Hey all, i recently inherited a Nexus 7 (ME370T) that ive made a personal mission to fix! Let me give it some background..
Nexus 7 been left in the cupboard for 6 months after a smashed screen.
I rcv said Nexus as person thinks it dead and has given up with it.
I decided to replace the screen so ordered one from ebay
Dismantled the nexus 7 failry easily, removed the lcd from the frame, cleaned the frame up and removed most of the adhesive then applied some double sided tape and placed the screen back onto the bezel.
Carefully resat the display on the motherboard with frame. All screws back in and and cables attached (double checked connections just to be safe).
Went to boot but as battery has been left to die it took around half an hour to give it some life (actually took 8 hours to fully charge)
Loaded up ok, albiet it took quite some time to boot past the X screen.
Booted up but then touch seriously slow and lagging, a good 30 seconds behind. Tried all kinds of possible fixes from the tie wrap to reseating the digitiser cable to soft reset and still not working.
So i bit the bullet and decided to reset to factory settings....
But NO, bloody thing still refuses to have a working touch screen!!
Running out of options now but im willing to try anything... has anyone got any advice or is it time to concede defeat and give this thing a running kick?!
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Ok, some history first...
I bought my Herald 1 year ago, and after 3 months of proud ownership i dropped it into the toilet. (was just changing to my swimsuit in case you are wondering)...
After that underwater experience, the only kink was that the End button stopped functioning.
Fast forward to the present day. After opening my phone with the help of the service manual i found out that the fault was with the flex cable (the cable that has the keypad buttons, and connects the screen to the phone board)
So i hopped on Ebay and ordered a new cable, along with a new housing as my old one was full of dents, and had the parts delivered today.
I opened my happy ol' Herald, removed the screen protector (this is an important bit, just stay with me) and changed the cable and housing, hoping to transform it to almost-new condition.
After doing the transplant, and hoping that everything went fine, i closed everything and booted the phone up.
The End key functionality was restored, but the Touch Screen STOPPED WORKING!!!. It was registering some very strange positions and as i lifted the pen the cursor was yanking to the right, so i tried the first obvious thing of Align Screen. Since that wasn't registering ANY positions, i reopened the phone, reseated all the cables and still nothing was happening.....
I was at the brim of despair, after 5 hours of screwing, testing, unscrewing etc... and was leaving work... and just as i was packing everything up i picked up the old dirty and worn Screen Protector and tacked it on the screen (and since it was on my office the whole time it got very very dirty).
And lo and behold, everything worked with the screen protector on!!!
So this is the story....
Now, i have a couple of questions:
1) Anyone has a logical explanation about this??
2) I'm afraid to remove the screen protector in case i lose the touch screen again, so now i have a brand-new looking phone with a screen that looks like it was run over. What do you think will happen if i remove it?? (maybe open a poll on this)
3) I also yanked the keyboard (after discovering that its held with Glue on the casing). Now i have it tucked in place but it's not glued. Anyone now what glue is safe to use to make it stick in place ??
Hello
I just broke my seconds Nexus 4. I am trying to see if it is possible to put parts together to make one working phone myself.
The one to the left have a screen damage, and the digitizer broken (touch does not work).
The one to right one is water damaged (red ring of death). It died a few months ago. It went for a swim in a pool. I could not turn it off, so it was wet and running for many minutes afterwards.
I’m just not sure what to do next. I’ve watched some youtube videos. It looks very hard to move the screen.
At the moment I am thinking about moving all (?) parts from the phone with screen damage, to the water damaged screen.
Do you guys have any other ideas? It’s the first time I do something like this.
Thanks.
mroystein said:
Hello
I just broke my seconds Nexus 4. I am trying to see if it is possible to put parts together to make one working phone myself.
The one to the left have a screen damage, and the digitizer broken (touch does not work).
The one to right one is water damaged (red ring of death). It died a few months ago. It went for a swim in a pool. I could not turn it off, so it was wet and running for many minutes afterwards.
I’m just not sure what to do next. I’ve watched some youtube videos. It looks very hard to move the screen.
At the moment I am thinking about moving all (?) parts from the phone with screen damage, to the water damaged screen.
Do you guys have any other ideas? It’s the first time I do something like this.
Thanks.
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Just change the mother board from the one with the screen damaged to the water damaged, if something else don't work as it should, just move it too.
+it's not that difficult: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzbfeY_xTQ
Thanks.
I managed to fix it. So happy !
What does it look like?
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Hi guys,
at the worst time, while beeing on vacation my display broke.
First I had blue dotts all over my screen after a little drop but the screen revived and blue dotts where gone.
After a week or so the cracks in my touchscreen I had already for ages got bigger and a few weeks later the display didn't fire up anymore.
System boots, buttons light up and the display gets a dim white light while booting. Only once for a very short time I got it working with USB attached (only battery loading sign).
I tried replacing the touch screen but no luck so far.
Questions:
1) Any ideas that help me to revive the LCD?
2) Is it worth it trying to replace the LCD? > (Already bought a replacement Moto Defy phone)
I test this, Worked perfectly.
1.- Remove SIM card, SD card and battery, Put the back cover back on the phone and place the phone in a ziplock bag.
2.- Obviously, seal it, then wrap the back around the phone, and put some masking tape around it, just to keep the bag smaller.
3.- Put in freezer for 24 Hr.
Hey guys so earlier this year I dropped my phone and the screen cracked. I ordered an lcd + digitizer from ebay and installed it myself. Everything had been working fine for a couple weeks but then randomly one day I woke up and the bottom 1/4th of the screen didnt work. Also, my screen is not very secure onto the device. I can peel off the lcd if I desired. I put double sided tape on all the places that a guide showed me but the screen just doesn't seem to stay in which causes dust and other particles to get in between my screen. Could this be the problem?
Some things i forgot
This started off with only a small portion of the bottom part of my screen to stop working. But then it turned into my whole bottom 1/4th of the screen not working. However, the first time this happened, I fiddle with the screen since it comes off and just moved it around and the bottom 1/4th worked again. However the problem reoccurred and I can't seem to fix it this time.
Thanks for any help!
Edit: Forgot to mention that I tried to open the phone again and press down on the digitizer pins to make sure they were secure. Still didnt work
sorry for posing this as it offers no solution
but just to say i have the same situation on a nexus 5.. came compete with frame.. worked for a week then bottom 1/2 inch stopped working
My upper 1/4th of the screen stopped working... Seems to be like a fairly common issue with the LG G2 and some cases appeared all of a sudden without drops or water, some other with a bit of liquid or slight drop to the floor.
In my case I think it was due to excessive moisture when I used the phone while sweating profusely.
A screen replacement is at hand right after I get my smartwatch
Hi guys on Monday my Moto X Style fell into a bucket of water ( I was ill) I promptly snatched it back out removed the case (Supcase Unicorn beatle). At first it was on and working fine and I wiped and shock the very small amount of water on it off. Then about 5 to ten minutes later the screen started to flicker, I turned it off and put it in a sealed bag of rice for 5 days. Upon taking it out on the 5th day the backlight isnt working at all. I've used light at an angle to test the screen and everything works fine, touch responds, no outlines etc, only the backlight. My question is, is there anyway of fixing this short of replacing the entire screen? I've heard people suggest cleaning the cables with 90% alcohol, is this a viable solution? I'm willing to try any feasable method before I get a new screen. Thanks in advance.
Well, you have to take it apart to clean cables and to replace the screen. So if you don't need the phone (you have a backup) I would take it apart and clean cables and see if that works. If it doesn't, leave it in pieces and order the screen and replace it when it gets to you.
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