One of the lights on my LCD panel are blinking on and off. It looks like the light thats at the bottom right that keeps going on and off. This has only happened since I got a bit of moisture behind the screen. The moisture is now gone but the light is now blinking.
Anyone got any suggestions?
1. Disassemble the device (there were instructions somewhere
2. Dry it down.
3. Solder the contacts with a small solder tool (low voltage, to prevent static electricity damage).
4. Assemble the device back.
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1. Just appeal to a service center 8)
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Hi, i have been experiencing a screen display problem.
When i power on the Hermes the screen does not power on.
If i then place the Hermes on a hard surface and press down hard on the long sides at the edge of the screen i can make the backlight and display appears.
However, if i release this pressure the backlight remains on but the display will become scrambled. The scrambled display is variously showing white noise, scan lines, mispositioned graphics, and ultimately fading to white.
Also, if the phone rings the audio is distorted and crackling.
I have dismantled the Hermes as far as removing the housing for the LCD from the rest of the phone. I then opened up this housing and disconnected / reconnected the LCD flex cable that is by the very edge of the housing. Then reassembled phone. No improvement was made, in fact the display issue was made more tempermental!
However the phone stil works as i am using it at the moment as a 3g modem for my laptop.
But it is extremely frustrating / near impossible to use it for any other purpose in this condition!
I am wondering as to what the problem could be and how i might solve it?
I am thinking that the problem must be due to a poor connection / oxidation / dry solder somewhere.
I would appreciate advice as to what i could do to solve this issue myself.
Next steps???
>>> Would there be any use in spraying a little WD40 into cable contacts?
>>> Someone has suggested passing a heat gun over the PCB to bond any solder that may have cracked.... Although i am sure that this is a trick that can work with old PCBs that he plays around with i am not so sure that this would be such a good idea on the flimsy multi layer boards in the Hermes.
Let me know what you think of these ideas...
white screen
Hi..not sure which version of the hermes you have, but this has been a common problem for years. My Cingular 8525 did the same thing. I finally figured out while placing the phone into a desktop charger that it was putting pressure on one lower corner of my phone and it would go white. It got to the point any pressure on it would cause the screen to fade to white. I contacted AT&T tech support about it and even though fone was out of the warranty period(over a year) they sent me a refurb ATT branded 8525 at no charge. I've had that one now close to two years with no problems.
Hi Oleschuldad, thanks for your reply. I have the Hermes100 branded as the "ORaNGE SPV M3100". Yes i have read that the white screen issue is a major blight for the hermes phone. From what i have read It seems that there are numerous causes and the problem can be difficult to trace to a specific component. The problem that my phone has is the opposite to the what you had with your phone. In that i must EXERT PRESSURE on the phone to be able to read the display. The indication is such that i am certain that it must be the result of either loose connection / bad solder / corrosion somewhere.
Think that i will get a can of electrical contact cleaner spray and clean the contacts on the flex cables.
Looks like corrosion is definitely an issue in my phone as there is some green oxide on the round watch type battery that sits on the main board next to the contacts for the main battery.
I will have to strip the phone down again at the weekend.
Hi,
When charging, the amber light comes on and just above that where the top of the screen meets the metal frame there appears to be a leakage of light giving the impression the phone is not sealed properly or i cant work out if its a reflection of the amber lite hitting the metal frame, i pulled out the plug and had a close look under sunlight and i could not see any miniscule gap but it is a bit weird, just wondered if anyone else identifies, if not then there must be a tiny gap and the top of the phone cant be sealed properly, i have only had it 2 days and its BNIB.
Feedback appreciated
Thanks
Greedydog
Can you stop opening new "light-threads"...
Hello People,
I've got a little problem with my hd2 ^^
Since several weeks, the plastic from the LED's was pushed inside the device and so the vibration alarm wasn't really silent anymore (since the vibrator is behind the led plastic and it touched it inside).
So now I decided to open the device an push the plastic back in it's place.
Opening the device was really hard because of the massive glue they used^^
But after some minutes I got the electronics out of the body. I cleaned it a little bit up, fixed the plastic an put the device back together.
Starting it, confirmed that the vibration now works silent again, but my screen stays black...
I really don't know what happend there , but I never touched the screen or openend the device more than I had to.
So maybe anyone has an idea?
THanks a lot.
First thing is that i dont understand where you finded "massive glue" if you just opened your phone to place back leds cover/zoom plastic. They dont use glue, only adeshive stick tape. But this is just interesting for me.
Second thing is: are you used some minimalistic bead when you placed back leds cover/zoom plastic? If you didnt, then it can drop again to inside.
If your screen is black then maybe you just acidently touched connector and ribbon cable, where lcd connects to motherboard. You must open your device again and recheck. This connector attached with ribbon cable at lcd must be sealed with yellow tape.
Hello,
sorry a meant adeshive stick tape ^^ I was just hacked off when I wrote this
yes, I put something on the led plastic.
I checked all the connectors and also watched a video where the disassemble the entire phone in order to see where I could have damaged or removed something. But as far as I can see, there is nothing loose or missing. I didn't remove the mainboard; I just took the device out of it's outside cover.
Hmm, i dont have idea whats wrong then.
I opened mine phone not once. Also replaced more 5 HD2 digitizers and lcds. All time dont had this probelm.
Are you sure you dont had static electric on your hands?
yes, I was protected against static electric.
maybe I'm gonna disassemble it totally and see if something else is loose.
Turning it on works, because the vibrator triggers once.
And I just realized that the power led does not work when I'm plugging the device in...strange
So here is my story. I installed a new digitizer for my broken HD2 screen, and ended up creating a crease on the ribbon cable. I managed to also break off half of the lock-in bar (the black bar) on the socket, but it still locks half of the other pins down and in place.
Heres the problem.
I turn on the phone, and the screen lights up but doesn't show me my display. The backlight IS on, but isn't showing the bootup, or anything. I DID manage to get it to show the screen by messing with the cable, but only for a few seconds and then it wouldn't anymore. The phone functions fine, I had a friend send me a text and the phone vibrated, and when I pressed the lock button it locked and unlocked (for my Android ROM). I know it did this because the backlight would turn on and off on the LCD.
Would buying a new LCD fix the problem or does that little black bar on the socket matter? I figured all it did was lock the pins in place so it shouldn't be a big deal..
there is 3 ways out of that.
One put a tape over the back side of the flex. it might work sometimes, but not reliable
Two buy a new socket from ebay and resolder it.
Three hardcorely wire them. It is possible I fixed a broken volume flex before.
the lock does not just hold the cable in place it also pushes it down on the contact face.
You may be able to pack the ribbon on the back to help it fit tighter in the sock & increase pressure to the mating faces, hopefully the rest of cable is serviceable ! extra lock security can be added with tape & ribbon can be reinforced with tape too if helps.
Hardware Issues after replacing battery, USB/Audio connectors & main board
Need some help, and figured you guys would be the right people to direct me on a fix or at least narrowing down the cause of the problem
Phone - Verizon G2 v980
TLDR - replaced 3 different parts, and now phone display won't show anything - just black.
It all started when I was having some audio issues with the headset jack being loose, and headphones and aux output disconnecting easily and often. It was pissing me off, so I decided to replace it. (I'm no stranger to tearing apart and fixing small electronics but I never worked on the LG G2.
I figured since I was going to open it up, I'd replace the battery at the same time, and bought both off ebay.
When they finally arrived, I opened up my phone following a couple videos I'd found online (btw, no little black screw in mine, as it was a refurbed replacement via squaretrade.)
Unfortunately, through a combo of cheap 3rd party battery with a very stiff ribbon cable, and my clumsy fingers, I managed to destroy the logic board's battery connection port.
So I went on ebay to find a new board... I found a used verizon 32gb (mine was 16gb) board and got it delivered.
When I put it together, something is not working right, but I can't be sure what it is...
I think the board is bad, but am not 100%.
Screen is black
I can connect the phone to my computer, and it will autodownload the LG Verizon software, and show up in my file explorer. There's some files still there, but it looks like it was attempted to be cleaned, but not factory reset wiped (some personal data still there) but the dates are all showing 1970ish....
I have the phone connected up to the original charger, and the notification light pulses light to dark red as it charges up.
When I plug in the charger, I hear a buzz, and sometimes even a tone.
I hold down the power button, and eventually it vibrates again, and the notification LED pulses blue & green, and there's a brief backlight looking light with some vertical lines, another buzz and black screen. I'd think it was shut down, but it still shows in the computer, and the light to dark red pulsing continues (charging?)
knock on doesn't work
Should I return the board?
Saw some other threads about the proximity sensor, so I can check that out, but I didn't touch the screen...
Thanks in advance!
Update
No difference with proximity sensor disconnected.
With the old board in with busted power connector wedged in, it does nothing, except when plugged in, where it buzzes repeatedly.