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I am trying to fix my Nexus 5. Couple months ago I dropped a mug on the phone. The result: cracked screen. I ordered a new screen with the whole front housing so only thing I had to do was remove cracked screen with frame and replace it with new one. When I did it I turn on the phone but I saw only a short blink of the screen. After lots of attempts of I came to conclusion that I probably damaged the new screen or it was already damaged. So the screen is black. When I plug the phone to PC everything works perfectly. I can browse the memory etc.
I would like to ask you whether my conclusion is correct and the only issue is the screen which has been damaged by me or the seller.
One more thing is that when I charge the phone or it is attached to the PC beside the black screen I can not also see any light from notification led.
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If the old screen can still display an image, move the parts back to the old screen to check for issues.
HI. Thx for reply. I don't remember whether cracked screen was functional in terms of displaying image. I will try to attache the old screen and will let you know.
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I recently got a touch pro of a friend with a damaged screen that didn't turn on but the touch screen was responsive. Apparently he sat on it and the screen broke.
I then acquired it and replaced the LCD screen and i turned it on but all it shows is a blank black screen with the backlight on. I was tapping while it booted up and it was making that beep noise so i know the touch screen works. What do i do now.
dazz245 said:
I recently got a touch pro of a friend with a damaged screen that didn't turn on but the touch screen was responsive. Apparently he sat on it and the screen broke.
I then acquired it and replaced the screen (with digitalizer) and i turned it on but all it shows is a blank black screen. I was tapping while it booted up and it was making that beep noise so i know the touch screen works. What do i do now.
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if the lcd is damaged and you only replaced the digitizer then that wont solve the problem, the digitizer just sits ontop of the lcd and recognizes your touches, hence why it mite know that your touching the screen but the screen is still blank
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if the lcd is damaged and you only replaced the digitizer then that wont solve the problem, the digitizer just sits ontop of the lcd and recognizes your touches, hence why it mite know that your touching the screen but the screen is still blank
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I replaced the LCD along with the digitalizer. Tats what i meant.
Sounds like either the new screen is inop on fit (fraid you need another to test, then send the first back as faulty), or the fault is not the LCD itself.
Possibily its the wrong screen, or its not installed correctly, or you damaged either the screen or the controller when installing.
I'm afraid you dont have many options - take it apart & rebuild to ensure correct parts & fitment, spend £££ on alternative parts to see whats broken (or serious £££ on test equipment!), send it off for repair or give up!
I'd go for option 1 first
If your friend sat on it hard enough to break the screen, i'd be looking for any damage / cracking to the boards / ribon cable mounts and be looking very carefully at the mountings of any IC chips. Incedently, when (s)he sat on it, did the screen work at all? and was it 100% working before they did?
Okay thanks for the replies. I just bought a flex cable where the slider thing is because the old one looked a bit old and flexed out and on inspection of the old screen i found a tiny rip on the screen's flex cable too. I wait for my cable and see if it works and if it doesn't then i'll sent the screen back as faulty and get a new one and if that doesn't work then I'll give up and sell it again
hi
sorry to wake up an old thread.
so what's your solution/conclusion?
is it the flex, or the LCD that broke?
i have the same problem right now.
thanks
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I unfortunately smashed my screen and ended up having it replaced by buying an oem screen from eBay. But whenever pressure is put on certain parts of the back of the phone the screen just cuts off. It's got to the point where the phones just sitting there or its in my pocket and the screen will die (the phone is still on as I can see the notification light blinking but this isn't always the case) and I have to push the back of the phone and reset it and after a few attempts this will usually work. Any idea what it could be? Faulty screen? Dodgy installation? (I've checked numerous YouTube videos and as far as I can tell nothing is missing).
I'm tempted to just send it to Google and see what they say as I'm getting pretty fed up with it constantly dying but thought I'd try here first
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Okay so yesterday I came back upstairs from doing some stuff downstairs. i pulled my phone out of my pocket and bam, there's a white screen with colored lines all over my screen vertically. Almost like if you would take the screen and stretch it as much as you could. You can t see anything. So i decide to see if the touchscreen still works and well, it does! I can even receive phone calls.
The phone is rooted, and has a cracked but functional digitizer, no water damage nothing. I have tried turning it off and on, and well in order to take the battery out i would need to open it, which i only want to do if i need to replace the LCD.
So my question is, Is it the LCD that needs to be replaced, or could it be the hardware. Any fixes guys?
(first time on XDA, can't wait to join the community!!)
At&t Htc one mini
(The screen has previous cracks, but this problem occurred way after those were made)
Okay so yesterday I came back upstairs from doing some stuff downstairs. i pulled my phone out of my pocket and bam, there's a white screen with colored lines all over my screen vertically. Almost like if you would take the screen and stretch it as much as you could. You can t see anything. So i decide to see if the touchscreen still works and well, it does! I can even receive phone calls.
The phone is rooted, and has a cracked but functional digitizer, no water damage nothing. I have tried turning it off and on, and well in order to take the battery out i would need to open it, which i only want to do if i need to replace the LCD.
So my question is, Is it the LCD that needs to be replaced, or could it be the hardware. Any fixes guys?
(first time on XDA, can't wait to join the community!!)
At&t Htc one mini
(The screen has previous cracks, but this problem occurred way after those were made)
I think that the LCD Panel is damaged, it is not the hardware since your touch screen is working and colours can be visible on the screen. So just change the LCD Panel:thumbup:
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I have a strange problem with my Nexus 5. Today when I booted it up it started fine and everything was working. After 2 hours I wanted to check my phone, but it had turned off. I pressed the power button and strange vertical lines appeared coming from the top of the screen. They disappeared after 3 seconds, but now my phone has no picture only the backlight is working. When I reboot the phone I see the stripes again, but still screen is unresponsive after booting. I know the phone works, because I hear the notifications coming in. I though, that maybe the lcd cable has gotten loose, so I opened up the phone, but the cables were still all connected. I haven't dropped my phone or anything. Can anyone please suggest me what to do? Does it have something to do with the cables? Or is the screen broken ? Any help will be appreciated.
This has happened to mines previously. Unfortunately you'll need to replace what is called the flex cable.
A lot of topics about this issue but no one answers is not complete.
In my case usb flex replacement haven't got any result. Absolutely!
Only by replacing the mainboard (i.e. motherboard) Nexus 5 became alive.
So, feature Nexus 5 rainbow vertical lines victims, keep this in mind.
ps: yes, I'm a necroposter, sorry
Same thing happens to me some time ago, now i've put some paper on the mainboard connector and the problem appear only some times.
I think i have to buy a new phone.