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Helppppp! My phones screens colors are faded/ inverted...

My phone isnt broken, it still operates but my screens colors are gone... id hope there is something i can do other than a warranty exchange because i have hard spl'ed my phone and this is just a huge mess! =( please help! I didnt drop it in water or drop it at all, it was in my pocket, i took it out... and now everything looks faded and washed out =( it slowly looks like its coming back, but i dont think itll ever be the same =(

I'm no expert, take out the battery and SIM card..blow on the phone, go to McDonalds, grab a 5 piece Nugget and some BBQ sauce...eat the McNuggets and then put the battery back in along with the SIM...charge the battery to 100% and turn it on and see what happens.

Sounds like an LCD issue. Can you post a picture? Unfortunately, every white screen washout I've seen has ended with a return.
See this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332236
Out of the three, two needed to be replaced. There may be some hope with removing the battery though, but the guy that had the luck left it out over a whole vacation.

It's better to return if still under warranty
I have similar problem with HTC 8125... i know you have a Tilt. my suggestion is to return it if it's under warranty. you can reverse back to the original settings. just check out other posts.

same problem
has anyone figured out how to solve this problem? i have the same issue with my htc tilt. however, the screen toggles between the "washed out" screen and the normal beautiful screen. i have dismantled the device several times using Mike's instructions, but i cant figure out which connectors are out of place please please help me out. i can't afford another screen/phone right now

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has anyone figured out how to solve this problem? i have the same issue with my htc tilt. however, the screen toggles between the "washed out" screen and the normal beautiful screen. i have dismantled the device several times using Mike's instructions, but i cant figure out which connectors are out of place please please help me out. i can't afford another screen/phone right now
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how come you just didnt replace it? it happened to mine..i tried everything possible..minus opening cuz that would void the warranty..so i just got it replaced by At&t..problem solved

unfortunately, i got my phone off ebay... i dont think it warranteed

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unfortunately, i got my phone off ebay... i dont think it warranteed
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ohh sucks..yeah i got my 8125 off ebay and it crapped out on me like 4months later....tried to replaced screen and nothing...
i guess your only option would be to try and get a new screen or something

Washed out screen
I got the same problem took it to AT&T and replaced it. But what worries me now is that I have changed my mobile 3 times already and this is the fourth one. Every time it was a different issue. I wonder once I run out of warranty, which happens towards the end of this year then what? I wish there is some other option of extended warranty or anything that can be taken now.

Fix the screen. Here is directions on how to accomplish that: http://www.mindsofwisemen.com/fileso/other/ReplacingTheLCDonaKaiser.pdf

etnies said:
I'm no expert, take out the battery and SIM card..blow on the phone, go to McDonalds, grab a 5 piece Nugget and some BBQ sauce...eat the McNuggets and then put the battery back in along with the SIM...charge the battery to 100% and turn it on and see what happens.
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What If he got a BIG MAC??? would that solve the problem or make it worse?

i'm having this same problem but I actually dropped my phone in water. Can anyone help?

lexiv said:
i'm having this same problem but I actually dropped my phone in water. Can anyone help?
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water got in the LCD. You will have to replace it. If you are in the US I can send mine to you for cheap since I don't want it anymore

Help with my Fuze

This morning I drooped my Fuze might of fallen two feet. Now it is extremely unresponsive. It wont do the pulsing thing when you plug it in to power it. Wont react in anyway to pushing the power button. Any idea on what I should do.

its probably broken. if your warranty covers the problem send it in. you can get a warrant from at&t but it forces you to pay $150 to pay for a replacement i'l never make that mistake again...
this might not be the only solution. someone else might have some advice.

as long as there is no cracks or water damage you can just claim to att that you don't know what happened and it just started acting up.. i've doen it several times with my old tilt and always got a replacement..

Loner2DEnd said:
as long as there is no cracks or water damage you can just claim to att that you don't know what happened and it just started acting up.. i've doen it several times with my old tilt and always got a replacement..
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just call it a "microphone" problem lol

HTC Touch Pro screen replacement

Greetings.
I woke up this morning and my HTC touch pro wasn't at the usual place(my desk) so I call the phone to see where it is and it appears it was at a part of my bed where there's a piece of iron.
The screen is scratched pretty bad and the screen wasnt touch sensitive anymore when I was trying to move around in it.
Then I decided to restart the phone to see if that would help but the phone won't even boot up anymore.
Anyone know what I could do to get it to work again?
Also, where I could buy a new screen/how much one costs.
Thanks

Bump.. this is important :S

Thats weird that it won't even turn on. If it won't turn on it seems like something more serious that just the touch screen. If I were you I would try to get warranty replacement since its just scratches. If the touch screen were cracked then you'd be out of luck with warranty replacement.

I tried to buy a screen too but I gave up after I found out that the total amount is around 100 Euros to replace the screen and buttons...
And yes, it's weird that you could call your phone, but didn't manage to start it after reset. you definitely have to take it to service.

Try taking out the battery for like 10 minutes and putting it back in. Then Reboot...

[Q] Does rooting void the insurance?

tl,dr: dropped my rooted phone- it's dead. It's insured, but will the fact that it's rooted be a problem? Also tmo has a larger deductible- any advice for me on that?
I rooted my T-Mobile G2x and installed CM7 (and of course CWM) about 6 months ago. I've had insurance on it since I got it in April. I just dropped it from about 3 feet (fell off of my lap as I was exiting a coupe) and cracked the screen pretty significantly. It does not power on off of the battery. When I plug it in, the LG logo pops up, stays for about 3 seconds, and then the screen goes blank- the notification lights flash on and off, and then the process repeats. If I try to go into the bootloader, I hold down power + volume down, and the LG logo stays on for longer (maybe 9 seconds or so) and then it ultimately repeats the whole cycle. Interestingly, if I just have the phone plugged in with no battery, it doesn't do anything. It's as if it was just on the battery, or as if I wasn't mashing the power button.
So I have 2 questions:
A) Is there any problem with making an insurance claim on a rooted phone? If so, are there any steps that I can take to fix that? Is there any way to power it up enough to unroot it? I'd also like to get some pictures and the like off of it.
B) The deductible for this particular phone is $130. To me, that seems kind of obscene, since the phone goes for 199 normally. With 8 months of insurance at 6 bucks per month, that's $48 in insurance. That, plus $130 = $178, almost as much as the phone is with a new contract. I actually got my G2x for free because we left AT&T to come to T-Mobile, so- in my head, anyway- I have a hard time paying more for the replacement than I do for the phone initially. Does anyone have any advice for me on this? Is this fee negotiable or anything? Can the $130 be offset by $48?
What really gets me is that the same phone: the Optimus 2X, has a replacement fee of $40! It's the same phone, except that it has the keyboard gestures that I was hoping would be in the G2x. There's no way to get one of those instead, right?
I'm on vacation right now, and so I won't be home for 3 more days- I'll take it into T-Mo then. But is there anything else that I can try in the meantime? I've tried booting into recovery, but that didn't work, and I can't think of anything else to try. I might just try to leave the battery out overnight. For some reason that sort of thing has worked for me in the past with other phones.
EDIT: Never mind- I got it turned back on! Apparently when I dropped it, somehow one of the contact points for the battery was compressed. With a pencil I pulled it back out and it works. Now I just have to make an insurance claim on the screen =D (Which, apparently, I can do without un-rooting)

Err guess I should have read the whole post
Unfortunately tmobile/asurion's deductible is non negotiable. I know what they will say, since you prolly aren't due for upgrade, the cost of the phone to you right now is 499.
As for not powering on, not sure, but if the issue was just with the screen, I'd replace the screen myself, but not all sure what your situation is
Also, yes, you absolutely can process insurance on a rooted device
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kronickhigh said:
Err guess I should have read the whole post
Unfortunately tmobile/asurion's deductible is non negotiable. I know what they will say, since you prolly aren't due for upgrade, the cost of the phone to you right now is 499.
As for not powering on, not sure, but if the issue was just with the screen, I'd replace the screen myself, but not all sure what your situation is
Also, yes, you absolutely can process insurance on a rooted device
Sent from my GT-P7500 using Tapatalk
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Ah good, that's very comforting. At the very worst, I pay 130 bucks and everything is back to normal (minus the pictures!)
I understand, from a business perspective, that they can say that the full price would be 499. That makes sense- I just don't like it! I should have been more careful, I suppose. It just broke so easily! Gorilla glass, indeed...
Thanks for the reply- I'm glad that I can get it replaced for sure!
I'd really like to be able to use the phone, even with a broken screen, for the remainder of the trip- you can't think of anything else I should try to get it to turn on?
EDIT: nvm, I got it (editing first post)

Robanada said:
Ah good, that's very comforting. At the very worst, I pay 130 bucks and everything is back to normal (minus the pictures!)
I understand, from a business perspective, that they can say that the full price would be 499. That makes sense- I just don't like it! I should have been more careful, I suppose. It just broke so easily! Gorilla glass, indeed...
Thanks for the reply- I'm glad that I can get it replaced for sure!
I'd really like to be able to use the phone, even with a broken screen, for the remainder of the trip- you can't think of anything else I should try to get it to turn on?
EDIT: nvm, I got it (editing first post)
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what if rooting caused you to lose your imei?

nateap87 said:
what if rooting caused you to lose your imei?
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then you would have a paperweight

yes.....

Just got a used slide, and it's acting wonky.

I picked up one of these off of a lady for $20; it was missing the back cover and battery, but it was in pretty decent cosmetic condition, so I figured I could sell the
parts to break even at worst, haha.
Anyway, I finally got a new battery yesterday, and the phone is acting funny.
So far I've noticed:
1. Microphone doesn't work. Any apps that use the microphone won't work either.
2. No sound whatsoever. Headphones, speaker, back speaker not a squeak.
3. It can't use flash because of the "cold weather." That just sounds silly, haha.
4. Camcorder immediately shuts off when I try to record. (Camera works perfectly though)
5. Won't charge. It will charge for about 20 seconds before it stops charging. The LED will then alternate between orange and green blinks.
6. Won't connect to the computer. This might just be a problem with the drivers, but the computer doesn't even seem to recognize its existence. The phone will "charge" though. (until the LED starts blinking)
7. Will shut off randomly. I usually don't notice when though.
8. Power button is often unresponsive, when waking the device up or even when booting up.
9.Genius Button Useless, although that might just be the microphone.
I first suspected water damage, but what I think is the indicator, the water sticker above the SD card slot, is white. However, I noticed a VOID sticker on the bottom left screw of the battery compartment.
Does anybody have any idea as to what the problem could be? Is it perhaps
software-based? Any suggestions at this juncture would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

Hardware fault of some or many sorts.
For connecting to the computer, it may be set to charge only in settings, so then it wouldn't recognize it.
The white water indicator would turn pink or something if wet - so that's good.
The void sticker is good too - it's something HTC puts on a screw to tell if the device has been opened up.
If the void sticker isn't punched, and the water indicator is fine, then i'd suggest calling HTC and seeing about a warranty exhange.
Explain your problems, and that it's not wet and hasn't been taken apart, and they will tell you if the phone can be sent in based on the serial #.
It just might be in warranty period and they'll fix it for you.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I believe the warranty is not transferable. :-(
I think I'm just going to put it up on craigslist/ebay as-is. Seeing as
I paid so little, I'm sure to break even. 8 )
Thank you again!

enjoymoosic said:
Thanks for the suggestion, but I believe the warranty is not transferable. :-(
I think I'm just going to put it up on craigslist/ebay as-is. Seeing as
I paid so little, I'm sure to break even. 8 )
Thank you again!
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The HTC warranty is by device.
I needed warranty service on a doubleshot that one of the LED lights died in. I was at least the third owner of the device for sure. I bought it from another developer who bought it secondhand from a person.
HTC fixed it and sent it back to me. All it cost me is shipping to get it there, they fixed the light for free, and sent it back to me at their expense.
The device is guaranteed against defects not your fault for a certain amount of time - doesn't matter who's hands it happens to be in when the problem occurs.
For the money you spent to get it, another couple of dollars in shipping to get a good, working phone, i'd at least call and see were I you.

Is that so? I actually read their warranty policy, and I must have
misunderstood the legal speak, haha.
Thank you again. I'll give them a ring right now..

enjoymoosic said:
Is that so? I actually read their warranty policy, and I must have
misunderstood the legal speak, haha.
Thank you again. I'll give them a ring right now..
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OT, but it's of interest to me. Is that a panda trueno? or a panda painted s12? Either way, I approve! I own an S12 and I get asked all the time if it's a corolla...

If you can't get it fixed or sell it for any reason, I'd be happy to take it off your hands for more than you paid.

@silverton It's an AE86 yup. I don't actually own one though; they're money pits, haha. Drifter tax. My mother actually owned an S12 when she was pregnant with me. Apparently she was "accidentally" drifting and hit a wall. Must explain why I'm so messed up in the head. 8 )
It's a pity the S12 never got the aftermarket support the S13/S14 did/does. Beautiful car.
@IBTokin I actually managed to sell it on Ebay for nearly $140 yesterday,
but thank you anyway. (-: