Hi, I dropped my G1 and the screen now only displays white and colors when turned on.
Examples:
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2766/img0857x.jpg
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/7506/img0851v.jpg
I was hoping for a way to get back information such as stored notes, shazam tags, and contacts!
I am able to access the phone and get a shell with ADB.
How can I emulate the phone and still have access to everything inside as before?
Or better yet, a good method to fix it.
I don't want to buy an LCD and then find out that theres still issues.
Thanks a bunch.
It's possibly just a dislodged ribbon connector.. grab the service manual:
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC Dream SM (A04).pdf
You should be able to open it up and reconnect it pretty easily if that's the case.
Until then, you could use screencast to recover whatever you need from the phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=557717&highlight=screencast
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Not sure how it happened as it was working fine but all the sudden my LCD/screen is malfunctioning. There's a big burn spot in the middle of it and I can't make out anything. The phone still works. I upgraded to the AT&T Tilt yesterday. Not sure if I'm going to keep it or not, as it takes a micro SD. Anyways - I had this program to backup my cemail and pim files when I had to have my 8125 replaced a few months ago. Well, now I need to be able to pull them off the phone or at least run the backup to get them to their current state only I can't see the screen enough to navigate around. I saw a program, pocket controller that will let me control the phone on my desktop but I need help installing it or a similar program. I can't see my screen at all so I'm doing it blindly here.
Is there anything I can do here? Should I keep the Tilt or Return it and send the 8125 in to get the screen replaced?
I was in the same situation. I bought a new LCD from Ebay for ~$60 and replaced it myself. I got one from the seller lcd4pda (item# 280163983616) and it came with the necessary tools to replace it. It was not very easy to replace the LCD and I broke several plastic hooks along the way while opening the phone, but in the end I have my phone working. Oh, I am not affiliated by the seller in anyway, I was just happy about my purchase and wanted to let you know about that.
I don't know about controlling your phone from your PC, but you can copy any file from your phone while your phone is connected to the computer. There should be a link to your phone in "My computer" while it is connected where you can access the files on your computer.
I was riding my bike home when i noticed that my phone was kinda getting uncomfy in my pocket. I stuff it in my jacket and it falls out through a hole in the bottom. The screen cracked and got traces on it so i need to replace the LCD but i can't make calls or text anymore/ use the internet. I also did a hard reset which did nothing. I can not open the phone to even press a number! Everything else including the camera works fine (besides LCD which was mentioned earlier). Please help, it was a great phone and was real nice. Feel free to ask about the phone.
mine had a similar problem. Soft reset seemed to help. If that does not work you could try re-flashing the radio ROM.
Hopefully you haven't cracked or brocken the bracket the antenna clips into. If you have then you may as well save your money and get a new phone....
You could open up to see, heres a guide to open it - http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c02_owner=1
Cheers...
where could i reflash the radio rom (immidiatley when i dropped it it broke) in case that helps
I know how to (open) the phone, i mean i can't open the program phone to call. I also can't open sim manager.
ZZsk8erZZ said:
I know how to (open) the phone, i mean i can't open the program phone to call. I also can't open sim manager.
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Does your phone show "No GSM" when booting? Is it also the case that you can't view the IMEI, nor you are able to access the phone settings?
If so, I'm afraid we're in the same boat with a faulty radio chipset. In the best case, resoldering the radio-chip in a repair shop might fix the problem. In the worst case, motherboard replacement will be needed.
My wizard was slammed with a trunk lid. The clear screen is fine, no cracks, the housing has a scratch where it hit the lid. The lcd screen is half ok. Now I said all that to say: I bought a screen, here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...em=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT&salenotsupported
Now that I have this, it doesn't look like this is what I need.
Here is a pic of the phone turned on.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k188/CuteePatootee/IMG_2624.jpg
I can use it with what I can see. So it works fine, its the window that I can't see that is the problem.
Can someone look at this pic and tell me what I should have gotten?
Thanks
Cutee
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take a look at this ,maybe it'll help you...=>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7409Gq51RFE
Thanks, I couldn't get any audio so it was hard to follow. Did you get audio? Is there anywhere else I can look?
CuteePatootee said:
My wizard was slammed with a trunk lid. The clear screen is fine, no cracks, the housing has a scratch where it hit the lid. The lcd screen is half ok. Now I said all that to say: I bought a screen, here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...em=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT&salenotsupported
Now that I have this, it doesn't look like this is what I need.
Here is a pic of the phone turned on.
http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k188/CuteePatootee/IMG_2624.jpg
I can use it with what I can see. So it works fine, its the window that I can't see that is the problem.
Can someone look at this pic and tell me what I should have gotten?
Thanks
Cutee
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My understanding is, You got a wrong part. What you got is a digitizer, it is the one used for touch only and will not be suitable for the type of repair you need. What you need is LCD. The screen on most resistive screen devices consists of 2 parts - 1 LCD and 1 Digitizer attached to LCD by a layer of fine gel and connected by a flex cable, then the whole assembly is connected by a flex to the mainboard.
My recommendation would be to purchase the entire assembly, get a service manual and replace, however, if you had problems deciding what part you need to repair your Wizard, I say take it to the professional.
nesincodrut said:
take a look at this ,maybe it'll help you...=>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7409Gq51RFE
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The way someone is opening and attempting to repair their Wizard on that video is what keeps me employed. Watching someone open their device with screwdrivers and then attempting to re-connect the flex and forgetting half of the screws gives me the creeps, not even sure whether to laugh or cry. Would love to see the repair actually working, rather than someone claiming they found the way to do something without demonstrating any result.
Hi I need to get my N1 fixed I love it.
all the glass is cracked , there is no light on its always all back screen.
Weird that the touch screen still works I can figure out how to dial digits and simple stuff cause i remember the location of the icons.
Is there somewhere i can get it fixed in Australia?
or has anyone had any experience buying all the parts and fixing it them selves?
Is it possible to get the phone to display on my pc so i can back up my contacts and check my messages etc.???
Thank you
Paul
Your contacts will be backed up via Google Contacts, so that's something you don't need to worry about.
The messages however, you're boned, unless you can figure out how to turn on USB debugging, install RemoteSMS via ADB and load it up.
Have a look here:
http://www.htc.com/au/support/customer_care.html
I've read of a lot of people fixing the problems themselves, you can buy the parts you need from ebay and give it a try. People end up with dust under their screens after doing it themselves. My oled screen just cracked :S don't know how, the glass and touch screen are fine, and here in nz it costs $50 for my local repair shop just to look at it and say hey the screens broken.. I will most likely be repairing it myself, luckily i've done 2 years study in electronic engineering lol lets hope it pays off
Hello xda-developers forum,
I realize this has been asked before, and I've read through many threads here and elsewhere, but I'm not getting a definitive solution that works for this particular situation.
Here are the details:
Phone Model/Make: Google Nexus 4
Carrier: Wind Mobile (Canada)
Screen is cracked/broken, completely black.
USB debugging is not enabled.
Completely stock ROM, have not made any customizations to the phone.
I have adb set up on my laptop, but don't know how to proceed in terms of loading into bootloader (?) and flashing, pulling data, etc.
Mostly only need to retrieve photos and videos. Already synced with Google for contacts (but not photos, unfortunately).
If you need more information, please let me know.
Is there any way I could retrieve the photos or are the precious memories lost forever?
Thanks in advance!
I dont know what cause you that problem.
but i suggest you to install driver on the computer and with tool box install stock rom in your phone.
ScoolAir said:
I dont know what cause you that problem.
but i suggest you to install driver on the computer and with tool box install stock rom in your phone.
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Installing stock ROM would wipe his device, if he were able to, which he obviously can't.
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A new screen should work, as long as that's the only thing that's damaged. It's up to you whether it's worth the $45 for a new screen assembly or $60 for the entire front unit (less frustration and possibility of screwing up than just the screen assembly) to save the photos on your phone. Those are USD amounts - I don't know how that translates into Canadian or if shipping will be extra. Swapping screen assemblies on the Nexus 4 is actually fairly easy - especially if you buy the assembly already installed with the bezel. I've done it myself probably 20+ times trying to get mine to work (I eventually did). There's plenty of teardown guides and videos on youtube on how to do it. Get yourself a new battery while you're at it, for $20. Maybe you've already replaced your phone, but either way you can get practically a new phone for $45-80 depending on what you want to replace, or a cheap back-up (always good to have) for whatever you've replaced it with. Plus all your precious memories back.
You cannot unlock the bootloader without losing everything so your best option to restore important data is to replace the screen. The battery is glued pretty hard to a breakable piece so watch one of the YouTube videos and decide what all you want to replace. Ifixit had a good video that I used when I had to replace the logic board in mine.