I have a n910a (AT&T) variant Note 4 that I bought off of eBay, and the screen does not seem to be attached correctly. The proximity sensor reads extremely high in normal operation (causing all kinds of pocket dials, app launches, etc), but when the top left and right of the screen is pushed in 1-2 mm, it reads normal.
This makes me think I have a phone that have a phone that had a ****ty screen replacement done on it. The front camera also gets liquid in it if I spray cleaner on the screen.
Is it possible to re-glue the screen? Would I have to take the phone all apart, or could I use something like a syringe filled with glue? What kind of glue?
I'm scared of gluing over some kind of important sensor, and ruining the phone's operation.
Any ideas?
Looks like it's already ruined to me
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Sometimes, the very bottom of my screen (digitizer) behaves erratically to touch to where Swype is completely nonfunctional. When I inspect the surface of the digitizer, I don't see anything on it. However, when I take a lint-free cloth and clean the screen, it works again. It seems like its absurdly sensitive to microscopic amounts of debris/oil. Anyone else experience this?
I think I'm experiencing the same thing, but I don't think it is the digitizer. In my case I get the back button acting up on me when I hold the phone in a certain way (due to it's width, didn't have the problem with my 4" Vibrant, plus the SGS2 is more curvy than the international version). I think I'm sliding a part of my palm over the screen or building a connection to the metal rim. The back button triggers in those case casing quite a bit of headache when I have to relaunch the app or click forward in a browser. I order a silicon gel case, which I hope will fix the problem by providing a slightly higher lip around the area.
Hey guys...I got an incredible deal on a slight water damaged t989 in otherwise great physical shape, and I really like it. The only issue I'm having with it is when I make a call, the screen goes black (still shows the clock at the top...everything else is black), without ever putting the phone to my face. And after that I can't do anything to get it to come back on.
Is it normal for the screen to still show the clock when the phone is up to your ear? I figured it might be based on how amoled screens work (only producing light locally where it needs it), but wasn't sure.
Also, do you think this is the proximity sensor being faulty? That was my guess...it looks like the part costs $23 and is connected to the front camera. I could also try taking it apart and drying it out better (I already did that with the motherboard and it fixed all the other issues it was having, like the main camera not working)...I'm just a little less inclined to do this since I don't see any guides for disassembling that part of the phone and don't want to accidently damage something.
I guess I'm willing to try opening it up further and airing out the proximity sensor...possibly replacing it...but the important question on my mind is does this phone normally still display the time at the top when you hold it up to your ear?
anybody? It would help me just to know if this phones screen goes completely black when making a call, or if it goes black but still shows the very top with the clock and such when the phones proximity sensor is covered up (ie: held up to the ear)
Hi, I have an issue that has formed after glass replacement on my Note 2. I was extremely careful in trying not to damage anything during the replacement process and I did not use excessive heat either, keeping the screen under 170 degrees F to loosen the cracked screen. The issue is that about half the time the phone touch screen will stop working during normal use and then when I hit the lock button on the right side and then unlock the phone again it will be ok for a while before it acts up again. So far, I have done a soft and hard reset with no luck. I noticed the problem is worse when the 12 small screws in the back of the phone are very tight, I loosened them all a few turns and this helped it act up less. The pen always works. I installed a multi touch testing app and this proves that something is up because it sometimes reads fingers that arent there, generally in the middle of the screen and sometimes this programs just completely flips out and reads fingers everywhere. So at this point Im guessing that maybe the replacement glass is too close to the LCD? It also does seem to be negatively affected if I bend the whole phone slightly, this also sometimes causes the touch screen to flip out of just quit altogether. Any input is extremely appreciated!
Is there supposed to be anything between the glass and the lcd when the glass is replaced? Sorry if thats a dumb question.
My phone was working fine when the screen was cracked. I didn't check if it was working right before I replaced the screen but I'm assuming it was. While replacing the screen I put some scratches on the digitizer. I also wiped it with a paper towel and it change color on some part of it. When I turn the phone on the charging light, to left corner works. Also the bottom soft keys light up as well. But that's it the screen does not light up at all and the phone doesn't make any sound when it turns on. Could I have damaged the digitizer in any way? I don't see how replacing the screen would have done that. I also noticed that while the phone is off I can see through the glass screen and see the digitizer. Where before it would look all black.
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Did you replace the display, or just the glass? If you scratched the digitizer theres a good chance thats the problem. What did you use on the towel that caused it to change color? Thats also not a good sign. If you could explain a litte better what you replaced, what you used and how you did it, it would probably help to figure out what happened. But either way it does sound like it was damaged in the process.
I Just replaced the top glass not the whole digitizer and all. I didn't have anything on the paper towel but I think some oil from my hands. Then I tried to clean it with water so it looked like a really big smudge of oil. When I watch fix it videos all the digitizer looks black and mine looks silver. Also from reading on Google lots of people had this happen to them. It seems maybe the hair dryer made the phone too hot, if extreme heat could damage it. Or just too much pressure. Since I did put some scratches on it maybe I applied too much pressure. Lot of people are saying even the slightest bit too much pressure can damage it. But I still don't get why mine looks silver and not black.
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I think the heat related discoloration is mostly seen when the display is on. Not sure about when its off. Cant say why it would be silver looking though. I would think youd need more heat than a hair dryer for that to be the cause though.
It may be from the water. Its just a guess though. Ive only ever seen or used rubbing alcohol or certain types of cleaners.
I'm considering buying this phone especially for hiking and sometimes I need to use it when it is raining. I own a S5 that is waterproof, but as soon as the screen is a little wet, the phone becomes totally unresponsive.
Is the Active 7 still usable when there are drops on the screen or is all wet? As far as I know the Note 7 has that functionality, and I was wondering if it is the same with this phone.
Thanks.
Didn't work well for me
depends on how wet it is. Water interferes with the capacitive touch screen. If you want something that works well when wet, go for the Note 7. It doesn't use capacitive touch for the stylus, and you can disable the screen when the stylus hovers, so you can use it, even when submerged
In case of any potential buyers interested, I finally got the phone and it worked very well for me. I used it while it was slightly raining and my screen got drops everywhere but I could keep using the phone with no problems.
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Water interferes with the capacitive touch screen.
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That's true but when you "touch the screen" on the Galaxy S7 Active you're not touching the capacitive screen, you're touching the polycarbonate overlay which sits on top of the actual glass digitizer.
The Galaxy S7 Active is much better than previous Active models for use when the "display" is wet and the reason is because the polycarbonate overlay doesn't have the same issues when it's wet that the actual Gorilla Glass 4 which is under that overlay would have. That "plastic" (it's not really plastic but people call it that anyway) allows the GS7A to respond much better to touch controls than the previous Active models.
Test it yourself, put a few drops of water on it or dunk it in a bathtub and see for yourself, at least it does for me when I took mine swimming with me the other day for some testing. Was able to do most everything perfectly normally - I owned a GS4A years ago when it first came out and once that display got some water on it that was it - it just would not work at all until I removed it from being submerged.
That's the main reason the Active has the physical buttons and can take pictures or video using the Volume buttons, but the GS7A is a definite improvement for actual submerged use.
That polycarbonate overlay is more scratch-prone than the GG4 underneath it so, at least Samsung is planning to offer the replacement kits for sale at some point.