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Artemis screen reaplcement (easy?)

Hi all,
I just recently got hold of a XDA Orbit which the previous owner had dropped off a roof (don't ask! ) The screen broke when it hit the floor and it has cracked and just appears white when you turn it on.
I know the system is still running because I can hear the sound effects when turning the volume up/down so I think it's still working ok....
So what I'd like to do is buy a replacement screen off eBay and fit myself. Does anyone know how hard it is to do this? I've got the Artemis-Inside PDF and although it's a great help in seeing how to get inside the thing, it doesn't really show how to replace the screen....
I'm assuming I can just disconnect the ribbon cable and pull the old screen out and then just put the new screen back in??
I hope it's that easy anyway! If anyone knows then it'd be a great help to me,
Thanks for any replies!
Jon.

Sounds difficult according to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312382&highlight=screen

Hmm that's not quite the same problem as I have.... that poster was just trying to replace the "touch" part of the screen whereas I'm going to try and replace the whole LCD + "touch"
This is what I'm hoping to buy: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Genuine-O...5QQihZ002QQcategoryZ10364QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
and by the looks of the picture on the auction and the picture in that other post, the screen is the same as the original Orbit screen....

Artemis screen repair
I've change my broken screen with an ebay screen (lcd+touch) in less 1 hour.
No big difficult...

evaluator said:
Sounds difficult according to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312382&highlight=screen
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This is for 'touch' part only wich is very difficult, because the lcd and touch are the same part... i've try the same (because of price) with no result because the connector was not the same and i can't detach the lcd part of the 'touch' part, so i manage change the all without difficult.

If you need a guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=298413

SuperMimi said:
I've change my broken screen with an ebay screen (lcd+touch) in less 1 hour.
No big difficult...
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Hi SuperMimi, thanks for your reply, I'm going to take the plunge and order a new screen!
Thanks again!
(If I remember, I will post back and let you all know how it goes.. )

Yep, got it all swapped out with the new screen but the PDF I'd downloaded didn't help in the slightlest!
Maybe the UK model has been slightly re-designed? I don't know but I did take some shots which I'll put into a PDF at some point. Who knows, it might help someone else out.

jonathan488 said:
Yep, got it all swapped out with the new screen but the PDF I'd downloaded didn't help in the slightlest!
Maybe the UK model has been slightly re-designed? I don't know but I did take some shots which I'll put into a PDF at some point. Who knows, it might help someone else out.
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Hi Jonathan,
Can you put those shots into a pdf please and also send me instructions. My screen just cracked, I've ordered a replacement and needed instrustions much appreciated.

Disassemble XDA Orbit
I've posted the instructions I followed on another forum.
http://www.modaco.com/Disassemble-XDA-Orbit-t260167.html
Hope it helps, and it was fairly straight forward to replace the screen unit.
Matt

[Q] Touch Pro 2 stuck in Landscape

Hello,
I dropped my Touch Pro 2 in fresh water. No insurance of course and no more discount from T-mobile to buy a new phone.
Following video instructions on youtube I disassembled it, I believe without breaking anything.
The LCD screen was gone (water inside), and I bought a new one in eBay.
Once I received it I reassambled the phone. Evertyhting seems to work fine but... the screen is stuck in landscape!
Of course I did soft and hard reset, tried to play / disable the G-sensor and orientation sensor, nothing: I believe it has to do with some switch that recognize when the keyboard is slide open, but I have no idea what sensor is it, I can't find any mechanism that resemble a micro switch or a mini magnet related to the opening / closing of the keyboard. Instead I find a microswitch that senses when the pen is inside, but nothing about the screen.
Any suggestion, does anybody here have any hardware knowledge on this topic? I tried to use software like Gyrator 2 which put a patch on the problem, but I would rather fix the hardware first: perhaps I did not mount something correctly, where is this sensor, is it magnetic or microswitch, I can't see anything even with lenses on.
thank you all in advance
....

I have exactly same problem, my TP2 is stuck in landscape mode. I bought TP2 in the US. My housing was broken so I bought a new one in europe the oem one with lcd screen and digitizer... Could this make the problem?
I am pretty sad, I dont want to buy a new phone :S

The sensor must be in the screen-half of the phone underneath where the red "end call" button is. This is demonstrated if a healthy phone is slid open, and then you pass a small magnet underneath the screen in that area, screen will flip between portrait and landscape.

Which yes I did the same thing today and it was your post randell that helped me. All you need to do is go to walmart purchase the smallest but most powerful smallest magnet you can find. cut you a piece of it, superglue it to the bottom right corner. worked like a charm.
or if you wanted to open your case back up like i did you can superglue it on the inside lol. If you look at your old case you will find your old magnet you can use. simple easy just thought id let you know k bye ta ta.

sabwjawdjw said:
which yes i did the same thing today and it was your post randell that helped me. All you need to do is go to walmart purchase the smallest but most powerful smallest magnet you can find. Cut you a piece of it, superglue it to the bottom right corner. Worked like a charm.
Or if you wanted to open your case back up like i did you can superglue it on the inside lol. If you look at your old case you will find your old magnet you can use. Simple easy just thought id let you know k bye ta ta.
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thank you verrrrrrrryyyyyyyyyyyy muchhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
thank youuuuuuuuu

I was on here by chance and I had the same issue when I replaced my digitizer on my TP2 a year ago. I could never figure it out so I bit bullet and brought a new phone. I will try this when I get home and if it works be great because i loved that phone soo much when I had it thanks guys!!

[Q] HELP! Looking for new keyboard for my Desire Z

Hi!
I've been looking for a new keyboard for my Desire Z for quite some time, but can't seem to find anyone who can supply just this part or even just the pcb membrane (that's the part that's broken).
Does anyone knows were I can get one?
I attached a picture of what i need...
Thanks

Not sure about where one would source just the part but would buying a unit with a broken screen of eBay work?

I've been tryin to look for a unit with a broken screen, but all of them come out pretty expensive since the mainboard is still working... most people sell it for repairing...
Thanks anyway...

dogboda said:
Hi!
I've been looking for a new keyboard for my Desire Z for quite some time, but can't seem to find anyone who can supply just this part or even just the pcb membrane (that's the part that's broken).
Does anyone knows were I can get one?
I attached a picture of what i need...
Thanks
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Is this what you're looking for at all? Not sure what you mean by pcb membrane.
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-t-mobile-g2-keyboard-flex-ribbon-cable-replacement.html

pearse said:
Is this what you're looking for at all? Not sure what you mean by pcb membrane.
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-t-mobile-g2-keyboard-flex-ribbon-cable-replacement.html
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I'm fairly certain he means the soft platic piece between the keys and the actual mainboard that when depressed makes contact and registers the keystroke.

found this website that sells g2 replacement parts. It seems like a legit website check it out.
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/T-Mobile-G2-s/6531.htm

The part i need looks something like the attached pic...
And as killj0y registers the pressed keys...
Thanks for sharing the link torres it doesnt seem to have the part i need :-(

dogboda said:
The part i need looks something like the attached pic...
And as killj0y registers the pressed keys...
Thanks for sharing the link torres it doesnt seem to have the part i need :-(
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Yup that's what I figured, might have to look outside your comfort zone to find that. I'm thinking Chinese website or something lol. I'm sure it isn't a commonly replaced part. Those membranes rarely fail. the only thing they usually need is a cleaning. Have you tried that? Or is it actually torn/broken? If so how'd that happen?
Might have to find a cheap parts desire a on Ebay....

I had the problem when i replaced the lcd screen... damaged the connecting ribbon when reassembling the phone my bad, i know.
i have been trying to find everywhere but no luck, the picture i show is from a Chinese site but they only sell the full body, not that piece in particular.
thanks anyway... if you stumble upon something, please let me know.

[Q] Strange phone unlocking

Hi,
Please forgive my language mistakes.
I've got a strange issue. When I push my cell with my thumb in the 'red' area while holding blue one in place phone is unlocking automatically.
I've dissassembled and assembled my phone twice without any problems but it might be a consequence of that.
How can I disable:
1) automatically unlocking by removing stylus (maybe I'm pushing some sensor?)
2) automatically unlocking by sliding keyboard (maybe telephone thinks that keyboard is opening? - despite that that keyboard opens in opposite way....)
Thanks in advance

ksymis said:
Hi,
Please forgive my language mistakes.
I've got a strange issue. When I push my cell with my thumb in the 'red' area while holding blue one in place phone is unlocking automatically.
I've dissassembled and assembled my phone twice without any problems but it might be a consequence of that.
How can I disable:
1) automatically unlocking by removing stylus (maybe I'm pushing some sensor?)
2) automatically unlocking by sliding keyboard (maybe telephone thinks that keyboard is opening? - despite that that keyboard opens in opposite way....)
Thanks in advance
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1&2 are effects of software. I think they can both be disabled, probably deep in WinMo's registry... I'm sorry, I don't know how to disable either of these off-hand - but I'm sure there's a way in WinMo.
As for your first description and picture, I have no clue what to make of it, sorry. It appears your phone is badly cracked, and the phone is thinking the keyboard is opening as a result of pressure on that cracked section.

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1&2 are effects of software. I think they can both be disabled, probably deep in WinMo's registry... I'm sorry, I don't know how to disable either of these off-hand - but I'm sure there's a way in WinMo.
As for your first description and picture, I have no clue what to make of it, sorry. It appears your phone is badly cracked, and the phone is thinking the keyboard is opening as a result of pressure on that cracked section.
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Thank you very much for your answer!
Well I also believie that these options can be disabled by WinMo registry editting. The problem is I don't know where to modify.
Does someone else knows?
Well my phone is quite old but it costed me a lot of money so despite it's quite cracked I want to use it!

Maybe try using TouchLockPro to control these sensors:
http://touchlockpro.sourceforge.net/TouchLockProFree.html

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Maybe try using TouchLockPro to control these sensors:
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Thanks. It only helped that right now i know that this is caused by keyboard sensor. In some strange way the phone (when i push as shown on picture) thinks that I'm opening the keyboard (must be really 'cracked' becuse the keyboards opens in opposite direction).
What's sad - the TouchLockPro is unable to control this behaviour. I don't know why - maybe because of Energy ROM which has CHT inside and this is overwritten.
Any ideas?

ksymis said:
Thanks. It only helped that right now i know that this is caused by keyboard sensor. In some strange way the phone (when i push as shown on picture) thinks that I'm opening the keyboard (must be really 'cracked' becuse the keyboards opens in opposite direction).
What's sad - the TouchLockPro is unable to control this behaviour. I don't know why - maybe because of Energy ROM which has CHT inside and this is overwritten.
Any ideas?
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In the back of the Midframe (the metal back of the top half of the phone where the screen is at) there are two small metal sensors or whatever you want to call them. They are inside the track of the slider, try adjusting those a little and see if that makes any difference. I think that those could be the sensors that are messing up the keybaord detection on your phone. Maybe when you apply a little pressure on the phone the sliders inside the track are moving a little causing the phone to think that you have slid the keybaord open.

ccengineer said:
In the back of the Midframe (the metal back of the top half of the phone where the screen is at) there are two small metal sensors or whatever you want to call them. They are inside the track of the slider, try adjusting those a little and see if that makes any difference. I think that those could be the sensors that are messing up the keybaord detection on your phone. Maybe when you apply a little pressure on the phone the sliders inside the track are moving a little causing the phone to think that you have slid the keybaord open.
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Thanks for your reply. Are you talking about these on below photos?
And if you're talking about these ... How do they work? Because if I will slide out the keyboard a liitle (the metal sensors are already untouched) the keyboard is still not lighted and a screen is in portrait mode....

ksymis said:
Thanks for your reply. Are you talking about these on below photos?
And if you're talking about these ... How do they work? Because if I will slide out the keyboard a liitle (the metal sensors are already untouched) the keyboard is still not lighted and a screen is in portrait mode....
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I'm sorry, I missspoke. After further investigation it looks like the sensor is magnetic. While your keyboard is open try to place a magnet under the screen part of the phone and see if that would flip the phone back to portrait mode. Try to move it around a little to find teh most effective place for it. If it does we might be able to solve your problem with a little improvisation.

ccengineer said:
I'm sorry, I missspoke. After further investigation it looks like the sensor is magnetic. While your keyboard is open try to place a magnet under the screen part of the phone and see if that would flip the phone back to portrait mode. Try to move it around a little to find teh most effective place for it. If it does we might be able to solve your problem with a little improvisation.
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Thanks for your reply. This is magnetic indeed. When I will place a magnet under screen part (1/4 of screen part area under the buttons) it switches to portrait. But I can't a "pattern". I.e. if i will place it under right bottom (if you're looking at LCD) corner it switches to portrait but if I will put for a while magnet onto middle of 'screen-part' (ofcourse nothing happens) and then back again to 'right bottom corrner' also nothing happens. Unable to find some pattern/rule for that.

ksymis said:
Thanks for your reply. This is magnetic indeed. When I will place a magnet under screen part (1/4 of screen part area under the buttons) it switches to portrait. But I can't a "pattern". I.e. if i will place it under right bottom (if you're looking at LCD) corner it switches to portrait but if I will put for a while magnet onto middle of 'screen-part' (ofcourse nothing happens) and then back again to 'right bottom corrner' also nothing happens. Unable to find some pattern/rule for that.
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Good. So here is what I think is happening with your phone. When you press the part you were talking about in your first post, the magnetic field from the bottom of the phone is getting distorted for some reason making the upper part of your phone think that you have slid the phone open thus unlocking it and switching it to landscape mode. We do not want to buy anything costly to fix your problem, so here is what we can do. We can strengthen the magnetic field by placing a small 2mm magnet somewhre on the lower part of the phone preferably insulated and glued inside in an empty space. What will happen is when your keboard is not slid open the magnet will give teh signal to the upper part and it will be strong enough that even if you push it like you were doing it will not unlock. But when you slide the keyboard out the magnet will not be under the upper part anymore so the uper part of the phone will not be affected by it. Since you already opened your phone twice I don't think that it should be a problem for you. Just be carefull because we don't want the magnet to become loose and move around and short anything.

ccengineer said:
We can strengthen the magnetic field by placing a small 2mm magnet somewhre on the lower part of the phone preferably insulated and glued inside in an empty space.
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Thank you for your reply and appreciate your help! I've quoted the most interesting part. I had a scientific lessons on school and was moving my magnet around this 'magic corner'. I want to confirm that somehow i might have strenghed the magnet inside the device? Because right now it's a little bit better (at least better that I don't want to push with more power in case of destroying it).
Another question is about 2mm. You mean a cube 2x2x2mm or 2mmxYxZ (2mm thickness required.

ksymis said:
Thank you for your reply and appreciate your help! I've quoted the most interesting part. I had a scientific lessons on school and was moving my magnet around this 'magic corner'. I want to confirm that somehow i might have strenghed the magnet inside the device? Because right now it's a little bit better (at least better that I don't want to push with more power in case of destroying it).
Another question is about 2mm. You mean a cube 2x2x2mm or 2mmxYxZ (2mm thickness required.
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That's interesting, maybe you realligned the magnetic field, that is not entirely impossible. I was talking about diameter, we want a very small magnet. It looks like the 2mm is more expensive than 3mm so maybe you can use a 3mm like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-Disc-Rar...598?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0a038d56
But since it is better now, you might not need it.

ccengineer said:
That's interesting, maybe you realligned the magnetic field, that is not entirely impossible. I was talking about diameter, we want a very small magnet. It looks like the 2mm is more expensive than 3mm so maybe you can use a 3mm like this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/50-Disc-Rar...598?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0a038d56
But since it is better now, you might not need it.
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Hope It'll stay like this. Since 'magneting' my device didn't unlock itself not even once! :> Thanks for your support.
Really really thanks for your help/support/assistance!!!
For mods: Don't close the topic as the issue may reoccur.

Elephone P8000 Case query

Hi
I just got an original 'Elephone P8000' protective case through the post, the one with the Round window at the front?
It fits great so no complaints there, but apparently, when you close the case, it is supposed to display the date and time through the window? Mine doesn't, just a black screen until you press the side buttin and then just the normal screen part showing through the window. Is there a setting that I need to adjust? Anyone else had the same problem?
Thank you

Any info on this please?

steveluigi01 said:
Hi
I just got an original 'Elephone P8000' protective case through the post, the one with the Round window at the front?
It fits great so no complaints there, but apparently, when you close the case, it is supposed to display the date and time through the window? Mine doesn't, just a black screen until you press the side buttin and then just the normal screen part showing through the window. Is there a setting that I need to adjust? Anyone else had the same problem?
Thank you
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I got the same case when I ordered my phone. Yes it should bring up a circle with the date and time. Check if the case has a little magnet like thing next to the hole for the ear piece on the top. The basically covers the sensor next to the camera to "tell" the phone that the cover is closed. If it's not there then the case might be faulty.
Mine works just fine though but I wished they had some options to use the little circle window there for something like LG G4 case.

yes it sounds like the magnet thing isn't activating the clock, are you on the stock rom and if so which version? Don't think flyme rom works with the round clock though I haven't checked.

charliepie said:
yes it sounds like the magnet thing isn't activating the clock, are you on the stock rom and if so which version? Don't think flyme rom works with the round clock though I haven't checked.
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I have the stock rom as it came. Didn't change anything on it. If you have Flyme Rom then you can do a google search or if they have a specific forum for Flyme and P8000 they can probably give u some advice.

I'm using the 1508 rom and it works fine, might be worth getting another case as they are cheap or contact your seller and see if they'll send you a replacement.