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single dead pixel! any fix?

so i got a 8525 today and i cant exchange it for another one but ive got 1 dead red pixel.. is there any way i can rub this out or anything similar to that? its in the most annoying place!

jacob-mda said:
so i got a 8525 today and i cant exchange it for another one but ive got 1 dead red pixel.. is there any way i can rub this out or anything similar to that? its in the most annoying place!
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screen swap. expensive but less expensive than buying a new phone.

ppctechs right? runs about 125$ if i remember correctly

jacob-mda said:
ppctechs right? runs about 125$ if i remember correctly
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yes sir. ORRRRRRR is your warranty still valid?

cant do a warranty exchange the way i got the phone.. so im gonna have to pay the 169$ or deal with a red dot apprently

jacob-mda said:
cant do a warranty exchange the way i got the phone.. so im gonna have to pay the 169$ or deal with a red dot apprently
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yes. if you were me and i were you, id swap screens. i can have the casing banged up to all hell but the screen must be flawless. even hearing about a dead pixel from a stranger's phone is making me want to go clean my screen.

yea i wasnt happy when i turned it on and seen a red dot.. my heart about dropped

Hi, it sounds stuck, not dead, I actully tossed my stylus at my screen one day, When it froze up, and caused a pixel to stick blue, after some work rubbing it out with the round of my fingernail, or the curved butt end of the stylus which almost completely removed it, and giving it a few days with diff color screens, it finally unstuck.
There are some apps that are supposed to help fix screens also for ppc's.
Might as well give it a shot, if youre considering replacement, it did take a fair bit of pressure, you should see it turn black, then release.

what apps are these that u talk about?

ive used http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=377&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 and doesnt seem to be working
aslo used http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=44756 which is the same thing.. guess ill let it run over night like the guy did

are you sure htc won't let you get it repaired under warranty?
i had a mda compact II i bought off ebay and rang them up, saying i was told to contact them, they repaired it all under warranty and i had it back within a week (they had to replace the mainboard.lol.dont ask!)
try HTC!

jacob-mda;1311656 said:
ive used http://www .pocketpcmag.com/blogs /...pcthoughts.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t =44756 which is the same thing.. guess ill let it run over night like the guy did
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Opps, I didnt catch that second link, till I hit reply, but the first is one I tried, and I had seen one other, but it required the .net framework, I was too freakin out at the moment to really have patience with the apps, because the blue pixel was staring me right in the face on my black todaypaper.
If that doesnt work running it, I recommend setting a black background, and gently applying pressure, until you see the pixel go black, and then work it back and forth between red/black in a circular/orbital type motion over the pixel, if it doesnt fully go away, but appears more faint, just give it a few days, and maybe even switch out your today screen a few times a day, but just make sure it isnt red, even occasionaly massaging the pixel from time to time, thats tthe method I used, and mine went away, hope you have the same luck.

stuck pixels
I had a stuck pixel and I was able to get rid of it using a combination of the stuck pixel fix movie and rubbing. It's good to do it while the unit is warm or hot...like leave it in the car and then rub that area using moderate pressure. There are plenty of guides on the web to fixing stuck pixels on lcd monitors. Consult one of those.

ok ill try that angelis..
i dont think i can contact htc about this.. i sorta got the phone on the DL..

none of these tips have worked.. still have this little red pixel. crazy thing is.. when i have yellow or green on the screen the pixel turns green or yellow depending on the background color.. this makes no sense

Jacob, search Ebay for Hermes parts.. and see if you can get a new screen...

im so trying to avoid that..

can you post a pictuer of this screen? just curious...lol

how do u expect me to do that? lol.. theres no way my digital will pick up 1 dead pixel

ahh....ya...lol

Broken G1

Hey guys, on day 3 with the Dream and it no longer turns on (well kind of). It will vibrate and the backlight will go on but there is no screen and no other function. Not sure what to do next besides return it.
And I just gave my sister my old Touch yesterday !
Edit: I also took the battery out and put it in a few times, charged it all night, etc. Also tried the Home & End key to turn it on.
Edit 2: When I call it from another phone it goes straight to voicemail even though the phone is technically powered on

Hold down Menu when powering on and see if it boots into safe mode..

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Hold down Menu when powering on and see if it boots into safe mode..
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Nope, same blank screen

Another g1 broken
My first g1 was the brown one, which i returned because of the silver keyboard. It was damm hard to read.
My second g1 was black, and it creaked like a little old lady. I quickly returned that one at the shop.
My third g1 now has a f-ed up screen. The lcd will not kick on, it did show 1/2 a f-ed up screen and now i cannot even see the boot screen. 20 reboots later and it just shows the back light.
I should have just kept the brown one, and most likely everything would have been fine.
I'm thinking im going to wait for another cool phone to come out.

sprintrjm said:
My first g1 was the brown one, which i returned because of the silver keyboard. It was damm hard to read.
My second g1 was black, and it creaked like a little old lady. I quickly returned that one at the shop.
My third g1 now has a f-ed up screen. The lcd will not kick on, it did show 1/2 a f-ed up screen and now i cannot even see the boot screen. 20 reboots later and it just shows the back light.
I should have just kept the brown one, and most likely everything would have been fine.
I'm thinking im going to wait for another cool phone to come out.
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wow bad karma... then again looking at your username... maybe your phone just didn't like sprint LOL jk jk I feel bad for your problems it seems like you are getting a lot of issues. Of course the screen creaking isn't that big of a deal you know. Most sliding phones have a little squeak you have to work out.

my screen doesnt creak, and I agree on the bronze version and the keypad

brownkin g1
just got a black replacement. So far it's rock solid.
crossing fingers and toes, and nose.

sprintrjm said:
My first g1 was the brown one, which i returned because of the silver keyboard. It was damm hard to read.
My second g1 was black, and it creaked like a little old lady. I quickly returned that one at the shop.
My third g1 now has a f-ed up screen. The lcd will not kick on, it did show 1/2 a f-ed up screen and now i cannot even see the boot screen. 20 reboots later and it just shows the back light.
I should have just kept the brown one, and most likely everything would have been fine.
I'm thinking im going to wait for another cool phone to come out.
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There's always got to be one person who gets bad batch of phones... glad it aint me
J/K! J/K!
But seriously, i'ts a gewd built phone, sad you got a bad few.

Half of phone merged into water

Hey guys. My girl dropped her phone in a cup of water. Halfway the phone was in it. So the screen wont come off but the led blinks red. I have the phone on a bowl of rice. Been there for 12 hours. Still wont come on but it vibrates and the red light blinks. I was wondering if that is what would called lights of death? So what you guys recommend? Leave the phone on rice more time? Open it?
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Buy a new phone. It's likely fried.
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Blinking red light means the battery is too low to start the phone up
Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250454
You might as well clean up any moisture that might be present inside while you're doing that

You're fault for having a girl

You'll probably have to replace a few things. Check YouTube for an N4 teardown video.
Alternatively, you could sell it for about $150 on eBay and cut your losses.
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Forgot to mention. Kids talk your childish comments somewhere else. The screen wont come on. Will put it on charge all night tonight. I was just wondering if the phone can be save though the led light comes on. Then the phone should be fine right?
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gypsy214 said:
Forgot to mention. Kids talk your childish comments somewhere else. The screen wont come on. Will put it on charge all night tonight. I was just wondering if the phone can be save though the led light comes on. Then the phone should be fine right?
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If it does get past the red light, you may still have more issues with the device, but it should at least attempt to boot.

lopezk38 said:
If it does get past the red light, you may still have more issues with the device, but it should at least attempt to boot.
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Cant get past the red light. Its been 5 days now and now the red light flashes when its plugged in. Not sure if it will ever come to life. I tried to go into recovery and nothing. I wonder if its bricked completely. But its a shame that I couldnt save it. Maybe a JTAG repair may fix it

You might have to do the fix where you open the phone and manually charge the battery. Someone posted a link to that thread in this thread already, just go to the 1st post of that thread.
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[Q] green light while charging

hello all
my n4 got wet two days ago. since friday i didn't manage to power it on.
today, after i opened it and put it in a bowl of dry rice (heard it can absorb the fluids) i connected it to the charger and after i pressed the power button for few seconds it the green led light popped, but turned off after few seconds. when i press it for few sec and it turns on and afrterwards turns off.
now it's connected and i managed to keep the green light on for the last 0.5 hour. do i still have a chance to save it and what should i do, or it lost?
i'll mention i don't have an app about the lights and didn't root my phone. i also looked it up in the forum and didn't find a similar problem.
thank you very much for the effort.

You should of placed it in rice has soon has possible.
The green LED means fully charged.
When you mean by turns on do you mean it shows the Google splash screen and if so then when does it come off?
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andyabc said:
You should of placed it in rice has soon has possible.
The green LED means fully charged.
When you mean by turns on do you mean it shows the Google splash screen and if so then when does it come off?
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it show's nothing. the green led is not constant, i have to press about 10 seconds in order to get it.

gf15 said:
it show's nothing. the green led is not constant, i have to press about 10 seconds in order to get it.
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Then it seems that the water damaged some components but somehow the phone does switch on for a bit with a working LED, does the screen light up when switching on?
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andyabc said:
Then it seems that the water damaged some components but somehow the phone does switch on for a bit with a working LED, does the screen light up when switching on?
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the screen doesn't light at all.

gf15 said:
the screen doesn't light at all.
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Oh dear, unfortunately it seems that there is a power fault.
Basically your phone is dead. D:
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andyabc said:
Oh dear, unfortunately it seems that there is a power fault.
Basically your phone is dead. D:
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oh
it doesn't sounds good. that's what i was afraid of. thank you.

gf15 said:
oh
it doesn't sounds good. that's what i was afraid of. thank you.
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update
after another few hours in the rice i closed the back cover of the device and i succeeded to power it on!
but... i have a constant green light on. no matter what i do. so the phone is warming at this area, front and back.
how can i fix it?

anyone please?

gf15 said:
update
after another few hours in the rice i closed the back cover of the device and i succeeded to power it on!
but... i have a constant green light on. no matter what i do. so the phone is warming at this area, front and back.
how can i fix it?
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If I were you I would try rooting the phone and installing Slimbean or another rom that lets you disable the LED light. That could shut it off for good hopefully unless the LED lost all connection to the motherboard and it's only getting power now.

Urgent Help - Red LED after screen replacement

Hello guys i got myself a nexus 4 from a friend
he broke hes screen
b4 i replaced the screen i checked and it turned on and the screen worked but it was broken
so i bought new screen and replace it following a vid i saw on youtube
i did it exactly like the vid showed and triple checked everything to make sure i wasnt forget anything
but after i finished i tried turning it ON and NOTHING Happens
so i plugged the charger in but all i see is a RED LED FLASHING
anything i can do guys?
thx

nircc said:
Hello guys i got myself a nexus 4 from a friend
he broke hes screen
b4 i replaced the screen i checked and it turned on and the screen worked but it was broken
so i bought new screen and replace it following a vid i saw on youtube
i did it exactly like the vid showed and triple checked everything to make sure i wasnt forget anything
but after i finished i tried turning it ON and NOTHING Happens
so i plugged the charger in but all i see is a RED LED FLASHING
anything i can do guys?
thx
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Let it charge for awhile and see what happens.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Let it charge for awhile and see what happens.
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hes charging for like 15minute so far and still the RED LED BLINKING/FLASHING
is that ok ? should i wait more?

nircc said:
hes charging for like 15minute so far and still the RED LED BLINKING/FLASHING
is that ok ? should i wait more?
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Yes. Unfortunately, it takes awhile to charge it. I would give it at least one hour to be sure.
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Berrydroidcafe said:
Yes. Unfortunately, it takes awhile to charge it. I would give it at least one hour to be sure.
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ok i will update in an hour

Did you try this Final fix for Nexus 4 red light of death

trungnn said:
Did you try this Final fix for Nexus 4 red light of death
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no i didnt. if nothing would change until tomrrow morning i will have to try this fix unfurntanly the t5 screws are stripped! any idea how i can get them out ?