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HTC G1 Screen cracked (digitizer) - G1 Parts order

Hi,
I'm new to this forum so i'd like to say hello to everybody first
I have a g1 with the screen cracked. When I say the screen is cracked I mean that upper glass area; The lcd does not seem to be cracked in any way so there is no bleeding at all. Touch still works very well even in the cracked area.
I seem to have come across only 1 ebay auction that was selling a digitizer and everywere is absurdly expensive to buy. Any ideas where i can find one ? At 189$ i'm half way to buying a new phone tbh.
Also I saw in this forum that some people had the same problem and people told them that they would need to replace both lcd AND digitizer, however i clearly saw in the htc dream service manual that they are two separate parts with separate part numbers. Is there some particular reason for this ?
Just to clarify, can any tell me the order in which components are placed in the htc g1 ? Im assuming they are as follows:
Touch Screen Digitizer
LCD Screen
cover and hinge
in that order..Am I right in my assumption ?
Thanks,
Mewt

Bump. I would like to know as well.

Check it out:
This listing just got put up on eBay today. This guy has 50 digitizers for sale:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230336383436

If you are sure the LCD is intact, you should just buy the Digitizer. The LCD can easily be seen by opening up the phone.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-T-MOBILE-GO...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:1|293:1|294:50

I can confirm you can replace the digitizer WITHOUT replacing the lcd.
I just did it. A car ran over my G1 a while ago and I've been lurking on ebay ever since waiting for digitizers to be listed. With a new digitizer, a Torx screwdriver and about an hour I have just replaced the broken one and the new one works perfectly.
Of course that also means I now have a spare G1 since I bought another one in case I couldn't get a replacement.

I will be doing the same shortly.
Actually this is the best price I have found on a digitizer
http://www.perfectesell.com/gog1glscdico.html
Any tips on replacing the part? Does the phone have to come completely apart?

I can't buy from that buyer as he doesn't ship to Malta but thanks, now I know what I need to look for and will be doing so. Hope I can get my g1 working well again...I just hate trying to read messages with cracks in them
Thanks all for your replies

Its quite fiddly but as long as you have the manual you should be okay.
There's a few things tho. Page 23 doesn't really show you how to disconnect the camera very well. On the underside of the main board there is a connector like the one for the screen. It is released by flipping the paddle lever think 90 degrees down. Otherwise the camera connector gets pulled out when you remove the mainboard.
It should go without saying you don't need to disassemble the bottom "chin" part when you remove it. Oh and page 24 has an error, those aren't the 2 screws you need to remove, its 2 long ones, one is in the top right of that picture on page 24 the other is to the right of the one circled.

Mr_dev said:
Its quite fiddly but as long as you have the manual you should be okay.
There's a few things tho. Page 23 doesn't really show you how to disconnect the camera very well. On the underside of the main board there is a connector like the one for the screen. It is released by flipping the paddle lever think 90 degrees down. Otherwise the camera connector gets pulled out when you remove the mainboard.
It should go without saying you don't need to disassemble the bottom "chin" part when you remove it. Oh and page 24 has an error, those aren't the 2 screws you need to remove, its 2 long ones, one is in the top right of that picture on page 24 the other is to the right of the one circled.
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hey would you say the average person would be able to change the digitizer or do you have to be a handy man.. taking anybodys replys ONLY if you''ve done it

Well I guess I am the average person but then I've taken many a pc and laptop apart and put it back together again so maybe not...
There's nothing that requires great skill in it. As long as you're gentle, patient and careful (taking apart a G1 is like making love to a beautiful woman...). Keep track of what screws came from where and don't try and force anything.
Remember you need some torx head screwdrivers. but you can get these on ebay for very little.
I have to admit I feel a bit smug when I see forum posts from people who advise you sent it back to T-Mo and pay a $100+ excess for them to do it. As if!

Ah, my screen is just gently scratched, but it's annoying sometimes. I might look at into this if it gets any worse.
Just looking at the back of the screen when the G1 is open, it looks like I'd have to take the whole phone apart...are there guides I can look at?

Here is some sites that helped me out.
This is an easy to ready explanation to what you are looking at.
http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=T-Mobile_G1
This is where I found the service manual a while back
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/18/dissect-your-t-mobile-g1-with-the-htc-dream-service-manual.html
This was where you can find the digitizer. (I dunno which one it is... but I think its the clearpad) only thing I could not find a match on part numbers anywhere
http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/products
And this is the address and Houston local number for HTC America. (i didnt check the number so i'm 72.34763% sure its right(just do a little social engineering to get to where you need to be.) )
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&i...-95.551229&spn=0.009187,0.015986&z=16&iwloc=A

same boat here. cracked digitizer. seems like the g1 is the only phone, for which you can't buy one.

Mr_dev said:
Well I guess I am the average person but then I've taken many a pc and laptop apart and put it back together again so maybe not...
There's nothing that requires great skill in it. As long as you're gentle, patient and careful (taking apart a G1 is like making love to a beautiful woman...). Keep track of what screws came from where and don't try and force anything.
Remember you need some torx head screwdrivers. but you can get these on ebay for very little.
I have to admit I feel a bit smug when I see forum posts from people who advise you sent it back to T-Mo and pay a $100+ excess for them to do it. As if!
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hey i have a question i replace my digitizer but now the bottom part of the touch screen... closest to the menu button doesnt work. what do you think can be wrong

Pull it apart again using the service guide section 2.2.3 and make sure all connections have complete contact. If something is not sitting right the circuit may not be ringing out correctly. Once you have gone through all the steps 2.3.2(lcm assembly) and everything looks connected properly, assemble, reboot and test. If it is not fixed you may have a bad digitizer I'm hoping for the fact that most of your screen is working its just a connection problem.

Mr_dev said:
Its quite fiddly but as long as you have the manual you should be okay.
There's a few things tho. Page 23 doesn't really show you how to disconnect the camera very well. On the underside of the main board there is a connector like the one for the screen. It is released by flipping the paddle lever think 90 degrees down. Otherwise the camera connector gets pulled out when you remove the mainboard.
It should go without saying you don't need to disassemble the bottom "chin" part when you remove it. Oh and page 24 has an error, those aren't the 2 screws you need to remove, its 2 long ones, one is in the top right of that picture on page 24 the other is to the right of the one circled.
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When you reassembled what did you do about the tape and gaskets? Were you able to buy new or did you use something else? Thanks!
Matt

s02mike said:
Here is some sites that helped me out.
This is an easy to ready explanation to what you are looking at.
http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/index.php?title=T-Mobile_G1
This is where I found the service manual a while back
http://www.intomobile.com/2008/12/18/dissect-your-t-mobile-g1-with-the-htc-dream-service-manual.html
This was where you can find the digitizer. (I dunno which one it is... but I think its the clearpad) only thing I could not find a match on part numbers anywhere
http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/products
And this is the address and Houston local number for HTC America. (i didnt check the number so i'm 72.34763% sure its right(just do a little social engineering to get to where you need to be.) )
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&i...-95.551229&spn=0.009187,0.015986&z=16&iwloc=A
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i'm willing to try replacing it myself as well and i was wondering how much your purchased your new digitizer for. would the one suggested earlier at this link: http://www.perfectesell.com/gog1glscdico.html be good? it seems a lot cheaper than other ones and i dont want to buy a faulty and cheap one that may not work as well or break. any other tips would be GREATLY appreciated. TIA!

Here's the correct page on the Perfectesell site:
http://www.perfectesell.com/htcgog1glscd.html
Same price ($65) as the ebay auction that ended.
I dunno what that $12.95 thing was... price doesn't seem right for glass, touch sensing wizardry

mattcairns said:
When you reassembled what did you do about the tape and gaskets? Were you able to buy new or did you use something else? Thanks!
Matt
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Some of the gaskets i didnt fully remove so i just place em down... and some of the tape i didnt reuse.
bloob9 said:
i'm willing to try replacing it myself as well and i was wondering how much your purchased your new digitizer for. would the one suggested earlier at this link: http://www.perfectesell.com/gog1glscdico.html be good? it seems a lot cheaper than other ones and i dont want to buy a faulty and cheap one that may not work as well or break. any other tips would be GREATLY appreciated. TIA!
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I bought my digitizer on ebay for about 25 dollars i think. then i bought the screwdrive kit for 7 dollars also

s02mike said:
Pull it apart again using the service guide section 2.2.3 and make sure all connections have complete contact. If something is not sitting right the circuit may not be ringing out correctly. Once you have gone through all the steps 2.3.2(lcm assembly) and everything looks connected properly, assemble, reboot and test. If it is not fixed you may have a bad digitizer I'm hoping for the fact that most of your screen is working its just a connection problem.
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thanx i took it apart again and that fixed it... i have 2 more problems 1 major 1 not. i dont know but i normally got 3g service in my house and now i dont what could b the problem.
second is that the screen doesnt swivel smoothy as before

digitizer replacement

hi guys,i would like some advice on replace my digitizer,as i never done one im am not sure about how to do it correctly,so,if anyone as idea on how to remove the digitizer,what tools we need,if there is any soldering work to do or anything else please reply,any information related to this will be helpfull!
Many thanks

take a look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1291974
you will open it without problems JUST you need to be gentle and do everything slow..
Replacing the digitizer is quite easy there is only one connector you need to connect..

thanks fsnelis,that's a big help allready !

You know what is the type and cost of a new digitizer?

ziuzitsu said:
You know what is the type and cost of a new digitizer?
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Just make a little research on ebay or google and you will get an idea of the prices.
Where you live for example can be a factor on the price...

Hi guys!
I just replaced my broken digitizer with one I bought on ebay, and the new one works fine.
However, the earpiece speaker does not work. Help!
Do any of you have any tips for me?
PS: I already threw away the old one when because the touchscreen seemed to work fine, so I can't just take the speaker from that.

I just bought a new digitizer off of taobao. It cost me 120 RMB ($19) and comes with a replacement front shell. When it arrives I'll install it. Good luck with your speaker, when I get mine in I'll look at the circuitry to see if I can find anything to help you.
EDIT: Replaced mine, it was pretty easy. On your speaker, did you reconnect the speaker wire correctly? Or did the wire get damaged? That's the only thing I could see that could go wrong with it.

andlea said:
Hi guys!
I just replaced my broken digitizer with one I bought on ebay, and the new one works fine.
However, the earpiece speaker does not work. Help!
Do any of you have any tips for me?
PS: I already threw away the old one when because the touchscreen seemed to work fine, so I can't just take the speaker from that.
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I have the same problem. The speaker in the new digitizer is bigger than the old one.
An image showing the differences
Does anybody know where to get a fitting digitizer/speaker?
Seems like there are no right ones on ebay...
Update:
I've contacted the seller. I will send him the part number of my digitizer (printed on the cable) and he will try to get the right one for me.
The ebay seller is 'easyworldwidetrading'. I will update this post for the folks who need this kind of digitizer.
Update 2:
My digitizer is a "TM1564" model which will be send to me now.

krothold said:
I have the same problem. The speaker in the new digitizer is bigger than the old one.
An image showing the differences
Does anybody know where to get a fitting digitizer/speaker?
Seems like there are no right ones on ebay...
Update:
I've contacted the seller. I will send him the part number of my digitizer (printed on the cable) and he will try to get the right one for me.
The ebay seller is 'easyworldwidetrading'. I will update this post for the folks who need this kind of digitizer.
Update 2:
My digitizer is a "TM1564" model which will be send to me now.
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hi, you got a link to buy?

Not really. Just had some email conversation with them/him.
The shop is called 'easyworldwidetrading' on ebay:
http://myworld.ebay.com.hk/easyworldwidetrading?ssPageName=ADME:L:OCE:1181
Haven't got the new digitizer yet. He wrote "It is OK, I will check about it and reship the TM1564 model touch screen to you, is it OK??". I am expecting to get it within the next two weeks. I will keep you updated if you want or you can write him on as I did. Maybe he will start selling the TM1564 on ebay too.

Old speaker with wrong digitizer
Hell,
i wonted to ask is it possible to use old small speaker in new digitizer replacing big speaker?
Is there any other differenc in digitizers other then speaker size?
If i take big speaker out and glue or attach small speaker in the place, can i work like that?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.

I had a look at the two digitizers and yes, I think that it is possible. If I can help you with images or anything else just send a msg to me.

krothold said:
I had a look at the two digitizers and yes, I think that it is possible. If I can help you with images or anything else just send a msg to me.
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Ok, thanks for info, i will try it and report what happens.

Hello, i have tried and it works, so you can use your old speaker instead big speaker in digitizer. I just replaced big speaker with my old small speaker and it worked. You have to center it in digitizer and put something on top of the speaker i used double layer tape otherwise speaker is too much in and it doesn't make connection.

On top? You mean towards the ear?

krothold said:
On top? You mean towards the ear?
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Yes .

ademirado said:
Hell,
i wonted to ask is it possible to use old small speaker in new digitizer replacing big speaker?
Is there any other differenc in digitizers other then speaker size?
If i take big speaker out and glue or attach small speaker in the place, can i work like that?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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You know, you don't have to replace the speaker and case. You can remove the digitizer from the case and put it in your old case with the smaller speaker.

typci said:
You know, you don't have to replace the speaker and case. You can remove the digitizer from the case and put it in your old case with the smaller speaker.
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OK, i didn't know that, thanks, i threw my old case away so for now it's good like this.

krothold said:
Not really. Just had some email conversation with them/him.
The shop is called 'easyworldwidetrading' on ebay:
http://myworld.ebay.com.hk/easyworldwidetrading?ssPageName=ADME:L:OCE:1181
Haven't got the new digitizer yet. He wrote "It is OK, I will check about it and reship the TM1564 model touch screen to you, is it OK??". I am expecting to get it within the next two weeks. I will keep you updated if you want or you can write him on as I did. Maybe he will start selling the TM1564 on ebay too.
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He could not get it. But i've found another ebay seller which offers the TM1564 touch screen.
I've just ordered it. Will keep you updated if it works.
Search for "Digitizer Touch Screen For HUAWEI Ideos X5 U8800 Front Frame Cover small speaker" on eBay.

I changed the digitizer yesterday, it was very hard!!

Re-House Your Xperia Play : Things to Know

This is going to be basically a review, not a tutorial, of what I experienced after I re housed my R800x in white and the steps I went through to get it done, I have no prior knowledge on the process, I simple "went for it" and had success.
~~ Please Note: Performing this can seriously damage your phone and if done wrong will possibly permanently destroy your device, please read everything and do everything slowly, Please understand you may attempt this at your own risk, you have been warned! ~~
For a good understanding on how to tear your Play apart and not break anything check this video out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3n5ZfkqhzE
You can find the White Housing I purchased in these 2 links
The outside of the screen (digitizer) as seen in First photo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Touch-Scree...&otn=2&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=7007674525043897251
The White Housing Top , Middle plate, Control pad plate and Back as seen in the Second and Third photos
(I have seen a cheaper one since I bought mine, but this is the one I bought)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FULL-Housin...500747?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bf9d978b
This link is another R800x thats branded Verizon but I doubt it having the service ribbon sticker (for lack of better words which comes into play later) because they dont show a back view of the Middle plate
http://cnn.cn/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-cdma-black-housing-verizon-branded-p-12588.html
After getting your parts and watching the video you should be where I was at in Photo Four, my phone torn down and the new pieces ready to make this r800x look great.
Photos Five and Six -are close ups reviewing it all.
Photo Seven - is where I started, the touch joy stick pcb ribbon. It was kinda scary thinking if i rip this thing or pull to much that the touch pads wouldnt work anymore, and thanks to ShadowGun I was able to verify they still did. I used the blue tool for prying the phone , to help peal back the ribbon as you see it, you can give it a decent pull with your fingers as you get enough pealed up, try to pull as close to the glued end as possible so you dont risk tearing or something.
Photos Eight and Nine - I had finished moving the touch pad ribbon to the new white control pad plate and started removing the Menu, Start and Select buttons and transferring them to the white plate. Using the blue tool again sorta scrap up the backing to each of the; Menu and Start and Select buttons, it helps to push from the other side on the button a little. You need to try and not to deform the sticker/glue piece that holds the buttons in place or it might Not stick to good on the new plate, a sweat gripping moment that I first thought would just never work but patience does pay off in this step.
Photo Ten - it was all done, that piece at least.
From there I moved onto the the Middle Plate, which required a few steps if you decide you want to swap these out. One in particular that left me clueless for a few days without service, bare with me on this part..
There is a black Antenna sticker on the Bottom half of the Middle plate on your R800X, which has a gold ribbon on its opposite side that finishes a circuit, without this circuit completed your phone will Not have service and dialing *228 will not work your phone will tell you, in a mans voice "The code you have entered is in-correct please check you code and try again" - The first time I heard that I was thinking hmm thats probably not good and Verizon told me "thats not programmed in our system, you should Never get a msg like that or a mans voice" So I had them send me a replacement ( Of course I didnt mention this was all my fault and I re housed it, and thats the real reason I wouldnt go to the store to have it checked out, but that shouldnt matter right )
Upon getting the replacement phone I, for somehow the first time, Noticed the black sticker antenna on the back of the Middle plate. I grabbed my original housing and noticed the sticker antenna on it as well, so I pealed that off and revealed, to me which was previously unseen, this gold ribbon connects a circuit with two terminals on the phones mother board. The gold ribbons two ends slide into a slot on the Middle plate, underneath it to make the connection. I replaced this black sticker onto the new White Middle plate because the back of the L1 and R1 triggers are White and they are Black on the original Vz housing.
Photo Eleven-Shows the back of the New white trigger Middle plate, no black sticker antenna
Photo Twelve-The Middle plate from the Verizon replacement
Photos Antenna 2 and Antenna 3-These are the other 2 antennas also needed for service, be sure to pull those off and place them onto the new middle housing of your new phone.
For the r800i and r800a they have another antenna on the middle plate (I just dont have a photo :crying: I have an r800x) I can tell you at least that if your holding the middle housing and the Antenna 2 is on your right, the r800i/r800a other antenna will be on the left side of the housing.
Photo Thirteen- I wanted the White triggers so I super glued the black sticker antenna back on, worked out pretty good if you ask me, minus my thumb print of course. .
Photo Fourteen- I circled the inside area of the Middle plate where the you can see the opposite side of the gold ribbon that makes the connection with the mother board of the phone in the top half and you can see its not on the New Middle plate in the bottom half of the photo.
If you decide to go ahead and swap the Middle plate, you will need to remove the speakers as well and I cracked my original plate removing the left speaker, they are in there pretty tight, I basically pryed up on them in anyway that I wasn't destroying any part of them. As seen in Photo Fourteen
In Photo Fifteen I was now ready to replace the Top half of the phone and put the new Digitizer on. You wont need any extra glue here, the New White Half of the housing comes with a clear plastic film on it (sorry I had already removed before I took the photo) that was protecting some glue, thats seems to be holding up pretty good a week later and I dont think it will ever come off. Once you have replace you new Digitizer on the new Top half of the White housing, you are ready to reverse the steps seen in the Video linked at the beginning , once you have completed that you will be enjoying your newly housed in luxurious White and Silver Xperia Play as I am in the Final Photos.
I hope this helps, this was the first time I tore a phone apart physically and might have my "names of pieces" wrong but I tried to explain it in a way that makes sense and simple to look at. I do wanna make a video or something because I think anyone looking to do this would benefit more from a better "visual tutorial" but I dont have much time as id like to and this should serve good.
I hope in anyone who decides to go through with this, and enjoys having a white Xperia Play like I have

That looks awesome!!! Mind taking a couple photos of the screen and with it powered on to see how good this after market screen is? Awesome job and the white looks nice and clean.

I bought my Xperia Play in white so this doesn't apply to me. But you did a great job there ! looks brand new !

jgregoryj1 said:
That looks awesome!!! Mind taking a couple photos of the screen and with it powered on to see how good this after market screen is? Awesome job and the white looks nice and clean.
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I can definitelty take a few photos, I only replaced the outside of the screen, the actual lcd is the same from when I got the phone, the after market digitizer is just as clear an still allows the screen to keep its nice crisp image, Ill take a few photos later on though and update OP.
sufy1000 said:
I bought my Xperia Play in white so this doesn't apply to me. But you did a great job there ! looks brand new !
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Thank you! I wish Verizon had offered it in white but figures they didn't, I makes it all that much more mine now though.. custom rom , kernel, and now housing I like it so much more.

Thats sweet nice write up. I'll probably do mine later this year or next year after the case and screen gets worn down and scratched up a bit more.

Thanks for this,
Would you reccomend cheap cases as I have seen diffrent colours (blue,orange) which I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks

AloushA said:
Thanks for this,
Would you reccomend cheap cases as I have seen diffrent colours (blue,orange) which I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks
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Your welcome, Do you mean an actual case for the phone or a new housing?
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

Thank you, good sir!
I really appreciate your work here and I'll use this guide as soon as my housing arrives.

I will be doing this very same project in a few days. What is the use of the black sticker? If i break it will my Play still work? Please reply

androidtechdaily said:
I will be doing this very same project in a few days. What is the use of the black sticker? If i break it will my Play still work? Please reply
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The black sticker completes a circuit that is needed for service. Idk exactly what circuit it completes but the sticker has a gold pcb type ribbon on it that makes contact with two pins on the motherboard. Without the black sticker in place your phone will boot with no service. I didn't find out until after the fact and if you look in my photo where I glued the sticker back on you can see its a little mangled but glued it down flat and my service is just as good as it always was . Well as good as 3g can be lol .. But to answer your last question as long as you pull the sticker off slowly and don't rip it you should be fine. The gold ribbon on the bottom half just can't be torn in half or the circuit won't complete. But it peeled off without tearing for me, just take your time and you should be good to go.
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Great job mate!
How would You describe the operation difficulty from 1/10?
Ps. I have experience with w995 full rehousing and some others mobiles.

Hi, i wish to know what is beneath this 2 black square stickers marked in red circles, and what is their function.
Thanks

Great job, will keep this in mind, white looks so good, version didn't have that option
Sent from my little GIZMO ``\[©_o],,

I have the black one Xperia Play but i bought me the White Cover by amazon for 34,99€ (Complete and Original) But i dont think that i can do this without brick my phone ((

0mega007 said:
Hi, i wish to know what is beneath this 2 black square stickers marked in red circles, and what is their function.
Thanks
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Is there a screw begind the stikers, holdding the l and r buttons hardware?

us there only black / white available?
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using XDA

Ill reply to everyone this evening!
Sent from my R800x using xda premium

shakalek said:
Great job mate!
How would You describe the operation difficulty from 1/10?
Ps. I have experience with w995 full rehousing and some others mobiles.
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I dont think Im best to give you a good 1/10 rating, this is the only re-house Ive done, it wasn't to bad I suppose though. I think if you have some experience with the process then you shouldn't have to much trouble
ioo7 said:
Great job, will keep this in mind, white looks so good, version didn't have that option
Sent from my little GIZMO ``\[©_o],,
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I agree, Verizon should've offered the option, but their to busy releasing phones that they dont plan to update...
evo_racer said:
I have the black one Xperia Play but i bought me the White Cover by amazon for 34,99€ (Complete and Original) But i dont think that i can do this without brick my phone ((
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If you want to add me on gtalk I can help you if you decide to go through with it, I dont think you will brick it though
0mega007 said:
Is there a screw begind the stikers, holdding the l and r buttons hardware?
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The sticker is covering up the actual buttons on the phones mother board that are L1 and R1 triggers. The L and R triggers are connected with metal rod, wound up with a small spring.
Nhialor said:
us there only black / white available?
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using XDA
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Ive seen orange XPlays but I didnt see any housing's in other colors then white and black, but I only did a search for White specifically though.

216Monster said:
The sticker is covering up the actual buttons on the phones mother board that are L1 and R1 triggers. The L and R triggers are connected with metal rod, wound up with a small spring.
But if this stickers are removed, would the buttons fall off or stop working?
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veeery nice man
i've changed my digitizer 2 times , on first time , i've broke my digitizer and on second time i succeed

Touch screen Problem

Hi
My U8800Pro touch is not working properly, only the red marked portion is not working. Any idea what to do? My warrenty has been over on April 15th.

binoj.6066 said:
Hi
My U8800Pro touch is not working properly, only the red marked portion is not working. Any idea what to do? My warrenty has been over on April 15th.
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If you are on ics+(from the screenshoot I think you are) go to developers settings and enable show touches and pointer location option to see if screen responds somehow when you touch the dead side of the screen. Also try see if the red portion side is working when you rotate the phone in landscape mode (by working I mean being able to see your touch and/or see your pointer location)
If this doesn't work, try flashing a rom again(better an old gb one like stallion or cm7)
If this doesn't fix your problem, try to very gently clean your screen when phone is off with a glass cleaning cloth.
If nothing works, your best bet is to visit a local phone repair store.

try a new rom first,if it isn't fixed and you have a torx 4 screwdriver you can tear the phone apart (since you are out of warranty) and try to disconnect and reconnect the tft screen connector from the motherboard.
If that doesn't work also you may have a broken screen (not the digitizer,the screen is beneath the digitizer) .You can order a new one from ebay,its only 10-15 dollars! I have replaced mine its really easy if you are careful and cost free.There are many guides on xda and youtube.
If you send it to service it will cost a lot of money,i think you can get a used phone for that money.I suggest try fixing it yourself if you are confident with electronics
If these red lines are something YOU marked on the screenshot just to show us the problematic area it could be just the digitizer if touch is the only problem.Try disconnecting and reconnecting it.The digitizer is even easier to replace,it costs the same money 10 dollars and you can replace it in about 10-15 minutes,just make sure you get one that comes with the bezel (the metal looking screen surrounding) so it is even easier!

buy complete touchscreen+glass or you can have the problem of the dust in the screen (i need to resend my phone to service center because the service center have done a bad work :crying: )

For me the same. And even they replaced screen from synaptics to atmel which i dont really like
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korekore1 said:
try a new rom first,if it isn't fixed and you have a torx 4 screwdriver you can tear the phone apart (since you are out of warranty) and try to disconnect and reconnect the tft screen connector from the motherboard.
If that doesn't work also you may have a broken screen (not the digitizer,the screen is beneath the digitizer) .You can order a new one from ebay,its only 10-15 dollars! I have replaced mine its really easy if you are careful and cost free.There are many guides on xda and youtube.
If you send it to service it will cost a lot of money,i think you can get a used phone for that money.I suggest try fixing it yourself if you are confident with electronics
If these red lines are something YOU marked on the screenshot just to show us the problematic area it could be just the digitizer if touch is the only problem.Try disconnecting and reconnecting it.The digitizer is even easier to replace,it costs the same money 10 dollars and you can replace it in about 10-15 minutes,just make sure you get one that comes with the bezel (the metal looking screen surrounding) so it is even easier!
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New Rom can not do any thing on it. I tried two three Roms. Red line is marked by me only

binoj.6066 said:
New Rom can not do any thing on it. I tried two three Roms. Red line is marked by me only
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yeap you need a new digitizer.First try reconnecting it to the motherboard

korekore1 said:
yeap you need a new digitizer.First try reconnecting it to the motherboard
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Ys, I will try to reconnect it
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Touch Screen

hi,
what is the advantage of buying this screen?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Touch-S...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item4d16e48a92
what are the risks?
or compensates more buy:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Replacement...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item5d43fc8537

The first one seems to be Synaptics, without the frame. It means you have to glue it to your old frame yourself. No need to worry about speaker size here, since it won't include one.
The seconds one seems to be Atmel with frame, but notice the big speaker. It must be compatible otherwise the speaker stops working (as far as I know U8800 ships with small speaker, but I can't be sure).

is easy to paste?

BS55 said:
is easy to paste?
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It's not hard at all. You just need to be careful not to spill it on the touch screen visible part.
Getting the old touch screen off might take some time, as the cover is not that strong. I removed it slowly and it came off pretty well.

is there any tutorial?

BS55 said:
is there any tutorial?
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How about this one?
ebay.com/itm/New-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Huawei-U8800-Ideos-X5-AT-T-/280972093595
It' a little bit cheaper and looks the same as the first one, in the first post.
I'm having some problems with my touchscreen, where sometime it detects some inputs in the right area of the screen. It's truly annoying, as you my think....
I'm thinking about buying a new one.
Which one is better by the way, Synaptics or Atmel? I would like something cheap, but that don't work/feel garbage...
A video about the replacement steps: youtube.com/watch?v=CgtaBxR-6mk
PS: replace xx by tt in the links. sorry about that, forum restrictions.:silly:

Leinad112 said:
How about this one?
ebay.com/itm/New-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Huawei-U8800-Ideos-X5-AT-T-/280972093595
It' a little bit cheaper and looks the same as the first one, in the first post.
I'm having some problems with my touchscreen, where sometime it detects some inputs in the right area of the screen. It's truly annoying, as you my think....
I'm thinking about buying a new one.
Which one is better by the way, Synaptics or Atmel? I would like something cheap, but that don't work/feel garbage...
A video about the replacement steps: youtube.com/watch?v=CgtaBxR-6mk
PS: replace xx by tt in the links. sorry about that, forum restrictions.:silly:
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Synaptics is more or less ok, but Atmel is more configurable and with my ROM you get 10 point multitouch.
The video is nice, but it seems to describe the method where you have touch screen with the FRAME, so it does not involve replacing the actual digitizer. The eBay link offers just the digitizer, so an extra step is needed to replace the digitizer in the frame with the new one.

Blefish said:
Synaptics is more or less ok, but Atmel is more configurable and with my ROM you get 10 point multitouch.
The video is nice, but it seems to describe the method where you have touch screen with the FRAME, so it does not involve replacing the actual digitizer. The eBay link offers just the digitizer, so an extra step is needed to replace the digitizer in the frame with the new one.
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I thought that the multitouch limit of 2 was an hardware thing! That is very good! I'm using your CM11, and I can only make 2 multitouch at a time. So, it's a Synaptics touch, right?
Aren't you going to change the driver in the next ROM, because of the problems turning the screen off/on?
Keep the good work on that.
So, the initial problems (2012) that the Atmel touch had, are gone?
About the video, there is really one steep missing. I'm a little worried about damaging the metalic frame arround the phone, to separate the "glass" from the frame. Maybe from the inside it's easier, i hope.
Thanks!