Hello Forum,
seems that my DHD has an irreparable error.
But i've still a little hope that maybe someone of you guys out there can point me into the right direction to repair the phone again.
What happened:
on December, 20. for no apparent reason the Display started flickering approximately 2 cm from the top.
The upper Part (the first 2 cm from the top of Display) was showing the normal Picture, on the lower Part the Picture was flickering at irregular time intervals, but the touch gestures were still working without any Problems.
Setup at that Time:
- Latest 4ext Touch Recovery
- Latest MIUI.us Rom by bliind
- Custom DPI set to '190' (with ROM Toolbox)
- Max CPU Speed set to 1200 Mhz (with Set CPU)
(Had this setup working fine without any issues for approx. last 2 Months...)
Last change i did before the error occured: Set Custom Boot Animation with Rom Toolbox
The Flickering started not immediatly after setting the new boot Animation but i think 2 days and some reboots later...
Actions that i've already tried to solve the Problem:
1. Shut down the Phone, pull out the Battery, wait some Minutes, reboot the phone.
-> The flickering was gone and the Display looked normal after reboot.
2. After some time I took the Phone out of my pocket and the flickering was there again like before.
Tried to set DPI back to original value '240'
reboot the Phone
-> The Flickering still was there and it seemed to me that the responsiveness of the touch was slightly slower than normal.
3. Reboot into Recovery
Nandroid Backup all Partitions to SD-Card
wipe all partitions except SD-Card
new, totally clean flash of latest MIUI.us Rom by bliind
Reboot the phone
-> The flickering was gone; responsiveness of the screen normal as it was always before.
4. restore all apps; put the phone on the charger over night. everything worked fine again.
on the next Morning this strange flickering was there again; the Touchscreen was very slow responsive in the flickering area
Managed once more to reboot into recovery, but the flickering was now even in the Recovery and on the boot screen.
-> The Touch got more and more unresponsive.
Could no more start a new ROM flash out of Recovery.
5. Tried to access the phone via aahk tool and restored last stock ROM
-> After Reboot the DHD vibrates (like it usually does for startup)
the screen shows a bunch of black and white Stripes that chnge their Color when the Boot Animation should show up,
and later again when the lockscreen should appear.
It makes the boot jingle and i can send Commands via adb.
but Touch commands doesnt work, (tried to put in the Pin blind, but it shows no reaction)
Stupid, but I can't change it: my Warranty and the extra Insurance that i purchased for the DHD ended just 2 weeks before on 6. December.
6. Disassembled the whole phone with Help of you tube disassembling Guide, carefully cleaned all contacts and assembled it again.
-> nothing changed; same behavior like before disassembling.
What can I do? Any ideas except of small rasping and stirring into the soup? :crying:
Can it be only the display? Maybe the Graphic Chip?
Any other ideas?
thank you for reading this all and i appreciate any suggestion that might give my DHD a new spirit of life
Greetings from Cologne
I know it's not what you want to hear, but that sounds like a graphics or display hardware problem...
bananagranola said:
I know it's not what you want to hear, but that sounds like a graphics or display hardware problem...
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Thanks for your reply!
That was the same what I thougt after disassembling and cleaning with no result.
Cause it seems to me that the Display is still working, but the Signal that's coming in is broken.
I alsready supposed that the Graphic engine is broken.
Just had a little Hope that someone might had the same Problem and got it solved,
before I start practice for mobile phone throwing competition...
i suggest another ROM JB used to cause my DHD flickering (earliear versions)
My DHD was with same problem 1 year a go, and that usually happen when i played games like Angrybirds or Asphalt, or when the device temperature was high.
I was worry at that time, thinking that the device was gone.
Take the same solutions that you had (except disassemble the phone) but they're only temporary.
By that time i decide root the device and install a new rom, (nothing to loose had i think) and Revolution HD was my choice.
After that my DHD didn't flick any more.
I didn't ever know what was the origin of that flickering but for me, that was the big solution.
I'm using Viper Venom 1.2.3 for now, and still with no flickering insues.
So, my advice for you is... give a try to other rom's and kernels, maybe you resolve your insue has i did.
Good luck with that.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using xda app-developers app
Thanks for you Answers guys,
the Problem i have is, that my DHD does show only sripes even if I try to boot into Recovery, I can't see anything and am not able to start a flash process...
cause i have installed 4ext touch recovery i need the screen to wipe and flash a new ROM.
But i will try to flash an CWM - Recovery through ADB and then to start the flash Process blind by tapping the buttons...
let's see what will happen. There's nothing to loose...
For now, cause I was sitting without a mobile phone at all, I've ordered a cheep one from Amazon... - Huawei U8510 (Ideos X3) -
And oh WONDER!!!: I've got a fully functioning phone with CyanogenMod 7.2 and all the stuff i use my phone for is working without any Probs..
And the whole thing has 2 years of warranty at a cost of € 80,-
only the Display for my HTC would cost € 40,-
so I'm thinking of selling the broken phone on ebay and let anyone try to repair it who is able to....
but I will give it a try to flash another ROM.
Already downloaded the JellyTime R30...
Hello unbeteiligter,
seems that my DHD has nearly the same issues, but with some extra problems.
It seems to be broken since today morning. I wiped the phone and restored the backup I made the afternoon before, and then the first vertical stripes occured. I wiped it and flashed the same rom (CodefireX 4.2.1) again. Same issues. Now I tryed to flash a GingerBread Strock Rom. Even the same issues, and even more shocking is that this problem also occurs in the bootloader, recovery, splashscreen and bootanimation.
Stupid situation, today my Warranty ended.
What can I do? Previously I tougth this is a software problem, but now I think it might be a hardware issue.
Thanks in advance!
daniel_DHD said:
Hello unbeteiligter,
seems that my DHD has nearly the same issues, but with some extra problems.
[...] and even more shocking is that this problem also occurs in the bootloader, recovery, splashscreen and bootanimation.
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Seems to be the same like my DHD. But for me it ended up 2 Weeks after end of Warranty!
daniel_DHD said:
Stupid situation, today my Warranty ended.
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The T-Mobile Customer Support told me, that they would have accepted the case as Warranty, if my DHD had ended up during the first week after End of Warranty. Don't know where you bought yours, but maybe there's a small chance for you to get Warranty Support through their obligingness.
If I were you I would try this...
daniel_DHD said:
What can I do? Previously I tougth this is a software problem, but now I think it might be a hardware issue.
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If your dealer don't accept your Warranty Call, I can't give you much Hope... Sorry for you...
... would imagine you should look for a new phone...
That's what I did....
Similar problem
I have also got a similar problem. Had my phone for two years and have also just hit the same problem. Flashed a new ROM, everything was working fine, then all of a sudden top half of the screen is displayed correctly, the bottom half is always flickering. This occurs in the bootloader as well. Anyone would think that HTC decided to make sure the phone only works for two years and a few weeks after the warranty expires to make sure it experiences problems.
Today when leave my phone for 5 min then the screen off and I can not open it again until after pressing long on the power button, the tab Restart and worked and when left without using it for for 5 minutes, the screen off again.
and I opend it by restarting
Did a factory reset, but the problem still found.
nemo_waly said:
Today when leave my phone for 5 min then the screen off and I can not open it again until after pressing long on the power button, the tab Restart and worked and when left without using it for for 5 minutes, the screen off again.
and I opend it by restarting
Did a factory reset, but the problem still found.
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Plz help me
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Plz help me
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I had this problem to once, after restart it works again and others also had this problem. Someone fixed it by disassembling the device and was about LCD ribbon that cause this behaviour. Bad quality control as it seems to be and shame on Samsung.
Send it back and replace it if possible, or for repairs and if want to fix it you self:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643122
I had this problem but after rooting my device, so I did re-flashing with stock rom and everything went normal.
I think it is a software not a hardware error. I had this problem with nearly all Samsung tablets (p-1000, p6200, 7500 and lately with the note 10.1_2014)
and every time I did re-flashing with stock rom and everything went normal.
skyhigh73 said:
I had this problem but after rooting my device, so I did re-flashing with stock rom and everything went normal.
I think it is a software not a hardware error. I had this problem with nearly all Samsung tablets (p-1000, p6200, 7500 and lately with the note 10.1_2014)
and every time I did re-flashing with stock rom and everything went normal.
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Thanks a lot for your help.
Some body told me this software problem and others told hardware and I must replace the screen.
I am writing now from my device which had this problem, i bought the phone from KSA from 2 weeks ago and from the first day of use it made restart about 10th time per day until appear this problem, so I'll try to send it to Samsung office their.
I hope they can solve this problem or replace it.
Guys i just got problem with my Mobile i have changed the touch screen few times from repairing shop but every time it comes with a new proble. i just bought a new touch screen from the hardware shop and replaced it by myself. now touch is working fine but there is another problem it just starts in safe mod. i have restarted it many times but the problem remains the same. i checked it with the old touch panel and mobile starts in normal mod with that. can you guys help me out with this? I will be thankful to you guys. Sorry for my English.
I think you have bought an incompatible screen. try connecting older ones or buy a new one
While rebooting the phone keep tapping the left most button (what ever that is called). There is a Youtube video too.
I too faced a similar issue after replacing the screen and happens when you fiddle with the buttons when the phone is booting up.
Hi all!
I have a 2.5 years old LG G3 black and since Saturday the touch screen doesn't work very well.
When I unlock the phone the touch screen works fine a few seconds (2-5) but then suddenly it doesn't response to my touches, no touch feedback at all. It seems like it freezes... But the rotation and volume settings by the hardware buttons work fine all the time, even if the touch doesn't react .
I did factory reset and brought it to the repair service, they told it's the display and replaced the whole front part of my phone, but after couple of hours using it, the problem appeared again... No idea why, maybe it's a software problem and a reset to kitkat or an older version would help, but I haven't done any software update for a long time, so I don't think it has been caused by an unstable update or similar...
Using Android 6.0 the official one, no ROM.
Do you guys have any idea ?
Thanks a lot for help.
So guys I just got this G3
D850 to be exact
So all is good everything works great...
Upon rooting And flashify to flash bumped twrp I have a rebooting issue....
Phone works great i can flash roms I can do everything nothing broken in system it seems..
No flicker no fade to black none of that When the device is on and up and running all is great.....
So here the issue
If I reboot to recovery it boots to black screen with no backlight touch works lcd is working when I shine a light on it....No damage
If I try man Recovery boot seems like when I hold vol down it boots black screen....
So I pop battery again And See what the heck....
Normal boot most of the time works fine lcd works...
It seems like every time I attempt to boot to recovery with the widget Half the time I have to pop bat reboot and try a second time... then it works
Recovery works from widget say 65% of the time
I still have yet been able to boot recovery manually when I do get it to "Turn on" No black screen the button combo does not work...
Other times when it does reboot black screen the system boots fine again touch works everything works but no backlight....
Again also when boot with screen backlight working which is most every normal power boot Never a single issue no lag hanging on off screen nothing....
I dont know If I described this good enough but If anyone does respond I can give more details...
BTW I have tried several times Using flashtool restore stock and start over
Update fresh stock KK works 85% of the time But still does it every now and then.
Still have yet to get the rite button combo for recovery or fac reset mode stock,,,I hav tied many lg button combos, Vol up down left right Press and release I am no newcomer to LGs "fancy"Recovery entry combitnations
but boots screen on to OS every time. And no issues with any 3 of the buttons either
So no matter what its like the Back light is taking several seconds to power on If I shine my light when It happens I can see the device boot normally no backlight in screen
I just so happen to have a spare Screen on hand So I will swap and test it....
Its just weird that when it does power on it works fine
Solved it was a bad firmware download I redownloaded firmware and reflashed all seems good now
TheMadScientist said:
Solved it was a bad firmware download I redownloaded firmware and reflashed all seems good now
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I thought I was the only person on here who answered their own post's. Glad you got it figured out! I've had similar issues but it seems to be related to one particular battery I use as a backup. Not quite the same issue but similar.
Aimless Rambler said:
I thought I was the only person on here who answered their own post's. Glad you got it figured out! I've had similar issues but it seems to be related to one particular battery I use as a backup. Not quite the same issue but similar.
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I dont know if it was doing it whwn i got it last week. But I rite out of the box. Downgraded rooted and flashed many roms all did the same thing with the screen. Swapped panels every thing. Said screw it I had a g2 that had bad firmware out of the box and the camera didnt work. This one nfc and screen. Tried a diffrent source for kk firmware and its been once again to me as i have already owned a g3. Upgraded to 4 and 5. And am back. The greatest device ever. Even a battery from 2014 getting 3 3.5 hours sot is good for me
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I dont know if it was doing it whwn i got it last week. But I rite out of the box. Downgraded rooted and flashed many roms all did the same thing with the screen. Swapped panels every thing. Said screw it I had a g2 that had bad firmware out of the box and the camera didnt work. This one nfc and screen. Tried a diffrent source for kk firmware and its been once again to me as i have already owned a g3. Upgraded to 4 and 5. And am back. The greatest device ever. Even a battery from 2014 getting 3 3.5 hours sot is good for me
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That is good battery life for any device. I do good to get 14 hours.