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single dead pixel! any fix?

so i got a 8525 today and i cant exchange it for another one but ive got 1 dead red pixel.. is there any way i can rub this out or anything similar to that? its in the most annoying place!

jacob-mda said:
so i got a 8525 today and i cant exchange it for another one but ive got 1 dead red pixel.. is there any way i can rub this out or anything similar to that? its in the most annoying place!
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screen swap. expensive but less expensive than buying a new phone.

ppctechs right? runs about 125$ if i remember correctly

jacob-mda said:
ppctechs right? runs about 125$ if i remember correctly
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yes sir. ORRRRRRR is your warranty still valid?

cant do a warranty exchange the way i got the phone.. so im gonna have to pay the 169$ or deal with a red dot apprently

jacob-mda said:
cant do a warranty exchange the way i got the phone.. so im gonna have to pay the 169$ or deal with a red dot apprently
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yes. if you were me and i were you, id swap screens. i can have the casing banged up to all hell but the screen must be flawless. even hearing about a dead pixel from a stranger's phone is making me want to go clean my screen.

yea i wasnt happy when i turned it on and seen a red dot.. my heart about dropped

Hi, it sounds stuck, not dead, I actully tossed my stylus at my screen one day, When it froze up, and caused a pixel to stick blue, after some work rubbing it out with the round of my fingernail, or the curved butt end of the stylus which almost completely removed it, and giving it a few days with diff color screens, it finally unstuck.
There are some apps that are supposed to help fix screens also for ppc's.
Might as well give it a shot, if youre considering replacement, it did take a fair bit of pressure, you should see it turn black, then release.

what apps are these that u talk about?

ive used http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=377&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 and doesnt seem to be working
aslo used http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44756 which is the same thing.. guess ill let it run over night like the guy did

are you sure htc won't let you get it repaired under warranty?
i had a mda compact II i bought off ebay and rang them up, saying i was told to contact them, they repaired it all under warranty and i had it back within a week (they had to replace the mainboard.lol.dont ask!)
try HTC!

jacob-mda;1311656 said:
ive used http://www .pocketpcmag.com/blogs /...pcthoughts.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t =44756 which is the same thing.. guess ill let it run over night like the guy did
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Opps, I didnt catch that second link, till I hit reply, but the first is one I tried, and I had seen one other, but it required the .net framework, I was too freakin out at the moment to really have patience with the apps, because the blue pixel was staring me right in the face on my black todaypaper.
If that doesnt work running it, I recommend setting a black background, and gently applying pressure, until you see the pixel go black, and then work it back and forth between red/black in a circular/orbital type motion over the pixel, if it doesnt fully go away, but appears more faint, just give it a few days, and maybe even switch out your today screen a few times a day, but just make sure it isnt red, even occasionaly massaging the pixel from time to time, thats tthe method I used, and mine went away, hope you have the same luck.

stuck pixels
I had a stuck pixel and I was able to get rid of it using a combination of the stuck pixel fix movie and rubbing. It's good to do it while the unit is warm or hot...like leave it in the car and then rub that area using moderate pressure. There are plenty of guides on the web to fixing stuck pixels on lcd monitors. Consult one of those.

ok ill try that angelis..
i dont think i can contact htc about this.. i sorta got the phone on the DL..

none of these tips have worked.. still have this little red pixel. crazy thing is.. when i have yellow or green on the screen the pixel turns green or yellow depending on the background color.. this makes no sense

Jacob, search Ebay for Hermes parts.. and see if you can get a new screen...

im so trying to avoid that..

can you post a pictuer of this screen? just curious...lol

how do u expect me to do that? lol.. theres no way my digital will pick up 1 dead pixel

ahh....ya...lol

CDMA Hero screen template

does anyone have a printable screen template for the sprint hero?
i found some for the touch pro and diamonds but havent been able t find one for the hero .

Please elaborate? Do you mean just screenshot of the stock screen?

gu1dry said:
Please elaborate? Do you mean just screenshot of the stock screen?
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well im looking for a template so that i can trace and cut for a screen protector.. i know you can purchase screen protectors that fit the hero but i have yet to find one that fits the entire screen ( to the very top of it ) most only cover to the logo at the top fo the screen.
and my wife wants a mirror one. so she bought one ( without my knowlage ) but it needs to be cut to fit ...

Oh ok. Once I get home from work I'll see if I can dig something up (if some hasn't beat me to it).

I can just whip up a black square that's 320x480 for ya... stay tuned.

Here you go. Just print this out and it'll be 320x480 pixels (size of every droid phone from g1 to hero, excluding the newer ones)

I would believe that he's looking for a template covering all the glass...not just the section that is over the screen.

HeroMeng said:
Here you go. Just print this out and it'll be 320x480 pixels (size of every droid phone from g1 to hero, excluding the newer ones)
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Good work but he is looking for something to cover every inch of the glass. More precisely, there is a little curve at the top that I am pretty sure he wants to cut out exactly so that you can't tell there is a screen protector on.

Not sure if you ever found what you were looking for or if you even still have a hero but i am about to make one. I have a new phone coming moday so i am going to apply tape to old one and cut it out and draw it up in autocad. stay tuned
Edit: Ok here it is. i have also created a new thread to hopefullly have stickied. please search Screen Protector Template (PDF) and vote the thread, thanks.

kyleblakepeters said:
I would believe that he's looking for a template covering all the glass...not just the section that is over the screen.
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how about one for the Droid 2?? ive searched high and low cant find one for the life of me

I changed my cover from black to white, heres some info.

Hello im quite new to this site, and have been looking around for the root to come. but in the mean time i have ordered a new cover and it came today. i have now disassembly'ed my phone and changed the cover, this turned up to be a little difficult. 8 scrues at start and then its just clicking off with some gentle force the rest of the way.
but then i bumped into a little problem.
The touch module itself is actually glued to the front cover and is very difficult to take of.
I did manage to get it of, by using a hairdryer and blowing hot air into the frontcover with the glass touch module. by varming it up the glue got soft and i used a hobby knife to like cut under the glass where the glue is.
u have to be very VERY carefull coz i manage to get a little crack in the glass, coz i didnt heat it enough, i would recommend being 2 person for this, 1 to hold and cut the screen off and 1 to heat the glass at same time. i did it one person and got a little crack innit.
but got it off and mountet it into my new white cover, but the screen still being the black color around, wich actually looks really sleek so its not entirely white in front.
I was really scared that i might had broken the Touch module coz of blowing such heat onto it. and was nervous when turning my phone back up. but it seems that it works perfectly wich was a relief :'D
but i just wanted to post this to people if they were interrested and maybe have thought about changeing cover them selfs..
i my self am not used to disassembly phones this was a first and i think i did pretty good aside from a little crack in the screen glass. ^^
just be carefull and gentle and you can suceed without a screen crack like me its not a big one just a little one u barely notice but still
thanks for reading this and sorry for my english i have pictures that is in the link below just copy and paste in adress
Link to more photo's: s179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/trustycpl/Phone%20disassembly/ <---- just copy and put the https:/ in front
Here is a pretty good disassembly guide u might wanna use if u choose to take apart ur x10 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6368979&postcount=82
i bought my cover here mytrendyphone.com/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-29113p.html <--- Copy, paste and write www in start
EDIT: Changing the Touch module is very difficult i wont recommend it since i made a little crack in the module, the crack has now become quite big and my touch module dont work any more :'( gonna talk to my phone service since i only had the mobile for 2 months, or els i will have to buy a new and that is about 90-100 Euro

hey, thanks for that
you can post the links to the pictures without the www/http, you the other part, or give it some characters like wxwxwx. site.cxoxm i'd appreciate the photos

EDIT: link to more photo's : s179.photobucket.com/albums/w300/trustycpl/Phone%20disassembly/ <--- just put in adress and push enter should work

cool, thanks, can you get a better pic of when it's done in white/black combination?
from back and front, thanks

how much the operation cost u?

Looks nice
Can you tell us where did you buy the white cover from? and is it original?

fast rock said:
Looks nice
Can you tell us where did you buy the white cover from? and is it original?
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So the fourth image is the final product???

how about pictures of the completed white x10?

I made a link in first post to a photobucket album with more pictures of finished product.
I bought it from a danish site called " mytrendyphone.dk " if im not mistaking since im from denmark.
EDIT: seems like its not only denmark they shipout to check this out mytrendyphone.com/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-29113p.html <--- copy, past and write www in start
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Couldn't get into the photobucket album !
Do you feel that the white case is an original one ?

should have fixed the album since it was set to private but now its public.
i havent really seen the original white cover but the back cover on original black cover you know its kinda rough black. while the white one i got is smooth and blank, it does have the xperia text and sony ericsson logo. but try checkout the pictures they should work.
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Couldn't get into the photobucket album !
Do you feel that the white case is an original one ?
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i have posted a link to the cover i bought. but i payed 32,70 EUR for the cover and i already had the tools, so costed me 32,70 EUR.
lqbweb said:
how much the operation cost u?
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****nab said:
i havent really seen the original white cover but the back cover on original black cover you know its kinda rough black. while the white one i got is smooth and blank, it does have the xperia text and sony ericsson logo. but try checkout the pictures they should work.
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I mean does the back cover fits perfectly like an original one?

hey bro can ya tell if the white body is original???????
also can the guys at se service centers can get it done for me???
but hey i can still see the black body part in the white one.....was that intentional???

does the phone feel the same as before....i mean b4 changing the the body.......n plz get sum info on the cover??????

which one do you feel is better white or black???

Hi ****nap,
thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Do you allow me to add your pictures to first post in my "Upskirts" & "Disassembly" Thread?
(You find a post in my Signature from where you can jump into)
I'd be happy if you read my guide and add some suggestions.

still dont really know if its original, havent seen the original white and dont know how the original feels. dont think the service center will do it for you, but you check into it. yea the front still has the black part, it was not intentional, but thats how it came out coz of the touch module being black. if u want complete white u will have to buy a touch module that is already white. and it aint cheap
ankur7753 said:
hey bro can ya tell if the white body is original???????
also can the guys at se service centers can get it done for me???
but hey i can still see the black body part in the white one.....was that intentional???
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The white back cover doesnt feel the same as the black back cover. the black cover got that rough soft feeling. and the white that i got is smooth. doesnt feel the same, but thats only the back cover.
ankur7753 said:
does the phone feel the same as before....i mean b4 changing the the body.......n plz get sum info on the cover??????
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hi McKebapp
yea sure, u can use the pictures im just happy to help.
and sure ill take a look and read ur guide
actually have already read a little and saw u had another way to get the touch module off which might be better than the way i did it xD
if u dont mind i will make a link to you disassembly guide in my first post, since many people might need it
kind regards ****nab
McKebapp said:
Hi ****nap,
thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Do you allow me to add your pictures to first post in my "Upskirts" & "Disassembly" Thread?
(You find a post in my Signature from where you can jump into)
I'd be happy if you read my guide and add some suggestions.
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[Q] Possible Threat?

i've actually noticed this issue a long time ago, and its kind of been making me worried ever since...
but in the pictures (if you can see them) attached below, there is a spec of i'm-not-sure-what-that-is, but it's like making a small opening in the silver part that surrounds the screen on my MT4G. so what i'm wondering is, will this little space in the silver lining cause some potential threat to the internal of my MT4G? i.e water leaking in, other stuff getting in, etc.
thanks for any info

Not really I have a really small little scratch like yours it kinda annoy me cus I knew it was there but I can suggest u get a screen protector that's what I'm goin to do even tho there like 16 $ for 2 of them at the t mobile store can I say rip off ?
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Tez MyTouch said:
Not really I have a really small little scratch like yours it kinda annoy me cus I knew it was there but I can suggest u get a screen protector that's what I'm goin to do even tho there like 16 $ for 2 of them at the t mobile store can I say rip off ?
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no, it's not a scratch... there's something stuck inside the small little space between the silver outer shell and the screen glass.

Based on the first pic, it looks like the gap is about 2 inches long, correct? I don't see anything in the gap, so it's hard to say what's causing it.
My phone has a noticeable gap running the entire length of the phone in the same area (between the glass and the chrome bezel) on the right side. It looks much like yours, but goes from the top to bottom. It's been that way since I took it out of the box.
I wouldn't be concerned based on what I see in the pic. If it starts getting worse, then maybe, but not otherwise.

TeeJay3800 said:
Based on the first pic, it looks like the gap is about 2 inches long, correct? I don't see anything in the gap, so it's hard to say what's causing it.
My phone has a noticeable gap running the entire length of the phone in the same area (between the glass and the chrome bezel) on the right side. It looks much like yours, but goes from the top to bottom. It's been that way since I took it out of the box.
I wouldn't be concerned based on what I see in the pic. If it starts getting worse, then maybe, but not otherwise.
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Not sure, there's like this little spec of something stuck in there... But thanks teejay
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Urgent Help!

Hi there XDA People!
As you can see from the picture i got a translucent line under my screen.
My phone never dropped!
what could be?
any fix or i need to replace the display ? ? ?

I dont know what that is, my closest guess would be a line of dead pixels but it doesnt really even look like that, it kinda looks like its on your screen and not your actual display, could it be something under it like a liquid? Does your screen still turn on?

davidthedopest said:
I dont know what that is, my closest guess would be a line of dead pixels but it doesnt really even look like that, it kinda looks like its on your screen and not your actual display, could it be something under it like a liquid? Does your screen still turn on?
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yes it's working fine,everything works as usual but the line is getting bigger from time to time.... i really don't know what to do
when the screen turns on the line is like a translucent....

I want to say its something leaking onto the display but it looks like somekind of scratch on the screen itself, you could youtube a video on how to disassemble the display and take a hands on look, its not too hard but it voids whatever warrenty you have

See the following guide on opening your phone:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Samsung+Galaxy+S4+Display+Assembly+Replacement/16540

davidthedopest said:
I want to say its something leaking onto the display but it looks like somekind of scratch on the screen itself, you could youtube a video on how to disassemble the display and take a hands on look, its not too hard but it voids whatever warrenty you have
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I looked some videos but as you said maybe is a liquid it looks like that but never any liquid spilled on my phone as i can remember the line appeared after using a long skype video call the phone was pretty hot maybe that's the reason for the line appeared.
Anyway can i open the display just to check what's going on or i can't do that.

gorgeto said:
I looked some videos but as you said maybe is a liquid it looks like that but never any liquid spilled on my phone as i can remember the line appeared after using a long skype video call the phone was pretty hot maybe that's the reason for the line appeared.
Anyway can i open the display just to check what's going on or i can't do that.
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Unfortunately, you cannot just separate the display to clean it.. The glass is stuck to the display with an adhesive.

It almost seems like a fault in the adhesive. I wonder if contacting someone at Samsung or the carrier would help, as it doesn't look like physical abuse or damage.