My G2 has been out of commission for a while now, it had been getting this green/red screen discoloration and eventually went black and wouldn't display anything until just today. I played around with the ribbon connector a bit and got it to display again. My question is if I were to open up my G2 and connect the ribbon better or replace it entirely, would it be possible to breathe new life into this old phone? Answers much appreciated.
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if it is exactly as you said, then it might justmean that the ribbon that connects the display to the board probably came loose... or is busted.. so replacing that ribbon might do it.
Hey guys,
Just got a HTC espresso off my mate. Anyway he said it had problems (lc not working and digitiser not working) So I was just wondering is anyone else having the same possible hardware issue. And if you have fixed it how did you?
Thanks
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LMAO. Happy "first post"
Anyway, you'll require a new LCD Flex and possibly a new motherboard connector. Buy a T5 and have a look inside; see what's wrong.
Just to let you know, if it operates, it doesn't have a fully damaged LCD/Digitizer...
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Thanks man. When I get the screw driver do you think you'd be able to give me a hand in showing what I need to do?
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technotram91 said:
Thanks man. When I get the screw driver do you think you'd be able to give me a hand in showing what I need to do?
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It's easy enough. Pop the battery out, unscrew 3-4 T5 screws and lift the housing off, and work from there.
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Thanks man ill let you know if I need more help
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No problems.
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I've had similar issues - phone worked with black screen. I've bought a spare flex ribbon cable on the eBay.
You'll need to remove the back cover, battery, memory card. Then unscrew 4 T and 2 phillips (+) screws. Use plastic card and a usual (-) screwdriver to detach back frame and you'll see the mainboard. Remove it and you'll see 8 philips screws that holds both sliding parts together. Unscrew them and detach the front half with the screen. Then remove 2 plastic patches from the sides of it - you'll see 4 more screws that hold the front part. Unscrew them and carefully pop the parts with a plastic cards. That's basically all. Then you'll be able to connect the new cable and put all the things together in reverse order.
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I've had similar issues - phone worked with black screen. I've bought a spare flex ribbon cable on the eBay.
You'll need to remove the back cover, battery, memory card. Then unscrew 4 T and 2 phillips (+) screws. Use plastic card and a usual (-) screwdriver to detach back frame and you'll see the mainboard. Remove it and you'll see 8 philips screws that holds both sliding parts together. Unscrew them and detach the front half with the screen. Then remove 2 plastic patches from the sides of it - you'll see 4 more screws that hold the front part. Unscrew them and carefully pop the parts with a plastic cards. That's basically all. Then you'll be able to connect the new cable and put all the things together in reverse order.
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I know I'm popping in techno's place, but how much did the cable cost?
Also, we met up the other day (he's local) and found the volume buttons and the touchscreen itself didn't work. What will we need? So far I've got:
•Torx T5 Screwdriver
•Phillips Head Screwdriver
•Flathead Screedriver
•A Fully **** MyTouch 3G Slide
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CJJames said:
I know I'm popping in techno's place, but how much did the cable cost?
Also, we met up the other day (he's local) and found the volume buttons and the touchscreen itself didn't work. What will we need? So far I've got:
•Torx T5 Screwdriver
•Phillips Head Screwdriver
•Flathead Screedriver
•A Fully **** MyTouch 3G Slide
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The cable was $10 plus free shipping from HK. There's a lot of them there available (just "put flex ribbon cable mytouch 3g slide" to the search - I don't have 10 posts yet so I can't make a direct link).
The volume keys contacts are attached to the mainboard with a small flex cable, which you don't really need to detach. Everything you'll need is just to put them into the place under the rocker button when assemblying, and if they are not broken they should work. If someone ever opened your phone, he could forget/missed this operation and probably that's why they are not working.
About the tools: it would be nice if you have screwdrivers of different size. Although I didn't have a torx screwdriver and managed to fix the phone using a flathead screwdriver of corresponding size.
One more thing: the cable has a metal plate. It has the light sensor and green/red LED and goes to the top of the front plate. You'll also need to put a small rubber spacer from the old cable to the new one.
In general it wasn't a complicated procedure - just be careful, don't shuffle different screws together and you'll succeed
Saem persun said:
The cable was $10 plus free shipping from HK. There's a lot of them there available (just "put flex ribbon cable mytouch 3g slide" to the search - I don't have 10 posts yet so I can't make a direct link).
The volume keys contacts are attached to the mainboard with a small flex cable, which you don't really need to detach. Everything you'll need is just to put them into the place under the rocker button when assemblying, and if they are not broken they should work. If someone ever opened your phone, he could forget/missed this operation and probably that's why they are not working.
About the tools: it would be nice if you have screwdrivers of different size. Although I didn't have a torx screwdriver and managed to fix the phone using a flathead screwdriver of corresponding size.
One more thing: the cable has a metal plate. It has the light sensor and green/red LED and goes to the top of the front plate. You'll also need to put a small rubber spacer from the old cable to the new one.
In general it wasn't a complicated procedure - just be careful, don't shuffle different screws together and you'll succeed
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Alright mad
Thanks a ****load for your help haven't fixed a phone since my HD2 haha. Slide phones tend to be assholes.
The previous owner, [i{Looking4Trouble[/i], said he had opened the phone once before he shipped to technotram91, and yeah I was the middleman lol.
Off to the fleabay it is
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Hope that this information will be helpful in such cases: I've found some repair guides with pics and videos:
HTC T-Mobile MyTouch 3G Slide Disassembly Repair Guide
HTC MyTouch 3G Slide Speaker Replacement Guide
I replaced the LCD Screen and Digitize and still have a blank screen, the phone turns on, I get the TMO Jingle, the back light works on the keyboard and home keys, and I get a flashing green LED at the top. So could the ribbon cable be bad?? or is there anything else I can do first before buying the cable.
Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.
Half of the power plug broke off at the groove in the plug and is stuck in the power jack. Has anyone else had this happen? How did you get it out. The jack is too small to get tweezers in there. I'm hoping I won't have to take the tablet apart.
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Half of the power plug broke off at the groove in the plug and is stuck in the power jack. Has anyone else had this happen? How did you get it out. The jack is too small to get tweezers in there. I'm hoping I won't have to take the tablet apart.
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There's a thread on this in here somewhere...
superglue on toothpick
touch JUST the broken tip
hold in place
remove
Had exactly same thing.
Used a needle and pushed and lifted the part, don't try pinching, you'll end up breaking the plug
Meanwhile charge your device over the usb-mini port
serge
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So, the devs worked out how to charge on usb??? Man, I have been gone for a while....
Felt a funny smell, like copper melting. Some smoke was coming out of the charge port so I withdrew the cable and the plastic around the connector had partly melted and there were burn marks on the metal parts. Hopefully it is only the cable, my guess is that years of packing and unpacking finally broke the cable and caused a short. With luck I might just need to replace the cable and the charge port will still be ok.
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I have an original Nexus 7 bought right when it came out and have not had any issues with it. Recently the glass was cracked so I purchased a touch screen and digitizer and decided to replace it myself.
Things went well , only had a little difficulty separating the bezel adhesive but did get it off successfully. Connected everything and reassembled easily but when powering on the screen is all red background instead of black. Can see the Google logo in white clearly and the boot animation but everything that should be black is red. I rechecked all the ribbon cables and everything is secure.
Any ideas as to what the problem may be now? Could it be the small LCD to motherboard cable was damaged during removal and needs replaced?
Thanks for any help.
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Well I just ordered a new LCD to motherboard ribbon cable off eBay for $8. I'll report back of that fixed it or not. If not time to save up for a new one I suppose.
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I am happy to report that replacing the LCD to motherboard ribbon cable solved my issue. Hopefully someone else will find use of this one day.
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