So I bought a new screen for my girlfriend's old J5 2015 which she dropped on the floor and the screen just went black.
Everything seems to work because I flashed an original samsung-firmware and the phone is recognized inside Windows, so the problem seemed to be the screen.
But when I connect the new screen, it just shows a bunch of colored lines. Touch seems to work because when I scroll the screen moves, but still, I can't see anything because it only shows these lines. So I don't know if I was unlucky and bought a broken screen or can it be that something inside the phone is broken?
Isaac_T said:
So I bought a new screen for my girlfriend's old J5 2015 which she dropped on the floor and the screen just went black.
Everything seems to work because I flashed an original samsung-firmware and the phone is recognized inside Windows, so the problem seemed to be the screen.
But when I connect the new screen, it just shows a bunch of colored lines. Touch seems to work because when I scroll the screen moves, but still, I can't see anything because it only shows these lines. So I don't know if I was unlucky and bought a broken screen or can it be that something inside the phone is broken?
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The fall probably broke something inside, or maybe you did not connected tge new screen good. If the phone is booting then maybe your screen connection ribbon is broke or damaged in some kind. If the motherboard or battery is damaged, the phone won't even boot.
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I have an unlocked Cingluar 8525 (TyTn) I have had it for like 5 months now. Upgraded to WM6 as soon as I got in in July. Recently it has started slowing down and lagging a lot. So last night I restarted it cause it froze. When I did that it would freeze on the WM startup screen. So I rebooted while holding the 2 soft keys and then clicked yes to restore. That worked. Then today the phone fell off the arm rest of my couch onto carpet and I went to go send a message and it was all white. So I restarted and now everything is just a blank white screen, no startup logo or nothing. Has anyone had this problem before? I tried resetting it again and it didnt work. I have tried turning on with no sim card and same problem. Anyone know how to fix this?
It is all too common,
I've been told it is due to a loose connection between the ribbon that attaches the screen to the mother board.
I think its a design fault - the ribbon is linked to the two parts of the Hermes (screen and keyboard) and surely all that opening and closing is essentially moving something that is designed to be a static item. This I think weakens the ribbon connection, causing the white screen of death as I've nick named it.
Here is a link to dismantling the hermes to reconnect the ribbon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=346986
Though you should know I attempted this tonight with very little success.
I still have the white screen issue. Its very frustrating that the reason I bought this phone (the slick keyboard action) is the reason I cant use it anymore.
Hope you have more luck that I did, Let me know...
PS - If you have never taken it apart before (I did to replace the screen) It should still be under warranty - or if yours is second hand - you could send it to apex laptops for repair.
Hi. I have a At&T 8525. I dropped it this morning and my whole screen shifted just under 1/2 and inch to the side and that 1/2 inch turned white.
Did I break it, or could I just have knocked something loose on the inside? I just replaced the screen last Sept. and really don't want to take it apart again. If I have to replace the screen then I would just rather just wait to open it up, but if i can fix it without replacing it then I will go ahead and do it. THANKS!
Is the whole screen white or just that bit? If any of it works, I would think its repairable. I'm not a repair gal but I do destroy my own devices lol!
Hi,
are the "cracks" perfekt lines or does it really looks like a crack?
You could try open your Wizard and look for some not probably connected cable or something else,
but usualy, if a LCD is partially not working anymore, its broken .
Duke
Hi,
I had a small accident today with my HD2 . It felt from my pocket to the hard floor. It was in the leater pouch, but it hit right on the corner, where is no coverage.
I picked the phone up and was happy at first (no display cracks), but not for long. When I tried to turn it of, grey screed showed.
The device seems to be working, I can turn it on/off with the HW button...but I cant see anything.
As I said, there are no cracks of the glass layer so the digitizer should be ok. I just don't know actually.
Can anybody help me?
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there are no cracks of the glass layer so the digitizer should be ok
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unfortunately you cant make that assumption, i have a hd2 with a badly shattered glass, (same as you, dropped from about 3 feet landed on the corner, shattered all the way to the other end of the phone) yet the digitizer and LCD worked perfectly for at least 18 months before finally the digitizer died, LCD still works fine.
My point being that just cos one part of the three (glass, digitizer, LCD) seems ok tells you nothing about the other two parts.
My guess is either the screen itself died, the connection on the mainboard broke/became unseated, or even that its unrelated to the screen at all and is in fact something else that broke and shows itself as a non responsive screen.
Im not sure if this is possible given that you have no screen to work with, and i guess something would need to be installed on the phone to make it work, but how about some software that shows your screen on the PC? you may even be able to tell if touching it is working.
Hi, I cracked my outer screen on my A500 and just got a replacement. The tablet worked fine though. The touch screen still allowed selection of anything on the entire screen even though it had lots of cracks on it. The LCD screen wasn't damaged at all.
Followed the videos to replace the screen that are posted to the letter, slowly and methodically. So I separated the outer screen from the display OK (it was a bit of a challenge since the double sided tape was holding pretty good).
Everything went together OK. I go to start it and the screen glows as it normally does as the very first part of the power-on. But nothing else. No logo, no messages - nothing.
But I plugged it into my PC via micro USB on a whim and lo and behold, I can actually see the internal storage and SD card. Looks like everything is there. And if I do the long press where I recall some of the icons are, I can feel the slight vibration as it selects the icon. So it would also appear that the touch screen is functioning too.
So it looks like the unit boots but for some reason, won't display. The screen just glows faintly like the very first part of a power-on.
Is there hope? Is there something I can do or check? Is there a way to verify the LCD without buying a new one?
Thanks,
Bob
RKramkowski said:
Hi, I cracked my outer screen on my A500 and just got a replacement. The tablet worked fine though. The touch screen still allowed selection of anything on the entire screen even though it had lots of cracks on it. The LCD screen wasn't damaged at all.
Followed the videos to replace the screen that are posted to the letter, slowly and methodically. So I separated the outer screen from the display OK (it was a bit of a challenge since the double sided tape was holding pretty good).
Everything went together OK. I go to start it and the screen glows as it normally does as the very first part of the power-on. But nothing else. No logo, no messages - nothing.
But I plugged it into my PC via micro USB on a whim and lo and behold, I can actually see the internal storage and SD card. Looks like everything is there. And if I do the long press where I recall some of the icons are, I can feel the slight vibration as it selects the icon. So it would also appear that the touch screen is functioning too.
So it looks like the unit boots but for some reason, won't display. The screen just glows faintly like the very first part of a power-on.
Is there hope? Is there something I can do or check? Is there a way to verify the LCD without buying a new one?
Thanks,
Bob
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Well Bob, glad to see some folks take matters into their own hands!
I can't find the post, as it was a couple years or so ago. But I specifically remember a similar situation. And from what I know, when you tighten/place the screens together, you have to make sure you tighten them evenly, or else nothing works. Something to that effect. Also, I would probably take it apart again, and double check that everything is connected the proper way. Look for possible bent pins and such.
As far as I know, there are no software maintenance apps to check the lcd. Not to my knowledge anyhow, As we pretty much have all maintenance software for the 500/501.
Wish I could be of more help. I know awhile back, a couple of folks here in the forum replaced theirs after their kids stepped on them.
Ok, so my G2 died the other day. Well, it still works great, but the screen went to white fuzz... like what you used to see when the rabbit ears on your Tube TV didnt get any reception. Static fuzz, but thats all it showed when i powered it on.
The phone, that day before it broke, was on the boat and got really hot. Once it cooled down that night this happened.
In my grand fix it fashion, i opened the phone up wrong and ripped the LCD ribbon off the screen. Blah. So I just ordered a new OEM lcd panel/touch digitizer kit from ebay.
Popped that in the phone, and behold, it booted to the LG logo!! then the logo went out. That was that, just a black screen. But the phone still was working, i can hear it boot up and receiving texts.
I tried to boot it a few more times (disconnect the battery, reconnect, boot). The LG logo comes up, then goes out.
I found out if i let the phone sit for 30min or so, it will actually boot just long enough to hit the desktop and it seems fine. But it wont respond to touch at all, then seconds later it goes black again and thats that until I let it cool.
There is nothing else apparently wrong. It just wont respond to touch at all and the screen blanks out soon after boot. Its definitely some chip heating up too much and failing. I see on the main ribbon assembly, the one that connect the LCD to the mainboard, has some chips on it... it reminds me (A LOT!) of the TCON boards on LCD TV's. When those go bad, the TV still works fine but the display is all messed up. So I ordered that assembly and it will be here in a few days... but has anyone seen this before? does that ribbon assembly really ever fail? Again, the motherboard would be the only thing left, but that does still boot and work... I haven't tried connecting it to a TV but i wouldn't be surprised if that works... it just doesnt display anything on the phone's screen.
cable assembly didnt work :/
ordered a motherboard. this will be a practically new phone by the time its working again... if ever...
SUCCESS!!!
New motherboard installed. Finally boots and works properly. Well, it sort of has to, because there wasn't much left to replace! New screen/digitizer, ribbon assembly/charger port, and motherboard!
Just did the manual lollipop update!!!!! I got my phone back!!! screw you crappy 4" backup that i hated!