Ok, so the phone turns on, LCD screen even flickers on once in a while, it won't stay on though. And everything looks just how I left it. So I'm assuming the mother board is good, the LCD is bad/fried and the digitizer glass is ok. Would that be a safe assumption?
Now, I had two other Incredibles, one with a cracked LCD, one with a cracked digitizer. Swapped out the digitizer and as long as we put the right mother board in that went with the LCD, it worked great. So I'm assuming I can't just go buy an incredible off ebay with a cracked digitizer and swap out LCD screens? And will a "New" LCD replacement screen work? Thanks!
tspace75 said:
Ok, so the phone turns on, LCD screen even flickers on once in a while, it won't stay on though. And everything looks just how I left it. So I'm assuming the mother board is good, the LCD is bad/fried and the digitizer glass is ok. Would that be a safe assumption?
Now, I had two other Incredibles, one with a cracked LCD, one with a cracked digitizer. Swapped out the digitizer and as long as we put the right mother board in that went with the LCD, it worked great. So I'm assuming I can't just go buy an incredible off ebay with a cracked digitizer and swap out LCD screens? And will a "New" LCD replacement screen work? Thanks!
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I don't see why another LCD screen wouldn't work, but it's really hard to say with this kind of thing without just trying it, which is what people want to avoid because throwing parts at it costs money. Its not necessarily true that the motherboard on the device is ok. Its certainly possible that it could be fried, but in a way that allows power to still get to the LCD but not control it properly. Another option would be, since you will be taking it apart anyway, inspect the motherboard or other circuitry if you can see it and look for burn marks on the board that would indicate a short circuit. You can't always see them, but it would tell you if it were bad if you can see it.
Having used my atrix for over a year now and the more scratches i get on my screen the more unresponsive the screen becomes.. couple that with oily/dirty hands and the screen response just go crazy all the time.
Everytime that happens I notice i get better response after wiping the screen clean and toggling the sleep switch.
Then i tried installing one of those matte screen protector around $2.- on wher i am, problem solved, no more glitchy touch screen response
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Wish it was that simple. The plain fact of the matter is.. Motorola screwed up and put in a low grade digitizer (2 point multi touch) with bad manufacturing process meaning that most Atrix out there will have problems with connections between the mainboard and digitizer causing glitches, problems with sensing and the capacitance buttons not working.
The atrix digitizer is great coupled with the fact custom roms here make the phone support 5 touch.
Atrix digitizer can go up to 8 but gets buggy.
I had touch issues only after having a broken digitizer (dropped it) for 3months.
And yea I noticed for awhile now turning off screen resets touch.
Your screen protectors adhesive probably sealed the scratches temporarily which has been linked to the issue that and stops your greasy fingers tampering with it.
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Actually, a tech, told me that the Atrix has a factory problem, and its not a bad production of the digitizer, its a fault with the Motherboard, causing it to damage the digitizer. Thats why it gets fixed when you put your phone to sleep, because its the board's fault, not digitizer's. Sooner or later, the board will cause a dead stripe on the digitizer, with no fix available except for replace the digitizer, and then if you do, after a couple of months, it will damage the new digitizer. At my local repair shop, they won't carry that digitizer anymore because when they used to, customers that fixed their Atrix would come back with a dead stripe and say that they sold a bad/low quality product, but the truth is that its not the digitizer fault.
So you are telling us that when the first digitizer issue appear we should seriously think about replacing the whole phone instead repairing it? (Obviously if warranty is void)
Yes, make sure to carry the insurance on atrix first gen models. They are all faulty. I had the problem with the digitizer/mobo that developed into the lines where nothing would be touch sensitive on the line. Our was like a break in the middle of the screen and a multi touch test app showed the phone thought two fingers were being used if you tried to Swype on the line or if you Swyped across the line it would drop you touch like you lifted your finger at the line. This made the phone touch screen useless and the insurance sent me atrix 2 as a replacement.
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Actually, a tech, told me that the Atrix has a factory problem, and its not a bad production of the digitizer, its a fault with the Motherboard, causing it to damage the digitizer. Thats why it gets fixed when you put your phone to sleep, because its the board's fault, not digitizer's. Sooner or later, the board will cause a dead stripe on the digitizer, with no fix available except for replace the digitizer, and then if you do, after a couple of months, it will damage the new digitizer. At my local repair shop, they won't carry that digitizer anymore because when they used to, customers that fixed their Atrix would come back with a dead stripe and say that they sold a bad/low quality product, but the truth is that its not the digitizer fault.
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Wish it was that simple. The plain fact of the matter is.. Motorola screwed up and put in a low grade digitizer (2 point multi touch) with bad manufacturing process meaning that most Atrix out there will have problems with connections between the mainboard and digitizer causing glitches, problems with sensing and the capacitance buttons not working.
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Both are correct.
Non reinforced mini flex ribbon on a flimsy connection mounted on another connection. Many points of failure. However a fresh oem digitizer, good repair, dab of silicone, and not dropping your phone can fix most of the issues before they happen.
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I've replaced my digitizer since I bought it broken. I don't seem to have the same issues so I agree with the last comment.
I have two motorola atrix and both have fantastic touch.. One I used with broken digitizer for over a year without any issues whatsoever. Recently replaced the digitizer on the broken one, and still going strong.
Hi,
The screen from my lg g2 d802 broke yesterday.
Half of the touchscreen still works but the other part doesn't work anymore.
Do I need to repare the whole LCD or just the glass?
The LCD seems fine, so I don't know what to do.
Just replacing the glass is so much cheaper than replacing the whole LCD.
Byeee
Try ebay , picked mine up for $78. Make sure it's for your model and it's glass, digitizer and lcd combined.
Hello everyone, So I recently bought a Nexus 7(2013) about two months ago, It's a great device and for $229 I can't go wrong with it.
But recently I was using it for reading a book in bed and it dropped from the side of my bed (about a 2 feet drop) I picked it up and to my surprise there was a hairline crack at the lower right edge of the screen and most parts of the screen are not responding to touch but there aren't any flaws with the display . I went to ebay and checked replacements, I saw two different things an LCD screen(about $40) and a digitizer(about $20), There are also LCD+Digitizers for about $60. What I want to know is should I replace the digitizer or the LCD or both? also are they easy enough to do by myself or should I leave it to an expert? Thanks in advance
Seems like it's just the digitizer. A broken LCD wouldn't display properly.
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Seems like it's just the digitizer. A broken LCD wouldn't display properly.
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So should I order just the digitizer? cause those are a lot cheaper than the combos
I wouldn't do that. The glass is glued down and is almost impossible to remove without breaking the LCD. Lots of work with a heatgun or hairdryer and trying to cram plastic cards in between to get them loose. It is very stressful on the parts. Best to buy the entire unit and put your broken one on ebay. I've broken two similar units this way.
Hey guys
so.. I had the usual touch screen issues which seemed to come and go.. I tried to open the back of the case with my bare hands to re-seat the cable and i managed to crack the screen AND digitizer
Ive now replaced the screen and digitizer with a cheapie off ebay and about 3/4 of the touch screen works now, the top and left edge areas don't work!!!
its a different issue to what i had originally which was just phantom presses, do you think its a dodgy digitizer, i need a new cable or maybe Ive just installed the digitizer wrong? personally i thought i did a really good job.
cheers
gfunk