of dismantling and reassembling I did throughout the night, but I gave it one more shot, and lo and behold, the screen fired up. Reflashed to the latest FXP and I'm up and running...
...but I'm in the same boat as you. No touch sensitivity. And looking around, it seems like that's a common problem with repairs universe screens. I made double sure that the ribbon going from the phone to the digitizer was in there as snug as possible. Seems like a defective chip on the daughter board, although I have no way of knowing, that's just my guess. Sucks cuz now I have my phone back, but I can't make or answer any calls...
Anyone got any bright ideas for this?
Well I finally got them to send me another replacement, same thing. I think I'm just going to have to order one from someone else. I was thinking I might have messed up the ribbon cable but after reading that I'm having my doubts. I have a funny feeling they are sending pieces of glass calling them digitizers.
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Ordered another digitizer from a different vendor. I'll let you know how it goes.
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So I was talking to some fellow geeks in my C# class and decided to root my phone. This site was suggested as the best one to go to.
To my amazement the first thing I saw was a guide w/ software on the first page. I was pulling all nighter, and decided to do that for a break.
So after a half assed attempt at reading the instructions and warnings, I went ahead like a retard and flashed my phone w/ an international OS.
I can't get into download or recovery mode. Holding the buttons down will bring up the Samsung screen, sometimes with the background in the corners is blue too (weird). Same thing if it's plugged in. If the battery is removed it will attempt to power on (the red LED lights up) then powers up.
I've noticed that with thicker cables and using a wall unit instead of the PC the red LED will stay lit longer, giving me hope it can be recovered with a jig.
So from what i've read here, I screwed myself and it's all my fault. So I have two choices
A) Send it into Samsung.
B) Recover it myself with a USB jig. I would rather do this, but im not sure if it's even possible to recover.
C) Also I just got this phone through insurance and haven't sent the old one in yet. It's a Samsung s3 too, just with a cracked face. Anyway I could use the hardware from that?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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So I was talking to some fellow geeks in my C# class and decided to root my phone. This site was suggested as the best one to go to.
To my amazement the first thing I saw was a guide w/ software on the first page. I was pulling all nighter, and decided to do that for a break.
So after a half assed attempt at reading the instructions and warnings, I went ahead like a retard and flashed my phone w/ an international OS.
I can't get into download or recovery mode. Holding the buttons down will bring up the Samsung screen, sometimes with the background in the corners is blue too (weird). Same thing if it's plugged in. If the battery is removed it will attempt to power on (the red LED lights up) then powers up.
I've noticed that with thicker cables and using a wall unit instead of the PC the red LED will stay lit longer, giving me hope it can be recovered with a jig.
So from what i've read here, I screwed myself and it's all my fault. So I have two choices
A) Send it into Samsung.
B) Recover it myself with a USB jig. I would rather do this, but im not sure if it's even possible to recover.
C) Also I just got this phone through insurance and haven't sent the old one in yet. It's a Samsung s3 too, just with a cracked face. Anyway I could use the hardware from that?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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A jig is worthless here. You could potentially swap the mobo from the cracked screen one but it won't be fun to say the least. So your best bet is sending it to Samsung. Rumor has it they'll fix and return free.
I would suspect that if you cannot get into download mode you are probably screwed after having flashed an international rom. I basically did the same thing with my first s3 except it wouldn't power on at all. I was lucky after an hour sprint couldn't tell that it had been bricked and gave me another one.
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Do like a friend did once. Tell the insurance company, they sent you a defective phone..
So figuring what the hell, I cracked open the cases of both S3's. Swapping the MoBo was extremely easy, and it worked like a charm. Fired up immediately. There was some technical difficulty getting the phone recognized on Sprints network.
Will definitely pay closer attention in the future to directions
Hello Everyone,
I dropped my White SPH-L710 yesterday which I was using on page plus. It has no scratches, cracks or dents on the glass, however, there is no display and no touch functionality.
When I receive the call, I can hear it ring and everything but cannot answer because the touch isn't working. The screen is dark so there is no display either. Physically it looks fine but I suspect the LCD is a goner. Any help on what I can do to fix this thing. No insurance or warranty here. I'd rather not spend a lot of money on this.
Thanks in advance for the inputs.
I believe this happened to me one time when I had my epic. I freaked for an hour... Then decided to try and Odin a stock tar... Fixed it. If your phone is ringing and working it means your display is jacked. I'm sure there is little you can do. Hopefully you have insurance.
Try to Odin... But attempt to get your phone into download mode using your memory. Volume down + home button + power button.... Wait 5 seconds, press volume up. You should then be good to go. Only advice I have.
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You can replace the screen and digitizer I'm not sure how much $$$ it is though. Their are instructions on thia forum.
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Thanks for the inputs.
@RealTic
I tried that. The display is dead, I can't see anything when booting up, or in the recovery, or in the download mode.
@Speedin07si
I was thinking of ordering this and trying to work on it myself. Can you point me to the thread, and let me know if this is the right thing to order given the description of my problem. Thanks, much appreciated.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281075881997
Search how to take it apart, and check for loose ribbons. If everything looks good then purchase a new one.
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@csmasn
Thanks. I opened it up and checked everything and it did not help. So I guess the only way to fix it is to buy the LCD and digitizer.
This might help. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzFU_8kYDdw&list=PLCvcbJqO8a2335FcP8CKfA_IvIWlHv4VH&index=1
Kind of stumped and wanted to get others opinions on the matter or if compatibility issue etc.
I have an original all white 16gb T-Mobile non-LTE T999 Galaxy S3. Well after many bezel cracks and screen wear and menu button going out I decided to rebuild the phone and remodel different color. So I purchased everything in black and red.
I picked up a fully pre-assembled new Garnet Red Display/Digitizer assembly received it yesterday. I swapped the assembly and re-assembled phone. Turned on fine but would hang. Triple checked all contacts and assembly and still always turned on but hung.....eventually it always boots but the touch or digitizer isn't there. There's no touch screen response at all. Once I realized it just stalls, it actually always boots but takes longer and never has any touch screen response but looks normal.
I plugged th old screen on the main board in white and it works and boots fine. I go into CWM recovery and do key tests and all keys work and shows key test results when tapping the touch screen. Turn it off and plug back in new Red display and display looks great but no key test read outs in CWM when tapping the screen. All buttons give same key test readouts as white display.
So basically my new replacement display/digitizer assembly in red to replace my white has no touch ability or response and causes slow boot or boot hang. Other than that both displays look EXACTLY the same and have the same pre-etched factory numbers on back where battery would go "T999/I747"
So is it a display firmware issue you think or possible bad new display assembly I received? Product looked brand new with no scratches and still had factory sticker wrap on it like when I received my phone brand new. Looks great and would be nice if I could get it to work.
If there are no known compatibility issues than I will ask for an exchange from the seller. Looking for recommendations/opinions. I picked it up from this listing here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/271490581584?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Sounds like a faulty display causing issues with drivers.
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tokenpoke said:
Sounds like a faulty display causing issues with drivers.
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Also, just to clarify. Touch doesn't work in CWM Touch Recovery or give key test readouts for screen on Garnet Red display. Touch works fine and gives readouts on original White in CWM Touch Recovery.
So, once seller receives my messages Monday morning maybe lean on exchange if everyone thinks it should just work? Will wait and see weekend responses and feedback.
Yeah, its should be working without issue. I'm guessing there's a flaw in the digitizer causing interface issues.
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tokenpoke said:
Yeah, its should be working without issue. I'm guessing there's a flaw in the digitizer causing interface issues.
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Sounds good so far than. Been driving me bonkers since last night. Plus time consuming to fully disassemble the phone and rebuild with breaking losing screws...lol. So ready to have it up and running but just goign to have to wait for an exchanged display than. Was all excited when I powered it on last night only for it to sit there forever before booting and not respond to touch. Smile turned to frown.
Was actually going to get the HTC One M8 but decided last minute to save the money and get more mileage out of this phone. Have really liked it and with CM11 and tweaks more than happy with it for another year or two. Just figured before I'd drop $600+, just fix & clean up my phone for now.
Received replacement display/digitizer today and it worked like a charm. No issues. So first one sent was a lemon, defective. Just wanted to update in case someone else has a similar issue. Thanks for those that gave opinions/help.
Hey all, so I just replaced the screen (followed the great guide on this site) and now I'm getting some odd behavior when trying to boot.
The power button is completely unresponsive. When I plug the phone into power, the LG screen comes up for ~3 seconds, as normal. The LED is flashing thru all the colors per the usual as well. Then the screen goes black for another 3 seconds, all the while the LED flashing. Then LG pops up again just for a moment, then to the normal phone-is-off-but-charging screen, with the LED flashing red.
Really don't know what to make of this. I had it rooted with a one-click root from here. The only changes were deleting stock apps and enabling the front touch keys (but never had an issue with it booting after this, I did that at least a week ago). Also my PC recognizes that something is plugged in, so I guess that's good.
Thoughts?
Update: tried booting into recovery mode, I held the buttons for much longer than normal to no response. As soon as I let go, I get the LG screen. Then black. Then LG. Then an unusually long AT&T screen, then it booted. Now the power button works as it should, and it boots in that same odd fashion. And it seems that I can not go into recovery. Yikes.
I'd be fine with that except I have a dead zone across the lower portion of the screen, it's about a half inch tall and about covers the asdfgh... row of the keyboard. Weirdly if I start pressing on any other key and then swipe to any area in the "dead" zone it WILL register, as in, I can select the S key, normally in the dead zone, but swiping to it from a working area. Will try soaking the mobo in alcohol and swabbing the digitzer connector with a q-tip. Any other thoughts?
Update 2: I tried cleaning the contacts of the digitzer connection- both the end of the cable and the motherboard connection- with rubbing alcohol. Reassembled, and we're back to square one. Power button unresponsive, when plugged in I'll get the LG screen, then black, then the LG screen will flash and I'll get the chargining screen. But now, trying to boot into recovery mode does nothing. So then I soaked the mobo in alcohol, and cleaned ALL the contacts and ribbon cables on the frame. Reassembled, no change. I really hope someone sees this, as I'm at he end of my tech know-how. Tonight I'll try to reconnect my old touchscreen and see what happens. Maybe the new one is just defective? But you'd think the phone would still turn on...
God I hope somebody sees this. I feel like a complete nut talking to myself.
mityman50 said:
Hey all, so I just replaced the screen (followed the great guide on this site) and now I'm getting some odd behavior when trying to boot.
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Okay sounds like a hardware issue with the power button being unresponsive. I would take the device apart look around all connections of the power button and look for any hair line cracks or dirty, sticky, grimmy connections. Try cleaning upall that stuff, while there I would look at the digitizer and clean that up. When done flash a new rom with the LG flash tool, allow boot and reboot normally several times before testing. I hope this helps I am new to the phone and have yet to get my repair kit for it so I will not know much more about it till I get into it myself. Hair line cracks can be easily fixed as long as its on the sadder areas. Just re sadder it
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Now for the weird flashing on and off booting mine does this as well but all functions regardless are working flawlessly. My phone will need serious structural repairs but nothing I can't do just had a horrible owner. Definitely worth the trouble this thing runs so smooth better than any other I have used and it will continue to hold for a couple years cause of the power behind it. I wouldn't worry about the booting flashing like that I'm just thinking it does this to show it has been tampered with.
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Hey man thanks for your reply. Reminded me to update this for anyone else who finds it.
So the new screen was definitely defective. The one time I managed to get it on there was a dead spot. I sent it back, a replacement is on its way.
Now the good news- I realized why my phone wouldn't boot. Turns out that when removing the motherboard, the top part of it got a little... bent. Nothing bad, nothing permanent, but when I mounted back onto the housing, the top part of it had a tendency to stick up a little bit. Well if you follow the small ribbon cable off the power button, it leads to two gold contacts. Sure enough on on the bottom side of the motherboard there are two nodes that would press against the contacts.
Basically, the power button wasn't even connected to the board.
So I actually put the whole thing together, screws and all, and with that, the motherboard sits snugly as it should and the button works fine.
Right now my phone is some sort of hacked up zombie, with a cracked up screen, an upper-left corner that's completely decimated/missing, and no adhesive to hold it together. Hopefully the screen makes it here soon!
Oh and I agree totally, this is the smoothest and most reliable Android I've owned, better than the Evo 3D (which I quite liked) and a GS3 (meh, it got very unreliable after a year). I'm happy the screen replacement is cheap and easy so I can keep this thing for at least another year.
Cool glad it worked out for you or hopefully will. Can you do me a solid once your screen comes in and if it replaced well all working that is could you post the site you got it on or pm me with it. I am here tons of issues with defective screens. Would like to have a reliable market to shop from.
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Fant0m3 said:
Cool glad it worked out for you or hopefully will. Can you do me a solid once your screen comes in and if it replaced well all working that is could you post the site you got it on or pm me with it. I am here tons of issues with defective screens. Would like to have a reliable market to shop from.
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I have never had a bad part for any kind of phone from Wholesale Gadget Parts in Bixby, OK (Tulsa area). I found them on Amazon and originally ordered because they were close and I was in a hurry. I kept ordering because they get it right. I have about a 50/50 success rate with phone parts off other sellers on Amazon. If you buy cheap, expect a high failure rate.
Glass and digitizer for G Pro is about $18 before shipping and any applicable tax.
Hello there guys! First than anything, thanks for your time in reading this.
This is not the kind of post that "help!! asap! need help NOW!" etc.
I already replaced my wife's phone, but I'm curious what happen to the previews z5 Premium
She dropped the like in a WWF ring. The screen exploded in million pieces. Not just the digitalizer, the image on the lcd was broken too. But responsive some how to the power button and volumen (some parts on the screen shows the image). I turned the phone off, and bought the replace screen online.
I took the phone apart. I did this on a z1 and 3 times on a z2. On those cases I did an neanderthal work. careless. and in all cases works perfectly. This time I read guides and saw like 5 videos, and I did it perfectly. No broken parts, no plastics cracks, nothing, all smooth. I almost proud on what an excellent work I did (btw, some videos shows taking the whole phone appart (I follow them) but I guess its not need to take the mainboard out, and the buttons either, anyway).
I replaced the screen, connected everything, I just not put the back cover, to first test if the phone turn on.
The phone turn on, I see the LCD back light, but no image. After a couple of seconds, the backlight goes off and 5 red lights flash. and then it restart again. (It goes on a loop).
I took the battery off. I did the power+vol+, I use the internal switch to power it off, etc and keep doing the same.
I started on flashmode (it works btw) which is holding vol - a connecting to pc. (screen in this mode is off). I used flashtool and flashed the last oficial rom, first without wiping, second try I wiped ALL.
Still the phone doesn't go on.
Anyone have any idea?
I had the old scren, all braked, I connected it outside to test if the new screen its the problem. But it do the same. just backlight and 5 red blinks
May be there is something that I can still do.
In any case! thank you and have a great day!
Some kind of short is the only thing I can think of.
Hey Code! thanks for your reply. That can be a possibility. When I have more time I will take it aparta and re ensamble it, double checking. But I'm guessing something in the mainboard is broken. May be when I took the mainboard out I bend it too much. I don't know. I will post if I have any progress.
Usually, when the red light flashes and then goes to bootloop, it's a bad kernel, even though I don't really see how it could have messed up here... But I already had my kernel broken for no apparent reason, like the phone reboots itself, and gets stuck in a bootloop with red lights.
I see you changed the Rom, but did you also flash the boot.img? Maybe try another one? Or maybe I'm just really off ^^
Hey @deftoner did you managed to fix it cuz i'm facing the exact same problem as you after screen replacement.
Not yet. When I got the time, I will take it apart and re built it. Just in case that I miss something. I was thinking that may be I bend the motherboard too much when I took it out the first time. Its the only thing that I can think off. If I have any news I will post it here. Please if you can do the same