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Did I brick my Phone? Your opinion is requested

Hello all, I just recently reflashed my Fuze (raph100) with the energy rom (21901.Sense2.1.Apr.25.7z) and it was working fine, but I was having some issues so I decided to reflash it. However, this time where it says tap the screen, it is not responding and I can't calibrate it. Have I bricked my phone? Well probably not, I can probably simply replace the screen if its a hardware issue, but what if its a software wise? I am going to try to flash the TPC Fuze V3.1 rom and see if that resolves it, but any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Oh on a related note, there seems to be some liquid inside the screen, it started off as two dots but one of those dots has grown and is kind of spreading across, is this liquid coming internally? Is my phone a goner? Thanks for your time.

We are sure that its not caused by flashing.....

banes said:
Hello all, I just recently reflashed my Fuze (raph100) with the energy rom (21901.Sense2.1.Apr.25.7z) and it was working fine, but I was having some issues so I decided to reflash it. However, this time where it says tap the screen, it is not responding and I can't calibrate it. Have I bricked my phone? Well probably not, I can probably simply replace the screen if its a hardware issue, but what if its a software wise? I am going to try to flash the TPC Fuze V3.1 rom and see if that resolves it, but any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Oh on a related note, there seems to be some liquid inside the screen, it started off as two dots but one of those dots has grown and is kind of spreading across, is this liquid coming internally? Is my phone a goner? Thanks for your time.
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Maybe the liquid thats inside your screen broke the touchscreen?

Okay so it turns out i found some other threads talking about liquid under the screen, and their method to fix it was to use duct tape on the screen and pull it up. This not only alleviated the liquid issue underneath (still a little wet but not the blob) but it also fixed my touchscreen issue. I have had to use this trick a few times due to screen becoming non responsive but hey its better than throwing it away. I looked up a guide on replacing the digitizer and lcd screen and it really doesn't look like its worth it. Ugh wish they had planned the assembly to be more user friendly. I appreciate the help though thanks.

lol do you have to carry a roll of duct tape around? lol jk
but incase you needa get a digitzier they sell for like 15-20 bucks on ebay. not bad

lol i was carrying around a roll of duct tape in my car, and let me tell you it was getting quite annoying since the tape kept losing its sticking power. Also, it wouldn't be very long before i had to do it again, became so tedious went back to my old phone. I did some shopping around and found a place in Southern California that will fix it for $75 parts and labor included. Sweet. It's too bad I bought it used for 130 lol, oh well $205 bucks is not bad for an unlocked phone with no contract right? Anyway, I don't believe it's the digitizer that's bad, but the broken LCD crystals that fill the device with liquid that prevent the digitizer from recognizing that its not always being depressed. What do you think?

So it's not only me having this crappy liquid problem thing.. I've got this blue looking blob thing under the screen and it's stuffing the touchscreen up.. I use my screen protector instead of the duct tape.. lol the screen protector doesn't lose its stickness for some reason.. :S

[Q] Nexus S glue that holds screen to phone

Hey, I've done extensive searching on Google and these forums, something that is always left out is ABOUT GLUE.
I had a broken Nexus S screen and I changed my screen on the phone with a new one bought on eBay, the new screen works flawlessly but the OEM screen has a sort of adhesive tape that would make it adhere to the phone frame. And usually, all instructions for removing the screen talks about using some kind of a heat gun to make the glue loose.
Well the problem is that the new screens don't have this adhesive, I was wondering if anyone can suggest a kind of glue that would do the job for attaching the new screen to the phone. Right now as it is, the screen is only held in place to my phone by the wire which connects it to the phone's circuitboard.

on a german forum i've read a users experience... he used regular "super-glue" that you can buy everywhere. the one that makes your fingers stick in like 4-5 seconds.
he put little spots of glue everywhere the screen touches the plastic and quickly pushed the screen onto it. seems legit if you ask me - the screen doesnt weigh that much after all.

http://www.repairsuniverse.com/adhesive-strips-for-touch-screens.html

murfi said:
on a german forum i've read a users experience... he used regular "super-glue" that you can buy everywhere. the one that makes your fingers stick in like 4-5 seconds.
he put little spots of glue everywhere the screen touches the plastic and quickly pushed the screen onto it. seems legit if you ask me - the screen doesnt weigh that much after all.
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That is ideally what I would really like to do instead of dealing with adhesive strips and then cutting the pieces to fit. I live in Germany now and the electronic store here said you can absolutely not use superglue and suggested instead that I used double-sided tape you buy from a photo store (Doppelseitiges, dünnes Klebeband).
What is the name of this 'super-glue' in Germany?

JoeyZazza said:
That is ideally what I would really like to do instead of dealing with adhesive strips and then cutting the pieces to fit. I live in Germany now and the electronic store here said you can absolutely not use superglue and suggested instead that I used double-sided tape you buy from a photo store (Doppelseitiges, dünnes Klebeband).
What is the name of this 'super-glue' in Germany?
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What if it broke again? I doubt you would be able to remove it if super glue it's used

Evo_Shift said:
What if it broke again? I doubt you would be able to remove it if super glue it's used
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You're probably right but if it breaks again I'll just write off the phone as fully depreciated in my head.

Was the replacement one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/All-New-Out...773?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a77cd07e5
or was it a full unit that go over $100?

[Q] One S Touch Screen/Digitizer Replacement

Hello all I hope someone here can guide me because I am at a loss.
A couple weeks ago I cracked my screen and have been searching for a replacement
Digitizer since then but everywhere I look is either out of stock or comes with the
LCD (which I don't need ).
I know this is a bit forward for my first post here but I am hoping someone
may have a suggestion as to where I might be able to pick one up so I can finally get my phone back to it's
original glory.
Thanks in advance for any help/suggestions on this matter.

In htc digitzer and screen are unity, so if you have problem with touch, you have to change all screen.

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SkuterPL said:
In htc digitzer and screen are unity, so if you have problem with touch, you have to change all screen.
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From what I have read the glass and the digitizer are one piece but it is possible to separate the LCD in this guide :
androidforums. com/htc-one-s/609247-how-fix-htc-one-s-screen.html
Problem is every website I have looked at the glass/digitizer is out of stock and it's triple the price to get it with the LCD.

you can't separate, because in amoled all layer are connected in fabric.
http://www.oled-display.net/wp-content/uploads/u2/super-amoled-technical-details.jpg See this pictrue the touch sensor is under glasses.

i repair phones for a living. and i'm telling you, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE APART THE DIGITIZER AND LED!!! most new htc phones, like the iphone 4/4s and newer samsung phones the glass and display come together. yes, it is possible to take them apart, it's more hassle then it's worth, you are almost guaranteed to break your display (unless you've done it a few dozen times) and then when you try to put everything back together, it will not fit together right because the LED will be warped by your pulling and bending it out of the frame. also, any part you see sold as just the digitizer is either not the correct part and even if it fits and works it is not OEM

HidaKureku said:
i repair phones for a living. and i'm telling you, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE APART THE DIGITIZER AND LED!!! most new htc phones, like the iphone 4/4s and newer samsung phones the glass and display come together. yes, it is possible to take them apart, it's more hassle then it's worth, you are almost guaranteed to break your display (unless you've done it a few dozen times) and then when you try to put everything back together, it will not fit together right because the LED will be warped by your pulling and bending it out of the frame. also, any part you see sold as just the digitizer is either not the correct part and even if it fits and works it is not OEM
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I appreciate you taking the time to clarify that for me, I had hoped it would have been easier than that. I can start looking for the correct part now and finally get my phone sorted out.
Again thanks for your help.

Question:
My sweet little girl scratch "gorila" glass on my one s.
Is it possible change only glass, i plan to buy spare part from this link:
etradesupply.com/oem-htc-one-s-glass-lens.htm

Self dust-repair gone a bit wrong. Can you help me?

Hi xda, so I got tired of having dust under my screen and decided to try to fix this myself, I used many disassembly videos and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479734&highlight=dust as guides, initially I didnt open my phone completely, and used a hair dryer to heat and loose the glue, I guess that wasnt enough, then I finally separated the glass from the screen and procedeed the cleaning, everything good.
Then when I pushed the glass and realized there was a little space between the glass/lcd and the plastic frame (look at pic), tried to put the back cover in again and noticed the right side of the phone, the plastic one was kinda lifted and barely fitted my back cover again, reopened and realized this (look at pic) it seems that the main frame and plastic frame (pic again) got a bit separated, when I was trying to lift the glass i heard some cracks there, I tried pushing it gently but I dont want to damage the lcd, next thing im gonna do is disassemble it completely and hit gently the lifted side of the frame with a hammer so it fits flush again, before doing this, Do you have any sugestion or advice? Has this happened to you?
Also since I dont have a proper heat gun and I'll be using a hair dryer I would thank you if you know and can tell me what areas of the lcd are glued to the main frame, pic attached, if you know you could use paint to point them.
Im a bit worried about the tension the phone is getting with the cover on, I hope only the main frame is getting it... as the phone is pushed to its side (0.5-1mm maybe) I cant plug my headphones and i get slightly worse overall signal. Thank you in advance for any help.

Dom42 said:
Hi xda, so I got tired of having dust under my screen and decided to try to fix this myself, I used many disassembly videos and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479734&highlight=dust as guides, initially I didnt open my phone completely, and used a hair dryer to heat and loose the glue, I guess that wasnt enough, then I finally separated the glass from the screen and procedeed the cleaning, everything good.
Then when I pushed the glass and realized there was a little space between the glass/lcd and the plastic frame (look at pic), tried to put the back cover in again and noticed the right side of the phone, the plastic one was kinda lifted and barely fitted my back cover again, reopened and realized this (look at pic) it seems that the main frame and plastic frame (pic again) got a bit separated, when I was trying to lift the glass i heard some cracks there, I tried pushing it gently but I dont want to damage the lcd, next thing im gonna do is disassemble it completely and hit gently the lifted side of the frame with a hammer so it fits flush again, before doing this, Do you have any sugestion or advice? Has this happened to you?
Also since I dont have a proper heat gun and I'll be using a hair dryer I would thank you if you know and can tell me what areas of the lcd are glued to the main frame, pic attached, if you know you could use paint to point them.
Im a bit worried about the tension the phone is getting with the cover on, I hope only the main frame is getting it... as the phone is pushed to its side (0.5-1mm maybe) I cant plug my headphones and i get slightly worse overall signal. Thank you in advance for any help.
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I wanted to try it myself, but didn't have the guts. Sorry to hear your problem.
The guide said "5. Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory."
It seems to me that you have put the same double tape. I suggest you remove the LCD again, clean the old tape and apply a new one.
Good Luck!
Edit: Does your touchscreen work well?

elvisypi said:
I wanted to try it myself, but didn't have the guts. Sorry to hear your problem.
The guide said "5. Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory."
It seems to me that you have put the same double tape. I suggest you remove the LCD again, clean the old tape and apply a new one.
Good Luck!
Edit: Does your touchscreen work well?
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Dont be afraid of trying, i was also scared at first but bah, 1. There's no official htc support in my country 2. I dont trust repair houses. 3 I wont wait 2-4 weeks for something relatively easy. So why dont try by yourself?
"Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory" I dont have double sided tape at hand right now, getting it in 2 days, however thats not the problem, the glass sits flush and tight even with the old tape, the problem is that as i said my phone somehow got wider and the back cover is hard to put. Thanks, im gonna need good luck.
Oh and yes my touchscreen works perfectly.

Dom42 said:
Dont be afraid of trying, i was also scared at first but bah, 1. There's no official htc support in my country 2. I dont trust repair houses. 3 I wont wait 2-4 weeks for something relatively easy. So why dont try by yourself?
"Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory" I dont have double sided tape at hand right now, getting it in 2 days, however thats not the problem, the glass sits flush and tight even with the old tape, the problem is that as i said my phone somehow got wider and the back cover is hard to put. Thanks, im gonna need good luck.
Oh and yes my touchscreen works perfectly.
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There's no HTC support in my county either. Maybe it got wider because of the heat. Even though the glass sits tight I suggest you change the old tape, cause that's what let dust in the first place. The guide said also smth about silicon, did you apply it?
Was it difficult to remove the LCD with the hairdryer? I don't have a heatgun.
LOL, seems I'm the one doing the questions now.

elvisypi said:
There's no HTC support in my county either. Maybe it got wider because of the heat. Even though the glass sits tight I suggest you change the old tape, cause that's what let dust in the first place. The guide said also smth about silicon, did you apply it?
Was it difficult to remove the LCD with the hairdryer? I don't have a heatgun.
LOL, seems I'm the one doing the questions now.
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No it didnt got wider because of the heat, when i was trying to open it i forced the bezel/metal main frame (4th pic) so it unclipped. Getting the double tape tomorrow. No way im gonna put silicon, ill put just 4 tiny squares of doublesided tape, i would rather clean it monthly than that, also i keep it always clean, it just had the dust before (second hand).
Yes, it was very difficult to remove the LCD, dont even try this without a heatgun, i was lucky to not mess something else duh i even crushed the LCD cable a bit, but it works normally. Only solution now is to get a new main frame.

Dom42 said:
No it didnt got wider because of the heat, when i was trying to open it i forced the bezel/metal main frame (4th pic) so it unclipped. Getting the double tape tomorrow. No way im gonna put silicon, ill put just 4 tiny squares of doublesided tape, i would rather clean it monthly than that, also i keep it always clean, it just had the dust before (second hand).
Yes, it was very difficult to remove the LCD, dont even try this without a heatgun, i was lucky to not mess something else duh i even crushed the LCD cable a bit, but it works normally. Only solution now is to get a new main frame.
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Thanks for the advice. I hope you manage to fix your phone

[Q] clean dust under screen

I have the dreaded "dust under screen" issue on my Sensation and getting too bad to ignore. I know there are many threads here and videos online for REPLACING the digitizer. As the digitizer is not damaged i want to lift it, clean and refit with 3M double sided tape. I cant find any video on removing and refiting without replacing the digitizer.
Does anyone know if:
The digitizer can be romoved without damaging the cable?
Remove without damaging/distorting the digitizer when seperating from the screen?
Can the digitzer be lifted off screen without disassembling the phone? (Preferred option)
I have searched and cant find any info both on XDA and elsewhere. I know the digitizers can be bought cheaply but id rather not have to take the phone apart to replace it.

it took me 1min to google for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5ImE5hUXK8s

matt95 said:
it took me 1min to google for this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5ImE5hUXK8s
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I guess you misread my post..... it would have taken less than a minute to read it properly.
I see lots of videos and info on replacing the digitizer but i dont want to do that. I asked for info on removing/lifting the digitizer without having to fit a new one. I want to know if anyone has done this without damaging the digitizer taking it apart from the screen. I have searched LOTS for the relevant ino but cant find answers.

dub2012 said:
I guess you misread my post..... it would have taken less than a minute to read it properly.
I see lots of videos and info on replacing the digitizer but i dont want to do that. I asked for info on removing/lifting the digitizer without having to fit a new one. I want to know if anyone has done this without damaging the digitizer taking it apart from the screen. I have searched LOTS for the relevant ino but cant find answers.
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well, if you want to remove the dust then that's the only way to do it..

Update
Just confirming that It is possible to remove and refit the digitizer without breaking it.

dub2012 said:
Just confirming that It is possible to remove and refit the digitizer without breaking it.
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How did you do it? Please give some more info
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using Tapatalk 4 Beta

As shown in the many online videos and like the link posted above. Just dont cut the ribbon cable.
I bought a toolkit and 3m tape online. Really the only tools needed are a guitar pick(for seperating lcd/digitizer), torx bit, small flat screw driver or similar for prising plastic motherboard cover and a bic pen cap for lifting ribbon cable connectors and pulling cable out.
Must be disassembled as the digitizer cable has little slack for it to be lifted, Make sure you heat well with a hair dryer (heatgun not needed) and dont push the guitar pick too far in as it spreads the adhesive onto the lcd and back of digitizer. Be extra careful at the top corners as I slightly marked the area inside top left border.It can be hard cleaning both surfaces, if u ever fit a screen protector you will know what I mean, just twice as hard.
Powered up first time but left side of keyboard numbers were not working and screen was a bit slow to respond. Stripped phone again to check digitzer cable connections and all were ok.
Flashed a calibration file found on this site and its working fine now. S-OFF and Super CID are required for this so best to do before you start.
Note: Dust was getting in both sides on mine and gathering in the centre. When I cleaned the LCD I noticed, under the heavy dust gathered in the centre, the screen was permanently marked. I guess screen was burned but it cant be seen when the screen is on.

Why would you go through all this trouble? This is covered by your HTC Guarantee.
I allready had the screen replaced one time because of dust. Second time because my phone got sunburned (see sig.) and because dust and now on my "new"device I'm seeing dust again. Getting really tired of it. Haven't had a 100% good phone for 1 day during the first of 2 years contract

Bornin said:
Why would you go through all this trouble? This is covered by your HTC Guarantee.
I allready had the screen replaced one time because of dust. Second time because my phone got sunburned (see sig.) and because dust and now on my "new"device I'm seeing dust again. Getting really tired of it. Haven't had a 100% good phone for 1 day during the first of 2 years contract
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Except HTC never fixes this problem. Everytime I sent my phone to them, they just keep cleaning out the dust, nut of course it fills up with dust in a matter of weeks again.
Bought another phone off eBay, haven't looked back since. No dust, no nothing.
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Bornin said:
Why would you go through all this trouble? This is covered by your HTC Guarantee.
I allready had the screen replaced one time because of dust. Second time because my phone got sunburned (see sig.) and because dust and now on my "new"device I'm seeing dust again. Getting really tired of it. Haven't had a 100% good phone for 1 day during the first of 2 years contract
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I bought my Sensation used so I had no receipt. Would probably have to go back to stock, S-ON, be without phone for a few weeks etc which was just too much hassle.
Really wasn't too much trouble and it can be done in 20mins.