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Hello XDA,
My Nexus 5 running CM12 5.0.2 nightly will not respond to the touches anymore infact when I press the power button to activate the display it acts as if someone is touching it randomly messing all the apps that are running and opening and closing many other things.
Furthermore it displays weird and burned lines throughout the screen. It was not dropped, no water went inside the device or anything. If it helps I did install the OTA updates that CM gives us.
I have also attached pictures so you may get a better understanding of my problem.
Thanks in advance.
Saad S. said:
Hello XDA,
My Nexus 5 running CM12 5.0.2 nightly will not respond to the touches anymore infact when I press the power button to activate the display it acts as if someone is touching it randomly messing all the apps that are running and opening and closing many other things.
Furthermore it displays weird and burned lines throughout the screen. It was not dropped, no water went inside the device or anything. If it helps I did install the OTA updates that CM gives us.
I have also attached pictures so you may get a better understanding of my problem.
Thanks in advance.
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Has this happened after you flashed a rom or.. ??
semirr said:
Has this happened after you flashed a rom or.. ??
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Yes after I flashed the rom but not directly after. But after a good 1 month.
Saad S. said:
Yes after I flashed the rom but not directly after. But after a good 1 month.
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Hmm I see. Well since a month HAS passed, its definetly not the rom thats causing the problem, i don't know if anything regarding the software could even be causing the problem. Its 100% hardware and by that i mean the screen, you should change it, the touch and also the display are messed up.
semirr said:
Hmm I see. Well since a month HAS passed, its definetly not the rom thats causing the problem, i don't know if anything regarding the software could even be causing the problem. Its 100% hardware and by that i mean the screen, you should change it, the touch and also the display are messed up.
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Is it possible that a driver update could fix this, if so then how?
Saad S. said:
Is it possible that a driver update could fix this, if so then how?
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Hmm i dont think that a driver could be the problem. And if it is i dont know how you could fix it Google it
I hate to be the bringer of bad news - but your screen is toast. Fortunately you can replace the touch and display components all at once.
http://www.amazon.com/Skiliwah-Digitizer-Assembly-Google-nexus5/dp/B00HN0U168
Here is what you need to perform the repairs - and here are the procedures for disassembly.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Disassembling+Nexus+5+Display+Teardown+-+liquid+damage/32410
Trust me, it's not that difficult. Unfortunately, it's a bit pricey ($60 for the screen and digitizer), nevertheless much cheaper than a new device or sending your device in for repairs.
Rma
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The screen isn't toast, neither is the digitizer. I have 2 of these phones. The parts which cause problems like this are the main board and the ribbon with the USB connector on it, which also attaches the screen & digitizer to the main board. One was showing lines exactly like this, & also no touch. I put a replacement main board in. Works great now. The other, wouldn't even turn on. I put the main board from the first phone in the second one, it still wouldn't turn on. I replaced the ribbon cable, it turns on and perfectly replicates the issue from the first phone. So now, I have one fully functioning LG Nexus 5, and another which turns on with the same problem as yours. This is good, I started out with 2 of them that were useless to me. So, it appears that your display and touch issues are caused solely by a bad main board. A replacement main board costs somewhere around $75. After swapping stuff around, I have 2 bad main boards, 1 bad USB ribbon & 1 working phone of 2. Not bad, not bad at all.
So my Nexus 5 (a couple months ago) has started to just randomly go black. I get notifications and stuff, and the backlight but no display. Not sure what to do or what part to replace. Would flashing/rooting help at all?
Appears to be a hardware problem.
Was the phone every dropped or exposed to water/moisture? Possible loose connection inside?
No way to tell for sure if the phone needs a new screen unless you are able to test the motherboard in another N5.
audit13 said:
Appears to be a hardware problem.
Was the phone every dropped or exposed to water/moisture? Possible loose connection inside?
No way to tell for sure if the phone needs a new screen unless you are able to test the motherboard in another N5.
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It's been dropped a couple times but not like any major drops or anything. Im pretty sure I checked all the connections inside and they were good. Im starting to figure out that the phone has to be off for a little bit then I have to charge it and turn it on and it works again
Sounds like it could be a damaged lcd or lcd connection. If it can work after being charged while powered off, could be battery or USB flex cable issue.
audit13 said:
Sounds like it could be a damaged lcd or lcd connection. If it can work after being charged while powered off, could be battery or USB flex cable issue.
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OK thanks, ill have to look up some videos on how to check everything
Same problem
cocook2000 said:
So my Nexus 5 (a couple months ago) has started to just randomly go black. I get notifications and stuff, and the backlight but no display. Not sure what to do or what part to replace. Would flashing/rooting help at all?
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The screen suddenly goes black and after force reboot every thung is fine. When screen was black i tried calling my no it ranged but i cannot answer thr phone.
It had happed around 5-6 times in a about a week with me.
Cant figure problem.
After reboot every thing is fine working normally
[email protected] said:
The screen suddenly goes black and after force reboot every thung is fine. When screen was black i tried calling my no it ranged but i cannot answer thr phone.
It had happed around 5-6 times in a about a week with me.
Cant figure problem.
After reboot every thing is fine working normally
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Ya I figured out I have to reboot it a bunch of times then it will work
I think it might be the battery because this is my dad's old phone so it's been in use for a solid 3 years.. I wish I knew for sure though
So I have discovered that if my screen is on for a while the task bar at the bottom starts to shift up and down
Have you found out more about this? I think I have the same problem. My phone never turns black while I use it. But when the screen is off/sleeping, it sometimes won't turn on again. So a force reboot fixes it. Sometimes this happens a lot, some times it works fine a whole day.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
tor0en said:
Have you found out more about this? I think I have the same problem. My phone never turns black while I use it. But when the screen is off/sleeping, it sometimes won't turn on again. So a force reboot fixes it. Sometimes this happens a lot, some times it works fine a whole day.
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No I decided to send it into LG I'll update this when they tell me what's up with it
cocook2000 said:
No I decided to send it into LG I'll update this when they tell me what's up with it
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OK!
I could also mention that this happen every time I unlocked the lockscreen on stock ROMs, and custom. But nameless ROM for some reason got it to this point at least. If any one have black screen on unlocking the block screen, try nameless rom...
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tor0en said:
OK!
I could also mention that this happen every time I unlocked the lockscreen on stock ROMs, and custom. But nameless ROM for some reason got it to this point at least. If any one have black screen on unlocking the block screen, try nameless rom...
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So what your saying is to try the rom and see if it fixes it? Can I have a link or something, I don't know much about roms
cocook2000 said:
So what your saying is to try the rom and see if it fixes it? Can I have a link or something, I don't know much about roms
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Maybe, I don't think so. My phone was useless, black screen on every screen unlock. But namelessrom took that away, so that tip about nameless was for those who have the same black screen I had earlier. But now I have the same black screens as you do. Anyway, if you want to try it out, nameless-rom.org
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Happens with my nexus too. The screen goes blank randomly ..... But i have managed to deal with it.
Its happan to me also, with 4 nexus 5 of my family.
Is a firmware problem?
I'm trying to buy a new flex cable to see if it will help I'll update when I find out
You're replacing the USB charging flex cable? If you are, be careful with cheap third-party replacements as I have read reports of people having issues with charging, signal, or speaker functionality after installing the cable.
tor0en said:
Have you found out more about this? I think I have the same problem. My phone never turns black while I use it. But when the screen is off/sleeping, it sometimes won't turn on again. So a force reboot fixes it. Sometimes this happens a lot, some times it works fine a whole day.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Ya so i sent it to LG finally and the diagnostic said that it was a flex cable issue which I was sure that it was anyway but I have a confirmation now
I've had a similar problem when my display suddenly started failing. First, there was colourful bands over the working display, then colourful static only and then black with backlight only. Bought a new phone, left it for a year and today after digging in the phone for a while I found a fix. The connection between the motherboard (the top bit) and the daughter board (the bit below battery with USB and connection to display) was somewhat loose and when pressed on, the display worked beautifully. I stuffed the insides with some tape to maintain pressure on the connection and phone works great.
Might not work for your problem, but it's worth a try if you're out of warranty and have tools to disassemble the phone.
Ok read the other posts but having touchscreen issues with the phone running Resurrection remix latest ROM. Only happened over last days and I cannot remember dropping it.
Its the middle part of the screen that sometimes do not respond.
Its 3 years old and has served me well but just wondering if there is any fix or is it time to upgrade?
funkyirishman said:
Ok read the other posts but having touchscreen issues with the phone running Resurrection remix latest ROM. Only happened over last days and I cannot remember dropping it.
Its the middle part of the screen that sometimes do not respond.
Its 3 years old and has served me well but just wondering if there is any fix or is it time to upgrade?
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Tried changing rom?
same problem here, switched from RR to Lineage and then now Tugapower . did factory reset, system reset, media everything but no use still i see lot of screen freeze's n stuck at middle of something...
Was working fine and then suddenly the middle of the screen not responding?
Not sure if its a hardware issue as restored to a previous version and same issue.
Is there any fix?
Was working and then suddenly just stopped responding to the middle part of the screen. Resorted back to back up and same issue
Is this a hardware issue and is there any fix?
Anyone helped here or is the phone Fubarred?
As getting annoying. Was going to try a factory reset but not sure if it can be fixed by this. Is there any fix like replacing screen or is that cash down the drain?
cheers
funkyirishman said:
Anyone helped here or is the phone Fubarred?
As getting annoying. Was going to try a factory reset but not sure if it can be fixed by this. Is there any fix like replacing screen or is that cash down the drain?
cheers
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You can always replace display.
Mr.Ak said:
You can always replace display.
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thanks
thing is I dont want to waste spending euros if this wont fix it. The top and bottom of the screen work ok its just the middle and screen not cracked or anything but if I spend money on it and it does not fix it just a waste of Euros then. Before I do just want to check could it be any other issue?
funkyirishman said:
thanks
thing is I dont want to waste spending euros if this wont fix it. The top and bottom of the screen work ok its just the middle and screen not cracked or anything but if I spend money on it and it does not fix it just a waste of Euros then. Before I do just want to check could it be any other issue?
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Seems like display issue only.
Mr.Ak said:
Seems like display issue only.
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Thanks
Reading up I can see it maybe the digitizer also. So If the screen gets replaced does the digitizer get replaced with it, Tried to find out if they are connected?
funkyirishman said:
Thanks
Reading up I can see it maybe the digitizer also. So If the screen gets replaced does the digitizer get replaced with it, Tried to find out if they are connected?
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They must be replaced in combo.Even if there's a way to separate them,it might not be the best idea.
funkyirishman said:
thanks
thing is I dont want to waste spending euros if this wont fix it. The top and bottom of the screen work ok its just the middle and screen not cracked or anything but if I spend money on it and it does not fix it just a waste of Euros then. Before I do just want to check could it be any other issue?
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I registered just to respond to you and let you know that replacing the screen did not work for me.
I bough this phone online a few months back but gave up on it because it was literally unusable due to ghost touch inputs. I have since installed LineageOS and completely replaced the old screen and STILL get ghost inputs along the whole right edge of the phone.
Some people say it's due to an issue with the grounding of the screen. I've tried many solutions and the touches still seem random.
Hello Devs,
Need help help :crying:
I have been using RR(7.1) for last 4 months. from 05/27 I have been updating to latest in between installed substratum and applied tweaked themes on it... all of a sudden I started observing below problems
1. Screen freezes on my OPO(can't able to unlock the screen forcing me to restart it).
2. Some letters from keyboard are not functioning properly, I thought some touch screen issues..installed some touch screen test apps it shows everything fine.
So I roll back to 05/27 but no use same problems, then clean flash - no use, reset the phone i.e, factory reset wiped everything.. and flashed latest Lineage 14.1 - but no use still I see same problems.
Switched to Tuga power - No use same problems
Finally decided to rollback to 6.0(Marshmallow) and flashed (sultan's CM13 latest) - Still I am facing the above mentioned problems. :crying:
NOTE : in between TWRP touch screen also behaving differently ??
sunil.avvas said:
Hello Devs,
Need help help :crying:
I have been using RR(7.1) for last 4 months. from 05/27 I have been updating to latest in between installed substratum and applied tweaked themes on it... all of a sudden I started observing below problems
1. Screen freezes on my OPO(can't able to unlock the screen forcing me to restart it).
2. Some letters from keyboard are not functioning properly, I thought some touch screen issues..installed some touch screen test apps it shows everything fine.
So I roll back to 05/27 but no use same problems, then clean flash - no use, reset the phone i.e, factory reset wiped everything.. and flashed latest Lineage 14.1 - but no use still I see same problems.
Switched to Tuga power - No use same problems
Finally decided to rollback to 6.0(Marshmallow) and flashed (sultan's CM13 latest) - Still I am facing the above mentioned problems. :crying:
NOTE : in between TWRP touch screen also behaving differently ??
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Are you sure it is not a hardware issue?
sunil.avvas said:
Hello Devs,
Need help help :crying:
I have been using RR(7.1) for last 4 months. from 05/27 I have been updating to latest in between installed substratum and applied tweaked themes on it... all of a sudden I started observing below problems
1. Screen freezes on my OPO(can't able to unlock the screen forcing me to restart it).
2. Some letters from keyboard are not functioning properly, I thought some touch screen issues..installed some touch screen test apps it shows everything fine.
So I roll back to 05/27 but no use same problems, then clean flash - no use, reset the phone i.e, factory reset wiped everything.. and flashed latest Lineage 14.1 - but no use still I see same problems.
Switched to Tuga power - No use same problems
Finally decided to rollback to 6.0(Marshmallow) and flashed (sultan's CM13 latest) - Still I am facing the above mentioned problems. :crying:
NOTE : in between TWRP touch screen also behaving differently ??
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If touchscreen has issues in TWRP also,then it's a hardware issue.
Any procedure / apps to test hardware ?? If so let me know please
sunil.avvas said:
Any procedure / apps to test hardware ?? If so let me know please
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There're several touch testing apps on Play Store,but TWRP having issues also points hardware issues.
Touch screen issue
I have installed few screen test & dead pixel fix apps, I found that some vertical part(left side) is non responsive please refer the attachment. I assume that that is the reason for my screen freeze / flickering a regular intervals. so any suggestions to fix this issue?
Even when I keep on touching the screen that particular area is unresponsive as shown in the attached picture, please do suggest if it can be fixed through any software? or do I need to consult hardware technician ? if so how much would be the cost?
Thanks in advance.
Any suggestions please ??
sunil.avvas said:
Any suggestions please ??
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Replace display.Will cost around 1900rs if you buy from eBay and replace yourself(it's easy).
Mr.Ak said:
Replace display.Will cost around 1900rs if you buy from eBay and replace yourself(it's easy).
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Actually there is no problem with display, but ' touch ' is not working properly on particular area so.. do I need to change the LCD Digitizer for that?
sunil.avvas said:
Actually there is no problem with display, but ' touch ' is not working properly on particular area so.. do I need to change the LCD Digitizer for that?
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You can't separate digitizer and LCD,they're to be replace in combo.
Mr.Ak said:
You can't separate digitizer and LCD,they're to be replace in combo.
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A good quality LCD digitizer costs 2500, so if I sell the device how much will I get ? any idea on average price of OPO 64GB, 2.6 Years old with minor dents on corners ?
sunil.avvas said:
A good quality LCD digitizer costs 2500, so if I sell the device how much will I get ? any idea on average price of OPO 64GB, 2.6 Years old with minor dents on corners ?
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Better to repair it than sell it.Trust me.
Mr.Ak said:
Better to repair it than sell it.Trust me.
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Bro, I just checked mobile exchange offers.. for our OPO exchange price was like 2700 Rs and Max 3000 RS. So thinking to sell.
sunil.avvas said:
Bro, I just checked mobile exchange offers.. for our OPO exchange price was like 2700 Rs and Max 3000 RS. So thinking to sell.
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But you can repair the device in just 1800-2000rs.
I did it today itself.
Hey Guys n' Gals!
Question, has anybody had their primary screen malfunction?
Now when I fold my phone either open or closed, the screen sometimes goes black. After 1-2sec the screen turns on again.
Sometimes the screen also flashes in a bright yellowish or green color when it is being folded.
Anyone have these symptoms? Any fix? or is it a hardware issue?
Thats is EXACT issue i had, i sent it in repair but they could not fix it... but instead put a diffrent firmware on it or something
FattoYosh said:
Thats is EXACT issue i had, i sent it in repair but they could not fix it... but instead put a diffrent firmware on it or something
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Woah what?
different firmware? they did not change the screen?
Does your screen now work again with no issues?
BWA80 said:
Hey Guys n' Gals!
Question, has anybody had their primary screen malfunction?
Now when I fold my phone either open or closed, the screen sometimes goes black. After 1-2sec the screen turns on again.
Sometimes the screen also flashes in a bright yellowish or green color when it is being folded.
Anyone have these symptoms? Any fix? or is it a hardware issue?
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Most likely a hardware problem. Could be a lose connection or something more serious. Did you drop your phone or something before this started?
Take it to warranty asap
TheMystic said:
Most likely a hardware problem. Could be a lose connection or something more serious. Did you drop your phone or something before this start?
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Nope, I have not dropped the phone. It just started all of a sudden.
BWA80 said:
Nope, I have not dropped the phone. It just started all of a sudden.
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You'll have to get it checked at a good service centre. Let's hope it is a minor issue.
FattoYosh said:
Thats is EXACT issue i had, i sent it in repair but they could not fix it... but instead put a diffrent firmware on it or something
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There is no way a firmware would resolve a hardware issue (if it was that)
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Woah what?
different firmware? they did not change the screen?
Does your screen now work again with no issues?
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It did fix it, lol i just reflashed it with stock firmware, no issues yet