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white screen of death?

aright previously my LCD screen was cracked well i got the replacement LCD screen and it works fine. BUT my problem now is that its just displaying a white screen. Nothing else. I take off the battery put it back on turn the phone on and i get a white screen no letters no nothing.
Does this mean my phone is a brick?
i still get response when i hold down the comm button it vibrates. The volume slider responds with the volume going up and down. and when i try to hard reset via holding the comm button,voicebutton,camera button and hitting the soft reset button it responds to it and resets the phone apparantly.
So i know for a fact the actual phone works..but its not displaying anything but a white screen...is there anything else i can do ?

If you have replaced the screen yourself, it may be worth trying to re-fit it again. Make sure the connectors are in pefectly, and make sure there is no dirt on them. If the pda still responds to button presses, it's fine, it's only the srcreen that's damaged/non-functional...
To see if this is the case, try tapping on the very to left of the screen, and see if you get the start menu pop. If you don't it's prolly the connector not plugged in properly, if you do, then the connector may be damaged...

ok im trying now..but how could it be the screen if the screen is giving me a perfectly white screen and its been tested to be working correctly?

sweeet i reconnected everything and it worked thanks for the recommendation dood much appreciated

sojiroxiii said:
sweeet i reconnected everything and it worked thanks for the recommendation dood much appreciated
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Nice to see that my reccomendation worked for you. I've never replaced a colour LCD screen before, but some of the B&W ones i've replaced have had similar faults. It's the same with old cartridge games if you think about it, you used to have to blow on them ocasionally...
Modern technology may be perfect in every respect, but the manufacturing methods arn't.

Hardware buttons doesn't work anymore on my Trinity.

Hi all, my Trinity's hardware buttons doesn't work.
The 2 softkey hardware buttons, the red and the green button, the ok button and the Start button seems to be broken also if they have backlight. All the others buttons are ok.
I've tried to softreset, hardreset and flash the ROM (I'm using last Ervius ROM). After flashing for the first time the buttons were ok for a littewhile but now they seems to be broken again even after several flash. I've also tried to downgrade to wm5 but nothing change. I think that is an hardware issue and I'm going to try to fix it by opening my Trinity hoping that is just a flat connector pluged out but if someone else has experienced the same problem and has to suggest me something is really welcome.

Campo said:
Hi all, my Trinity's hardware buttons doesn't work.
The 2 softkey hardware buttons, the red and the green button, the ok button and the Start button seems to be broken also if they have backlight. All the others buttons are ok.
I've tried to softreset, hardreset and flash the ROM (I'm using last Ervius ROM). After flashing for the first time the buttons were ok for a littewhile but now they seems to be broken again even after several flash. I've also tried to downgrade to wm5 but nothing change. I think that is an hardware issue and I'm going to try to fix it by opening my Trinity hoping that is just a flat connector pluged out but if someone else has experienced the same problem and has to suggest me something is really welcome.
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I experienced this myself, and replaced this item:
http://cnn.cn/shop/p3600dopod-d810-keypad-p-1825.html
HPN

keys are stuck
Mine also, but solved it after a couple of days (temporarily). The hardware buttons problem seems to be related with one of the keys stuck. If one of those keys is stuck none of the others work. I tried "fast" double clicking on one key at a time to unstuck and it worked for me. Mine has been working for two weeks with no problem. Anyway I ordered that part "just in case".
So before opening your trinity try to unstuck the keys. It seems to be related with humidity conditions and carrying the phone in the pocket (just a guess).

hpn said:
I experienced this myself, and replaced this item:
http://cnn.cn/shop/p3600dopod-d810-keypad-p-1825.html
HPN
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Thanks !

n0t said:
Mine also, but solved it after a couple of days (temporarily). The hardware buttons problem seems to be related with one of the keys stuck. If one of those keys is stuck none of the others work. I tried "fast" double clicking on one key at a time to unstuck and it worked for me. Mine has been working for two weeks with no problem. Anyway I ordered that part "just in case".
So before opening your trinity try to unstuck the keys. It seems to be related with humidity conditions and carrying the phone in the pocket (just a guess).
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I'm going to try this becouse during the last 4 days sometimes the buttons work so.... thanks!

Ok, nothing work.
I've also tried to open the device but looking behind the buttons pad fortunally/unfortunally there isn't an evident hardware problem.
The only solution is to replace the pad.

Hi to all.
I have had buttons not working on my trinity for some time. was tempted to send it back for repair but i did not want to be without my phone and did not want to have to stick the old wm5 rom back on!!
I took my trinity apart too see if i could see anything wrong. and got it down to the keypad. one thing i did notice is that there was a lot of dust. also around the small disks that provide the buttons, there are 3 small holes in the sealing sheet. seems that the construction of the switch array is circuit board at the bottom, with small tin disks on top, all held in place with a thin plastic sheet.
The tin disks 'pop' inside out when you press the buttons, making the contact for the switch. On the old nokia phones, these disks got deformed and this would make the button work but with no click. I had a click but no button operation, and with the holes, and all the dust i found, i figured that it must be dusty contacts.
so here is how i managed to fix my buttons for free:
1, strip the phone to get to the keyboard circuit (i used this link clicky)
2, clean all the dust from the buttons
3, start to tease the plastic film from the front of the board (i used a sharp knife but mind your fingers and take care not to damage the board)
4, once one corner is up you should be able to slowly pull the film up (take care not to damage the disks as the plastic comes up but make sure the disks stay on the plastic sheet)
5, dont pull the sheet totally off otherwise you will have a job getting it all to line up after.
6, get some alcohol or head cleaning fluid on a cotton bud and clean all the gold contacts, as well as the insides of the discs.
7, slowly rub the plastic film to put it back where it came from, taking care to get the disks in the center of the gold contacts.
8, rebuild and test
All being well you should have working buttons again!!! It seems the design of the buttons lets dust inside the workings.
Hope this helps someone with clicking buttons but no action!!!

Anyone got a dead HD? I need the volume button :(

I'm sceptical that I'll get a response, but here goes nothing!
I don't know how where or when, but I lost my volume control button.
Does anyone have a dead HD that can sell the volume up/down button?
Thanks for reading

can't help you but curious as to how you lost it?

Maybe a dummy phone of the HD can be found on eBay with hope that the part is a exact replica. I was holding the Diamond dummy phone and the buttons seemed like the real thing.

Do you mean the thing that part of the back cover? I think looking for the back cover itself could be cheaper .

Hi
It's not part of the back cover, it's actually the volume up/down button.
I tried the dummy phones, but they just have a moulding
I spoke to HTC and they will only repair if I send in ($$$) and the don't just sell the button.
I suspect it fell by being squeezed somehow and flicking out.
grrrr

johnpatcher said:
Do you mean the thing that part of the back cover? I think looking for the back cover itself could be cheaper .
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oh no, it seems you're right after all. I checked my other backcover, and there it was. I didn't loose it at all, it's just that I never moved it to my new cover.
cheers man!!

LOL!

Why'd you get a new cover? Was it, by chance, an attempt to get rid of the creaking sounds every time you handled the phone or used the touch screen? Did it work?

nope, it was because I scratched it!

Power button less "clicky"

My power button has become less "clicky" like something is making it stick inside, or some part of the button has damaged or fallen out. It's very difficult to switch on/off the phone disply, because the buttom seems to have sunk or is stuck.
AFAIK, it hasn't suffered any bumps or knocks and is always stored safely in my pocket.
Any suggestions?

Probably small plastic bracket under external switch is broken. Don't know if you can replace only this part or whole button.

So, how can I check this to see if this is really the problem?
Any disassembling guides for the Blackstone (good ones)?
What else could the problem be? The external switch looks fine, but I can't really get a good look under it.
Problems with dirt/dust buildup?
Anyone else had such similar problems? Is it a common problem?

retsam88 said:
Probably small plastic bracket under external switch is broken. Don't know if you can replace only this part or whole button.
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I think the same
Also all other Buttons are made the same way the Volume keye are easy to broke my volume Down have the same problem from many flashing etc
The litle black plastic just GONE

tsalta said:
I think the same
Also all other Buttons are made the same way the Volume keye are easy to broke my volume Down have the same problem from many flashing etc
The litle black plastic just GONE
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Would have to agree with above, looks like the small plastic bracket under the external switch has broken

[Q] [HELP] Hardware Buttons Pressing Eachother

I just got an HD2 so I could run mango.
Only one problem though.
The hardware buttons are pressing each other.
For example,most of the time when i press the back button ,it presses the power button instead. It's like the spring or whatever is pressing down both if them and hutting the power button first. It also happens a lot when I press the Windows button,which will press down the back button instead. It's definitely a hardware issue. Has anyone else had this issue? Does anyone have a possible fix?
Thank you!

Somehow, the flex assembly for the buttons became misaligned. You will have to take apart your hd2 to fix it..

Has anyone else had this problem and successfully fixed it?

e334 said:
Somehow, the flex assembly for the buttons became misaligned. You will have to take apart your hd2 to fix it..
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I watched the disassembly video when I replaced the housing of my HD2, and you have to take it apart pretty much completley to reach the buttons.
The risk of damaging something is pretty high, isn't it?
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Has anyone else had this problem and successfully fixed it?
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You got your HD2 used? I would guess it's a sign of wear.
I'm experiencing the same problem, not most of the time, but sometimes.
Since I'm on Android I started using Button Savior some time ago, hopping I can preserve my buttons a little longer. Don't know if there's a similar app for WP7.
...but sooner or later it'll be time for a new device.

Yeah, you will have to buy new tape or use CA glue to seat the lcd/digitizer assembly back onto the chassis when you put it back together. The risk of damaging isn't that high if you be careful to not touch the button contacts (they will fall off but it can be fixed with tiny drops of super glue) and careful not to rip any flex cables.