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My touchscreen becomes unresponsive after holding down the power button to get to the Phone Options where the Silent mode, Airplane mode, Choose Profile, Screenshot, Reboot , and Power Off options are located. The touch screen becomes unresponsive, I have to power off the screen for a few seconds and turn it back on and the touch screen will work again. It just started doing this 2 weeks ago. I have tried different roms and no difference. I have performed task 29 no difference, even after fresh installation of roms with no other apps installed
Im suspecting a worn digitizer but not sure because it only does it after phone opentions menu is opened, other than that the touchscreen works fine. Than again not sure if its a rom issue because it does it with different roms even older ones i never had problems before. I just know how to flash roms and basic stuff and not that far advanced
By the way I have the latest MGLDR, and recovery, have performed task 29 and even tried it with the SD card out and same result
Any help would be greatly appriciated especially if you have had this exact problem please i want to hear from you
Thank you
Broken flat cable from digitizer to mainboard.I had the same problem.
Was it expensive to fix? Or did you fix it yourself? Did you replace the cable, digitizer or just the cable? And thanks for the help
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mvinceti said:
Broken flat cable from digitizer to mainboard.I had the same problem.
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I think you mean broken flex cable from digitizer to lcd...
e334 said:
I think you mean broken flex cable from digitizer to lcd...
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Sure he meant this, in order to make sense!
Solution: another touchscreen/digitizer or even better(but more expensive) new combo(lcd+touchscreen/digitizer)!
I have noticed that after it boots it will let me select an option from the the phone option menu but only when it is fresh of a boot, once the phone settles after a minute or two it's when the problem starts
For the meantime I'm using Quick Boot app from the market since that is the only thing it affects. I will check for prices to replace digitizer. I have seen the digitizers alone on Ebay going got around 10 bucks but I'm scared of the installation lol. I'm going to check the phone repair shop and check how they charge. If it's too much I'll just live with it since the Quick Boot app is working fine.
Thanks for the help guys, I really appreciate it and hopefully it can help somebody else with the exact problem
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Well took it to a local repair shop and guy told me the wires looked good and said maybe the motherboard was going out, well if it is guess I'll use my wife's Samsung Vibrant which I must say has never had any problems with, until its time for a contract renewal for me
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mexicandroid said:
My touchscreen becomes unresponsive after holding down the power button to get to the Phone Options where the Silent mode, Airplane mode, Choose Profile, Screenshot, Reboot , and Power Off options are located. The touch screen becomes unresponsive, I have to power off the screen for a few seconds and turn it back on and the touch screen will work again. It just started doing this 2 weeks ago. I have tried different roms and no difference. I have performed task 29 no difference, even after fresh installation of roms with no other apps installed
Im suspecting a worn digitizer but not sure because it only does it after phone opentions menu is opened, other than that the touchscreen works fine. Than again not sure if its a rom issue because it does it with different roms even older ones i never had problems before. I just know how to flash roms and basic stuff and not that far advanced
By the way I have the latest MGLDR, and recovery, have performed task 29 and even tried it with the SD card out and same result
Any help would be greatly appriciated especially if you have had this exact problem please i want to hear from you
Thank you
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Me too
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Sure he meant this, in order to make sense!
Solution: another touchscreen/digitizer or even better(but more expensive) new combo(lcd+touchscreen/digitizer)!
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that's what I'm getting
mexicandroid said:
Well took it to a local repair shop and guy told me the wires looked good and said maybe the motherboard was going out, well if it is guess I'll use my wife's Samsung Vibrant which I must say has never had any problems with, until its time for a contract renewal for me
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I highly doubt the board is bad. I already took mine apart, a collection of dust and dirt causes the end button to mess up the contacts. Your board is probably fine if you aren't experiencing overheating or any other symptoms, no offence, he probably just wanted more work to do so they could charge you more. I've done some computer repairs for family and friends and it's ridiculous the bull that repair stores throw at you
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Me too
that's what I'm getting
I highly doubt the board is bad. I already took mine apart, a collection of dust and dirt causes the end button to mess up the contacts. Your board is probably fine if you aren't experiencing overheating or any other symptoms, no offence, he probably just wanted more work to do so they could charge you more. I've done some computer repairs for family and friends and it's ridiculous the bull that repair stores throw at you
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I'm not experiencing overheating issues, the guy didn't charge and said he didn't have another motherboard to swap out with and test. He didn't charge me anything at least. I know its ridiculous how much they charge sometimes but its out of warranty so I don't have much choice and I'm scared to take it apart and damage something else but I have no other choice now lol. Did you look at a video before you took your apart?
Also was your phone doing the exact same thing? It does make sense it could be a dirty contact, I work ata Chevy dealer and bad contacts sometimes do weird things but sometimes at the lock screen the touch screen won't work also and I have to turn of t the screen for it to work
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I'm not experiencing overheating issues, the guy didn't charge and said he didn't have another motherboard to swap out with and test. He didn't charge me anything at least. I know its ridiculous how much they charge sometimes but its out of warranty so I don't have much choice and I'm scared to take it apart and damage something else but I have no other choice now lol. Did you look at a video before you took your apart?
Also was your phone doing the exact same thing? It does make sense it could be a dirty contact, I work ata Chevy dealer and bad contacts sometimes do weird things but sometimes at the lock screen the touch screen won't work also and I have to turn of t the screen for it to work
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Yes exactly the same thing like 100 percent exactly. And yes I did the hardest part is getting the device out of the case lol the rest is quite simple.
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Yes exactly the same thing like 100 percent exactly. And yes I did the hardest part is getting the device out of the case lol the rest is quite simple.
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did you use a plastic tool or a small screwdriver to get the phone out of the case?
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did you use a plastic tool or a small screwdriver to get the phone out of the case?
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Small screwdriver, didn't want to but I was very careful and made sure I didn't hit anything
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Small screwdriver, didn't want to but I was very careful and made sure I didn't hit anything
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After I take the cover of do I have to disconnect anything? I tried finding a video about it but no luck
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After I take the cover of do I have to disconnect anything? I tried finding a video about it but no luck
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No luck??? lol look my friend i am your luck
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No luck??? lol look my friend i am your luck
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Lol thanks I meant after I take the cover off, I was able to take the plastic buttons of but I didn't see much dust, I **** a little compressed air but that's all, how did you clean up the actual buttons?
Well I put it back together after blew the buttons but for a little while the touchscreen was not working at all, I rebooted a few times and it started working but same problem
Just wanted to know how you cleaned the buttons if I'm missing something. I really want to fix it because I don't to use my wife HD2, I'll never hear the end of it from her because I always tell her phone is better lol
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Lol thanks I meant after I take the cover off, I was able to take the plastic buttons of but I didn't see much dust, I **** a little compressed air but that's all, how did you clean up the actual buttons?
Well I put it back together after blew the buttons but for a little while the touchscreen was not working at all, I rebooted a few times and it started working but same problem
Just wanted to know how you cleaned the buttons if I'm missing something. I really want to fix it because I don't to use my wife HD2, I'll never hear the end of it from her because I always tell her phone is better lol
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Lol. what cover are you talking about? i just followed the one video and blew compressed air through ever little nook and crany. It didnt fix it completely as im not too worried about it since my digitizer is shattered. So i'll be more worried about it once i get a new digitizer. But just follow one of the videos on youtube, they take the thing apart all the way down to individual parts.
Hey use attached apk, and remap one of your other buttons to function as the power button. I have mine set to the green button since i dont use it anyhow. That way the endkey doesnt get used so much. It works perfectly. once i get a new display im gonna rig a way to keep this from happening again.
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Hey use attached apk, and remap one of your other buttons to function as the power button. I have mine set to the green button since i dont use it anyhow. That way the endkey doesnt get used so much. It works perfectly. once i get a new display im gonna rig a way to keep this from happening again.
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thanks but now my touchscreen does not work at all now. Maybe it was just the digitizer going bad in my phone. I'm using a Samsung Vibrant which in my opinion sucks, I just got it rooted, now I need install CM7, I miss my HD2 so much. I think I'm just going to order a digitizer from Ebay and try to install myself
damn the HD2 phone owners have so many rom choices compared to this vibrant
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thanks but now my touchscreen does not work at all now. Maybe it was just the digitizer going bad in my phone. I'm using a Samsung Vibrant which in my opinion sucks, I just got it rooted, now I need install CM7, I miss my HD2 so much. I think I'm just going to order a digitizer from Ebay and try to install myself
damn the HD2 phone owners have so many rom choices compared to this vibrant
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Ha, have you tried rebooting the HD2? If i hit the end key, it stops working completely, but after a reboot it works again. So far it hasnt stopped working since i remapped the green key to be power key. And yeah i had to use my Touch Pro 2 until i finally got an HD2. I cant wait to get a job and get an SGS2 though. Thats an amazing phone.
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Ha, have you tried rebooting the HD2? If i hit the end key, it stops working completely, but after a reboot it works again. So far it hasnt stopped working since i remapped the green key to be power key. And yeah i had to use my Touch Pro 2 until i finally got an HD2. I cant wait to get a job and get an SGS2 though. Thats an amazing phone.
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My wife has the sg2 but won't let me touch it. There nice but I want a phone with a quad core processor like the HTC one, that's what I'm waiting for
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Hey all,
About a month ago my nexus 4 met up with my washing machine, and as a result was submerged in water for about an hour. Shortly after the incident I opened it up to see what the damage was and the only damage I saw was some indications of corrosion on the motherboard (image 1) and (image 2). On the reverse side (image 3) you can see there is no such corrosion. Unfortunately in the confusion after taking the phone out of the water, I tried to boot it up.
Tonight, 1 month later I was fooling around and I plugged the phone in. What I got at first was the "red LED of death", but when I held the power button, the white battery symbol (image 4) popped up and the phone vibrated, followed by bitter nothingness.
My question is to ask whether or not I could salvage my dear Nexus, and how I could do this. My theory is that I would replace the fried board with a fresh one and maybe the battery too, but
1) do you think this would work? and 2) where could I find a replacement motherboard? I'm sorry to bother you but I think this information might save me a couple hundred bucks and may enlighten others with my same misfortune. Thanks,
Jack
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Hey all,
About a month ago my nexus 4 met up with my washing machine, and as a result was submerged in water for about an hour. Shortly after the incident I opened it up to see what the damage was and the only damage I saw was some indications of corrosion on the motherboard (image 1) and (image 2). On the reverse side (image 3) you can see there is no such corrosion. Unfortunately in the confusion after taking the phone out of the water, I tried to boot it up.
Tonight, 1 month later I was fooling around and I plugged the phone in. What I got at first was the "red LED of death", but when I held the power button, the white battery symbol (image 4) popped up and the phone vibrated, followed by bitter nothingness.
My question is to ask whether or not I could salvage my dear Nexus, and how I could do this. My theory is that I would replace the fried board with a fresh one and maybe the battery too, but
1) do you think this would work? and 2) where could I find a replacement motherboard? I'm sorry to bother you but I think this information might save me a couple hundred bucks and may enlighten others with my same misfortune. Thanks,
Jack
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I'm not too sure about this but I think you'd be better off getting a new one entirely than purchase a motherboard, replace it yourself and run the risk of your original problem not even being the motherboard.
Clean with 99% alcohol. And try again. Happened to my g2 back in the day and the clean solved it
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Warbuff said:
Clean with 99% alcohol. And try again. Happened to my g2 back in the day and the clean solved it
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Would this work even if I had powered it up after the incident. I'm pretty sure all the water is out of it but there might be some soap residue.
Update* Bootloader
Surprisingly, I was able to access the boot loader screen with the arrows and the android guy getting a sun tan, but upon trying to boot i get a Google screen and then back to black. What I think now is that the problem is that the battery shorted, so when I can I am going to transplant my brother's battery into my phone and see if it works. If this is successful it will surely be a triumph of Nexus 4 over human error! Below is a picture of where I got to (apologies for the blurriness).
When it happened on my g2. I could only get into the bootloader. Anything else would go and last a second and short out. I took a toothbrush plus the alcohol and that's what worked for me.
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When it happened on my g2. I could only get into the bootloader. Anything else would go and last a second and short out. I took a toothbrush plus the alcohol and that's what worked for me.
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That is exactly what is happening to me, where exactly did you scrub with the alcohol? This sounds awesome, did you just dip the brush and scrub all the components? Thanks
Pretty much. I dipped the brush into the alcohol and carefully went brushing slowly the motherboard. Make sure it's 99% so that there is minimal water content in the alcohol. Let it air dry and put everything back in and see if it worked.
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I was limited to 91% but heard that that worked. I had to submerge some of the encased parts and am currently letting the whole thing air-dry for 2 days in a bag with some rice. Will report results. Thank you for all the help.
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I was limited to 91% but heard that that worked. I had to submerge some of the encased parts and am currently letting the whole thing air-dry for 2 days in a bag with some rice. Will report results. Thank you for all the help.
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Let us know the result mate
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So I popped the motherboard back in and got back to bootloader, but the same thing happened where it shut off after trying to boot it back up. Does anyone have any more suggestions, or do you think its a problem with the motherboard? Thanks again.
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So I popped the motherboard back in and got back to bootloader, but the same thing happened where it shut off after trying to boot it back up. Does anyone have any more suggestions, or do you think its a problem with the motherboard? Thanks again.
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Sounds stupid but did you tried to flash a recovery, boot on it, and side load a zip from there. Maybe your ROM as been broken or smth. Just my 2 cents. Good luck !
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Unfortunately I am a but a yeoman in the subject of such things, and even after searching the internet for hours I could not figure out how to side load and flash files onto it. I can only get to the boot loader screen and download mode, and when I try to get into CWM on it it fails. When I tried to connect it to my computer and fix it with the Nexus root toolkit it didn't recognize the ADB or whatever. I am confident that this is a software issue now and feel that the solution lies just outside my grasp at the moment. Again, thank you guys for all your help.
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Unfortunately I am a but a yeoman in the subject of such things, and even after searching the internet for hours I could not figure out how to side load and flash files onto it. I can only get to the boot loader screen and download mode, and when I try to get into CWM on it it fails. When I tried to connect it to my computer and fix it with the Nexus root toolkit it didn't recognize the ADB or whatever. I am confident that this is a software issue now and feel that the solution lies just outside my grasp at the moment. Again, thank you guys for all your help.
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Since you can get into the bootloader, try using fastboot to flash a recovery.img. make sure you place it in your fastboot folder.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
See if you're able to boot into recovery then. If you do not have fastboot setup, check the stickies for the rooting guide. The beginning helps you with that.
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Since you can get into the bootloader, try using fastboot to flash a recovery.img. make sure you place it in your fastboot folder.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
See if you're able to boot into recovery then. If you do not have fastboot setup, check the stickies for the rooting guide. The beginning helps you with that.
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The problem is that I cant even get into fastboot or adb on my computer, it wont recognize the phone and I cant install the drivers for some reason. Also, I cant get to recovery on my phone.
did you use the official google drivers?
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did you use the official google drivers?
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Yeah I tried to do that and I can connect via fastboot but not ADB. When I tried to flash a custom boot image via fastboot in a toolkit though, it got to a teamwin screen for a millisecond then crashed to a black screen and red led of death. Do you guys think its possible that the problem is the battery is shorted so I cant get enough power to boot the phone, even if it is plugged into a computer?
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I just finished a round of trying to boot and flash and all of the sudden the phone is just dead. No bootloader, no Led, no vibration, just dead. Does anyone know why this happened? Could this be a result of the battery damage or do you think the motherboard is fried? Thanks again.
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I just finished a round of trying to boot and flash and all of the sudden the phone is just dead. No bootloader, no Led, no vibration, just dead. Does anyone know why this happened? Could this be a result of the battery damage or do you think the motherboard is fried? Thanks again.
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Never mind that, I re-bathed the motherboard and it brought it back to the origional state of RED LED.
Umm for red led can you leave plugged in for a bit see if it charges the battery?
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Okay here's the thing... my phone got water splash yesterday. As the result the left side of the screen (about one cm from top to bottom) won't work.. I've checked the screen with pointer location at developer section and that "part" can't be detected. Tried to calibrate the screen by some apps at the store but didn't work well...
Please anyone who has the same situation as mine... really need your advice and solution.
Best regard
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Okay here's the thing... my phone got water splash yesterday. As the result the left side of the screen (about one cm from top to bottom) won't work.. I've checked the screen with pointer location at developer section and that "part" can't be detected. Tried to calibrate the screen by some apps at the store but didn't work well...
Please anyone who has the same situation as mine... really need your advice and solution.
Best regard
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Open it up and take a look at the flex cables.
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Thanks Som for the respond
But I know nothing about hardware stuff.. Could it be software related? But I guess not since the cause is water....better check it to the service center guys.
One question. Does the screen calibration really work to fix kind of issues?
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btw you drop phone on freshwater or saltwater? If you drop on saltwater
Attempt to dry with a hair dryer good high power but not too much heat. Because of the shock that the components may have then after doing that and if part of screen is not fixed then you can open the housing.
I didn't drop it into water... it just got splash from rain.. so it's clearly not saltwater...
So I have to dry it out using hair dryer without open it right.
Thanks Dark...
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Did it work?
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Hello, today I dropped my nexus seven from very low and when I picked it up it wouldn't turn on so what I did is went and charged it and the backlight turned on but no charging image or anything whatsoever was appearing so then I tried holding the power button and it just made it go all crackily like a TV the Nexus has no cracks on the screen but just won't turn on, please help if you know how I could fix this please let me know
Try taking off the back cover, more then likely its your battery cable is loose. Happened to me once before
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Thanks mate that fixed it all I had to do was pry open back and then push down the connector and then babam it was fixed
Turns out it didn't work
So I opened back and pushed it in (It was already in very tight) and then I put case back on and nothing if I go to charge it it just puts on the backlight or flashes :/
Never had it persist like that. Try taking the ribbon off the connector a few minuets, while doing so check the male and female connections and see if nothing is bent/broken, if all looks fine plug it back in.
Off all fails, it might be the display ribbon loose, but I can't really tell you where it is or even if its a good idea to try to mess with it. Look up some videos on YouTube and see if the job would be easy for you. If not, you might have to send it out to get fixed. Idk what they do with rooted ones, maybe someone can shed some light on that topic.
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Never had it persist like that. Try taking the ribbon off the connector a few minuets, while doing so check the male and female connections and see if nothing is bent/broken, if all looks fine plug it back in.
Off all fails, it might be the display ribbon loose, but I can't really tell you where it is or even if its a good idea to try to mess with it. Look up some videos on YouTube and see if the job would be easy for you. If not, you might have to send it out to get fixed. Idk what they do with rooted ones, maybe someone can shed some light on that topic.
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Just so others with this problem can be aware from the start that this is a known issue, with a known fix, we have a sticky in this forum right here, or just look at the listings on the top of the forum. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the help guys but the problem is still here I will probably be sending back to Google this week, how long do you think it will take + I have warranty will I have to pay?
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Just so others with this problem can be aware from the start that this is a known issue, with a known fix, we have a sticky in this forum right here, or just look at the listings on the top of the forum. Hope this helps.
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Haha, ill keep the link copied at all times or direct a Google search next time.
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Thanks for the help guys but the problem is still here I will probably be sending back to Google this week, how long do you think it will take + I have warranty will I have to pay?
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Can take 2-3 weeks.
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Hey all I went swimming yesterday and forgot to take my phone out. It spent 5 mins under water. Im very tech savy and knew to put in a bowl of rice and let sit for 24 hours. Put phone back together and it booted up!! Heres the problem and question I have.
Problem is everything on phone works but the touch screnn (power, volume up and down, settings and go back buttons) I get notifications from Facebook and when I hit the goback or settings button or power phone on it vibrates.
Question is since everything on screen works ( meaning it shows all icons that are turned on and shows me my custome background and apps) can I just replace the digitizer or is it one piece with the screen and I have to replace both?
Any help would be deeply apprechiated as I dont have $650 to buy a replacement phone
-Ryan
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Hey all I went swimming yesterday and forgot to take my phone out. It spent 5 mins under water. Im very tech savy and knew to put in a bowl of rice and let sit for 24 hours. Put phone back together and it booted up!! Heres the problem and question I have.
Problem is everything on phone works but the touch screnn (power, volume up and down, settings and go back buttons) I get notifications from Facebook and when I hit the goback or settings button or power phone on it vibrates.
Question is since everything on screen works ( meaning it shows all icons that are turned on and shows me my custome background and apps) can I just replace the digitizer or is it one piece with the screen and I have to replace both?
Any help would be deeply apprechiated as I dont have $650 to buy a replacement phone
-Ryan
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Oh btw I did a hard reset to the boot menu and did a wiping of the cach and all as well as a factory erase and reset. When the phone resets it takes me to the Samsung set up page but I cant do anything as the touchscreen doesnt respond to me touching it over the next tab
I beg of you, what device? Is it a flip phone?
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I beg of you, what device? Is it a flip phone?
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Samsung Galaxy S4
juda222000 said:
Oh btw I did a hard reset to the boot menu and did a wiping of the cach and all as well as a factory erase and reset. When the phone resets it takes me to the Samsung set up page but I cant do anything as the touchscreen doesnt respond to me touching it over the next tab
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The amoled is damaged... surprising as it passes many water tests, you were just unlucky im sorry :\
So the phone powers on, and you say it boots, to samsung, you are talking about the OS right, and then it becomes un-responsive?
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The amoled is damaged... surprising as it passes many water tests, you were just unlucky im sorry :\
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So how do I fix it replace the screen?
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So the phone powers on, and you say it boots, to samsung, you are talking about the OS right, and then it becomes un-responsive?
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Originally it booted all the way to my home screen, meaning the OS fully loaded. Then when the touchscreen didnt respond I decided maybe it would be best to do a full data wipe and factory install. I figured since 90% of the phone did comback and work I thought a factory restart. Would fix the touch sensitivity. So when I did that it took me to a set up screen for my phone, asking me location and language settings. I cant continue past that point because the screen is unresponsive. However I suspect if I could get past that point the phone would fully boot as it did the 15 times prior to the wiping of data and factory reset option I choose.
I hope this helps you, Im doing my best to explain everything in as much detail as possible
Thanks for helping me
Ryan
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Originally it booted all the way to my home screen, meaning the OS fully loaded. Then when the touchscreen didnt respond I decided maybe it would be best to do a full data wipe and factory install. I figured since 90% of the phone did comback and work I thought a factory restart. Would fix the touch sensitivity. So when I did that it took me to a set up screen for my phone, asking me location and language settings. I cant continue past that point because the screen is unresponsive. However I suspect if I could get past that point the phone would fully boot as it did the 15 times prior to the wiping of data and factory reset option I choose.
I hope this helps you, Im doing my best to explain everything in as much detail as possible
Thanks for helping me
Ryan
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Does the touchscreen work AT ALL ?
If you have the balls or know how I would disassemble the device to check screen/digitizer connections. There are several youtube videos showing instructions.
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Does the touchscreen work AT ALL ?
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As far as responding to touching icons or apps no. But it does display everything else like normal and my phone does get notification updates and the screen shows me when they come in. Just cant access anything by touching the screen
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If you have the balls or know how I would disassemble the device to check screen/digitizer connections. There are several youtube videos showing instructions.
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Yeah I have no probs with that I fix computers so that shouldnt be too far of a streatch. Do u know if I can just replace the digitizer or do I have to replace both the screen and digitizer?
juda222000 said:
As far as responding to touching icons or apps no. But it does display everything else like normal and my phone does get notification updates and the screen shows me when they come in. Just cant access anything by touching the screen
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Yes amoled seems messed up but can be a few other things I'm not really keen on this subject too well so idk :/
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jetlitheone said:
Yes amoled seems messed up but can be a few other things I'm not really keen on this subject too well so idk :/
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Ok well I apprechiate all ur help, im still digging for more info as well so if u hear of anything else. Let me know and thx again =)
juda222000 said:
Yeah I have no probs with that I fix computers so that shouldnt be too far of a streatch. Do u know if I can just replace the digitizer or do I have to replace both the screen and digitizer?
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Very good possibility replacing the digitizer alone would do it. I would also highly recommend cleaning all battery terminals, circuit boards and metal parts with alcohol and a qtip to prevent corrosion.
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jamess0621 said:
Very good possibility replacing the digitizer alone would do it. I would also highly recommend cleaning all battery terminals, circuit boards and metal parts with alcohol and a qtip to prevent corrosion.
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Ok man thanks for all the tips I will do all of them, btw do u know where I can get parts, ie digitizer and screen if needed?
juda222000 said:
Ok man thanks for all the tips I will do all of them, btw do u know where I can get parts, ie digitizer and screen if needed?
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If you are willing I would try craigslist to see if you find one that may have a cracked screen or been dropped where you could swap parts. If not a quick google search will give you several options. You will probably be looking around 250 for a factory digitizer. Good luck
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jamess0621 said:
If you are willing I would try craigslist to see if you find one that may have a cracked screen or been dropped where you could swap parts. If not a quick google search will give you several options. You will probably be looking around 250 for a factory digitizer. Good luck
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Ill do that, hey thx again man, heck 250 a lot better than 599 lol
The problem is you don't know if it stops at that 250. There's no guarantee the phone will work reliably for months/years after such incident. You should clean it thoroughly (perhaps by somebody (service center?), who know how to do it properly) to avoid/lessen the risk of any (further?) corrosion inside.
Good luck.
jamess0621 said:
Very good possibility replacing the digitizer alone would do it. I would also highly recommend cleaning all battery terminals, circuit boards and metal parts with alcohol and a qtip to prevent corrosion.
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Isn't the digitizer fixed to the glass on this device?
where you end up, depends on where you start.
AT&T SGH-I337 32G