Hey guys,
last night I decided to replace the back cover of my Xperia Z3. I've ordered an original one and got to work. First problem is that it won't stick - the adhesive sucks. Shall I heat it up with a hair dryer or something? I don't want to damage anything inside the phone itself. And here we go to the second problem - after installing the new back cover the vibrations stopped working. I've performed a full wipe, reinstalled another ROM (wiped System, Data, Dalvik and so on) but it still won't work. Since it's a hardware problem, which part shall I check and then replace? The buzzer itself or maybe some connections?
Thanks in advance
Anyone?
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Z3 shares same flex cable for the power,volume buttons, lcd and vibration so u need to check the flex cable.
I recently replaced mine due to stupid service center people refused to entertain my warranty.
If you not so sure, u can take help from professionals.
And you can get the adhesive online somewhere if you damaged the supplied adhesive with the back panel.
Also be very careful while putting that adeshive first put on the panel and stick the panel to phone back.
Gud luck..
unmaskedfalesh said:
Z3 shares same flex cable for the power,volume buttons, lcd and vibration so u need to check the flex cable.
I recently replaced mine due to stupid service center people refused to entertain my warranty.
If you not so sure, u can take help from professionals.
And you can get the adhesive online somewhere if you damaged the supplied adhesive with the back panel.
Also be very careful while putting that adeshive first put on the panel and stick the panel to phone back.
Gud luck..
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Thanks, I just ordered the flex cable yesterday after some reading and I will be replacing it today or tomorrow. My warranty was refused due to me replacing the back panel on my own :good: Thumbs up for all the warranty services. Soon we won't be able to change wallpapers without getting our warranty void.
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Thanks, I just ordered the flex cable yesterday after some reading and I will be replacing it today or tomorrow. My warranty was refused due to me replacing the back panel on my own :good: Thumbs up for all the warranty services. Soon we won't be able to change wallpapers without getting our warranty void.
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Hahah yeah..
Just a headstart be careful while you replace the flex cable!!
Good luck.
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Hahah yeah..
Just a headstart be careful while you replace the flex cable!!
Good luck.
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So I replaced the flex cable and it's still broken Does that mean mainboard is ****ed up?
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So I replaced the flex cable and it's still broken Does that mean mainboard is ****ed up?
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you sure the flex cable is not faulty?
also try to diagnose the vibration by system diagnostic.
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you sure the flex cable is not faulty?
also try to diagnose the vibration by system diagnostic.
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It was brand new and everything else works.
EDIT: now the upper part of the screen won't work... Today is just one of those days... I changed the flex cables back and forth - same issue. No vibrations and no upper screen reaction. FML.
ziemny said:
It was brand new and everything else works.
EDIT: now the upper part of the screen won't work... Today is just one of those days... I changed the flex cables back and forth - same issue. No vibrations and no upper screen reaction. FML.
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Can u check with old flex if the screen is functioning if yes then your new cable must be faulty.
I had no such issues, and since you yourself opened the device it should not have any issue with motherboard
unmaskedfalesh said:
Can u check with old flex if the screen is functioning if yes then your new cable must be faulty.
I had no such issues, and since you yourself opened the device it should not have any issue with motherboard
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I switched between flex cables and the problems persists. I've been sitting and trying to fix this with various ROMs, cables, buzzers and other things for 8 hours now. I'm gonna reassemble the phone as carefully as possible, flash stock ROM and send it to Sony again. Maybe this time I'll get lucky and they won't see that it's been opened... I don't feel like spending 300$ on fixing it on my own.
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I switched between flex cables and the problems persists. I've been sitting and trying to fix this with various ROMs, cables, buzzers and other things for 8 hours now. I'm gonna reassemble the phone as carefully as possible, flash stock ROM and send it to Sony again. Maybe this time I'll get lucky and they won't see that it's been opened... I don't feel like spending 300$ on fixing it on my own.
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Were you ever able to fix this? I had the same exact problem as you, replaced the LCD/digitizer on my Z3 (D6603) and then re-installed everything and now my vibrate motor doesn't work. I bought a new flex cable/with vibrator motor, installed the new one, but the same problem occurs. Vibrate doesn't work at all.
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Were you ever able to fix this?
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Unfortunately, along with the vibrations, also my screen stopped working. I gave it to the warranty service, where they told me it's my fault, cause the damage is mechanical (how? I have no clue, cause there was not a single scratch on the phone) and they proposed a repair that would cost 110% of the phone's market value. I simply sold it for parts on eBay and bought an SGS6 Edge. No more Sony for me - their support sucks ape balls.
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Unfortunately, along with the vibrations, also my screen stopped working. I gave it to the warranty service, where they told me it's my fault, cause the damage is mechanical (how? I have no clue, cause there was not a single scratch on the phone) and they proposed a repair that would cost 110% of the phone's market value. I simply sold it for parts on eBay and bought an SGS6 Edge. No more Sony for me - their support sucks ape balls.
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I have same vibrator issue I found an blog that says you can jump the fuse that blows and it will allow the vibrator to work again ..my only question is where is this fuse located here is a picture but I can not make out where it is exactly on the main board or in the sub board section with the vibrator motor here is blog with picture :
ww.mobilerdx.com/2015/05/how-to-repair-sony-xperia-z3-no-vibrate-problem.html
it's where the blue square is next to the narrow socket yellow ...any help would be great thanks
~Drone
drone4zone said:
I have same vibrator issue I found an blog that says you can jump the fuse that blows and it will allow the vibrator to work again ..my only question is where is this fuse located here is a picture but I can not make out where it is exactly on the main board or in the sub board section with the vibrator motor here is blog with picture :
ww.mobilerdx.com/2015/05/how-to-repair-sony-xperia-z3-no-vibrate-problem.html
it's where the blue square is next to the narrow socket yellow ...any help would be great thanks
~Drone
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I can confirm the fuse fixed my buzzer.
My fuse had blown open somehow so I replaced it from a donor board and now it vibrates as it should.
Oh it's just above the clip that holds the board in place to the left of the large cable j-tag connector for the on/off vol camera and buzzer/vibratorView attachment 4720024
Yes that's the Z3 dual but is the same for the D6603
And he sold his phone by parts at last
Lol ?.. ......
I enjoyed this a lot
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Hi,
My phone has a problem, i hope someone can help me, it started about a month ago,
When i slide the keyboard the screen would freeze, the image would freeze or sometimes it would become like this:
http://www.esato.com/board/img.php?id=140762 ( this is not my phone its just a pic i found)
This problem would be solved it i gently slide the keyboard back in, the screen would be back to normal, sometimes i had to slide it out and it
alot of time to make it work.
Well, today i woke up, with the screen of my phone all messed up ( like in the picture), i slide it out and in alot of times but no luck.
I turned my phone off, when i turned it on, the screen doesnt lighted up or showed something, the phone just vibrates, i took off the battery and tried again but no luck.
I read somewhere that i could be the flex cable, so i ordered one, but its gonna take some time to arrive.
Anyone had this problem before that can help me?
I didn't encounter such problems on MT4GS yet. But being a slider phone enthusiast I could 100% say it's a flex cable thing since I encountered that problem more than a dozen times already on other phones(nokia).
Riyal said:
I didn't encounter such problems on MT4GS yet. But being a slider phone enthusiast I could 100% say it's a flex cable thing since I encountered that problem more than a dozen times already on other phones(nokia).
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Thanks for the info , when my new flex cable arrive i'll let everybody know what was the problem.
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Thanks for the info , when my new flex cable arrive i'll let everybody know what was the problem.
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I would strongly recommend that you get a cable with the speaker already soldered in place....
+1 to that, get as much pre assembled as possible, this is about the most pain in the butt phone I've ever had the pleasure to disassemble. Read the last few posts here!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35109055
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I would strongly recommend that you get a cable with the speaker already soldered in place....
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is this one okay?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121037327256?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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is this one okay?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121037327256?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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Yup. That one has the speaker, it's the black bar at the top with the silver sticker.
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Yup. That one has the speaker, it's the black bar at the top with the silver sticker.
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Nice, that the one i ordered, thanks for your help, ill report later how everything went when i receive the flex cable
I know this thread is from quite a while ago, but how did everything go? I'm having a similar issue.
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I would strongly recommend that you get a cable with the speaker already soldered in place....
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thanks for this bit of advice.
Disassembling the front of the phone is a pain. I'm a fan of spending $40 on ebay on a broken phone (where the screen still works just fine) and swapping out the fronts. That will get you a new flex cable as well. Otherwise, you risk having to get a new flex cable *and* a new LCD.
Agreed. First time disassembling front I was scared not to OVERheat phone internals. I ripped in half trackpad ribbon, damaged lcd back cover and got a lot of problems from it.
Then I bought broken phone with good front, but dead LCD. Second time I just lost it, I heated phone so hard that I got burns on my fingers, but it was worth it, LCD glue came off soo nice.
So better to overheat, then underheat when disassembling front LCD.
Hey guys.
I have an SGS2 Skyrocket that boots but nothing ever shows up on the screen!
I held the power button and it does in fact boot the samsung logo never shows up.
The keys at the bottom light up but still nothing.
Seeing that everything worked i booted the phone into download mode to see if it would fix it (i still couldnt see anything, i was just going off of the vibrations)
So I decided to go ahead and flash back to stock GB from odin.
It went through successfully and it booted my phone back up.
Still nothing showing up on the screen...
Can someone please help me?
Sounds like a broken/cracked/bad LCD or digitizer problem.
Was it dropped? Left in direct sunlight? Leaving it back pocket and sitting on it? ...
So seek out a new LCD replacement. From your thorough explanation (awesome description of the problem!) It sounds like your logic board is fully functional.
So you should be good to go with a new LCD which runs around $100+/-$10 but check both eBay and amazon. And watch some youtube videos to see how the phone teardown works or pay a little extra to a repair shop to get it fixed.
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It indeed sounds like you display is shot. If your phone is under a year old Samsung will replace it for about 160 bucks. If not then you can do it yourself. Here's an excellent photo write-up for the procedure:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1540425&highlight=lcd+digitizer
Its a brand new screen.
The last one had cracked and i did replace it.
When i had turned it back on it was like this unfortunately.
Could it be a Hardware failure or something with the motherboard?
D2GxNiNjA said:
Its a brand new screen.
The last one had cracked and i did replace it.
When i had turned it back on it was like this unfortunately.
Could it be a Hardware failure or something with the motherboard?
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check your flex cable ... make sure its place correctly...
D2GxNiNjA said:
Its a brand new screen.
The last one had cracked and i did replace it.
When i had turned it back on it was like this unfortunately.
Could it be a Hardware failure or something with the motherboard?
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Based on that doesn't it sound like the screen replacement failed?
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check your flex cable ... make sure its place correctly...
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Based on that doesn't it sound like the screen replacement failed?
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Its placed correctly.
I guess it could be but man that's a waste of money...
Oh and sorry I didn't reply earlier. Haven't been on in a while.
So basically, my phone wasn't turning on at all but luckily i had a couple tricks up my sleeve and i decided since i have no warranty i'd tinker it myself so i opened it up and had a look at every single part and realise there was a couple hotshots over the device and on ribbon connections so i scratched them all off and soldered a cable back, however whilst in the process i stupidly ripped a ribbon which sends colour to the screen, does anyone know any quick temp way to fix this ribbon? :s
R. I . P . Jlo
Hussain_Salam said:
So basically, my phone wasn't turning on at all but luckily i had a couple tricks up my sleeve and i decided since i have no warranty i'd tinker it myself so i opened it up and had a look at every single part and realise there was a couple hotshots over the device and on ribbon connections so i scratched them all off and soldered a cable back, however whilst in the process i stupidly ripped a ribbon which sends colour to the screen, does anyone know any quick temp way to fix this ribbon? :s
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R. I . P . XJ
We are sorry for your loss. Bro.
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R. I . P . XJ
We are sorry for your loss. Bro.
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No worries i should be recieving my Z3 Tomorrow :fingers-crossed:
I left my Nexus 5 in for repair a week ago to a local phone shop, it had the faulty power button problem which was causing a bootloop.
Fast forward, they tried replacing the button with another but said the new button did not work,
They now say that its likely the motherboard and have ordered one for the phone ?
Does this sound like a genuine explanation or have they possibly damaged the motherboard by a botched job at soldering ?
Cheers
I would suggest getting it back and doing a visual inspection because a new motherboard is expensive.
9 days later , I Phone the repair shop today and they said my phone cannot be fixed , worse still they don't have it but its "on the way" from a courier someplace.
Very poor service that they took it in the first place saying "no problem , we can fix that in a few hours"
The phone was still working when i left it in but now im afraid when it comes that it will be totally unusable , my suspicion is that they may have messed up the soldering.
The guy has apologized over the phone but said i need a new phone and offered me another phone (they dont carry nexus) at a discount. but I'm still fuming.
Not sure what to do.
Not sure if they did screw it up or whether there is a problem in addition to the power button.
You may as well wait until you get the phone back Definitely check the imei if possible to make sure the company returns the correct phone. Examine it closely for any other potential damage/changes from the original.
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Not sure if they did screw it up or whether there is a problem in addition to the power button.
You may as well wait until you get the phone back Definitely check the imei if possible to make sure the company returns the correct phone. Examine it closely for any other potential damage/changes from the original.
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Thanks for that, any particular things i should look for ? Im thinking of taking it into another place for a second opinion, the phone was working intermittently before i left it in , meaning i was getting a few days of good use than maybe an hour or 2 of constant rebooting that was definitely the power button .
Also do you think i should ask for any compensation from the company ? its hard to know.
I would definitely look for stray solder, damaged ribbon cables, damaged motherboard connectors, and broken clips. If the repair shop did something to brick it, there may be no signs of physical damage.
Rather than send it out again, you could look for a used N5 with a smashed screen and working motherboard. This way, you could just swap out the motherboards and you'll have a few spare internal parts.
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I would definitely look for stray solder, damaged ribbon cables, damaged motherboard connectors, and broken clips. If the repair shop did something to brick it, there may be no signs of physical damage.
Rather than send it out again, you could look for a used N5 with a smashed screen and working motherboard. This way, you could just swap out the motherboards and you'll have a few spare internal parts.
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Thanks again, I had a look online at the teardown video and it seems fairly straightforward to swap out parts (i previously had changed the battery myself) .
I just don't understand why they could not fix it, especially when he said they will put a new motherboard in it. surely that would have sorted it . just dosent make sense, perhaps they just cant be bothered ordering a new part.
A new motherboard? That should completely solve any problems since nothing on the motherboard can be replaced by a cell shop, even lg, unless the shop damaged something on the lcd.
Yes he mentioned changing the motherboard for a new one, you dont think even the power button can be replaced on it ?
Sorry about my confusing post.
Yes, the button can be replaced, but that is about it. There are only three solder points for the power button I believe. The wifi chip, emmc, and sim reader cannot be replaced.
Hopefully, it will not cost too much for the replacement motherboard.
3 days ago, I kept my OPO in a bag, but I didn't know that the bag was not waterproof. The water of rain got inside of the bag. I took out my OPO after 30/40 minutes. It was down under water horizontally. I tried to unlock the phone, but there was no Display and Backlight, but the Notification light was blinking. I was outside so that I couldn't disconnect the battery. After some minutes it was getting hot. After I reached home, I disassembled all parts and saw some small parts were burned. I took it to the unauthorized servicing center because there are no authorized Service Center of OnePlus in my country(BANGLADESH). The servicing man told me that the IC of Network, and IC of the backlight of Display is burned. It will take some time to service it. After one day, He called me and said that light is not turning on. Now he is searching of another corrupted motherboard of OPO where the BackLight IC is good at least. Then he will transfer it to my OPO.
I'm worried about it because, In my country, OnePlus is not well known. If the service man can't find the IC, then I can't use my OPO again which I love more than other SmartPhone.
Is there any solution? or Where I can find the IC of Backlight to buy.
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3 days ago, I kept my OPO in a bag, but I didn't know that the bag was not waterproof. The water of rain got inside of the bag. I took out my OPO after 30/40 minutes. It was down under water horizontally. I tried to unlock the phone, but there was no Display and Backlight, but the Notification light was blinking. I was outside so that I couldn't disconnect the battery. After some minutes it was getting hot. After I reached home, I disassembled all parts and saw some small parts were burned. I took it to the unauthorized servicing center because there are no authorized Service Center of OnePlus in my country(BANGLADESH). The servicing man told me that the IC of Network, and IC of the backlight of Display is burned. It will take some time to service it. After one day, He called me and said that light is not turning on. Now he is searching of another corrupted motherboard of OPO where the BackLight IC is good at least. Then he will transfer it to my OPO.
I'm worried about it because, In my country, OnePlus is not well known. If the service man can't find the IC, then I can't use my OPO again which I love more than other SmartPhone.
Is there any solution? or Where I can find the IC of Backlight to buy.
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Need to replace whole motherboard.
You're gonna need much more than a motherboard if water is involved.
The speakers , the camera modules, the display , flex connectors.
Just buy a new(or used) OPO.
Tips- Remove the back cover , Put it in rice for a week or two....then try charging it again. Hope for the best that it starts up.
Check out some links for motherboard-
Most reliable- https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/OnePlus-One-Motherboard/IF330-000-1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/oneplus-one-motherboard-for-parts-/131565220023
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-UNLOCKE...525b56&pid=100011&rk=9&rkt=11&sd=131565220023
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-UNLOCKE...5&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=262766871154&autorefresh=true
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...rd-Replacement-Free-Shipping/32812655188.html
Ps-India is going to beat Bangladesh today.
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Need to replace whole motherboard.
You're gonna need much more than a motherboard if water is involved.
The speakers , the camera modules, the display , flex connectors.
Just buy a new(or used) OPO.
Tips- Remove the back cover , Put it in rice for a week or two....then try charging it again. Hope for the best that it starts up.
Check out some links for motherboard-
Most reliable- https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/OnePlus-One-Motherboard/IF330-000-1
http://www.ebay.com/itm/oneplus-one-motherboard-for-parts-/131565220023
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-UNLOCKE...525b56&pid=100011&rk=9&rkt=11&sd=131565220023
http://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-UNLOCKE...5&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=262766871154&autorefresh=true
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ori...rd-Replacement-Free-Shipping/32812655188.html
Ps-India is going to beat Bangladesh today.
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now there is the only Backlight IC prob mention by the service man.
arafat6t9 said:
now there is the only Backlight IC prob mention by the service man.
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Water damage and a single issue? I have had a hard time believing it!
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Water damage and a single issue? I have had a hard time believing it!
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maybe he repaired other issues... maybe
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maybe he repaired other issues... maybe
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It's water damage mate,undoubtedly a device ending massacre.