So, I've looked around at some forums to see if anyone else has this problem, and it seems like a fairly "large" majority do. However, most of them don't really talk about a solution.
I've had my VZW One since release day and recently the metal "C" has peeled off from the phone. The adhesive that they used seems to be EXTREMELY weak. I'm unsure if its because it was meant to be a stick-once and forget kinda deal, or they just used a really crappy adhesive.
I'm unsure on what I should use to glue it back. I've heard that superglue is really bad. So, if anyone has any ideas, it would help.
Maybe some spray adhesive
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The last HTC phone I had, the C fell off too, and I just pulled off the H and T so then it was just the indents of the letters and I actually was fine with the way it looked.
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Anyone know a safe way to pop the screen off too remove dust and reseal it with something so no more dust gets in? I just got sent a replacement phone last week and already it has dust under the screen which was never a problem for my old slide. Any help would be great thanks
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There's actually a lot of threads about this issue with the slide. The 'fix' is contained in a thread detailing, with pics, the disassembly of it. That's the only thing I can think of.
Now once you get it apart and wipe or use a can of duster to blow the dust off, put some sort of black sealant around the LCD/Digitizer area to keep anymore dust out. HTC went cheap on us with their sealant and that's what's causing the issue. The kind of sealant you should use is mentioned in the thread I think (it's been awhile).
tried searching found a few different threads im going thru but no guide : / hmm
Did you check out this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7327443
Hi all. Quick searching leads me nowhere as there are thousands of problems concerning issues I'm NOT having. Sorry for the crappy 3ds camera pic, it's the only thing I have at my disposal right now besides the phone. As I said in the title, I'm not using a screen protector - this is a stock phone right out of the factory with no accessories, albeit aged a bit.
If you'll take a look, you'll see two screen bubbles. The huge funky-looking one at the top started out looking like the one at the bottom, and grew over a period of a few weeks. The bottom one started out really small and doubled in size to what it is now, but has since stopped.
It's really annoying and starting to bother me, but I was wondering if anyone had experienced similar issues, or has any input whether or not I can maybe fix this thing without having to get a whole new screen/digitizer/whatever. No replacement plans on this phone so gotta figure something else out. Any idea what's going on?
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Hi all. Quick searching leads me nowhere as there are thousands of problems concerning issues I'm NOT having. Sorry for the crappy 3ds camera pic, it's the only thing I have at my disposal right now besides the phone. As I said in the title, I'm not using a screen protector - this is a stock phone right out of the factory with no accessories, albeit aged a bit.
If you'll take a look, you'll see two screen bubbles. The huge funky-looking one at the top started out looking like the one at the bottom, and grew over a period of a few weeks. The bottom one started out really small and doubled in size to what it is now, but has since stopped.
It's really annoying and starting to bother me, but I was wondering if anyone had experienced similar issues, or has any input whether or not I can maybe fix this thing without having to get a whole new screen/digitizer/whatever. No replacement plans on this phone so gotta figure something else out. Any idea what's going on?
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Is the plastic actually raised up? Can you see it when the screen is off? To me it looks like the digatizer may be going out, but its hard to tell from a pic.
It appears to be sealed and working fine... just has bubbles. I don't really know much about the insides of this phone, but it almost looks as if whatever is behind the digitizer is slightly warped and might be causing some contact with the glass or something like that. Reflections (off what is behind the screen - lcd? Not the reflections off the glass) tend to bend near the bubbles, whereas everywhere else behind the glass is pretty straight.
Essentially it just looks like water droplets or air bubbles forming on the inside surface of the glass, but it's never seen water before. I don't think the digitizer is failing.
Same problem, can I fix this myself?
Hi guys, I have the exact same problem on my HTC Desire. Touch is working fine, the pixels underneath are ok... yet this thing is expanding. What used to be 3 little bubbles near the very corner moved and turned into this amoeba looking thing after a few months.
Here are a few other shots.
Hope someone can let me know the possible verdict? Is it gone? Can it only be repaired by a professional or can I expect to be able to "clean up" the inside of the screen if I dismantle my phone as it is done here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1566313
Maybe the liquids from the lcd are boiling from the heat? Sounds dumb but is a possibility
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Yikes. Mine is still having the same issues. I'm thinking about just tearing it down soon and figuring it out myself. A little nervous working on something with such small components. Any tips for a first teardown? I need to get a T6 torx and I've already looked at a couple disassembly guides, was a while ago though.
As far as I can tell, I will have to replace either the digitizer/glass or the LCD. If it's the latter I'll probably just upgrade the phone cause they seem pretty pricey.
Ok, I did what I said and investigated myself. Unfortunately, I broke my phone doing it.
The problem is the front glass/digitizer. I couldn't get the LCD off, but I pried it back enough to see bubbles through the glass looking from the inside.
I broke my LCD prying on it, now I have an ugly black spot. Guess I'll be buying an LCD and a digitizer now. Anybody have some spare ones, or know the cheapest place to get them?
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Ok, I did what I said and investigated myself. Unfortunately, I broke my phone doing it.
The problem is the front glass/digitizer. I couldn't get the LCD off, but I pried it back enough to see bubbles through the glass looking from the inside.
I broke my LCD prying on it, now I have an ugly black spot. Guess I'll be buying an LCD and a digitizer now. Anybody have some spare ones, or know the cheapest place to get them?
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There are some digitizers on ebay for about $20 USD. i dont know about LCDs cause i never needed to replace mine but i would assume that they would be a little more expensive. Also, make sure you get the digitizer WITH the bezel because it will make your life a ton easier.
I'd better not touch it then
Sorry to hear about your LCD, D-Lew
Guess I wont be touching mine on my own. I'll definitely break it trying to do the same thing as you. I wonder if it's gonna break my phone if I just leave it as is. I mean, apart from the fact that it is there, it is not affecting the performance at all.
The bubble might get bigger. That's all you have to worry about.
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I've got these minute scratches on the WFS screen, 5-6 of them. Each a bit smaller than a millimetre and quite faint. Yes, I know, should have got myself a screen protector and the cause is most likely my pocket.
So I was wondering if anyone had any good experiences getting rid of scratches on a touch-screen? Of the ones I've come across, Displex seem to have mixed reviews about it. And there are some who swear by removing scratches using toothpaste. So before I do anything crazy, was just looking forward to get a second opinion.
PS. I've also come across articles about using cerium oxide and Brasso but I doubt they're safe to use on a touch-screen.
You could just replace the digitizer.
Thrawed said:
You could just replace the digitizer.
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Well, 30-odd quid and a lot of hard work doesn't seem right considering how minute the scuffs are. I can just as well live with it but yeah, getting rid of them or maybe making them less noticeable would be just great!
stitizz son,
What would happen if you place a screenprotector over the scratches?
I don't believe in polishing with tooth paste i used it before on a Nokia and i wasn't happy whith the result. But don't know if it was a glass screen.
I never use a phone, not for a day, whitout screenprotector i learned my lesson.
Joop
I wasn't too keen on the toothpaste thing either. But any product which may as well do the least bit something! It's sad, come to think about it, that there are so many such products in the market, and nobody's satisfied with their experience of it. I might well stick to applying a screen protector on top of the scuffs. Well, it'd atleast do a good job keeping future scuffs at bay if anything! Thanks though guys, appreciated.
So, stupidly enough, I managed to drop my nexus 7 on pavement. Even though it had a case on it, the edge still managed to get chipped. It really annoys me, and I was wondering if anyone has had the same problem and came up with a quick solution to make it look somewhat nicer. It's not a huge deal, but I figured I'd reach out to you guys to see if anyone had a fix. Thanks! A picture of the damage is attached. Ignore all the other little bits of dust; it's magnified in the picture. Sorry for the blurriness too.
Short of outright replacement, I'd probably use colored epoxy clay. Mix it, mold it and let it harden. Not sure about how long it would adhere.
zam..
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So this one dropped and didn't break or crack the glass, others, accordingly to users here, crack and break out of air.
Yea, now all those stories start to make sense and this tablet isn't that bad afterall.
I just dropped mine today from chest height (had it in my chest pocket on my coat) onto some steel. Nothing broken. Just a slight ding near the volume button. I've had it less than 24 hours
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I would get a poetic graphgrip.
dkryder said:
I would get a poetic graphgrip.
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I know that this post is a bit old.... but it came up on a search...
I have ended up with a similar type of chip on the side of my N7 2013. Except -- I didn't drop it. Nor has anyone else touched it. It just appeared out of the blue, indeed, with a Poetic Graphgrip installed.
It appears that the plastic around the bezel is quite brittle on this one.
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I know that this post is a bit old.... but it came up on a search...
I have ended up with a similar type of chip on the side of my N7 2013. Except -- I didn't drop it. Nor has anyone else touched it. It just appeared out of the blue, indeed, with a Poetic Graphgrip installed.
It appears that the plastic around the bezel is quite brittle on this one.
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For the short time I've been a member here one of the things that has fascinated me the most is how two members can experience the direct opposite and neither members experience negates the other. I put my graphgrip on 2 days after buying my device in early sept 2013 and have dropped my unit twice on a hard surface on a thin edge since. My unit has no damage and I attribute that to the poetic. Yet reading that a device spontaneously chips an edge while wearing a graphgrip does not surprise me in the least. I am just happy that such activity has not been my experience.
Does anyone know what part is required to replace the back plastic part at top of phone which has the power button within it please? It's cracked at the left most end.
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Have you tried e-bay? I've seen people buy the speaker covers there. Maybe someone had that part as well.
How the hell did it crack. Just wondering so I don't do it.
EDIT - just looked on ebay and it appears that if you buy a new back cover the picture looks as if the part you need is included. I'd ask the seller first though.
Just search HTC One M8 parts.
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Have you tried e-bay? I've seen people buy the speaker covers there. Maybe someone had that part as well.
How the hell did it crack. Just wondering so I don't do it.
EDIT - just looked on ebay and it appears that if you buy a new back cover the picture looks as if the part you need is included. I'd ask the seller first though.
Just search HTC One M8 parts.
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Yeah I since found out that's the part I need after reading the iFixit guide.
I'm not sure exactly how I did it, I've dropped it once and although it was in a case, the impact must have been enough to crack the plastic.
The fix doesn't look too hard actually. Hardest part is warming up the glue holding the speaker grilles. Rest is simple guitar pick prising apart.
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Chris, That sucks. I dropped my phone the 3rd day I had it, without a case on and the only thing that happened is some very small scratches on the edge bezel. I would have never noticed them if I hadn't have been building a model (hobby) and was painting with my detail magnification glasses on and my phone rang. I looked at iFixit before I decided on the M8 because this is the first phone without a removable battery and I wanted to know how hard it would be to open it up and replace stuff. They make is sound so hard but I think it doesn't look that hard after getting the glue soft.
Good luck and let us know how the repair goes. :good: