Hi. First, thanks for all the info and help on this forum. I wish I had found it when I first got my MDA back in '06.
Last year I cracked the screen. I ordered a new one, put it in and was happy to have my MDA again. Then, after a few months when I would go to end a call and press the red end call button it would freeze up and the screen would fade to white for a few seconds. Afterwords it would restart and boot up like normal.
This went on getting more frequent. Finally, earlier this year, it wouldn't boot at all. I looked into figuring it out and came across this website. I successfully reloaded the T-mobile update rom and was thrilled to have the phone back. I then unlocked it carefully following the directions in this forum and tried out a new rom. It was great, but I wanted to try a wm6 rom.
During the install (I think it was Faria's crossbow) I went to wipe something off the screen. The screen went white and after that I couldn't get any rom to load.
Now, after having it sit in a box for the past few months, I wanted to try once more. I followed the instruction to shut down the active sync usb connect and finally got the T-mobile rom to load again. Once it was fully finished installed I went to reinstall my contacts and it, once again froze up and faded to the white screen.
I'm afraid maybe I damaged the mainboard somehow, or there's a processor problem.
Just curious if anyone else had this happen and if it means it's toast...
thanks in advance!
-Nate
Yeah mate,I have the same problem. I bought a K-Jam (Wizard) off ebay 3wks ago, I guess that's why it was a cheap Buy It Now. Anyway I think you're onto something about it being a hardware fault. I had wm6.1 tnt and i thought it was too much for my pda to handle, so I flashed a version of wm5 and I don't think it improved the "white-out" at all. Hopefully a senior member can shed some light on this.
well, i couldn't figure it out. I didn't pull it apart to check the ribbon settings to make sure they're secure. Every time i squeezed it just right, or hit the end call button it would freeze/fade to white. I just bought a Cingular 8525 and will see how that goes.
not sure what to do with my good ol' MDA...
Id check that the cable is secure and there is no damage to the ribbon. Hard to tell the exact fault. Could be with the screen, cable or the motherboard.
Maybe when the screen was cracked it damaged the board which has only just shown up.
Only way to tell would be to try your new screen in another phone, or try another new screen in your phone. Seems kinda expensive
I had the same problem since today. I flashed the 2.19 Radiorom and the screen never turned white again.
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Ok, it's tarted 2 days ago, suddenly my new exec screen going to blue (Like PC)??? just blue color (Sometimes white and black stripes) and hung, so I just restart it. But today, is terrible,its happend 6 times. Tonight the worst thing happend, blue screen come again but this time with soft reset, not help at all. Every time I soft reset the splash screen comes, and then that blue screen again. It happend about 5 times, the machine finally start but can't read my sd card and I try to do soft reset but screen goes and never come back. My exec didn't start at all. I tried to release the battery, leave for few minutes and put it back try to start it, nothing happend... now my exec has die.
Anyone please help me and advice please,
What I did just cook ext ROM (So it have autoconfig for my country's operator, and upgrade the radio to 1.14.10 from T-Mobile, like I did to my alpine but it have no problem until I sold it)
Whoa... help me bro...
Thanks in advanced
Finally it's start but never reach windows screen, the blue screen appears again.
And I remember, the strange thing, my IMEI that I read from device properties is: 355195002465655
But, the IMEI at back body,(Under the battery) : 355195000360361
Why?And what happen?
guess u have the same probs as some others
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=291986
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saw u r already i that post.......
OK, I've got the same problems as you did. I was so upset with the device that I hit it on my lap (with the battery clip side hitting my lap) and then put the battery back on. Then it turned on! So everytime I have this problem I just hit the battery clip side and it turns on like 70 percent of the time. I just realized the SD card is on that side...hmmm..must be something to do with SD. I'm pretty sure someday it would just stop working at all if I keep doing this.
I don't advise anyone doing this but so far it works for me. I still have problems waking it up though. I really think the mainboard is messed up so I'm trying to get a mainboard, even a broken miniusb mainboard just to test it out. I opened mine up to the last screw and no loose connections noted. So if anyone has a mainboard then can sell me PM me.
If you still have warranty on the device, I advise you to send it in for warranty repair. It seems to only get worst and not better. Goodluck, hopefully we can find a solution for this. If I do get a mainboard. I'll let you know if that fixed it.
Hmm, I've guess it, I think the pprob is mainboard. I'll send it for warranty, (But I bought it in other city not in my own city) So i'll have to send it then on friday this week i'll go to that store to check arround and maybe choose the best product. I'll give the update then.
Anyway someone can give a advice to choose the mainboard?
Thanks in advanced.
bump..we need help..Is it a mainboard or coaxial cable problem? Please advise..
OK, Problem found.. Thanks Corneluis...It is a problem with the voltage control on the mainboard! Anybody has a workaround for this?
SOLUTION FOUND!!! At least for my Jasjar. Thanks, cornelius about the info on faulty voltage control which causes the Bulverde CPU to hang and give funny lines and colors to the screen. The solution is to install Pocket Hack Master and disable the Device CPU scaling in settings and set the speed to 312mhz for standby and before you turn it off. Now you can always clock it to 520 when needed but before you turn it off or close the screen make sure the speed is only 312mhz.
This has worked for me for more than 24 hours without any sngle hang.
Hi,
I bought my TyTN 6 months ago. I upgraded it to WM 6 from HTC update and and few weeks later during wirting a text message my screen went white and I couldn't do nothing. I restarted it after 15 minutes and I discovered that all data is gone. I got plain OS.
From that time the situation was accuring again, but after few seconds it was working ok and white screen was disapearing. I was using different OS versions, as well as Shap's form 3.54 up to 4.31 but it on every the situation become the same.
I contacted with HTC but still i didn't get any reply. Any idea what the problem could be? Is it the screen? Please help...
KaPeer
It's probably flex cable problem. There's been a few issues this type.
hmotwr said:
It's probably flex cable problem. There's been a few issues this type.
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Do You know is it possible to fix it and if YES how to do this?
im having the same problem with my softbank xo1ht. if i hard reset screen returns but after about 15-30 mins screen fades to white and i cant see anything or use any function??? please advise
My screen was going white like for almost a week (coincidentally after going through airport security xray). I called for a warranty replacement and wouldn't you know it, after I called I have yet to see the white screen on the old one.
Are your hard buttons (d-pad, answer, hang up, mail, IE) failing as well? Try pushing down on your device right under the bottom right of the screen and see if it'll turn white.. or put it in standbay and press down above your d-pad and then take it out of standby and see if that fixes it..
your probably running into a hardware problem which is discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163&highlight=white+screen
I bought the Qtek 9100 from a seller on ebay who listed it as faulty due to not booting..
I assumed it was most likely the battery, So I ordered it, cleaned it up a bit, waited a whole MONTH for the battery to arrive (Damn you customs! haha), charged it, And whoop, it turned on.. Kinda..
It showed the O2 boot logo, then suddenly the screen started showing this very bizarre set of lines almost as if the ribbon was broken.. this however couldn't be the case, as the O2 logo was displayed fine, and opening and closing it didn't affect the screen..
So now.. Having booted it and had it crash before even loading windows, it refuses to turn back on, So I attempted every trick to hard reset it.. No luck
The only luck I've had, is holding the power button down for 30 seconds with the battery removed, and putting it back in for it to complete the above syptom.
I'm assuming as it boots the logo perfectly fine, it's not the battery (it's brand new, and is charged from a separate charging facility) Not the screen either.. So, It's got to be something else? :S
I'm trying to put as much information possible as to get the most informed solution to my problem :/
I'd truly love a solution for this as I've spent the remainder of my money on this phone (only a student) and really require a working phone soon.
Thank you so very much , PLEASE HELP! D:
Thanks guys lul
problem
plese forgive me for my bad english but i hope you understand what i try to say! i have 2 qtek 9100 with the same problem! i i resolve the problem in one way at both of the phones! i disassemble the phone on the location of the display screen and there is 2 integrated circuit boards and between them i put a piece of paper and at the bottom of the screen one horizontal piece it seems that was the problem integrated plates touching each other is that the phone was disassemble before! i hope this information will help you !
Hi Guys, flashed my phone with a Xanny rom months back, the phone has worked faultlessly before & since.
On Sunday i was in the middle of sending a text and the screen froze, i could see everything ok on the screen but the phone didn't respond to my touch. I got it going by pushing the reset button. The phone booted up ok but the screen alignment was out, I then started the alignment process, which went round in circles for 7 minutes, Eventually the alignment finished. Monday i noticed that the more I used the phone the more the alignment skewed out, every time i recalibrated the screen alignment it took ages. I hard reset the phone, it was the same. I flashed a stock orange rom, it was the same.
I admitted defeat this morning and rang orange, as the phone is more than 6 months old they put me on to HTC, its being picked up tomorrow by ups, turn around "should be less than 7 days".
All in all I'm very disappointed, my previous PDA was an HP iPAQ 4700. I used it daily for work & social use for 5 years, with never a problem.
When the touch came along I felt here was a device that improves on the iPAQs screen, so i went and bought one. A bit miffed that it has failed already, I'm a bit OCD with my gadgets so its never been dropped or knocked is always in its custom made padded leather case and has had a screen cover on from new. In fact it is unmarked, i hope it still will be when/if it comes back.
I just need to know he'll pull through !!
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Update 13/03/2010
Right just got off the phone to HTC. Not very impressed.
They have quoted me £162 for the repair, It needs a main board as I have "cooked" my ROM, and a digitizer. I had flashed my phone with a xanny rom 6 months ago, but put a stock orange rom in before it went back. How they found out I've no idea, I pointed out to the bloke on the phone (when i could understand what he was saying) that the rom has no impact on the touch screen & could i just have the touch screen replaced and leave the main board, but no the rom is stock now but had been changed before and as such you need a new main board, even though it works fine. Complete b*****ks. When my contract is up I shall not be buying another HTC, fools.
So bugger 'em i say, i've paid to have it sent back, and i've found a digitizer on ebay for £14, i'll fix it myself... Has anyone got a link to instructions on how to take it apart ? if not I'll wing it
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Hi Guys, flashed my phone with a Xanny rom months back, the phone has worked faultlessly before & since.
On Sunday i was in the middle of sending a text and the screen froze, i could see everything ok on the screen but the phone didn't respond to my touch. I got it going by pushing the reset button. The phone booted up ok but the screen alignment was out, I then started the alignment process, which went round in circles for 7 minutes, Eventually the alignment finished. Monday i noticed that the more I used the phone the more the alignment skewed out, every time i recalibrated the screen alignment it took ages. I hard reset the phone, it was the same. I flashed a stock orange rom, it was the same.
I admitted defeat this morning and rang orange, as the phone is more than 6 months old they put me on to HTC, its being picked up tomorrow by ups, turn around "should be less than 7 days".
All in all I'm very disappointed, my previous PDA was an HP iPAQ 4700. I used it daily for work & social use for 5 years, with never a problem.
When the touch came along I felt here was a device that improves on the iPAQs screen, so i went and bought one. A bit miffed that it has failed already, I'm a bit OCD with my gadgets so its never been dropped or knocked is always in its custom made padded leather case and has had a screen cover on from new. In fact it is unmarked, i hope it still will be when/if it comes back.
I just need to know he'll pull through !!
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its prolly fine, they will prolly just put a new digitizer on it.
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before you sended it back did you replace the spl whit the standard one
thats probably the reason how the found out it has been flashed
I have exactly the same problem as D4D. I have never dropped or get wet my phone but 2 days ago while I was typing a message or something I felt that screen does not responds correctly. It was very difficult to unlock my phone and type as well. Hard reset couple of times without success. The phone started normally, the alignment process passes, i have to calibrate more times than usual - 2 to 5 passes but the issue remains.
Then I flashed stock ROM - no improvement, put back the cooked ROM - again no improvement. The phone is still in warranty but I flashed many cooked ROMs on it. So what should I do ?
zerozed said:
I have exactly the same problem as D4D. I have never dropped or get wet my phone but 2 days ago while I was typing a message or something I felt that screen does not responds correctly. It was very difficult to unlock my phone and type as well. Hard reset couple of times without success. The phone started normally, the alignment process passes, i have to calibrate more times than usual - 2 to 5 passes but the issue remains.
Then I flashed stock ROM - no improvement, put back the cooked ROM - again no improvement. The phone is still in warranty but I flashed many cooked ROMs on it. So what should I do ?
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flash stock rom and stock spl
i had the same issue when the phone got cold (guessing the digitizer) but i noticed that the phone is fine now after running cleanram ever 12 hrs
I am on the stock rom
hi all
my htc touch elf (P3450) display turned to white with black patch at one place & some lines all of a sudden. it was working all fine. i was charging when a call came. i disconnected recieved the call. after that the screen turned white
Tried restarting but no result.
I can hear the notification of a message coming. but no ringing tone when i tried calling from other number
Please bail me out.
regards
Hardreset could be the solution
not resolved
i cannot see anything on the screen except white screen with black patch.
i tried hard reset with imaginary screen but not resolved
i see no visible screen cracks
how to check if screen is crack?
It may be that the LCD is cracked, thats what it sounds like to me, anyways. Check the connector as well though to make sure it is all connected correctly.
The white with black patch does sound broken to me though (Sorry!)
Stu
Hi Stu, I just received my friend's ELF. His display turn white, but the device still be able to receive phone call. trying to enter bootloader, all I get is white screen with some black-horizontal-thin lines. Tried to hard reset, now it seems the device is on phone setup position so I can not get anything.
Is this LCD issue? Could it be broken? FYI, before this happen, there's already one dead pixel on the screen.
BTW...is it possible that upgrading to cooked ROM can bring LCD broken? may be, unsuitable ROM?
regards,
Bom81
Not sure if flashing a cooked rom would kill the screen - although I would say thats very unlikey.
It does sound like the sceen is broken, theres one way to find out - If you don't mind giving it a go - you could always try your screen quickly in his phone - I'd imagine you're fairly familiar with the internals by now
(I do have a spare screen laying around now - JTAG is no longer able to pick up my bricked elf at all - full battery etc how I was doing it no longer works - guess it is dead for sure now!)
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It does sound like the sceen is broken, theres one way to find out - If you don't mind giving it a go - you could always try your screen quickly in his phone - I'd imagine you're fairly familiar with the internals by now
(I do have a spare screen laying around now - JTAG is no longer able to pick up my bricked elf at all - full battery etc how I was doing it no longer works - guess it is dead for sure now!)
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Hahaha..LOL, Today I did want to put my LCD on my friend's elf. but I forgot to bring the opening tools to my office. guess I'll do it tomorrow and see how it goes. I'll let you know after my experiment with this thing.
A little bit Of Topic on this thread, I think so, your device has problem
so even the JTAG method will not be able to connect to the processor. Too bad you're in england, otherwise, the spare screen could be very useful here. LOL
UPDATE
ok..confirm the LCD is broken. I've changed the LCD with mine, and the device is working fine. i guess the dead pixel is the cause of the problem.
Should be able to find one cheap enough on ebay - I do seem to find it cheaper to buy another faulty one (maybe even bricked) as long as the screen is working
Need help on my HTC Touch
Hi Guys,
I really need your help badly. I have an HTC Touch (Elfin), I presume (128/256MB). The problem is i have downloaded the official windows mobile 6.1 rom and extracted the .exe file using Winrar. After which, i copied all the files to the sd card and renamed the .nbh file to ELF0IMG as instructed in the forum.
I put back the sd card and pressed the camera button and the power button at the same time. When it booted up it says reading from SD card and I can see that it is extracting the roms and ext roms. Afterwhich, there was a progress bar and then soon after a while screen turned to blue and then white. Currently now, as I am tying this the screen is still white. Please advise me asap in what to do? Thank you very much.
kss1 said:
hi all
my htc touch elf (P3450) display turned to white with black patch at one place & some lines all of a sudden. it was working all fine. i was charging when a call came. i disconnected recieved the call. after that the screen turned white
Tried restarting but no result.
I can hear the notification of a message coming. but no ringing tone when i tried calling from other number
Please bail me out.
regards
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Ur display screen has been broke as simple as that..
Ok. Here is the thing.
I've droped my phone down, straight on the screen, no problems. 5 minutes later, when my brother was trying to play on it the screen turned white, with no stripes.
After 1 month i even forgot i had an htc, found it in my office drawer, and i thought of reinstalling the rom. But before that i pushed very hard on the screen, i took the battery out, pushed it in the battery space and after i started it worked like a charm.