My friend is getting a new phone sometime this week. He currently has a Droid X, and told me he'd be willing to sell it to me for about 50 bucks. This includes the phone, charger, battery and extended battery. The only real problem other than a few minor nicks or dings in the case is the screen. He said he dropped it and the LCD appears to have bled or something. On the lower right corner there's a black spot with some discoloration around it, maybe about 1/4-1/2 inches in diameter. The touch sensitivity is fine, no dead spots. It's just the black on the screen. So, I have a few questions.
1.) Would a replacement screen be just fine? I've found this: http://www.amazon.com/Screen-Displa...N33K/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1326745234&sr=8-2. Would that be fine or would I need the digitizer as well? The glass is fine, no cracks or anything.
2.) Would replacing the screen be too much of a hassle? The touch screen functionality is completely fine. I used it myself. No problems whatsoever, except for the black spot. I'd really like a completely working display, though.
3.) I've looked into rooting it (which I would definitely do if I got a hold of it), and I've read there's problems with the latest software, which he has. How easy is this to root and install roms?
4.) Is this worth it? I have an upgrade in May, and an Eris now, so this would be really nice to hold me off until my upgrade. But is the time/extra screen worth it? At $75 total investment it doesn't seem too bad. Or should I just look the other way and not even bother with this?
Thanks in advance for any help or insight you guys might have.
You would just need a new LCD.
Replacing an LCD screen can be intimidating for someone who has never done it or anything like it. There are videos you can watch that will take you step-by-step, though.
There are no problems whatsoever with rooting the device. The latest firmware can be rooted in about eight minutes or less.
Whether it's worth it or not is up to you. My Droid X has two of those spots and it doesn't bother. I can say that the Droid X will give you plenty of roms to try out, and if you do successfully replace the LCD, the phone's resell value will be ~$120.
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I've watched a few videos on how to do it and it doesn't seem too bad. I feel I could do it.
Thanks so much for your input. I believe I'm gonna get it then. So, hopefully by the end of this week I'll own a Droid X. Even if I don't replace the screen it'll be a huge upgrade over my Eris haha
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Mine was doing the same thing its dead pixels in the display. I took mine to verizon and they replaced mine for free next day air!
I replaced the LCD on my DX myself using a youtube video, the only thing you need is a Torx wrench set and plastic pry tool. I thought it was totally manageable but my only caution is watch out for certain screws that hold the screen itself in. On my DX they were overtightened by the factory resulting in stripping. I had to take a special pair of pliers to loose and remove them.
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I some how managed to break my phone's LCD screen. Not sure how it happened... I swear. I called T-Mobile hoping for a replacement and as expected they courteously asked me go F#%K myself. It's almost a new phone so I'm not willing to give up on it.
So now, I'm looking for a way to fix it. First, I want to know where I can find a compatible LCD screen for a descent price. The once I've come across so far are more than $100. And second, instructions on how to replace the screen.
Any help with this will be truly appreciated.
Thanks!
Anyone ever figure out the replacement process? My daughter broke hers yesterday.
Thanks
when you order a screen..it should come with tools.
you use those to remove the housing..
then you basically unplug the old LCD touch display and plug in the new one..
i think.
I saw the higher priced lcd's on ebay that included tools & instructions. I basically have the tools I need. I would just like to have the instructions and an lcd. Wny are things like this so hard to find nowadays.
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I saw the higher priced lcd's on ebay that included tools & instructions. I basically have the tools I need. I would just like to have the instructions and an lcd. Wny are things like this so hard to find nowadays.
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I have the instruction on how to do replacement for LCD (t-mobile wing) only to take out screws and if your not aware of every detailed of what your doing your probably end up killing your WING
Go on ebay and look for a ebay seller by the name of lcd4pda. I talked to him in email about the lcd screen, he has the tmobile wing lcd in stock with tools and instructions. 65.00 to 85 bux to get one and it comes with the digitaltizer on it which my wing has a hole in the digitalizer and i have to order a new lcd, hes my best bet.
New LCD, still not working
I dropped my Wing a week ago and it seemed fine. Put it in my pocket and then took it out a couple hours later and the screen had about 4 cracks in it. I assumed it was because I had dropped it earlier. The screen was white except for some blue areas where the cracking was most severe.
I ordered a brand new replacement LCD screen on ebay and just finished installing it. To my utter dismay the screen is still completely white!! It seems to respond to my touch (it goes brighter when I touch it), and it turns on and off w/ the power switch, but there is nothing but white on the screen.
Is it possible I got the connection loose when I installed it? Or is it likely there's something else wrong with my phone? Thanks in advance for any help.
It's probably a bad connection. Did you ever think you'd have to go through so much disassembly to replace the screen? Just so everyone knows, lcd4pda is legit.
Edit: Shipping was extremely high ($16.99). The location on eBay is shown as Canada but, it comes from Virginia. via First Class. I checked shipping to my location on the USPS site. It only cost $1.98. The package weight is 6oz.
Tell me about it! I had to practically start taking photographs to remember where all of the pieces and screws went. I dropped one of the screws on the ground and it took me 10 minutes to find . I'll disassemble again later tonight and refit all of the connections to see if that makes a difference. I sure hope so.
For those replacing their screens, the service manual:
http://www.modaco.com/content/Pocke...58716/HTC-Service-Manuals-Dismantling-Guides/
has a good set of instructions on how to disassemble the Wing. The hardest part is when you have to use a credit card or something similar to unseat the keyboard. You actually have to insert the card or other plastic tool between the edge of the keyboard and the edge of the phone. The pictures confused me because it seemed like I was supposed to insert the card flat into the side of the phone but really, if your phone is sitting on top of the table, you actually insert the card DOWN into this small space.
Also, for those that are new to removing the connections that are in the phone (like I was), there is usually some tape that you have to first remove before you can unhook the connection.
It worked! The connection from the screen to the phone, the one underneath the RF board, wasn't pushed in quite far enough. I reseated it and voila! I now have a working phone again that can not only receive calls but can make them now!
Now that I know it works, I can also recommend seller superpc168 on ebay. $49.75 for the screen and I spent $15 for 2-day UPS shipping.
Thanks cracula. Just ordered a screen on ebay. Hopefully I should be able to fix my phone.
still have white screen.
does anyone know what i can do to fix that. i tried reseating everything but it seems to still have the white screen. any help will be appreciated.
Replacement Wing Lcd
I got a Replacement LCD for my WING for $55 at WWW.HTCLCD.COM
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The weirdest thing!
I found the manual through various places including here on the site. With the manual every thing went fine. EXCEPT THAT NOW THE MAJORITY OF THE KEYBOARD BUTTONS AREN'T WORKING. It must be a faulty connection on my part of course. I'm gonna give it another shot tonight and see if it works a gain. I found the screen on the fonlogix site(blackberry8100parts.com).
Broken lcd tmobile wing
i just had my wing lcd screen fixed but by someone who doesn't work for tmobile he fixes phones and installs iphone programs on them also.. He charged me $100 to fix my lcd screen, tmobile wanted between $150 to $250 to fix it i told tmobile screw it i'll find somwhere and i did.. If you can find an outside source to fix your phone do so..
i broke my screen on my tmobile wing a while back.....was taking a 7 hour drive and the phone was sitting on the passenger seat in the sun for a few hours, later on that evening i picked it up and noticed i had a nice big crack on the screen from top to bottom somehow
called tmobile, they told me i had been paying the insurance they gave me the phone # to the insurance people, called them....paid a $100 deductible and got a brand new replacement wing
never thought i'd use the insurance, glad it came handy!
if its under warrenty dont tell them its broken say its a bloack screen theyll send you a new one and they will charge you once you send it back 100 dlrs for out of warrenty thats not bad for another phone wing
https://blackberry8100parts.3dcarts...ment-LCD-W-Touch-Screen-Digitizer_p_6-69.html
only $55. they sent me the screen but i had to remind them... a bit slow (nearly 5 days to process the order) but it is good and they provide instructions
https://blackberry8100parts.3dcartstores.com/LCD-Installation-instructions_ep_29.html
Screen Replacement Services
Another option, especially for those not comfortable with tearing apart small electronics, is to have the phone repaired by a professional. I actually own a small company called Jet City Devices that can replace the screen on your T-Mobile Wing. The cost is a lot lower than a new phone and you'll have your phone back - with all of the data in tact - in under a week.
Just an option for those that don't want to spend their time trying to figure out how to fix their Wing themselves.
So I contacted sprint about a dead pixel a long time ago, and they told me to wait until it gets back in stock on the website to get a replacement. The thirty days pass and no stock, so I contact sprint and they say I should have gone through tech to get a replacement. I do this, and I get sent the refurb replacement.
I guess I was kinda lucky, I got a 003 epson screen (I'm coming from Novatec) that's still on 2.1, so I can still root. There's the smallest thing underneath my menu and back buttons, it's almost like a scratch in the black stuff three, and a tiny bit of light leaks through. Hard to see if thee phones not st the right angle. The phone seems a little off though, and I noticed the back battery cover and the small surround around the phone are a different color, like graphite compared to the black. Here's a picture of what I'm talking about:
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Doesn't show too well in the picture, but in person it's fairly different, it looks like a metallic paint or something compared to the flat black. It does feel a little bit less rubbery too.
The little scratch on the bottom is almost enough to make me want to seek out another replacement, comparing it to the tiny dead pixel I had it seems like I went through so much hassle to get something else that is just equally as annoying for such an expensive phone.
I'd be hard pressed to be able to get another 003 that's rootable, though root may be coming to froyo in the future I suppose.
Other differences with the refurb:
Inside the battery cover there are markings for XD-01 everywhere, on my old phone they all said XD-01 and the number 100507 followed it. The number 100507 isn't on the refurb phone anywhere.
There is a refurb sticker that says VTO 07/22/10 on it
Hard to distinguish colors in that picture, one back has light reflecting off of it, the other doesn't.
As for the scratch, it's a refurb right? Not much to comment on that one I think.
Edit: Do you still have both phones? Could you take the screen of the new phone and install it into the old phone?
I'm not so sure I'd want to do a screen transplant, I figure that's how the scratch got there in the first place...and my old screen has a dead pixel. Maybe I could just change the glass?
Yeah here's another pic, altho it's still hard to tell.
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Hey guys, I have had this phone since August of 2010 and personally its really nostalgic, in all reality I prefer it over my Galaxy S, Especially for the Slideout keyboard and seems to have better ROM support :/ But around November 2011 the screen would spaz out not respond and just not turn on. Sometimes it would but so dark it was nearly impossible to see it. I'm not sure if the screen is dead I haven't used it since November when I got my Galaxy S. If the screen is dead, is there any type of repair service? or a way to buy a top half for the screen and replace it?
Look on Ebay, there are lots of these phones for cheap.
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Sounds like a loose connection on the cable for the screen. I had the same problem with mine. I'm still using this phone now. Free fix if you can figure out how to take the phone apart & basically unplug & re-plug. Be super careful though! And of course it could be a different problem.
You can buy a new one very cheap in amazon or ebay i dont think it worth to repair
Not sure it's the right place to post this, I replaced the digitizer in my old MT3GS (cracked in my pocket), and ever since, Ive have the screen-spazzing issue as well - wasn't my first time replacing a screen, either. For me, the solution _every time_ has been hit the power button to lock the screen, hit it again to get back to what I was doing... Never had to totally power down to fix the spaz :\
If it'd interest you at all, I'd be willing to send you the phone, charger brick, (and the metal case if I can find the damn thing) for $50+ship - thats what I paid for the new digitizer... If you have better troubleshooting skills than I do, good on you, because I've torn this one down and put back together again at least 2 or 3 times since replacing the digitizer, and can't find a single loose connection - maybe you'll have better luck than me?
Thanks
L4T
I called a repair shop I found on craigslist and they mentioned it's more than likely the flex cable, not the lcd screen or glass digitizer. These phones' cables go through lots of wear due to the sliding mechanism. They gave me a 70 dollar estimate, so I just don't slide my phone out anymore to prevent the screen from spazzing out or blacking out for good (it happened to a friend of mine's MTS3g). I've also seen the cable for sale online on ebay or repairsuniverse but I'd rather wait for my full upgrade than invest in it AND risk not fixing it.
I really wanna use this phone again, the slide mechanism is so worn on it you can feel it its kinda tough to do its not springy like it was outta the box, also on ebay these phones still run close to 200 dollars, I would take it apart, as its out of warranty anyways, but I don't have the proper tools to do so, like the mini philips head and the tiny socket wrench. And I hear it is most likely the flex cable but as I said I can't access it.
Hello,
I just rooted my NST successfully with Touchnooter. After I used it a few minutes (about 5 mins), I found a black spot in the middle of my screen which won't go away.
It's everytime there, no matter what I do, even if it's off I can see the spot.
Powering the nook off and on again doesn't help.
Since I imported it, I can't replace it. That's what makes me really, really sad. Is there any way to fix this stucked spot?
Send the picture. It may help understand what is happening.
I'll do a picture if I'm at home.
After I used ADW Launcher and opened the App Drawer (where I slided from left, to right, etc. to look for the app i was searching), I got a stuck pixel (the e ink display doesn't have pixels? that's why i called it ink spot or stuck spot).
It looks like a dead pixel which is black all the time, even if my nook is off.
There have been a few reports of dead pixels.
I heard that somebody got an exchange because of it.
I doubt that anything you did with rooting caused this.
There are multiple "pearls" or blobs per pixels. See this microphotograph:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pamoroso/5407255967/in/photostream/lightbox/
I don't think that you are seeing a single pearl getting stuck.
It seems to me that the problem must be electrical.
If it were me, I might try just for the heck of it to see if it could get "unstuck".
I'd try some full-page black white transitions, but I wouldn't hope too much.
I'd go for the unrooting path. If it comes back to original state, re-root again and check if the problem shows up again.
Forcing a black screen and coming back should work (sort of a screen reset), maybe a screen check program would do the trick (look for it in the market).
I already did use my backup, but that didn't help, sadly. It seems to me, that this pixel is burned in the screen now.
I also used a whole dark screen because I also hoped to reset this pixel, this was also not working.
Aww, it's driving me nuts. Is there really an app in the market that could help me? Because dead pixel at an e ink device aren't that normal. Oh well, so sad. And I paid 200€ for it + 1 cover + 1 light because of the import, now that. T_T
Thanks for your replies, apeine.
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I paid 200€ for it
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Yow! They were selling refurbished ones on eBay for $65.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Barnes-Noble-Nook-Simple-Touch-2GB-Wi-Fi-6in-Black-/300688948315?afsrc=1
Hmm, well they seem to be $79 now.
So, nobody knows a fix? T_T
like already said thi is a hardware issue..
it happens if you root or even if you root not..
its like you said a dead pixel.(on a TFT its not that bad because there are more pixel)
use the support(remove the root before)
thats the problem with a importet divice
its not cheap incase of an supportcase
As much as I like the Nook Simple Touch's general design, I have to say gross light diffuse!!! One day of use, extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely extremely careful on the screen. Now I have a white spot (when Glowlight is on) and black spot (noticeable on white background). Come on B&N! I really liked Nook (still do), but going with new Nook Glowlight (2013) is not an option for me at all. Up to now, no eReader can come close to the lovely Kindle Keyboard. It's like Windows XP of Microsoft products! :laugh:
P.S. I guess the black spot occurred because of rooting, if not just because of bad design of NSTwG.
The black spot was definitely unrelated to rooting. The fragility of the light diffuser film is a very well known issue since day one. When the glowlight first came out bloggers posted pictures of their damaged bright spots. Though of course B&N never admits anyvsuch thing on their web site, so people just keep unwittingly damaging them. Get a replacement and use a case that protects the screen at least when not reading. I use a Speck case that has a formed shell that snaps onto the back and a hard book cover front. The whole thing is covered in fake leather. The inside of the screen cover is velvet-ish. I damaged mine too when I first got it. I was extremely careful too. Since then I use the case religiously and I know not to let anything touch that screen at all not even casually. Just my fingers. Since then no problems. I agree it is a bad design to be so delicate and bad policy and bad customer treatment not to warn you about it.
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The black spot was definitely unrelated to rooting. The fragility of the light diffuser film is a very well known issue since day one. When the glowlight first came out bloggers posted pictures of their damaged bright spots. Though of course B&N never admits anyvsuch thing on their web site, so people just keep unwittingly damaging them. Get a replacement and use a case that protects the screen at least when not reading. I use a Speck case that has a formed shell that snaps onto the back and a hard book cover front. The whole thing is covered in fake leather. The inside of the screen cover is velvet-ish. I damaged mine too when I first got it. I was extremely careful too. Since then I use the case religiously and I know not to let anything touch that screen at all not even casually. Just my fingers. Since then no problems. I agree it is a bad design to be so delicate and bad policy and bad customer treatment not to warn you about it.
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Thanks! yes I was aware of these issues right off the bat, but bought one as my 2nd eReader. Believe it or not, after this happening, I'm just more in love of my K3. It's just such a sturdy beast! Best of all readers, for me it even defeats Paperwhite or what not. It gets beaten around in my backbag etc. and I've had it for several years now. No wear. Handsome as first day.
My plan was to make this my main eReader, but now I can't fully trust it, so it'd still be my night time reader. Now my plan: get a case, be even more careful... and cherish K3.
Edit: Well, I have to say that the black spot is extremely small, like 1 pixel. You have to really look close to notice it. The white spot is even smaller and just noticeable in Glowlight and from one direction! From 3 other directions, it's not noticeable at all. With this, I realized: 1. The device had been like this since I got it in mail. 2. Rooting has nothing to do with these issues.
I still love my NSTwG though.
The screen section is about 0.5 millimeters above the section of the screen the "n" button is on and now the case on top off each is bending and seperating from the bottom. Its bending the dark gary upper casing. Everything else works fine and I am running CM9 May 23rd Nightly build. I am not the best with hardware and dont want to break this device so I am airing on the side of caution.
To take her apart Google “Nook Tablet Teardown Ifixit”
It took me a few minutes to analyze your problem. I just took apart a Color I got yesterday to repair, but I could not imagine what would cause the LCD to push up. Then it dawned on me. I’ve seen this in an iPhone. The battery sometimes when it goes bad inflates like a balloon. I believe that you need to get a new battery. You can get one on eBay cheap and put it in yourself. If the Color is under warrantee, return it to have them replace the battery.
Tnk you ry much for taking your time to help me find the source of the problem. I got a replacement for that replacement on 05/20/2012. Then that one had the same problem so I got the replacement's, replacement, replaced by a new device (not certified preowned) and a $25 gift certificate for my troubles. I doud that tha many devices were having the same deffect. Thanks for your help anyway! I will keep this in mind though incase I see it again.
For your trouble you get a big THANK YOU and a thumbs up!