[Q] LCD not working after screen replacement - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

I dropped and cracked my glass last week. Yesterday I had a guy replace the glass, and it worked fine afterwards for several hours. This morning when I woke up I find that the display won't turn on, though the touch buttons light up fine, and the glass is separated a little from the LCD. Actually, sometimes if I power off the phone for a few minutes then turn it back on, it the display will flash "SAMSUNG" for a second before going off as it boots.
So did the guy damage my LCD? Is it possible that it just has a loose connection or something?

rcurtis13 said:
I dropped and cracked my glass last week. Yesterday I had a guy replace the glass, and it worked fine afterwards for several hours. This morning when I woke up I find that the display won't turn on, though the touch buttons light up fine, and the glass is separated a little from the LCD. Actually, sometimes if I power off the phone for a few minutes then turn it back on, it the display will flash "SAMSUNG" for a second before going off as it boots.
So did the guy damage my LCD? Is it possible that it just has a loose connection or something?
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Sounds like loose connection. I would go back to that guy and get him to fix it/take a look at it.

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Touch still unresponsive after digitizer replaced

About 2 weeks ago my touch function stopped responding. I was away from the night and it died shortly after and I did not have my charger. The next day once I got it charged up, I powered it on and was able to get a few minutes of working touch sense... then the touch died completely. I opened it up to make sure all of the cables were intact- Everything inside looked perfect except for the little latch that holds down on the digitizer cable was broken off, but that was already like that for a while and everything was still working.) After some fiddleing and no luck, I decided I probably just need to get a new digitizer--- It would be easy to disassemble because my lcd and digitizer were both oem from a drop in the potty a few minths back, which only affected the screen. So today the digitizer came in and I replaced it- NO LUCK! Every once in a while I get a tiny spark of scroll functionality or the bottom of the screen while in landscape mode becomes touchable for a few seconds, but otherwise dead.
Does anyone know what the problem could be since I have already replaced the digitizer???
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Screen died?

Last night I was out and during the night I pulled my desire z out of my pocket to find that the screen was dead, the soft touch buttons were still lit up and working but no display. I pulled the battery and tried to reboot and no luck, you can hear it booting and even unlock/receive calls and txts etc once it has booted up just the screen stays blank the whole time so have to do everything on feel.
Essentially does this just mean my screen has a hardware fault? is it worth trying to fix? I assume the only option would be to purchase a replacement screen and dissemble and reassemble it?
(warranty is not worth it as I live in New Zealand and would have to send my phone back to the UK where I bought it from, also I have dropped it quite a few times so probably voided anyway...)
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Does it never display anything? So not even a flash during boot or something?
Because then it is probably a hardware problem.
Since the soft touch buttons do still work I think there might be a little crack or something in the flat cable that connects the bottom half with the top.
Maybe you could check whether you can see if the cable is broken or not?
The best thing to do then is to look for a replacement and try to fix it yourself or bring it to a shop where they can do it for you.
No it never displays anything, completely dead the whole time. The touch input is still working though as I answered a phone call this morning on it by making the usual gesture just without being able to see anything. Doesnt seem to be anything wrong with the cable itself as far as I can see. Yea might have to get someone to have a look at it.
My phone is acting the same. I dropped my phone in the pond before, but pulled battery out on time and had it in rice for a day. My phone was still working for about two weeks after that incident. I dropped it and had one little crack at the top of the screen and about a week after that it died when I had a water balloon fight with the phone in my pocket. D;
Do any of you know if the replacement lcd screen/digitizer for the Desire Z would work for the G2?
I had the same thing happening to my G2 screen, only it was intermittently working for a little while, then just completely died and wouldn't work. It was doing this crazy flickering thing then the back light wouldn't go on at all. If I held the phone at a certain angle in the sun, I could see that the pixels were indeed working on the display, but there was no backlight to make them normally visible.
So I purchased a replacement screen from ebay and carefully followed the directions on a youtube video for a G2 take apart. Its not a hard task to take apart and get down to the screen itself. It was rather easy. After putting it back together the screen still didn't work! Sounds work, i can also receive calls etc. But the screen still doesn't work!
Is there any way that this could be a software issue?
Oh and PS, I believe the LCD replacement would work for both the desire Z and the G2. They are identical phones after all right? I'd say its a safe bet. The screen I bought was only 35 bucks. Didn't think that was a bad deal.
Another dead screen or something else?
Few days ago my phone fell of the couch onto a rug - no big deal, so far it has survived much worse, but when I picked it up, the colors were all messed up - overly green and red. Tried restarting - no luck. Everything worked fine, except the colors, but then the screen turned of completely. I could hear notifications, phonecalls, but the screen was dead. After some tapping on the screen, it turned on again - with ****ed up colors. Then started flickering and was gone again. Few more times I could turn it on by tapping before it was dead for good.
Figured, after all these drops it survived, maybe the screen connector is a bit loose. I mean, I could sometime get a contact when tapping it, so I dissasambled it completely, secured all the connection, put it all back tougether and fired up - same thing: dead screen, phone working.
Has anyone had such problem before? Is it screen that is dead, or connector or... I have no clue... I would like try to fix it on my own, with some replacement parts I could get on ebay - but, what gave?

LCD screen keeps disconnecting.

I dropped my phone the other night onto a wooden floor, and the entire phone was still intact. But now the screen will sometimes just not turn on, but the bottom row of lights still turns on and I can unlock the phone and reset it. Sometimes the screen will work after resetting but then later glitch up. I have removed it from the case but couldn't get the LCD cable without feeling like it would break the phone. But there seems to be nothing wrong with the connection pins that I can view from the side.
Everywhere that I've rang to get repairs for it straight up says that it is a screen replacement, but I know that the LCD and digitizer still works and that the phone does turn on.
What's the best way to repair it?

Screen not working. Touch does work. Not cracked. Not busted. Ideas?

So I dropped my S3 during the 5 minutes it took to take it out of it's case and wipe some under-the-protector dust off.
When i picked my phone back up the screen would not come on. Out of curiosity my wife called me and the screen lit up and worked, except everything had a green tint. Worked fine (other than green tint) for about 3 hours until we went to bed.
I life it on the charger all night and the alarm woke me up in the morning, but the screen would not come back on.
It's been 3 days and still no screen.
Touch still works fine. I can receive calls by swiping. I can press power and swipe to unlock and use SVoice to make calls.
What could cause this? Is it possible for the LCD to go out without the touch? Is it possible for the LCD to go out without busting (when it was green, it was a clean screen, no hints of shattering)? What is the most I should be willing to pay, without getting ripped off, to have it repaired?
Yes it is very possible to only damage the LCD. You'll have to replace the whole assembly, around $120 for the part. Probably still a good bit more to use a repair service. Or buy a used device on eBay and swap parts.
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[Q] Part of the screen is not responding to touch... help?

So during my holiday my HOX got splashed with a bit of water from a wave. The battery was running on fumes and, when I looked at it, the phone was dead. It did turned on later while in my pocket and I happened to press the power button.
I let it dry on rice and nothing. I made the potential mistake of trying to charge it so it would heat up and it wouldn't charge. I then bought another mobile and, just to try it, I took opened the HOX and hoovered. Nothing.
Miracle happened yesterday when, just for kicks, I tried the charger again. It power up!! Everything seems fine, no visible screen damage, wifi works, everything works just fine but... screen won't respond to touch on the very bottom, say, the capacitive and menu buttons (the ones just above the capacitive ones).
What do you guys think? Is the screen dead there, maybe I didn't put the screen back properly or should I wait as some moister might yet be there?
Cheers!
Kutusov said:
So during my holiday my HOX got splashed with a bit of water from a wave. The battery was running on fumes and, when I looked at it, the phone was dead. It did turned on later while in my pocket and I happened to press the power button.
I let it dry on rice and nothing. I made the potential mistake of trying to charge it so it would heat up and it wouldn't charge. I then bought another mobile and, just to try it, I took opened the HOX and hoovered. Nothing.
Miracle happened yesterday when, just for kicks, I tried the charger again. It power up!! Everything seems fine, no visible screen damage, wifi works, everything works just fine but... screen won't respond to touch on the very bottom, say, the capacitive and menu buttons (the ones just above the capacitive ones).
What do you guys think? Is the screen dead there, maybe I didn't put the screen back properly or should I wait as some moister might yet be there?
Cheers!
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This is a flashback to me. Same thing happened to me few weeks ago - first 3 bottom buttons stoped working, and now 7 days ago part of touch screen is not working anymore. I am going to replace lcd+digitizer+frame, lucky me nothing else need to be fixed. And IMHO trying to heat closed HTC when water was in it doesn't make a sense as a water will condense (as it is closed) so it would make more damage. Oxidation sucks :/
I do have the SIM slot opened but yeah, that's a tinny opening, not much space for water vapour to escape... it's been a few weeks since I thought it had died though, it's pretty amazing to me that it came back at all. Some tough phones, these...
Anyway, I think I'll try to take the screen out again, I wasn't too careful putting it back in because I saw it wasn't charging or powering up or anything at all.

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