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Touchscreen problem

Hello,
I have a Google Nexus S for some time now and it still looks like new (no scratches, took very good care of it), but 2 days ago it decided just not to work anymore...
My problem is that the touchscreen isnt' working. I see the whole picture, everything responds, but the bottom area of the touchscreen is not responding to any touching. I booted into CWM recovery (touch recovery) and went to advanced->key test. There I tried every button, the capacitive arent working, and the touchscreen till maybe somewhere around 50% of the screen from the bottom isnt responding as well. Do I need to replace the touchscreen or could it be something else? My friend took a closer look and said it might because of moisture. If that's the case could drying it very troughly out fix it? Like putting it in rice and leaving it for some days or some other traditional drying methods?
Please respond and I apologize if my english was bad.

You could dissamble it(its very easy) and put it in rice. If thats not working, buy cheap part and replace it. also on some other phone, dunno which one, touch doesnt respond because of kernel. But i dont think thats problem here.
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alen1901 said:
You could dissamble it(its very easy) and put it in rice. If thats not working, buy cheap part and replace it. also on some other phone, dunno which one, touch doesnt respond because of kernel. But i dont think thats problem here.
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yep, will try tonight. I saw an old thread wich said I should "shock" it with those things wich comes in lighters... might try that one out too. Replacing the part will be my last resort as I live in the upper left corner of nowhere ( the border between nowhere and narnia ) and only way to get the part is to order it, so not really cheap for me in the end. But if everything fails, I'll buy the part as the phone served me very well in the past.

Raziel. said:
yep, will try tonight. I saw an old thread wich said I should "shock" it with those things wich comes in lighters... might try that one out too. Replacing the part will be my last resort as I live in the upper left corner of nowhere ( the border between nowhere and narnia ) and only way to get the part is to order it, so not really cheap for me in the end. But if everything fails, I'll buy the part as the phone served me very well in the past.
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Yea, i saw that shocking thing too, but i dont believe. I think thats too much electricity for touch, so it could kill touch on whole screen.
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[Q] Broken screen

Hi,
A friend of mine dropped his miro and it cracked the screen. He bought another phone and gave me the broken one.
The phone works fine, it's just the cracked glass as you can see in the pics. I'm planning to use it for dev, but if i can get the screen fixed even better.
ebay.com/itm/New-Replacement-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-For-Sony-Xperia-Miro-ST23-ST23i-/380625163794?pt=US_Cell_Phone_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item589f071612
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Would this work to replace the screen? (sorry can't post direct link)
Thank you

Zukeh said:
Hi,
A friend of mine dropped his miro and it cracked the screen. He bought another phone and gave me the broken one.
The phone works fine, it's just the cracked glass as you can see in the pics. I'm planning to use it for dev, but if i can get the screen fixed even better.
Would this work to replace the screen? (sorry can post direct link)
Thank you
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Try to turn the phone on, see if the screen still shows, behind the cracked screen, check if there are no dead pixels, if not, than you can use that part to replace indeed. But you will need to warm the screen, else it won't come loose.

Dragoboss said:
Try to turn the phone on, see if the screen still shows, behind the cracked screen, check if there are no dead pixels, if not, than you can use that part to replace indeed. But you will need to warm the screen, else it won't come loose.
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The screen shows fine, and I didnt see any dead pixels. Do you have any link showing how to warm it properly?
Thank you

Honestly, no, I had a broken screen before on my Tipo but I brought it to some Service point, not an official Sony one. But I know you COULD use a hairdryer, and you should mostly warm the edges. Not TOO warm though because that can cause screen damage also.
It's kinda tricky to find out how. And theres no dissamble video or instructions for these phones yet... so...
EDIT: I could figure it would look something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqypUFCL3Ak
But I'm not sure. You'll probably also need Torx screwdrivers.
Edit 2:
Theres some guides now, but it doesn't show anything about the screen itself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36OQfj3eFcw for Miro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz79YQukiyE for Tipo Dual, (I think Tipo Single is 97% the same).

Here how to replace lcd and touch... anyway replace touch also is very easy just heat some and you can easy remove.
Dont forget take tape black from older digitizer and put in new one because when you press touch makes like water bubble.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pROEuvGIOQ

navigation button are not working

Hey
few days ago my HOX ATT fall down. all the buttons were ok but after some days they had stopped working. i have tried to do factory reset but it didnt helped. all the touch screen works but the buttons not. i sent the HOX to Repair shop and they told me they have not seen thing like this before that only part of the touch digitizer working.
can you help me solve the problem?
Thanks.

The fact that the repair shop has never seen it before, does that mean they won't even try to fix it?

He said that he need to order this part to fix it and he even not sure that it will work.
is this hardware problem?

guybor97 said:
is this hardware problem?
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Since you dropped the phone recently, I'd be inclined to say yes.
I'd try to RUU, and if the problem persists, its probably a hardware failure caused by the drop.

redpoint73 said:
Since you dropped the phone recently, I'd be inclined to say yes.
I'd try to RUU, and if the problem persists, its probably a hardware failure caused by the drop.
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Ok
is it good ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-Dig...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item1e7c1578c1

guybor97 said:
Ok
is it good ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-OEM-Dig...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item1e7c1578c1
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Please search the forums regarding LCD changing. It's not an easy task.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720900
You must buy the entire LCD - Digitizer -light guides bundle . It's almost impossible to separe the screen from the LCD, so buying the digitizer is a waste of time if you dont have the LCD.

javierarenas said:
Please search the forums regarding LCD changing. It's not an easy task.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720900
You must buy the entire LCD - Digitizer -light guides bundle . It's almost impossible to separe the screen from the LCD, so buying the digitizer is a waste of time if you dont have the LCD.
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the same thing for me, i have tryed everithing and not fixed yet, in a few weeks you will see how other parts in the touch screen will not work too.

As javierarenas has said, Purchasing the digitizer alone is a bad idea. Nearly impossible is an understatement. even with a heat gun and an unlimited amount of patience you would be lucky to separate the digitizer from the LCD.
As Redpoint said, if RUU doesn't fix it, you will need a new screen.
Take the phone apart prior to buying the screen. Check the colors of the ribbon cable and try to find the EXACT same screen. This will save you a lot of trouble. Make sure to keep the old screen in case you need to sync the new screen otherwise you are totally screwed.
Good luck.

I tried taking apart my phone and it was not an easy task.....AT ALL! MAKE SURE TO BE PATIENT!
-Sugardaddy

Arrow44 said:
I tried taking apart my phone and it was not an easy task.....AT ALL! MAKE SURE TO BE PATIENT!
-Sugardaddy
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Funny thing is I never had to take mine apart. But did have to reattach the screen, sat down with phone in back pocket and when I pulled it out it had separated the screen from body and had to use some iPhone screen double sided tape to glue back down.
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The dots on the display

On my Galaxy Fit when is shoot down have the dots on the display. They are rough to the touch. I don't know why. Please help.

Is it completely shut down or the backlight display just b4 shut down...??
Btw I see only a single dot at the top right of the boot-up screen that only appears when I flash cmx rom...

Galaxy_Rohit said:
Is it completely shut down or the backlight display just b4 shut down...??
Btw I see only a single dot at the top right of the boot-up screen that only appears when I flash cmx rom...
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In both cases the same. Now you can see better.

ZmisiS said:
In both cases the same. Now you can see better.
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:what:Then I guess either ur screen guard(if any...) is dusty... or something has gone under ur LCD.
coz pixels(defective or normal) don't shine after phone has shut down.

Galaxy_Rohit said:
:what:Then I guess either ur screen guard(if any...) is dusty... or something has gone under ur LCD.
coz pixels(defective or normal) don't shine after phone has shut down.
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Not dust, but I think it is a damage, but have no idea how it happened. I'm always careful to avoid damage.

I have the same problem. It is from home/car keys, metalic stuff, metal on the jeans/pocket.
They are tinny cracks in the screen. Hope they don't spread and eventually break

Lawr3nce said:
I have the same problem. It is from home/car keys, metalic stuff, metal on the jeans/pocket.
They are tinny cracks in the screen. Hope they don't spread and eventually break
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I never wore a cell phone in contact with the listed. I was very careful with it.

Maybe they're dead pixles

samo_gf said:
Maybe they're dead pixles
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Screen is O.K. Not white, blue, green and red dot.

Like a follow poster already said: When you shut off the phone, these dots shouldn't be visible unless it is a physical damage.
Or dust. You prob. have to clean or replace the screen then.

Junnix said:
Like a follow poster already said: When you shut off the phone, these dots shouldn't be visible unless it is a physical damage.
Or dust. You prob. have to clean or replace the screen then.
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Yes, it is physical damage. Not dust, clean don't help. I must replace screen. I do not know how these damages.

U might also know that buying a new phone is much better than replacing lcd.

Galaxy_Rohit said:
U might also know that buying a new phone is much better than replacing lcd.
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I think, I'll buying new phone. I like Windows 8 Phone, and I'll buying Huawei Ascend W1.

As for me...I don't like Windows phone coz I don't think that there would b much customisations or open sourcing in Windows as we have for Android...but it's my opinion bro

Galaxy_Rohit said:
As for me...I don't like Windows phone coz I don't think that there would b much customisations or open sourcing in Windows as we have for Android...but it's my opinion bro
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Windows Phone 8 have all what I need. Almost all of the applications that I use on Android have its equivalent for Windows Phone.
As for the phone, I think it has very good features for its price.
Thanks for opinion and I respect your opinion, and about the taste is not discussed.

Huawei Y511 does show only blank screen(white)

I have separated before minutes the digitizer from LCD and i dont see any broken or wrong with LCD.
What is the reason to not see a Lighting when put to charge? Is that a software problem/missing?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaYTN4Y1JOc25XTTg/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaMFNycS1oazJ2SWM/view?usp=sharing
Thanks in advance

diretouch said:
I have separated before minutes the digitizer from LCD and i dont see any broken or wrong with LCD.
What is the reason to not see a Lighting when put to charge? Is that a software problem/missing?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaYTN4Y1JOc25XTTg/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxome1ZSCRIaMFNycS1oazJ2SWM/view?usp=sharing
Thanks in advance
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have you tired to enter download mode or heaweis equivalent
or recovery
was it rooted
kinda need a little back story here

I work in service and the truth is i dont even remember if the display was showing correct, but maybe it was.
I have purchased digitizer and lcd from Ali and the digitizer is in me > just wanted to make the phone full functional.
What key combinations to try?

Is there the possibility that the display foil has gone off with the glass?

2011andre2 said:
Is there the possibility that the display foil has gone off with the glass?
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Maybe really something is gone or broken with my separation but if i dont see new y511 lcd and separate it with mine i cant tell.
I really dont see nothing wrong.
Will try some key combination....

Keys for Hard reset dont have effect.
Next move?