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[Q] hd2 Touch screen not working any more

I was so exited with the nand flashing that I flashed from WM 6.5 to diferend Android roms to WM7 back to android and now my touch screen is not responsive any mores.
Can this be because of nand flashing or is my phone just broken???

Hi,
This has been reported by a few people. It appears to be just a hardware issue and nothing to do with flashing Android.
Some have reported just part of (the bottom part) the screen becoming insensitive. For some it only happens sporadically, for others it is a permanent problem.
I undertsand repairs can be made to the phone, or if you are still within the warranty period... return it once you have removed evidence of your flashing etc.
Good luck

I read some where to downgrade the radio, any info on that??

I haven't read anything about that.
Here are some links of HD2 owners reporting similar problems:
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Linky
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Same thing happened to me, I think its just a coincident. Flashing the radio didn't help. Its on its way back to HTC now. Best posting in the thread below, keep it all in the same place for other users. If the list keeps growing there could be a problem??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916591

yet another htc that bites the dust

Same here
Efffff My Life......... Errrrrrrrrrrrr i bought this.
Full LCD Display + Touch Screen Digitizer (fit together solderless already) for HTC HD2 HD 2 ii Leo T8585 T-Mobile ~ Replacement Repair Pasts
from Amazon
i'll let u guys know how i did. wish me luck.

Another one for the list - upgrade to Android NAND a few weeks ago . Now the screen is completely not working . Tried several methods ie. Press hard at buttons, etc sometimes OK but now Completely unresponsive. What make it worse is that out of warranty ( bought Aug 2009 ).
How many HD2 have touchscreen problem after Android NAND upgrade ????

seems to be an android issue than anything. could the android color density have anything to do with it?

lude219 said:
seems to be an android issue than anything. could the android color density have anything to do with it?
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Just got off the phone with t-mobile and they're replacing my phone which has the same issues.
According to the service tech I spoke to, this is starting to happen to HD2's more frequently (including his own). I'm wondering if Android and the increasing number of people putting Android on their phones has anything to do with it. The service tech I spoke to sounded pretty young, and it wouldn't suprised me if he's tweaked his phone too.
My HD2 gets really hot when using Android....particularly when its booting. Excessive heat wreaks all sorts of havoc on electrical systems/devices, and it wouldn't suprise me if the heat is causing damage to the digitizer (ie melting contact points)
The metal backing and rubber case don't help either.
I'm under warranty so it's not too big of a deal for me, other than the inconvenience. Looks like I'll have to bust out the old iPhone 2g for a week!

I hear ya...
Both on android SD and NAND, i did feel that the phone runs a bit warmer than on winmo. I'm not an expert in android or anything, but does the 16M color on android has something to do with it? I don't know if it's a graphics driver issue or hardware, but something tells me the HD2's stock capacitive screen couldn't handle that much color cramming down it's pipeline.

Hardware issue
I am almost sure that it is a hardware issue because I took a heat gun on low to the front my hd2 (closer to the ADC or "digitzer") around the corner where the red or yellow on/off button is and it fixed the problem for about 4 days till a went to a concert and left the phone in my pocket while I danced and it stopped working again... decided to just give up and got a new one through asurion insurance

lude219 said:
I hear ya...
Both on android SD and NAND, i did feel that the phone runs a bit warmer than on winmo. I'm not an expert in android or anything, but does the 16M color on android has something to do with it? I don't know if it's a graphics driver issue or hardware, but something tells me the HD2's stock capacitive screen couldn't handle that much color cramming down it's pipeline.
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lude219 said:
I hear ya...
Both on android SD and NAND, i did feel that the phone runs a bit warmer than on winmo. I'm not an expert in android or anything, but does the 16M color on android has something to do with it? I don't know if it's a graphics driver issue or hardware, but something tells me the HD2's stock capacitive screen couldn't handle that much color cramming down it's pipeline.
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The HD2's screen was designed to handle 16M color...the HD2 was designed under the presumption that it would be upgradable to WP7.
I think what's causing a lot of issues are the hacked drivers (including the graphics drivers) needed to run the Android ports. They don't run as efficiently as the stock drivers, consume more battery, and in turn generate more heat.

yup, I totally agree. it's certainly one of the risks of running non-native drivers.

My touch screen started to play up last week - wouldnt unlock via the slider on a flashed Android rom. Reflashed the phone thinking it would cure it, but it didn't. Reformatted the card, and then flashed a different Android rom. Worked for a few minutes, then stuck. Reflashed a WM rom, and the touch screen gave up altogether. Left it a day, and it worked, but when I switched the phone off, and back on, it wouldn't.
Phone was 2 days outside of the Tmobile warranty, but I've sent it back to them as the HTC phones in Europe are covered by a two year warranty....
I have nothing to lose anyway!

mine to, had to hard reset 4 times. then i hard reset did not touch the screen until the next morning and it seems to have fixed it

same problem,after flash android nand,2 week ago,now touch screen is broken

its been 4 months i am going through this this problem. Heating the screen is the best solution. But i founf WM rom which likely is fixing the problem. It happens because of andriod and i am pretty sure about it as i have done thousands of experiments on it. Now in background i run that WM rom and then andriod and never faced any problem.

HD2 touch screen not responding
I am using HTC HD2 since last 1 year..Its out of warranty right now & I recently flashed "ANDROI_PPC-SHIFTPDA_GingerBread_2.3.2_WP7S_V1_NAND_(07.Feb)" & it was all working fine unless yesterday when my 7 months old labrador chew the top right corner of my phone while it was in d cover..Got a slight crack in the glas/lcd..However it is still functional..I mean no color spill or abnormal behaviour in terms of display..except the touch screen has stopped working now..I've tried hard reset..soft reset several times but it doesn't seem to be working...Its driving me insane & I dont know what to do as my phone is out of warrranty...I remember I had a TyTN II 2-3 years ago & got its lcd split/broken somehows & HTC service center charged me INR 4000 / USD $88 to replace it...Though times have changed & HD2 definitely is a much complex device comparatively..So would cost me much more if i give it to them...Just went thru a video on youtube "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdihThJFyz4" in which tutorial for HTC leo's screen & digitizer replacement is mentioned. Im really not sure where the problem lies. Because it was perfectly fine till yesterday before i woke up this morning & realized that my dog has done a lil munching on my HD2..Any suggestions ???

I'm glad to hear that it's not just my phone...
I upgraded to nand aswell and it worked perfectly ever since the first android upgrades came out.. Then about a week ago my screen started messing with me.. Sometimes the lockscreen didn't respond at all, and then it would require like 3-4 reboots before it did? Suddenly one day it stopped working, I did a hard reset and it worked for half a day. Now it's totally nonresponding and I'm going to send it to the repaircenter.... I asked them if messing with the software was a problem, but he said that it didn't matter and that I shouldn't bother to reset the software.. It didn't void the warranty in any way.

Who Has the HTC HD2 Without Touch Screen Problem

every where i have read that almost every one who is owner of htc hd2 have facing the touch screen problem so here i started the thread that to know that is there any one who has the htc hd2 without the touch screen problem??????
lets us know please if u have the htc hd2 without the touch screen problem

NOMIOMI said:
every where i have read that almost every one who is owner of htc hd2 have facing the touch screen problem so here i started the thread that to know that is there any one who has the htc hd2 without the touch screen problem??????
lets us know please if u have the htc hd2 without the touch screen problem
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I bought my Leo December 31st, 2009.
I dont have touch screen problem until now

so r u the only one ???

No problem here, since Jan '10, was a little too sensitive on 1.42 rom, but no problem since.
When you are reading about how everyone has the problem, don't forget only people with the problem post, no one starts a new thread about how few issues they have.

Works Fine... Bought Late 2010.. Second Version (Yellow Reset)

i have mine since late 2009 (Leo eu) and used it extremely, flashed several wm roms, several android builds and once wp7. I NEVER had a touch screen issue, neither a hard button issues.
the only thing is that I just ordered a mugen battery, mine become to be a bit short.
I am sure 95% of us here are happy with the quality of this product.
but we always here in forums people that have problems, not those who dont need anything.

After 15 days my HTC HD2 repaired, just do not know what is left of the old phone when I look at what is replaced. Like it was smashed by a truck!
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Report service:
Reported an error on the device
Broken: The problem with the screen
Description of failure: The screen does not respond to touch.
Visible damage: scratched.
Related data
[74H01549-00M] - Chassis Pre-Assy, Black, Stainless Steel, MLRB81 1
[83H00233-01] - Sub-Assy to 82H Lamination, LCM + Touch Window, AU LCM, HTC, HTClogo, w / o camera hole, Wintek TW, HTC LAM, Leo 1
Note
Defect was corrected by replacing the touch panel, casing, keyboard Fleta (54H20178-00M) and new SW's.

Had mine since November 2009 and had 0 hardware problems with it. Bear in mind that:
There is a thread exactly the same of this that has been and gone. It even had a poll on it
People don't start threads to say their phone is working correctly, so most threads are about problems. It does not mean that everyone is having problems.

Got mine back from lending it to a cousin, still working fine from when I bought it in April.

My HD2 works fine even though it was a second hand one with a smashed glass...

Had mine since last year, no problems.

hakuchi18v said:
Works Fine... Bought Late 2010.. Second Version (Yellow Reset)
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so is there many kinds of different rest button like this bro said that he has yellow reset button?

hakuchi18v said:
Works Fine... Bought Late 2010.. Second Version (Yellow Reset)
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I too have the revision version with yellow reset (earlier version has red)
Went out of my way to make sure it was revision version.
So far excellent, screen & buttons are perfect to date. Most people I know who ended up with screen issue had early version but most had also dropped there HD2 on more than one occasion.
Problem with these compact & cutting edge devices is they like a gentle life, drop them a few times (maybe just once!) & handle them roughly will limit lifespan greatly.
Heat in these devices can get quite hight too, I charge mine screen side down so heat can dissipate through heat-sink battery door rather than soak into motherboard & screen. I do the same when using it as a wifi GPRS internet modem for my notebook & also make sure it is in a cool spot (have done this since had a kaiser & used it for 5>6hr wifi modem sessions), Data/WiFi connection & charging simultaneously in the 34°C heat of BKK tests a devices cooling near its limits.

i have one with the yellow reset button and last night the touch screen stop working suddenly after installing google I/O android app.. man, i just cant express my feeling when i tried to unlock it and nothing happened

I really fail to see why we need a thread where people are expected to post;
"My device is working just fine...."
I really dont think this touchscreen problem is that widespread considering the amount of people who own HD2's compared to a handful of posts about it on XDA.
Im even less convinced that the colour of one tiny plastic component bears any relation to whether or not your touch screen is going to fail.
anyway.........
/rant

yellow reset has revised motherboard & different screen supplier.
HD2 model had a high level of returns, not to the point of a recall but enough for some networks to have a serious moan to HTC.
I have 7 workers on HD2's, 2 have had service repairs due to unresponsive screen so the problem is real.

Mister B said:
yellow reset has revised motherboard & different screen supplier.
HD2 model had a high level of returns, not to the point of a recall but enough for some networks to have a serious moan to HTC.
I have 7 workers on HD2's, 2 have had service repairs due to unresponsive screen so the problem is real.
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Ok, that would make a certain amount of sense, thanks for bringing that up as I'd never noticed that being mentioned on the forums before.
That said, I still dont see the need for a "still working" thread. There are numerous threads for those with the screen issue to post in.
Thanks again for the info though
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While Im here, I might as well add;
Had mine since launch, T8585, has been no issues whatsoever.

NOMIOMI said:
every where i have read that almost every one who is owner of htc hd2 have facing the touch screen problem
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So where did you "read" that arse vomit??

conantroutman said:
Ok, that would make a certain amount of sense, thanks for bringing that up as I'd never noticed that being mentioned on the forums before.
That said, I still dont see the need for a "still working" thread. There are numerous threads for those with the screen issue to post in.
Thanks again for the info though
Edit;
While Im here, I might as well add;
Had mine since launch, T8585, has been no issues whatsoever.
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Kind of agree but to see how many users have had a 2 year trouble free life span is interesting.
Think the revision details can be seen in wiki or HD2 tips thread.

huevo0000 said:
i have one with the yellow reset button and last night the touch screen stop working suddenly after installing google I/O android app.. man, i just cant express my feeling when i tried to unlock it and nothing happened
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I have the yellow button version also and my touch screen stopped working on Sunday. Odd.

Erratic ghost touches. Help!!

I recently got a refurbished Nexus 4 from Google beginning of April. I been having minor issues ever since getting it but i never bother to call them or get them to send me a new one since my warranty was expiring around end of April. So since last week, my phone started having these crazy erratic ghost touches lasting either a few seconds where i'd turn off my screen and it goes back to normal or it would last a good 10-15 minute non stop. I rooted it recently and i tried to do a google support. They suggested factory reset, did that. Re-image the device to original state, also did that. The problem continues and its getting a bit annoying. I noticed the problem starts a lot more frequently when the phone is hot or when the battery is below 50%. Is there anything i can do to make this go away or less frequent? Thanks
Also google suggest i call LG to get them to repair it and have my wallet raided. I prefer not to. Since i feel like they cheated me by giving me a crappy refurbished phone that has hardware issue just like the one i bought from them.

ghost touches unfortunately are not uncommon. I experienced them as well, then the lower bottom margin of the touch screen went completely dead. If you take a look at this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/q-t2810588 you'll notice there's more people on the same boat. There's not much that can be done, it's a hardware fault and probably the screen will need to be replaced.

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ghost touches unfortunately are not uncommon. I experienced them as well, then the lower bottom margin of the touch screen went completely dead. If you take a look at this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/q-t2810588 you'll notice there's more people on the same boat. There's not much that can be done, it's a hardware fault and probably the screen will need to be replaced.
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I did some search on google forum and there was a huge thread on it as well. This problem started to happen more frequently started the 4.4 update for a lot of users. Freaking google offers no help at all :/

The ultimate Nexus 4 digitizer failure thread

I've been using this phone for around 14 months now. I've always thought about how LG managed to build a phone like this and sell it for 300 bucks. Well two days ago I got the answer. The lower part of my screen just stopped functioning, thus disabling my buttons. I searched for this problem and found a MASSIVE thread on google support forums about this. Basically the lower part of the digitizer just goes full retard. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. And when it doesn't work it makes the entire phone lag (on a custom rom)(it doesn't work 95% of the time).
To fix this i tried to make the navbar slightly bigger, but that resulted in a growth of the defected part. And using PIE or button saviour is just a pain for me.
I made this thread to let people know that this problem exists. If the next Nexus phone is made by LG, I'm buying something else.
This is an open discussion, so anyone with a similar problem/fix can post.

I really dont know, what you guys actually do with your phones. I am using my nexus 4 for about 1 and a half year now, has been dropped twice with two scratches on the edges - no screen broken, no bootloop ever, no nothing. I can say of myself that I am not the friend of bumpers or screen protectors or any of those ugly things. I also flash a lot, try out a lot of apps - my nexus 4 has seen it all.
But not only the nexus 4, also my previous phones are fine and they still work (a nokia 5130 xpress music and a sony ericsson u10i). Thats why I thing a phone is just as good/stable/great as the user do. Of course there are a lot of issues out there but I think they dont appear from nowhere.

4 nexus 4's in the family most almost 2 years old......never a problem. This kind of crap reminds me of the " my back glass just exploded on its own" thread. Let's not make blanket statements.....digitizers on phones malfunction all the time....on all brands, probably due to your mistreatment.

I do not understand the point of blaming it on the user though. Yeah, many phones from different brand have digitizer issues. Yeah, digitizers fail. But if a lot (and I mean a lot) of users are complaining on the same exact issue there is a manufacturing problem for sure. And it's pretty clear that you did not bother checking the related thread at google's support forum, otherwise you would notice how many "mistreating", as you say, users are all having the same digitizer issues in exactly the same part of the screen. Now, does that mean that every nexus 4 sold will have the digitizer fail at some point or another? absolutely not. Maybe its' only one every 100, or even 1.000 or 10.000. Maybe it was a defect of a relatively small batch of screens (seems legit since the issue always occurs after a certain amount of months), that were sold in a period where you didn't buy the your four statistically (ir)relevant devices.
when will you guys understand that just because your phone does not have the issue, doesn't mean that NO phone has that issue??
(and even if it's not one but 5, 10 phones, how much relevance do you think it has compared to the hundreds of thousands of shipped devices?)
for what matters to the actual thread, anyway, I read LG replaces the defective devices under warranty without fuss. If the device is out of warranty, a diy repair is pretty easy to people savvy with tools.
Anyway, there is a couple threads here that talk about the issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/q-t2810588
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/screen-touch-test-results-t2822075

This isn't the users' fault. Take a look at this: https://productforums.google.com/forum/m/#!topic/nexus/7SNIT8xPYzc
The repair costs in Sweden are so high, I might aswell get a new phone. I didn't even get this phone for 350$, LG sells it for 500$ in non-google play countries. And btw, half of my screen is not working now.

Or maybe you spent the last year keeping your phone in your pocket instead of a belt case and damaged it, or dropped it, or got water on it, or any of the other 10 million things that could damage an LCD/ digi. While I understand you have a problem and are looking for someone to blame....99% of these issues are due to physically caused damage and not defects. I have 2 teenagers.....I know how they treat their phones and I spend a lot of time repairing them after " I didn't do anything"

Same here
I'm having the exact same digitizer problem with my Nexus 4. First, a band of 8mm at the bottom of my screen became unresponsive, then a week later, the band grew to about 14mm.
I've had my N4 for 15 months. Bar two hairline cracks on the back panel (around the rear camera and speaker) my phone is mint. Barely a scratch on the digitizer front panel, and yet, it's failing. The weirdest part is, the otherwise lifeless zone at bottom of my screen occasionally springs into action with erratic ghost touches on my nav bar. I'm working around the problem at the moment, however, if the dead zone gets any higher, my phone will become unusable.
Reddit, YouTube and Google support are full of similar occurrences, and still not a peep from Google or LG.

My wife and I both have been using nexus 4 phones since it launched nearly two years ago. Hers started doing this 3 months ago and is practically unusable now. Mine started doing it last month and is getting worse too. I always thought of it as a great device and thought highly of LG's build quality but its hard to have those feelings now. Seems related to age + heat. Will be trying a different manufacturer next time since her phone has always been in a case and is flawless. Mine is banged up bad without a case but lasted longer.

Also my 16 monts old N4 two weeks ago after a run in hot humid weater followed by a very long phone call started to show problems at the bottom of the screen (no swipe up to activate Google Now) and in a couple of days all the lower portion of the touch became unresposive as clearly showed activating the pointer position under the developer options menu. Does anybody know exactly where is the problem? Digitizer connector, synaptics chip, cable? At present I'm trying to convince Google UK to issue an RMA in Italy where I'm now and would appreciate hints how to achieve that as it seems they offer RMA only to a country where the Nexus 4 was originally available on the local Play Store.

maulich said:
4 nexus 4's in the family most almost 2 years old......never a problem. This kind of crap reminds me of the " my back glass just exploded on its own" thread. Let's not make blanket statements.....digitizers on phones malfunction all the time....on all brands, probably due to your mistreatment.
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back glass does crack on some phones when there is sudden change in temperature ,it happened on xperia z as well dont be so naive , the probability of mistreatment has nothing to do with factory defects

My digitizer works fine until the batter gets to about 80% .... then the screen freaks out and the phone turns off.... fun stuff!

fahadsul3man said:
back glass does crack on some phones when there is sudden change in temperature ,it happened on xperia z as well dont be so naive , the probability of mistreatment has nothing to do with factory defects
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Ya right....ignorance......

This is actual real problem. My Nexus 4 works fine. But replaced the digitizer on my brother's after the bottom half died. Just go on eBay and buy the panel for around 50 bucks. About an hour of work
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repaired my screen
i replaced the screen after just 1yr 7 days. I live in India so phones available are quite cheap and the screen replacement cost was cost of an average smartphone but still i replaced it . I just want to know whether the replacement screen will have a digitizer problem after 1yr. I also had to replace the battery.

4 Screens replaced, the last 2 had bad digitizers?
I've replaced cracked screens 4 times now... the 3rd developed issues with the touchscreen going unresponsive every once in a while (I would tear down the phone again and again and finally the touchscreen would inexplicably begin working again.) I Finally cracked that one and now the new one has the same issue. I installed the new screen/digitizer, again with some difficulty , After a few reboots for whatever reason, suddenly unresponsive. Reboot 4 more times and it's back. Initially I'd thought I just bought a bad replacement screen but two in a row is pointing me towards .. well, something else...
Looking closely at the new component I'm a bit concerned as the text on the ribbon cable from the digitizer is labeled "Snaptics" rather than "Synaptics" though the chip itself is labeled correctly...
Sigh...
In any event, I was hoping someone could possibly shed some light onto this. 4 screens later I'm a bit sentimental and would hate to have to retire my N4.

I almost replaced my screen assembly because I had the dreaded dead band in the middle of my screen. It was present in TWRP so I figured the digitizer was bad. Then I started to get screen jitters and ghost touches. I tried wiping everything, new ROM's, etc. I final flashed the last PA KitKat beta and the 4.4 Gapps. Problem solved. I re-flashed the PA 5.0.2 Alpha 2 and there are no problems anymore. I was convinced it was a hardware problem because the problem mirrored every N4 digitizer problem thread that I saw.

Do you have hardware problems? (POLL)

The phone has been out for most of us just little over a month and there have been many reports about front/rear glass cracking, so now I made this poll to see how many people actually have/had problems with their device.
Please note that this poll is only about hardware problems, so don't vote yes if you only had software related problems, thank you.
To be clear:
Vote yes: If you had glass cracking (with/without) a reason, flaps not closing properly, phone not being waterproof, etc
Vote no: If you had no problems, software related problems

Bump!
Don't forget to vote!

I voted yes due to a way too sensitive touchscreen - putting a screenprotector on however solves the problem, but I take it that it is the out of the box product we have to vote about...
(To the - right now 13 persons - who have voted no - does this also mean that you don't have the popping issue when pressing the screen? Or is this looked at as a feature...? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JrfMjiNB9E)

Nope. I've had nothing wrong with the phone, no "popping", no "glass breaking" even though I accidentally did drop it today.
Nothing. I'm convinced most of you are playing baseball with your phones, or just being extremely picky.

Not any problem at all. This phone lives up to its expectations but i also keep it protected with case though.

i had the phone for 3 weeks. i bought a magnetic charger and was using that. last week i went to take the charger off the phone and the whole magnetic charging "module" came out of the phone with the charger. it's currently back at sony for repair - i'm really hoping they just send me a new one though. that was a fun discovery. anyway, no problems with glass or anything like that in the time i had it, though.

Not a single problem so far.
Btw, good initiative!
However, I think that since only people with glass issues post that on the forum, it's not surprising that it looks as if it's a major problem.

charliebigpot said:
Not a single problem so far.
Btw, good initiative!
However, I think that since only people with glass issues post that on the forum, it's not surprising that it looks as if it's a major problem.
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Yeah, that's the main reason why I made this poll, due to so 'many' people reporting issues with their phones it might scare people off that intend to buy the phone.
Sent from my C6603

Hmmm could there be a connection between the popping screens and the very sensitive screens? Mine has the popping and also a screen that sometimes during internet scrolling has a life of its own speedscrolling up to the top of homepages when lifting the finger from the screen - an issue I have never ever had before on any of my many previus phones...???

mohlsen8 said:
i had the phone for 3 weeks. i bought a magnetic charger and was using that. last week i went to take the charger off the phone and the whole magnetic charging "module" came out of the phone with the charger. it's currently back at sony for repair - i'm really hoping they just send me a new one though. that was a fun discovery. anyway, no problems with glass or anything like that in the time i had it, though.
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And most people complain the magnet is not strong enough! :laugh: Did you take photos?!

Yep:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/help/handtec-returns-t2919883

And bump.
I would assume that more then 42 people have this phone on this forum.

The plastic frame is so weak, i drop once and inside the frame its cracked . After that i use a case then dropped again this time between part of the plastic frame n front glass a piece of part came out. Rest is very good. No prob at all.
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hello,
"Z3 Compact" bought the 28.09.2014. The phone is turned off itself in the middle of the day in my pocket. The battery level was approx. 75% => Black screen, not even light on the charger...:S
The Sony support told me to send them with charger and usb cable.
I am waiting for news... approx. 10 days...

NO issues so far... put a tempered glass screen protector on the phone pretty soon after buying it, but I never saw any screen popping or "life of its own" syndrom while I had the screen unprotected.

no issues so far , i had some bad experience with singapore firmware , but its all good now (using latest brazil firmware).
i did drop it a week ago , tempered glass cracked abit , phone also got abit of a spank on the top right corner, still water proof.
all good just no ****ing root

Sudden Death after two weeks.

Had this awesome phone since October 3rd. All fine and dandy till now, the vibration would work sometimes. It comes and goes but it's no biggie, I can live with it!

Gyroscope defect
Yes.
I had the phone for only 3 days and the phone suddenly stop rotating. I did a factory restore and even trying running the system test. Compass test tells me function is not available. Sony says it might be a hardware issue so I had to send it to Sony to get it fixed.

My mic has become strange. People say that I sound like I'm a mila away from it.