I replaced my HTC One X screen because it's cracked. I am pretty sure I did everything correctly.
I followed this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3wxy4wUlRw&list=PLv54VHJgYuodvmY7ySEUEjOZcbptZtmG7&index=4
I tested the new screen out mid-way, like the video, and it worked fine (I'm using the SHARP variant, as it was identical to the cracked one).
I then placed the screen into the housing, and connected everything back up. Put the screws back in, but before putting the back cover on, I tried testing the screen. It wouldn't turn on. The capacitative buttons light up on reboot, but the screen does not. When plugging it in, the notification LED lights up a constant orange, and it comes up on my computer.
I've read some people having this problem, but I'm not sure what to do.
I took the screen out, and put the old one in (the cracked), and it too no longer lit up! Same problem as the new screen. So how do I fix this? The Flex cable is 100% in the jawbone connector, so it's not that. I don't think it's a short circuit, although it is a possibility.
I spent $90 on this, so it's quite disappointing if it's all gone to waste.
UPDATE:
I found out that the screen is working, it's just extremely, extremely dim. It's so dim that I needed complete darkness in my room in order to see the screen. I only glimpsed this once, and I haven't yet been able to get it to turn on again.
What's strange is that the screen doesn't even light up when powering on, there's no HTC boot animation or anything. Is this a hardware, or software issue?
I'm going to fully charge it, and take the battery out for 3-4 hours, and see if it fixes it.
I think it might be a shorted 220 coil, that's the only explanation I can think of to cause both screens to not light up.
Does anyone have any experience replacing the 220 coil? As I'm not sure how to remove the 220 coil. Do I just pry it off?
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Hi.
I will try and detail everything about my xda so that I can cover most of the subjects that have been spoken about on this forum.
I am trying to get my xda up and running again, it has not been working for quite some time know so I have not used it in a long while because it stopped working last year and I just left it. Since then I have moved on to another Job and would benefit from the use of the xda.
I have the cradle and the power supply. If I put the battery in the cradle dock it won’t charge, no orange light on the cradle to say it is charging. If I place the xda in the dock or connect it to the power supply then the orange light on the top right hand corner stays on, regardless of whether the battery is in or not. Now I am confident that although you should have a battery in the unit, for the purpose of trying to get it running I am happy to use the power supply. I have followed all the guides to doing a hard reset, such as reset, camera and recorder buttons. For a while nothing was happening, and then suddenly the screen showed a faint image of o2, the network provider I am on. After a few attempts I managed to get it to come on again, and now I have figured a way of how to get it on and what looks like is the problem. If you connect the power supply, only with the battery in the back, the screen comes on with the o2 logo, and those familiar with the brand, you can see the blue oxygen bubble in the water, a blue background. Now, when you connect it straight away, the display lights up, not very bright, but it is noticeable, and then a second later, the orange light comes on to say it is charging, the screen then fades so you can just notice it, and then it goes off and nothing happens. Windows doesn’t see the device through USB, not even for the fraction of time that the unit becomes alive. I am aware the battery is a problem, but I don’t want to be buying a battery for something that it is already broken.
I have taken the unit apart following the guides available on the net, only as far as taking the fascia off and checking the board for damage or loose connections.
Any advice?
Neil.
how about the battery? have you tried a replacement?
I have not tried a replacement battery as I thought the unit could still power up without the battery.
how about checking the little trip-switch under the battery lock notch? if you dont want to have a battery. you should check it if it is on when you put the powersupply.
Just checkup the backlight settings again.
I dropped my HOX and I got another HOX with working mainboard. I replaced it and everything worked except for very faint backlight and flickering. So I disassembled the phone and put it back together again. Now I can't start the phone anymore and the solid red led burns when connected to the charger....after I connect it it flickers one time, very fast. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? So pissed of right now...
Hi, if you don't have any power at all eg no vibration or lights on three bottons at the bottom, it could be that the power connecter is not properly plugged in. follow cabble down from power button, plug is hard to get at unless you unstick power button from cassie.
If you have some power check lcd is working by using a bright light near the screen and closely checking to see if you can see anything, could be backlight not working.
just my 2cents
feel bad for ya!
bevan1971 said:
Hi, if you don't have any power at all eg no vibration or lights on three bottons at the bottom, it could be that the power connecter is not properly plugged in. follow cabble down from power button, plug is hard to get at unless you unstick power button from cassie.
If you have some power check lcd is working by using a bright light near the screen and closely checking to see if you can see anything, could be backlight not working.
just my 2cents
feel bad for ya!
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The cable is connected and I'm afraid the display shows nothing Thanks for your reply.
This might work
_JT said:
I dropped my HOX and I got another HOX with working mainboard. I replaced it and everything worked except for very faint backlight and flickering. So I disassembled the phone and put it back together again. Now I can't start the phone anymore and the solid red led burns when connected to the charger....after I connect it it flickers one time, very fast. Does anyone have an idea what it could be? So pissed of right now...
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Okay, I have experienced the same thing and I'll tell you what I did to fix it. I dropped my HOX after owning for only a few days and the screen was cracked. I ordered a replacement LCD/ screen digitizer part and took it apart. One of the things that I found was that there was adhesive everywhere, including adhesive on the connection to the battery.
After it was taken apart, I attempted to test the new screen. It was then the LED turned solid red and the phone would not power on (even after 10 minutes of charging). What I did was remove the adhesive from he battery connector and disconnected the battery completely. I plugged it back in 10 seconds later and it turned back to flashing green (which is normal because I had several missed texts).
So my solution was just to unplug the battery and it worked just fine. The hardest part about this whole process was putting the cover back on, especially on the side with volume buttons! Hope that helps.
I have exactly the same problem. The difference is that now that I took it off charge, the red light is flickering on and off. I cannot get the display to show! Please please help.
Hello!
I hope somebody can help me, I tried to solve the problem by myself but I ran out of ideas what could be wrong. So to start with, i have replaced a cracked screen with a new one(lcd+digitizer). Everything was working fine after assembly, so I gave the phone back to the customer. Yesterday after 3 weeks of usage, he came back claiming that the screen isn't working anymore and that sometimes the screen was black and the other second was working. So I gave a look, but the screen was working(suddenly again), only the colours were a bit funky(probably the screen flat cable is the problem or?) So I opened the phone but nothing was wrong with the cables. I also cleaned the connectors with air if there was maybe some dust. Then when I assembled it back, plugged it in, to charge it, the battery was on screen,saying it is charging and I thought the problem is solved, but when I turn on the phone there is still nothing,blank screen. What could be wrong? The screen must be working because otherwise I couldn't see the green battery when charging the phone while off.
Hello all. I recently made this thread where I described the phone, the LG G3 d851 t-mobile variant. randomly rebooting and not turning on without pulling the battery. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/d851-randomly-shuts-off-wont-power-t3424458). I deduced it to the replacement battery (supposedly genuine) that I purchased from a seller on ebay. I put my old battery in and everything is fine again, and the seller shipped me another replacement battery (big mistake, i know).
I put in the replacement battery, and a day later the phone shuts down again in the same manner as stated in the previous thread. I pull out the battery and put it back in and.. nothing happens on screen. The LEDS just flash green and blue. I tried plugging it into a charger, just a red LED, no display. If I plug in the phone to a charger without the battery inserted, the backlight activates but nothing whatsoever appears on the screen. I cannot get into the recovery either.
If I let the phone sit for a while, and try to power it on, I see the LG boot screen appear for about 5 seconds. Then the image flickers and fades away to black, and the LED just flashes blue/green.
Am I screwed or is there any way to salvage this phone? I'm desperate for any assistance and I'm totally open to any component level repair you guys recommend (I'm pretty broke :/)
Thanks all!
Current behavior:
Attempt to turn phone on: Blank display, no backlight, blue/green LEDs
Plug phone in with battery in: Blank display, no backlight, red LED
Plug phone without battery in: Blank display, backlight active, red LED
Do any of the above after leaving phone off for a while with battery unplugged: display begins to display the expected image for 5 seconds, then the screen flickers and the image fades until the screen turns black.
I tried the old (working) battery, and no luck either.
[edit] Hopefully solved. please read my latest post for my idiotic but somehow functional solution
amaskedman said:
Hello all. I recently made this thread where I described the phone randomly rebooting and not turning on without pulling the battery. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/d851-randomly-shuts-off-wont-power-t3424458). I deduced it to the replacement battery (supposedly genuine) that I purchased from a seller on ebay. I put my old battery in and everything is fine again, and the seller shipped me another replacement battery (big mistake, i know).
I put in the replacement battery, and a day later the phone shuts down again in the same manner as stated in the previous thread. I pull out the battery and put it back in and.. nothing happens on screen. The LEDS just flash green and blue. I tried plugging it into a charger, just a red LED, no display. If I plug in the phone to a charger without the battery inserted, the backlight activates but nothing whatsoever appears on the screen.
I tried the old (working) battery, and no luck either.
If I let the phone sit for a while, and try to power it on, I see the LG boot screen appear for about 5 seconds. Then the image flickers and fades away to black, and the LED just flashes blue/green.
Am I screwed or is there any way to salvage this phone? I'm desperate for any assistance and I'm totally open to any component level repair you guys recommend (I'm pretty broke :/)
Thanks all!
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It would help if you would say what variant you have (at&t, verizon, sprint). Can you boot into TWRP? If your able to get into bootloader kdz or tot back to stock.
netookska05 said:
It would help if you would say what variant you have (at&t, verizon, sprint). Can you boot into TWRP? If your able to get into bootloader kdz or tot back to stock.
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Sorry! I am using the d851 T-mobile model. I can't boot into recovery or anything. the LED just flashes some color but nothing appears on the screen.
Behavior:
Attempt to turn phone on: Blank display, no backlight, blue/green LEDs
Plug phone in with battery in: Blank display, no backlight, red LED
Plug phone without battery in: Blank display, backlight active, red LED
Do any of the above after leaving phone off for a while with battery unplugged: display begins to display the expected image for 5 seconds, then the screen flickers and the image fades until the screen turns black.
Will update the OP
Thank you for the reply.
amaskedman said:
Sorry! I am using the d851 T-mobile model. I can't boot into recovery or anything. the LED just flashes some color but nothing appears on the screen.
Behavior:
Attempt to turn phone on: Blank display, no backlight, blue/green LEDs
Plug phone in with battery in: Blank display, no backlight, red LED
Plug phone without battery in: Blank display, backlight active, red LED
Do any of the above after leaving phone off for a while with battery unplugged: display begins to display the expected image for 5 seconds, then the screen flickers and the image fades until the screen turns black.
Will update the OP
Thank you for the reply.
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Possibly bricked plug it into your computer and see what it comes up as.
So strangely enough, I tried heating my phone using the most idiotic method possible by letting it heat in my blanket (I don't have immediate access to a heat gun). The screen began displaying some funky artifacts when attempting to boot with the LG logo but would otherwise revert to the behavior described in the OP (only LED working, no LCD display.).
I let the phone cool for a few hours and I'm actually able to get as far as the dialog box where it asks you whether or not you really want to format, in other words the factory data reset dialog box (when holding vol down + power to get into the recovery) with minimal to no hardware artififacts., and only when I confirm that I do does it crap out and revert to the previously described behavior. But it actually lets me use the vol keys to select an option, so I'm getting a lot further than before.
So this absolutely seems to be a hardware problem. Anywhere you guys suggest I examine before I take a heat gun to the motherboard? Any specific component I should look at?
Thank you guys so much
Take it to certified technician he will fix ur device these phones are dirt cheap nowadays so u will not be charged heavily no more than 50$ worthl
So,
after reading into this more and suspecting loose solder joints (see the various threads about screen flickering problem), I decided to pursue this route and continue trying to heat the logic board.
I'm completely broke and don't have access to a heat gun, and with no other working phone I decided to take some desperate measures. For those of you having a similar problem and reading this, PLEASE DON'T ATTEMPT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DESCRIBE. THIS IS A HORRIBLE IDEA.
I turned on the phone to get the blue/green LEDs , plugged it into the wall, and wrapped the phone with blankets. I let the phone cook itself for 2 hours.
Yes, just like the infamous xbox 360 "towel trick".
When I went to remove the phone from my makeshift blanket oven, the phone was brutally hot and felt like a stovetop (was painful to touch for the first 30 seconds). The screen was filled with artifacts due to the intense heat.
I carefully removed the battery, let the heat dissipate slowly for a couple minutes, let the phone cool on an AC unit for a another few minutes and turned the phone on.
It worked. Phone boots and haven't had a single problem for over a day.
I guess the problem was cold solder joints after all, and the intense heat was enough to reflow the solder and form a stable enough connection to allow the display to function again.
Even ran a stress test program for an hour with no issues.
Hoping this fix lasts (knock on wood), will report back if I have any issues.
Again, anyone having a similar problem, please don't emulate me. I shouldn't even have to say why this is a bad idea. Get a heat gun, remove the motherboard and heat it that way.
I'm sure applying the proper repair procedure described in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/help/screen-flickering-fix-successful-t3397411 would have fixed my problem as well.
So, why did this problem happen in the first place? I'm guessing it has to do with the overheating issues this model of phone has (at least my particular unit). I've been playing a lot of pokemon go, so the phone is running a lot hotter than it used to. The constant high temps (reading upwards of 75c frequently from my cpu) were enough to weaken the solder joints. I also recall dropping the phone a couple times while playing the game, and I guess this was enough to knock the joints out of wack.
I'm currently capping the CPU at 1500mhz and the GPU at 300mhz and the phone is running a lot cooler now. I'm probably going to set the resolution to 1080p, cap the framerate and possibly undervolt, though this might not be necessary.
Thanks for reading and hope this helps someone in the future.
Hi all,
I just upgraded the battery on my Moto 360 v1 and everything was working (including the display assembly) when I connected everything - except the side button. I opened it up, thinking there was something in the way of the button mechanism, and tried pressing the button mechanism manually. It wouldn't turn on, so I disconnected the battery for ~20 minutes. After that time I put it back together and lo and behold, it vibrated! But the screen stayed black. I put it on the charger and the screen still stayed black - but I noticed the backlight was working. Even the digitizer is working. I opened it up again and everything looks fine. The pins on the ribbon cables all seem fine, no dust/moisture. The ribbon cables themselves also seem fine.
I've already tried factory resetting via the Wear OS app, but that hasn't changed anything.
Any ideas would be appreciated!
Tiny update:
After tinkering around with things, I managed to get some pixels on the screen. So chances are good I damaged the ribbon cable. I'll update if I get it sorted.
Did you get it working?
The ribbon cables are exceptionally easy to tear when working on the watch (I managed to do this *twice* even though I knew I needed to be careful), in which case you must get a replacement display assembly from aliexpress. But it may also just be that the display connector is not fully engaged.