The Touch screen is non responsive and it has a lot of resolutions colors different in boxes and their are symmetrical and asymmetrical lines on it in different colors.....
Is it the digitizer that cracked or? Something else? How do I replace it?
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theOutcast it seem that if it crack or not you still need to replace the digitizer. Having alot of different color theres no fix. but i could be wrong. Can you post a pic.
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theOutcast it seem that if it crack or not you still need to replace the digitizer. Having alot of different color theres no fix. but i could be wrong. Can you post a pic.
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You can still see everything on the screen its just that theirs lines on it but I will have to take a picture from another phone because I dont have a camera... I can do that later on today.
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the front panel only ?
i was looking at ebay and i found this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LCD-Touch-S...985?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4169ade3e1
is it possible to replace the front panel only of the screen ?
i honestly do NOT want to change the screen it self. as its dead pixel free, blotches free "those blank inks u can see on dark backgrounds when the the lights are off etc"
what are my options ? and yeah i get the screen protector option. i mean as a replacment.
its not a really big scratch or anything. its very tiny on the white side of the front face area
I wouldn't even bother mate. Personally I'm of the opinion that once my phone has a scratch or two, or a ding in the casing I'm less precious about it and can get on with life. A tiny scratch isn't going to change your life. Wrecking your phone trying to replace the glass might just give you a bad headache though :banghead:
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I have one litle scratch too mate!
I don't mind though...(my S1 was wayyy more durable than the S3... )
When a few more stack up and it starts bothering me then i'll change the front glass and get a proper screen protector...
maybe you two are right. but i just want to know if its possible to change the front screen without changing the inside screen just like the link mentioned.
like is there a tutorial etc. ?
ll_l_x_l_ll said:
maybe you two are right. but i just want to know if its possible to change the front screen without changing the inside screen just like the link mentioned.
like is there a tutorial etc. ?
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it is possible, but extremely difficult. You are more likely to end up breaking than fixing.
ll_l_x_l_ll said:
maybe you two are right. but i just want to know if its possible to change the front screen without changing the inside screen just like the link mentioned.
like is there a tutorial etc. ?
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Yes its possible. There are a few guys in this forum who have posted full videos. Be prepared to squirm like a worm when you see it done. Scary stuff. A true test of patience. HIGH RISK though of wrecking the amoled layer. Good luck.:good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890708 , so what its a scratch :/
It doesn't really bother me because I think it's just the way the screen is but if someone else could confirm that would be great.
When you hold your Nexus 7 in portrait mode and angle it so you're looking down or up on it even the slightest bit, you can see subtle horizontal lines. These lines are only invisible if you're looking at it dead/straight on.
Normal? Looks almost like scanlines. If other people have this I'm just going to assume this is the way the screen is manufactured.
That is probably the digitizer for touch sensing
killa12222 said:
That is probably the digitizer for touch sensing
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I don't know about that. It actually looks like the edges of specific pixels. I think I've seen the digitizer lines you're referring to, I've seen lines cut into the glass criss-crossing but you only see them when you shine a light on the screen and the line are in the glass. This is not the case here, these lines are on the pixels of the screen and they're visible without shining a light on the screen.
Can you take a picture? As far as I know digitizer looks like very small dot not line.
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ucubz said:
Can you take a picture? As far as I know digitizer looks like very small dot not line.
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I don't have a camera that can capture this I think. It's visible with an eye but a camera will just muddle the details of the pixels.
It's really unmistakeable with the eyes. Look at an app icon with the screen dead in front of you in portrait, then tilt the device either a little down or a little up and the app icon will have something that looks like lines running through it. The whole screen should have lines running through it horizontally. Nobody else has that?
EDIT: I think this is why.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nexus-7-test-jelly-bean,3249-5.html
Look at the pixel arrangement, those black gaps are what I think I'm seeing. Of course they look huge and black on a microscopic level but with my eye on a macroscopic level they look like subtle lines that are only visible in certain angles. So if this is true, everyone should be seeing these lines when they tilt the screens up and down? Either that or my screen is jacked up.
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I don't have a camera that can capture this I think. It's visible with an eye but a camera will just muddle the details of the pixels.
It's really unmistakeable with the eyes. Look at an app icon with the screen dead in front of you in portrait, then tilt the device either a little down or a little up and the app icon will have something that looks like lines running through it. The whole screen should have lines running through it horizontally. Nobody else has that?
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I see the same lines at particular angles. Is this normal or not?
This is not about the tiny silver dots you can see in certain angles when there is glare on the screen. I sold my 8gb Nexus 4 and bought a 16Gb but the new phone that just arrived has a bunch of vertical lines with 3 small horizontal lines which I assume is the digitizer and it is a self capacitance circuit. The problem is that it is visible ALL the time, from every angle even in dark rooms and while the screen is on. My old 8Gb did not have this problem (just the silver dots), is this enough for an RMA? I'm trying to get used to it but it is really distracting. Here are some pictures:
I would RMA that, that shouldn't look like that.
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Yeah, I'm going to call google and see what they say. Sucks though, the screen had great colors, FAST binned, and running stock got me a score of 19k in Antutu.
I can see that on mine too, it's the LCD matrix. Was similar on my One X as well before I sold it. Doesn't bother me one bit
It's the digitizer. Nothing to worry about.
However, i don't see them when the screen is on.
Nuu~ said:
It's the digitizer. Nothing to worry about.
However, i don't see them when the screen is on.
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I can see it if its a dark sceen, like if I pull down the notifications bar. What kills me is that my old rev10 Nexus 4 doesn't have that.
I emailed Google the picures of the screen and they said that it was defective and setup an RMA. Just wanted to post the result in case anybody has something similar. Thanks everybody.
I have that too, but it doesn't bother me since I only see it on some angles with the screen off. Apparently, from what I understood, it is actually a sign that you have a newer type display without the 'washed out colors' issue.
Please post pics of your replacement N4 when you get it to see if it is any different (I'm somewhat sceptical), since I think many people have this issue.
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I have that too, but it doesn't bother me since I only see it on some angles with the screen off. Apparently, from what I understood, it is actually a sign that you have a newer type display without the 'washed out colors' issue.
Please post pics of your replacement N4 when you get it to see if it is any different (I'm somewhat sceptical), since I think many people have this issue.
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The replacement hasn't shipped yet, will let you know when I get it but this is most certainly a defective screen, the two phones side by side in the first post are both rev11 301k and both arrived about a week apart in february. One has the digitizer marks that are barely visible, only from certain angles(doesnt even show up in the pictures) and when the screen is off, the other one I can see them from 4 feet away. I have to agree on the colors though, the 301k has much better colors compared to my old 211k.
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I have that too, but it doesn't bother me since I only see it on some angles with the screen off. Apparently, from what I understood, it is actually a sign that you have a newer type display without the 'washed out colors' issue.
Please post pics of your replacement N4 when you get it to see if it is any different (I'm somewhat sceptical), since I think many people have this issue.
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Replacement just arrived, the digitizer is MUCH less visible. See pic attached.
My friend recently dropped his nexus 4 and apart form there being massive cracks on the screen, the touchscreen wouldn't work because of the broken digitizer. He did not want to send it off to LG because of the high costs and the long waiting time. We went to a local phone repair shop and were assured an original LG screen would be fitted.
So, the next day we go to collect the phone and here are a few differences between my nexus 4 (untouched) and my friends newly repaired one:
- When screen is off there is a blueish tint to his screen.
- Vertical and horizontal lines are visible when staring at it with in a bright environment.
- The digitizer would not respond at one point and we had to hold the power key until it rebooted.
Now, I'm assuming that this is not the original screen for this phone and is probably a copy. what i am looking for is a screen testing application that i can install and run on both of the nexus devices that can give me figures which i can use to compare both of the screens side by side to see how much of a difference there really is.
Thanks in advance.
There are always differences between original lcds. Some Chinese lcds are even better than originals. If there is no problem when the screen is on and all colors appear OK with no strange tints of any color, I think your friend's lcd is fine. There are some hardware testing applications (or you can just use a painting application as well), with which you just draw thin lines so that you can see if there are any dead areas on the digitizer.
Are you sure the screen was changed and not only the digitizer? If only the digitizer is changed I don't believe they put this loca glue between the new digitizer and the lcd. That can cause some touch issues on the n4, but usually everything works well. Sorry for my English.
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Sp_Ark said:
There are always differences between original lcds. Some Chinese lcds are even better than originals. If there is no problem when the screen is on and all colors appear OK with no strange tints of any color, I think your friend's lcd is fine. There are some hardware testing applications (or you can just use a painting application as well), with which you just draw thin lines so that you can see if there are any dead areas on the digitizer.
Are you sure the screen was changed and not only the digitizer? If only the digitizer is changed I don't believe they put this loca glue between the new digitizer and the lcd. That can cause some touch issues on the n4, but usually everything works well. Sorry for my English.
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The whole front side was changed including the LCD and the digitizer, even the notification light is different. The screen is fine although i can see that the colours are much cooler and have a blueish tint. I need an application to test if the screen has the the same PPI and responsiveness. As you said above, hardware testing applications.
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The whole front side was changed including the LCD and the digitizer, even the notification light is different. The screen is fine although i can see that the colours are much cooler and have a blueish tint. I need an application to test if the screen has the the same PPI and responsiveness. As you said above, hardware testing applications.
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There are a lot of lcd and hardware testing applications but i dont think you ll find one that does what you want. I may be wrong though. Usually they just show all the colours so you can check if all of them appear correctly and identify any dead or stuck pixels. Also the touch response and the multi touch. Thats it. I dont think you ll get any more info for any screen from an app. This is a good example https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.harvestcellular.lcdscreentester&hl=en
As i said @ my first post, you can find big colour differences even between original nexus 4s. You can always root and flash a kernel with which you can "play" with the colour profiles. I have changed lcd's for the n4 and had this kinda blue/cool/washed out colours tint. It was solved with the colour profile obsanity amoled, while didn't like the same colour profile on lcd's that i changed without any kind of tint. Search here for n4 colour profiles. There are a lot of apps on play store with which you can control colours. My best experience is ak kernel with synapse apk.
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There are a lot of lcd and hardware testing applications but i dont think you ll find one that does what you want. I may be wrong though. Usually they just show all the colours so you can check if all of them appear correctly and identify any dead or stuck pixels. Also the touch response and the multi touch. Thats it. I dont think you ll get any more info for any screen from an app. As i said @ my first post, you can find big colour differences even between original nexus 4s. You can always root and flash a kernel with which you can "play" with the colour profiles. I have changed lcd's for the n4 and had this kinda blue/cool/washed out colours tint. It was solved with the colour profile obsanity amoled, while didn't like the same colour profile on lcd's that i changed without any kind of tint. Search here for n4 colour profiles. There are a lot of apps on play store with which you can control colours. My best experience is ak kernel with synapse apk.
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Thank you for your suggestion. I will definitely try the colour profile.
I have these 2 very light yellow areas on my screen.
Here's the interesting part, they don't show up on screen shots. They also appear to be getting brighter.
A new screen is probably the only fix. But I'm curious of the cause. Any ideas?
I have included a sample of the issue.
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I have these 2 very light yellow areas on my screen.
Here's the interesting part, they don't show up on screen shots. They also appear to be getting brighter.
A new screen is probably the only fix. But I'm curious of the cause. Any ideas?
I have included a sample of the issue.
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Did you draw that in paint on a screenshot or take a picture of your phone?
If they are hot spots (bright white dots) then they are part of the screen and a new screen is the only issue.
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I have these 2 very light yellow areas on my screen.
Here's the interesting part, they don't show up on screen shots. They also appear to be getting brighter.
A new screen is probably the only fix. But I'm curious of the cause. Any ideas?
I have included a sample of the issue.
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My first buy had similar problems. I exchanged in a store for another.
There were lots of defective screens in Poland.
Factory reset can help for few days.
First one:
Spencervb256 said:
Did you draw that in paint on a screenshot or take a picture of your phone?
If they are hot spots (bright white dots) then they are part of the screen and a new screen is the only issue.
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I drew that because they do not appear on screen shots. Could the color be between the LCD and the digitizer?
randalgibbons said:
I drew that because they do not appear on screen shots. Could the color be between the LCD and the digitizer?
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The colour is because of a ****ty screen. @acejavelin mentioned in another thread that they are caused by compression for some reason. Don't know how that happens. Like @dzidexx said another screen is the only thing which can solve it. Or deal with it, I do not know how bad it is sorry
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I drew that because they do not appear on screen shots. Could the color be between the LCD and the digitizer?
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Defect rather looks like "Lights behind the closed door".
Do a black photo or jpg file. Look at it with different levels of brightness.
Sometimes it can be observed with other colours.
More photos of defected screens(not mine):
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Defect rather looks like "Lights behind the closed door".
Do a black photo or jpg file. Look at it with different levels of brightness.
Sometimes it can be observed with other colours.
More photos of defected screens(not mine):
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The last two pics are it exactly. Even though its a little annoying, I still love this phone!! Its the only issue I've had and I use it a lot. For everything. Between flashing, modding and every one of my boot animations has been made on this beast!
And thanks for all the input on this issue everyone.
And sorry to all those who suffer as I do with this affliction. Just kidding.
It's happening to me too. It's starting from the top right
DiegoMarinDiego said:
It's happening to me too. It's starting from the top right
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Hardware !! Read the thread and you'll see it has been made clear it is hardware.
I have the same issue. If I press on the bezel next to the yellow area with my fingers the colors go back to normal until I release. Could this be caused by the screws inside being too tight?
I would disassemble my phone and try to unscrew them a bit but since the back cover is glued I'd rather not unless I'm sure that's it.
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Hardware !! Read the thread and you'll see it has been made clear it is hardware.
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Congrats for pointing the obvious! You get 100 internet points :good:
DiegoMarinDiego said:
Congrats for pointing the obvious! You get 100 internet points :good:
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Sorry man I just didn't see the point of you stating it was happening to you when it didn't help diagnose the issue and it had already been said what the issue was.
Had the same thing with my phone and now with my laptop. Maybe I'm lucky
dgadelha said:
Had the same thing with my phone and now with my laptop. Maybe I'm lucky
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this is pretty typical for most lower quality lcd panels