so my son was playing with my wifi xoom and the screen turn black. he told me he drop some water into the sd card slot. charging light shows when i plugs it in. connect it to a tv via hdmi cable and was able to see the unlock screen, but cant unlock it on the xoom.
what do i need to replace? lcd, digitizer, or the screen? have no idea what each does.
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Hey all
My Atrix 2 was runover by a car when it fell from my pocket into a parking lot. The digitizer cracked. When I try to turn on the phone, the LED light lights up and even the buttons light up but nothing comes up on the screen, nor does it make any sound. I tried calling my phone but it doesn't ring.
1) Is there any chance that the phone can be revived by changing the digitizer & screen?
2) How can I test if the rest of the phone is working?
3) I have never used the HDMI out of the phone. I'm thinking of ordering an hdmi cable to test it. But I'm not sure if upon connecting the hdmi cable the android OS asks for some settings to be changed to enable the hdmi output from software. Does it? Because if it does, then testing with the hdmi would be pointless as I cannot see and touch the screen to change any hdmi settings.
The phone is rooted and running stock AT&T ICS 4.04 ROM.
Thanks.
MenTaLLyMenTaL said:
Hey all
My Atrix 2 was runover by a car when it fell from my pocket into a parking lot. The digitizer cracked. When I try to turn on the phone, the LED light lights up and even the buttons light up but nothing comes up on the screen, nor does it make any sound. I tried calling my phone but it doesn't ring.
1) Is there any chance that the phone can be revived by changing the digitizer & screen?
2) How can I test if the rest of the phone is working?
3) I have never used the HDMI out of the phone. I'm thinking of ordering an hdmi cable to test it. But I'm not sure if upon connecting the hdmi cable the android OS asks for some settings to be changed to enable the hdmi output from software. Does it? Because if it does, then testing with the hdmi would be pointless as I cannot see and touch the screen to change any hdmi settings.
The phone is rooted and running stock AT&T ICS 4.04 ROM.
Thanks.
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Hdmi will launch automatically if you are on stock firmware.............But i suggest you show your Phone to the service center coz the car
Running over it might have cracked other key components safer to send it to service center if your in warranty......
Or u can try replacing the digitizer just check out this video..........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbj5vYkjMBA
I swapped out my Digitizer in my Photon Q. First attempt didn't work.
Took it all apart and tried again, but now the LCD turns on and just stays black. Does anyone know which ribbon cable controls the screen display?
i had same problem, resolved with new flex cable
Guys I just got Sony Z3
My bad luck is I'm testing its waterproof and then the screen went blank at first (flickering) , I turned it off and let it dry, the screen is on again but the touchscreen is not working anymore.
I proceed and disassemble it to see if there is still water, I unplug and plug again the flex cable that on the motherboard, the screen is still working but touchscreen is not.
What surprise me is when I unplug and plug the flex cable that on the bottom (to the lcd ones) the screen are now blank completely with no backlight at all, even after I replace it.
Phone is still running with blank brand new lcd, is it the motherboard, or the flex cable that connect the motherboard to the lcd?
Hello everybody. I recently changed my frame + display on my nexus 5 and screen doesn't work. First i saw the backlight but after I tried to put more pressure on orange flex cable that connect it to the morherboard it didn't work anymore. I tried to use an old but working flex cable but nothing changed and I tried also with my old display and frame but nothing still nothing changed. I don't know what to change to make it work again, could that be a motherboard problem? Do anyone of you know what is damaged?
Thank you
It could be a screen or motherboard problem.
if i do change the motherboard would it work again right?
Did you change the flex cable that runs from the USB port to the motherboard? If yes, I think this is for charging and data transfer.
Where did you get the screen? It's possible that the screen or motherboard is defective: with nothing on the screen and the phone making sounds, ringing, etc. indicates a screen problem. Pressing on the cable and getting it to work for a short time indicates a motherboard problem (looses or broken connecting cables or onboard connector).
If you want to isolate the the problem, you would need to test with either a know working motherboard or screen.
For some time I had problems with the mic, flickering display and non-responsive touch. I have opened the phone to reseat the flex connection and it has only worsened the problem: the display would not turn back anymore.
I have ordered a new flex cable and the problem persists... but I have a problem with diagnosis. The thing is the motherboard seems to work correctly, as I can find the phone with the Google site (although I cannot play the sound?). On the other hand, before the flex replacement the display would show colorful static, so it does not seem to be physically damaged by my repairs. What else could it be, then? For a while I thought that maybe it is the flex plug on the motherboard, but then the phone is seen as Nexus 5 through USB, so at least some of the data are going through from the USB port to the motherboard...
Without having another working screen, it would be tough to pinpoint the problem.
I do not have another working screen... or so I thought. I have connected the phone through HDMI to my TV and it seems to work, except it is very, very slow. This makes the screen issue more likely.
I agree.
Even a screen that shows scrambled images or static doesn't necessarily mean it's functional.
I've gone through this myself in trying to decide which to buy first: a screen or motherboard.
I have ordered a new display - no luck... It turns out it was the motherboard after all, more specifically, the port for the flex cable. It became more evident when part of the port fell off during the screen replacement...
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I have ordered a new display - no luck... It turns out it was the motherboard after all, more specifically, the port for the flex cable. It became more evident when part of the port fell off during the screen replacement...
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Sorry to hear that.
I recommend looking for a cheap Nexus 5 with a broken screen and working motherboard for a cheap price.