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Okay, so I really need help with my Defy. A few days ago, when I was washing my Defy(yes I wash it), the usb covering came out and a little water went into the usb port. It was fine for an hour or two, but then the phone went into landscape mode and refused to budge. I was on CM7 and thought that there must be something wrong with it so I switched to the official Froyo. The problem was a bit better on Froyo but it remained as irritating. Now, when I press the home button, it takes me to the dock app. Also, whenever a call comes, it automatically puts it into speaker mode as if it was connected to the docking station.
Is there anyway in which I can possibly fix this? I really need help. :/
It's waterproof , but not up to that standard.....you might need to dry the parts before using it again.....
Try using a hairdryer
Herpderp Defy.
EmoBoiix3 said:
It's waterproof , but not up to that standard.....you might need to dry the parts before using it again.....
Try using a hairdryer
Herpderp Defy.
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Did that quite a few times.
I think the usb area got affected the megnetic sensor for the docking which you're experiencing now.. I must be from the water penetration. Have you tried to uninstall the dock apk and see..
farsight73 said:
I think the usb area got affected the megnetic sensor for the docking which you're experiencing now.. I must be from the water penetration. Have you tried to uninstall the dock apk and see..
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I thought of that but can I fix the problem without removing it?
Zorua said:
I thought of that but can I fix the problem without removing it?
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Defy the odds, sell Defy and buy a new phone. Problem solved and everyone's happy just like it should be
SamAsh07 said:
Defy the odds, sell Defy and buy a new phone. Problem solved and everyone's happy just like it should be
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Obvious troll is obvious.
Okay, I installed CM7 for now. How do I go about fixing it from landscape mode?
I don't know if this has something to do with your problem, but have you tried recalibrating the compass?
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I don't know if this has something to do with your problem, but have you tried recalibrating the compass?
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Thanks but it did not work. I think that there's something wrong with the default orientation. Can you calibrate/reset that?
Zorua said:
Okay, I installed CM7 for now. How do I go about fixing it from landscape mode?
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I think you should remove or uninstall the home dock apk as the magnet always triggered forcing your phone into lanscape.
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I think you should remove or uninstall the home dock apk as the magnet always triggered forcing your phone into lanscape.
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There is no dock app on CM9. The phone is just stuck on landscape. It's the same thing with CM7.
Maybe this app can help you.
Although I would suggest you to disassemble the phone as much as you can and put the entire unit in tight raw rice container.
Next day, put it in the sun. (Just to make sure that there is no chance of water inside.)
P.S. : don't you have warranty left
brajesh.sharma87 said:
Maybe this app can help you.
Although I would suggest you to disassemble the phone as much as you can and put the entire unit in tight raw rice container.
Next day, put it in the sun. (Just to make sure that there is no chance of water inside.)
P.S. : don't you have warranty left
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Um, I want my phone to auto rotate again so that app isn't much help, but thanks anyway.
About the rice and sun trick, I did that yesterday but nothing came of it.
Also, I do have warranty left but I don't trust Motorola with my phone. Well, that's saying something but anyway. I'd like to give it a try and see if it's fixable at home but I may just be forced to give it in. Oh well.
Guys, reply please. :/
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Thanks but it did not work. I think that there's something wrong with the default orientation. Can you calibrate/reset that?
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Have you checked which rotation options are selected at cm7 screen preferences?
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fedexmagno said:
Have you checked which rotation options are selected at cm7 screen preferences?
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Okay, so basically I've narrowed down the problem. It's something with the magnetic sensor as the phone thinks it's connected to a dock. I know this because whenever a call comes, it goes to speaker and the orientation is stuck on landscape like on a dock. Now, there is NO dock app on CM7/CM9, so is there anyway by which I can calibrate the magnetic sensor or is there any other fix?
Bump, really need help here.
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Bump, really need help here.
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Sounds like your ph is fubar ^^
You could just tell everyone it's a small tablet ;-)
& never wash your ph again :zoinks:
Okay, I've managed to fix most of the problem by uninstalling the dock app and the dock service on MS2Ginger. However, calls still get directed to speaker. Is there any way in which I can fix it? Also, I need a more permanent solution to this if possible. Thanks.
Phone was working 100% perfect, I got home flashed FreeGS3 rom considering it looked bad ass. I flash it everything goes all well. Until I boot it up flash back into recovery using "quick boot". Never had a problem with that app.
I go into recovery and I got this pink screen that just won't go away.
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/9660/imag0013h.jpg
I can get it to show recovery mode, and I did do a full system wipe along with wiping everything else, and I'm on stock JB right now and the screen still will not work.
I got it to show odin earlier but now it just won't show it.
I don't even think it will go into download mode.
As of right now the phone is on and is charging and I'm receiving messages as we speak, but like I said the screen is just all pink.
I've had clark44 help me with this problem and he has never seen this before, any help is appreciated.
It can get into download mode trust me. Your gonna have to time it just right if you cant see the screen tho. Do you have debugging on by chance so you could use adb? If so plug it in and run
adb reboot download. Granted this looks hardware related
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It can get into download mode trust me. Your gonna have to time it just right if you cant see the screen tho. Do you have debugging on by chance so you could use adb? If so plug it in and run
adb reboot download. Granted this looks hardware related
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What do you mean adb reboot download? and yes usb debugging is enabled.
cbass15 said:
What do you mean adb reboot download? and yes usb debugging is enabled.
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Do you have adb set up on your pc?
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Do you have adb set up on your pc?
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Not that I know of :/
and by the way the phone boots up normally but the pink screen still shows up if I put phone in standby.
i would odin back to stock. Do you have a screen at all or is the pink constant?
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i would odin back to stock. Do you have a screen at all or is the pink constant?
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I have a screen. Until I press the standby button on the side then it messes up lol. How do you reccomend I go into download mode? I don't have the option through the reboot menu.
Is there an app?
are you rooted? If so download terminal emulator from the playstore. and in it type
su
reboot download
and flash this in ODIN
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=9390135922294523498
Did u happen to drop it or bump it on anything fairly hard? I ask cuz I've seen this on other devices after a screen/digitizer replacement and it happened from the ribbon cable not being fully seated on the board, a small drop or a hard bump might have unseated it if the latch wasn't fully closed during assembly, just a suggestion cuz that's the only time I've seen the crazy pink lines like that other than when LCD has started to die
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Did u happen to drop it or bump it on anything fairly hard? I ask cuz I've seen this on other devices after a screen/digitizer replacement and it happened from the ribbon cable not being fully seated on the board, a small drop or a hard bump might have unseated it if the latch wasn't fully closed during assembly, just a suggestion cuz that's the only time I've seen the crazy pink lines like that other than when LCD has started to die
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was thinkin that myself but figure if this doesnt fix it at least itll be on stock so you can get it fixed
I just remembered seeing it when I saw the pic. Happened to a cpl ppl on the og evo and the et4g. I've also known of a few phones to ship with the latches a bit loose from the factory, I had an intercept that came with the screen dead took it to sprint and the latch was open and the cable wasn't even connected, plugged it in and worked fine.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I just remembered seeing it when I saw the pic. Happened to a cpl ppl on the og evo and the et4g. I've also known of a few phones to ship with the latches a bit loose from the factory, I had an intercept that came with the screen dead took it to sprint and the latch was open and the cable wasn't even connected, plugged it in and worked fine.
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Phone is back up and working 100% after 4 miserable hours..
Thank you once again !!!
Skunkscape helped 99% he has always helped me with everything all thanks to him and billard
cbass15 said:
Phone is back up and working 100% after 4 miserable hours..
Thank you once again !!!
Skunkscape helped 99% he has always helped me with everything all thanks to him and billard
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Good deal, what ended up being wrong? In case others came across it
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Good deal, what ended up being wrong? In case others came across it
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Ahh nevermind phone is still acting up... :/
-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Did u happen to drop it or bump it on anything fairly hard? I ask cuz I've seen this on other devices after a screen/digitizer replacement and it happened from the ribbon cable not being fully seated on the board, a small drop or a hard bump might have unseated it if the latch wasn't fully closed during assembly, just a suggestion cuz that's the only time I've seen the crazy pink lines like that other than when LCD has started to die
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Phone has been dropped multiple times...but it's been in a case. It honestly probably is a hardware problem.
Might have to some how unroot and bring it to sprint. Good luck man
Just hit that THANKS button for fun!
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Might have to some how unroot and bring it to sprint. Good luck man
Just hit that THANKS button for fun!
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Phone is unrooted and on stock I didn't buy this phone from sprint, will they still give me a new one?
Probably not.. but if it falls under the 1 year manufacture warrenty and it is defected I would fight it to the grave!
Just hit that THANKS button for fun!
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Probably not.. but if it falls under the 1 year manufacture warrenty and it is defected I would fight it to the grave!
Just hit that THANKS button for fun!
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I got it off craigslist i traded some guy.
But if Sprint doesn't trade me for a new one I'm going to be sad
If you're comfortable opening it up, crack it open and check the ribbon cables for the screen and digitizer, the shock of dropping it may have jarred one or both loose from the board. Like I said the only time I've seen the crazy pink lines in the screen was from improperly seated cables
Edit: if u take it to a sprint repair center they will probably check the.connections for you if you explain to them that it was the only thing you could find related when you were looking for an answer. It could also be the LCD starting to die
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This is my first thread so forgive if i put it in the wrong place. I wasn't sure where it should go.
So did the usual phone user mistake and dropped (threw) my phone. cracked the screen pretty good. I've messed with phones for a while now so i purchased a new screen and digitzer and tore down the phone. pulled the old screen off, replaced it with the new and everything was good as new. ran some tests with video and quick touches as well as multi-touch and zoom. everything worked great but i have no vibrate. the phone can be put into vibrate mode but it doesnt vibrate. i tried factory reset, though i figured it was hardware and not software. If anyone who has torn down these phones knows anything about the vibrate can you please guide me into fixing this?
On a side note, i also broke a little golden clip off the inside later when tinkering trying to fix the vibrate (im pretty sure it completes the circuit for sound because now i have no sound).
Bump. Sorry but this is kind of urgent. does anyone have any ideas on this?
th3 game said:
Bump. Sorry but this is kind of urgent. does anyone have any ideas on this?
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It is possible that the connector came loose. Try checking that. The motor could have also been damaged so it make need to be replaced.
th3 game said:
This is my first thread so forgive if i put it in the wrong place. I wasn't sure where it should go.
So did the usual phone user mistake and dropped (threw) my phone. cracked the screen pretty good. I've messed with phones for a while now so i purchased a new screen and digitzer and tore down the phone. pulled the old screen off, replaced it with the new and everything was good as new. ran some tests with video and quick touches as well as multi-touch and zoom. everything worked great but i have no vibrate. the phone can be put into vibrate mode but it doesnt vibrate. i tried factory reset, though i figured it was hardware and not software. If anyone who has torn down these phones knows anything about the vibrate can you please guide me into fixing this?
On a side note, i also broke a little golden clip off the inside later when tinkering trying to fix the vibrate (im pretty sure it completes the circuit for sound because now i have no sound).
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Joking put aside - which it's VERY hard not to go there with this - contact Tuscani1821 and he might be able to help you troubleshoot it further.
garwynn said:
Joking put aside - which it's VERY hard not to go there with this - contact Tuscani1821 and he might be able to help you troubleshoot it further.
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i can deal with the jokes lol i did it. but thank you for the help. I'll pm Tuscani1821 and see if he help me out
When u have phone apart do u have a tester to see if vibrator is getting power?
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moparfreak426 said:
When u have phone apart do u have a tester to see if vibrator is getting power?
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like a multimeter? no i do not.
Tried taking the vibrator out of something else?
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moparfreak426 said:
Tried taking the vibrator out of something else?
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I don't have a different phone. I'll be posting pics of the Motherboard and other internals later tonight
That probably wont help.... Just to be honest, if u had a backup phone i could look at for you but since u dont..... Lol.... I would suggest even getting a cheap blue samsung flip phone (verizon) all models of those have same vibrator as the e4gt
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This phone isn't my daily driver and I got a skyrocket on Ebay but it came without volume buttons. Being an idiot, I figured same phone same part....not the case. Long story short, My phone turned back on after putting it back together and my touch screen works but none of my soft keys work and they won't light up. Phone is running stock, non rooted.
the hell did I do? Did I break something or did I just knock a cable loose? Should I be checking for anything specifically?
Thanks in advance.
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This phone isn't my daily driver and I got a skyrocket on Ebay but it came without volume buttons. Being an idiot, I figured same phone same part....not the case. Long story short, My phone turned back on after putting it back together and my touch screen works but none of my soft keys work and they won't light up. Phone is running stock, non rooted.
the hell did I do? Did I break something or did I just knock a cable loose? Should I be checking for anything specifically?
Thanks in advance.
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Probably didn't put the flex cable back.
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Probably didn't put the flex cable back.
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i'll check now.
Thanks for the reply.
I really hope you didnt break it...
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Probably didn't put the flex cable back.
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graydiggy said:
I really hope you didnt break it...
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All the ribbons seem to be plugged in. I think I broke it, but how?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! I'm not really worried, i'll just throw it on Ebay; I just don't know what I did wrong. Well, I opened the phone, I know I shouldn't have done that. Any idea on what ribbon cable I should be looking at specifically?
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All the ribbons seem to be plugged in. I think I broke it, but how?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! I'm not really worried, i'll just throw it on Ebay; I just don't know what I did wrong. Well, I opened the phone, I know I shouldn't have done that. Any idea on what ribbon cable I should be looking at specifically?
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Make sure the ribbon cable isn't torn.
The attached image should help.
Also, Each carrier specific phone will normally have different hardware inside.
graydiggy said:
Also, Each carrier specific phone will normally have different hardware inside.
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it's the Sprint variant.
Edit: I tore the cable, didn't even realize it until you posted that picture. Wow, I really shot myself in the foot here. How difficult is it to replace?
thanks for the info.
Sooppex said:
it's the Sprint variant.
Edit: I tore the cable, didn't even realize it until you posted that picture. Wow, I really shot myself in the foot here. How difficult is it to replace?
thanks for the info.
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A whole new screen assembly is needed... It is very hard to replace just the soft keys. A heat plate or heat gun is required to separate the glass from the screen to get to them. Much easier to just get a whole new screen/digitizer assembly.
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A whole new screen assembly is needed... It is very hard to replace just the soft keys. A heat plate or heat gun is required to separate the glass from the screen to get to them. Much easier to just get a whole new screen/digitizer assembly.
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Thanks for all the help, I'm just going to sell it.
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Thanks for all the help, I'm just going to sell it.
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Sell it in separate parts. The mobo and battery will pull the most money. Don't even bother to keep the screen on it. That will lower your total price to maybe $75 at the most. You can easily pull that on just the motherboard alone. the battery can probably be sold for 10 or 15. and the other stuff will vary as well.
Hey guys how are you!
So my beloved evo's lcd broke and i just replaced it today. The strangest thing is happening.. the screen turns on fine, but once I turn it off, it wont turn back on. The three buttons at the bottom light up and the screen, i can tell, turns on. But I cant see the UI. It is definitely not a software issue and I have tried reseating the ribbon cable multiple times. What the hell? Is my evo too old? only way i can make it work is with a reboot which is super annoying.
I have one with a shattered screen I will be replacing soon. If my memory serves me correctly there are several different types of ribbon sizes. Hopefully that is not your issue. I would suggest using a bright light and looking into the female receptacle (no dirty jokes please) and make sure that nothing is bent or twisted. Also check cable that none of the connections are not chipped.
Not sure if this will help but it is worth a shot. Other than that I am not sure what could be wrong.
Peace,
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Happiness
Edit: well fine honda but just one and you have to promise that it will be clean
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I have one with a shattered screen I will be replacing soon. If my memory serves me correctly there are several different types of ribbon sizes. Hopefully that is not your issue. I would suggest using a bright light and looking into the female receptacle (no diery jokes please) and make sure that nothing is bent or twisted. Also check cable that none of the connections are not chipped.
Not sure if this will help but it is worth a shot. Other than that I am not sure what could be wrong.
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Happiness
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Oh come on just one joke... that was too funny...
But on topic yeah check all connections...
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hondafreak513 said:
Oh come on just one joke... that was too funny...
But on topic yeah check all connections...
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The screen turns on fine. Its something I've never seen or heard about.
Well what caused the problem in the first place? Did ir just stop working or was it an innocent victim lacking the proper protective coverings?
Either way there could be more hardware problems than your screen. Give this a try and tell me what happens. Plug your phone into the charger, if nothing happens with the screen try connecting to your pc, and if still nothing try a rom that has the volume keys to wake aokp/cm are a couple that I know have that option.
If that doesn't work I will see what else I can think of.
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I would suggest using a bright light and looking into the female receptacle (no dirty jokes please)
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This is XDA, not gynecology.com
I like to break stuff!
-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
This is XDA, not gynecology.com
I like to break stuff!
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Too bad it won't let me give you two thanks for that one.
I would suggest using a bright light and looking into the female receptacle...[/QUOTE said:
of course if you can't find the receptacle, you'll want to take hold of the dongle and have it cough a couple of times...let us know the outcome, please!
But seriously, so is this what happens?
You turn on the device. Powers up ok. You can see the screen. Then what? How long till it disappears? Are you doing anything when this happens? Can you unlock the phone and see the desktop? How do you know the screen turns on fine? What exactly is giving you this impression?
Sounds to me like another broken lcd. Do you have another phone you can swap out the mainboard and help isolate the problem: mainboard or lcd/digitizer/connectors.
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of course if you can't find the receptacle, you'll want to take hold of the dongle and have it cough a couple of times...let us know the outcome, please!
But seriously, so is this what happens?
You turn on the device. Powers up ok. You can see the screen. Then what? How long till it disappears? Are you doing anything when this happens? Can you unlock the phone and see the desktop? How do you know the screen turns on fine? What exactly is giving you this impression?
Sounds to me like another broken lcd. Do you have another phone you can swap out the mainboard and help isolate the problem: mainboard or lcd/digitizer/connectors.
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It powers up fine and then as soon as the screen turns off (either manually by me or by timeout), it will not turn back on. The screen powers up, the lights at the bottom turns on but its a very dark grey screen. And as you said, isolating the problem would be easy if I had another mother board. I have another one with a wide flex cable IDK if should request a replacement or if i should get a more expensive, OEM LCD.
Ok questions for you.
Stock/rooted
S-on / off
Rom/kernel combo
Min/max governor
Oc/Uv
Everything thing else works
Power button (I say yes)
Volume +/-
All 4 screen buttons
All points of screen responsive
If your on a rom that supports volume wake try it
Auto brightness off/on
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Ok questions for you.
Stock/rooted
S-on / off
Rom/kernel combo
Min/max governor
Oc/Uv
Everything thing else works
Power button (I say yes)
Volume +/-
All 4 screen buttons
All points of screen responsive
If your on a rom that supports volume wake try it
Auto brightness off/on
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I did my research, man. Literally tried everything. Its not software, no setting can fix it.
Think it could just be an issue with waking? The lights coming on but just a dark gray screen has happened to me with several ROMs. Bumping up the minimum CPU speed a notch or 2 usually solves it.
I asked the seller and he said it is not oem. Do you guys think it makes a difference and if I should suck it up and buy OEM?
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Think it could just be an issue with waking? The lights coming on but just a dark gray screen has happened to me with several ROMs. Bumping up the minimum CPU speed a notch or 2 usually solves it.
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That's what I though at first. Hours of tweaking and research and I figured it cant be a software issue.