So i purchased a LCD/digitizer from eBay and received it in the mail this morning. I followed the steps and was able to get my cracked screen (digitzer&lcd) off. After assembling it all with the new screen i ran into an issue.
There is no response from the screen at all it is just black. The phone boots fine though because it vibrated and then a few minutes later i can hear my notifications go off and the led is flashing.
could it be a bad connection with the wires, if so what one should I look at, Did i buy a faulty screen, or am i just sol?
is there any difference between a One X and a One XL screen?
any help is appreciated.
purchased from here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271006361868?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_2923wt_1218
Could be bad connection..there is a YouTube vid on replacing it..
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yea that is what i am assuming since nothing was working but i just wanted to see if anyone else ran into this issue :/
I've successfully replaced the lcd/digitizer on my htc one xl, and gonna be doing another one soon. Make sure the connections are fully clamped in place. the top connection closest to the htc/at&t logo on the screen controls the touch, while the bottom connection controls the picture. So just see if the bottom connection is damaged or maybe out of place. If nothing is wrong with them then you may have a faulty screen. I suggest always testing the screen before actually putting everything in place with the adhesives, so just connect it first and if it works then you can reassemble everything.. I'm not too sure whether there is any difference with the htc one x and one xl screen. As far as I know they should be very similar. But I would definitely stay on the safe side and get only the screen that is made for your device. I have not attempted using one with the other.
i posted this tip because i noticed some people were posting that the screens they bought could not display anything upon turnining on the phone:
LCD Display Screen with Touch Screen
for HTC One X
Important: There are 3 kinds of LCD Screen for this model.
Green Flex (Sharp)
Green + Yellow Flex (Sony)
Yellow Flex = AUO (There's AUO Text on the flex)
This listing is for the Sony Flex version which will work on the other 2 versions as well: Sharp and AUO.
Intrsuction for installation:
When installing the unit, you must plug the original LCD in, turn it on, then plug the New one in. Press the power button to ensure it works, and proceed with reassembling the unit.
If you do not do this, it may cause the unit to not turn on and appear defective.
If you still having problem, please turn off the phone, REMOVE the battery and wait for 5 second.
Then plug in and turn the power on again.
ORIGINAL TEXT CAN BE FOUND HERE:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-One-X-F...668?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item337e1dbeac
Hope that's for the one xl
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1.Can you show the differences between the versions? especially AUO and Sony .
2.Does there special version for AT&T (or LTE model)? Sony fits both AT&T and International?
Thanks
green vs yellow flex
Hi, I did the mistake... i bought a yellow flex instead of the green one
The thing is the screen works but really bad (the screen is really dark and no brightness), is it the same for everyone who did the same mistake? Moreover i noticed the screen worked perfectly the first time i turned it on, then went dark.
Is it possible to brake or burn something by using the wrong screen or if i buy the good screen my phone will work again as before.
Different issue...
Before braking my screen i had a problem with my microphone, when i called someone, it sound like i was 10m away from my phone however it would work perfectly by using earphones or loudspeaker... did it happen to someone as well?
Thanks for your Help
After doing some research here I decided to try to repair my skyrocket screen myself but I am not finding myself as successful as other members here. I can turn on my phone and it appears as if the touchscreen is still working due to the vibrations, but there is no image. After messing around with the phon it seems as if there are only certain instances in which the screen will show an image. It will briefly show an image of a white battery charging when plugged in while the phone is off. It will also display an image (an extremely distorted one however) when put into download mode. Does anyone here have any ideas as to what the cause of these problems are? Could my replacement screen be defective?
If its still distorted one of 2 things happened either one you botched the ribbon cable when installing or 2 the screen is defective take a pic it can be easier for others to determine that way
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One of the images is a my phone in download mode. Sorry for the bad quality (my best camera was my phone). If you look closely the warning text is barely visible. When I first go into download mode the screen is first filled with blue pixels until it brightens to the greyish color shown in the picture.
The other is a picture of the screen/digitizer removed. It seems that the ribbon is still intact, but maybe it was damaged in another way.
What do you think would be the best course of action? I should be able to get the screen exchanged for another one, but I'm worried that perhaps the screen is not the thing causing the problem.
I would try another screen first because if the ribbon was in fact damaged you wouldnt have distorted faint Screen like that honestly that would be my choice the screens aren't hard to swap very simple in fact I do this at work at least twice a day if another screen doesn't fix man I'll definitely taken it in
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Has anyone encountered the following issues with their SHIELD?
Mine was working just fine after updating to 4.3 and rooting with CWM. I performed multiple reboots in this configuration, played games, etc. - everything was fine.
I had a pretty busy weekend so didn't touch the SHIELD at all for a few days. When I got back:
When I opened it up, I saw the screen backlight turn on but nothing displayed on the screen. The SHIELD button was glowing green.
I long-pressed the SHIELD button to turn off the device. When I turn it back on, I get a white screen that is dark around the edges (mostly vignetting around the corners). The brightness of the screen here and degree of vignetting seem to change every time I try and turn on the device.
If I enter fastboot mode via the key combo, the same thing happens - white vignetted screen. The device DOES appear to enumerate as a fastboot device on my PC in this configuration.
At one point I figured it might be due to a low battery, so plugged it into the charger. 30 minutes later, when I opened the lid, I actually came up to a launcher screen with 65% battery.
However, after closing the lid and reopening it again - black screen again, with the "white vignette of death" coming back if I reboot.
Has anyone else seen similar behavior? Searching results in no one complaining about a white screen like this, at least not on this device.
Screen of Death
This just happened to me today. Did you find a fix for this problem?
Entropy512 said:
Has anyone encountered the following issues with their SHIELD?
Mine was working just fine after updating to 4.3 and rooting with CWM. I performed multiple reboots in this configuration, played games, etc. - everything was fine.
I had a pretty busy weekend so didn't touch the SHIELD at all for a few days. When I got back:
When I opened it up, I saw the screen backlight turn on but nothing displayed on the screen. The SHIELD button was glowing green.
I long-pressed the SHIELD button to turn off the device. When I turn it back on, I get a white screen that is dark around the edges (mostly vignetting around the corners). The brightness of the screen here and degree of vignetting seem to change every time I try and turn on the device.
If I enter fastboot mode via the key combo, the same thing happens - white vignetted screen. The device DOES appear to enumerate as a fastboot device on my PC in this configuration.
At one point I figured it might be due to a low battery, so plugged it into the charger. 30 minutes later, when I opened the lid, I actually came up to a launcher screen with 65% battery.
However, after closing the lid and reopening it again - black screen again, with the "white vignette of death" coming back if I reboot.
Has anyone else seen similar behavior? Searching results in no one complaining about a white screen like this, at least not on this device.
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Might be just bad luck for me.....
nmerc001 said:
This just happened to me today. Did you find a fix for this problem?
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So ive already gotten two shields and they both got the same effect. my guess is the ribbon cable when you open and close the screen, is wearing off? because when i open my shield in a certain way, it works... when i open it at around 100 degrees or open correctly then tilt it forward, the screen tears and slowly shows the white screen. I do admit that i open and close the screen more than i should, but i do it carefully. Ill look over at the ifixit site to see how the cable is connected to the board.
This is what has me worried about buying a shield, the ribbon cable, did you confirmed this was the problem?
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So ive already gotten two shields and they both got the same effect. my guess is the ribbon cable when you open and close the screen, is wearing off? because when i open my shield in a certain way, it works... when i open it at around 100 degrees or open correctly then tilt it forward, the screen tears and slowly shows the white screen. I do admit that i open and close the screen more than i should, but i do it carefully. Ill look over at the ifixit site to see how the cable is connected to the board.
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I am a tech by trade and bought one of ebay for 40 bucks cuz it would not power up so the guy claimed. After getting it I found the issue was actually the display was not coming on and once it did. Then went out in a few moments. Connect it to HDMI and the unit runs all day of you want to be cabled. ]
So I tore it down and found that the issue is the flex cable. The problem is that the flex cable is part of the LCD and you cannot just replace the cable. Also since the unit is so new there are no sources as of yet to by the LCD from.
So if you have this issue I suggest just holding out till a source of LCD's at hopefully a reasonable price become available.
So it's soldered to the screen and not replacable right?
nex86 said:
So it's soldered to the screen and not replacable right?
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That is correct.. The flex cable is actually an integral part of the display and even has much of the driver circuitry placed right on it at the LCD. In the business we call it a flex circuit since it is a flexible circuit board and not just a cable.
I pretty much know what you mean.
On my old Archos Gamepad I ripped the flex that connected the left side of the controler to the logic board by accident.
It was a pain in the ass to fix it by soldering seperate wires, I guess it's impossible to do this with the display connection in the Shield.
nex86 said:
I pretty much know what you mean.
On my old Archos Gamepad I ripped the flex that connected the left side of the controler to the logic board by accident.
It was a pain in the ass to fix it by soldering seperate wires, I guess it's impossible to do this with the display connection in the Shield.
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Might be possible if you used 32 gauge magnet wire. It is enamel coated so it won't short, but it to will break over time.
hi, flash factory image
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dragxdk said:
hi, flash factory image
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How are you supposed to flash a factory image when the screen won't let you see what you are doing? When you are in the bootloader screen the HDMI drivers are not loaded yet so not even hooking it to an external monitor will work. You might want to fully read and understand the problem next time before offering advice.:good:
fastboot tells you if you were sucessful or not.
just for relocking the bootloader you have to do some button combinations, you can look up some tutorial videos to see what you have to press.
nex86 said:
fastboot tells you if you were sucessful or not.
just for relocking the bootloader you have to do some button combinations, you can look up some tutorial videos to see what you have to press.
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Even still, it is not a software problem that causes this. I know because if I move my display to a certain angle it will start to work sometimes. A software issue would not cause this. I also have taken my apart since I am a tech and can actually see the traces in the flex cable that have broken..
Any device with a folding display is a bad idea and a failure waiting to happen. Flex cables have a limited number of flex cycles that is even usually published. So the idea of using them in a device that may get heavy use is just dumb.
Solarenemy68 said:
Any device with a folding display is a bad idea and a failure waiting to happen. Flex cables have a limited number of flex cycles that is even usually published. So the idea of using them in a device that may get heavy use is just dumb.
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I agree, they used flex in the Nintendo DS and 3Ds as well, but they don't break that fast.
I find it still better if they have used recular cables like what they use for Laptops.
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Even still, it is not a software problem that causes this. I know because if I move my display to a certain angle it will start to work sometimes. A software issue would not cause this. I also have taken my apart since I am a tech and can actually see the traces in the flex cable that have broken..
Any device with a folding display is a bad idea and a failure waiting to happen. Flex cables have a limited number of flex cycles that is even usually published. So the idea of using them in a device that may get heavy use is just dumb.
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What you are saying is the EXACT same thing that happened to my SHIELD. I can tell its a hardware problem because when I tilted my screen it would work, and sometimes it wouldn't. Now my SHIELD's display does not even show any signs of picture. HDMI still works, however. Like one of the previous posts said, there is not a screen available for purchase, so my next step is NVIDIA customer support. Maybe if they would sell these screens, I wouldn't even have to have a warranty claim. sigh.
White screen of death?
yes mine too same as
i tried connecting my via HDMI from power cable to large HDMI to plug it works fine on my galaxy tab
thought id be clever try it on nvidia shield never worked sould of bought mini HDMI so now White screen of death
i cant get into recovery or anything i had this on charge for 12 hrs yesterday still no green button on charge only orange .. i too cant find anything on internet to help with this White screen of death situation
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How are you supposed to flash a factory image when the screen won't let you see what you are doing? When you are in the bootloader screen the HDMI drivers are not loaded yet so not even hooking it to an external monitor will work. You might want to fully read and understand the problem next time before offering advice.:good:
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This. I'm having a similar issue. My wife's SHIELD has an unresponsive touch screen. So I tried to flash the factory image (It was never rooted to begin with) and I got the white screen issue when in the bootloader screen. I have to keep restarting it to get the screen to show up as normal when the device boots to the home screen. But the bootloader screen is still blank and white. I was able to watch a video and mimick the steps to flash the factory image but that did not fix the issue. It's definitely a hardware issue. I live in Cincinnati OH, anywhere I can go to have this fixed? I have a portable myself and i know this is going to happen to mine soon.
I have a HTC One A9 at home, which is a decent phone. Bought it from the UK and it served me well. After using it, I upgraded to a HTC U11 Life, but still kept the A9. After taking it out of my drawer, the phone was still working and was in mint condition, except the battery could only hold charge for 3-4 MINUTES. I looked at a few tutorials online, ordered a new battery and disassembled the phone, nothing was physically damaged in the phone, and I didn't damage anything while opening it. I went ahead and changed the battery and tried to boot, but it wouldnt work.. The charging light turns orange, but the screen shows no life. Before this, the screen was workign perfectly fine. The phone also wont vibrate if I try to power it on. I changed the battery back to the weak one, sealed it up and left it to charge. The charging light turns orange, then turns green after a while, but wont boot and the screen shows no life. I managed to return the new battery, but the phone isn't working anymore. Nothing appears to be damaged physically, and I took great care opening it, I even bought some tools and had a heatgun lying around.
If anyone can guess what the issue is (motherboard, screen, some wack htc feature) then id appreciate it. I wont be fixing it if it needs a new screen or board, as thats too costly. If its a software issue or something, then please help me out with this. For now, my best bet is to sell it for parts and make hope to make 10-15 bucks off of a phone which otherwise wouldve sold for 45-50 usd (in my region)